All posts tagged "Abigail Adams"
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8.5K2MassachusettsThe British Plot to Poison Boston in 1776
In the days leading up to March 17, 1776, Massachusetts was on edge. British troops, under siege for nearly a year, prepared...
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10.0K6MassachusettsAlexander Scammell, the Lovesick Revolutionary War Hero
On a June night in 1777, Gen. Alexander Scammell poured out his heart in a letter to Abigail Bishop of Mistic, Mass....
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12.5K1Arts and LeisureElizabeth Ellet Writes Women Into the History of the Revolution, Infuriates Edgar Allan Poe
Elizabeth Ellet recorded the lives of the women of the American Revolution – and meddled in the life of Edgar Allan Poe....
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17.4K10MassachusettsJohn Adams Writes to Abigail: ‘I must study politicks and war’
Many of John Adams’ best-known quotations came from letters he wrote to his wife Abigail. His sons’ education was very much on...
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37.4K10ConnecticutThe Female Food Riots of the American Revolution
Between 1776 and 1779, food shortages caused more than 30 food riots in the American colonies. Angry men and women accosted merchants...
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46.2K13Crime and ScandalThe 1788 Scandal of Fanny Apthorp Never Dies
In 1788, a young Boston heiress named Fanny Apthorp killed herself after giving birth to her powerful brother-in-law’s child. She left a...
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