All posts tagged "Abigail Adams"
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3.5K3MassachusettsJohn Adams to Abigail: ‘I should be as proud and happy as a bridegroom’
In August 1776, John Adams was attending the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia while Abigail Adams and her children were suffering the effects...
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3.8K11MassachusettsThe ‘Ravishing Light and Glory’ of the Declaration of Independence
Shortly after the Declaration of Independence was first read in Philadelphia, John Adams wrote to Samuel Chase, a fellow signer from Maryland and a future...
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31.6K15ConnecticutHelen Keller, Not Quite the Nice Lady Who Campaigned for Peace
Helen Keller in the winter of 1913 sent $87 to help immigrant textile workers on strike in Little Falls, N.Y. She was...
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Battle of Bunker Hill Distresses Abigail Adams, 10 Miles Away
Abigail Adams just had to see the Battle of Bunker Hill for herself, despite her husband’s warnings that she and the children...
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24.0K5MassachusettsThe Ageless Love Story of John and Abigail Adams
The enduring love story of John and Abigail Adams began with a whimper rather than a bang in 1762. They met in...
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