All posts tagged "Abigail Adams"
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10.8K1Arts 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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14.4K10MassachusettsJohn 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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34.7K10ConnecticutThe 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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43.5K13Crime 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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7.5K12Arts and LeisureGilbert Stuart Makes George Washington Laugh (and Paints His Portrait)
Early American painter Gilbert Stuart never finished his most famous work, the portrait of George Washington featured on the dollar bill for...
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12.7K4MassachusettsJohn Quincy Adams Grieves for His Mother, Abigail Adams
On Nov. 1, 1818, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, 51, was dreading news about his mother, Abigail Adams, even as...
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