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Abigail Adams and John Adams in Early Nation Building
A historical portrait of Abigail Adams and John Adams, detailing her influence as wife of the president and mother of a future president, their courtly reception in Britain, and Adams’ rocky presidency marked by federalist divisions. It recalls their family life, travels, and enduring legacy through the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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America
John Adams
Braintree
Mass
Parson Smith
Weymouth
Abby
Quincy
Norton
John
Harvard
Worcester
Smith
Fathers of the Republic
Mother of the Republic
Abigail Adams
Adams
Europe
Congress
France
John Quincy
Spain
St. James
Abigail
Duke of Dorset
Charlotte
England
George III
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Washington
Hamilton
New World
Pacific
Great East Room
Jefferson
White House
Thomas Jefferson