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Abigail Adams née Smith le 11 novembre 1744 et morte le 28 octobre 1818 est l'épouse de John Adams, le deuxième président des États-Unis. Elle est également la mère de John Quincy Adams, le sixième président américain. Elle a acquis une certaine notoriété grâce aux nombreuses lettres adressées à son mari lorsqu'il siégeait au ...
2. Apr. 2014 · Abigail Smith and John Adams were third cousins and had known each other since they were children. The two happened to meet at a social gathering in 1761, where John saw the petite, shy 17-year ...
Abigail Adams Inheriting New England’s strongest traditions, Abigail Smith was born on November 22, 1744 at Weymouth, Massachusetts. On her mother’s side she was descended from the Quincys, a family of great prestige in the colony; her father and other forebears were congregational ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem.
Abigail Smith Adams was a gifted and eloquent letter writer. Her correspondence reflects her deep engagement with contemporary social and political issues and provides a unique window into eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century life. The more than 1,100 letters she exchanged with her husband John are preserved in the Massachusetts Historical ...
Battle of Grape Island (May 21, 1775): Abigail, staying at her parents’ house in Weymouth, travels the mile to the waterfront to view the battle. Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1776): Abigail and John Quincy climb to the top of Penn’s Hill in Braintree to watch the Battle of Bunker Hill. Death of Abigail’s mother from dysentery.
Fonti, risorse bibliografiche, siti su Abigail Adams Edith B. Gelles, Portia: The World of Abigail Adams, Indiana University Press, Indianapolis, 1992 Edith B. Gelles, Abigail Adams: Letters, Library of America, New York, 2016 Referenze iconografiche: J ames Sharples (ca. 1751–1811), Abigail Smith Adams, MET Metropolitan Museum of Art ...
3. Mai 2023 · Abigail Smith Adams (Mrs. John Adams) by Gilbert Stuart, 1800-1815, via National Gallery of Art, Washington DC The letters reflect Abigail’s advice to John regarding the political issues facing the colonists and revolutionists at the time, but also observations of the political events around New England.
