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In 11 years they would have seven children: Abigail Smith, Elizabeth Coombs, Thomas Boylston Jr., Frances Foster (who died at less than a year), Isaac Hull, John Quincy, and Joseph Harrod.
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Aug 16, 2024 · During the first 10 years of their marriage Abigail gave birth to five children, including a daughter who died in infancy and John Quincy Adams. She managed the second decade of her marriage on her own, as John participated in the colonial struggle for independence as a member of the Continental Congress and later as a representative of his ...
- Betty Boyd Caroli
- Abigail Adams’s grandson Charles Francis Adams concluded that she had played a significant role in the career of her husband, John Adams, particula...
- One of Abigail Adams’s contributions was her oversight of the family’s move to the newly constructed presidential mansion in Washington, D.C. On Ne...
- Until modern times, few first ladies shared Abigail Adams’s interest in politics or the treatment of government leaders by the press. Although her...
Apr 2, 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...
Oct 26, 2010 · Instead, this is essentially a slimmed-down biography on both Abigail and John Adams, beginning with their introduction to each other in 1759 (at the age of 24 for John, and 15 for Abigail) and terminating with John’s death on July 4, 1826.
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Hailed for her now-famous admonition that the Founding Fathers “remember the ladies” in their new laws, Abigail Adams was not only an early advocate for women’s rights, she was a vital confidant and advisor to her husband John Adams, the nation’s second president.
Abigail Adams (née Smith; November 22, [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.
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Oct 27, 2009 · She would have six children in all; four lived to adulthood, including Nabby Adams, John Quincy Adams (born 1767), Charles Adams (born 1770) and Thomas Adams (born 1772). In 1774, as...
