Abigail and John Adams: The Americanization of Sensibility
G. J. Barker-Benfield
Abigail Adams to William Stephen Smith, August 13, 1785, in ibid., 6:266–67. 32. Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, August 15, 1785, in ibid., 276–77. Unless otherwise indicated, quotations in subsequent paragraphs are from this source.