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Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams

Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams

Lynne Withey

The lively, authoritative, New York Times bestselling biography of Abigail Adams. This is the life of Abigail Adams, wife of patriot John Adams, who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America.
The Adams Women: Abigail and Louisa Adams, Their Sisters and ...

The Adams Women: Abigail and Louisa Adams, Their Sisters and ...

Paul C. Nagel

Depicts the lives of the Adams women, including Abigail Adams, and her sisters Mary Cranch and Elizabeth Shaw Peabody, Nabby Adams Smith, Nancy Harrod Adams, and Louisa Johnson Adams.
Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams

Jim Whiting

1. David McCullough, John Adams (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001), p. 26. 2. Lynne Withey, Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981), p. 10. 3. Phyllis Lee Levin, Abigail Adams: A Biography (New ...
Abigail Adams: Courageous Patriot and First Lady

Abigail Adams: Courageous Patriot and First Lady

Barbara A. Somervill

In the Library Bober, Natalie S. Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution. New York: Simon & Schuster Children's, 1998. Davis, Kate. Abigail Adams. San Diego: Blackbirch Press, 2002. Ferris, Jeri Chase. Remember the Ladies: A Story About  ...
Abigail and John Adams: The Americanization of Sensibility

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.
Abigail Adams: Famous First Lady

Abigail Adams: Famous First Lady

Maya Glass

Introduces the life of Abigail Adams, the wife of President John Adams, who was much more independent than many women of her time, running a farm in her husband's absence and speaking and writing about women's rights.
Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams

Jill C. Wheeler

Introduction to the life of former First Lady Abigail Adams, from her childhood to the White House and beyond.
Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days

Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days

Jean Brown Wagoner

Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Abigail Adams. Illustrated throughout.
Abigail Adams: First Lady and Patriot

Abigail Adams: First Lady and Patriot

Pat McCarthy

Recounts the life and accomplishments of Abigail Adams, our nation's second First Lady, who was known for her dedication to women's rights.
Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution

Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution

Natalie S. Bober

Abigail Adams was an extraordinary woman who witnessed the gathering storm of the American Revolution and saw the battle of Bunker Hill from a hilltop near her home.
Abigail Adams: A Biography

Abigail Adams: A Biography

Phyllis Lee Levin

A biography of Abigail Adams, wife of the second president of the United States, drawing from her letters to explore her strong commitments to the new nation, her family, and her husband.
Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams

Woody Holton

Adelaide Hellen to AA, Dec. 1, 1815, Jan. 3, 1816, AA to LCA, March 20, 1816, AP #428–30. ESSP to AA, Feb. 13, 1815, AA to ESSP, Feb. 28, 1815, AP#422; AA to Abigail Adams Shaw, April 29, 1815, Shaw #1, frame 214. AA to JQA, May 20, ...
The Early Republic: Documents Decoded: Documents Decoded

The Early Republic: Documents Decoded: Documents Decoded

John R. Vile

John Adams Cappon, Lester J. The Adams–Jefferson Letters. The Complete Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985. Den Hartog, Jonathan J. Patriotism ...
Patriotism and the Female Sex: Abigail Adams and the ...

Patriotism and the Female Sex: Abigail Adams and the ...

Rosemary Skinner Keller

Stamp Act John Adams and, 42, 46-48, 51 British propagandists and, 65 repeal of, 45, 69 taxation provisions of, 52 Standish, Myles, 13 Status of Women in Georgia, 1 783-1860 (Eleanor Miot Boatwright), xii-xiii Steele, Sir Richard, ...
Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams

Jane Sutcliffe

Describes the life and accomplishments of the wife of the second president of the United States.
Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams

Susan Lee

A biography of the parson's daughter who was the wife of the second President and the mother of the sixth.
Worthy Partner: The Papers of Martha Washington

Worthy Partner: The Papers of Martha Washington

Joseph E. Fields

She married William Stephen Smith. 2. Sarah Smith, sister of William Stephen Smith. She resided with the Adamses in New York and Philadelphia. She married Charles Adams, the alcoholic son of John and Abigail Adams. Diaries, 5:456-57.
Seneca's Faith

Seneca's Faith

Abigail Owen

Praise for Abigail Owen “ANDROMEDA'S FALL is one book that you need to have mappedout time to read because it will not let you put it down...[Y]ou will be enthralled.” ~Fresh Fiction ~*~ “Abigail Owen's ability to spin a tale captivated me  ...
Estate of Seth Adams

Estate of Seth Adams

Seth Adams

Collection of one hundred thirty-four letters mostly from the 1870s, relating to the estate of Seth Adams (brother and business partner of Isaac Adams, inventor of the Adams Printing Press and proprietor of Adams Sugar Refinery of Boston).
The Blog

The Blog

Carolyn Adams Hanchett

Investigative journalism student, Abigail Houston, knew taking a stand meant taking risks.
Vascular Ultrasound: How, Why and When

Vascular Ultrasound: How, Why and When

Abigail Thrush

How, Why and When Abigail Thrush, Timothy Hartshorne. THIRD EDITION w Vascular ULTRASQUND HOW, WHY AND WHEN Abigail Thrush Tim Hartshorne INCLUDES DVD CHURCHILL comammg vldeoclups of novmal LIVINGSTONE ...
Abigail Adams, Destacada Primera Dama:

Abigail Adams, Destacada Primera Dama:

Maya Glass

As part of the Primary Sources of Famous People in American History series, this biography explores the life of a popular first lady. Full color.
A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800

A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800

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A unique peak into the lives of women authors like Abigail Adams, Aphra Behn, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
John Adams

John Adams

David McCullough

Chronicles the life of America's second president, including his youth, his career as a Massachusetts farmer and lawyer, his marriage to Abigail, his rivalry with Thomas Jefferson, and his influence on the birth of the United States.
A Marked Man

A Marked Man

Barbara Hamilton

As her lawyer husband John prepares to defend one of his fellow Sons of Liberty accused of murder, Abigail Adams conducts her own investigation, discovering unpleasant facts about the victim while unwittingly being stalked by the killer ...
Ansel Adams: An Autobiography

Ansel Adams: An Autobiography

Ansel Adams

Very helpful comments on the manuscript were given by Jeanne Adams, Michael Adams, Peter C. Bunnell, Anne Adams Helms, Ken Helms, George Kimball, Beaumont Newhall, Otto Meyer, Sue Meyer, Andrea Gray Stillman, McDonna Sitterle ...
American Primitive

American Primitive

William Gibson

THE STORY: As the words drawn from their letters, diaries and books reveal, John and Abigail Adams were singular people: proud, loving, articulate and filled with the dedication and spirit required to share in the forging of a nation.

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