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Category Archives: John Adams
JQA: The First Trip to Russia
John Quincy Adams was fourteen years old and incredibly bright. First…Naming Rights It has been fashionable lately to name one’s offspring as if it came out of a Scrabble box. But for centuries many people considered it a time-honored tradition … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Benjamin Franklin, Catherine the Great, Charles Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, Francis Dana, George Washington Adams, history, John Adams, John Adams II, John Adams in Holland, John Q. Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Quincy Adams in 1778, Linguistic skills of John Quincy Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Presidential history, US history
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Abigail Adams: The Shining Moment
AA: Revolutionary Patriot With her husband some 400 miles away in Philadelphia trying to create an independent nation from 13 disassociated colonies with all their inherent problems, needs, quibbles, and disparate personalities (including his own), Abigail Adams voraciously consumed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams opinion about slavery, Abigail Adams opinions about education, Abigail and John Adams, Abigail Smith Adams, Alexander Pope, American history, “Lysistrata”, ”Remember the Ladies”, British Author Daniel Defoe, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, Greek dramatist Aristophanes, history, John Adams, John Adams and the Continental Congress, Mercy Otis Warren, Mercy Warren, Presidential history, US history, White House history
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John Adams Goes to Congress
Lawyer Adams John Adams was never a wealthy man, and never would be – at least compared to his fellow Founding Fathers like Washington or Jefferson. Or John Hancock or Benjamin Franklin. When he married at 29, he had become … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams brother William Smith, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, history, John Adams, John Adams and the Continental Congress, John Adams' diary, John Hancock, President John Adams, Presidential history, Robert Treat Paine, Samuel Adams, The Boston Tea Party, The committees of Correspondence, The FIrst Continental Congress, Thomas Cushing, US history, White House history
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Abigail Smith: Becoming Mrs. Adams
Abigail: Third Generation Abigail Smith Adams, born in 1744, was already the third generation born in Massachusetts Bay. If her forebears didn’t come on the Mayflower, they surely followed along on some later “midsummer flower.” They were all Englishmen (and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams parents, Abigail and John Adams, Abigail Smith, Abigail Smith Adams, American history, Courtship of John and Abigail Adams, education of Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Quincy Smith, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Abigail Adams, First Lady History, history, John Adams, President John Adams, Presidential history, Rev. William Smith, siblings of Abigail Adams, US history
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Abigail Adams: Tea With the General
Mrs. A. The Outspoken Most historians concur that Abigail Smith Adams (1744-1818) was a woman far ahead of her time. Born to a Congregationalist minister and his better-pedigreed wife, the Smiths were well regarded and middle class; certainly not wealthy … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams opinion about George Washington, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, General George Washington, George Washington, history, John Adams, John Adams early relationship with George Washington, John and Abigail Adams, Presidential history, US history
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The Great White Jail
“The White House is the finest prison in the world.” Harry S Truman. The White House Paradox The White House, or the Executive Mansion, is undoubtedly the finest residence the country has to offer the President of the United States, … Continue reading
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Martha and Abigail: Habits of Friendship…
Martha Washington and Abigail Adams are arguably the most prominent women of the last quarter of the 18th century. An Unlikely Friendship The likelihood that Martha Washington (1731-1802) would even meet Abigail Adams (1744-1818) would have been considered remote in … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Abigail Adams, First Lady History, First Lady Martha Washington, First President George Washington, history, MArtha Washington, Martha Washington levees, PResident George Washington, President John Adams, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The Continental Congress, US history, Vice President John Adams
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John Adams: Four Months in the White House
On November 1, 1800, 65-year-old President John Adams took up residence in the unfinished Executive Mansion in Washington, DC, only a few days before the quadrennial election. The White House… …was neither “white” (it was sandstone), nor would it be … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams nephew William Shaw, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First President George Washington, John Adams, John Adams' prayer for the White House, John and Abigail Adams. The Adams children, New Years' Day White House Reception, President John Adams, Presidential history, Presidential wives, the election of 1800, The White House, Third President Thomas Jefferson, US history, White House history
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George Washington Revered and Reviled
Harry Truman probably said it best. “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” The Thick Hide It is a part of human nature to be sensitive to criticism. Those who achieve celebrity, whether it be political … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, American history, Benjamin Franklin Bache, criticism of George Washington, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Charles Lee, General George Washington, George Washington, history, John Adams, Mount Vernon, PResident George Washington, Presidential history, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, US history
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