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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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Martha Washington’s “Disposition”

Martha Washington had very few memorable “quotes” – but one of them bears repeating. Often. Martha Washington: Correspondent When George Washington died in 1799, his distraught widow of more than 40 years systematically burned most of their correspondence. George Washington … Continue reading

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