Get a FREE copy of “The Letters of Abigail Adams – Volume One” edited by Charles Francis Adams Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States. Adams’s life is one of the most documented of the first ladies: she is remembered for the many letters she wrote. Abigail’s literary legacy would have surprised her. She was embarrassed by her lack of formal education and referred to her writings as “incorrect and unpolished”. On at least four occasions she asked her husband to destroy her letters, once suggesting that he light his cigars with them. Abigail wrote more than 2,100 letter. She greatly admired poets, pamphleteers, newspaper essayists, historians and playwrights but felt incapable of producing work like theirs herself. Nonetheless Abigail would not allow her shortcomings to deter her from corresponding with family and friends. CLICK to get your copy: thefederalistpapers.org/ebooks/the-letters-of-abigail-adams-volume-one
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