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	Abigail Smith Adams
		Adams proved that the usage of impressment had never extended to the colonies; and that the attempt to impress was unlawful; that the act of killing was justifiable homicide; the seaman was acquitted and discharged.
		Adams was the first who showed a determination of resistance, and often did he endeavor to prepare his young bride for the trials and sacrifices which he foresaw must occur, before his beloved country could be free from the monarchical shackles by which she was bound.
		Adams died of typhus fever on the 28th of October, 1818, at the age of seventy-four, leaving to her countrywomen the example of an obedient and devoted wife, a careful and tender mother, a gentle and beneficent mistress, a good neighbor, and a true and constant friend.
	www.abigailadams.net (1792 words)

	Abigail Adams
		Abigail Adams helped plant the seeds that would start women and men thinking about women's rights and roles in a country that had been founded on the ideals of equality and independence.
		Abigail Adams was born Abigail Smith on November 22, 1744, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, a farm community about fifteen miles southeast of Boston.
		As she grew older, Abigail became increasingly determined to educate herself, and by the time she was an adult, she had become one of the best-read women of her time.
	www.edwardsly.com /adamsab.htm (3503 words)

	Abigail Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abigail Smith Adams (November 11, 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, second President of the United States, and is seen as the second First Lady of the United States, though that term was not coined until after her death.
		Abigail Adams is remembered today for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he served his country in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses and the Constitutional Convention.
		Abigail died in 1818 of typhoid fever, and is buried beside her husband in the United First Parish Church (also known as the Church of the Presidents).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abigail_Adams (759 words)

	Abigail Adams — Infoplease.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Abigail Adams was the wife of the 2nd U.S. president, John Adams, and the mother of the 6th U.S. president, John Quincy Adams.
		Abigail lived briefly in Paris and London as John Adams served as U.S. ambassador to France and England, and she became a friend to First Lady Martha Washington when John Adams became the country's first vice-president under George Washington.
		Abigail Adams was the great-grandmother of historian Henry Adams...Abigail Adams is buried next to her husband and her son John Quincy in the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts...
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/abigailadams.html (358 words)

	Colonial Hall: Biography of Abigail Smith Adams
		Abigail's years were not filled with great events, though she lived in a history-making epoch and her life lines were closely interwoven with those who were among the makers of history.
		Adams returned early in the fall, but it was but a short respite for her loneliness as he came to announce that he had been chosen to go to France.
		Adams died of an attack of fever, October 26, 1818, in the seventy-fifth year of her age, and was laid at rest in the Congregational church of Quincy, where eight years later her eminent husband was laid beside her.
	www.colonialhall.com /adamsj/adamsAbigail.php (4319 words)

	American President
		Abigail Adams is probably best remembered for urging her husband, John Adams, to "Remember the Ladies." At a time when John was working on the Declaration of Independence, Abigail specifically lobbied her husband to,
		Although Abigail suffered from painful and debilitating rheumatoid arthritis by 1797, she traveled each year from Massachusetts to Philadelphia -- and in 1800 to Washington -- to be with her husband in the capital.
		Although politically active, Abigail Adams fulfilled her duties as hostess, reinforcing the notion that such responsibilities were intrinsic to the role of presidential spouse.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/johnadams/firstlady (1436 words)

	Biography of Abigail Adams
		On her mother's side she was descended from the Quincys, a family of great prestige in the colony; her father and other forebearers were Congregational ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem.
		When John Adams was elected President, she continued a formal pattern of entertaining--even in the primitive conditions she found at the new capital in November 1800.
		Abigail died in 1818, and is buried beside her husband in United First Parish Church.
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/firstladies/aa2.html (550 words)

	American Experience \| John & Abigail Adams \| Timeline \| PBS
		October 19: John Adams is born in Braintree, Massachusetts, to Deacon John Adams and Susanna Boylston Adams.
		November 11: Abigail Smith, the second of four children, is born to the Reverend William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy Smith in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
		September 5-October 26: Adams is one of four Massachusetts delegates to attend the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, which convenes in response to the Intolerable Acts.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/adams/timeline/index.html (1594 words)

	Abigail Adams
		Abigail Adams (November 11, 1744-October 28, 1818) advocated and modeled an expanded role for women in public affairs during the formative days of the United States.
		Married to John Adams, she was an invaluable partner to him as he developed his political career, culminating in the presidency of the United States.
		John and Abigail Adams were active members of the First Parish Church in Quincy, which was already unitarian in doctrine by 1753.
	www.uua.org /uuhs/duub/articles/abigailadams.html (1389 words)

	Abigail Smith Adams
		Abigail Adams was born in Weymouth, Mass., on Nov. 11, 1744, and died on Oct. 28, 1818.
		Abigail Adams was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, the daughter of the Reverend William Smith,
		Abigail Adams was a prodigious letter writer, and her letters to her husband present a vivid picture of the time (many editions of her letters have been published). As First Lady, she was a skillful political hostess, although she offended some by her strong Federalist views.
	www.americanrevwar.homestead.com /files/ADAMS3.HTM (396 words)

	Abigail Smith Adams: Notable Women of Early America - Archiving Early America
		Adams was among the most remarkable women of the Revolutionary period.
		Adams was away as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later on diplomatic business in Europe.
		Adams, the Wife of John Adams" and "Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution." Her letters provide valuable background material on the life of the times, especially of the era during wartime.
	earlyamerica.com /earlyamerica/notable/adamsa (205 words)

	Abigail Adams and Women's Rights by Christine Haug
		Abigail Adams (1744-1818) was the wife of John Adams, second president of the
		Abigail Adams’ letters provide important insight into the attitudes of one of the nations foremost leading ladies and provide a vivid picture of daily life in one of the most important eras in our nation’s history.
		Adams is a graduate of Harvard and has a career in law, I lack formal education, a plight of many of our ladies.
	www.victoriana.com /history/abigail_adams.html (2773 words)

	Abigail Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		By Danielle F. Abigail Adams was born as Abigail Smith on November 11, 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
		When Abigail was twenty years old, in 1764, she married John Adams, the future second US President.
		Abigail took care of the family and the farm, keeping her family away from bankruptcy.
	darter.ocps.net /classroom/revolution/aadams.htm (318 words)

	Abigail Adams, His Better Half
		Abigail eventually joined her husband abroad during his diplomatic service, and as a result returned to the United States in 1788 as a valuable friend and entertaining consultant to first lady Martha Washington during John Adams's terms as Washington's vice president.
		During Adams's own presidency, from 1797-1801, he and Abigail oversaw the government's move from Philadelphia to Washington and were the first presidential family to occupy the White House.
		After Adams's term as president ended, he and Abigail spent 17 years at their new house in Braintree, finally getting the time together that they had long desired.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/adams/abigail_4 (112 words)

	Abigail Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Abigail Adams is a famous woman in history.
		Abigail was often sick when she was young.
		Abigail Adams was married to John Adams for fifty-four years.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/adams.htm (263 words)

	Biographical Info
		Education: Abigail Adams, known for her wonderful letters and sharp intellect, did not have a formal education as was typical of women of her time.
		Years Before the White House (1764 – 1797): Abigail Adams was typical of her time in her devotion to her husband, children and the farm.
		Abigail spent half her time in the capital and half on their new farm in Quincy, Massachusetts, as she would when she became First Lady.
	www.firstladies.org /Bibliography/AbigailAdams/FLBioSketch.htm (1230 words)

	John Adams (1735-1826) and Abigail Adams (1744-1818)
		Abigail's desire to return to her farm, stated at the end of her journal entry on her return from Europe, links this republican attitude with the pastoralism found in the work of writers like Crèvecoeur, Jefferson, and James Fenimore Cooper, perhaps even with Huckleberry Finn's famous "lighting out."
		Abigail Adams's prodding of her husband to "Remember the Ladies" has become a classic benchmark of an emerging feminism, but she is surely no feminist.
		Women like Adams and Mercy Otis Warren took a direct interest in the outcome of the American Revolution, and they spoke their thoughts in private and public, opening the way, perhaps, for more forthright arguments on the behalf of women, such as those by Judith Sargeant Murray and, in a later period, Margaret Fuller.
	college.hmco.com /english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/adamsaj.html (963 words)

	First Ladies: Abigail Smith Adams
		Abigail Adams is famous not only as the wife of America's Second President, but as the mother of American's sixth president, John Quincy Adams.
		The Adams family also holds the distinction of being the first occupants of the White House in the as yet undeveloped town of Washington (1800).
		Adams was unique among women of her time.
	www.multied.com /Bio/ladies/as_adams.html (127 words)

	Abigail Adams Profile - Page 1
		Abigail, and everyone else around her, thought they were English.
		Abigail’s father was a minister, which was a lucky thing for her because it meant there were books in her home and people read and talked about ideas.
		When Abigail was 19 she met a lawyer named John Adams who also had very strong opinions, especially about the way the American colonies were being run by England.
	www.bwht.org /abigailadams_profile.html (248 words)

	A Life in Letters: The Story of John and Abigail Adams
		In 1774, as the Revolution was brewing, Adams was chosen as one of four delegates from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress being held in Philadelphia.
		Abigail, although unhappy at the prospect of her husband's being three hundred miles away from their farm in Braintree, urged him on.
		Adams was thunderstruck by Jefferson's response and by late 1793 their friendship had chilled.
	www.neh.gov /news/humanities/2006-01/abigailadams.html (2124 words)

	Abigail Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Abigail Adams was born November 11, 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
		Abigail married the second President of the United States, John Adams on October 26, 1764.
		Abigail was a great letter writter and many of her letters have been published.
	russell.gresham.k12.or.us /Colonial_America/Abigail_Adams.html (124 words)

	Explore DC: Abigail Adams
		Abigail ran the family farm very efficiently on her own while John was pursuing his legal and political careers.
		In 1800, Abigail supervised the historic move from Philadelphia, the temporary capital, to the new presidential mansion in Washington.
		Abigail and John Adams moved into the President’s House (as the White House was then known) in 1800, before it was completed.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=193 (290 words)

	Abigail Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Abigail Adams was born with the name Abigail Smith on November 22, 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
		Abigail’s education was one of the things that her husband, John Adams, liked about her though.
		We remember Abigail Adams as a well-educated women of her time, a supporter of women’s rights, a letter writer, a First Lady of the United States and the mother of another President of the United States, John Quincy Adams.
	home.earthlink.net /~graycepolitano/advadams.htm (452 words)

	Adams Electronic Archive : Correspondence between John and Abigail Adams
		The earliest letters exchanged between John Adams and Abigail Smith occurred during their courtship, including a series of sixteen letters exchanged between 12 April and 9 May 1762 while John was in Boston being inoculated against smallpox.
		Of the 1,160 letters exchanged between John and Abigail Adams featured on this website, all but one are part of the Adams Family Papers of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
		The Adams Family Papers manuscript collection includes 65 additional letterbook copies of correspondence exchanged between John and Abigail Adams, but because the recipient's copies of these letter are featured on this website, the letterbook copies of these letters are not included here.
	www.masshist.org /digitaladams/aea/letter (573 words)

	Abigail Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Abigail Smith Adams was born on November 11, 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
		Abigail was married on Thursday, October 25, 1764 and had five children, two daughters and three sons.
		Abigail Adams had little formal education because New England admitted only boys, so girls were taught at home.
	pblmm.k12.ca.us /projects/discrimination/Women/special/adams.html (356 words)

	Amazon.com: Abigail Adams: A Biography: Books: Phyllis Lee Levin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Abigail Adams, wife and mother of presidents, warned her husband John that women "would forment a rebellion" if they were denied rights in the new republic.
		Abigail is a true heroine of American history, and certainly deserves her own study, I just wish there was a bit more here.
		Abigail kept her family close to her heart and was the one to keep the family together and the family homestead viable in John's absence.
	www.amazon.com /Abigail-Adams-Phyllis-Lee-Levin/dp/031229168X (1691 words)

	Abigail Adams
		Abigail's father wedded them, because he was a pastor in Weymouth.
		Abigail had chores to do because she had four children to take care of and clean up the house, make dinner, and wash the clothing and dishes.
		On October 28, 1818, Abigail Adams was found dead in bed.
	www.sd84.k12.id.us /Farmin/revwar/abigailadams.htm (331 words)

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