Research Catalog

Title

Abigail Adams, an American woman / Charles W. Akers.

Author

Akers, Charles W.

Publication

New York : Longman, c2000.

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Description

x, 240 p. : ill.; 20 cm.

Summary

Presents a biography of Abigail Adams (1744-1818), wife of the second president of the United States, John Adams, and mother of the sixth, John Quincy Adams. This work tells not only of her extraordinary life but of the major political and social developments of the time. Adams's life is one of the most documented of the first ladies: she is remembered for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he stayed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses. John frequently sought the advice of Abigail on many matters, and their letters are filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics. The letters serve as eyewitness accounts of the American Revolutionary Warhome front.

Series Statement

The library of American biography

Uniform Title

Library of American biography (New York, N.Y.)

Subject

• Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818
• Adams, John, 1735-1826
• Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"You may take me" : 1744-1764 -- "An important trust" : 1764-1774 -- "Remember the ladies" : 1774-1776 -- "Bereft of my better half" : 1776-1778 -- "Patriotism in the female sex" : 1778-1784 -- "The amaizing difference" : 1784-1785 -- "I will not strike my colours" : 1785-1788 -- "In their proper sphere" : 1788-1792 -- "Tellegraph of the mind" : 1792-1797 -- "Fellow labourer" : 1797-1798 -- "What I cannot remedy" : 1798-1801 -- "The mother of such a son" : 1801-1818.

ISBN

0321043707

LCCN

^^^99462646^

OCLC

• 43649796
• SCSB-11523126

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library