click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document. On September 22, 1774, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John of "a conspiracy of the negroes," referring to the June ...

Of all the words that spilled from Abigail Adams' pen, none are more famous than ... have ascribed that meaning to her words. Her letter, however, remains remarkable. Abigail was an outspoken ...

John and Abigail Adams wrote over a thousand letters to each other. They had plenty to tell one another during the months (sometimes years) that John was away from home helping found a new nation.

Like young girls of her time, Abigail lacked a formal education, but from youth she was intelligent, well read, and outspoken. On October 25, 1764, Abigail wed John Adams, commencing a partnership ...