John Adams’s letter to his wife Abigail was filled with enthusiasm ... But Adams’ letter that I have just quoted from was dated July 3rd, 1776. The day before, July 2 nd, the Continental ...

Planning on enjoying fireworks this Fourth of July? Thank America’s first veep: John Adams ... July 2 — Adams wrote a letter from Philadelphia to his wife back home in Boston commemorating ...

On July 4th, Americans celebrate the 1776 Declaration of Independence by the 13 original states. President John Adams, however, pegged the anniversary for July 2, one miss in a letter that’s ... Adams ...

On July 3, 1776, John Adams, a leader of the American Revolution who later became the second president of the United States, wrote a letter to his wife Abigail with this prediction: The Second Day ...

John Adams' 1776 letters to his wife are a reminder not to lose our passion for liberty. The Latest John Adams discusses American independence in a letter dated July 3, 1776. The nation's second ...

Historian and author Joseph Ellis' First Family draws from decades of correspondence between John Adams and his ... Washington had his wife, Martha, destroy his letters. "The sheer emotional ...

Abigail and John Adams's letters ... known for writing public letters in support of her husband's policies, the library notes. She was also the first president's wife to reside in the White ...

The “fellow citizens” of Quincy of “worthy character” described in the letter included Adams’ devoted and patriotic wife Abigail; boyhood chum and fellow revolutionary John Hancock ...

John Adams’ letter to his wife Abigail was filled with enthusiasm ... But that long ago letter that John Adams wrote was actually dated July 3rd, 1776. It was on the previous day, July 2nd ...