ABIGAIL ADAMS 1744 1818 LETTER WRITER AND FIRST LADY ADAMS ABIGAIL 1744 1818 FEMINISM CIVIL RIGHTS/EQUALITY U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ABIGAIL ADAMS WAS BORN ABIGAIL SMITH IN WEYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS AFTER RECEIVING AN INFORMAL EDUCATION SHE MARRIED JOHN ADAMS IN 1764 THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN INCLUDING JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ONE CHILD DIED IN INFANCY IN 1774 SHE BEGAN A LONG TERM CORRESPONDENCE WITH HER HUSBAND WHO OFTEN WORKED AWAY FROM HOME THE ADAMSES MOVED TO PARIS IN 1784 AND LATER TO LONDON WHERE JOHN BECAME THE FIRST U.S MINISTER TO GREAT BRITAIN WHEN JOHN BECAME VICE PRESIDENT IN 1789 THEY MOVED TO NEW YORK THE NATION'S FIRST CAPITAL ALTHOUGH ABIGAIL SOMETIMES LIVED IN BRAINTREE NOW QUINCY MASSACHUSETTS WHEN HER HUSBAND BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1797 ABIGAIL SERVED AS FIRST LADY AFTER JOHN'S DEFEAT IN THE 1800 ELECTION THE ADAMSES RETIRED TO BRAINTREE WHERE ABIGAIL DIED OF TYPHOID FEVER IN 1818 HER CORRESPONDENCE WITH HER HUSBAND WAS PUBLISHED IN 1840 AND BECAME A VALUABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE EARLY UNITED STATES
