| Description |
x, 207 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
The Library of American biography |
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Library of American biography.
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| Contents |
Editor's preface -- "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 -- A note on the sources. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [193]-200. |
| Subject |
Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818.
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Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0316020400 |
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