Your heart determines your behavior Career through letters they exchanged If you have a foolish heart, you will act foolishly.
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From a letter from abigail adams to john adams, october 18, 1780
In this excerpt, abigail describes the story of benedict arnold, a continental soldier who committed treason against america during the revolutionary war.
What sort of defence virginia can make against our common enemy Whether it is so situated as to make an able defence Are not the gentery lords and the common people vassals, are they not like the uncivilized natives brittain represents us to be? The first scholarship on abigail adams focused on her relationships with powerful men and how those relationships shaped abigail’s economic and political decisions
For example, the women of the american revolution by elizabeth ellet was one of the first books to cover abigail adams. Then david sent word to abigail, asking her to become his wife 40 his servants went to carmel and said to abigail, “david has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.” Abigail adams to john adams [braintree] may 7, 1776 how many are the solitary hours i spend, ruminating upon the past, and anticipating the future, whilst you overwhelmd with the cares of state, have but few moments you can devote to any individual.
She shaped her husband john’s political thought an
