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Abigail Adams

Also known as Abigail Smith, Abigail Smith Adams

First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801

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Abigail Adams was born in 1744 and died in 1818. She was the mother of six children. Her literary output includes five works listed in Crossref and seventeen works in Open Library. Notable titles associated with her name include *Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience*, *Words of Ages*, *Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience*, *Microfilms of the Adams papers*, and *Thomas Jefferson family letters at the Library of Congress American Memory Project*.

She is quoted as saying, "We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them," and "Shall we be despised by foreign powers for hesitating so long at a word?" Her name appears in the Commons category "Abigail Adams" and is referenced by 800 other encyclopedia articles.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Part of: The Dinner Party
Given name: Abigail
Family name: Adams
Gender: female
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: Weymouth
Place of death: Quincy
Spouse: John Adams
Occupation: writer
Position held: Second Lady or Gentleman of the United States
Languages spoken: French
Religion: Congregational churches
Award: National Women's Hall of Fame
Family: Adams family
Image: Abigail Adams by Gilbert Stuart.jpg
Number of children: 6
Residence: John Quincy Adams Birthplace

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place of burial: United First Parish Church
Commons category: Abigail Adams
date of birth: 1744-01-01
date of death: 1818-01-01
name in native language: Abigail Adams
cause of death: typhoid fever
manner of death: natural causes
writing language: English language

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Encyclopedic overview

Abigail Adams (née Smith; November 22, [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She is widely considered to be an influential figure in the founding of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women in American history who were both married to a U.S. president and the mother of a U.S. president.

Adams's life is one of the most documented of the first ladies. Many of the letters she wrote to John Adams while he was in Philadelphia as a delegate in the Continental Congress, prior to and during the Revolutionary War, document the closeness and versatility of their relationship. John Adams frequently sought the advice of Abigail on many matters, and their letters are filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics. Her letters also serve as eyewitness accounts of the home front of the Revolutionary War.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abigail Adams” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.