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Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March - 5 April 1776

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March - 5 April 1776

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    From the Adams Family Papers


    [ This description is from the project: MHS Collecting History ]

    In the spring of 1776, with talk of independence in the air, Abigail Adams famously advised her husband,

    I long to hear that you have declared an independancy--and by the way in the New Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, & be more Generous & favourable to them than your ancestors.

    Provenance: Gift of the Adams Manuscript Trust, 1956

    Please read the full transcription of Abigail's letter to John