My dearest friend : letters of Abigail and John Adams
(2007)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
973.44/ADAMS,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007
DESCRIPTION
xx, 508 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780674026063 (alk. paper), 0674026063 (alk. paper), 0674026063 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes index
Love sweetens life, October 1762-July 1774 -- The decisive day is come, August 1774-December 1775 -- We are determined to foment a rebelion, January-October 1776 -- Kind providence has preserved to me a life, January-November 1777 -- I cast my thoughts across the Atlantick, February 1778-April 1782 -- A signal tryumph, July 1782-March 1788 -- The most insignificant office, December 1788-January 1794 -- This whirligig of a world, February 1794-December 1795 -- I am heir apparent, January 1796-January 1797 -- The chief majestracy of a nation, February 1797-February 1801 -- Epilogue: The death of Abigail -- Chronology