The Story of Abigail Adams
My name is Abigail Smith Adams. I am the wife of the second president of the United States and I am also the mother of the sixth president. I was born on November, 1744. I lived on a farm at Weymouth. I was often sick when I was young, and for medicine I was given broths in which there was boiled snails, or worms. I have a older sister, Mary, and a younger sister, Elizabeth, and a brother. My sisters were taught at the local schoolhouse and my brother had tutors who came to the house. I had to stay home and outside the closed doors while my brother was tutored. Back then girls were taught as little as possible. It was the rule. But being sick all the time got me closer to my father, Parson Smith, the preacher. He taught me how to read, make a quill pen, and ink for writing. Also, he taught me to know my mind and stick with the decisions I make. Sometimes I would help my mother make candles, learn to make bread and soap, and milk cows. When young people stop by, we would write to each other, using pen names from the classic books or from mythology. I signed my name "Diana." In my teens, I met a lawyer named John Adams. After that I signed "Portia," after the bold young woman in The Merchant o
The little flock remember Papa, and kindly wish to see him: so does your most affectionate Then I decided to go to Paris to see John and Johnny. It was almost 4 years when I last saw them. I decided to take little Abby, a maid, and a man servant with me. The voyage was rough, but I made it there in one piece. I was so glad to see them. Johnny looked so much like a man at the age 12. When I was in Paris, I got to meet some interesting people like Thomas Jefferson, King George III, his wife, Princess Augusta, and Princess Royal. John recently became the official minister of England. I had mixed feelings. I was glad that he became minister but that will bring more responsibilities and more time away from me. John was minister for a few years, when he could not take it any more. There were court functions and new outfits that he had to pay, but did not have the money too. He notified the Congress and told them that he would not serve any longer. We decided to live as we were back home, and John could practice law again. I had many children in my life. My first baby, a girl, was born on October, 1764. Her name was Abigail. A few years later, I had my second baby, a boy. I decided on the name John Quincy Adams after my grandfather who was dying. In 1770 when the bloody Boston Massacre occurred, my second baby girl, Susanna was born, but died at the age of one. When I had her, I was not in great health. Before the Boston Tea Party, I had my second son name Charles and later after I had another son named Thomas. My world was changing so fast. I had my wonderful children, and I taught them how to read and write and learn them French. When Johnny got older, he had a tutor who everyday for lessons. Soon I took them to see Weymouth to visit my parents and my sister Mary. I celebrated my 13th wedding anniversary on October 25, 1777. f Venice. One day when I was writing, my mom came into my room. She asked me what I was doing and I told her that I was writing a letter to John Adams. I showed her the love letter that he wrote me, and my mom was very upset. My mom knew who John Adams was and did not like me being in love with a farmer's son. They didn't just farm for family use, but they made a living out of it. John was kind, tender, and could quote Shakespeare to me. He had received a college education from Harvard. When I was 20 and John was 29, my mom finally agreed to let the marriage take place. Then there was an outbreak of small pox in Boston. When John had to go to Boston for cases,
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