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ABIGAIL ADAMS: A BIOGRAPHY. Copyright © 2001, 1987 by Phyllis Lee Levin. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Levin, Phyllis Lee.

Abigail Adams: a biography.

p. cm.

ISBN 0-312-00007-3 (hc)

ISBN 0-312-29168-X (pbk)

1. Adams, Abigail, 1744–1818. 2. Adams, John, 1735–1826. 3. Presidents—United States—Wives—Biography. I. Title.

E322.1.A38L48 1987

973.4'4'0924

86-27889

First St. Martin’s Griffin Edition: October 2001

eISBN 9781466850248

First eBook edition: July 2013