Abigail Adams

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Adams, Abigail (Nabby) see Smith, Abigail Adams

Adams, Abigail Louisa (Abbe; Mrs. Alexander Johnson)

Adams, Abigail Smith (Mrs. John Adams): birth and family background

on Burr, Aaron

characteristics and descriptions; early years; later years; middle years

children: daughter stillborn; education and upbringing; pleasure and involvement; smallpox inoculation

children—Abigail (Nabby); concern over family and attempts to help; family visits and stays; her illness and death; involvement and marriage to Col. William Smith; involvement with Royall Tyler; and son-in-law, Col. Smith

children—Charles; and daughter-in-law, Sally

children—John Quincy; companionship and sadness at separation; his political appointments; involvement with Mary Frazier; marriage to Louisa Catherine Johnson; in Russia; Ghent peace negotiations; as senator

children—Susanna

children—Thomas Boylston

credo; importance of religion

death; will

on the diplomatic career

education; learning French; self-education

in England (and comments on life and customs)

English, criticism of and dislike

Europe, voyage to

finances; in England; in France; goods imported and traded; importance to a marriage; problems and struggles

in France (and comments on life and customs)

and Franklin, Benjamin

French, criticism of and distrust

grandchildren; Abbe Adams; Charles Francis Adams; George Adams; John Adams; Susan Adams; Caroline Smith; John Smith; Thomas Hollis Smith; William Steuben Smith

health (chronic problems and illness); smallpox inoculation

illness and death of family and friends

infancy and childhood

and Lovell, James

on Madison, James

marriage; courtship; her death; pain and loneliness of separation; as partnership and collaboration

and Monroe, James

Netherlands, travel

portrait by Benjamin Blyth

portrait by Gilbert Stuart

as President’s wife; attacks on and criticism; before assumption of office; defeat for second term and those elected; Philadelphia (and en route); Washington

retirement of husband from public office

siblings see Cranch, Mary Smith; Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw; Smith, William

as Vice-President’s wife; criticism; New York; Philadelphia

and Washington, George

and Washington, Martha

women’s role and rights

see also Adams households and residences

Adams, Abigail Smith—correspondence

Adams, Charles

Adams, George

Adams, John (grandson)

Adams, John (husband): during Continental Congress; during courtship; early years of marriage and on law circuit; in France and Netherlands and en route; as President; as Vice-President

Adams, John Quincy

Adams, Louisa (Mrs. John Quincy Adams)

Adams, Samuel

Adams, Thomas Boylston

Cranch, Betsy

Cranch, Lucy

Cranch, Mary

Cranch, Richard

Cranch, William

Cushing, Hannah

Gerry, Elbridge

Harrod, Ann (Nancy; later Mrs. Thomas Adams)

Jefferson, Thomas

Johnson, Catherine

Lincoln, Hannah

Lovell, James

Macauley, Catharine

Madison

Monroe, James

Peabody, Elizabeth Shaw

Quincy, Hannah

Rush, Richard

Shaw, Elizabeth see Peabody, Elizabeth Shaw above

Shaw, William

Shippen, Alice Lee

Smith, Abigail (Nabby)

Smith, Caroline (later Mrs. John P. De Windt)

Smith, Isaac, Jr.

Smith, William (cousin)

Smith, William Stephens (son-in-law)

Thaxter, John

Tufts, Dr. Cotton

Tyler, Royall

Warren, Mercy

Welsh, Harriet

Adams, Ann Harrod (Nancy; Mrs. Thomas Boylston Adams)

Adams, Charles

emotional and financial problems; alcoholism and death

and brother, John Quincy

children

education

infancy and childhood; in Europe

marriage to Sarah (Sally) Smith

and mother, correspondence

as young man

Adams, Mrs. Charles see Adams, Sarah Smith

Adams, Charles Francis

Adams, Elihu

death

Adams, Elizabeth Welles (Mrs. Samuel Adams)

Adams, George Washington

and grandmother

infancy and childhood; England; with relatives

Adams, Henry

Adams, John: in American Philosophical Society

Boston Massacre

on Boston Tea Party

characteristics and descriptions

children; daughter stillborn; education and upbringing

children—Abigail (Nabby): her death; involvement and marriage with Col. William Smith; involvement with Royall Tyler; relationship; and son-in-law, Col. Smith

children—John Quincy; and daughter-in-law, Louisa; father’s politics defended

Committees of Correspondence

Continental Congress; see also Declaration of Independence below

credo

Declaration of Independence

diplomatic career

early life and family background

education; efforts to master French

England, as minister; criticism of; desires appointment; presentations at court

in England for reunion with family

Europe and Africa, commercial treaties

farming, love of; see also Quincy, Adams households

finances

France, as commissioner

France, as minister; and allegations against Deane; Peace of Paris and negotiations; treaty of alliance

Franklin, Benjamin, dislike and criticism

French, criticism of and distrust

government/governing, ideas on; British political system supported; as public service; supposed advocate of hereditary government; usurpation by personality feared; voting rights; see also writing below

Hamilton, Alexander, political rivalry

health: daily walk; problems

and Jefferson, Thomas see Jefferson, Thomas: Adams, Abigail and John

law career; Chief Justice of Massachusetts; General Court; state constitutions, work on; see also writing below

marriage; courtship; death of Abigail; pain and loneliness of separation; as partnership and collaboration

Netherlands, as commissioner and minister

politics as career, as gradual decision

portrait by John Singleton Copley

portrait by Gilbert Stuart

as President; Alien and Sedition Acts; attacks on and criticism; defense forces established; election; examines possibility; final appointees; France, relations with; inaugural; nomination for second term; loses election; politics before assuming office

Quincy, Hannah, romance with

retirement after presidency

Sons of Liberty

as teacher

as Vice-President; criticism of and problems; reelection

M. Warren’s History and defense of position

and Washington, George

women’s role and rights

writing; autobiography; Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States; Discourses on Davila; A Dissertation on the Feudal and Canon Law; Thoughts on Government

see also Adams households and residences

Adams, John—correspondence

Adams, Abigail see Adams, Abigail Smith—correspondence

Adams, John Quincy

Adams, Louisa (Mrs. John Quincy Adams)

Adams, Samuel

Adams, Sally

Cranch, Richard

Dana, Francis

De Windt, Caroline Smith

Dexter, Samuel

Gerry, Elbridge

Jay, John

Jefferson, Thomas

Lafayette, Marquis de

Lee, Arthur

Mather, Cotton

Monroe, James

Palmer, Gen. Joseph

Rush, Dr. Benjamin

Smith, Abigail (Nabby)

Smith, William Stephens

Stiles, Rev. Ezra

Thaxter, John

Tufts, Dr. Cotton

Tyler, Royall

Warren, James

Warren, Mercy

Washington, George

Waterhouse, Dr. Benjamin

Adams, John (father-in-law of Abigail Adams)

Adams, John (grandson of Abigail Adams): and grandmother

infancy and childhood; England; with relatives

Adams, John Quincy: and brother, Charles

and brother, Thomas; correspondence

characteristics and descriptions

children

correspondence: Bridges, James; Johnson, Joshua; Madison, James; Waterhouse, Dr. Benjamin

education

in England: as minister; with parents

finances: allowance by parents; problems and concerns

in France and Netherlands (with father and then family)

health, problems with

infancy and childhood

involvement with Mary Frazier

and Jefferson, Thomas

law career; Supreme Court appointment refused

Madison, James, support for

marriage to Louisa Catherine Johnson; correspondence; courtship and involvement; as his secretary

Netherlands, as minister

and parents, relationship; father’s politics defended; mother’s illness and death; will; as young man; see also Adams, Abigail Smith—correspondence

politics as career

Prussia, as minister

Russia: as minister; as secretary to minister Dana

as Secretary of State

on Sedition Act

as senator

and sister, Nabby: brother-in-law and Miranda expedition; close relationship; correspondence

War of 1812, mediation

writing, as “Publicola,”

Adams, Mrs. John Quincy see Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson

Adams, Louisa

death

Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson (Mrs. John Quincy Adams)

characteristics and descriptions

children; infant Louisa and her death; miscarriages and deaths

emotional instability and financial sensitivity

in England and France with parents and family

in Europe (Russia/France/England)

health, problems with

and in-laws; Abigail’s illness and death; correspondence with Abigail; correspondence with John

Jefferson, Thomas, dislike of

marriage; correspondence; courtship and involvement; as husband’s secretary

in Washington

Welsh, Harriet, correspondence

writing: The Adventures of a Nobody; Record of a Life; or, My Story

Adams, Peter Boylston

Adams, Samuel

Adams, Abigail, correspondence

Adams, John: comparison with; correspondence

allegations against Deane examined

Committees of Correspondence

Continental Congress

warning against hereditary political powers

Adams, Mrs. Samuel see Adams, Elizabeth Welles

Adams, Sarah Smith (Sally; Mrs. Charles Adams)

Adams, Susanna (Suky; daughter of Abigail Adams)

Adams, Susanna Boylston (Mrs. John Adams, later Mrs. John Hall; mother-in-law of Abigail Adams)

Adams, Susanna Boylston (Susan; grandchild of Abigail Adams)

Adams, Thomas Boylston

and brother, John Quincy; correspondence

choice of career

education

infancy and childhood

marriage to Ann (Nancy) Harrod

and mother: correspondence; her illness and death; her will

as young man

Adams, Mrs. Thomas Boylston see Adams, Ann Harrod

Adams households and residences (and their maintenance): Boston

London

New York

Paris

Philadelphia: as President; as Vice-President

Quincy (formerly Braintree); during hostilities; John Quincy’s help in management; after retirement; tenants; Vassall-Borland property purchased

Washington

Addison, Joseph

Alden, John

Alexander I, Czar

Alien and Sedition Acts

Amelia, Princess

American Daily Advertiser

American Prohibitory Act

Argus

army, establishment and maintenance

colonial army

Arnold, Benedict

Articles of Confederation

Augusta, Princess

Aurora

see also Bache, Benjamin Franklin; Duane, William

Austria: and France

Bache, Benjamin Franklin: Adams family criticized in Aurora