Abigail Adams gave birth to six children, three daughters and three sons, four of whom would live to adulthood. One of those four, John Quincy, would achieve the office of president. The other ...

On October 25, 1764, Abigail wed John Adams, commencing a partnership characterized, and perhaps enriched, by separation. Between 1765 and 1772, she bore five children, one of whom, John Quincy ...

John Quincy Adams, Abigail Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, and their descendants are given their rightful place among the monuments of Washington, D.C. A memorial to the Adams family will serve as ...

While Adams loved London, he accomplished little during his five years there. In 1788 John and Abigail sailed for home, traveling as a couple at long last. (They had lived together in London for ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

John and Abigail Adams wrote over a thousand letters to each other. They had plenty to tell one another during the months (sometimes years) that John was away from home helping found a new nation.

When the break came with Jefferson over national politics, I think Abigail fueled the fire of John's anger. Douglas Ambrose: Although Adams and Jefferson developed their relationship in ...

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity ...

Others in the Adams family were also dedicated to serving our nation. Abigail Adams, John's wife and John Quincy's mother, was herself a significant political thinker whose advocacy for women's ...