Abigail Adams' first cousin, Dorothy Quincy, was born and raised in the community of Quincy that would later bear the family name. The first lady-to-be married a man born in Quincy, John Adams ...

Abigail Adams ‒ the wife of the second U.S. president, John Adams, and the mother of the sixth U.S. president, John Quincy Adams ‒ was remembered by speakers as an advocate for the education ...

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 ...

"I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House." — John Adams "Abigail, in a letter to a friend, wrote that the building was tolerable only so long as fires were lit in every room.

“If John Adams was a Founding Father, then Abigail Adams was a founding mother," current Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch said in a recent telephone interview.Abigail Adams, although she had no formal ...

The Adams family — John, Abigail, and their descendants, including the nation’s sixth president, John Quincy Adams — embodied the intellectual fortitude and moral courage that defined ...

If you know anything about Abigail Adams, the second first lady of the United States, you are probably aware that she liked to write letters. Approximately 2,300 examples of her prolific ...

Born to John and Abigail Adams on July 11, 1767, in Braintree (now Quincy), Mass., John Quincy Adams was immersed in the Enlightenment values embraced by both of his parents. His father in ...

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 ...