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Adams, Abigail Smith (1744-1818, wife of John, designated as AA in The Adams Papers):
Character, Appearance, Habits
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a British visitor's praise of1
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“a little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world”1
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“a physiognomist”1
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as “fair example of female excellence”1
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baggage of1
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called “Nabby”1
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carelessness in recording dates1
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carelessness with dates1
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changes opinion of brother-in-law1
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climbs in carriage window1
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contributes to clothe Rev. Moses Taft1
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correspondence characterized1
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“Debts are my abhorrance”1
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“Deliver me from your cold phlegmatick Preachers, Politicians, Friends, Lovers and Husbands”1
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dreams of1
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early proposals to publish letters of1
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education of1
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envied1
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exemplifies the “Puritan ethic”1
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exhilarated spirits1
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eye color1
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flirtatiousness1
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friendship with Jefferson1
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gray hair of1
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handwriting of1
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handwriting reproduced1
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helps friend collect money1
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her letters as expressions of personality1
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“I am lean as a rale”1
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“I am not Naturally of a gloomy temper”1
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“I am not naturally ... of that rastless anxious disposition”1
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“I am not of an over anxious make”1
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“if we do not lay out ourselves in the Service of mankind whom should we serve?”1
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“I hate an unfealing mortal”1
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“I have a large share of Grandmother Eves curiosity”1
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“I have been distress'd, but not dismayed”1
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“I hush all my murmurs by considering we are all embarked upon the same bottom”1
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interest in early English Quincys1
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JA: her letters give “clearer and fuller Intelligence, than I can get from a whole Committee of Gentlemen”1
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JA: “your Letters are much better worth preserving than mine”1
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JA on her wifely virtues1
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JA's catalogue of faults of1
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jewelry of1
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keeps a letterbook for brief period1
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loneliness of1
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Lovell's wit appreciated1
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love of Scottish songs1
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Lucy Cranch on1
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“Luxery that bainfull poison has unstrung and enfeabled”1
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method of composing and dating letters1
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misidentified portrait of1
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modesty1
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mortified at debts incurred by her brother1
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“My Heart is as light as a feather and my Spirits are dancing”1
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“my pen is always freer than my tongue”1
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“my Pen is my only pleasure, and writing to you the composure of my mind”1
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need for exercise1
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notes want of receiving any special consideration in deference to JA's long absence in public service1
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offers to send needed items to friends and family1
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on the current popularity of matrimony1
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orders fabric for church1
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“pride, I know I have a large portion of it”1
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“prizes the Emanations of a pure and friendly Heart, before all the studied complasance of a finished courtier”1
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recommends Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse1
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refers to Abdees as “my sable tennants”1
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refers to Yankee bundlers1
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refuses to play cards on Sunday1
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requests chocolate from Cranches1
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resemblance to JQA1
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said to resemble Ruth H. Dalton1
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seeks news from Boston ship captains1
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servants assist with dressing1
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“Some folks say I grow very fat”1
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spelling and grammar1
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“studying frugality and oconomy”1
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tells anecdote about need for grand houses1
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tips sea captain1
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“uneaquil to the cares which fall upon me”1
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use of literary sources1
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uses cosmetics1
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uses hairdresser1
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uses pen name “Diana”1
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walks for health1
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wears pearls1
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weather delays delivery of correspondence for U.S.1
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“who will sacrifice as others have done? Portia I think stands alone”1
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William Langborn describes1
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wishes to return to America “where frugality and oconomy are . . . considered virtues”1
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