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Adams, Abigail Smith (1744-1818, wife of John, designated as AA in The Adams Papers):
Relationship with Children
AA2 66
CA 2
JQA 36
TBA 4
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plays active role in Tyler's courtship of AA220
irregular correspondence with JQA16
encourages and defends AA2's dismissal of Tyler7
reunion with JQA in London5
AFC05
moral values inherent in the study of history and in observation of the customs of a foreign country2
“affectionate parents require . . . only that [their children] be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind”1
AFC05
antidotes to pride offered1
AFC04
asks JQA to write to Jefferson1
AFC06
asks niece to give sons “Sisterly advice”1
AFC05
becomes closer to AA21
AFC05
characterizes her three sons1
AFC02
characterizes JQA1
AFC05
commended by JA as example for1
AFC03
comments on a parent's concern for children1
AFC06
comments on need for JQA to return to U.S.1
AFC06
concerned over instability of youth1
AFC05
concern for JQA's health1
AFC06
correspondence with1
AFC05
cost of education for1
AFC07
delighted by praise of JQA1
AFC05
Elizabeth Shaw on1
AFC07
encourages friendship between JQA and CA1
AFC07
enjoys seeing them “rising in virtue and Eminence”1
AFC05
envies a proud father1
AFC05
fears effects of their separation from JA1
AFC05
feels “exceedingly Matronly with a grown up Son on one hand, and Daughter upon the other”1
AFC05
feels unequal to guide sons in college1
AFC05
hopes AA2 can substitute for, as correspondent1
AFC05
hopes JQA goes to England1
AFC05
hopes to see “ my family again collected under our own roof”1
AFC05
instills in JQA “the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness”1
AFC05
“I please myself with the prospect of your [JQA's] growing into Life a Wise and Good Man”1
AFC05
JA outlines methods of teaching epistolary style to1
AFC02
JQA acts as secretary for1
AFC05
JQA's resemblance to1
AFC06
“Let your ambition be engaged to become eminent”1
AFC04
owned portrait of AA21
AFC06
pleased with, “thus far in life”1
AFC05
praises acquiring knowledge at early age1
AFC06
praises JQA's books and writings1
AFC05
praises JQA's observations on Russian government1
AFC05
reads correspondence between JQA and AA21
AFC07
relies on AA2 to write to JQA1
AFC06
“Roving is not benificial to study at your age, Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardour and attended to with diligence”1
AFC03
sad to leave CA and TBA in America1
AFC05
sends AA2 to entertain guests1
AFC06
teases JQA about marriage1
AFC06
thinks eyes of world on children of the prominent1
AFC05
treats CA for “pluratick disorder”1
AFC05
views battle of Bunker Hill with JQA1
AFC01
visits CA and TBA in Haverhill1
AFC05
wants JQA to finish education at Harvard1
AFC05
wishes TBA had gotten measles1
AFC05
“Youth is the proper season for observation and attention”1
AFC04
See also: under the names of the children
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