A letter written by elderly John Adams in 1824 to a 19-year-old bride-to-be was held privately for nearly 200 years and was part of an album auctioned for $40,000 on June 28, 2023. (Raab ...

He wrote to Abigail that "the second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America." The ...

John and Abigail Adams knew where American history was headed. The couple’s letters provide an extraordinary window on the revolt brewing 250 years ago.

Adams wrote to neighbor Ellen Maria Brackett on Dec. 14, 1824. Hulton Archive. The autographed letter from the Founding Father and former president is clearly its most valuable artifact.

John Adams’ letter to his wife, Abigail, was filled with enthusiasm but also carried a tone of foreboding. It was July 1776, and revolution was in the air among the delegates at the meeting of the ...

Abigail and John Adams's letters to each other show a rare marriage of equals, historians say. Left: Abigail Adams, by Gilbert Stuart, in the collection of the National Gallery of Art; right: John ...

In a flirtatious courtship letter to his future wife, Abigail, John Adams addresses her as “Miss Adorable.” After she died 56 years later, the nation’s second president writes his son that ...

In a letter dated March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, in Philadelphia, urging him and other members of the Continental Congress to keep the interests of women in mind ...

Adams signed this letter, “In hopes you will soon be more calm, I am your well wisher, John Adams.” Despite his threats, William Cunningham kept his original promise to Adams and did not ...