My Dearest Friend: Letters of John and Abigail Adams

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Letters

Miss Adorable: John to Abigail, 1762
Dearest Friend: John to Abigail, 1774
July 3, A Declaration of Independency: John to Abigail, 1776
Remember the Ladies: Abigail to John, 1776
From the President's House: John to Abigail, 1800

Examples

Bloody Massacre print by Paul Revere, 1770
Executive Mansion floor plan, 1792

Related to the Exhibition

Extracts from Continental Congress, 1774
Hayden letter, 1776
Constitution, final draft, 1787

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John Adams Letters at the Massachusetts Historical Society

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Washington: President's House (plan). Architectural drawing by James Hoban, 1 page, 1792.
Item number: N396; K179. Dimensions: 53.2 cm x 20 cm (20-15/16" x 7-7/8").
Original manuscript from the Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Executive Mansion floor plan
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