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In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after serving as president of the nation he helped create. The letters that span these nearly forty years form the most significant correspondence—and reveal one of the most intriguing and inspiring partnerships—in American history.  As a pivotal player in the American Revolution and the early republic, John had a front-row seat at critical moments in the creation of the United States, from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to negotiating peace with Great Britain to serving as the first vice president and second president under the U.S. Constitution. Separated more often than they were together during this founding era, John and Abigail shared their lives through letters that each addressed to “My Dearest Friend,” debating ideas and commenting on current events while attending to the concerns of raising their children (including a future president).  Full of keen observations and articulate commentary on world events, these letters are also remarkably intimate. This new collection—including some letters never before published—invites readers to experience the founding of a nation and the partnership of two strong individuals, in their own words. 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Including her famouscall to \"Remember the Ladies,\" letters from the 1760s and 1770soffer an unrivalled portrait of the American Revolution on thehome front. Travel to Europe in the 1780s opens a grand new fieldfor her talents as social commentator and political advisor while herroles as vice presidential and presidential wife place her at the veryheart of the nation's founding. Also included are a chronology ofAdams's life, detailed notes, and extensively researched family trees.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This volume is published simultaneously with\u003ci\u003eJohn Adams- Writings from the New Nation 1784-1826\u003c\/i\u003e, the third and final volume in the Library of America John Adams edition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003eis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. 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