Adams Mansion National Historic Site Photographs

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Adams Mansion National Historic Site Photographs

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This file unit contains photographs of the Old House at Peacefield and the surrounding grounds at what is now called the Adams National Historical Park, located in Quincy, Massachusetts. The photographs document the appearance and condition of the mansion, as well as the Stone Library, garden and carriage house, at the time of donation of the estate to the National Park Service. Peacefield was home to U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams; U.S. First Ladies Abigail Adams and Louisa Catherine Adams; U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Charles Francis Adams; and historians Henry Adams and Brooks Adams.

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National Archives at Boston

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Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818

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Hailed for her now-famous admonition that the Founding Fathers “remember the ladies” in their new laws, Abigail Adams was not only an early advocate for women’s rights, she was a vital confidant and advisor to her husband John Adams, the nation’s second president. She opposed slavery and supported women’s education. Born to a prominent family in Weymouth, Massachusetts on November 11, 1744, Adams’ father, Reverend William Smith, was part of a prestigious ministerial community within the Congr...