Adams National Historic Site Photographs of National Register of Historic Places

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Adams National Historic Site Photographs of National Register of Historic Places

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 were taken to document the estate for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The photographs depict the mansion, as well as the Stone Library, garden, pond and carriage house. 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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SNAC Resource ID: 11614066

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...