Your affectionate Portia : Abigail Adams to John Adams during the American Revolution, a dramatic work for one actress : typescript, 1975.

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Your affectionate Portia : Abigail Adams to John Adams during the American Revolution, a dramatic work for one actress : typescript, 1975.

Typescript, with author's note regarding production, and additional text as an addendum. Produced: Church of the Good Shepard (New York, NY), March 16, 1975. (As ABIGAIL ADAMS, FOUNDING MOTHER.).

1 volume (46 leaves); 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6690604

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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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...

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Webster, Kate L.

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Kate Webster, playwright. From the description of Your affectionate Portia : Abigail Adams to John Adams during the American Revolution, a dramatic work for one actress : typescript, 1975. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122364027 ...