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Adams, Abigail Smith

author, was born Nov. 23, 1744, in Weymouth, Mass.

Her father was the Rev. William Smith, for forty years congregat ional clergyman of Weymouth. She was the wife of President John Adams, to whom she was married Oct. 25, 1764.

She was endowed with intellectual gifts, tact, and practical knowledge, and eminently qualified to be the companion of her husband; and was also an inspiration to her gifted son. She is known to literature by her entertaining Letters, edited by her grandson. She died Oct. 28, 1818, in Quincy, Mass.