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Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March - 5 April 1776
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[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]
In the spring of 1776, with talk of independence in the air, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband and famously advised: "in the New Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, & be more Generous & favourable to them than your ancestors."
Please read the full transcription of Abigail's letter to John