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[] ||< ​ **John Adams and Abigail Smith first met during the summer of 1759 however they did not start writing letters to each other until 1762 and married in 1764. In 1765, a year after they married, Abigail gave birth to Abigail Adams the second, otherwise known as Nabby. Two years after Nabby's birth, in 1767 John Quincy Adams was born. The growing Adams family then moved to Boston in 1768 and once agian Abigail gave birth to a second daughter, Susanna Adams. Susanna lived a short life and died in 1770. the same year of Susanna's death Charels Adams, Jhon's and Abigail's second son, was born. The Adams then moved back to Braintree and the following year in 1772 Thomas Boylston Adams was born and they once again moved to Boston. Many important travels and activities happen over the next ten years like John going to France and serving on congress and Abigails mother dies and the family moves to France for a little while. The last surviving of their letters was written in 1801 by Abigail. A year before that Charles Adams died and in 1813 Nabby died. Five years later Abigail died and in 1826 John died on "the Fiftieth anniversary of American independence."** ||
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 * < Throughout all their the letters they wrote they disused many thing ranging from details of his travels to news from home to news of what was happening in the government.


 * "Small pox prevailed throughout the region, and the economy struggled"(95**).during the Revolutionary War the war was not the only thing that was causing the people to suffer they lived in the **"constant fear off attack"(95)**, a combination of both therefor caused the economy to suffer because the people had to fund a way and pay medical and in some cases funeral bills. ||< [[image:declaration1_sm.jpg width="267" height="278"]] ||
 * < **"The Events of War are uncertain: we can not ensure success, but we can deserve it." (97)**

In his letter, written during the Revolutionary War, to Abigail, John talks about a committee going into Canada. However it may not have been directly stated what war he is talking to her about it shows his optimism and his belief that the Americans deserved to win. ||<  ||
 * < [[image:molly_pitcher.jpg width="315" height="223" caption="Molly Pitcher"]] ||< **"I went to Bed after 12 but got no rest, the Cannons continued firing and my Heart Beat pace with them all Night. We have had a pretty quiet day, but what to morrow will bring forth God only knows"(99)**

Abigail describes a typical night during the Revolutionary war for her. With the constant cannon fire it must have been hard to sleep. Along with the cannon fire there had to have been other fears like widespread fire throughout the city if a cannon hit a wooden building, or the fear of soldiers barging in a house where they lived must have run through their minds while the people in their house laid awake because as Abigail says "God only knows." ||
 * < **"The pace of the transatlantic mail was inevitably slow. If all went well, it could easily take six to eight week simply to cross the ocean, not including travel time on either end. But too often all did not go well. Ships were delayed in ports; ships sank or were blown off course by bad weather."(207)**

This quote shows how it was hard enough to send mail with just normal conditions and no one harassing the ships that were taking the mail to America. It is just one way that people in modern times take advantage of our mail system and email and other technological ways of communicating. ||< ||
 * < [[image:Continental_Fleet_at_sea.jpg width="363" height="221" caption="Continental Fleet at sea"]] ||< **"some American Ships, threatened with capture by the enemy, destroyed the letters they carried less they contain confidential information that should not fall into British hands" (207)**

This quote explains why some of the letters were never received by the intended recipient. The Americans had to be very careful in their actions for the war could have been lost had the British gained some confidential information. || Continental Fleet at sea online 11/20 http://www.awiatsea.com/images/NPE76/Continental%20Fleet%20At%20Sea.jpg Molly Pitcher online 11/20http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume2/images/molly_pitcher.jpg// Hogan, Margaret A., Taylor, C.James. //My Dearest Friend// Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England 2007 The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Portrait 10/26 Web [] // ||
 * < **From reading this book i have learned so much about John Adams' life and the history of America. John did a lot fo r this country serving as a diplomat. I also have learned through his letters what life was like throughout the Revolutionary War and how it was not only the war that caused hardships on the people.** ||<  ||
 * <  ||< // Works Cited // C-1501777 online 11/20 http://www.marine.forces.gc.ca/project_pride/all_images/photo_archive_images/Large/C-150177.jpg