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The candid letters of John, Abigail, and the Adams children offer a rich perspective on life in America during its infancy. The almost 300 letters in volume 13 of Adams Family Correspondence were written during seventeen tumultuous months of John Adams's presidency, when he depended on surrogates for much of his family correspondence.
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Sara Martin is Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Hobson Woodward is Series Editor for the Adams Family Correspondence of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Christopher F. Minty is Assistant Editor for the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Amanda M. Norton (née Amanda A. Mathews) is Digital Production Editor for the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Neal E. Millikan is Series Editor for Digital Editions of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Emily Ross is Transcriber for the John Quincy Adams Diaries Digital Project at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Sara B. Sikes is Scholarly Communications Design Studio Coordinator at the University of Connecticut and former Associate Editor for Digital Projects of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.Sara Georgini is Series Editor for the Papers of John Adams of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Summary
The candid letters of John, Abigail, and the Adams children offer a rich perspective on life in America during its infancy. The almost 300 letters in volume 13 of Adams Family Correspondence were written during seventeen tumultuous months of John Adams’s presidency, when he depended on surrogates for much of his family correspondence.
