Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Abigail Adams across 5 places, from 1744 to 1800.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Abigail Adams (née Smith; – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Abigail Adams was documented, and when
22 November 1744exact date
Weymouth, Massachusettsattested“Abigail Adams was born on November 22, 1744, at the North Parish Congregational Church in Weymouth, Massachusetts, to William Smith and Elizabeth (née Quincy) Smith.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
1753year
Quincy, Massachusettsattested“I have not thought it any disgrace to my self to take him into my parlor and teach him both to read and write." Adams was an active member of First Parish Church in Quincy, which became Unitarian in doctrine by 1753.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
April 1768month
Bostonattested“John Adams moved the family to Boston in April 1768, renting a clapboard house on Brattle Street that was known locally as the "White House".”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
1771year
Bostonattested“In 1771, he moved Abigail and the children back to Braintree, but he kept his office in Boston, hoping the time away from his family would allow him to focus on his work.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
August 1772month
Bostonattested“Nevertheless, after some time in the capital, he became disenchanted with the rural and "vulgar" Braintree as a home for his family, and thus, in August 1772, Adams moved his family back to Boston.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
1791year
Philadelphiaattested“One incident regarding Adams's views on race happened in Philadelphia in 1791, when a free black youth came to her house asking to be taught how to read and write.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
1800year
Philadelphiaattested“Charles's daughter, Susanna, was just 3 years old in 1800 when Adams brought her to live in the President's House in Philadelphia days before Charles's death.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
November 1800month
White Houseattested“Adams moved into the White House in November 1800, living there for only the last four months of her husband's term.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
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1774year
Bostonmentioned“In 1774, Abigail and John returned the family to the farm due to the increasingly unstable situation in Boston, and Braintree remained their permanent Massachusetts home.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
31 March 1776exact date
Virginiamentioned“In a letter she wrote on March 31, 1776, Adams doubted that the majority of White people in Virginia had such "passion for Liberty" as they claimed they did, since they "deprive[d] their fellow Creatures" of freedom.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
1784year
Parismentioned“In 1784, Abigail and her daughter Nabby joined her husband and her eldest son, John Quincy, at her husband's diplomatic post in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
1788year
Quincy, Massachusettsmentioned“She and John returned in 1788 to their home in Quincy, Peacefield (also known as the "Old House"), which she set about vigorously enlarging and remodeling.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
4 March 1797exact date
Philadelphiamentioned“John Adams was inaugurated as the second president of the United States on March 4, 1797, in Philadelphia at the age of 61.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
1800year
Quincy, Massachusettsmentioned“After John's defeat in his presidential re-election campaign, the family retired to Peacefield in Quincy in 1800.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
1800year
Peacefieldmentioned“After John's defeat in his presidential re-election campaign, the family retired to Peacefield in Quincy in 1800.”source: Wikipedia: Abigail Adams
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