ABIGAIL ADAMS

Artist: Gilbert Stuart (National Gallery of Art)
2. ADAMS
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BORN:
Abigail Smith,
November 22, 1744,
Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America

DIED:
October 28, 1818 (age 73)
Quincy, Massachusetts

SPOUSE:
John Adams (m.1764)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1789-1797:
Second Lady of the United States
1797-1801:
First Lady of the United States

RESOURCES:
Adams National Historic Park
Massachusetts Historical Society
UVA Miller Center
The White House
White House Historical Association
National First Ladies’ Library
First Ladies (C-SPAN)

PORTRAITS:

Artist: Gilbert Stuart (National Gallery of Art)
Artist: Benjamin Blyth
Unidentified Artist, ca. 1795 (Fenimore Art Museum/ National Portrait Gallery)