TO
THE HONORED MEMORY OF
FRANKLIN BENJAMIN SANBORN
THE FRIEND OF MY PARENTS AND OF MY CHILDREN;
TO THREE GENERATIONS A FAITHFUL,
AFFECTIONATE, AND BELOVED
COUNSELLOR.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I. Begins at the Beginning[1]
II. Girlhood and Marriage[24]
III. The Boston Massacre[40]
IV. The Boston Tea Party[60]
V. After Lexington[88]
VI. Boston Blockade[112]
VII. In Happy Braintree[124]
VIII. Independence at Last[142]
IX. Mr. Adams Abroad[181]
X. The Court of St. James[197]
XI. Vexatious Honors[231]
XII. Afternoon and Evening [260]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Abigail Adams[Frontispiece]
FACING
PAGE
Abigail Adams[36]
John Adams[188]
South Elevation of the President's House[252]

For much of the local and contemporary color in this little book, the author is indebted to the admirable works of the late Mrs. Alice Morse Earle.