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Abigail Adams was born on November 11 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy Smith where her parents, they had 4 children Abigail being the second born out of her brother William and her 2 sisters Mary Smith Cranch and Elizabeth Smith shaw peabody. Abigail did not have a formal education because of her chronic illness, but she availed herself of the family library to master subjects most women never consider. On October 25, 1764 she married John adams and they had 6 children: Abigail, John Quincy (future president),Susanna, Charles, Thomas, and Elizabeth. Since her husband was almost never home they exchanged letters, from 1762 until 1801 there were over 1,100 letters exchanged. Abigail Adams was

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