BIB_ID
80015
Accession number
MA 3298
Creator
Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818, sender.
Display Date
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1800 May 16.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Morgan, 1978.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 25.1 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Dear sister."
Original paper seal with wax.
From page 17 of Adams album.
Original paper seal with wax.
From page 17 of Adams album.
Summary
Writing to her sister about the illness of her husband, Mr. Cranch; saying her she will visit as soon as she can secure a coach with a good sober driver; telling her that she'll hear the president recently made changes in his cabinet stating that "a house divided against itself cannot stand" and that they needed to be united to contend with England and France; asking Mrs. Cranch to see that her house in Quincy is put in order.
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