約翰亞當斯經常有數週、數月甚至數年的時間遠離家鄉麻塞諸塞州布倫特裡市，先是擔任律師、接著是成為大陸會議成員、擔任駐外外交官，約翰和阿比蓋爾時常通信，也因此通信成為他們在電話（更別說是是電子郵件！）問世之前、遠距相處的最主要工具。約翰視阿比蓋爾為自己的「記者」一般，通信的內容從日常生活狀況到約翰亞當斯沈重的工作、甚至其他建國元老相關的事件都有。阿比蓋爾在她獨自照顧小孩、於獨立戰爭期間獨力管理農場的期間內寫了超過2000封的信，也為美國這個國家誕生時的許多重要事件留下重要的紀錄。她的歷史知識相當豐富，也是個天賦異稟的的觀察家、作家。

John Adams spent many weeks, months, and even years away from Abigail and his growing family in Braintree, Massachusetts, first as a lawyer and then as a member of the Continental Congress and as a diplomat abroad. John and Abigail exchanged frequent letters, though, which was the routine form of long distance communication before the telephone (or e-mail!). John considered Abigail his "reporter," and they wrote about issues ranging from everyday life to the weighty work facing John Adams and the other Founding Fathers. Abigail's more than 2,000 letters chronicle her life raising children alone and managing a farm during the Revolutionary War, but she also left behind an important account of the historical events surrounding America's birth as a nation. She was very knowledgeable about history, and was a gifted observer and writer.

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