In 1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to "Miss Adorable," the seventeen-year-old Abigail Smith. In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after serving as president of the nation he heled create. The letters that span these nearly forty years form the most significant correspondence--and reveal one of the most intriguing and inspiring partnerships--in American history.
Edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor, with a forward by Joseph J. Ellis
