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No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.

Abigail Adams

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Abigail Adams
Age: 73 †
Born: 1744
Born: November 22
Died: 1818
Died: October 28
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Abigail Smith
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