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If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.

Abigail Adams

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