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Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 November 1800

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 November 1800 Manuscript

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    Manuscript

    25.5 cm x 20.5 cm

    From the Adams Family Papers


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    [ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

    After spending his first night in the unfinished President's House (later called the White House), John Adams wrote to Abigail Adams: "I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof."