Abigail, Mary, and Elizabeth Smith grew up in Weymouth, Massachusetts, the close-knit daughters of a minister and his wife. Now acclaimed biographer Diane Jacobs reveals their moving story, which unfolds against the stunning backdrop of America in its transformative colonial years. But few know of the equally strong bond Abigail shared with her sisters, Mary Cranch and Elizabeth Shaw Peabody, accomplished women in their own right. "Never sisters loved each other better than we."-Abigail Adams in a letter to her sister Mary, June 1776 Much has been written about the enduring marriage of President John Adams and his wife, Abigail. Massie, David McCulough, and Alison Weir comes the first biography on the life of Abigail Adams and her sisters. In 1815, Louisa took a dangerous wartime journey that Taylor said could be made into a movie.For readers of the historical works of Robert K. The most dramatic episode of her life came almost 40 years earlier, while John Quincy Adams was an overseas ambassador. The daughter of an American merchant in London, Louisa Johnson Adams was accustomed to such events, which she called “sociables.” When she died in 1852, at 77, Congress gave her a rare honor by adjourning for the day. The book includes a foreword by former first lady Laura Bush. “She gave dinners and had senators around the table that you thought wouldn’t have talked to each other,” said Taylor, who co-authored the collection with Margaret Hogan, a former Adams Papers editor at the historical society. capital’s foremost social hostess in the early 19th century. James Taylor says the letters and diary-style reflections in “A Traveled First Lady” (Harvard University Press) show the determination and perception that made her the U.S. As for Louisa Adams, Massachusetts Historical Society editor and author C.
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