![]() This illustrated inventory also marks the first time digital images of these letters have appeared online. While some of the letters have been transcribed and appear in print in the AAS Proceedings (parts one and two) and the Massachusetts Historical Society’s Adams Papers Digital Edition, the text of many letters has been unavailable online until now. The letters in this collection are addressed almost exclusively to Abigail’s sister Mary and Mary’s daughter, Lucy Cranch Greenleaf (1767-1846). ![]() AAS purchased the collection in 1942, the letters having been preserved by a great-grandchild of Abigail’s sister, Mary Smith Cranch (1741-1811). ![]() The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) holds a collection of over 200 letters written by Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams (1735-1826), the second president of the United States. ![]()
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