John Adams
[Text] John Adams’s Letter to His Wife on the First Independence Day

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John Adams writes this letter to Abigail Adams on July 3, 1776, one day after the resolution of independence was approved within a closed session of the Second Continental Congress. In this letter, Adams expresses the importance of the independence they finally achieved, explaining that people are bound to remember this … Continue reading