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Abigail Adams: A little of...

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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.

Source: letter to John Adams, 1 May 1780
-- Abigail Adams, (Nov 11 1744-1818), US first lady; Her prolific letter writing vividly portrayed the life of the young republic; only woman to be wife of one president and the mother to another.


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