Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, October 9, 1775
Abigail Adams October 9, 1775 Grieving over the death of his mother, Adams offers an extraordinary reflection on God, life and the afterlife I have not been composed enough to write you since Last Sabbeth when in the bitterness of my soul, I wrote a few confused lines, since which time it has pleased the great disposer of all Events to add Breach to Breach — “Rare are solitary woes, they Love a Train And tread each others heal.” The…