Jefferson Condolence Letter to John Adams After the Death of Abigail
Thomas Jefferson November 13, 1818 Jefferson wrote this extraordinary condolence letter upon hearing of the death of John Adams’ wife, Abigail. MONTICELLO, November 13, 1818. The public papers, my dear friend, announce the fatal event of which your letter of October the 20th had given me ominous foreboding. Tried myself in the school of affliction, by the loss of every form of connection which can rive the human heart, I know well, and feel what you have lost, what you…