Abigail Adams
11/22/1744 - 10/28/1818
Sagittarius
Last Words
"Do not grieve, my friend, my dearest friend. I am ready to go. And John, it will not be long."
Death & Legacy
Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams, died on October 28, 1818. She is remembered for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he stayed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses. Her letters also serve as eyewitness accounts of the American Revolutionary War home front.
Details
- Cause of Death
- Typhoid fever
- Age at Death
- 73 years
- Funeral Location
- United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts
- Final Resting Place
- United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.