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Title: Walks & talks about historic Boston .
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Mann, Albert William, 1841-
Subjects: Historic buildings -- Massachusetts Boston Boston (Mass.) -- Description and travel
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : The Mann publishing co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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from Harvardin 1755, studied law, and was admitted to the bar three3ears later. In 1764 he married Abigail Smith, daughterof the Pastor of the Congregational Church at Weymouth,;i half a dozen miles away, the site of the parsonage a longstones throw from the North Weymouth Railroad Sta-tion. A part of this old parsonage still stands in NorthWeymouth Village. Parson Smith had told his threedaughters that when they married he would preach foreach a sermon from a text chosen by themselves. The hus-bands choice of Mary (Polly) pleased him.; therefore hewas glad to use the text, Mary hath chosen that goodpart. But Abigails consent to marry John Adams was byno means pleasing to her parson father—too much socialstep down for family pride. Therefore, the Parsons stren-uous objection to her chosen wedding text, John cameneither eating nor drinking and they say he hath a devil.HoAvever, Abigail stuck to her text, her father preachedfrom it, and neighborhood gossips had something to talkabout.
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■John Adams Walks and Talks .Iboiit Historic Boston. ^77 That John iVdams chose wisely and that Abigail Smithconsented wisely as to her husband is a matter of history.Also, it may be well emphasized, that of all Revolutionarypatriot wives, none proved herself of nobler mold thanAbigail Smith xVdams. In all her husbands public life,she was his wisdom and inspiration ; their hearts beat sym-pathetically along patriotic lines. At the time of JohnAdams marriage, he, and thousands of other American col-onists, were thinking deeply and not a little vigorously, asto their relatitms to the English Government. One politi-cal annoyance after another led to the issuance of theStamp Act, which commanded the use of GovernmentStamps on various documents in order to their legalitv.Immediately a fierce opposition arose, led in no small partby John Adams, who took the bold stand that the act wasnull and void, because Parliament had no right to taxthe Colonists and that such statutes could have no po

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