“[John Adams] letters courting Abigail Smith are especially priceless. In one of 1764 he addresses her as "Miss Adorable" and says that "By the same Token that the Bearer hereof satt up with you last night I hereby order you to give him, as many Kisses, and as many Hours of your Company after 9 O'Clock as he shall please to Demand and charge them to my Account."” GivingLastsNightOrderHoursCompanyMissingPleaseDemandKissingLettersAccountsClockAddressesLast NightPricelessAdorableTokensAbigail Author:Gordon S. Wood
“[John Adams] experience with the French philosophers only convinced him further of the need for a bicameral legislature representing the two principal social orders and, equally important, an independent executive.” NeedsTwoImportantOrderSocialIndependentPhilosopherConvincedExecutivesPrincipalLegislatureRepresentingSocial OrderFrench Philosopher Author:Gordon S. Wood
“Creating senates, the French critics said, implied that there was another social order besides the people represented in the houses of representatives. [John] Adams actually agreed with that implication and argued that the aristocracy and the people had to have separate houses; this was the only way the power of the aristocracy could be contained.” PeopleWaySaidOrderHouseSocialCreatingCriticsSenateRepresentativesImplicationsAristocracySocial OrderImpliedHouse Of Representatives Author:Gordon S. Wood
“[John] Adams was arguing that a separate social order existed that needed to be embodied in senates and his fellow Americans could not accept this and accused him rightly of being obsessed with the English constitution.” OrderSocialAcceptingNeededConstitutionFellowsArguingObsessedSenateAccusedSocial Order Author:Gordon S. Wood
