![]() ![]() Abigail’s husband, John, a lawyer and key figure in the insurrection, had been gone since April, when he left on a meandering journey, eventually arriving in Philadelphia to attend the Second Continental Congress that convened May 10. The Adams family lived in Braintree, a small coastal town 12 miles south of Boston. From a hillside miles away, Abigail Adams, 30, and son John Quincy, 7, watched with excitement and anxiety. The fierce, bloody fighting raged through the night. That first major engagement of the Revolution saw British Commander in Chief William Howe lead around 2,000 Regulars in what Howe expected to be a quick victory over 1,200 colonists commanded by Colonel William Prescott. On June 17, 1775, a vicious battle rocked Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Mass. Abigail Adams Persevered Through Siege and Smallpox to Support the Revolution Close ![]()
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