Show I MODEST HOME OF JOHN DAMS Building Still Stands In Charge ot QuIncy Historical Society Close by the house In which President Presi-dent John Adams first saw the light of day Is tho modest leanto cottage where ho wont to live with Abigail his wife after their marriage In 1764 and where John QuIncy Adams was born Tho house Is still standing In South QuIncy at tho corner of Independence Inde-pendence avenue and Franklin street Tho latter street was the old Plymouth Plym-outh highway In colonial days so that tho house was passed by those traveling trav-eling to and from Doston At present this house Is In the care of the QuIncy historical society and Is I John Quincy Adams House open to visitors It contains many interesting In-teresting articles owned by the Adams Ad-ams family and used during tho period I when tho houso was occupied by John and Abigail This house has a more than passing Interest from tho fact that It was there Abigail wrote tho famous letters let-ters to her husband while tho latter was attending tho continental congress con-gress in Philadelphia Alono with her son John Quincy Adams sho passed many lonely days and nights waiting for tho return of the husband and father and the close of tho war that was to mean so much to them As rotated In her letters tho houso nas besieged with weary soldiers every ev-ery day on their way to Boston As she wrote to her husband My house is In confusion soldiers corning In for lodging for breakfast for supper for drink Sometimes refugees from Boa ton tired and fatigued seek an nay him for a day a night a week This old house llko all buildings elected In its day is provided with ample fireplaces but oven those glowing glow-ing hearths wore not sufficient to hoop tho place warm during the terribly I bly cold winter of 1775177G when Mr Adams was away anti Abigail writing to him often had to stop In her correspondence cor-respondence because tho Ink had fro Zen and her fingers were numb with tho cold And yet despite the difficulties under un-der which sho lived It was in this house that Abigail Adams wrote at this time to her husband Let us sop orato from tho kings party Let us renounce them and Instead of supplication suppli-cation as formerly let us beseech time Almighty to blast their counsels and bring to naught nil theIr devices I |