San Juan Record | 1937-06-03 | Page 2 | First before British Royalty

first before british royalty born in 1744 abigail smith became the wife of a young massachusetts chu lawyer john adams when she was twenty acknowledged as one of those who helped shape a new nation john adams was rewarded with the appointment of first united states minister to great britain in 1784 and his wife and eighteen year old daughter abby joined him in london the following summer they curtsied as the first bona ride fide americans before british royalty thereby leading off a picturesque procession which a favored few of their sisters have continued for years