New play, orchestra pay tribute to Abigail Adams `Letters' caps 250th-birthday events

The Boston Globe | November 6, 1994| | Copyright

WEYMOUTH -- As the 250th anniversary of her birth approaches, the words of Abigail Adams will be heard again as groups in Quincy and Weymouth honor the memory of a remarkable woman.

Today at 2 p.m., the Southeastern Philharmonic Orchestra and the Weymouth public schools will give a free concert featuring the premiere of "A Nest of Letters" at the Weymouth Junior High School on Pleasant Street. The concert caps a season of special lectures and programs dedicated to her life.

Adams was born in Weymouth on Nov. 11, 1744, and was wife to John Adams, the second president, and mother to ...

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