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Revolutionary America Series: "Dearest Friend"

When:

June 13, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Where:

Southampton History Museum, 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, United States

Source:

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“Dearest Friend” is a staged reading drawn from the extraordinary correspondence between Abigail Adams and John Adams. Through their own words, audiences are transported into the private world of a couple separated by war and united by intellect, passion, and unwavering conviction. Set against the backdrop of revolution and the birth of a new nation, including the turmoil surrounding the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill, their letters reveal not only political urgen