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My Dearest Friend,
...should I draw you the picture of my heart it would be what I hope you
would still love though it contained nothing new. The early
possession you obtained there, and the absolute power you have obtained
over it, leaves not the smallest space unoccupied.
I look back to the early days of our acquaintance and friendship as to
the days of love and innocence, and, with an indescribable pleasure, I
have seen near a score of years roll over our heads with an affection
heightened and improved by time, nor have the dreary years of absence in
the smallest degree effaced from my mind the image of the dear untitled
man to whom I gave my heart.
Abigail Adams to John Adams, her husband. He became the second
president of the United States. Written December 23, 1782
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