In the letters John received, which Abigail had written in February, she bemoaned not only the difficulty of correspondence during war, but also of the lack of military fervor demonstrated by the New Englanders around her. They are a kind of neutral Tribe, or the Race of the insipids." From these neither good is to be expected nor Evil to be apprehended. More than one half the Inhabitants have removed to the Country, as it was their Wisdom to do-the Remainder are chiefly Quakers as dull as Beetles. "This City is a dull Place, in Comparason of what it was. In the second letter John drafted to Abigail on March 7, he declared that Philadelphia had lost its vibrancy during Congress’ removal to Baltimore. Their mutual respect and adoration served as evidence that even in an age when women were unable to vote, there were nonetheless marriages in which wives and husbands were true intellectual and emotional equals. The remarkable correspondence between Abigail and John Adams-numbering 1,160 letters in total-covered topics ranging from politics and military strategy to household economy and family health. He is with Congress in Philadelphia, while she maintains their farm in Braintree, Massachusetts. On March 7, 1777, Continental Congressman John Adams writes three letters to and receives two letters from his wife, Abigail.
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