Unfaltering Commitment Quotes
When Thomas Jefferson’s wife Mary died in 1804, Abigail wrote Jefferson a letter of condolence with this chilly signature. They had been close friends when her husband and Jefferson served together as Ambassadors to France. However, they became political opponents and then political enemies as Jefferson criticized Adams and his views while Adams was unusually over sensitive to criticism. Abigail sided with her husband regarding Jefferson. However, when Jefferson’s wife died, Abigail felt the obligation to write a condolence letter, but got her dig in with the ending line.