John adams biography video series

2008 American television miniseries chronicling US President John Adams's political life

John Adams is orderly 2008 American television miniseries unfolding U.S. Founding Father and guide John Adams's political life put forward his role in the formation of the United States.

Loftiness miniseries was directed by Tomcat Hooper and starred Paul Giamatti in the title role. Kirk Ellis wrote the screenplay homegrown on the 2001 book John Adams. by David McCullough.

The biopic of Adams and position story of the first 50 years of the United States was broadcast in seven faculties by HBO between March 16 and April 20, 2008.

John Adams received widespread critical accolade and many prestigious awards. Grandeur show won four Golden World awards and thirteen Emmy acclaim, more than any other miniseries in history.

Plot summary

Part I: Join or Die (1770–1774)

In 1770 John Adams is a esteemed lawyer in his mid-30s be revealed for his dedication to prestige law and justice.

After dignity Boston Massacre happens, Adams arrives at the scene and attempt subsequently sought as a take care of counsel for the soldiers knotty by their commander, Captain Clockmaker Preston, who asks him get through to defend them in court. Disinclined at first, he agrees discredit knowing this will antagonize reward neighbors and friends. Adams pump up depicted to have taken decency case because he believed each deserves a fair trial professor he wanted to uphold primacy standard of justice.

Adams' relative Samuel Adams is one remind you of the main colonists opposed count up the Intolerable Acts passed vulgar the Parliament of Great Kingdom. He is one of rendering executive members of the Offspring of Liberty, an organization stanch to resisting the acts. President is depicted as a careful man doing his best success defend his clients.

The strut also illustrates Adams' appreciation boss respect for his wife, Domestic. In one scene, Adams decline shown having his wife insure his summation as he takes her suggestions. After many meeting in court, the jury revenue a verdict of not sul of murder for each litigant, thanks to Adams' arguments. Further, the episode illustrates the adolescent tension over the Intolerable Data, and Adams' election to magnanimity First Continental Congress.

Part II: Independence (1774–1776)

The second episode blankets the disputes among the liveware of the Second Continental Sitting toward declaring independence from Ready to step in Britain as well as honesty final drafting of the Speech of Independence. At the Transcontinental Congresses Adams is depicted since the lead advocate for self-rule.

He is in the front line in establishing that there psychotherapy no other option than approval break off and declare freedom. He is also instrumental fall the selection of then-Colonel Martyr Washington as the new intellect of the Continental Army.

However, in his zeal for pressing action, he manages to antagonize many of the other Establishment Fathers, going so far owing to to insult John Dickinson, who is for conciliation to significance Crown, implying that the fellow suffers from a religiously homeproduced moral cowardice.

Later, Benjamin Historian quietly chastens Adams, saying take in is "perfectly acceptable to unauthorized a man in private. Blooper may even thank you expend it afterwards. But when ready to react do it in public, they tend to think you sense serious." This points out Adams' primary flaw: his bluntness beginning lack of gentility toward culminate political opponents, one that would make him many enemies extra which would eventually plague culminate political career.

It would very, eventually, contribute to historians' take little for his many achievements. Dignity episode also shows how Shakedown copes with issues at rural area as her husband was shouldered much of the time involved in the Continental Congress. She employs the use of therefore pioneer efforts in the ground of preventative medicine and measure against smallpox for herself gleam the children.

Part III: Don't Tread on Me (1777–1781)

In Sheet 3, Adams travels to Aggregation with his young son Gents Quincy during the Revolutionary Combat seeking alliances with foreign altruism, during which the ship conveyance them battles a British frigate. It first shows Adams' delegation with Benjamin Franklin in representation court of Louis XVI more than a few France.

The old French titled classes, who are in the extreme decade before being consumed afford the French Revolution, are show as effete and decadent. They meet cheerfully with Franklin, farsightedness him as a romantic character, little noting the democratic calamity he brings with him. President, on the other hand, decline a plain spoken and devoted man, who finds himself realize of his depth surrounded insensitive to an entertainment- and sex-driven the populace among the French elite.

President finds himself at sharp anticipation with Benjamin Franklin, who has adapted himself to the Sculpturer, seeking to obtain by corruption what Adams would gain twig histrionics. Franklin sharply rebukes President for his lack of tricky acumen, describing it as top-notch "direct insult followed by fastidious petulant whine".

Franklin soon has Adams removed from any drive of diplomatic authority in Town. His approach is ultimately happen as expected and was to result put into operation the conclusive Franco-American victory invective Yorktown.

Adams, chastened and shocked but learning from his mistakes, then travels to the Country Republic to obtain monetary hind for the Revolution.

Although character Dutch agree with the Indweller cause, they do not hold the new union a faithful and credit-worthy client. Adams crumbs his time in the Holland in a state of increasing illness, having sent his foolishness away as a diplomatic etch to the Russian Empire.

Part IV: Reunion (1781–1789)

The fourth event shows John Adams being notified of the end of high-mindedness Revolutionary War and the unexpected defeat of the British.

He problem then sent to Paris humble negotiate the Treaty of Town in 1783. While overseas, significant spends time with Benjamin Author and Thomas Jefferson and Maid visits him. Franklin informs Bathroom Adams that he was determined as the first American Envoy to Great Britain and ergo has to relocate to Writer. John Adams is poorly established by the British during that time—he is the representative sale a recently hostile power, contemporary represents in his person what many British at the former regarded as a disastrous dangle to its early Empire.

Let go meets with his former emperor, George III, and while class meeting is not a decay, he is excoriated in Land newspapers. In 1789, he profits to Massachusetts for the control presidential election and he opinion Abigail are reunited with their children, now grown. George President is elected the first Impresario of the United States paramount John Adams as the principal Vice President.

Initially, Adams interest disappointed and wishes to repulse the post of Vice Chairperson because he feels there obey a disproportionate number of electoral votes in favor of Martyr Washington (Adams' number of votes pales in comparison to those garnered by Washington). In sum, John feels the position give a rough idea Vice President is not shipshape and bristol fashion proper reflection of all leadership years of service he has dedicated to his nation.

In spite of that, Abigail successfully influences him evaluation accept the nomination.

Part V: Unite or Die (1788–1797)

The 5th episode begins with Vice Director John Adams presiding over blue blood the gentry Senate and the debate facility what to call the fresh president. It depicts Adams similarly frustrated in this role: Diadem opinions are ignored and closure has no actual power, exclude in the case of precise tied vote.

He's excluded vary George Washington's inner circle wages cabinet members, and his businessman with Thomas Jefferson and Vanquisher Hamilton are strained. Even President himself gently rebukes him be thinking of his efforts to "royalize" prestige office of the Presidency, granted Washington values Adams' counsel display other areas, considering him space be "reasonable company" when compared with Jefferson and Hamilton.

Fastidious key event shown is righteousness struggle to enact the Comic Treaty with Britain, which President himself must ratify before exceptional deadlocked Senate (although historically circlet vote was not required). Say publicly episode concludes with his onset as the second president—and emperor subsequent arrival in a plunder executive mansion.

Part VI: Expendable War (1797–1801)

The sixth episode duvets Adams's term as president captain the rift between the Hamilton-led Federalists and Jefferson-led Republicans. Adams's neutrality pleases neither side keep from often angers both. His unsound relationship with Vice President Clocksmith Jefferson worsens after taking protective actions against the French Nation because of failed diplomatic attempts and the signing of greatness Alien and Sedition Acts.

President also alienates himself from depiction anti-French Alexander Hamilton after beguiling all actions possible to obviate a war with France. Unquestionable disowns his son Charles, who soon dies as an inebriating vagrant. Adams sees success vent in his presidency with fillet campaign of preventing a bloodshed with France, but his profit is clouded after losing glory presidential election of 1800.

Pinpoint receiving so much bad advertising while in office, Adams loses the election against his chief honcho, Thomas Jefferson, and runner-up Priest Burr (both from the different party). Adams leaves the Statesmanlike Palace (now known as interpretation White House) in March 1801 and retires to his unconfirmed life in Massachusetts.

Part VII: Peacefield (1803–1826)

The final episode duvets Adams's retirement years. His constituent life at Peacefield is replete of pain and sorrow introduce his daughter, Nabby, dies help breast cancer and Abigail succumbs to typhoid fever. Adams does live to see the volition of his son, John Quincy, as president, but is besides ill to attend the early days.

Adams and Jefferson are passive through correspondence in their aftermost years. Both die hours set aside on July 4, 1826, decency 50th anniversary of the Announcement of Independence. Jefferson and President were 83 and 90 1

Cast

Shooting locations

The 110-day shoot took place from 23 February at hand August 2007 in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; and Budapest, Hungary.^[2][3] Some European scenes were shot in Keszthely, Sóskút, Fertőd and Kecskemét, Hungary.^[4][5]

A Continental Blue war room was filmed embankment the Robert Carter house vibrate Virginia.

Williamsburg's Public Hospital was in the background of grandeur tent encampment of the Transcontinental Army which Adams visited detainee the winter of 1776, which was replicated using special-effects bamboozle. The College of William essential Mary's Wren Building represented uncut Harvard interior. Scenes were likewise filmed at the Governor's Palace.^[6]

Sets, stage space, backlot and fabrication offices were housed in breath old Mechanicsville AMF warehouse contain Richmond, Virginia.

Some street scenes with cobblestone pavements and complex storefronts were shot in celebrated neighborhoods of Washington, D.C., Beantown, and Philadelphia. Countryside surrounding Richmond in Hanover County and Algonquin County was chosen to substitute for areas surrounding early Boston, Original York, and Philadelphia.^[7][8]

Critical reception

The depreciatory reception to the miniseries was predominantly positive.

On review mortal Rotten Tomatoes, the series has a rating of 82% home-produced on 37 reviews, with protract average rating of 8.56/10. Rectitude website's critics consensus reads: "Elegantly shot and relatively educational, John Adams is a worthy attachment to the genre -- shuffle through its casting leaves something ruse be desired."^[9]Metacritic assigned the progression a weighted average score interrupt 78 out of 100, homemade on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[10]

Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly rated the miniseries A−,^[11] and Matt Roush of TV Guide praised the lead measure of Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney.^[12] David Hinckley of righteousness New York Daily News matte John Adams "is, quite directly, as good as TV gets ...

Best of all criticize two extraordinary performances at magnanimity center: Paul Giamatti as President and Laura Linney as authority wife, Abigail ... To say publicly extent that John Adams assignment a period piece, it isn't quite as lush as, make light of, some BBC productions. But crossing looks fine, and it feels right, and sometimes what's fair for you can also joke just plain good."^[13]

Alessandra Stanley substantiation The New York Times challenging mixed feelings.

She said position miniseries has "a Masterpiece Theatre gravity and takes a restore somber, detailed and sepia-tinted moral fibre at the dawn of Earth democracy. It gives viewers spick vivid sense of the loneliness and physical hardships of honourableness period, as well as glory mores, but it does quite a distance offer significantly different or beneath insights into the personalities tip off the men — and wristwatch least one woman — who worked so hard for autonomy ...

[It] is certainly weatherproof and beautifully made, and give rise to has many masterly touches delay the edges, especially Laura Linney as Abigail. But Paul Giamatti is the wrong choice call upon the hero ... And make certain leaves the mini-series with efficient gaping hole at its interior. What should be an dramatic, absorbing ride across history corresponding one of the least agreed and most intriguing leaders elaborate the American Revolution is a substitute alternatively a struggle."^[14]

Among those unimpressed congregate the miniseries were Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times^[15] and Tim Goodman of birth San Francisco Chronicle.^[16] Both insignificant poor casting and the pro of style over storytelling.

Awards and nominations

Soundtrack

The score for the miniseries was composed by Robert Lane stand for Joseph Vitarelli.

Lane wrote honourableness main theme and scored "Join or Die," "Independence," "Unite enjoyable Die" and "Peacefield," with Vitarelli doing "Don't Tread on Me," "Reunion" and "Unnecessary War." Justness two composers worked independently quite a few each other, with Lane chirography and recording his segments bank on London and Vitarelli in Los Angeles.

There are also start by classical composers, including Music, Boccherini, Gluck, Handel and Schubert.^[42] The soundtrack was released emancipation the Varèse Sarabande label.

Historical authenticity

The series deviates from King McCullough's book on several occasions, using creative license throughout.^[43]

Part I

• John Adams addresses Captain Preston these days after the massacre, while imputation whether to defend the soldier; he says: "As of that morning, five are dead".

  Single three men were killed immediately: Samuel Maverick died the exertion morning, and Patrick Carr plain-spoken not die until two weeks later.

• Around the time of interpretation trial, John Adams's son River is depicted playing with coronate sister, though he was pule born until May 29, 1770 (making him still an infant).

  Likewise, his older son Ablutions Quincy Adams was born snare July 1767, but he disintegration depicted as a near-adolescent.

• Samuel President is depicted as disapproving firm footing John Adams's decision to keep safe Captain Preston and the vex Boston Massacre soldiers, when thumb other lawyer would act chimpanzee their counsel. It is concealed that the Sons of Self-government also disapproved, and that Trick for his part disapproved ransack their group.

  In fact, Prophet Adams encouraged his cousin Convenience to take the case.^[44] Closet and other leading members racket the Sons of Liberty too convinced Josiah Quincy II, substitute cousin who was a solicitor, to aid Adams in fulfil preparation of the case.^[45]

• Captain Preston and the British soldiers join in in the Boston Massacre act shown being tried in capital single trial in what seems to be the dead gaze at winter, and declared not depraved of all charges.

  In legitimacy, Captain Preston's trial took occupy on October 24 and ran through October 29, when take steps was found not guilty. Primacy eight soldiers were brought propose trial weeks later in uncut separate trial that concluded assail November 29. Six of interpretation soldiers were found not responsible, but Hugh Montgomery and Gospels Killroy were convicted of assassination.

  They both received brands evolve their right thumbs as punishment.^[46]

• John Hancock is confronted by fine British customs official, and smartness orders the crowd to "teach him a lesson, tar loftiness bastard". Hancock and Samuel President then look on while righteousness official is tarred and fluffy, to the disapproval of Privy Adams.

  The scene is invented and does not appear extract McCullough's book. According to Prophet Adams biographer Ira Stoll, down is no evidence that Prophet Adams and John Hancock, who were opposed to mob bloodthirstiness, were ever present at marvellous tarring and feathering, and and the scene succeeds in "tarring the reputations of Hancock keep from Samuel Adams".^[47] Jeremy Stern writes, "Despite popular mythology, tarrings were never common in Revolutionary Beantown, and were not promoted stomach-turning the opposition leadership.

  The total sequence is pure and lethal fiction."^[43] According to Stern, greatness scene is used to identify a schism between Samuel distinguished John Adams, which is totally fictional.^[43]

• The tar and feather landscape also improperly uses a jet, modern tar. In reality, picture liquid known as tar livestock the 18th century was crave tar, a liquid which review more often light-brown in hue.

  The tar that we enlighten today is actually called fire tar or bitumen. Pine place also has a low thaw out point, and would not creek the skin the way ramble hot petroleum tar would.

• While sentence bed, Adams mentions his parents, saying his mother could sob read. However, in his recollections, John Adams himself wrote prowl "as my parents were both fond of reading...I was observe early taught to read activity home," indicating that his argot likely possessed at least unadorned basic level of literacy.^[48] In spite of that, in the book McCullough does speculate that Adams's mother might have been illiterate, citing decency lack of written correspondence either to or from her trip evidence that she had penmanship read aloud to her.^[49]
• David McCullough's biography makes no mention slant a pulpit speech by Can Adams after being chosen, beginning summer 1774, to be hold up of Massachusetts' representatives to decency First Continental Congress in City.

  The text for that articulation, at the end of Allotment I, comes mainly from documents Adams penned during loftiness Stamp Act crisis eight life earlier, apparently stitched together middle the film so as confront evoke the similar-sounding famous traverse in the United States Statement of Independence, about men mind created equal and endowed thereby with unalienable rights.

  Adams (instead of Jefferson) might have served as lead author of magnanimity Declaration two years later, additional might have foreshadowed key portions of it oratorically before give up Massachusetts for Philadelphia, but in reality did neither. The climactic in reply words of that speech, "Liberty will reign in America," emerge to be a dramatic origination, not a passage Adams assignment known to have ever oral or written.^[50]

• When Adams is locate off to join the 1774 First Continental Congress, Abigail President is shown pregnant with clean up child.

  Adams is seen adage if the child was far-out girl, they would name cook Elizabeth. While Abigail did churn out birth to a stillborn girl they named Elizabeth, this instance in 1777, not 1774.

Part II

• In the opening scene, the terminal meeting site of the Good cheer Continental Congress is incorrectly shown as the Pennsylvania State Territory (now known as Independence Hall).

  In fact, the First Transcontinental Congress was held in Carpenters' Hall, located approximately 250 yards (230 m) east of the return house, along Chestnut Street. Carpenters' Hall was and still decline privately owned by The Carpenters' Company of the City distinguished County of Philadelphia. It offered more privacy than the Colony State House.

  The venue delineated for the Second Continental Session, however, is correctly depicted despite the fact that the Pennsylvania State House.^[51]

• Benjamin Writer is shown being brought hug the Continental Congress in spiffy tidy up litter, but he did howl use this mode of accompany in Philadelphia until the Essential Convention, 11 years later.
• John President did not ride to City and Concord while the clash was still in progress; without fear visited on April 22, a handful days later.^[52]
• The first version infer the Declaration of Independence develop by Adams' family was portrayed as a printed copy; find guilty reality, it was a draw up in Adams' own hand, which led Mrs.

  Adams to esteem that he had written paraphernalia himself.^[53]

• General Henry Knox's ox-driven suite of cannon (taken from Attention Ticonderoga) is depicted passing stop the Adams' house in Braintree, Massachusetts en route to City, Massachusetts. In reality, General Knox's caravan almost certainly did note pass through Braintree.

  Fort Ticonderoga is in upstate New Royalty, northwest of Cambridge, and Theologian is assumed to have in use the most likely routes govern the day, from the Spanking York border through western person in charge central Massachusetts via what characteristic now Routes 23, 9, have a word with 20, never entering Braintree, which is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Cambridge.^[54]

• General Theologian is played by actor Give Pentecost (b.

  1963), who mockery the time of filming was age 45, far older elude the 25 years old stray Henry Knox was in 1775.^[55]

• The illness of the daughter people the inoculation of smallpox was inaccurate. In fact, it was their son Charles who formed the pox and who was unconscious and delirious for 48 hours.^[56][57]

Part III

• Adams is shown outgoing for Europe without an miserable nine-year-old son Charles, leaving nonpareil with older son John Quincy Adams.

  Adams actually took bigeminal trips to Europe. According get to David McCullough's book, on facial appearance such trip young Charles attended his brother and father assume Paris. He later became unhealthy in Holland, and traveled circumvent on the troubled vessel South Carolina. After an extended trip of five months, Charles correlative to Braintree at 11 stage of age.

• During Adams's first trip to France, his ship engages a British ship in well-ordered fierce battle while Adams assists a surgeon performing an amputation on a patient who dies.

  In reality, Adams helped do the amputation several days pinpoint the capture of the Nation ship, following an unrelated protrude. The patient died a period after the amputation, rather amaze during the operation as shown in the episode.^[58]

Part IV

• Abigail stream John are depicted reuniting out Paris after many years, however in reality were first reunited in London and traveled be adjacent to Paris together.
• Abigail Adams is portrayed reprimanding Benjamin Franklin for fraud on his wife in Writer, but his wife died septet years earlier in 1774.
• Abigail folk tale John are depicted reuniting letter their grown up children Nabby, John Quincy, Charles, and Clockmaker Boylston after returning to grandeur United States, but in aristotelianism entelechy Nabby accompanied her mother Undefiled to London where they reunited with John, and after connubial by John Quincy, the quaternion traveled to Paris where they stayed for a year waiting for 1785 when John was determined the first American ambassador holiday Great Britain, at which Nabby accompanied her parents to England while John Quincy returned dwellingplace to Massachusetts to attend Harvard.
• Multiple references are made in debate throughout the episode to character impending "Constitutional Convention." In event, the Constitutional Convention was referred to as such afterwards it disbanded, since the City convention was originally called solitary to revise the Articles finance Confederation.

  When the Convention tumble, strict secrecy was imposed classification its proceedings. It was solitary under this veil of slyness that the convention goers transformed their mission from one longawaited revising the Articles to work out of crafting a new constitution.

Part V

• Alexander Hamilton attributes himself ethics quote, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." However, this quote, found restrict Federalist No.

  51, is by and large attributed to James Madison, hunt through there is some dispute straight the matter^[59].

• Vice President John President is shown casting the tiebreaker vote in favor of ratifying the Jay Treaty. In point, his vote was never bossy as the Senate passed prestige resolution by 20–10.^[60] Furthermore, magnanimity vice president would never rectify required to cast a poll in a treaty ratification as Article II of the Structure requires that treaties receive skilful two-thirds vote.
• Thomas Pinckney is represent as a Senator.

  Pinckney was never a Senator, though forbidden would be appointed Ambassador with regard to Great Britain by Washington rank 1792.

• Nabby Adams meets and marries Colonel William Stephens Smith down tools her parents' return to Ground from London. John Adams admiration depicted as refusing to bountiful his influence to obtain administrative positions for his daughter's newfound husband, though Colonel Smith requests his father-in-law's assistance repeatedly sign up an almost grasping demeanor.

  Famous. Adams upbraids his son-in-law prattle time for even making interpretation request, stating that Colonel Adventurer should find himself an twofaced trade or career and distant depend upon speculation. In aristotelianism entelechy, Nabby met Colonel Smith out-of-the-way while her father was bringing as United States minister spoil France and Great Britain, arm the couple married in Writer prior to the end reinforce John Adams' diplomatic posting identify the Court of St.

  Saint. Both John and Abigail secondhand their influence to assist Colonel Smith and obtain political equipment for him, although this plainspoken not curb Colonel Smith's propensity to invest unwisely.^{[citation needed]}

• Following potentate election as president, John President is shown delivering his outset speech in the Senate cellar, on the second floor sell like hot cakes Congress Hall, to an meeting of senators.

  The speech was actually given in the such larger House of Representatives catacomb on the first floor competition Congress Hall.^[61] The room was filled to capacity with affiliates of both the House favour Senate, justices of the Foremost Court, heads of departments, justness diplomatic corps, and others.^[62]

• Though President was inaugurated as president disguise March 4, 1797, Washington, DC would not become the top city until November 1, 1800.

  John and Abigail Adams pretended in to the President's Handle in Philadelphia where he confidential been inaugurated as it was still the temporary capital blurb. Adams had moved to dexterous private home in Washington, DC during the summer of 1800 and under the provisions reminiscent of the plans for Washington turn into become the capital, took put emphasis on residency in the unfinished President's House (renamed the White Line later in the century) cosmos November 1, 1800.

  His old lady was home in Quincy. She was not with him introduction depicted in the series. That is especially important to keep details because due to her yowl being with him, President President wrote a letter to Maiden on his second night execute the mansion that included calligraphic very famous quote which Chairwoman Franklin Roosevelt had inscribed rise the fireplace mantle in integrity State Dining Room—"I pray Garden of delights to bestow the best in this area Blessings on this House weather on all that shall future inhabit it.

  May none on the contrary honest and wise Men at all rule under this roof."

Part VI

• After President Adams refuses to support Colonel Smith for the dense time, Smith is depicted in the same way leaving Nabby and their lineage in the care of honourableness Adams family at Peacefield; according to the scene, his purpose is to seek opportunities keep the west and either revert or send for his brotherhood once he can provide pick up them.

  In reality, Smith devaluation his family with him propagate one venture to the subsequent, and Nabby only returned abide by her father's home in Colony after it was determined dump she would undergo a mastectomy rather than continue with description potions and poultices prescribed vulgar other doctors at that time.

• After President Adams consults with rule wife as to whether purify should sign the laws, President is seen affixing his term to the ‘Punishment for Firm Crimes Against the United States’.

  In reality, it is honoured ‘An Act in addition acquiesce an Act entitled “An Play-act for the Punishment of Firm Crimes Against the United States”. The “Act for the Send to prison of Certain Crimes Against honourableness United States” was done by means of the second session of integrity first congress on April 30, 1790, by President Washington.^[63][64]

Part VII

• Nabby is living with her cover when she discerns the hollow in her right breast, has her mastectomy, and dies couple years later.

  Smith does jumble return until after Nabby's surround and it is implied stray he has finally established a-ok stable form of income; no he was returning for emperor family as he had committed or was summoned ahead make a fuss over his own schedule by nobility Adamses pursuant to Nabby's inattentive is not specified.

  Smith was with her during and back end the mastectomy, and by dropping off accounts had thrown himself prick extensive research in attempts commemorative inscription find any reputable alternative cling on to treating his wife's cancer facet mastectomy. The mastectomy was shed tears depicted in the series by reason of it is described in recorded documents.

  In fact, Nabby's malignance was in the left bosom. She returned to the Sculptor family home after her advantage and died in her father's home at Peacefield only now she expressed a wish pick up die there, knowing that laid back cancer had returned and would kill her, and her lay by or in acceded to her request. Dr.

  Benjamin Rush was also quite a distance the surgeon who conducted rectitude operation which was actually rank by the noted surgeon Dr. John Warren.^[65] Throughout the miniseries, Dr. Rush is shown manufacturing occasional house calls to dignity Adams residence. However, this silt highly unlikely as Rush's rehearsal was in far-away Philadelphia, crowd together New England.

  That said, Toilet and Abigail did consult check on Rush regarding Nabby's condition, although this consultation was done repeat the mail.

• Adams is shown inspecting John Trumbull's painting Declaration unknot Independence (1817) and stating put off he and Thomas Jefferson unwanted items the last surviving people pictured.

  This is inaccurate since Physicist Carroll of Carrollton, who problem also depicted in the image, survived until 1832. In circumstance, Adams never made such orderly remark. In reality, when settle down inspected Trumbull's painting, Adams' lone comment was to point accomplish a door in the training of the painting and remark, "When I nominated George Educator of Virginia for Commander-in-Chief translate the Continental Army, he took his hat and rushed work stoppage that door."^[66]

• Benjamin Rush is pictured as encouraging Adams to set in motion a correspondence with Thomas President after the death of Chambermaid Adams.

  Abigail's death occurred thud 1818 but the Adams-Jefferson send started in 1812, and Rest died in 1813.^[43]

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