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Letters of John and Abigail Adams
November 19, 2007
Deval Patrick governor, D-MA
Diane Patrick laywer, Ropes & Gray, LLP
Edward M. Kennedy senator, D-MA
Victoria Kennedy co-founder, Common Sense About Kids & Guns
Michael Dukakis 1988 US presidential nominee (D)
Kitty Dukakis writer
Mary Richardson

Governor and Mrs. Deval Patrick, the Kennedys, and the Dukakises celebrate the publication of a new book of the letters of President John and First Lady Abigail Adams. This is the first collection of their letters selected from the entire 40 years span of their correspondence and includes several letters never before published.

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