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Thomas Jefferson visited Boston in 1784, arriving in town on June 18th. That also happened to be the same day when Abigail Adams left her home in Quincy to start making her way to France to join John at his diplomatic posting, though her ship didn’t actually leave Boston until the next day. In this episode, we’ll explore how the friendship that was kindled during their single day together in Boston carried on through their shared months in France, their decades of correspondence, and even through the years when Jefferson and John Adams were feuding. We’ll also examine Thomas Jefferson as an early New England tourist, who explored not only Boston, but also New Haven, Portsmouth, and other key regional population centers, as well as taking a fun look at his epic Boston shopping spree just days before he too boarded a boat to Europe.

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• Jefferson’s 1784 account book
• Jefferson to David Humphreys, 27 June 1784
• Jefferson to Elbridge Gerry, 2 July 1784
• Jefferson to James Madison, 1 July 1784
• Jefferson to David Humphreys, 21 June 1784
• Frederic Kirkland’s review of Dumbauld’s Thomas Jefferson, American Tourist
• Abigail Adams, June 20, 1784
• Elbridge Gerry to Abigail Adams, May 18, 1784
• Abigail Adams to John Adams, May 25, 1784
• Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, June 19, 1784
• Abigail Adams to John Adams, July 23, 1784
• Abigail Adams to John Adams, 30 July 1784
• “Abigail & Tom,” by Edith Gelles
• Jefferson to John Adams, 24 July 1784
• Jefferson to John Adams, 24 July 1784
• Abigail Adams to Anna Quincy, Sept 4, 1784
• Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, July 6, 1784
• Lin Manuel throwing shade
• John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 September 1783
• James Hemings on the Sporkful podcast
• The Hemingses of Monticello, by Annette Gordon-Reed