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1988
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American Experience
John and Abigail Adams 18 Season 5 Episode
55 min
1988
6.6
An engrossing portrait of the second U.S. president and first lady, costars Simon Russell Beale and Linda Emond. Included: the friendship (and enmity) between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (James Barbour), who both died on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence; the Adamses' โgreat love storyโ; their bouts with depression; his troubled presidency. Interspersed are comments from historians.
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