It was a happy union.

For more than half a century they shared each other's joys and sorrows.

The venerable matron who for this long period accompanied him in all the vicissitudes of his eventful life, still survives, to deplore the loss of him who had ever proved a faithful protector and the kindest of husbands.
In the meantime, the elder Adams had been elected President of the United States, in 1796.

The curious reader may have a desire to know something of the views, feelings and anticipations of those elevated to places of the highest distinction, and of the amount of enjoyment they reap from the honors conferred upon them.

A glance behind the scenes is furnished in the following correspondence between John Adams and his wife, which took place at his election to the Presidency.