1Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 24 June 1791 (Adams Papers)
combines allusions to John Gay’s fable “The Shepherd and the Philosopher,” line 3; Job, 5:26; Psalms, 22:26 (as rendered in the Book of Common Prayer); and Matthew, 20:1–16.
2Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 January 1795 (Adams Papers)
The Book of Common Prayer,