1Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 January 1795 (Adams Papers)
The Book of Common Prayer,
2Elizabeth 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.