“Knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severly for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.”

Letter to Elizabeth Shaw (20 March 1791)

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2nd First Lady of the United States (1797–1801) 1744–1818

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