Abigail Adams: Letter to Lucy Cranch

Glossary

• bowed tied in a bow
• cast type
• the Doctor Benjamin Franklin
• Helas a cheery exclamation of greeting, like “Hey!”
• London to Dover a distance of 73 miles (117 kilometers)
• lute-string a type of silk used for ribbons in female fashions of the time
• mean shabby
• post-chaise a small carriage for pleasure rides
• postilions persons who ride one of the horses pulling a coach and drive the entire team
• preferments advances in society or government
• tiffany a gauze-like variety of silk