Creating the United States

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The usually politically astute Abigail Adams mistakenly believed that the election of Thomas Jefferson as John Adamss vice-president would serve as a bond of union between the States and Mr. Jefferson I have no doubt will support the president. However, their rival political parties continued to clash throughout Adamss administration. The rivalry of Adams and Jefferson fully emerged in the bitterly partisan campaign of 1800.

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The usually politically astute Abigail Adams mistakenly believed that the election of Thomas Jefferson as John Adamss vice-president would serve as a bond of union between the States and Mr. Jefferson I have no doubt will support the president. However, their rival political parties continued to clash throughout Adamss administration. The rivalry of Adams and Jefferson fully emerged in the bitterly partisan campaign of 1800.