I first saw this movie in the eighth grade back in 1976. The movie, based on the Broadway play, was made in 1972, with an all-star cast, including William Daniels as John Adams and Ken Howard as Thomas Jefferson. The movie, like the play, is about the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which was signed between July 4, 1776, and January 1781. The summary of this review, (see above, ^) is Abigail Adams' reply to a letter from her husband, John, who was in Philadelphia, attending the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams were the committee formed to write it. In the end, it was Jefferson who wrote it, and it was voted on by the full Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
