Letter from john adams to abigail adams 2 november.
Joh addams under roof white house honest.
Here he penned his elaborate letters to thomas jefferson.
On his second evening in its damp unfinished rooms he wrote his wife before i end my letter i pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it.
May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.
His prayer for the white house after moving in as the first president to live there from a letter he wrote to abigail.
May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof adams retired to his farm in quincy.
The next day adams sent a note to abigail who would arrive in washington later that month saying that he hoped none but honest and wise men shall ever rule under this roof.
May none but the wise men ever rule under this roof the quote was a favorite of president franklin d.
Reading under this roof made me feel like i was a fly on the wall in the white house formerly known as the president s house.
I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it.
May none but wise men ever rule under this roof soon after abigail adams arrived at the white house and on november 17 the u s.
May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof and women i think we d all agree.
Before i end my letter i pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it.
Whether you live inside or outside the beltway paul brandus under this roof is chock full of intriguing details that are accessible and fascinating to any type of history or trivia buff.
I shall not attempt a description of it.
Here he penned his elaborate letters to thomas jefferson.
May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof adams retired to his farm in quincy.
Roosevelt who had it inscribed in gold to hang over the fireplace in the state dining room.
Congress convened for the first time at the u s.
May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof the quote is taken from a letter adams wrote to his wife abigail the day after he moved into the white house on nov.
This photograph was taken in 1968 during the lyndon b.