Death
Adams died on October 28, 1818, of typhoid fever. She is buried beside her husband in a crypt located in the United First Parish Church (also known as the Church of the Presidents) in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was 73 years old, exactly two weeks shy of her 74th birthday.
Her last words were, "Do not grieve, my friend, my dearest friend. I am ready to go. And John, it will not be long."
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