23413d. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
This afternoon young Mr. Montréal came here. Mr. Hoogwerst came to pay us a visit in the evening. Mr. D. went and took a walk. Stay’d at home all day. Fine weather. Terminal punctuation supplied.
23424th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
This afternoon I went with Mr. D. to the Jardin de Narischkin. Fine weather.
23435th. Monday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. D. went to Mr. Wolffs. Mr. Rimbert came here. In the afternoon Mr. D. went and took a ride. Fine weather. Mr. Artaud better. Terminal punctuation supplied.
23446th. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D rode out in the afternoon. Pretty good weather.
23457th. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
This morning I went to the English library and took out 2 volumes of a collection of poems one of Popes works and one of Dryden’s. Rain’d hard all the forenoon. In the afternoon Mr. D. took a walk.
23468th. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. D went and took a walk. Mr. Artaud din’d at Mr. Rimbert’s. In the afternoon Mr. D. went to the summer garden. Stay’d at home all day. Fine weather.
23479th. Friday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. D. went and took a ride; stay’d at home all day. Cloudy weather.
234810th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Finish’d Cicero’s oration pro Marcello. In the afternoon I went to the shops with Mr. Artaud. Mr. D rode out. Fine weather.
234911th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. In the afternoon Mr. D. went to the Jardin de Narischkin. Pretty good weather.
235012th. Monday. (Adams Papers)
This afternoon Mr. D went and took a walk in the summer garden. Stay’d at home all day. Rainy weather all the forenoon.
235113th. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
In the afternoon Mr. D. went and took a ride. Stay’d at home all day. Cloudy, rainy weather.
235214th. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
In the forenoon Mr. D. went and took a walk. Walk’d with him after dinner in the summer garden. Rainy and Cloudy weather.
235315th. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon I went with Mr. D. to the Hotel of the Spanish Minister. Took a ride afterwards. Mr. Artaud dined at Mr. Rimbert’s. Went and took a walk in the summer garden with Mr. Montréal and Mr. Artaud. After dinner went with Mr. Artaud to the Clubb, when we return’d I found Mr. Hoogwerst here.
235416th. Friday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. Rimbert came to see Mr. D. Stay’d at home all day. Rainy weather.
235517th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
This day her Majesty dined with all the officers of the regiment of Preobragensky. In the afternoon I walk’d with Mr. Artaud in the Garden. Went to the play, and saw an Italian piece, with a ballet. Went to the English Library and took out some books.
235618th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
This day the Statue of Peter the great was uncover’d. All the troops in the city amounting to about 10,000 men pass’d in review. Mr. D went to see it. After supper I went to see the statue and the illumination on the square.
235719th. Monday. (Adams Papers)
This afternoon I went and took a ride with Mr. D. out of town. Pretty good weather.
235820th. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
This evening, I went with Mr. Artaud and Mr. D. to the Comedy, where they presented in French le Deserteur a Drama, and Crispin rival de son maitre with a ballet. Rainy, stormy weather all day. Michel Jean Sedaine, Le Deserteur, Paris, 1769; Alain René Le Sage, Crispin rival de son maître, Paris, 1707 ( Brenner, Bibliographical List Clarence Dietz Brenner, A Bibliographical List of plays in...
235921st. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D went out in the afternoon. Stormy rainy weather.
236022d. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
This day Mr. Artaud din’d at Mr. Rimberts. Mr. D. went and took a ride in the afternoon. Stay’d at home all day. Cloudy weather.
236123d. Friday. (Adams Papers)
This day Mr. D. and Mr. Artaud went to the play, where was presented Alzire one of Voltaire’s tragedies. Went in the morning to see the Statue of Peter the great. Alzire, ou les Américains, Paris, 1736 ( Brenner, Bibliographical List Clarence Dietz Brenner, A Bibliographical List of plays in the French Language, 1700-1789 , Berkeley, 1947. ).
236224th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon the eldest Mr. Montréal came here and I went with him to see the hemp Magazines on the other side of the Neva. We walk’d in the Garden. Mr. D. went out in the forenoon. Mr. Rimbert came to see Mr. D. That is, hemp warehouses, built extensively on an island in the Neva River, in the Petersburg quarter of the city ( Storch, Picture of Petersburg Henry Storch, Picture of Petersburg...
236325th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. Rimberts two Nephews came here to see us. Mr. Artaud din’d out. In the afternoon Mr. D. went and took a ride. Mr. Colombi came to pay us a visit. Stay’d at home all day. Fine weather. Mr. Artaud went into the country, 24. wersts out of town.
236426th. Monday. (Adams Papers)
This evening at about 11. o’clock Mr. Artaud return’d from the country. Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D took a ride in the afternoon. Rainy weather in the morning but clear’d up about noon.
236527th. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D. took a ride in the afternoon. Rainy weather the greater part of the day. Clear’d up at about 5 o’clock P.M.
236628th. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D. went out in the afternoon. Rainy weather.
236729th. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
This day Mr. Artaud dined at Mr. Rimbert’s. Mr. D. received some letters from Holland enclosing others from America. Stay’d at home all day. Rainy stormy weather all day. Among them was JA to Dana, 7 Aug. ( MHi :Dana Papers), and a packet of letters mentioned therein.
236830th. Friday. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Artaud dined at Mr. Rimberts. Mr. D. wrote a letter to Holland. Stay’d at home all day. Fine weather in the afternoon. Dana to JA , 30 Aug. ( Adams Papers ).
236931st. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Went this morning to the English Library. Went to a bookseller’s shop and bought some books. Mr. Wolff came here in the forenoon. Rainy weather. One that can be identified is Jean de La Bruyère’s Les Caractères, 2 vols., Paris, 1768 ( Catalogue of JQA’s Books Worthington C. Ford, ed., A Catalogue of the Books of John Quincy Adams Deposited in the Boston Athenaeum. With Notes on Books, Adams...
2370[September 1782] (Adams Papers)
This forenoon the youngest Mr. Montréal came here. Din’d with Mr. Artaud at Mr. Rimbert’s. After dinner I took a walk with Mr. Artaud and the eldest Mr. Montréal to the Convent of St. Alexander Newsky. We went to see the tomb which is of solid silver. When I return’d Mr. D was gone to take a ride. Alexander Nevski, Russian hero and saint. As prince of Novgorod, he defeated the Swedes in 1240...