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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | Adams, John Quincy | 14th. | 1785-09-14 | Dined at Lincoln, and immediately after dinner we again proceeded on our journey and by 5... | |
| 1002 | Adams, John Quincy | 15th. | 1785-09-15 | This morning my brother Charles and Cousin Cranch, came from Cambridge to see us. I at length... | |
| 1003 | Adams, John Quincy | 16th. | 1785-09-16 | At about 9 this morning I went to Mr. Foster’s, and found my Cousin Betsey Cranch ready to go... | |
| 1004 | Adams, John Quincy | 17th. | 1785-09-17 | Great part of the day was spent in reading; and writing to my friends in Europe; a vessel is to... | |
| 1005 | Adams, John Quincy | 18th. | 1785-09-18 | The weather in the morning look’d stormy, and was showery at different times all day. I attended... | |
| 1006 | Adams, John Quincy | 19th. | 1785-09-19 | Mr. Cranch went to Boston in the morning. I staid a great part of the day at home writing. Mr.... | |
| 1007 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 19 September … | 1785-09-19 | I have been in a manner cheated out of this day by the library; for in looking over the books,... |
| 1008 | Adams, John Quincy | 20th. | 1785-09-20 | Mr. Tyler was again taken up the whole day. In the afternoon I went with my Cousins, over to... | |
| 1009 | Adams, John Quincy | 21st. | 1785-09-21 | Hazy disagreeable weather: was confined all day to the House, and was for the most part employ’d... | |
| 1010 | Adams, John Quincy | 22d. | 1785-09-22 | This morning I sent down a Cart with my two trunks that are going to Haverhill. I intended to go... | |
| 1011 | Adams, John Quincy | 23d. | 1785-09-23 | At 9 this morning I went to see about getting my trunks to Haverhill: Mr. Cranch told me; they... | |
| 1012 | Adams, John Quincy | 24th. | 1785-09-24 | This forenoon I was present at the marriage, of Mr. Nash and Miss Apthorp. They were married in... | |
| 1013 | Adams, John Quincy | 25th. | 1785-09-25 | It continued raining all night, and in the morning so that I could not go out of town. We went to... | |
| 1014 | Adams, John Quincy | 26th. | 1785-09-26 | Mr. Tyler, was to return last evening, but did not. My two Cousins went last Saturday to Boston... | |
| 1015 | Adams, John Quincy | 27th. | 1785-09-27 | Mr. Tyler came from Boston last evening; was pretty busy in the forenoon; I went and paid a visit... | |
| 1016 | Adams, John Quincy | 28th. | 1785-09-28 | Doctor Tufts went by in the morning, and took with him, a small trunk for me, to Boston. At about... | |
| 1017 | Adams, John Quincy | 29th. | 1785-09-29 | Paid a visit this morning to Mr. Tracey, but he was not at home. At about eleven in the morning I... | |
| 1018 | Adams, John Quincy | 30th. | 1785-09-30 | This morning at 7 o’clock I cross’d Charlestown ferry. At about 8 I got into a Chaise with a Mrs.... | |
| 1019 | Adams, John Quincy | [October 1785] | ≈1785-10-01 | I have been arguing with myself, whether I had best continue my Journal, or break it off at... | |
| 1020 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday October 1st. 1785. | 1785-10-01 | I have been arguing with myself, whether I had best continue my Journal, or break it off at... | |
| 1021 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 1 October 1785 | 1785-10-01 | I am now settled down for the Winter, and shall be obliged to pay an unremitting attention to my... |
| 1022 | Adams, John Quincy | 2d. | 1785-10-02 | Attended the meeting forenoon, and afternoon. In the evening I took a walk with Mr. Thaxter.... | |
| 1023 | Adams, John Quincy | 3d. | 1785-10-03 | The Weather was so disagreeable in the morning, that my uncle, and Aunt were undetermined whether... | |
| 1024 | Adams, John Quincy | 4th. | 1785-10-04 | I began this day to translate the Eclogues of Virgil. What a difference between this Study, and... | |
| 1025 | Adams, John Quincy | 5th. | 1785-10-05 | Mr. Thaxter came and dined with us, to day, the first time he has been to see us, since Mr. Shaw... | |
| 1026 | Adams, John Quincy | 6th. | 1785-10-06 | Was invited to Drink tea at Judge Sargeants. But was obliged still to plead the excuse I have... | |
| 1027 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 October 1785 | 1785-10-06 | I am afraid my dear Mamma, will accuse me again of neglect for not having written to her, since I... |
| 1028 | Adams, John Quincy | 7th. | 1785-10-07 | Last Evening Betsey Cranch arrived, and came this morning to see us. She came with Mr. Ben... | |
| 1029 | Adams, John Quincy | 8th. | 1785-10-08 | Mr. Thaxter spent half an hour with us in the forenoon; after dinner my Brother and myself went... | |
| 1030 | Adams, John Quincy | Cranch, Mary Smith | John Quincy Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 8 October 1785 | 1785-10-08 | Mr. Thaxter will want a horse in a short time, to go a journey, and I should be glad, if mine is... |
| 1031 | Adams, John Quincy | 10th. | 1785-10-10 | At about 12 o’clock, I went down to Mr. Thaxter’s Office. And soon after I went with him, and... | |
| 1032 | Adams, John Quincy | 11th. | 1785-10-11 | The weather begins to grow Cold: and the winter is advancing with hasty strides. In the afternoon... | |
| 1033 | Adams, John Quincy | 12th. | 1785-10-12 | There were not those effects which I expected from last Night’s frolic. Though Miss Nancy was not... | |
| 1034 | Adams, John Quincy | 13th. | 1785-10-13 | Miss Nancy, My Brother and myself dined with Mr. Dodge, to day: Mr. Thaxter was there. He went... | |
| 1035 | Adams, John Quincy | 14th. | 1785-10-14 | Dined this day at Judge Sargeants. Mr. Payson, his Son in Law, Mr. Thaxter, and my brother were... | |
| 1036 | Adams, John Quincy | 15th. | 1785-10-15 | We had this day, two young Gentlemen, to dine with us. Mr. Saml. Brooks from the Academy, at... | |
| 1037 | Adams, John Quincy | 16th. | 1785-10-16 | We had no minister to day, at our meeting house. Nancy went to the other in the forenoon, and... | |
| 1038 | Adams, John Quincy | 17th. | 1785-10-17 | There happened a very considerable alteration in the weather, during the course of the last... | |
| 1039 | Adams, John Quincy | 18th. | 1785-10-18 | This morning I rose about half an hour before the Sun, and walk’d two or three miles before... | |
| 1040 | Adams, John Quincy | 19th. | 1785-10-19 | We went out between 9 and 10 this morning, in order to take, a walk, and look at the troops, for... | |
| 1041 | Adams, John Quincy | 20th. | 1785-10-20 | Spent the whole day at home. Miss Nancy spent the afternoon and evening at Mr. Duncan’s. In the... | |
| 1042 | Adams, John Quincy | 21st. | 1785-10-21 | Stormy weather all day. It is a very lucky circumstance, that Mr. and Mrs. Shaw return’d... | |
| 1043 | Adams, John Quincy | 22d. | 1785-10-22 | The weather has been all day, pretty much the same as it was yesterday, an high wind, with... | |
| 1044 | Adams, John Quincy | 23d. | 1785-10-23 | Attended the meeting forenoon, and afternoon. After tea, I went down with my Cousin to Mr.... | |
| 1045 | Adams, John Quincy | 24th. | 1785-10-24 | The river has risen higher than was ever known, Insomuch that the great Street is in many places... | |
| 1046 | Adams, John Quincy | 25th. | 1785-10-25 | The river begins at length to fall, but rose, continually, till this morning; and was much higher... | |
| 1047 | Adams, John Quincy | 26th. | 1785-10-26 | I was greatly disappointed to find, that neither of my Cousins nor my brother had any Letters for... | |
| 1048 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams 2d, 26 October 1785 | 1785-10-26 | We have had the most considerable freshet in the river that has ever been known. I mentioned in... |
| 1049 | Adams, John Quincy | 27th. | 1785-10-27 | This morning Miss Nancy return’d, upon hearing Lucy Cranch, was here, as they are very intimate... | |
| 1050 | Adams, John Quincy | 28th. | 1785-10-28 | This morning My two Cousins left us, to return to Braintree, at about 9. Nancy, and Cousin... |