5114. (Adams Papers)
Justinian’s Inst. Foster’s Cr. Law. Gibbon &c. Justinian’s Institutes , a textbook of Roman law and a foundation of continental law, originally issued by Justinian I in 533.
5213. (Adams Papers)
Returned to Braintree in the forenoon.
5312. (Adams Papers)
Went to Boston. Mrs. A. N. York. Lodgd at Camb.
5411. (Adams Papers)
Rain all day. Cleared up in the evening.
5510. (Adams Papers)
Madam preparing for New York. AA was planning to visit AA2 ( AA2, Jour. and Corr. Journal and Correspondence of Miss Adams, Daughter of John Adams,... edited by Her Daughter [Caroline Amelia (Smith) de Windt], New York and London, 1841-[1849]; 3 vols. , 2:105).
569. (Adams Papers)
Parson Wibird dined at Mr. C’s. Folks came home.
578. (Adams Papers)
Quite lonesome. Mrs. C. came home.
587. (Adams Papers)
Mr. and Mrs. A went to Boston. Dined at Mr. Cranch’s.
596. (Adams Papers)
Evening at Mrs. Quincy’s. Parson Wiberd. The entry concludes with shorthand for “no feeling.”
605. (Adams Papers)
W. Cranch came from Boston. Fine weather.
614. (Adams Papers)
Went to Boston with Mrs. Cranch. Returned.
623. (Adams Papers)
Cicero de Senectute. Getting well. Cicero’s Cato Major de Senectute , or Essay on Old Age.
632. (Adams Papers)
General Knox dined with us. P. M. After “P.M.” follows in shorthand “no meeting.”
64November 1. 1788. (Adams Papers)
Rode as usual; and read Gibbon &c.
65[October 1788] (Adams Papers)
“Oh gentle sleep Nature’s soft Nurse, how have I frighted thee That thou no more wilt weigh mine eye lids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness.” In the present situation of my health I cannot possibly attend at all to study, and this circumstance with some others has determined me to spend some weeks, perhaps some months at Braintree. I spoke for a place in the stage which goes to Boston...
6631. (Adams Papers)
Mr. A. returned. Company at dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Storer. C. Storer &c.
6730. (Adams Papers)
Mr. A. went to Boston. Charles to Cambridge.
6829. (Adams Papers)
Went with Tom to Cambridge. Returned.
6928. (Adams Papers)
Company gone. Went to Mr. Cranch’s.
7027. (Adams Papers)
Splendid parade. Much company. Several regiments of troops from Boston were reviewed by Gov. Hancock and other dignitaries at Braintree (Massachusetts Centinel , 29 Oct.).
7126. (Adams Papers)
Heard Mr. Shaw. Cranch and Phillips.
7225. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Thaxter. Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Mr. Shaw.
7324. (Adams Papers)
Gunning in the morning with Charles. Tired.
7423. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Russell’s and returned at Night.
7522. (Adams Papers)
Rode my horse. Andrews went towards Nby Pt.
7621. (Adams Papers)
Variable weather. Gibbon’s history.
7720. (Adams Papers)
Cranch went to Boston. Rain.
7819. (Adams Papers)
Meeting to hear Mr. Wibird. W. Cranch. And rews .
7918. (Adams Papers)
Madam and Tom went to Boston. Violent Thunder.
8017. (Adams Papers)
Fine weather. Gunning with Tom. Townsend.
8116. (Adams Papers)
Dr. Tufts &c. Mr. Shaw went to Hghm.
8215. (Adams Papers)
Company to dine. Mr. B. &c.
83Tuesday October 14th. (Adams Papers)
My occupations have been very regular, and similar for a week past. Last Thursday night I again experienced a total want of sleep. By the help however of medecine and of constant exercice I think I am in a way to recover. This evening, my This entry, incomplete at the bottom of the page, is the last in D/JQA/12 until 6 Sept. 1789. In JQA ’s line-a-day entry, he adds: “Charles and Tom. Mr. and...
8413. (Adams Papers)
Went to Milton. Put up books.
8512. (Adams Papers)
At home all day. But dull somewhat. Rode.
8611. (Adams Papers)
Medicine. Voltaire’s works.
8710. (Adams Papers)
Slept none. Went to Weymouth.
889. (Adams Papers)
Charles and Otis were here. Got up shelves.
898. (Adams Papers)
Went over to Hingham.
90Tuesday October 7th. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Murray the preacher who came from England with my father, came this day to pay him a visit, with his Lady whom he has lately married. He appears to be a man of an easy temper, and an ingenious mind, though not highly improved by learning. His wife is agreeable, though she appears a little tinctured with what the french call le precieux. Rev. John Murray, minister of the Church of Christ in...
916. (Adams Papers)
Rode over to Milton in the afternoon.
925. (Adams Papers)
Weymouth at meeting. Dr. Tufts’s.
934. (Adams Papers)
My father came home.
94Friday October 3d. (Adams Papers)
W. Cranch came into Boston with my father, who coming upon business which will detain him in town this night, gave me an opportunity to get to Braintree. I came home in company with my cousin.
95Thursday October 2d. (Adams Papers)
I took my seat in the stage, in Company with a Lady who came from Portsmouth, and Mr. Vaughan, a brother of the gentlemen with whom I was acquainted in London. It was seven in the evening before we got to Boston. I went to Mr. Smith’s; we pass’d part of the evening and lodged at Dr. Welch’s. Lodg’d at Mr. Smith’s.
96Wednesday October 1st. 1788. (Adams Papers)
“Oh gentle sleep Nature’s soft Nurse, how have I frighted thee That thou no more wilt weigh mine eye lids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness.” In the present situation of my health I cannot possibly attend at all to study, and this circumstance with some others has determined me to spend some weeks, perhaps some months at Braintree. I spoke for a place in the stage which goes to Boston...
97[September 1788] (Adams Papers)
Rain. Pass’d the evening with Stacey. Finished Hume and Blackstone. Little &c. I went over the river with Stacey and Romain upon a shooting party. We had tolerable success. It was very windy; and with a heavy boat and only one oar, we had some difficulty to get across the river. Bridge arrived this day in town. I proposed to him to go with me to-morrow: and he has partly promised to accept my...
98Tuesday September 30th. (Adams Papers)
The weather was not very favourable, but, as the court of common pleas was to sit this week in Newbury-Port, I concluded to return there. When I got home, I found Bridge unwell. Nothing done at court but preparatory business this day. I retired early to bed.
9929. (Adams Papers)
Tea at Mr. Adams’s.
10028. (Adams Papers)
Meeting Forenoon. Mr. Marsh. L. White.