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201 Adams, John Decr. 6th. 1760. 1760-12-06 Talked with Zab about Newton, Bacon, Lock, Martin, Chambers, Rowning, Desaguliers, S’Gravesende...
202 Adams, John Gannett, Caleb From John Adams to the Reverend Caleb Gannett, 1 April … 1775-04-01 It is not easy for me to determine whether it be best, to carry the Cause before the Governor and...
203 Adams, John [Report on Boundaries, 1773–1774] ≈1774-01-01 In the Fall of the Year 1773, The General Court appointed Mr. Bowdoin and me to draw a State of...
204 Adams, John Fryday [15 February]. Evening. 1771-02-15 Going to Mr. Pitts’s, to meet the Kennebeck Company—Bowdoin, Gardiner, Hallowell, and Pitts....
205 Adams, John Warren, James From John Adams to James Warren, 9 April 1774 1774-04-09 It is a great Mortification to me, to be obliged to deny my self the Pleasure of a Visit to my...
206 Adams, John [June 1771] ≈1771-06-01 Spent the Day at Worcester in Riding about with Mr. Putnam to see his Farm. He does what he...
207 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 September 1774 1774-09-20 I am very well yet:—write to me as often as you can, and send your Letters to the Office in...
208 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 October 1774 1774-10-07 I thank you for all your kind favours. I wish I could write to you, much oftener than I do. I...
209 Adams, John Adams’ Notes of Authorities For the Preliminary … 1770-10-24 By the Stat ute of Wm. Prisoner intituled to a Copy of the Indictment 5 days and of the Panel 2...
210 Adams, John Genealogical Note, 7 August 1773 1773-08-07 Mr Henry Adams before the year 1640, I cant Say how long before, came from Bristol in England,...
211 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Trial: Suffolk Superior Court … ≈1771-12-01 J. Quincy . We had done nothing but what was justifiable by the Laws of our Country. J. Whitworth...
212 Adams, John 22 Thurdsday. 1756-01-22 A fair morning. Fresh and lively Air. Drank Tea and supped at Mrs. Paine’s. Presumably Sarah...
213 Adams, John Adams’ Draft of the Information: Court of Vice … 1769-04-20 John Wentworth Esqr. Surveyor General of all and singular his Majestys Woods on the Continent of...
214 Adams, John Boston. August 10. Wednesday. 1774-08-10 The committee for the Congress took their departure from Boston, from Mr. Cushing’s house, and...
215 Adams, John 26 Monday. 1756-01-26 A sharp piercing Air. Sat out for Uxbridge, arrived 2’o clock.
216 Adams, John 3 Tuesday. 1756-02-03 Breakfasted at Gardiners. This morn the Weather clear’d away. As warm and brilliant as May. Kept...
217 Adams, John [August 1761] 1761-08-01 I am creating Enemies in every Quarter of the Town. The Clarks hate. Mother Hubbard, Thayer,...
218 Adams, John [August 1770] ≈1770-08-01 I received from Mr. Gill an Intimation, that a Letter from me would not be disagreable to you,...
219 Adams, John Wednesday. March 19th. 1766. 1766-03-19 At Home.
220 Adams, John 1773. April 7th: Wednesday. 1773-04-07 At Charlestown. What shall I write?—say?—do? Sterility, Vacuity, Barrenness of Thought, and...
221 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1774 1774-05-12 I am extreamly afflicted with the Relation your Father gave me, of the Return of your Disorder. I...
222 Adams, John Sunday April 27th. 1766. 1766-04-27 Heard Mr. Smith. In the Evening, I had a great deal of Conversation with Ezekiel Price, Yesterday...
223 Adams, John [Fragmentary Draft of a Dissertation on Canon and … ≈1765-02-01 This Sodality has given rise to the following Speculation of my own, which I commit to writing,...
224 Adams, John [August 1762] 1762-08-15 Reading, Thinking, Writing—have I totally renounced all three? Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur...
225 Adams, John [Shakespeare’s Characters and Figurative Language … ≈1758-10-01 Shakespeare, in the Character of Lady Mackbeth, and of Gertrude, the Wife of old Hamlet, and...
226 Adams, John 1772. Feby. 2d. Sunday. 1772-02-02 Have omitted now for 3 months almost to keep any “Note of Time or of its Loss.” Thomas Newcomb...
227 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, 4 October 1762 1762-10-04 By the same Token that the Bearer hereof satt up with you last night I hereby order you to give...
228 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Trial: Suffolk Superior Court … 1773-02-25 Sewall, Attorney General. One of the highest Crimes, agravated as it was his Wife. Inquisition....
229 Adams, John 1772. Decr. 23. Wednesday. 1772-12-23 Major Martin at the Office. He is very gracious with the first Man in the Province. The Governor...
230 Adams, John 1771. Sunday, June 9th. 1771-06-09 Feel a little discomposed this Morning. Rested but poorly last night. Anxious about my...
231 Adams, John Tudor, William From John Adams to William Tudor, 29 September 1774 1774-09-29 I wish it was in my Power, to write you any Thing for the Relief of your Anxiety, under the...
232 Adams, John 1771. Thurdsday June 13th. 1771-06-13 Remarkable, the Change of Thoughts, and feelings, and Reasonings which are occasioned by a Change...
233 Adams, John Fryday. July 5. 1771. 1771-07-05 Cadwallader Ford came to me this Morning, and congratulated me on the Verdict for Freeman.—Sir,...
234 Adams, John 1774. Sunday. Sept. 25. 1774-09-25 Went in the Evening to Quaker Meeting and afterwards went to Supper at Stephen Collins’s.
235 Adams, John [November 1766] ≈1766-11-03 Sett off, with my Wife for Salem. Stopped 1/2 Hour att Boston, cross’d the Ferry, and at 3 O...
236 Adams, John 1774 Saturday. Octr. 15. 1774-10-15 Dined at Mr. Wests with the Rutledges and Mr. Middleton. An elegant House, rich furniture, and a...
237 Adams, John April 4th. 1767. 1767-04-04 Suits generally Spring from Passion. Jones vs. Bigelow, Cotton and Nye arose from Ambition. Jones...
238 Adams, John 1774. Wednesday. Sept. 28. 1774-09-28 Dined with Mr. R. Penn. A magnificent House, and a most splendid Feast, and a very large Company....
239 Adams, John 1774. Sunday. Novr. 6. 1774-11-06 Went all day to hear Mr. Baldwin a Presbyterian Minister at Kingston. We put up at Scotts. Mr....
240 Adams, John 28 Sunday. 1756-03-28 Heard Mr. Maccarty, spent the Evening at Coll. Chandlers, in Conversation concerning Lands and...
241 Adams, John 1774 Tuesday. Oct. 18. 1774-10-18 Dined at Stephen Collins’s.
242 Adams, John [March? 1761.] ≈1761-03-01 Parson Smith’s Parsonage. Vid. 6th. Wm. & M. C. 5. Page 60.—Charter Page 6th &c. from Index to...
243 Adams, John 17 [i.e. 18] Sunday. 1756-04-18 A Stormy Day. For these 3 days past there has been a severe N.E. Storm. Heard Mr. Maccarty. Spent...
244 Adams, John [April 1767] ≈1767-04-04 Suits generally Spring from Passion. Jones vs. Bigelow, Cotton and Nye arose from Ambition. Jones...
245 Adams, John 8 Saturday. 1756-05-08 Went a Shooting with Mr. Putnam. Drank Tea with him and his Lady.
246 Adams, John July 8. 1770 Sunday. 1770-07-08 This Week has been taken up in the Hurry of the Court, and I have not been able to snatch a...
247 Adams, John 21 [i.e. 22] Thurdsday. 1756-04-22 Cloudy, black morning. Cleared away very pleasant about 9. Dined at Capt. Stearns’s, with the...
248 Adams, John 12 Wednesday. 1756-05-12 Rambled about all Day, gaping and gazing.
249 Adams, John 1765. December. 23d. Monday 1765-12-23 Went to Boston. After Dinner rambled after Messrs. Gridley and Otis but could find neither. Went...
250 Adams, John Wednesday [28 May]. 1760-05-28 Loitered the forenoon away upon this Question in Arithmetic. 3 men give 20 shillings for a...