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401 Adams, John June 3rd. Tuesday. 1760-06-03 This Day has been lost in much the same, Spiritless manner.
402 Adams, John 20 Tuesday. 1756-07-20 Eliot and Trumble lodged here with me.
403 Adams, John II. Draft of “A Dissertation on the Canon and the … ≈1765-08-01 “Ignorance and Inconsideration,” (says Dr. Tillotson) “are the two great Causes of the Ruin of...
404 Adams, John Draft of a Letter to All Young Gentlemen on the Evils … ≈1763-02-01 Braintree, February 1763. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John...
405 Adams, John Wednesday Novr. 5th. 1766-11-05 Attended Court, heard the Tryal of an Action of Trespass brought by a Molatto Woman, for Damages,...
406 Adams, John Boston Gazette (newspaper) VI. To the Boston Gazette, 8 February 1773 1773-02-08 Two or three anecdotes, were omitted in my last, for want of room, which may be here inserted, in...
407 Adams, John Sewall, Jonathan I. To J Philanthrop, 9 December 1766 1766-12-09 I confess I was in Hopes, that after the Repeal of the ever memorable Stamp Act, The People of...
408 Adams, John Thurdsday. April 25th. 1771. 1771-04-25 Dined last Monday at Brighams in Southborough, and lodged at Furnasses in Shrewsbury. Next day...
409 Adams, John Tudor, John From John Adams to John Tudor, 23 July 1774 1774-07-23 You will be Surprised I believe, to receive a Letter from me, upon a Matter which I have so...
410 Adams, John [November 1772] ≈1772-11-21 Next Tuesday I shall remove my Family to Boston, after residing in Braintree about 19 Months. I...
411 Adams, John 1774. Aug. 21. Sunday. 1774-08-21 Went to Meeting at the old Presbyterian Society, where Dr. Pemberton formerly preached. We heard...
412 Adams, John [January 1773] 1773-01-01 I have felt very well and been in very good Spirits all Day. I never was happier, in my whole...
413 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of Crown Evidence, Continued: 28 … 1770-11-28 James Brewer . To the best of my Remembrance I saw Kilroy . I came up r oyal exchange Lane, and...
414 Adams, John 1774 Aug. 25. Thursday. 1774-08-25 Mr. Mathew Cushing came and escorted Us into Trinity Church and Church Yard. Under the Chancell...
415 Adams, John 1774. Saturday. Septr. 3. 1774-09-03 Breakfasted at Dr. Shippens. Dr. Witherspoon was there. Coll. R. H. Lee lodges there. He is a...
416 Adams, John 15 Sunday. 1756-02-15 Charming Weather. A.M. staid at home reading the Independent Whig. Very often Shepherds that are...
417 Adams, John 5 Fryday. 1756-03-05 Dined at home, Mr. Barnes dined here, drank Tea, and spent the evening at Coll. Chandlers. The...
418 Adams, John 1770. Monday Feby. 26. or Thereabouts. 1770-02-26 Rode from Weymouth. Stoppd at my House, Veseys Blacksmith shop, my Brothers, my Mothers, and...
419 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 July 1774 1774-07-06 Mobs are the trite Topick of Declamation and Invective, among all the ministerial People, far and...
420 Adams, John Suffolk County Bar Book, 3 January 1770 – 26 July 1774 ≈1770-01-03 Boston,3 January 1770 – 26 July 1774. MS book containing 138 numbered pages ( MHi ). Printed:...
421 Adams, John Macaulay, Catharine Sawbridge From John Adams to Catharine Macaulay, 9 August 1770 1770-08-09 Boston9 August 1770. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John Adams ,...
422 Adams, John Cranch, Richard From John Adams to Richard Cranch, 29 August 1756 1756-08-29 I am set down with a Design of writing to you.—But the narrow Sphere I move in, and the lonely...
423 Adams, John Feby. 10th. 1763. 1763-02-10 Belcher v. Hunt. This is an Action of Trover, for converting shingles to Hunts Use. The shingles...
424 Adams, John 1760. Oct. 9th. 1760-10-09 In Support of Complaint in Case Neal’s Action is not entered. I do not know, nor is it possible...
425 Adams, John Harvard Colledge June 8th. 1753. 1753-06-08 At Colledge. A Clowdy, Dull morning, and so continued till about 5 a Clock, when it began to rain...
426 Adams, John Donation for the Boston Poor from Chesterfield County … 1774-12-17 Virginia, Chesterfield County, 17 December 1774. LbC ( MHi :Donations to Sufferers by the Boston...
427 Adams, John Thurdsday [12 October]. 1758-10-12 Examined the Laws of this Province concerning Pads, Cattle, fences &c. and read in Gilbert. This...
428 Adams, John Adams’ Diary: 16 May 1767 1767-05-16 The Court was fixed in the Sandwich Case. Cotton is not only a Tory but a Relation of some of the...
429 Adams, John 1774. Wednesday March 9th. 1774-03-09 Returned from Charlestown Court with Coll. Tyng of Dunstable, who told me some Anecdotes of...
430 Adams, John Wednesday [18 October]. 1758-10-18 Went to Boston. Bob Paine . I have ruined myself, by a too eager Pursuit of Wisdom. I have now...
431 Adams, John August. 22d. and 23. Thursday and Friday. ≈1771-08-22 At the Office. Mr. Otis’s Gestures and Motions are very whimsical, his Imagination is...
432 Adams, John Thurdsday [2 November]. 1758-11-02 Rode as far as Smelt Brook. Breakfasted, made my fire and am now set down to Van Muyden in...
433 Adams, John Monday. March 27 [i.e. 28?]. 1774. 1774-03-28 Rode with Brother Josiah Quincy to Ipswich Court. Arrived at Piemonts in Danvers, in good order...
434 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Trial: Essex Superior Court … ≈1771-06-01 Jno. Melzond . Was on board the Vessell with Captn. Burnam and Mr. Mugford. Burnam took an...
435 Adams, John 1774. Wednesday [26 October]. 1774-10-26 Dined at Home. This Day the Congress finished. Spent the Evening together at the City Tavern—all...
436 Adams, John Monday Morning [18 May] 1767-05-18 A fine Sun and Air. Cushing at Barnstable said to me—happy is he whom other Mens Errors, render...
437 Adams, John 1774. Sunday. Octr. 30. 1774-10-30 My Birthday. I am 39 Years of Age.—Rode to Elizabeth Town in New Jersey, where We are to dine....
438 Adams, John 1766. Jany. 3d. Fryday. 1766-01-03 Fair Weather and Snow enough. Major Miller, Dr. Savil and Mr. Joseph Penniman spent the Evening,...
439 Adams, John 23 [i.e. 24] Monday. 1756-05-24 A pleasant morning. Drank Tea at the Colonells.—Had the projectile Force in the Planets been...
440 Adams, John [May 1760] ≈1760-05-26 Spent the Evening at Mr. Edd. Quincy’s, with Mr. Wibird, and my Cozen Zab. Mr. Quincy told a...
441 Adams, John 24 [–27] Thurdsday. Fryday. Saturday. Sunday. ≈1756-06-24 Spent the Evening at the Colonels. Presumably the text of this entry pertains to the last day in...
442 Adams, John June 5th. Thurdsday. 1760-06-05 Arose late. Feel disordered. 8 o’Clock, 3 1/2 Hours after Sun rise, is a sluggard’s rising Time....
443 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 July 1769 1769-07-01 We have lived thro the Heat, and Toil, and Confusion of this Week. We have tried three of the...
444 Adams, John 22 Thurdsday. 1756-07-22 Fast day. Rose not till 7 o clock. This is the usual Fate of my Resolutions! Wrote the 3 first...
445 Adams, John Boston Gazette (newspaper) IV. “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” … 1765-08-19 THUS accomplished were many of the first Planters of these Colonies. It may be thought polite and...
446 Adams, John 1773. Decr. 18. Saturday. 1773-12-18 J. Quincy met me this Morning and after him Kent, and told me that the Governor said Yesterday in...
447 Adams, John Novr. 7th. 1766-11-07 Went up to my common Pasture, to give Directions about Trimming the Trees, i.e. lopping and...
448 Adams, John Boston Gazette (newspaper) VIII. To the Boston Gazette, 22 February 1773 1773-02-22 In all General Brattle’s researches hitherto, aided and assisted as he has been by mine, we have...
449 Adams, John 1772. Octr. ≈1772-10-01 At Taunton. This Week has been a remarkable one. From Tuesday through Friday, 13–16 Oct., JA...
450 Adams, John Warren, James From John Adams to James Warren, 25 July 1774 1774-07-25 There never was I believe, a greater Contrast, than I perceive, between the Noise and Hurry of...