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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday 27th. | 1779-11-27 | I could not write any more yesterday because a Gale of wind came on which hinder’d me but to day... | |
| 52 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday 28th. | 1779-11-28 | 6 o clock. Calm and cloudy. 9 o clock. It begins to freshen. 6 o clock P.M. A very fresh breeze.... | |
| 53 | Adams, John Quincy | Mon 29th. | 1779-11-29 | The ship is very leaky. The passengers are all called to the Pump four times per day. 8 o clock... | |
| 54 | Adams, John Quincy | Tues 30th. | 1779-11-30 | To day a middling breeze from the S.E or SSE. At 12 o clock to day being at the Pump there being... | |
| 55 | Adams, John Quincy | [December 1779] | ≈1779-12-01 | We housed all the Guns to day because she rolled a great deal. A fresh breeze from the S.S.E.... | |
| 56 | Adams, John Quincy | 1779 December Wed 1st. | 1779-12-01 | We housed all the Guns to day because she rolled a great deal. A fresh breeze from the S.S.E.... | |
| 57 | Adams, John Quincy | Thur 2d. | 1779-12-02 | A fresh breeze from the South. Continual Squalls thunder and lightning. 6 o clock PM. The weather... | |
| 58 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 3d. | 1779-12-03 | Pleasant weather. A fresh breeze from the S.W. The Captain intends to go to Spain to search the... | |
| 59 | Adams, John Quincy | Satur 4th. | 1779-12-04 | A middling breeze from the SW. This afternoon about four o clock a land Bird came a hovering over... | |
| 60 | Adams, John Quincy | Sun. 5th. | 1779-12-05 | A middling breeze from the S.W. We replaced our guns. We took in the Main, and forsails in order... | |
| 61 | Adams, John Quincy | Mon 6th. | 1779-12-06 | This morning my brother Charles look’d out of Pappa’s window and said he saw a flock of Wild... | |
| 62 | Adams, John Quincy | Tuesday 7th. | 1779-12-07 | Last night about nine o clock we saw a number of fish. We could not tell what they were; some say... | |
| 63 | Adams, John Quincy | Wednes 8th. | 1779-12-08 | This morning about half after four o clock we saw a sail. At about seven o clock we could see her... | |
| 64 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday 9th. | 1779-12-09 | This morning My Pappa, Mr. Dana, Mr. Allen, Mr. Thaxter, Sammy Cooper, my brother Charles, and... | |
| 65 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 10th. | 1779-12-10 | This forenoon I took a walk about the town but saw nothing worth remarking. At about half after... | |
| 66 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday 11th. | 1779-12-11 | This forenoon a Captain of one of the french men of War came and very politely invited me on... | |
| 67 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday 12th. | 1779-12-12 | This morning I went to the French Consuls to ask him if he went to day. He said that it blew so... | |
| 68 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Thomas Boylston | John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 12 December … | 1779-12-12 | As I have wrote to Mamma and Sister I have but very little to write to you but I cannot let an... |
| 69 | Adams, John Quincy | Monday Evening 13th. | 1779-12-13 | Very rainy all this day. It is impossible to go to Coronna to day. 10 o clock. I have been to the... | |
| 70 | Adams, John Quincy | Tuesday 14th. | 1779-12-14 | The French consul was here last night (he is to go to Coronna with us). He told us that he would... | |
| 71 | Adams, John Quincy | Wednesday 15th. | 1779-12-15 | This morning at 5 o clock the Consul’s servant came and wak’d us up. We dress’d and drank a cup... | |
| 72 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday the 16th of December. | 1779-12-16 | This morning I took a walk about the town to see and found that it was a much more pleasant town... | |
| 73 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 17th. | 1779-12-17 | This morning I went to see the tour de fer (as the French call it and the spaniards Tour... | |
| 74 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday 18th. | 1779-12-18 | This morning I went to the French Consul’s and from there to the Governor’s of this place. We saw... | |
| 75 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday 19th. | 1779-12-19 | This forenoon we all went to the Consuls where we dined. There were 16 Gentlemen 51 dishes, and... | |
| 76 | Adams, John Quincy | Monday 20th. | 1779-12-20 | Very rainy all this forenoon. This morning Pappa, Mr. Dana, Mr. Allen and Mr. Thaxter went to... | |
| 77 | Adams, John Quincy | Tuesday 21st. | 1779-12-21 | This forenoon Sammy Cooper Charles and I went to the Consul’s in order to go a Gunning. The... | |
| 78 | Adams, John Quincy | Wednesday 22d Of December. | 1779-12-22 | Rain’d all day with intermissions. At about 3 o clock PM we went a Gunning with Flamand. We got... | |
| 79 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday 23d Of December. | 1779-12-23 | A good day. At about 11 o clock we saw a Sail and at one o clock we saw a nother one of which... | |
| 80 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 24th. | 1779-12-24 | This morning a Spanish 80 Gun Ship went out of this harbour. At about 10 o clock the Consul came... | |
| 81 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday 25th. | 1779-12-25 | This is a great day with the Roman Catholics. “Fete de Nouailles” Christmas. However I find they... | |
| 82 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday 26th. | 1779-12-26 | This Morning Mr. Lagoanere came to our lodgings and told us that we should go at one o clock and... | |
| 83 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday 26th. | 1779-12-26 | Their were three Carriages all drawn by Mules, two at each carriage and each carriage carries two... | |
| 84 | Adams, John Quincy | Monday 27th. | 1779-12-27 | This morning at six o clock our ears were assaulted by “Tis time to get up.” If the Guide had not... | |
| 85 | Adams, John Quincy | Tuesday 28th of December. | 1779-12-28 | This morning we got up at 6 and were stirring at 8. Mr. Dana, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Thaxter rode on... | |
| 86 | Adams, John Quincy | Wednesday 29th of December. | 1779-12-29 | This morning at about 8 o clock we set away from Baamonde and travell’d on. At twelve o clock we... | |
| 87 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday 30th. | 1779-12-30 | This morning we all got up at 3 o clock but did not set out till 7. We went over several... | |
| 88 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 31st. | 1779-12-31 | We had nothing worth remarking to day except we kept ascending all day and we are now at the very... | |
| 89 | Adams, John Quincy | [January 1780] | ≈1780-01-01 | This morning Mr. Thaxter wak’d me up by sounding in my ears, I wish you a happy new year and... | |
| 90 | Adams, John Quincy | 1780 January 1st Saturday. | 1780-01-01 | This morning Mr. Thaxter wak’d me up by sounding in my ears, I wish you a happy new year and... | |
| 91 | Adams, John Quincy | 2d Sunday. | 1780-01-02 | This morning at seven o clock we got up and at 9 o clock set away. We went through several... | |
| 92 | Adams, John Quincy | January 3d 1780 Monday. | 1780-01-03 | This morning we got up at 5 o clock and at 6 we set away from Benbibere. We dined in a little hut... | |
| 93 | Adams, John Quincy | 4th Tuesday. | 1780-01-04 | This morning our Guide told us that the Chaises had several things to be mended and that we could... | |
| 94 | Adams, John Quincy | 5th Wednesday. | 1780-01-05 | This morning at about sun rise we set of f from Astorga with very fine weather and roads. We... | |
| 95 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday 6th. | 1780-01-06 | This morning we asked a man how many convents there were in Leon. He wrote what follows. de... | |
| 96 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 7th. | 1780-01-07 | This morning we set away from Manzilla with good weather and roads but very cold. We stopt and... | |
| 97 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday 8th. | 1780-01-08 | Fine weather. We came through several villages. We have come seven leagues to day. At about 6 o... | |
| 98 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday 9th. | 1780-01-09 | Cloudy weather. We din’d at Palentia Palencia which is a city as Large as Corunna. At about 7... | |
| 99 | Adams, John Quincy | Monday 10th. | 1780-01-10 | This morning at 7 o clock we set away from Torre quemada. Just after we set away we went over a... | |
| 100 | Adams, John Quincy | Tuesday 11th. | 1780-01-11 | This morning at 7 ½ we set away from Sellada el Cameno. At about 10 o clock it began to snow and... |