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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1551 | Adams, John Quincy | 20th. | 1786-02-20 | Snow’d almost all day. In the evening I went over to Bradford, with my brother. Eliza, thought to... | |
| 1552 | Adams, John Quincy | 10th. | 1787-04-10 | The weather in the morning was disagreeable, but cleared up, at about ten. Had company at my... | |
| 1553 | Adams, John Quincy | 28th. | 1787-09-28 | I learnt this day that the bar determined last evening to abide by the rule, which they had... | |
| 1554 | Adams, John Quincy | 30th. | 1786-03-30 | My Trunks, which I have been so long expecting, came, at last this morning, from Haverhill.... | |
| 1555 | Adams, John Quincy | 10th. | 1786-03-10 | Clear, but cold Weather. Went, and took a walk with Eliza, just before dusk, as far as the ship... | |
| 1556 | Adams, John Quincy | 25th. Monday. | 1782-03-25 | Finished the 4th. volume of Mrs. Macaulay’s history of England. 409 p. Mr. Colombi came to pay us... | |
| 1557 | Adams, John Quincy | 6th. | 1786-04-06 | Fast day: I was at meeting all day, as indeed all the Students, must be, by Law, unless, excused... | |
| 1558 | Adams, John Quincy | 3d. | 1786-11-03 | Reading, Reid on the Mind. This author in some places pleases me very much; but in others he is... | |
| 1559 | Adams, John Quincy | 15th. Monday. | 1782-04-15 | This afternoon Mr. D. went to take a ride. Mr. Artaud supp’d out. Stay’d at home all day. Cloudy,... | |
| 1560 | Adams, John Quincy | [June 1787] | ≈1787-06-01 | At 11, we had another lecture upon the optical instruments; the solar microscope, the telescope,... | |
| 1561 | Adams, John Quincy | 5th. Sunday. | 1782-05-05 | Dined at Mr. Rimberts: Mr. D received a letter from Holland. Took a ride in the afternoon.... | |
| 1562 | Adams, John Quincy | 10th. | 1786-04-10 | No reciting this Day, because the Government met to examine the reasons of those scholars that... | |
| 1563 | Adams, John Quincy | 28th. | 1786-08-28 | We recite again to Mr. Read this week, but he did not attend in the afternoon because, we had a... | |
| 1564 | Adams, John Quincy | [October 1787] | ≈1787-10-01 | I have not yet got over the consequences of our frolick on Saturday evening. Three whole evenings... | |
| 1565 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday July 27th 1781. | 1781-07-27 | This morning we went to see the kings arsenal, The break in the present entry and the absence of... | |
| 1566 | Adams, John Quincy | 25th. | 1785-12-25 | Christmas day. Among the Roman Catholics and the followers of the Church of England it is a great... | |
| 1567 | Adams, John Quincy | 18th. | 1786-09-18 | I have been so unwell all Day, that I have not been able to attend to any Studies at all. We had... | |
| 1568 | Adams, John Quincy | 18th. | 1785-05-18 | In the morning I went to the Post office, and enquired if there were any Letters for me; there... | |
| 1569 | Adams, John Quincy | 8th. | 1786-10-08 | Mr. Hilliard preached in the morning from Ephesians V. 1. Be ye therefore followers of God, as... | |
| 1570 | Adams, John Quincy | 22d. | 1786-09-22 | Mr. Read sent for me this morning, informed me, that the Exhibition was to come on next Tuesday;... | |
| 1571 | Adams, John Quincy | 20th. | 1785-06-20 | Continual calms. Our passage will I fear be a very long one. We have fine weather, but we would... | |
| 1572 | Adams, John Quincy | 22d. | 1785-05-22 | When we rose in the morning, we were out of sight, of Land. We have nothing now but the ocean and... | |
| 1573 | Adams, John Quincy | 19th. | 1788-01-19 | At home all the evening. Master Moody, called to see me; “Don’t you think said he, that I am very... | |
| 1574 | Adams, John Quincy | 12th. | 1786-10-12 | Mr. Burr gave out this morning a subject for our next forensic. “Whether an extorted promise be... | |
| 1575 | Adams, John Quincy | [November 1779] | ≈1779-11-01 | Titlepage and cover for JQA ’s early Diary, designated D/JQA/1 by Adams editors to indicate the... | |
| 1576 | Adams, John Quincy | 9th. | 1788-02-09 | Mr. Parsons gave me this morning a packet of Letters, which I have been expecting these five... | |
| 1577 | Adams, John Quincy | 6. | 1788-10-06 | Rode over to Milton in the afternoon. | |
| 1578 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday 15th. | 1780-01-15 | This morning we rose at about day break and at about a half an hour before Sun rise we set off... | |
| 1579 | Adams, John Quincy | 23d. | 1788-01-23 | I took a violent cold by our party last night, and as I felt rather unwell, and extremely... | |
| 1580 | Adams, John Quincy | 4th. | 1785-07-04 | Calm weather continually: and so warm that it is almost insupportable. We still esteem ourselves... | |
| 1581 | Adams, John Quincy | [July 1785] | ≈1785-07-01 | Calm weather all day. In the evening it began to lighten, and our thunder spire was fix’d; this... | |
| 1582 | Adams, John Quincy | 13th. | 1788-02-13 | This afternoon I had something of a long conversation upon the subject of the ball, which is... | |
| 1583 | Adams, John Quincy | 10. | 1788-10-10 | Slept none. Went to Weymouth. | |
| 1584 | Adams, John Quincy | [November 1785] | ≈1785-11-01 | Walker came over, and dined here to day. In the afternoon all the family, except my brother Tom,... | |
| 1585 | Adams, John Quincy | 3d. | 1788-03-03 | The weather continues extreme cold. The river is fast as low as this Town, and many persons have... | |
| 1586 | Adams, John Quincy | [March 1786] | ≈1786-03-01 | At home all day: Eliza, dined and passed the afternoon, at Mr. Duncan’s. Mr. Thaxter went to... | |
| 1587 | Adams, John Quincy | 24. | 1788-08-24 | Parson Dutch preach’d. L. White and Mr. Thaxter. | |
| 1588 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday Novr. 6th. 1783. | 1783-11-06 | This day, being Term day, we went, with Mr. Jennings, and saw the procession of the Lawyers, and... | |
| 1589 | Adams, John Quincy | 28th. | 1787-12-28 | We rose, between ten and eleven in the forenoon. Little took a breakfast with me; after which I... | |
| 1590 | Adams, John Quincy | 15. | 1788-09-15 | Sleepless. Could do no business. | |
| 1591 | Adams, John Quincy | 3d. | 1787-01-03 | Dined at Mr. Hilliard’s, in company with Mr. Stedman, Mr. Ware, Mr. Andrews, Freeman, and Bridge.... | |
| 1592 | Adams, John Quincy | 23. | 1783-05-23 | Diné à Schevening sur les dunes. | |
| 1593 | Adams, John Quincy | 25th. | 1787-06-25 | My Cousin and his mamma, went to Milton this afternoon. I went to see my Grandmamma. Miss N.... | |
| 1594 | Adams, John Quincy | 5th. Thursday. | 1782-09-05 | This afternoon I went with Mr. Artaud to the Shops and bought some things. Mr. Artaud went to the... | |
| 1595 | Adams, John Quincy | 28th. | 1786-12-28 | Studying Saunderson; Mayo was here in the afternoon. Mr. Ware likewise paid us a visit and sat... | |
| 1596 | Adams, John Quincy | 15th. | 1787-07-15 | I attended meeting the whole day, and heard Mr. Everett of Dorchester. He prays well and preaches... | |
| 1597 | Adams, John Quincy | 28th. | 1785-08-28 | Attended Mr. Wibird’s meeting forenoon, and afternoon. His voice and look was as familiar to me,... | |
| 1598 | Adams, John Quincy | 4th. | 1787-08-04 | The weather was extremely warm, all the forenoon. Rambled about, upon Mr. Cranch’s farm with my... | |
| 1599 | 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... | |
| 1600 | Adams, John Quincy | 2d Saturday. | 1782-02-02 | Went to the shops, and bought some things A.M. P.M Mr. D. and Mr. Artaud went to the German play,... |