1301[June 1765] (Adams Papers)
£ s d June 7th. 1765. Paid at Goodwins for Dinners 0: 10: 0 Paid at Lovejoys for Lodging Suppers...
130213 Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
At Colledge, a Cloudy morning, about 10 o’Clock the Sun shone out very warm, but about 12 the...
1303Adams’ List of Questions Presented: Suffolk Court of General Sessions, Boston, November 1768 (Adams Papers)
A great Number of Questions arise upon this Petition. 1 st. Whether a Justice of the Peace, can...
1304[3] Novr. 1760. Monday. (Adams Papers)
Dana says the Administrator ought not to regard the Disgrace or Trouble or Expence of a...
130517 Sunday. (Adams Papers)
At Colledge, sunshiny-morning, heard Mr. Appleton expound those words in 1. Cor. 12 Chap, from 7,...
1306Adams’ Minutes of the Trial: Special Court of Admiralty, Boston, June 1769 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Fitch. About the Time of the Blow—the 2d Pistol was fired. Commission from Commissioners....
1307[Braintree Lawyer, 1759–1761] (Adams Papers)
The next Year after I was sworn, was the memorable Year 1759 when the Conquest of Canada was...
1308New Pleadings: Suffolk Superior Court, Boston, August 1772 (Adams Papers)
And the Said William Crafts, Giles Brewer, Benjamin Richardson and Asa Stodder, come and defend...
Sewall . Dougherty at Newfoundland, 3 Years, Little breakfasted dined suppd and lodgd there....
1310Tuesday [24 October]. (Adams Papers)
Rode to Boston. Arrived about 1/2 after 10. Went into the Court House, and sett down by Mr. Paine...
1311[Spring 1759.] (Adams Papers)
The Road is walled on each side with a Grove of Trees. The stillness, silence, and the uniformity...
1312[Marriage and Law Practice, 1764-1765] (Adams Papers)
In the Winter of 1764 the Small Pox prevailing in Boston, I went with my Brother into Town and...
1313Tuesday [31 October]. (Adams Papers)
Set down, and recollected my self, and read a little in Van Muyden, a little in naval Trade and...
1314Tuesday. December 3 or 4 [i.e. 5?]. (Adams Papers)
Bob Paine is conceited and pretends to more Knowledge and Genius than he has. I have heard him...
1315Wednesday Jany. 8th. 1766. (Adams Papers)
At Home. Wrote &c.
131628 [i.e. 29] Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Drank Tea at Mr. Putnams.—What is the proper Business of Mankind in this Life? We come into the...
1317January the 14th. 1756. (Adams Papers)
At Worcester. A very rainy Day. Kept school in the forenoon; but not in the afternoon, because of...
1318[October 1760] (Adams Papers)
Waited on Mr. Gridley for his Opinion of my Declaration Lambard v. Tirrell, and for his Advice,...
1319[October 1769] (Adams Papers)
Last night I spent the Evening, at the House of John Williams Esqr. the Revenue officer, in...
1320Saturday Jany. 11th. 1766. (Adams Papers)
A Rain. In one particular, I must confess the Americans have not acted with their usual Acuteness...
132127 Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Rose at 7. Read carefully 30 lines, in Virgil. Wrote a little in Bolingbroke at noon and a little...
1322Sunday [2 March]. (Adams Papers)
Heard Mr. Wibirt.
1323Tuesday. June 17th. (Adams Papers)
Arose before the sun again. This is the last day. What, and who to day? Ebenezer Hayden was...
132431 Saturday. (Adams Papers)
A rainy forenoon. Dined at Mr. Paines. A fair after noon . The Nature and Essence of the material...
1325Committee Report on Naming a Day of Prayer and Humiliation, 17 October 1770 (Adams Papers)
17 October 1770. MS not found. Draft prepared by a committee appointed 16 October composed of JA...
1326July 6th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Heard Mr. Mayhew of Martha’s Vineyard.
1327Adams’ Diary Notes on the Right of Juries: 1771. Feby. 12. (Adams Papers)
At a Time, when the Barriers against Popery, erected by our Ancestors, are suffered to be...
13283 Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Dind at the Colonels. Lodged at Put nam’s .
1329An Act for the Limitation of Personal Actions, 20 November 1770 (Adams Papers)
20 November 1770. MS , engrossed copy, signed by Hutchinson ( M-Ar ). Printed: Mass., Province...
1330Decr. 31st. 1766. (Adams Papers)
“Whatever tends to create in the Minds of the People, a Contempt of the Persons of those who hold...