117th. (Adams Papers)
Drank tea, and spent the evening at Mr. Payson’s. His lady, who has had two daughters by a former, takes, as I believe, the shortest possible method to ruin them. She made one of them this evening, mimic, the peculiarities, of several respectable persons in town. The Child, would first examine particularly, to see if the persons she was to ape was not present, and when satisfied they were not,...
12[Diary entry: 7 February 1786] (Washington Papers)
Tuesday 7th. Thermometer at 34 in the Morning— at Noon and 54 at Night. Morning clear & very pleasant, as it continued to be all day. Wind Southerly, but not fresh. Mrs. Washington, Kitty Washington, Miss Ramsay, Mr. Shaw and myself went to Colo. McCartys to the funeral of Mrs. Peers (one of his daughters). I took my ferry & dogue run plantations in the way. We returned home to dinner—after...