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291 Adams, John 1774 Saturday. Octr. 15. 1774-10-15 Dined at Mr. Wests with the Rutledges and Mr. Middleton. An elegant House, rich furniture, and a...
292 Adams, John April 4th. 1767. 1767-04-04 Suits generally Spring from Passion. Jones vs. Bigelow, Cotton and Nye arose from Ambition. Jones...
293 Adams, John 1774. Wednesday. Sept. 28. 1774-09-28 Dined with Mr. R. Penn. A magnificent House, and a most splendid Feast, and a very large Company....
294 Adams, John 1774. Sunday. Novr. 6. 1774-11-06 Went all day to hear Mr. Baldwin a Presbyterian Minister at Kingston. We put up at Scotts. Mr....
295 Adams, John 28 Sunday. 1756-03-28 Heard Mr. Maccarty, spent the Evening at Coll. Chandlers, in Conversation concerning Lands and...
296 Adams, John 1774 Tuesday. Oct. 18. 1774-10-18 Dined at Stephen Collins’s.
297 Adams, John [March? 1761.] ≈1761-03-01 Parson Smith’s Parsonage. Vid. 6th. Wm. & M. C. 5. Page 60.—Charter Page 6th &c. from Index to...
298 Adams, John 17 [i.e. 18] Sunday. 1756-04-18 A Stormy Day. For these 3 days past there has been a severe N.E. Storm. Heard Mr. Maccarty. Spent...
299 Adams, John [April 1767] ≈1767-04-04 Suits generally Spring from Passion. Jones vs. Bigelow, Cotton and Nye arose from Ambition. Jones...
300 Adams, John 8 Saturday. 1756-05-08 Went a Shooting with Mr. Putnam. Drank Tea with him and his Lady.
301 Adams, John July 8. 1770 Sunday. 1770-07-08 This Week has been taken up in the Hurry of the Court, and I have not been able to snatch a...
302 Adams, John 21 [i.e. 22] Thurdsday. 1756-04-22 Cloudy, black morning. Cleared away very pleasant about 9. Dined at Capt. Stearns’s, with the...
303 Adams, John 12 Wednesday. 1756-05-12 Rambled about all Day, gaping and gazing.
304 Adams, John 1765. December. 23d. Monday 1765-12-23 Went to Boston. After Dinner rambled after Messrs. Gridley and Otis but could find neither. Went...
305 Adams, John Wednesday [28 May]. 1760-05-28 Loitered the forenoon away upon this Question in Arithmetic. 3 men give 20 shillings for a...
306 Adams, John Adams’ Minutes of the Trial: Essex Superior Court … ≈1771-06-01 Lowell. Cun. 173. Concealment of Intelligence, a Fraud. Each Party ought to know all the...
307 Adams, John 2 Wednesday. 1756-06-02 Went to Spencer in the afternoon.—When we come into the World, our minds are destitute of all...
308 Adams, John Decr. 27th. 1765. Fryday. 1765-12-27 In unforeseen Cases, i.e. when the State of things is found such as the Author of the Disposition...
309 Adams, John Wednesday. Septr. 6. 1769. 1769-09-06 Mr. Cudworth told me on the Town house Steps, that Mr. Charles Paxton, the Commissioner, told him...
310 Adams, John Parsons, Samuel Holden From John Adams to Samuel Holden Parsons, 5 December … 1760-12-05 I presume upon the Merits of a Brother, both in the Academical and legal family, to give you this...
311 Adams, John Thurdsday Aug. [7 or 14] 1766. ≈1766-08-07 In the Morning rode a single Horse, in Company with Mrs. Cranch and Mrs. Adams in a Chaise, to...
312 Adams, John 1760 Novr. 28th. Friday. 1760-11-28 I have not read one Word of Law, this Day. But several Points, and Queries have been suggested to...
313 Adams, John Decr. 14th. 1760. 1760-12-14 Hunt v. White. Complaint to Coll. Quincy—of a scandalous Lye, made and published to Hunts Damage....
314 Adams, John [August 1771] ≈1771-08-09 Have loitered at home the most of the past Week, gazing at my Workmen. I set ’em upon one...
315 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 25 September 1774 1774-09-25 I would not loose the Opportunity of writing to you—tho I must be short. Tedious, indeed is our...
316 Adams, John [February 1772] ≈1772-02-02 Have omitted now for 3 months almost to keep any “Note of Time or of its Loss.” Thomas Newcomb...
317 Adams, John Wentworth, John John Adams to John Wentworth, 24 April 1769 1769-04-24 I have prepared Eight Libells, and shall compleat the rest immediately. Those I mean whose...
318 Adams, John 1774 Aug. 15. Monday. 1774-08-15 Last Evening, after spending the Evening at the Meeting House to hear the Singing, We were...
319 Adams, John 28 Wednesday. 1756-01-28 Ditto. Thick weather, and some rain.
320 Adams, John 5 Thurdsday. 1756-02-05 A fair morning but some symptoms of a Change of Weather. Kept School. Spent the evening with...
321 Adams, John 1770 January 16. 1770-01-16 At my Office all Day. Last Evening at Dr. Peckers with the Clubb.—Otis is in Confusion yet. He...
322 Adams, John Fryday March 21st. 1766-03-21 A fine Spring like Morning. The Birds of many Sorts, as sprightly and musical.
323 Adams, John 1773. Ap. 25. Sunday. 1773-04-25 Heard Dr. Chauncy in the Morning and Dr. Cooper this Afternoon. Dr. Cooper was up on Rev. 12.9....
324 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 23 June 1774 1774-06-23 I had a tollerable Journey hither, but my Horse trotted too hard. I miss my own Mare—however I...
325 Adams, John Tuesday April 29th. 1766. 1766-04-29 At Boston. To this day the Superiour Court was adjourned: Hutchinson, Lynde and Cushing were...
326 Adams, John [May 1762] ≈1762-11-05 The Cause of Jeffries Town Treasurer of Boston and Sewal and Edwards and several others being...
327 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 June 1774 1774-06-30 I have nothing to do here, but to take the Air, enquire for News, talk Politicks and write...
328 Adams, John March [1754]. ≈1754-03-01 Beg inning of March Had a small flurry of snow. There was snow in Cambridge on 2 March and “a...
329 Adams, John 1772. Feby. 9. Sunday. 1772-02-09 “If I would but go to Hell for an eternal Moment or so, I might be knighted”—Shakespeare....
330 Adams, John Adams, Abigail John Adams to Abigail Smith, 14 February 1763 1763-02-14 Accidents are often more Friendly to us, than our own Prudence.—I intended to have been at...
331 Adams, John Septr. 24th. 1760. 1760-09-24 If I am the Proprietor of an House, and I lease it to any Man, and bind my self to keep it in...
332 Adams, John Webb, Nathan From John Adams to Nathan Webb, 1 September 1755 1755-09-01 The Favour you granted me on aug. 12 was unluckily packeted with a number of Letters and carried...
333 Adams, John 1772 Decr. 29 [i.e. 28?]. 1772-12-28 Spent the last Sunday Evening with Dr. Cooper at his House with Justice Quincy and Mr. Wm....
334 Adams, John March 18 [i.e. 19?]. Monday 1759-03-19 This whole Day is dedicated to walking, riding, talk, &c. No Reading to day. Twas Avarice, not...
335 Adams, John Monday. June 17th. 1771. 1771-06-17 Sat out upon the Eastern Circuit. Stopped at Boston, at my Office, and no where else. Came over...
336 Adams, John 1771. [ca. 20] July. 1771-07-20 Tuesday went to Boston with my Wife, and the next day to Commencement at Cambridge, was only at 3...
337 Adams, John Fryday. Oct. 6. 1758-10-06 Rose about sun rise. Unpitched a Load of Hay. Translated 2 Leaves more of Justinian, and in the...
338 Adams, John Adams’ Diary: 4 April 1767 1767-04-04 Poor Nye of Sandwich, seems dejected. I should suspect by his Concern that Cotton gained Ground...
339 Adams, John 1774. Tuesday. Septr. 27. 1774-09-27 Dined at Mr. Bayards, with Dr. Cox, Dr. Rush, Mr. Hodge, Mr. Deane, Coll. Dyer. Dr. Cox gave us a...
340 Adams, John 1774. Monday Octr. 17. 1774-10-17 Dined at Home.