140114th. (Adams Papers)
I was up late last Night, to finish the fourth book of Horace’s Odes; and found my Eyes, this...
14024th. (Adams Papers)
Was absent from meeting all day. Read a Sermon, from Blair, in the forenoon, upon the duties of...
1403[Titlepage] (Adams Papers)
Titlepage of D/JQA/12, the third of three leather-bound blank books that JQA presumably purchased...
14044th. (Adams Papers)
Dined at Mr. Osgood’s in a large Company. 16 persons, at table. Mr. Larieu, a frenchman, and Mr....
140525th. (Adams Papers)
In the forenoon I went to Weymouth, to return Dr. Tufts’s horse. Dined at the Doctor’s, and...
140616th. (Adams Papers)
I took a walk this morning as far as Dr. Tucker’s meeting house; but it was to little purpose,...
140718th. (Adams Papers)
Went with Charles Storer, and heard, the debates in the House of Representatives; and afterwards,...
140830th. (Adams Papers)
Attended the meeting forenoon and afternoon; in the morning Cousin Betsey came, here, and spent...
140929th. (Adams Papers)
Rain’d in the fore part of the day but cleared up in the afternoon: I went with my gun down upon...
1410[June 1786] (Adams Papers)
We had this forenoon a Lecture from Mr. Williams. Upon the reflection and the refraction of...
141119th. (Adams Papers)
The whole day at my studies as usual. In the afternoon I read in Watt’s Logic, as my Saturday...
141220th. (Adams Papers)
I expected this morning when I waked up, to hear the winds whistle and the tempests roar: but all...
141326th. (Adams Papers)
At about 6 this morning we set out I on horseback, Charles and Tom in a Sulkey; we got to...
14149th. (Adams Papers)
The air is very temperate, in Comparison to that of yesterday. The river, was froze over in such...
141523d. (Adams Papers)
The weather has look’d snowy, for several days past, but has remained, in Statu quo, till this...
141616th. (Adams Papers)
Charles came to Cambridge last Monday in order to move into our new Chamber. My Cousin and myself...
141730th. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Shaw preach’d in the forenoon from Proverbs I. 5. A wise man will hear, and will increase...
141822d. (Adams Papers)
Mr. A. received in the morning a Card from Dr. Franklin informing him that a person who came in...
141913th. (Adams Papers)
Went in the afternoon, with an Intention to visit Mr. Soughton, but stopping in at Mr. White’s,...
14206th. (Adams Papers)
This day the annual Dudleian Lecture was preach’d by Mr. Symmes of Andover; the subject was the...
142120th. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Deane, of Falmouth preach’d here this day, in the forenoon from Matthew. XI. 29. Take my yoke...
14226th. (Adams Papers)
After dinner the Ladies went into Paris: I left them at the Place de Louis 15. and went to Mr....
142326th. (Adams Papers)
I went in the morning to the Sweedish Ambassador’s Hôtel to go with Mr. d’Asp, and see the Abbé...
142410th. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Porter the Minister of Roxbury, preach’d here; he is a pretty good Speaker. His discourse in...
142510th. (Adams Papers)
Mr. A: went to Versailles, to take leave, of the Court. Mr. Carnes came out. Was all day...
14267th. (Adams Papers)
In the beginning of the evening I wrote a Letter to W. Cranch requesting of him an explanation,...
142711th. (Adams Papers)
From the office this afternoon I went with Townsend to his lodgings, and there past a couple of...
142829th. (Adams Papers)
I attended at meeting and heard Mr. Wibird. The weather was rather dull and somewhat sultry. I am...
142914. (Adams Papers)
Fete de S: Cloud. Diné entre là et Auteuil. M: T——r parti. An annual festival held on the grounds...
1430Friday February 1st. 1788. (Adams Papers)
Pass’d a great part of the fore noon at Mr. Thaxter’s. He is now quite in the family way: he...
143119th. (Adams Papers)
I was considerably fatigued by my jaunt of yesterday, but made out however to read something, in...
143224. (Adams Papers)
Mme. Ridley accouchée. Ann Richardson, whom Matthew Ridley married in England in 1775, gave birth...
14339th. (Adams Papers)
Thompson went to see Miss Roberts at Newtown. I cannot read with so much satisfaction for some...
143423d. (Adams Papers)
I had almost promised Mr. Thaxter to wait till the afternoon; but as there was an appearance of a...
1435Tuesday. 21st. (Adams Papers)
Set away from St. Just at about 7 ½ o’clock; dined at Amiens; the Capital of the Province of...
143629th. (Adams Papers)
Attended meeting all day. Mr. Hilliard preach’d in the forenoon, and Mr. Willard, brother to my...
143726th. (Adams Papers)
I took an additional cold, yesterday, and am still more unwell than I have been. I pass’d the...
143813th. (Adams Papers)
Mrs. Emery who has been very ill these four or five weeks, died last night, leaving to the wide...
143919th. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Thaxter was here, about half an hour, on his return to Haverhill. Mr. Williams, gave us...
144016th. (Adams Papers)
I waited upon Parson Cary this forenoon, in expectation of much edification; but he gave us a...
1441Wednesday September 3d. (Adams Papers)
I went over the river with Stacey and Romain upon a shooting party. We had tolerable success. It...
144230th. (Adams Papers)
I passed the forenoon with Leonard, who has been making two or three unsuccessful attempts to...
14439th. (Adams Papers)
This morning the president returned my theses to transcribe a fair copy for the press. I past the...
144423d. (Adams Papers)
This day, we had a lecture upon electricity: we received a shock, which was much more violent...
144520th. (Adams Papers)
The cold weather appears to be for setting in seriously; and indeed it is high time that it...
144629th. (Adams Papers)
Went to Mr. Dana’s, in the afternoon, upon some business. There were two gentlemen, there, one of...
144726th. (Adams Papers)
Attended meeting for the first time these three weeks. Dined at Judge Dana’s. Captain Hobby, who...
144813th. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Wigglesworth gave a lecture this forenoon, but I did not attend; engaged the chief of the...
144919th. (Adams Papers)
I was informed, that Captain will sail to-morrow for Europe; went to Mr. Reed, and requested to...
145016th. (Adams Papers)
Tom, came from Boston this forenoon. Fifteen persons were buried there this afternoon, who...