2311778 Oct. 7. (Adams Papers)
Captain Richard Grinnell of Newport Rhode Island says, that the English have this Year 17...
2321778 Oct. 8. Thursday (Adams Papers)
Captain Richard Grinnell was taken and carried into Guernsey by the Speedwell Cutter Captain...
233Monday. Oct. 12. (Adams Papers)
Samuel Harding of Welfleet Cape Cod says that Mr. Robert Bartholomew or Bartlemé, and Incleby of...
2341778 Octr. 22. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
William Whitmarsh Jur., born in Braintree, maried and living in Marblehead, was taken Prisoner on...
2351778 Octr. 30. Fryday. (Adams Papers)
Last Saturday I dined with Mr. Grand in Company with Mr. Gebelin Author of the Monde Primitif....
236[November 1778] (Adams Papers)
Mr. Lee read me a Paragraph of a Letter, from London, “that Mr. D. Hartley would probably be...
237Nov. 9. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Lee read me a Paragraph of a Letter, from London, “that Mr. D. Hartley would probably be...
2381778. Novr: 26 Jeudi. (Adams Papers)
Went to see the Palace of Bourbon, belonging to the Prince of Condé. It is a City. The...
239Novr. 30. 1778. (Adams Papers)
Orthodoxy is my Doxy, and Heterodoxy is your Doxy.—Definitions. F ranklin .
240[December 1778] (Adams Papers)
Captn. Bernard. Says There are Two hundred and Thirty Sail of Merchand Ships lying at the Mother...
241Decr. 2. (Adams Papers)
Captn. Bernard. Says There are Two hundred and Thirty Sail of Merchand Ships lying at the Mother...
242[Personal Receipts and Expenditures, 1778–1779.] (Adams Papers)
Account of Monies received Account of Monies expended £ s d £ s d 1778. Feb. 12. Recd, of the...
243[February 1779] (Adams Papers)
Last Tuesday, I dined in Company with the Abbe Raynal, and Mr. Gebelin, and asked them to dine...
2441779. Feb. 2. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Last Tuesday, I dined in Company with the Abbe Raynal, and Mr. Gebelin, and asked them to dine...
245Feb. 4. (Adams Papers)
Breakfasted with the Abbe Raynal, at his House at his particular Invitation, with a large Company...
246Feb. 5. Fryday. (Adams Papers)
The Duke de Rochefoucault, Mr. Turgot, Abbe Rochon and De la Roche, dined here.
2471779. Feb. 8. (Adams Papers)
In Conversation with Dr. Franklin, in the Morning I gave him my Opinion, of Mr. Deanes Address to...
2481779 Feb. 9. (Adams Papers)
Abbe C . Any Thing to divert Melancholly, and to sooth an aking Heart. The Uncandor, the...
249[Draft of a Letter to Vergennes, 10–11 February 1779.]Confidential (Adams Papers)
As your Excellency reads English perfectly well, my first Request is that you would not...
2501779. Feb. 11. (Adams Papers)
When I arrived in France, the French Nation had a great many Questions to settle. The first...
251Feb. 11. 1779. (Adams Papers)
It is my indispensable Duty, to tell the Comte de Vergennes that I think one great Cause of this...
252Feb. 12. (Adams Papers)
My Mind has been in such a State, since the Appearance of Mr. Deanes Address to the People, as it...
253Feby. 13. (Adams Papers)
There is no such Thing as human Wisdom. All is the Providence of God. Perhaps few Men have...
254[March 1779] (Adams Papers)
Went to Versailles, in order to take Leave of the Ministry. Had a long Conversation, with the...
2551779 March 3. (Adams Papers)
Went to Versailles, in order to take Leave of the Ministry. Had a long Conversation, with the...
2561779. March 4. (Adams Papers)
Walked with Mr. Jennings to Calvare, with my son. Edmund Jenings (1731–1819) is an obscure but...
2571779 March 12. Fryday. (Adams Papers)
About one O Clock arrived at Nantes at L’hotelle de la Comedie, Rue, after a Journey of near five...
258[April 1779] (Adams Papers)
At Nantes, Hotel de la Comedie, Rue Bignonestar.... Walked, this Morning with my Son over all the...
2591779. April 14. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
At Nantes, Hotel de la Comedie, Rue Bignonestar.... Walked, this Morning with my Son over all the...
2601779. April 15. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
Dined at home.
26116. (Adams Papers)
Dined with Mr. Williams. Mr. Johnson there. Walked after dinner along the River, and about the Town.
26217. (Adams Papers)
Yesterday and to day in the forenoon, assisted my Son in translating Cicero’s first Phillippick...
263Ap. 18. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Dined at Mr. Schweighaussers. About six O Clock in the Evening, Captain Landais came into my...
2641779. April 22nd. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
Yesterday Morning, embarked at Nantes, with Mr. Hill, the first Lieutenant, and Mr. Parks, who is...
265Ap. 23. Fryday. (Adams Papers)
A violent Wind, and Rain.
26624. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
The same.
267Ap. 25. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Fair Weather again. My Time has been employed since I have been on board, in writing Answers to...
268Ap. 26. Monday. (Adams Papers)
Spent the Morning in translating with my Son the Carmen Seculare, and the Notes. There is a...
2691779 Ap. 28. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Went up to Nantes from Minden or St. Nazare, before Wind and Tide in 4 Hours. This Morning by C...
270[May 1779] (Adams Papers)
Mr. Odea of Paimbœuf, Coll. Wibirt and Mr. Ford, dined in the Cabin. O. speaks English perfectly,...
2711779. May 7th or 8th. Fryday. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Odea of Paimbœuf, Coll. Wibirt and Mr. Ford, dined in the Cabin. O. speaks English perfectly,...
2721779. May 9. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
The Pilot came on Board this Morning from St. Nazare, and pronounced it unsafe to go out, with...
273Monday May. 10. (Adams Papers)
This Morning the Wind at S.E. The Pilot came on board, the Alliance unmoored and set Sail, for...
2741779. Tuesday. May 11. (Adams Papers)
Sailing by Belisle, which the English took last War after a Defence of Six Weeks with about 900...
275Wednesday May 12th. (Adams Papers)
L andais is jealous of every Thing. Jealous of every Body, of all his Officers, all his...
276Thursday. May 13th. (Adams Papers)
Went on Shore and dined with Captain Jones at the Epèe Royal. Mr. Amiel, Mr. Dick, Dr. Brooke,...
277May 14. Fryday. (Adams Papers)
On Board all day, ill of a Cold. Many Gentlemen came on board to visit me. A Dr. Brooks, Surgeon...
27815 May. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Went on Shore, and dined with Captain Jones at the Mess, at L’Epee Royale. Mr. Hill, Capt....
279May 16. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Went on Shore, and dined with Mr. Moylan. Jones, Landais, Chaumont Pere et Fils, Moylan Frere,...
280May 17. Monday. (Adams Papers)
L. gave Us an Account of St. George at Paris, a Molatto Man, Son of a former Governor of...