101[January 1773] (Adams Papers)
I have felt very well and been in very good Spirits all Day. I never was happier, in my whole...
1021773 January the First, Being Fryday. (Adams Papers)
I have felt very well and been in very good Spirits all Day. I never was happier, in my whole...
103[March 1773] (Adams Papers)
The two last Months have slided away. I have written a tedious Examination of Brattle’s...
1041773 March 4th. Thurdsday. (Adams Papers)
The two last Months have slided away. I have written a tedious Examination of Brattle’s...
1051773. March 5th. Fryday. (Adams Papers)
Heard an Oration, at Mr. Hunts Meeting House, by Dr. Benja. Church, in Commemoration of the...
1061773. March 22d. Monday. (Adams Papers)
This Afternoon received a Collection of Seventeen Letters, written from this Prov ince , Rhode...
107[April 1773] (Adams Papers)
At Charlestown. What shall I write?—say?—do? Sterility, Vacuity, Barrenness of Thought, and...
1081773. April 7th: Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
At Charlestown. What shall I write?—say?—do? Sterility, Vacuity, Barrenness of Thought, and...
1091773 April 24th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
I have communicated to Mr. Norton Quincy, and to Mr. Wibird the important Secret. They are as...
1101773. Ap. 25. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Heard Dr. Chauncy in the Morning and Dr. Cooper this Afternoon. Dr. Cooper was up on Rev. 12.9....
111[May 1773] (Adams Papers)
Tomorrow is our General Election. The Plotts, Plans, Schemes, and Machinations of this Evening...
1121773. May 24th [i.e 25th]. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Tomorrow is our General Election. The Plotts, Plans, Schemes, and Machinations of this Evening...
113[June 1773] (Adams Papers)
Parson Turners Sermon, the spirited Election, Parson Haywards Artillery sermon, the 17 Letters,...
1141773 June 8th. (Adams Papers)
Parson Turners Sermon, the spirited Election, Parson Haywards Artillery sermon, the 17 Letters,...
115[July 1773] (Adams Papers)
Drank Tea at Dr. Coopers with Mr. Adams, Mr. S. Elliot, Mr. T. Chase, and with Mr. Miffling...
1161773 July 16. (Adams Papers)
Drank Tea at Dr. Coopers with Mr. Adams, Mr. S. Elliot, Mr. T. Chase, and with Mr. Miffling...
1171773. July 16. Fryday. (Adams Papers)
Mr. F. Dana came to me with a Message from Mr. Henry Merchant Marchant of Rhode Island—And to ask...
1181773. July [19 or 26.] Monday. (Adams Papers)
You will hear from Us with Astonishment. You ought to hear from Us with Horror. You are...
119[August 1773] (Adams Papers)
Went this Morning to Mr. Boylstones, to make a wedding Visit to Mr. Gill and his Lady. A very...
120August 23d. 1773. Monday. (Adams Papers)
Went this Morning to Mr. Boylstones, to make a wedding Visit to Mr. Gill and his Lady. A very...
121Monday. Aug. 30 1773. (Adams Papers)
Spent the Evening with my Wife at her Uncle Smiths, in Company with Mr. Lynch, his Lady and...
122[December 1773] (Adams Papers)
Last Night 3 Cargoes of Bohea Tea were emptied into the Sea. This Morning a Man of War sails....
1231773. Decr. 17th. (Adams Papers)
Last Night 3 Cargoes of Bohea Tea were emptied into the Sea. This Morning a Man of War sails....
1241773. Decr. 18. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
J. Quincy met me this Morning and after him Kent, and told me that the Governor said Yesterday in...
125[February 1774] (Adams Papers)
I purchased of my Brother, my fathers Homestead, and House where I was born. The House, Barn and...
1261774. Feby. 28. (Adams Papers)
I purchased of my Brother, my fathers Homestead, and House where I was born. The House, Barn and...
127[March 1774] (Adams Papers)
Last evening at Wheelwrights, with Cushing, Pemberton and Swift. Lt. Govr. Oliver, senseless, and...
1281774 March 2d. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Last evening at Wheelwrights, with Cushing, Pemberton and Swift. Lt. Govr. Oliver, senseless, and...
1291774 March 5th. (Adams Papers)
Heard the oration pronounced, by Coll. Hancock, in Commemoration of the Massacre—an elegant, a...
1301774 Sunday March 6th. (Adams Papers)
Heard Dr. Cooper in the Morning. Paine drank Coffee with me. Paine is under some Apprehensions of...
1311774. Monday March 7. (Adams Papers)
This Morning brought us News from S. Carolina of the Destruction of the Tea there, and from...
1321774. Tuesday March 8. (Adams Papers)
Last Night 28 Chests and an half of Tea were drowned. On orders, according to the Boston Gazette...
1331774. Wednesday March 9th. (Adams Papers)
Returned from Charlestown Court with Coll. Tyng of Dunstable, who told me some Anecdotes of...
1341774. Fryday March 11th. (Adams Papers)
Dined at Charlestown with Mr. Thomas Russell, with Mr. Temple, Mr. Jacob Rowe, Mr. Nicholls, Mr....
135Saturday. March 12. (Adams Papers)
There has been and is a Party in the Nation, a very small one indeed, who have pretended to be...
1361774 Sunday. March 13. (Adams Papers)
Heard Mr. Lothrop Lathrop in the Forenoon and Dr. Cooper in the Afternoon. Last evening Justice...
137Monday. March 27 [i.e. 28?]. 1774. (Adams Papers)
Rode with Brother Josiah Quincy to Ipswich Court. Arrived at Piemonts in Danvers, in good order...
138Tuesday March 28 [i.e. 29?]. 1774. (Adams Papers)
Rode to Ipswich and put up at the old Place, Treadwells. The old Lady has got a new Copy of her...
1391774. Wednesday. March 30th. (Adams Papers)
A dull Day. My Head is empty, but my Heart is full. I am wanted at my Office, but not wanted...
1401774. Thursday March 31. (Adams Papers)
Let me ask my own Heart, have I patience, and Industry enough to write an History of the Contest...
141[Notes on the Name of the Merrimack River, Spring 1774.] (Adams Papers)
The River has been universally called and known by the Name of Merrimack and by no other, from...
142[June 1774] (Adams Papers)
At Piemonts in Danvers, bound to Ipswich. There is a new, and a grand Scene open before me—a...
143June 20th. 1774. Monday. (Adams Papers)
At Piemonts in Danvers, bound to Ipswich. There is a new, and a grand Scene open before me—a...
1441774. June 25th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Since the Court adjourned without Day this afternoon I have taken a long Walk, through the Neck...
145[August 1774] (Adams Papers)
The committee for the Congress took their departure from Boston, from Mr. Cushing’s house, and...
146Boston. August 10. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
The committee for the Congress took their departure from Boston, from Mr. Cushing’s house, and...
14715. Monday. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Silas Deane, of Wethersfield, came over to Hartford to see us. He is a gentleman of a liberal...
1481774 Aug. 15. Monday. (Adams Papers)
Last Evening, after spending the Evening at the Meeting House to hear the Singing, We were...
1491774 Aug. 16. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
This Morning Dr. Elliot Rawson, Mr. Allsop, Mr. Mortimer, and others the Committee of...
1501774 Aug. 17. Wednesday At N[ew] Haven. (Adams Papers)
We are told here that New York are now well united and very firm. This Morning Roger Sherman...