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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1451 | Adams, John | July 27. 1796 Wednesday. | 1796-07-27 | Billings and Sullivan making and liming an heap of Manure. They compounded it, of Earth carted in... | |
| 1452 | Adams, John | July 28. 1796. Thursday. | 1796-07-28 | Billings and Sullivan are gone to the Beech for a Load of Seaweed to put into their Hill of... | |
| 1453 | Adams, John | July 29. 1796. Fryday. | 1796-07-29 | Hot after Thunder, Lightening and an Hours Rain. The two Lathrops threshing. Billing and Bass... | |
| 1454 | Adams, John | July 30th. Saturday. | 1796-07-30 | All hands carting Earth and making Compost, i.e. 4 hands Billings, Bass and the two Lathrops.... | |
| 1455 | Adams, John | July 31. 1796. Sunday. | 1796-07-31 | A fine N.W. Wind, pure Air, clear Sky, and bright Sun. Reading the second Volume of Petrarchs... | |
| 1456 | Adams, John | [August 1796] | ≈1796-08-01 | Hands all gone to finish our Equinoctial Line of Wall as Billings calls it.—Hot, sultry, muggy... | |
| 1457 | Adams, John | August 1. 1796. Monday. | 1796-08-01 | Hands all gone to finish our Equinoctial Line of Wall as Billings calls it.—Hot, sultry, muggy... | |
| 1458 | Adams, John | August 2. 1796 Tuesday. | 1796-08-02 | Wrote to Mr. Sullivan by Dr. Tufts an Answer to his Inquiries concerning Mitchels Map and St.... | |
| 1459 | Adams, John | August 3. 1796. Wednesday. | 1796-08-03 | Brisler is going to Squantum and Long Island, for my Twin Oxen who are reprieved for a Year. The... | |
| 1460 | Adams, John | August 4. 1796 Thursday. | 1796-08-04 | Of all the Summers of my Life, this has been the freest from Care, Anxiety and Vexation to me.... | |
| 1461 | Adams, John | August 5. 1796. Fryday. | 1796-08-05 | A fine day. I have finished Petrarch. Walked up to the new Barn and over to the old Plain.... | |
| 1462 | Adams, John | August 6. 1796. Saturday. | 1796-08-06 | Billings and Bass off by Day for Seaweed. Twin oxen sent to be shod. Omnium Rerum Domina, Virtus.... | |
| 1463 | Adams, John | August 7. 1796. Sunday. | 1796-08-07 | I am reading a Work of Cicero that I remember not to have read before. It is intituled M. Tullii... | |
| 1464 | Adams, John | August 8. 1796. Monday. | 1796-08-08 | Billing and Bass gone to mowing Salt Grass at the Beach Meadow. T. Lothrop unloading the Sea... | |
| 1465 | Adams, John | August 9. 1796. Tuesday. | 1796-08-09 | 4 hands mowing Salt Grass. Finished the Beach Meadow. Trask mowing Bushes to make room for the... | |
| 1466 | Adams, John | August 10. 1796 Wednesday. | 1796-08-10 | Billing and Bass collecting Compost. Brought up two Loads of Seaweed and carted several Loads of... | |
| 1467 | Adams, John | August 11. 1796. Thursday. | 1796-08-11 | Mr. Howell lodged with Us and spent the whole Morning in Conversation concerning the Affairs of... | |
| 1468 | Adams, John | August 12. 1796. Fryday. | 1796-08-12 | Billing, Bass and Sullivan carting Salt Hay from the Beech Marsh. Tirell and Th. Lothrop... | |
| 1469 | Adams, John | August 13. 1796 Saturday. | 1796-08-13 | Three Load of Salt Hay Yesterday from the Beach Marsh. Got in 51 Bushells of Barley winnowed and... | |
| 1470 | Adams, John | August 14. 1796. Sunday. | 1796-08-14 | The Weather hot and dry. One great Advantage of the Christian Religion is that it brings the... | |
| 1471 | Adams, John | August 15. 1796. Monday. | 1796-08-15 | My Team met the Abington Team at the Bars, and plough’d the Baulk between Burrells Corn and the... | |
| 1472 | Adams, John | August 16. 1796. Tuesday. | 1796-08-16 | Mr. Reed and Mr. Gurney with Billings ploughing below the lower Garden with 9 Cattle, and the... | |
| 1473 | Adams, John | August 17. 1796. Wednesday. | 1796-08-17 | Seven Yoke of Oxen and a Horse, Mr. Reed, Mr. Gurney, Mr. Billings, Mr. Brisler, Sullivan and... | |
| 1474 | Adams, John | August 18. 1796. Thursday. | 1796-08-18 | Ten Yoke of Oxen and ten Men ploughing in the Meadow below my House. | |
| 1475 | Adams, John | August 19. 1769 [i.e. 1796]. Fryday. | 1796-08-19 | Ten Yoke of Oxen and twelve hands ploughing in the meadow. It is astonishing that such a Meadow... | |
| 1476 | Adams, John | August 20. 1796. Saturday. | 1796-08-20 | Bracket and Vinton left me. We procured Captn. Baxters Oxen and William Field Junr. and went on... | |
| 1477 | Adams, John | August 21. 1796. Sunday. | 1796-08-21 | The hottest day. Unwell. | |
| 1478 | Adams, John | August 22. 1796 Monday. | 1796-08-22 | Mr. Otis and Family went to Boston. Mr. C. Storer and Mr. Storrow breakfasted. Billings and... | |
| 1479 | Adams, John | August 23. 1796 Tuesday. | 1796-08-23 | All hands and Tirrell, upon the Wall—carting Stones and Earth &c. Went down to Mr. Quincys and up... | |
| 1480 | Adams, John | August 24. 1796. Wednesday. | 1796-08-24 | Billings, Bass and the Lothrops upon the Wall. The blacks going to pick Apples. I took Rhubarb... | |
| 1481 | Adams, John | August 25. 1796. Thursday. | 1796-08-25 | Billings, Bass and the two Lothrops all this Week upon the Wall over the Way. They make about a... | |
| 1482 | Adams, John | August 26. 1796. Fryday. | 1796-08-26 | Cloudy. Wind. N.E. but not rainy. The shower last night has refreshed Us. The Corn, the Gardens,... | |
| 1483 | Adams, John | August 27. 1796. Saturday. | 1796-08-27 | Sullivan carting Seaweed, spread one Load among the red Loam in the Cavity in the Yard. Trask... | |
| 1484 | Adams, John | August 28. 1796. Sunday. | 1796-08-28 | Hot. Went not out. Mr. Strong preached. Reading Bryants Analysis of ancient Mythology. | |
| 1485 | Adams, John | August 29. Monday. 1796. | 1796-08-29 | Warm. Billings, Bass and two Sullivans with James on the Wall. Carted 9 or 10 Load of excellent... | |
| 1486 | Adams, John | August 30. Tuesday. 1796. | 1796-08-30 | Prospect of another hot day. Pursuing the Wall. Tirrell worked with our Men. Trask cutting Bushes... | |
| 1487 | Adams, John | August 31. 1796. Wednesday. | 1796-08-31 | Wind north and Air cold. Working on the high Ways. Carried a great Part of my gravel and spread... | |
| 1488 | Adams, John | [September 1796] | ≈1796-09-01 | The Summer is ended and the first day of Autumn commenced. The Morning is cold tho the Wind is... | |
| 1489 | Adams, John | September 1. 1796. Thursday. | 1796-09-01 | The Summer is ended and the first day of Autumn commenced. The Morning is cold tho the Wind is... | |
| 1490 | Adams, John | September 2. 1796. Fryday. | 1796-09-02 | To work again on the high Ways. They have taxed me this Year between forty nine and fifty days... | |
| 1491 | Adams, John | September 3. 1796. Saturday. | 1796-09-03 | Pursuing the Wall. Tirrell is here and We expect French with his Team. Some soft warm Showers in... | |
| 1492 | Adams, John | September 4. 1796. Sunday. | 1796-09-04 | Fair. No Clergyman to day. | |
| 1493 | Adams, John | September 5. 1796. Monday. | 1796-09-05 | The Anniversary of The Congress in 1774. Sullivan brought a good Load of green Seaweed, with six... | |
| 1494 | Adams, John | Sept. 6. 1796. Tuesday. | 1796-09-06 | Walked up to Trask mowing Bushes. | |
| 1495 | Adams, John | Sept. 7. 1796. Wednesday. | 1796-09-07 | Belcher, Bass and Sullivan gone to mow the Marsh and get out the Thatch at Penny ferry. Billings... | |
| 1496 | Adams, John | Septr. 8. 1796. Thursday. | 1796-09-08 | Sullivan gone for Seaweed. Bass and Thomas carting Manure from the Hill of Compost in the Yard.... | |
| 1497 | Adams, John | Septr. 9. 1796. Fryday. | 1796-09-09 | Appearances of Rain. | |
| 1498 | Adams, John | September 10. 1796. Saturday. | 1796-09-10 | Walked, with my Brother to Mount Arrarat, and find upon Inquiry that Jo. Arnold’s Fence against... | |
| 1499 | Adams, John | [January 1804] | ≈1804-07-01 | July 2d. Mowed, over vs. Yard and Garden 3 One Load, from the road to the ditch and from the cart... | |
| 1500 | Adams, John | [July–August] 1804. | ≈1804-07-01 | July 2d. Mowed, over vs. Yard and Garden 3 One Load, from the road to the ditch and from the cart... |