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161 Adams, John 24 [–27] Thurdsday. Fryday. Saturday. Sunday. ≈1756-06-24 Spent the Evening at the Colonels. Presumably the text of this entry pertains to the last day in...
162 Adams, John 28 Monday. 1756-06-28 28 Monday.
163 Adams, John [July 1756] ≈1756-07-19 Sat out for Boston. Borrowed the Idea of a Patriot King of Ned. Quincy. Rode to Cambridge. Lodgd....
164 Adams, John July. 1756. 19. Monday. 1756-07-19 Sat out for Boston. Borrowed the Idea of a Patriot King of Ned. Quincy. Rode to Cambridge. Lodgd....
165 Adams, John 20 Tuesday. 1756-07-20 Eliot and Trumble lodged here with me.
166 Adams, John 21 Wednesday. 1756-07-21 Kept School.—I am now entering on another Year, and I am resolved not to neglect my Time as I did...
167 Adams, John 22 Thurdsday. 1756-07-22 Fast day. Rose not till 7 o clock. This is the usual Fate of my Resolutions! Wrote the 3 first...
168 Adams, John 23 Friday. 1756-07-23 Rose at 7. Wrote the 2 last Chapters of St. James. Spent the Evening at the Majors and drank Tea...
169 Adams, John 24 Saturday. 1756-07-24 Rose at 7. Wrote a little in Greek. Afternoon wrote Bolinbroke.
170 Adams, John 25 Sunday. 1756-07-25 Rose 1/2 after 6.—Good Sense, some say, is enough to regulate our Conduct, to dictate Thoughts...
171 Adams, John 26 Monday. 1756-07-26 Rose at 7. Read carefully 30 lines in Virgil.
172 Adams, John 27 Tuesday. 1756-07-27 Rose at 7. Read carefully 30 lines, in Virgil. Wrote a little in Bolingbroke at noon and a little...
173 Adams, John 28 Wednesday. 1756-07-28 Read about 40 lines in Virgil, and wrote a little at noon. Nothing more.
174 Adams, John 29 Thurdsday. 1756-07-29 Rose half after 6. Read a little Greek.
175 Adams, John 30 Fryday. 1756-07-30 A very rainy Day. Dreamed away the Time.
176 Adams, John 31 Saturday. 1756-07-31 A rainy forenoon. Dined at Mr. Paines. A fair after noon . The Nature and Essence of the material...
177 Adams, John [August 1756] ≈1756-08-01 Heard Mr. Maccarty all Day. Spent the Evening at the Collonels.— The Event Shews that my...
178 Adams, John August. 1756. 1 Sunday. 1756-08-01 Heard Mr. Maccarty all Day. Spent the Evening at the Collonels.— The Event Shews that my...
179 Adams, John 2 Monday. 1756-08-02 Agreably to the Design laid last night, I arose this Morning before the sun. Dined at Pains....
180 Adams, John 3 Tuesday. 1756-08-03 Dind at the Colonels. Lodged at Put nam’s .
181 Adams, John 4 Wednesday. 1756-08-04 Breakfasted at Put nam’ s.
182 Adams, John 7 Saturday. 1756-08-07 All this past Week my designs have been interrupted, by the Troubles and Confusion of the House....
183 Adams, John 12 [–13] Thurdsday. Fryday. ≈1756-08-12 I know not what became of these days.
184 Adams, John 14 Saturday. 1756-08-14 I seem to have lost sight of the Object that I resolved to pursue. Dreams and slumbers, sloth and...
185 Adams, John 15 Sunday. 1756-08-15 If one Man or Being, out of pure Generosity, and without any Expectation of Returns, is about to...
186 Adams, John 22 Sunday. 1756-08-22 Yesterday I compleated a Contract with Mr. Putnam, to study Law under his Inspection for two...
187 Adams, John 23 Monday. 1756-08-23 Came to Mr. Putnams and began Law. And studied not very closely this Week.
188 Adams, John 29 Sunday. 1756-08-29 29 Sunday.
189 Adams, John [October 1758] ≈1758-10-05 Yesterday arrived here from Worcester. I am this Day about beginning Justinians Institutions with...
190 Adams, John Braintree Octr. 5th. 1758. 1758-10-05 Yesterday arrived here from Worcester. I am this Day about beginning Justinians Institutions with...
191 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...
192 Adams, John Saturday [7 October]. 1758-10-07 Read in Gilbert. Rode with Webb to Mr. Cranche’s. Dined and drank Tea with him, and then home....
193 Adams, John Sunday [8 October]. 1758-10-08 Read a few Leaves in Baxters Enquiry into the Nature of the human Soul. He has explaind with...
194 Adams, John Monday Octr. 9. 1758-10-09 Read in Gilberts Tenures. I must and will make that Book familiar to me.
195 Adams, John Tuesday [10 October]. 1758-10-10 Read in Gilbert. I read him slowly, but I gain Ideas and Knowledge as I go along, which I dont...
196 Adams, John Wednesday [11 October]. 1758-10-11 Rode to Boston. Conversed with Ned Quincy and Saml., Peter Chardon &c. By the Way Peter Chardon...
197 Adams, John Thurdsday [12 October]. 1758-10-12 Examined the Laws of this Province concerning Pads, Cattle, fences &c. and read in Gilbert. This...
198 Adams, John Fryday [13 October]. 1758-10-13 Read Gilbert. Went in the Evening to Coll. Quincys. Heard a Tryal before him, as a Justice...
199 Adams, John Monday [16 October]. 1758-10-16 Read a few Pages in Gilbert. I proceed very slowly.
200 Adams, John Tuesday [17 October]. 1758-10-17 Read in Gilbert. Went to Monatiquot to see the Raising of the new Meeting House. No Observations...
201 Adams, John Wednesday [18 October]. 1758-10-18 Went to Boston. Bob Paine . I have ruined myself, by a too eager Pursuit of Wisdom. I have now...
202 Adams, John Thurdsday [19 October]. 1758-10-19 I borrowed yesterday of Quincy, the 1st Volume of Batista Angeloni’s Letters, and a general...
203 Adams, John Saturday [21 October]. 1758-10-21 Rose with the sun. Brot up the Horse and took a Ride over Penns Hill, as far as John Haywards in...
204 Adams, John [Sunday 22 October]. 1758-10-22 Conversed with Capt. Thatcher about commercial affairs.—When he receives a freight of Goods on...
205 Adams, John Monday [23 October]. 1758-10-23 Monday 23 October .
206 Adams, John Tuesday [24 October]. 1758-10-24 Rode to Boston. Arrived about 1/2 after 10. Went into the Court House, and sett down by Mr. Paine...
207 Adams, John Wednesday [25 October]. 1758-10-25 Went in the morning to Mr. Gridleys, and asked the favour of his Advice what Steps to take for an...
208 Adams, John Thurdsday [26 October]. 1758-10-26 Went in the morning to wait on Mr. Prat. He inquired if I had been sworn at Worcester? No. Have...
209 Adams, John Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday [27–30 October]. ≈1758-10-27 All Spent in absolute Idleness, or what is worse, gallanting the Girls.
210 Adams, John Tuesday [31 October]. 1758-10-31 Set down, and recollected my self, and read a little in Van Muyden, a little in naval Trade and...