1761[April 23 Thursday. 1778.] (Adams Papers)
April 23 Thursday. 1778. Dined at home with Company.
1762[April 24 Fryday 1778.] (Adams Papers)
April 24 Fryday 1778. Dined at Mr. Buffauts with much Company.
1763[April 25. Saturday.] (Adams Papers)
April 25. Saturday. Dined at Mr. Chaumonts with Company.
1764[April 26. Sunday 1778.] (Adams Papers)
April 26. Sunday 1778. Dined at home.
1765[Monday April 27. 1778.] (Adams Papers)
Monday April 27. 1778. Dined with Mr. Boulainvilliers, at his house in Passi, with Generals and Bishops and Ladies. In the Evening I went to the French Comedy, and happened to be placed in the Front Box very near to Voltaire, who was then upon his last Visit to Paris, and now attended the representation of his own Alzire. The Audience between the several Acts, called Out, Voltaire! Voltaire!...
1766[April 28. Tuesday. 1778.] (Adams Papers)
April 28. Tuesday. 1778. Breakfasted at home with Mr. C h aumont, Mr. Dubourg, Mr. Chaumont the Son, Mr. Franklin and his grandson. Mr. Dubourg was a Physician, a Batcheller, a Man of Letters and of good Character but of little Consequence in the French World. Franklin had been introduced to him, in his first Visit to Paris, and Dubourg had translated his Works into French. He must have been...
1767[April 29. Wednesday. 1778.] (Adams Papers)
April 29. Wednesday. 1778. Dined with the Marshall De Maillebois, with a great deal of Company. Here also We were shewn the Marshalls Amie seated at the Table, with all his great Company. Mr. Lee and I had a good deal of conversation with her. Mr. Lee spoke french with tolerable ease. I could say little: but I understood her as well as any one I had heard in french. It appeared to me that the...
1768[April 30. Thursday. 1778.] (Adams Papers)
April 30. Thursday. 1778. Dined with the Marshall Duke de Mouchy, with the Duke and Dutchess D’Ayen, The Marchioness de la Fayette, their Daughter, The Vicountess de Maillebois, her Sister, another Sister unmarried, The Prussian Ambassador, an Italian Ambassador, and a vast Collection of other great Company. I saw at Table a handsome Lady and perceived that she spoke a little English. As I...
1769[May 1. Fryday. 1778.] (Adams Papers)
May 1. Fryday. 1778. Dined with the Duke D’Ayen, the Brother of the Duke de Mouchy and the Father of the Marchioness de la Fayette. The House, the Gardens, the Walks, the Pictures and Furniture all in the highest Style of magnificence. The Portraits of the Family of Noailles, were ancient and numerous. Among them was a Picture of Noailles the Ambassador, in England at the time of the Regency...
1770[May 2. Saturday. 1778.] (Adams Papers)
May 2. Saturday. 1778. Dined at Mr. Izzards, with Mr. Lloyd and his Lady, Mr. Francois Francès a French Gentleman who had served in England as Charge D’Affairs for so many Years, that the Language was become very familiar to him, which enabled him to be often usefull to the Americans in Paris. There was much other Company and after dinner We went to the French Comedy, where We saw the Brutus,...