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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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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... |