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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Adams, John | [Shakespeare’s Characters and Figurative Language … | ≈1758-10-01 | Shakespeare, in the Character of Lady Mackbeth, and of Gertrude, the Wife of old Hamlet, and... | |
| 1932 | Adams, John | [On a Petition from Braintree Troops Enlisted for the … | ≈1758-12-01 | The general Court agreed to raise 7000 men, to cooperate with his Majesties Forces, for the... | |
| 1933 | Adams, John Quincy | [November 1779] | ≈1779-11-01 | Titlepage and cover for JQA ’s early Diary, designated D/JQA/1 by Adams editors to indicate the... | |
| 1934 | Adams, John Quincy | [Titlepage and Cover] | ≈1779-11-01 | Titlepage and cover for JQA ’s early Diary, designated D/JQA/1 by Adams editors to indicate the... | |
| 1935 | Adams, John Quincy | [Revised Titlepage] | 1779-11-12 | Revised titlepage located on the inside front cover of D/JQA/1. This titlepage and the first page... | |
| 1936 | Adams, John Quincy | 1779 November Friday 12th. | 1779-11-12 | This Morning at about 11 o clock I took leave of my Mamma, my Sister, and Brother Tommy, and went... | |
| 1937 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday 13th. | 1779-11-13 | To day at about 1 o clock Pappa, and my Brother Charles, came to town, and at about 5 o clock we... | |
| 1938 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday 14th. | 1779-11-14 | This morning a great number of Gentlemen came on board, and amongst others Col Johonnot, with a... | |
| 1939 | Adams, John Quincy | Mond 15th. | 1779-11-15 | This morning a brig and a schooner went out I suppose after wood to the eastward. About 8 o clock... | |
| 1940 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday 18th. | 1779-11-18 | Yesterday and day before there was nothing remarkable only that all day yesterday there was a... | |
| 1941 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 19th. | 1779-11-19 | 12 o clock. The Gale continues. Nothing else remarkable. 6 o clock. The wind has abated a great... | |
| 1942 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday 20th. | 1779-11-20 | This morning about 6 o clock spy’d a sail about 2 miles of f . We sent the courier de L’europe to... | |
| 1943 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday 21st. | 1779-11-21 | Nothing remarkable to day except calm all day. 6 o clock. It begins to freshen. We go about 3... | |
| 1944 | Adams, John Quincy | Monday 22d. | 1779-11-22 | A fresh breeze all day from the SSE. The Captain says we are about fifty Leagues from the Grand... | |
| 1945 | Adams, John Quincy | Tuesday 23d. | 1779-11-23 | The weather is very much like that of the Bank. The Courier has taken two fish. At twelve o clock... | |
| 1946 | Adams, John Quincy | Wednesday 24th. | 1779-11-24 | This morning the Courier lost herself in the fog but at about ten o clock we found her again. I... | |
| 1947 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday 25th. | 1779-11-25 | This morning about nine o clock the courier lost her foretopmast. About twelve o clock she got it... | |
| 1948 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 26th. | 1779-11-26 | This Morning a very fresh breeze from the N.W. 7 o clock. We now go 12 knots an hour; every face... | |
| 1949 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday 27th. | 1779-11-27 | I could not write any more yesterday because a Gale of wind came on which hinder’d me but to day... | |
| 1950 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday 28th. | 1779-11-28 | 6 o clock. Calm and cloudy. 9 o clock. It begins to freshen. 6 o clock P.M. A very fresh breeze.... | |
| 1951 | Adams, John Quincy | Mon 29th. | 1779-11-29 | The ship is very leaky. The passengers are all called to the Pump four times per day. 8 o clock... | |
| 1952 | Adams, John Quincy | Tues 30th. | 1779-11-30 | To day a middling breeze from the S.E or SSE. At 12 o clock to day being at the Pump there being... | |
| 1953 | Adams, John Quincy | [December 1779] | ≈1779-12-01 | We housed all the Guns to day because she rolled a great deal. A fresh breeze from the S.S.E.... | |
| 1954 | Adams, John Quincy | 1779 December Wed 1st. | 1779-12-01 | We housed all the Guns to day because she rolled a great deal. A fresh breeze from the S.S.E.... | |
| 1955 | Adams, John Quincy | Thur 2d. | 1779-12-02 | A fresh breeze from the South. Continual Squalls thunder and lightning. 6 o clock PM. The weather... | |
| 1956 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 3d. | 1779-12-03 | Pleasant weather. A fresh breeze from the S.W. The Captain intends to go to Spain to search the... | |
| 1957 | Adams, John Quincy | Satur 4th. | 1779-12-04 | A middling breeze from the SW. This afternoon about four o clock a land Bird came a hovering over... | |
| 1958 | Adams, John Quincy | Sun. 5th. | 1779-12-05 | A middling breeze from the S.W. We replaced our guns. We took in the Main, and forsails in order... | |
| 1959 | Adams, John Quincy | Mon 6th. | 1779-12-06 | This morning my brother Charles look’d out of Pappa’s window and said he saw a flock of Wild... | |
| 1960 | Adams, John Quincy | Tuesday 7th. | 1779-12-07 | Last night about nine o clock we saw a number of fish. We could not tell what they were; some say... |