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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... | |
| 1961 | Adams, John Quincy | Wednes 8th. | 1779-12-08 | This morning about half after four o clock we saw a sail. At about seven o clock we could see her... | |
| 1962 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday 9th. | 1779-12-09 | This morning My Pappa, Mr. Dana, Mr. Allen, Mr. Thaxter, Sammy Cooper, my brother Charles, and... | |
| 1963 | Adams, John Quincy | [Titlepage] | The first of two titlepages to the continuation of JQA ’s journal, the contents of which... | ||
| 1964 | Adams, John Quincy | [Titlepage] | Titlepage A Journal by John Quincy Adams Continuation From The Xth Of December To The Last Of The... | ||
| 1965 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 10th. | 1779-12-10 | This forenoon I took a walk about the town but saw nothing worth remarking. At about half after... | |
| 1966 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday 11th. | 1779-12-11 | This forenoon a Captain of one of the french men of War came and very politely invited me on... | |
| 1967 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday 12th. | 1779-12-12 | This morning I went to the French Consuls to ask him if he went to day. He said that it blew so... | |
| 1968 | Adams, John Quincy | Monday Evening 13th. | 1779-12-13 | Very rainy all this day. It is impossible to go to Coronna to day. 10 o clock. I have been to the... | |
| 1969 | Adams, John Quincy | Tuesday 14th. | 1779-12-14 | The French consul was here last night (he is to go to Coronna with us). He told us that he would... | |
| 1970 | Adams, John Quincy | Wednesday 15th. | 1779-12-15 | This morning at 5 o clock the Consul’s servant came and wak’d us up. We dress’d and drank a cup... | |
| 1971 | Adams, John Quincy | [Section Title] | Section Title A Journal from the time I left Ferrol to the time I left Coronna. | ||
| 1972 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday the 16th of December. | 1779-12-16 | This morning I took a walk about the town to see and found that it was a much more pleasant town... | |
| 1973 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 17th. | 1779-12-17 | This morning I went to see the tour de fer (as the French call it and the spaniards Tour... | |
| 1974 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday 18th. | 1779-12-18 | This morning I went to the French Consul’s and from there to the Governor’s of this place. We saw... | |
| 1975 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday 19th. | 1779-12-19 | This forenoon we all went to the Consuls where we dined. There were 16 Gentlemen 51 dishes, and... | |
| 1976 | Adams, John Quincy | Monday 20th. | 1779-12-20 | Very rainy all this forenoon. This morning Pappa, Mr. Dana, Mr. Allen and Mr. Thaxter went to... | |
| 1977 | Adams, John Quincy | Tuesday 21st. | 1779-12-21 | This forenoon Sammy Cooper Charles and I went to the Consul’s in order to go a Gunning. The... | |
| 1978 | Adams, John Quincy | Wednesday 22d Of December. | 1779-12-22 | Rain’d all day with intermissions. At about 3 o clock PM we went a Gunning with Flamand. We got... | |
| 1979 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday 23d Of December. | 1779-12-23 | A good day. At about 11 o clock we saw a Sail and at one o clock we saw a nother one of which... | |
| 1980 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday 24th. | 1779-12-24 | This morning a Spanish 80 Gun Ship went out of this harbour. At about 10 o clock the Consul came... |