2061Sunday September the 3d 1780. (Adams Papers)
This morning young Mr. Brants came and stay’d here. At about nine o clock Mr. Deneufville came here, and a little after that Mr. Guile Mr. Ingraham and Captn. Joyner came and we all set out for Mr. Deneufville’s country seat. Mr. Guile, Mr. Ingraham, Pappa, and Captn. Joyner, went in one Coach, and Mr. Deneufville another Gentlemen, young Mr. Brants brother Charles and Myself in the other. At...
2062Monday September 4th 1780. (Adams Papers)
This morning got up at about 7 o clock dressed and breakfasted. After breakfast Pappa wrote a line to the rector desireing him to let MY brother Charles and I come to his lodgings every wednesday and Saturday. Reading a volume of the Spectator I found something in it which is worth copying and therefore I will do it. There is another which I will take down also. Not found. Here follows a...
2063Tuesday September the 5th 1780. (Adams Papers)
As I have nothing else to write for to day I will translate from the Guide D’Amsterdam something about the Medical Garden. This is all which is said in the book of that garden. This evening Stevens came here and brought me two letters from Paris one from Cockran and the other from Deane two of my Schoolmates at Paris. JQA ’s marginal note here, “vide Page 11 of this volume of my Journal,”...
2064Wednesday 6th of September 1780. (Adams Papers)
Half Holiday. At about ten o clock Mr. Le Roi came here and invited us to go and dine with him. We told him we would. At about half after twelve I went to Pappa’s lodgings but found he was gone out, and then I went to Mr. Le Roi’s, he was gone out and got home soon after. We dined at his house. After dinner we went with him to take a long walk out of the city and we drank tea there, after tea...
2065Thursday 7th of September 1780. (Adams Papers)
Holiday for the first Class, but not for the rest of the School. Reading a Volume of the Spectator I found this. Nothing very remarkable to day. Here follow, on about two pages in the Diary , 31 lines cited by JQA as coming from “Spectator Vol 9th. page 270–271,” which appeared in The Spectator No. 628, 3 Dec. 1714 ( ed. Bond The Spectator , ed. Donald F. Bond, Oxford, 1965; 5 vols. ,...
2066Friday 8th of September 1780. (Adams Papers)
Nothing very remarkable to day. Reading another Volume of the Spectator I found this which I shall take down. Here follow, on about four pages in the Diary, an allegory beginning, “There were two Families,” which JQA cites as coming from “Spectator Vol 3d. Page 62–63–64.” This appeared in The Spectator No. 183, 29 Sept. 1711 ( ed. Bond The Spectator , ed. Donald F. Bond, Oxford, 1965; 5 vols....
2067Saturday 9th of September 1780. (Adams Papers)
Half Holiday. At about twelve o clock Stevens came here for us, as we were going we met our Dutch Master who was coming to give us a Lesson. When we got home we found Mr. Guile at our house with Pappa. At about 1 o clock Mr. Guile went away. At about half after one Commodore Gillon came to Pappa’s lodgings stay’d some time and went away. At about four o clock young Mr. Crommelin came with a...
2068[End] (Adams Papers)
End End of the second Volume of My Journal. J.Q. Adams MDCCLXXX
2069[Cipher] (Adams Papers)
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2070Sunday 10th of September 1780. (Adams Papers)
This morning we got up at about 8 o clock and at about half after 9 Mr. Crommelin, and his son, Pappa, brother Charles, and Myself went to take a ride. We went about 15 Miles and got back at about half after twelve o clock. We dined at Mr. Crommelin’s at about three o clock. At about six o clock Pappa, young Mr. Crommelin his wife brother Charles, and Myself set away from Mr. Crommelin’s for...