25th. Monday.

Went in the morning to the English Library and took out the three first volumes of Mrs. Macauley’s History of England1 begun the first. Went to the Hotel of the French Minister. Went to the shops with Mr. Artaud and Mr. Montréal, and to a booksellers. In the afternoon Mr. Artaud went to the concert. Cloudy weather all day, and it is so warm that it does not freeze at present.

1. Catharine (Sawbridge) Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick line, 8 vols., London, 1763–1783. JQA’s single note (a copied passage) from Mrs. Macaulay’s history is in M/JQA/1 (14/25 Feb. 1782), Adams Papers, Microfilms, Reel No. 199.

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Title: 25th. Monday.
Author: Adams, John Quincy
Date: 25 February 1782

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Cite as: “25th. Monday.,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/03-01-02-0004-0003-0025. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Diary of John Quincy Adams, vol. 1, November 1779 – March 1786, ed. Robert J. Taylor and Marc Friedlaender. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981, p. 108.]