22816th. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
Mrs. Peyron was brought to bed of a girl this day. Mr. D. took a walk before dinner. Mr. Montréal dined here. After dinner I went and took a walk in the garden. Fine weather. Mr. Hoogwerst came to see us in the evening.
22827th. Friday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. D went and took a walk to the garden. Mr. Artaud dined out. In the afternoon I walked. Good weather.
22838th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Went in the forenoon and took a walk. Mr. D. went out in the afternoon. Went and walked in the garden in the evening. Fine weather.
22849th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
This day Mr. Artaud went into the country. Mr. D. went to the French Minister’s Hotel in the forenoon. After dinner he went and took a ride. Walk’d in the garden in the evening. Fine weather.
228510th. Monday. (Adams Papers)
In the forenoon Mr. D. went and took a walk. In the afternoon he rode out. Went to the concert in the evening with Mr. Artaud. Fine weather.
228611th. Tuesday (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D walk’d out in the forenoon, and took a ride in the afternoon. Mr. Artaud supped out. Cloudy weather.
228712th. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Receiv’d the news of a battle between the french and English fleets in the West Indies. Went to the shops with Mr. Artaud before dinner. Went in the evening with Mr. D. and Mr. Artaud to the concert. After the concert we walked in the garden. Cloudy weather. The battle off Les Saintes, a small group of islands between Guadeloupe and Dominica, which took place 9–12 April 1782 and set Adm....
228813th. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
Went in the afternoon and took a walk in the garden. Mr. Hoogwerst came to see us. Clear weather.
228914th. Friday. (Adams Papers)
Mr. D. went and took a ride in the afternoon. Stay’d at home all day. Cloudy weather.
229015th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. D. went and took a walk. In the afternoon he rode out. Walked in the garden in the evening. Cloudy weather.
229116th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Very bad weather. Strong wind, and rain.
229217th. Monday. (Adams Papers)
In the afternoon I went and took a ride with Mr. D. Rainy weather all day.
229318th. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Rainy weather. Mr. D. went and took a walk in the afternoon.
229419th. Wednesday (Adams Papers)
Went to the English library for books. Mr. Montréal dined with us. Rainy Weather.
229520th. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Artaud dined at Mr. Rimbert’s. Mr. D. went and took a walk in the forenoon, and went to Mr. Wolff’s after dinner. Stay’d at home all day. Cloudy weather.
229621st. Friday. (Adams Papers)
Mr. D. took a ride in the afternoon. Mr. Artaud and I, went and took a walk to a gentleman’s country seat at about 6. wersts from the town, where we supp’d. We got back at about 12. o’clock at night. Fine weather. This day the sun rose at 45 minutes past two o’clock, and set at 15 minutes past nine. At midnight it is but very little darker than at noon.
229722d. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon I went and took a walk with Mr. Artaud in the garden. Mr. Wolff came and paid a visit to Mr. D. After dinner, I took a ride with Mr. D. and Mr. Artaud to Caminostrow which is an Island near Petersbourg, which belongs to the Grand-Duke. We went and saw the Botanical garden. Grand Duke Paul (1754–1801) , later Paul I, who succeeded his mother, Catherine II, to the throne in 1796...
229823d. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
In the afternoon went with Mr. D. and Mr. Artaud; to a Garden about 6 wersts out of town, called Jardin de Narischkin belonging to a nobleman of that name, who keeps it open to the publick. Went afterwards to a country seat belonging to a gentleman here. Henry Storch portrayed a visit to the Narischkin garden as a popular Sunday pastime of the “higher classes”: "A friendly invitation, in four...
2299Monday. 24th. (Adams Papers)
This morning I went to the English library and took out Foote’s plays and two volumes of the English Theatre. Mr. D. went out in the afternoon. I took a walk with him in the Summer Garden in the evening. Fine weather. Samuel Foote, Dramatic Works, 4 vols., London, 1778. The English Theatre, Containing the Most Valuable Plays Which Have Been Acted on the London Stage , 8 vols., London, 1762.
230025th. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. Artaud dined out. Mr. D. took a walk in the afternoon. Stormy weather the fore part of the day.
230126th. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. Artaud dined at Mr. Rimbert’s. In the afternoon Mr. D. went and took a ride.
230227th. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
Dined this day at Mr. Rimbert’s with Mr. D. and Mr. Artaud. Rainy weather.
230328th. Friday. (Adams Papers)
This day I went with Mr. Artaud and Mr. D. to the Comedy at the Court. We had the Misanthrope with a ballet. Mr. Artaud went afterwards to Mr. Rimbert’s. Went and took a walk with Mr. D. in the summer garden. Cloudy weather in the morning, but cleared up at about noon. Mr. D received a letter from Holland. Letter unidentified, but apparently not from either JA or Thaxter.
230429th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. In the afternoon Mr. D. went and took a ride. Mr. Hoogwerst came and paid us a visit. After supper Mr. Peyron came here with Mr. Montréal. Good weather. Terminal punctuation supplied.
230530th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
In the forenoon Mr. D went to Mr. Wolff’s. In the afternoon I went and took a ride with him. Fine weather. In the margin: “Mrs. B. brought to bed.”
2306[July 1782] (Adams Papers)
This morning I went to the English Library and took out 1. volume of the preceptor, and thrée of Clarissa. Rained all the afternoon. Robert Dodsley, The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein the First Principles of Polite Learning are Laid Down . . . for . . . the Instruction of Youth . . . , 2 vols., London, 1748; and Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa; Or, The History of a...
2307N(1782)S. July. 1st. Monday. (Adams Papers)
This morning I went to the English Library and took out 1. volume of the preceptor, and thrée of Clarissa. Rained all the afternoon. Robert Dodsley, The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein the First Principles of Polite Learning are Laid Down . . . for . . . the Instruction of Youth . . . , 2 vols., London, 1748; and Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa; Or, The History of a...
23082d. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
In the afternoon went with Mr. Artaud to Mr. Rimbert’s and to the Shops. Mr. D. went to Mr. Wolff’s. Variable weather.
23093d. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
This afternoon I went and took a ride with Mr. D. to Caminostrow. Fine weather.
23104th. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
Dined this day with Mr. D. at the Dutch Embassador’s; went in the evening to the German Comedy. We had a Tragedy call’d Demetrius Ivanowitsch Czar of Muscovy, a new piece play’d here for the first time: this evening. A play by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue, which was written in St. Petersburg in 1782. Kotzebue was serving as secretary to Baron Friederich Wilhelm Bawr, governor...