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...
23115th. Friday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D. walk’d out in the forenoon. Changeable weather.
23126th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. Wolff came here in the forenoon. Mr. D. went and took a walk in the afternoon.
23137th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon I went and took a walk with Mr. Artaud. Went to the summer garden; where we saw her Majesty. In the afternoon went to see a 64 Gun ship launched. Went afterwards and took a ride to Catherinen hoff and then walked again in the summer garden. Changeable weather.
23148th. Monday. (Adams Papers)
Took a walk this morning with Mr. Artaud in to the Country, and Stay’d there all day. We returned at about 12 o’clock at night. Pretty good weather. Anniversary of the battle of Pultawa —Russian Holiday. Poltava or Pultava, the Ukranian city which was the scene of Peter the Great’s final and decisive victory over Charles XII of Sweden on 8 July 1709 ( Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel...
23159th. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Went in the afternoon to Mr. Rimberts with Mr. Artaud to borrow Domino’s for the mascarade of tomorrow. Went to the shops. Anniversary of her Majesty’s coming to the Throne. A domino is a loose cloak with attached half-mask worn by those at masquerades who chose not to go as particular characters. The word sometimes signifies only the mask itself ( OED The Oxford English Dictionary , Oxford,...
231610th. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
St. Peter and St. Paul’s day. Grand Duke’s fête. Mascarade ball and illumination at Peterhoff. At about 1. o’clock P.M. set out for that place with Mr. Artaud and Mr. D. and arriv’d there at about half past 5. Walk’d in the Garden till seven, and then went to the ball. On this day, according to Henry Storch, “every being susceptible of pleasure left the town,” to go to Peterhof, the imperial...
231711th. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
Left the ball at about 1. o’clock, after Midnight, and set out for St. Petersbourg. Arrived at about. 5. distance. 32 wersts. Went to bed and slept till noon. Stay’d at home all day. Fine weather.
231812th. Friday. (Adams Papers)
This afternoon I went with Mr. D. and Mr. Artaud to the Shops, and bought some things. Returned the domino’s. Fine weather in the morning. A thunder storm after dinner. Thermometer at 27. degrees.
231913th. Saturday (Adams Papers)
Went this morning to the English Library. Took out the 2d. volume of the Preceptor and 3 volumes of Clarissa. In the afternoon Mr. D went and took a ride. Very fine weather.
232014th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D. went and took a ride in the forenoon. After dinner Mr. Montréal came here.
232115th. Monday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. Hoogwerst came here. Mr. D. dined at Mr. Wolff’s. Went in the evening to see the rope dancer. Changeable weather.
232216th. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D. went to the court Comedy to see a Russian play. Stormy windy weather.
232317th. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D. went and took a walk in the afternoon. Very bad weather.
232418th. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. In the evening Mr. Hoogwerst came here. Mr. Artaud din’d at Mr. Rimbert’s. Cloudy weather, and a heavy shower of Rain in the evening.
232519th. Friday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. In the afternoon Mr. D. went to take a ride. Changeable weather.
232620th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. Wolff came to see Mr. D. Mr. D. went and took a ride in the afternoon. I went with Mr. Artaud to the shops. Mr. Artaud went into the country. Clear weather, but windy.
232721st. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
This morning I went to Mr. Rimbert’s to see if Mr. Montréal could go into the country with me. As he could not I went alone. Stay’d there all day and return’d with Mr. Artaud. We got home at about half past eleven o’clock. Fine weather.
232822d. Monday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon I went to the English Library and took out the 2 last volumes of Clarissa and Nichols’s collection of Poems. In the afternoon I wrote a letter to Mr. Thaxter in Holland. Mr. D. wrote to my Father. Windy Rainy weather. Finish’d Cicero’s oration pro Milone. John Nichols, A Select Collection of Poems: With Notes, Biographical and Historical, 8 vols., London, 1780–1782. JQA copied...
232923d. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Stormy windy weather. Send my Letter.
233024th. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Very bad weather.
233125th. Thursday (Adams Papers)
This day Mr. D receiv’d some letters from America through Holland. Mr. Artaud dined out. In the afternoon Mr. Hoogwerst came to see us. Bad weather. Stay’d at home all day.
233226th. Friday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. In the forenoon Mr. D. went to Mr. Wolff’s. In the afternoon he went and took a ride. Fine weather.
233327th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. In the forenoon Mr. Wolff came to see Mr. D. In the afternoon Mr. D went and took a ride. Pretty good weather.
233428th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. D. went to Mr. Rimbert’s. Mr. Montréal came here. Mr. D went and took a walk in the garden. Mr. Artaud went into the country. Stay’d at home all day. Fine weather.
233529th. Monday. (Adams Papers)
Begun Cicero’s oration pro Marcello. Mr. D. walk’d out in the forenoon. In the afternoon he went and took a ride. Stay’d at home all day. Fine weather. JQA ’s French translation is in M/JQA/45, Adams Papers, Microfilms , Reel No. 240. JQA probably used as his Latin source the de Wailly edition, 3:116–145 (see entry for 12 April , above).
233630th. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
This afternoon Mr. D. went and took a ride. Went to take a walk in the summer garden. Fine weather.
233731st. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day; a little unwell. Mr. D. stay’d also all day at home. Rainy weather.
2338[August 1782] (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. Rimbert came to see us. Dined at his house. After dinner went with Mr. D. Mr. Gonset and Mr. Artaud, to Krasna-Kabak to see the hawking: but we arriv’d too late. Drank tea at Krasna-Kabak, and then return’d home. Mr. Rimbert dined with us this day. Mr. Artaud unwell. Stay’d at home all day. Rainy weather. This afternoon young Mr. Montréal came here. Mr. Hoogwerst came to pay...
2339N.(1782)S. August. : 1st. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. Rimbert came to see us. Dined at his house. After dinner went with Mr. D. Mr. Gonset and Mr. Artaud, to Krasna-Kabak to see the hawking: but we arriv’d too late. Drank tea at Krasna-Kabak, and then return’d home.
23402d. Friday. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Rimbert dined with us this day. Mr. Artaud unwell. Stay’d at home all day. Rainy weather.
23413d. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
This afternoon young Mr. Montréal came here. Mr. Hoogwerst came to pay us a visit in the evening. Mr. D. went and took a walk. Stay’d at home all day. Fine weather. Terminal punctuation supplied.
23424th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
This afternoon I went with Mr. D. to the Jardin de Narischkin. Fine weather.
23435th. Monday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. D. went to Mr. Wolffs. Mr. Rimbert came here. In the afternoon Mr. D. went and took a ride. Fine weather. Mr. Artaud better. Terminal punctuation supplied.
23446th. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D rode out in the afternoon. Pretty good weather.
23457th. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
This morning I went to the English library and took out 2 volumes of a collection of poems one of Popes works and one of Dryden’s. Rain’d hard all the forenoon. In the afternoon Mr. D. took a walk.
23468th. Thursday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. D went and took a walk. Mr. Artaud din’d at Mr. Rimbert’s. In the afternoon Mr. D. went to the summer garden. Stay’d at home all day. Fine weather.
23479th. Friday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Mr. D. went and took a ride; stay’d at home all day. Cloudy weather.
234810th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Finish’d Cicero’s oration pro Marcello. In the afternoon I went to the shops with Mr. Artaud. Mr. D rode out. Fine weather.
234911th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. In the afternoon Mr. D. went to the Jardin de Narischkin. Pretty good weather.
235012th. Monday. (Adams Papers)
This afternoon Mr. D went and took a walk in the summer garden. Stay’d at home all day. Rainy weather all the forenoon.