Oct. 17. Thursday.
[from the Diary of John Adams]

Oct. 17. Thursday.

Began my Journey to Paris from the Hague, dined at Harlem and drank Tea at five O Clock at Amsterdam. Paid Mr. Bromfield 200 Ducats 1050 Guilders and took his Receipt upon Account....1 Met Mr. Willink upon the Road, going to the Hague, with a Lady. He has left for me a Letter of Credit upon Paris, unlimited. He wished my Journey to Paris might have a Tendency towards Peace.

1. Suspension points in MS.

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Title: Oct. 17. Thursday.
Author: Adams, John
Date: 17 October 1782

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Cite as: “Oct. 17. Thursday.,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/01-03-02-0001-0003-0015. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, vol. 3, Diary, 1782–1804; Autobiography, Part One to October 1776, ed. L. H. Butterfield. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1961, p. 29.]