1760. Decr. 18th [i.e. 19th?] Fryday.
[from the Diary of John Adams]

1760. Decr. 18th [i.e. 19th?] Fryday.1

Sir

<~~I am an old Man seventy odd, and as [I] had my Education, so I have passed my whole Life in the Country~~>, &c.

1. This is the third entry the diarist dated 18 Dec., but since 19 Dec. 1760 fell on a Friday, an editorial correction seems justified. JA went on with the present canceled draft in an entry conjecturally assigned to Jan. 1761 (p. 190–192, below).

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Title: 1760. Decr. 18th [i.e. 19th?] Fryday.
Author: Adams, John
Date: 19 December 1760

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Cite as: “1760. Decr. 18th [i.e. 19th?] Fryday.,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/01-01-02-0005-0008-0009. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, vol. 1, 1755–1770, ed. L. H. Butterfield. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1961, p. 184.]