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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3421 | Adams, John Quincy | 2d. | 1787-04-02 | Recite this week in Burlamaqui: This is the day on which the election of a governor is made... | |
| 3422 | Adams, John Quincy | 3d. | 1787-04-03 | At nine this morning the Class in two divisions read their forensics one part upon the Question... | |
| 3423 | Adams, John Quincy | 4th. | 1787-04-04 | Employ’d great part of the day in collecting the theses. I have now as many as I shall want... | |
| 3424 | Adams, John Quincy | 5th. | 1787-04-05 | At eleven this forenoon, Mr. Williams gave us, the second, philosophical lecture: it was upon the... | |
| 3425 | Adams, John Quincy | 6th. | 1787-04-06 | We this day returned our books to the library. I went immediately after prayers to Mr. Wiggles... | |
| 3426 | Adams, John Quincy | 7th. | 1787-04-07 | Mr. Williams gave us this forenoon a lecture upon motion: the same which we heard a twelve month... | |
| 3427 | Adams, John Quincy | 8th. | 1787-04-08 | Mr. Burr preach’d to us this afternoon, a pretty good Sermon. In the evening I attended the... | |
| 3428 | Adams, John Quincy | 9th. | 1787-04-09 | This is the last week in which our Class attend recitations; and, this morning Mr. Burr gave us... | |
| 3429 | Adams, John Quincy | 10th. | 1787-04-10 | The weather in the morning was disagreeable, but cleared up, at about ten. Had company at my... | |
| 3430 | Adams, John Quincy | 11th. | 1787-04-11 | I went down this morning to the president to know the determination of the Corporation with... | |
| 3431 | Adams, John Quincy | 12th. | 1787-04-12 | By using so little exercice, as I have done for these 18 months; and leading a sedentary life; I... | |
| 3432 | Adams, John Quincy | 13th. | 1787-04-13 | Mr. and Mrs. Gannett went away at about 11. this forenoon, and left their daughter here. I pass’d... | |
| 3433 | Adams, John Quincy | 14th. | 1787-04-14 | Spent the day very much like the two former. We have destroy’d almost all the birds within five... | |
| 3434 | Adams, John Quincy | 15th. | 1787-04-15 | Went to meeting in the forenoon, and heard Mr. Wibird preach. That most pleasing part of his... | |
| 3435 | Adams, John Quincy | 16th. | 1787-04-16 | A very fine day. At about 10 this morning, the president and his Lady, Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard, Mr.... | |
| 3436 | Adams, John Quincy | 17th. | 1787-04-17 | The whole company arrived here early this morning: we went up into the burying ground and saw the... | |
| 3437 | Adams, John Quincy | 18th. | 1787-04-18 | At about 11, this morning, we went from Mr. Freeman’s to the meeting house: it was much crowded:... | |
| 3438 | Adams, John Quincy | 19th. | 1787-04-19 | Between 10 and 11 this morning I set off with Vose and Lloyd, and Clark, and arrived at Plymouth,... | |
| 3439 | Adams, John Quincy | 20th. | 1787-04-20 | At nine this morning we left Plymouth, and proceeded with Sever, and Warren, to Kingston. They... | |
| 3440 | Adams, John Quincy | 21st. | 1787-04-21 | Snow’d quite fast this morning, and the weather was very cold. Between 10 and 11 however we... | |
| 3441 | Adams, John Quincy | 22d. | 1787-04-22 | Somewhat fatigued in consequence of my journey: for which reason, I did not go to meeting to hear... | |
| 3442 | Adams, John Quincy | 23d. | 1787-04-23 | Rambling about with my gun all the forenoon; but with little success: went and dined at my uncle... | |
| 3443 | Adams, John Quincy | 24th. | 1787-04-24 | Very warm this forenoon. After dinner, I had just set out with my aunt to go down to Mr. Beale’s... | |
| 3444 | Adams, John Quincy | 25th. | 1787-04-25 | The other young gentlemen, went off at about 8 o’clock: I waited about an hour longer, in order... | |
| 3445 | Adams, John Quincy | 26th. | 1787-04-26 | The students return, slowly. Cranch went back to Braintree last night. Clark arrived from... | |
| 3446 | Adams, John Quincy | 27th. | 1787-04-27 | Went into the library, and took out one Volume of Wolff’s mathematics. Charles went to Boston:... | |
| 3447 | Adams, John Quincy | 28th. | 1787-04-28 | The Boston Scholars come up this evening, after entering their names at the buttery on Wednesday.... | |
| 3448 | Adams, John Quincy | 29th. | 1787-04-29 | Attended meeting all day. Mr. Hilliard preach’d in the forenoon, and Mr. Willard, brother to my... | |
| 3449 | Adams, John Quincy | 30th. | 1787-04-30 | Cranch and my Chum went to Boston this morning to see a pompous funeral of one Mr. Webb, who was... | |
| 3450 | Adams, John Quincy | [May 1787] | ≈1787-05-01 | It thundered this morning from seven to nine, with some rain. I went with Barron to Mr.... | |
| 3451 | Adams, John Quincy | Tuesday May 1st. 1787. | 1787-05-01 | It thundered this morning from seven to nine, with some rain. I went with Barron to Mr.... | |
| 3452 | Adams, John Quincy | 2d. | 1787-05-02 | This morning I went out with Forbes and Mason, on a gunning party. The game was very scarce, but... | |
| 3453 | Adams, John Quincy | 3d. | 1787-05-03 | Cranch went to Braintree this morning. I pass’d the greater part of the day in writing. I do not... | |
| 3454 | Adams, John Quincy | 4th. | 1787-05-04 | Mr. Williams at 11 o’clock gave us a philosophical lecture in which he blended two of those he... | |
| 3455 | Adams, John Quincy | 5th. | 1787-05-05 | A sultry, disagreeable day. Mr. Williams gave a philosophical lecture this morning; but I had... | |
| 3456 | Adams, John Quincy | 6th. | 1787-05-06 | Attended Mr. Hilliard all day. He preach’d rather better than usual, I think. Dined with my... | |
| 3457 | Adams, John Quincy | 7th. | 1787-05-07 | This morning I went up, with Cranch, Learned, Lloyd, Mason, Phelps and Putnam, to the fresh pond,... | |
| 3458 | Adams, John Quincy | 8. | 1787-05-08 | Began to pay some attention to my theses. Studied fluxions, a little in the forenoon: and the... | |
| 3459 | Adams, John Quincy | 9th. | 1787-05-09 | Mr. Wigglesworth gave a private lecture this morning, and we had likewise a philosophical lecture... | |
| 3460 | Adams, John Quincy | 10th. | 1787-05-10 | A violent north east storm continued the whole day, with copious rain: there has fallen more this... | |
| 3461 | Adams, John Quincy | 11th. | 1787-05-11 | Storm’d again the whole day: we had a lecture from Mr. Williams, upon heat, in which he... | |
| 3462 | Adams, John Quincy | 12th. | 1787-05-12 | The storm continued the whole day with unabated violence. Mr. Williams gave a philosophical... | |
| 3463 | Adams, John Quincy | 13th. | 1787-05-13 | The storm continued violent through the whole day. The rain pour’d down, with as much force, as... | |
| 3464 | Adams, John Quincy | 14th. | 1787-05-14 | We had a philosophical lecture at 11. A Class meeting was called this evening, to determine,... | |
| 3465 | Adams, John Quincy | 15th. | 1787-05-15 | Mr. Williams gave us a lecture upon pneumatics: The parts for Commencement were not given out... | |
| 3466 | Adams, John Quincy | 16th. | 1787-05-16 | The parts for Commencement have been expected for a day or two, with some degree of impatience by... | |
| 3467 | Adams, John Quincy | 17th. | 1787-05-17 | This morning the different parts for Commencement were distributed by the president, in the... | |
| 3468 | Adams, John Quincy | 18th. | 1787-05-18 | Concluded my theses, and carried them to him for examination. Began my part for commencement, and... | |
| 3469 | Adams, John Quincy | 19th. | 1787-05-19 | Mr. Thaxter was here, about half an hour, on his return to Haverhill. Mr. Williams, gave us... | |
| 3470 | Adams, John Quincy | 20th. | 1787-05-20 | Attended meeting all day. Dined at Mr. Dana’s, with the butler. The weather was warm, the fore... |