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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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3931 | Adams, John Quincy | 7th. | 1788-08-07 | Thompson did not attend this day at the Office. Phillips called to see us this afternoon. He has... | |
3932 | Adams, John Quincy | 8th. | 1788-08-08 | We met this evening at my lodgings, as we have changed the evening in order to accommodate... | |
3933 | Adams, John Quincy | 9th. | 1788-08-09 | Thompson went to see Miss Roberts at Newtown. I cannot read with so much satisfaction for some... | |
3934 | Adams, John Quincy | 10th. | 1788-08-10 | Mr. Kimball supplied the place of Mr. Andrews this day. I observed none of Captn. Coombs’s family... | |
3935 | Adams, John Quincy | 11th. | 1788-08-11 | Thompson watch’d last evening; in consequence of which he felt not much disposed to study closely... | |
3936 | Adams, John Quincy | 12th. | 1788-08-12 | I called in the afternoon for about half an hour, at the office. Attended Miss Coombs’s funeral.... | |
3937 | Adams, John Quincy | 13th. | 1788-08-13 | Mrs. Emery who has been very ill these four or five weeks, died last night, leaving to the wide... | |
3938 | Adams, John Quincy | 14th. | 1788-08-14 | This was a day of humiliation and prayer at Mr. Carey’s: on account of his sickness; and to... | |
3939 | Adams, John Quincy | 15th. | 1788-08-15 | I called in at Mr. Tufts’s to see Mrs. Shaw this morning. I found old Mr. Carter there.... | |
3940 | Adams, John Quincy | 16th. | 1788-08-16 | Dined with Townsend, in company with Mr. Andrews, and Thompson. After dinner we took a ride: went... | |
3941 | Adams, John Quincy | 17th. | 1788-08-17 | Mr. Andrews preach’d for us; this forenoon he was lengthy in his prayer upon the late misfortunes... | |
3942 | Adams, John Quincy | 18th. | 1788-08-18 | This morning I perceived a deal of stirring in the Streets; and was finally informed that the... | |
3943 | Adams, John Quincy | 19th. | 1788-08-19 | Several of the gentlemen who accompanied the governor, yesterday to Haverhill, went on to Salem... | |
3944 | Adams, John Quincy | 20th. | 1788-08-20 | I was walking with Putnam in one of the Streets in Town, this evening, when we heard a strange... | |
3945 | Adams, John Quincy | 21st. | 1788-08-21 | Upon Stacey’s invitation I went with him and Putnam, and two young lads by the name of Greenough,... | |
3946 | Adams, John Quincy | 22d. | 1788-08-22 | We assembled this evening at Thompson’s. Mr. Greenleaf called in and past an hour with us. He was... | |
3947 | Adams, John Quincy | 23d. | 1788-08-23 | Dined at Thompson’s, with Mr. Andrews and Townsend. In the afternoon I took a ride with Little to... | |
3948 | Adams, John Quincy | [24 August–2 September] | ≈1788-08-24 | Here, this journal very abruptly breaks off. I had long doubted whether the utility attending the... | |
3949 | Adams, John Quincy | 24. | 1788-08-24 | Parson Dutch preach’d. L. White and Mr. Thaxter. | |
3950 | Adams, John Quincy | 25th. | 1788-08-25 | Return’d from Haverhill. Somewhat interrupted. | |
3951 | Adams, John Quincy | 26th. | 1788-08-26 | Office business. Takes from reading. Dined with Mr. Parsons. | |
3952 | Adams, John Quincy | 27. | 1788-08-27 | Mr. Parsons went to Boston. Wrote. Mr. Cabot &c. | |
3953 | Adams, John Quincy | 28. | 1788-08-28 | Walk’d with Stacey. Curious conversation. Greenough’s. | |
3954 | Adams, John Quincy | 29. | 1788-08-29 | Funeral. Mr. Atkins. Met in the evening at Putnams. | |
3955 | Adams, John Quincy | 30. | 1788-08-30 | Rain. Little past the evening with me. | |
3956 | Adams, John Quincy | 31. | 1788-08-31 | Heard Mr. Prince. Mr. Marquand’s. Mr. Jackson’s. Religious tattoo. At the bottom of the page of... | |
3957 | Adams, John Quincy | [September 1788] | ≈1788-09-01 | Rain. Pass’d the evening with Stacey. Finished Hume and Blackstone. Little &c. I went over the... | |
3958 | Adams, John Quincy | September 1. 1788. | 1788-09-01 | Rain. Pass’d the evening with Stacey. | |
3959 | Adams, John Quincy | 2. | 1788-09-02 | Finished Hume and Blackstone. Little &c. | |
3960 | Adams, John Quincy | Wednesday September 3d. | 1788-09-03 | I went over the river with Stacey and Romain upon a shooting party. We had tolerable success. It... | |
3961 | Adams, John Quincy | Thursday September 4th. | 1788-09-04 | Left Newbury-Port this morning with Bridge: we dined at Putnam’s in Dan vers. Very indifferent... | |
3962 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday September 5th. | 1788-09-05 | The assembly at the anniversary of the Ф.B.K. was more numerous than I have known it. There were... | |
3963 | Adams, John Quincy | 6. | 1788-09-06 | Saltmarsh. Read. Mr. Cranch’s. | |
3964 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday September 7th. 1788. | 1788-09-07 | The Marquis to Sainneville, commander of the french Squadron now in the harbour, and the... | |
3965 | Adams, John Quincy | 8. | 1788-09-08 | Company afternoon. Angier. | |
3966 | Adams, John Quincy | 9. | 1788-09-09 | Went over to Milton. | |
3967 | Adams, John Quincy | Wednesday September 10th. | 1788-09-10 | The Governor with the Captains of the french vessells, the french Consul, and some other... | |
3968 | Adams, John Quincy | 11. | 1788-09-11 | Mrs. Smith and Louisa. W. Cranch. | |
3969 | Adams, John Quincy | Friday September 12th. | 1788-09-12 | I left Braintree to return to Newbury-Port. Found Bridge in Boston. Dined at Mr. Smith’s. We left... | |
3970 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday Septr. 12th. [i.e. 13th]. | 1788-09-13 | Breakfasted in Salem: saw Amory and Learned. Dined at Ipswich. We got to Newbury-Port, at about... | |
3971 | Adams, John Quincy | Sunday Septr. 13th. [i.e. 14th]. | 1788-09-14 | I did not sleep a wink the whole night. My nerves are in a very disagreeable state of irritation.... | |
3972 | Adams, John Quincy | 15. | 1788-09-15 | Sleepless. Could do no business. | |
3973 | Adams, John Quincy | 16. | 1788-09-16 | Strolling about all day. Idle. | |
3974 | Adams, John Quincy | 17. | 1788-09-17 | Can neither read nor write. | |
3975 | Adams, John Quincy | 18. | 1788-09-18 | Training. Unwell out of spirits. Foster. | |
3976 | Adams, John Quincy | 19. | 1788-09-19 | Spent my time in visiting &c. | |
3977 | Adams, John Quincy | Saturday September 20th. | 1788-09-20 | I have had three or four sleepless nights this weeks, and for the little rest I have enjoyed I... | |
3978 | Adams, John Quincy | 21. | 1788-09-21 | Meeting afternoon. L. W. Mr. Thaxter. | |
3979 | Adams, John Quincy | 22. | 1788-09-22 | H. Lincoln. Dined with Mr. T. Mr. B’s. | |
3980 | Adams, John Quincy | 23. | 1788-09-23 | Lincoln went home. Dr. Price’s Sermons. |