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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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601 | Adams, John | Monday. June 17th. 1771. | 1771-06-17 | Sat out upon the Eastern Circuit. Stopped at Boston, at my Office, and no where else. Came over... | |
602 | Adams, John | Tuesday June 18. 1771. | 1771-06-18 | Rode with Mr. Barrell to Ipswich, and put up at Treadwells. Every Object recalls the Subject of... | |
603 | Adams, John | 1771. Saturday. June 22nd. | 1771-06-22 | Spent this Week at Ipswich in the usual Labours and Drudgery of Attendance upon Court. Boarded at... | |
604 | Adams, John | Sunday June 23d. | 1771-06-23 | In the Morning my Horse was gone. Went to Meeting all day and heard old Mr. Rogers—a good, well... | |
605 | Adams, John | Monday. June 24. 1771. | 1771-06-24 | Reached Portsmouth with Lowell, and walked half an Hour with him on the Town House Floor, with... | |
606 | Adams, John | Tuesday June 25th. 1771. | 1771-06-25 | At York Court, dined with the Judges, and spent the Evening at Ritchies with Bradbury and Hale of... | |
607 | Adams, John | Wednesday June 26th: 1771. | 1771-06-26 | Yesterday I had a good deal of Conversation with Judge Trowbridge. He seems alarmed about the... | |
608 | Adams, John | Fryday June 28th. 1771. | 1771-06-28 | At York. Yesterday I spent in Walking, one Way and another, to view the Town. I find that Walking... | |
609 | Adams, John | [July 1771] | ≈1771-07-02 | At Falmouth, at Mr. Jonathan Webbs, who has removed to an House very near the Court House. Last... | |
610 | Adams, John | Tuesday July 2nd. 1771. | 1771-07-02 | At Falmouth, at Mr. Jonathan Webbs, who has removed to an House very near the Court House. Last... | |
611 | Adams, John | Thursday. July 4th. 1771. | 1771-07-04 | Dined with D. Wyer, in Company with his Father, Farnum, Sewall, Cushing, Sewall, Lowell &c.... | |
612 | Adams, John | Fryday. July 5. 1771. | 1771-07-05 | Cadwallader Ford came to me this Morning, and congratulated me on the Verdict for Freeman.—Sir,... | |
613 | Adams, John | Saturday July 6. 1771. | 1771-07-06 | Last entry in “Paper book No. 18,” though followed by a large number of blank leaves. For reasons... | |
614 | Adams, John | 1771. [ca. 20] July. | 1771-07-20 | Tuesday went to Boston with my Wife, and the next day to Commencement at Cambridge, was only at 3... | |
615 | Adams, John | 1771. July 22d. Monday. | 1771-07-22 | After rambling about my Farm and giving some Directions to my Workmen I went to Boston. There... | |
616 | Adams, John | July 23d. Tuesday. | 1771-07-23 | The Court sat. Nothing remarkable. Dined at home at Brother Smiths, with Mr. Johnson. No... | |
617 | Adams, John | July 24. Wednesday. | 1771-07-24 | Dined at home, i.e. at my Brother Smiths with one Payson, a Man who now lives at Milton where... | |
618 | Adams, John | July 25. and 26. Thursday and Fryday. | ≈1771-07-25 | Both these Days spent in the Tryal of Mr. Otis’s Case vs. Mr. Robinson. On 4 Sept. 1769 James... | |
619 | Adams, John | July 27. Saturday. | 1771-07-27 | The Jury this Morning delivered their Verdict, for £2000 Sterling Damages, and Costs.—I have... | |
620 | Adams, John | [August 1771] | ≈1771-08-09 | Have loitered at home the most of the past Week, gazing at my Workmen. I set ’em upon one... | |
621 | Adams, John | 1771. Aug. 8 [i.e. 9?]. Fryday. | 1771-08-09 | Have loitered at home the most of the past Week, gazing at my Workmen. I set ’em upon one... | |
622 | Adams, John | August 13. or 14th. 1771. | 1771-08-13 | Spent the Evening at Cordis’s, the British Coffee house.—In the front Room, towards the long... | |
623 | Adams, John | Aug. 14. or 15. Wednesday. | 1771-08-14 | Slept last Night, at Mr. Cranches, arose about Sunrise, and repaired to my Office. A fine, sweet,... | |
624 | Adams, John | Aug. 20. 1771. Tuesday. | 1771-08-20 | At the Office. | |
625 | Adams, John | August. 22d. and 23. Thursday and Friday. | ≈1771-08-22 | At the Office. Mr. Otis’s Gestures and Motions are very whimsical, his Imagination is... | |
626 | Adams, John | [November 1771] | ≈1771-11-05 | At Salem. Fine Weather. Deacon Thurston of Rowley came in last Night, a venerable old Man, with... | |
627 | Adams, John | 1771. Novr. 5th. Tuesday. | 1771-11-05 | At Salem. Fine Weather. Deacon Thurston of Rowley came in last Night, a venerable old Man, with... | |
628 | Adams, John | 1771. Novr. 9. Saturday. | 1771-11-09 | At Salem, all this Week at Court. Dined one day at C hief Justice Lyndes. All the rest of the... | |
629 | Adams, John | Sunday Novr. 10. 1771. | 1771-11-10 | Heard Mr. Cutler of Ipswich Hamlet. Dined at Dr. Putnams with Coll. Putnam and Lady and 2 young... | |
630 | Adams, John | [February 1772] | ≈1772-02-02 | Have omitted now for 3 months almost to keep any “Note of Time or of its Loss.” Thomas Newcomb... | |
631 | Adams, John | 1772. Feby. 2d. Sunday. | 1772-02-02 | Have omitted now for 3 months almost to keep any “Note of Time or of its Loss.” Thomas Newcomb... | |
632 | Adams, John | 1772. Feby. 4th. Tuesday. | 1772-02-04 | Took a Ride in the Afternoon with my Wife and little Daughter to make a visit to my Brother. But... | |
633 | Adams, John | 1772. Feby. 9. Sunday. | 1772-02-09 | “If I would but go to Hell for an eternal Moment or so, I might be knighted”—Shakespeare.... | |
634 | Adams, John | 1772. Feby. 10. Monday. | 1772-02-10 | Went to Boston to the Court of Admiralty, and returned at Night. I went upon the first Appeal... | |
635 | Adams, John | [Notes for an Oration at Braintree, Spring 1772.] | ≈1772-02-01 | The Origin, the Nature, the Principles and the Ends of Government, in all Ages, the ignorant as... | |
636 | Adams, John | [June 1772] | 1772-06-30 | My Office at Boston will miss me, this day. It is the last day of Arresting for July Court. What... | |
637 | Adams, John | Falmouth, Casco Bay. June 30th. 1772. Tuesday. | 1772-06-30 | My Office at Boston will miss me, this day. It is the last day of Arresting for July Court. What... | |
638 | Adams, John | [July 1772] | 1772-07-01 | Note by CFA : “These lines are taken from a play, now little read: [James] Thomson’s Edward and... | |
639 | Adams, John | Wednesday July 1. 1772. | 1772-07-01 | Note by CFA : “These lines are taken from a play, now little read: [James] Thomson’s Edward and... | |
640 | Adams, John | [September 1772] | 1772-09-22 | At Boston. Paid Doctr. Gardiner and took up my last Note to him. I have now got compleatly thro,... | |
641 | Adams, John | 1772. Septr. 22. | 1772-09-22 | At Boston. Paid Doctr. Gardiner and took up my last Note to him. I have now got compleatly thro,... | |
642 | Adams, John | [October 1772] | ≈1772-10-01 | Rode to Plymouth with my Sister Miss Betsy Smith. Most agreably entertained at the House of Coll.... | |
643 | Adams, John | 1772. Octr. 5th. Monday. | 1772-10-05 | Rode to Plymouth with my Sister Miss Betsy Smith. Most agreably entertained at the House of Coll.... | |
644 | Adams, John | 1772. Octr. | ≈1772-10-01 | At Taunton. This Week has been a remarkable one. From Tuesday through Friday, 13–16 Oct., JA... | |
645 | Adams, John | Octr. 19. 1772. Boston. | 1772-10-19 | The Day of the Month reminds me of my Birth day, which will be on the 30th. I was born Octr. 19.... | |
646 | Adams, John | 1772. Octr. 27. Tuesday. | 1772-10-27 | At the Printing Office this Morning. Mr. Otis came in, with his Eyes, fishy and fiery, looking... | |
647 | Adams, John | [November 1772] | ≈1772-11-21 | Next Tuesday I shall remove my Family to Boston, after residing in Braintree about 19 Months. I... | |
648 | Adams, John | 1772. Novr. 21. | 1772-11-21 | Next Tuesday I shall remove my Family to Boston, after residing in Braintree about 19 Months. I... | |
649 | Adams, John | Novr. 21st. 1772. | 1772-11-21 | Eleven Years have passed since I minuted any Thing in this Book. What an admirable Advantage it... | |
650 | Adams, John | 1772. Novr. 28 [i.e. 27?]. Fryday. | 1772-11-27 | This Week vizt. last Tuesday my Family and Goods arrived at Boston where we have taken Possession... |