25th. Friday.

This day I dined with Mr. D. and Mr. Artaud at Mr. Colombi’s. After dinner I went to Mr. Rimberts. Mr. Artaud went to the Clubb.1

1. Between p. 84 and 85 of the Diary, there has been placed a loose drawing, approximately 3″ × 4″, of a female figure, presumably a Nereid, leaning on an anchor with a banner overhead reading “Meliora speramus.” The source of the drawing, presumably rendered by JQA, is not known.

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Source Project: Adams Papers
Title: 25th. Friday.
Author: Adams, John Quincy
Date: 25 October 1782

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Cite as: “25th. Friday.,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/03-01-02-0004-0011-0025. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Diary of John Quincy Adams, vol. 1, November 1779 – March 1786, ed. Robert J. Taylor and Marc Friedlaender. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981, p. 152.]