Mr. Artaud went out on hunting. Mr. D. went in the forenoon and took a ride. In the
afternoon went to Mr. Colombi’s but found he was not at home. Took a walk upon the quay.
Fine clear weather.
“8th. Wednesday.,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/03-01-02-0004-0006-0008. [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. 125.]