17th.
Great part of the day was spent in reading; and writing to my friends in Europe;1 a vessel is to sail e’er long. At about 4 o’clock, Mr. and Mrs. Cranch return’d home. Mr. Tyler too, went out early in the morning and did not return till the evening.
1. The only extant letter written (in part) on this day was to AA2, 8–18 Sept. (Adams Papers).