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Adams, Charles Francis (1807-1886, son of JQA and LCA, designated as CFA in The Adams Papers):

Social Life

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Note: habitual activities such as daily walks, weekly church attendance, the identification of Bible texts used in sermons, visits to the Boston Athenaeum, writing journal entries, and account keeping are not indexed.

In Boston 41

In Cambridge 49

In New York 3

In Quincy 10

In Washington 60

Recreation 134

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attends dinners, social functions, &c.167

DCA03
73-74*
90*
99*
106-108*
113*
121*
140*
276*
325*
336*
373*
DCA04
41*
58*
65*
82-83*
125*
127*
151-152*
163*
168*
172*
178-180*
185*
266*
271*
365-366*
384*
387*
419*
DCA05
35*
101*
105-106*
161*
244-245*
248*
254*
278*
282*
305*
DCA06
63*
70*
157*
274*
286*
370*
371*
375*
DCA07
60*
79*
137*
165*
169*
192*
236*
258*
273-274*
275*
302*
383*
401*
403*
406*
DCA08
29*
35*
42*
139*
142*
144*
173*
182*
246-247*
343*

evening parties &c. with ABA 95

DCA05
16*
19*
22*
25*
32*
36*
43-44*
48*
52*
53*
55*
56*
62*
74*
79*
109*
119*
122*
124*
152*
194*
220*
234*
242*
251*
252*
267*
270*
272*
298*
301*
378*
381*
DCA06
51*
56*
62*
85*
90*
134*
190*
211*
243*
247*
263*
264*
268*
272*
290*
312*
317*
350*
354*
358*
361*
364*
372*
375*
382*
DCA07
104*
109*
113*
150*
160*
176*
177*
181*
184*
190*
200*
289*
348*
362*
372*
DCA08
6*
7*
8*
14*
39*
48*
51*
60*
132*
144*
151*
165*
174*
194*
195*
200*
201*
221*
222*
228*
365*
366*

attends theater, opera, and concerts122

DCA05
4*
22*
32*
69-71*
75*
286-287*
ix-xi*
DCA06
19*
102*
105*
112*
116*
233*
243-244*
276*
279*
283*
285*
288*
303*
305*
345*
349*
DCA07
41*
42*
49*
188*
195*
196*
201-211 passim *
230*
242*
246*
310*
345*
352*
366*
370*
371*
395*
DCA08
34*
42*
44*
117*
137*
138*
145*
148*
155-156*
190-191*
226*
335*
DCA02
98
100
101
136
344
DCA01
100
371-372
389
426
428
437
438
443
446-460 passim
467
468
DCA02
13
14
54-60 passim
63
64
69
70
78-83 passim
148
164
173
187-188
203-204
243
276
277
304-305
314
321
335
337
348-349

with ABA 32

DCA05
10*
16*
37*
55*
73*
74*
134*
227*
231*
264*
273*
274*
284*
291*
301*
307*
DCA06
69*
241*
292*
297*
343*
366*
376*
DCA03
153*
420*
423*
425*
DCA04
190*
263-264*
283*
413-414*
viii-ix*

visits made65

DCA07
2*
58*
60*
75*
77*
103*
105*
110*
111*
136*
149*
153*
154*
162*
164*
183*
187*
189*
203-236 passim *
244*
253-284 passim *
294*
295*
314*
317*
324*
327*
335*
349-358 passim *
365*
368*
373*
DCA08
44-58 passim *
66*
67*
75*
94-116 passim *
127-138 passim *
146-221 passim *
230*
234*
235*
238-307 passim *
320*
327-359 passim *
369-379 passim *

with ABA 19

DCA05
271*
344-345*
347*
354*
357*
DCA06
41*
76*
121-122*
143*
195*
235*
240*
289*
301*
316*
329*
384-385*
389*
409*

art exhibitions, galleries and auctions 60

DCA03
234*
240*
255*
294*
410-411*
DCA04
21*
46*
115*
118-119*
179-180*
212*
228*
303*
305*
314*
323*
327*
402*
DCA05
93*
97*
128*
148*
150*
177*
206*
315*
318*
405*
DCA06
9-10*
38*
39*
44*
48*
49*
122*
127*
134*
254*
271-272*
409*
DCA07
222*
401*
403*
DCA08
27*
28*
30*
35*
39*
52*
144*
231*
347*
x*

visits Gallery of Paintings, Boston3

DCA02
239-240
241
387

visits to King's gallery2

DCA01
47-48
DCA02
299

visits Street's 1

DCA01
71

visits Stuart's gallery1

DCA02
268

bathing 50

DCA07
52*
DCA03
269-270*
273-274*
295*
318-319*
322*
DCA04
350*
DCA05
335*
376*
384*
391*
401*

saltwater 37

DCA03
282-283*
DCA04
59*
66*
70-72*
81-84*
89*
318*
320*
323*
339*
340*
343*
DCA05
125-127*
133*
134*
148*
149*
355*
366*
DCA06
194*
195*
DCA07
79*
93*
98*
281*
286*
298*
DCA08
76*
85*
86*
98*
267*
268*
276*
283*
284*
290*

warm bath1

DCA06
386*

attends sales and auctions47

DCA02
385
DCA03
36*
230-232*
241*
322*
330*
375*
DCA04
6*
7*
18*
262*
314*
DCA05
63*
89*
90*
94*
105*
110*
141*
163*
204*
254*
261*
269*
270*
272-273*
300*
308*
338*
387*
393*
DCA06
42*
144*
268-269*
xiii*
DCA07
146*
328*
331*
351*
356*
369*
391*
398*
DCA08
56*
233*
292*
350*

entertains at dinner27

DCA05
24*
26*
56*
75*
214*
218*
241*
257-258*
301-302*
DCA06
80*
170*
241*
275*
309-310*
335*
351*
362-363*
DCA07
140*
173*
177*
185*
195*
223*
DCA08
145*
171*
192*
222*

attends dances and “assemblies”26

DCA07
6*
11*
49*
111*
DCA08
162-163*
172*
181*
185*
188*
193*
194*
200*

balls 14

DCA07
215*
227*
361*
395*
DCA08
10*
32*
154*
168*
170*
177*
178*
184*
194*
289*

friends18

DCA03
1-2*
9*
23*
46*
79*
96*
117*
127*
141*
142*
223-225*
380*
DCA04
10*
88*
115*
240*
402*
417*
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attends lectures 16

DCA02
325
DCA03
81*
88*
96*
101*
108-109*
127*
133*
155*
DCA07
76*
96-97*
158-159*
365*
368*
373*
DCA08
126*

outings13

DCA03
276*
281-282*
285*
305-306*
308*
xxv*
DCA04
149*
DCA05
375*
DCA06
207*
369*
DCA07
282*
DCA08
255*
289*

interest in astronomical phenomena10

DCA06
26-27*
266-267*
375*
DCA03
257*
421*
DCA04
83*
DCA07
172*
270*
329*
DCA08
112*

entertains with ABA6

DCA05
12*
277*
291*
DCA06
251*
254-255*
369*

music6

DCA03
279*
DCA04
156*
224*
275*
311*
364*

attends weddings4

DCA07
117*
143*

visits and parties 2

DCA03
1*
DCA04
13*

overindulgence in wine4

DCA07
215*
DCA08
174*
222*
DCA05
377*

views new construction4

DCA04
46-47*
231*
263*
385*

week's trip to Nantucket &c.3

DCA06
212*
215-226*
xviii*

attends Harvard Commencement2

DCA05
374*

and reunion, 1828 1

DCA02
273-274

attends Mechanic fair2

DCA08
300*
304*

uses telescope2

DCA08
86*
95*

views horticultural exhibits2

DCA05
173*
387-388*

at “glee singing”1

DCA08
38*

attends circle of a “charitable gossip society”1

DCA08
169*

attends display of mechanical curiosities1

DCA06
178-179*

“I am not much of a ladies' man, but can serve upon a pinch”1

DCA06
113*

measures girth of elms1

DCA03
323-324*

observes balloon ascent1

DCA05
352*

sees a regatta1

DCA08
48*

sees giraffe1

DCA08
253*

sees illuminating oil experiment1

DCA08
300-301*

sees juggler1

DCA06
266*

tours Mint1

DCA06
9*

views fireworks1

DCA06
173*

views military parade1

DCA07
45*

visit to Wyer's mineral collection1

DCA01
48

witnesses Indian visitation1

DCA07
336*

Entry Overview:

Agent, Personal Assistant, and Deputy for JQA

Books, Reading, and Education

Character, Apperance, Habits, Domestic Life

Courtship and Marriage

Finances and Property

Health and Illnesses

Legal Studies and Career

Opinions and Beliefs

Public Life

Religion

Residences

Social Life

Travels

Writings and Editorial Work

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