31 Mar. 1780
Original paper slip text:31 March–16 Aug. 1780
"A Book of Translation from Fontains Fables" The Fable of La Fontaine is copied in French on the left half of the page;
John Quincy Adams
English translation is on the right. At the end of the 14th fable is written August the 16th 1780 has translated this Fable of La Fontaine into English. Amen." 14 fables translated, 15th begun.12 p.
JQA—Literary Exercises, Translations
- [For JA's entry in accounts, Feb.–July 1780, about purchases of La Fontaine's Fables for JQA and CA, see Lb 4431.]
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