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December 1818 
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  VI:30 Tuesday. W. S. Smith here. Could not sit to Peale. Mrs Adams, evening at Hyde’s— Walsh
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  VII: Sat to Peale. At the President’s. Case of Commodore Rogers. Mitchell at the Office. Note from Hyde
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  VI: Mr Clay here. Called at Peale’s. Too late. At the President’s Despatches from R. Rush. Hyde here at Eve
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  Volume 30, page 453
  VI:30. Sat to Peale. Met Calhoun at the President’s. R. King and W. Gracie at the Office. Mrs. W. S. Smith to dine—
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  VI:30. Sat to Peale. Met Holmes there. J. J. Appleton and Commodore Barron at the Office. Gale of wind
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  V:45 Visits to Middleton— Gracie— King. Jonn. Mason here at Eve— Mrs. A. unwell. Writing Letters.
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  Volume 30, page 454
  VII:45. With Antoine to W. Brent’s Office. M. Maury, Bagot, Elmsley, Furst at the Office. Swedish Treaty.
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  VII:30. Pedersen here, and another. At the President’s. Antoine Guista and Mary Newell married here.
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  Volume 30, page 455
  VII: S. Smith here; and W. King. Late at the Office— Attended the Drawing Room at the Presidents with Smith’s.
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  Volume 30, page 455
  VII:30. R. M. Johnson, Quarles, Sawyer, Gibson. S. Smith and H Ware here. Hyde— Eve at Middleton’s.
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  VI:45. At the President’s. Cabinet Meeting. Hyde de Neuville at the Office. W. S. Smith at Eve. Peale.
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  VI:15. S. Smith and Sanford here. Saw Mrs Monroe and Mrs Hay. Hyde and Quabeck. Mrs. Smith at dinner.
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  VII: Letters to my father and my brother. Solitary walk. Mrs Adams, eve at Mrs Smith’s. Snow and [symbols]
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  VII: Sitting at Peale’s. De Forrest at the Office. Ball at Hyde de Neuville’s—the Smith’s went with us.
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  Volume 30, page 458
  IX. Fahrenheit 12. Holmes and Barton here. At the President’s; Coll. Clarke there. Mrs Smith dined with us
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  VII: Visit to Genl. Thomas. Sitting to Peale. At the President’s. J. Graham for Brazil, & Forsyth for Spain.
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  Volume 30, page 459
  VII:30. Met Crawford at the President’s. Hopkinson, morning visit— R. King at the Office— Severe cold.
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  Volume 30, page 459
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  VII:15. Bloomfield here. Bagot, Bomford and Forsyth at the Office— Mrs. A. Evening at Mr Frye’s
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  Volume 30, page 460
  VII:30. S. Smith here— Call at M’Leod’s to make visits. At the Presidents. Onis. Dinner and Eve at Hyde’s.
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  VIII:30. Visits to Poindexter, Westerlo, Thomas. Admiral Tait and many others. Appleton here at Eve.
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  VII: Exchanged Ratifications of Convention of 1802 with Onis. Evening party and Ball at Bagot’s.
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  VIII:15. At the President’s. Mrs Monroe ill. Conference with Pedersen Dinner at Calhoun’s. The Bagot’s.
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  Volume 30, page 462
  VII: Snow-Storm, morning. Clear at Night. Drawing-Room at the President’s. Mrs Monroe not present.
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  VIII: Met Calhoun at the President’s— Mrs Monroe worse. Search for Papers. Christiani dined with us.
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  VII: Christmas. Visits to R. M. Johnson. R. J. Meigs. Talbot, Hopkinson; Sergeant & Tallmadge. Company at dinner.
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  VIII: At the President’s. Rhea and Nelson at the Office. Mrs Adams and Mary Buchanan Eve at De Neuville’s
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  VII:30. At Church at H.R. Hall. Paid several visits. Small company to dinner. Mrs Cutts at Eve.
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  VII: Coll: Lane with complaints, here. Received Convention with G.B. Hyde de Neuville here at Eve.
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  VII: Lane and Dougherty here. Met Crawford at the President’s. Mrs A. evening at Dr Thornton’s.
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  Volume 30, page 465
  VI:30. At the President’s— With Calhoun dismissed Dougherty. S. Hale at the Office. Drafts to De Forrest.
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  Volume 30, page 466
  V:30. Leonard and B. O. Tyler here. Mumford. M. C. died. Mrs Adams had an Evening tea-party—