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John Quincy Adams diary 46, 14 August 1846 - 4 January 1848 (with gaps), page 126

This page includes entries for the following dates:

[This is a long entry:]Washington Saturday
8th May 1847 [May 1847]
[This is a long entry:]Washington Sunday
9th May 1847 [May 1847]

Page 126

Cite web page as: John Quincy Adams diary 46, 14 August 1846 - 4 January 1848 (with gaps), page 126 [electronic edition]. The Diaries of John Quincy Adams: A Digital Collection. Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Historical Society, 2005. http://www.masshist.org/jqadiaries

Original manuscript: Adams, John Quincy. John Quincy Adams diary 46, 14 August 1846 - 4 January 1848 (with gaps). 245 pages (pages 106, and 112-115 are blank, and the 37 pages following page 245 are blank). Page dimensions: 25.2 cm x 20.0 cm (9-7/8 in. x 7-7/8 in.). Original manuscript from the Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society. There are pages with datelines, but no entries, for 11 August 1846 - 13 August 1846. The entries for September, October, and November 1846 were written by John Quincy Adams; the other entries in this volume were dictated by John Quincy Adams (they are not written in JQA's hand).