Diary of John Adams, volume 2

1775 Septr. 19. Tuesday.

1775. Septr. 21. Thursday.

1775. Septr. 20. Wednesday. JA

1775-09-20

1775. Septr. 20. Wednesday. Adams, John
1775. Septr. 20. Wednesday.

Took a Walk in Company with Govr. Ward, Mr. Gadsden and his Son, and Mr. S. Adams, to a little Box in the Country, belonging to old Mr. Marshall, the father of three Sons who live in the City.1 A fine facetious old Gentleman, an excellent Whigg. There We drank 177Coffee. A fine Garden. A little Box of one Room. Very chearfull and good humoured.

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This was Christopher Marshall (1709–1797), the well-known Philadelphia diarist and patriot. See Extracts from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, ... 1774–1781, ed. William Duane, Albany, 1877, p. 43.