Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
1780-01-01
This morning Mr. Thaxter wak'd me up by sounding in my ears, I wish you a happy new year
and about half an hour before 23sun rise
we sot out from Sebrero which was the place where we lodg'd last night and went 5 leagues
before dinner. We stopt at a little cottage where we dined. After dinner we went two leagues
and at about 5 o clock we arrived at a city call'd Ville Franc
First entry in D/JQA/2, which covers the period, 1–31 Jan. 1780 and JQA's travels from Sebrero, Spain, to Bordeaux, France. No titlepage was made for this Diary booklet; instead, JQA used the outside pages as the cover, which he illustrated with drawings. This Diary booklet, measuring 7⅞″ × 5¾″, consists of six leaves of paper folded over and stitched. Fifteen pages are used for the Diary, others are left blank, and four pages contain drawings. The cover designs are reproduced in this volume; see the Descriptive List of Illustrations, No. 2, and the entry for 31 Jan., note 1 (below).