Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
1780-08-30
This morning Pappa went out and came back again with Mr. Le Roi. Pappa dined out. Charles and I dined at Mr. Le Roi's. After dinner Mr. Le Roi went with us and some other Gentlemen to see if we could find any Carriage to go into water (as their is no place within 6 Miles) but we could find none and so went back to Mr. Le Roi's where we drank tea and Supp'd. After Supper Mr. Le Roi went with us to a School and left us here. How long we shall stay here I can not tell.1
JQA wrote this entry from the famous Latin School on the Singel, Amsterdam's
innermost canal, which he and his brother were to attend until 10 Nov., when
JA, angered by what he deemed the preceptor's injustice, had them removed
(
Adams Family
Correspondence,
3:425; 4:11–12).