Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
1782-08-31
Went this morning to the English Library. Went to a bookseller's shop and bought some books.1 Mr. Wolff came here in the forenoon. Rainy weather.
One that can be identified is Jean de La Bruyère's Les
Caractères, 2 vols., Paris, 1768 (
Catalogue of JQA's Books
).