19th. Wednesd.
JQA
1783-02-19
19th. Wednesd.
Adams, John Quincy
This forenoon Mr. Heiliger;1 a Gentleman from
the Danish West India's, and who has liv'd in America some time, came to see me. The wind
continues still bad.
1.
John Heyliger (sometimes Hyleger or Heiliger), a member of a trading
and planting family from St. Croix with New York connections; JQA later
recalled that he “was under many obligations” to Heyliger during his three-week stay in
Copenhagen (entry for 10 Aug. 1785, below;
NYHS, Colls., 14 [1905]:270.)
