Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1

Monday Novr. 10th.

Wednesday Novr. 12th. 1783.

Tuesday Novr. 11th. JQA

1783-11-11

Tuesday Novr. 11th. Adams, John Quincy
Tuesday Novr. 11th.

This day the Parliament met for the first Time; the Prince of Wales1 took his seat in the House of Peers, as duke of Cornwall, the King also made his most gracious speech from the Throne: All the Peers were in their Robes which are scarlet and white; the Kings, and the Prince of Wales's were of purple velvet.

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George Augustus Frederick (1762–1830), Prince Regent, 1811–1820, and afterward King George IV.