Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 2

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28. VIII. CFA

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28. VIII. CFA
28. VIII.

Morning at home, Montesquieu, Ben Jonson, walk, Edwd. Wyer, Mr. Frye at dinner, evening, Dr. Thornton.1

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William Thornton (1759–1828), the superintendent of patents in the Patent Office, who had designed the plans for the national Capitol ( DAB ).