CFA read Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queene in the morning and played cards with his family in the evening (D/CFA/1). JA’s copy of Spenser, 2 vols., London, 1758, is among his books in the Boston Public Library ( Catalogue of JA’s Library , p. 234).

JQA’s second annual message of 5 December 1826 merely reviewed the current state of public affairs and the actions taken by the administration to execute the laws. The President made no new proposals but referred the Congress to suggestions offered in his first message. See Richardson, ed., Messages and Papers , 2:350–364 and entry for 6 Dec. 1825, above.