Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 3
1831-02-21
Morning almost as cold as ever. I went to the Office as usual and passed some time in examining the Newspapers which came to me in abundance. One, The Globe, from Washington, for what reason, I can not easily guess, for after looking it all over, I saw nothing excepting 427Mr. Cambreleng’s poor Speech.1 The Intelligencer contained Mr. Calhoun’s Preface which is a singular production.2 I wasted the morning over these Papers and in getting rid of two or three interruptions.
Returned home and after dinner sat down to read the Oration against Verres which I accomplished. It has been rather superficially gone over but I design to review the whole Series after I have finished it. This one upon the grain is rather dry. Purchased a Landscape Annual with the Roman views for my Wife.3 Took a walk.
Evening, I was at home alone with my Wife as Miss Adams went out to pay a visit to some of her friends. I rather wasted the time. Afterwards, I was busy in studying, the Port Royal Greek Grammar, and in continuing my regular reading of the Tatler.
C. C. Cambreleng of New York spoke at length in the House of Representatives on 7 Feb. on the motion to strike from the Appropriations Bill for 1831 “so much as relates to an appropriation for the salary of the Minister to Russia” (National Intelligencer, 8 Feb., p. 3, col. 4).
See the following entry.
[Robert Jennings,]The Landscape Annual, London. Though a small section of vol. 1 for 1830 is devoted to Rome (p. 261–278, with 2 plates), the major treatment of Rome appears in vol. 2 for 1831, p. 130–220, with 10 engravings from drawings by S. Prout. The Adams copy has not been found.