Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 8
1839-08-27
The warmest of the season. To town with my father. Home. Evening below.
I was much exhausted today by the various commissions I had to perform as it was very hot and I hardly sat down before twelve o’clock. It seems to me that it always happens that in the hottest weather I have most running to do. Finished the paper for the heirs of T. B. Adams but did not get through a copy before it was time to return.1 My father came in and went out with me.
After dinner began the first book of the History of Tacitus and read ten sections but spent some time in overseeing the men who were upon my road today. Evening at the house below.
The estate of Lt. T. B. Adams amounted to approximately $4,600. When divided into 33 parts, his mother received 20 parts, each of his two sisters 5 parts, and each of his three brothers 1 part. Distribution was effected and the estate settled in October (CFA to Legatees, 27 Aug., 9 Oct., LbCs, Adams Papers).