Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 2
1825-09-07
Arise, Journal, ceremony of leave taking, General La Fayette goes. 11Military parade. Copy his speech, carry it to Force’s. John went to the Ship, evening, billiards.
1825-09-08
Arise. Commence Hallam’s Middle Ages,1 l’Allemagne, Journal, house very quiet, evening, ride and conversation with the ladies.
JQA’s copy of Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, 5 vols., Phila., 1821, is in the Stone Library.
1825-09-09
Arise, copy Notes, Hallam’s Middle Ages, l’Allemagne, Life of Ben Jonson, Journal, billiards, evening ride with the ladies and conversation, John returned.
1825-09-10
Arise, copy Notes, l’Allemagne, Journal, billiards, day spent idly, evening at home, Mr. Anderson.1
Biog. Dir. Cong.
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1825-09-11
Arise, Church in the morning, Mr. Hawley, tolerable, letters to George and H.W.,1 l’Allemagne, evening, ride and tea at my Uncle’s.
CFA’s letters to both GWA and to Harriet Welsh are missing.
1825-09-12
Arise, copy Notes, Hallam, Journal, l’Allemagne, Horace,1 l’Allemagne, Ben Jonson, Every Man in his humour.2 Commence methodical life, eve., converse with Madame.
JQA’s copy of the Opera of Horatius Flaccus, London, 1744, is in the Boston Athenaeum (
Catalogue of JQA’s Books
).
JQA’s copy of Jonson’s Dramatic Works, London, 1811, is in the Stone Library.
1825-09-13
Arise, copy Notes, Hallam, Journal, l’Allemagne, Horace, Ben Jonson, evening conversation with Madame, her state of health.
1825-09-14
Arise, copy Notes, Hallam, Journal, l’Allemagne, Horace, Ben Jon-12son, evening, ride and conversation with the family, Mr. Sullivan, billiards.