Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
1785-02-06
Enter Miss A. in the evening, and cries out, “Callahan1 is arrived, and a bushel of Letters. One for you Sir from C. Storer:”2 and away she flew. Miss had a dozen at least: there were very few for any body else.3
Presumably Capt. John Callahan, Boston shipmaster; it was probably his vessel that
JQA referred to in his previous entry (JA, Diary and Autobiography
, 3:215–216).
Letter not found.
Among them probably was Mary (Smith) Cranch to AA, 6 Dec. 1784 (Adams Papers), as referred to in AA to Mary (Smith) Cranch, 20 Feb.–13 March 1785 (MWA). The letters to AA2 are presumably lost.