Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 2

19. IX:30. CFA

1826-03-19

19. IX:30. CFA
19. IX:30.

Morning at home, weather bad, letter to George,1 dinner, Charles 37Bonaparte and Mr. N. Biddle,2 evening, William Lee and Mr. Lawrence.3

1.

Missing.

2.

Nicholas Biddle (1786–1844) of Philadelphia, who had been president of the Bank of the United States since 1822 ( DAB ).

3.

Presumably Joseph Lawrence (1786–1842), who served as a Pennsylvania Representative from 1825 to 1829 ( Biog. Dir. Cong. ).

20. VIII:50. CFA

1826-03-20

20. VIII:50. CFA
20. VIII:50.

Morning at home, desultory reading, weather still unpleasant, dinner, my Uncle T. B. Johnson, evening, a walk.

21. IX. CFA

1826-03-21

21. IX. CFA
21. IX.

Morning at home, Sergeant on Constitutional Law,1 evening, walk, family, visit from Mr. N. Biddle, Executive Record.

1.

JQA’s copy of Thomas Sergeant’s Constitutional Law, Phila., 1822, is in the Stone Library.

22. IX. CFA

1826-03-22

22. IX. CFA
22. IX.

Morning at home, Constitutional Law, Madame de Genlis, Memoirs,1 Spanish, letter from George,2 evening, a Drawing room.

1.

CFA’s copy of the Countess de Genlis, Mémoires inédits, 4 vols., Paris, 1825, is in the Stone Library.

2.

Missing.

23. IX:10. CFA

1826-03-23

23. IX:10. CFA
23. IX:10.

Morning at home, Sergeant Constitutional Law, Wheaton’s Reports, Madame de Genlis, evening, visits from Mr. Webster and Mr. Hopkinson, Miss Maese.

24. IX:25. CFA

1826-03-24

24. IX:25. CFA
24. IX:25.

Morning at home, Sergeant, sudden storm, Madame de Genlis, Dinner party, Mr. Hopkinson, Sergeant and others, evening, N. Biddle and C. Bonaparte.

25. VIII. CFA

1826-03-25

25. VIII. CFA
25. VIII.

Morning at home, assorting Newspapers, letters to George and to Richardson,1 evening, a walk.

1.

Both missing.

26. IX:30. CFA

1826-03-26

26. IX:30. CFA
26. IX:30.

Morning at home, letter to my Grandfather, visit to Richardson’s father, ride with John, pleasant, evening at home.

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