Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 2
1826-11-19
Morning at home, desultory reading, letter to Richardson,1 evening with the family, walk.
Missing.
1826-11-20
Morning at home, John’s room, discomposed, various and unprofitable reading, evening, ride, with the family.
1826-11-21
Morning at home, Mitford’s Greece, interruption, ride with my Mother, evening with the family.
1826-11-22
Morning at home, Johnson and John to Baltimore, Mitford’s Greece, Plutarch, evening with the family.
1826-11-23
Morning at home, Mitford’s Greece, Plutarch, ride with my Mother, dinner, General Brown, evening with the family.
1826-11-24
Morning at home, Mitford’s Greece, Interruptions, evening, John returned, Anger, brutality.
1826-11-25
Morning at home, much wasted, assorting Newspapers, evening, with the family.
1826-11-26
Morning at home, letter to Richardson,2 ride with my Mother, evening with the family.
On this day CFA began his discursive and retrospective but irregular journal of 18 June-26 November, the beginning of our D/CFA/5. See the preface thereto, p. 49–50, above.
Missing.
1826-11-27
Morning at home, Mitford’s Greece, Plutarch, ride with my Mother, evening with the family, Cards.