Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1

132 16th. Sunday. JQA

1782-06-16

16th. Sunday. Adams, John Quincy
16th. Sunday.

Stay'd at home all day. Very bad weather. Strong wind, and rain.

17th. Monday. JQA

1782-06-17

17th. Monday. Adams, John Quincy
17th. Monday.

In the afternoon I went and took a ride with Mr. D. Rainy weather all day.

18th. Tuesday. JQA

1782-06-18

18th. Tuesday. Adams, John Quincy
18th. Tuesday.

Stay'd at home all day. Rainy weather. Mr. D. went and took a walk in the afternoon.

19th. Wednesday JQA

1782-06-19

19th. Wednesday Adams, John Quincy
19th. Wednesday

Went to the English library for books. Mr. Montréal dined with us. Rainy Weather.

20th. Thursday. JQA

1782-06-20

20th. Thursday. Adams, John Quincy
20th. Thursday.

Mr. Artaud dined at Mr. Rimbert's. Mr. D. went and took a walk in the forenoon, and went to Mr. Wolff's after dinner. Stay'd at home all day. Cloudy weather.

21st. Friday. JQA

1782-06-21

21st. Friday. Adams, John Quincy
21st. Friday.

Mr. D. took a ride in the afternoon. Mr. Artaud and I, went and took a walk to a gentleman's country seat at about 6. wersts from the town, where we supp'd. We got back at about 12. o'clock at night. Fine weather. This day the sun rose at 45 minutes past two o'clock, and set at 15 minutes past nine. At midnight it is but very little darker than at noon.

22d. Saturday. JQA

1782-06-22

22d. Saturday. Adams, John Quincy
22d. Saturday.

This forenoon I went and took a walk with Mr. Artaud in the garden. Mr. Wolff came and paid a visit to Mr. D. After dinner, I took a ride with Mr. D. and Mr. Artaud to Caminostrow which is an Island near Petersbourg, which belongs to the Grand-Duke.1 We went and saw the Botanical garden.

1.

Grand Duke Paul (1754–1801), later Paul I, who succeeded his mother, Catherine II, to the throne in 1796 and was assassinated five years later (Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel ).

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