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Diary of Charles Francis Adams, 1863

Tuesday 8th

8 December 1863

Thursday 10th

10 December 1863
9 December 1863
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Wednesday 9th
St Leonards
CFA

1863-12-09

AM

Windy with heavy rain. Busy in settling up all accounts in anticipation of our removal tomorrow. Likewise wrote letters to John and Charles. My last hours in this place are calm and serene as the first. I have enjoyed them much, as an interval of repose in this very troubled sojourn in Great Britain. In spite of the rain I persisted in my regular walk on the pave.518

Cite web page as:

Charles Francis Adams, Sr., [date of entry], diary, in Charles Francis Adams, Sr.: The Civil War Diaries (Unverified Transcriptions). Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2015. http://www.masshist.org/publications/cfa-civil-war/view?id=DCA63d343