The Diaries of John Quincy Adams: John Quincy Adams diary 23, 1 January 1795 - 12 May 1801, 5 August 1809

August 1809

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1. Tuesday
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5. Saturday. Diary. Vol: 3. begins: Sailed in Ship Horace, Benjamin Beckford. from Charlestown to St. Petersburg

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A. 6. Thick fog. Scanty Wind- On George's Bank. Lat: 42-34. Read Massillon's Carême Sermons 2 & 3. Ladies &c Sick.
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7. Fog. No Observation. Spoke a fishing Schooner from Grand Bank, bound to Plymouth. Read Chantreau's travels.
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8 Thick fogs all day. No observation. Saw a Schooner. Read Langhorne's Life of Plutarch, and began with Theseus.
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9 Fogs and a fresh breeze. Passed a Schooner. Lat: 43-29. Long: 61. Severe Squall while we were at dinner-
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10 Squally Night and rainy Morning. Saw a Ship. Lat: 43-49. Long: 56-30. Read Plutarch's life of Romulus.
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11 Up great part of the Night. wife and child sick. Lat: 43-39. Saw nothing. Calm day. Read Mrs Grant's Letters.
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12 Calm morning, and stiff head breeze all the rest of the day. Lat: 43-52. Read lives of Lycurgus and of Numa-
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A. 13 Head winds and fogs- No observation. Lat: 43-44. Read two Sermons of Massillon; and made minutes from Plutarch-
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14 Fair weather, smooth Water and head winds. Lat: 43-26. Long: 54-30. Read Plutarch's Life of Lycurgus.
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15 Weather fine- wind scanty. Lat: 44-13. Long: 53-40. This afternoon I found the Caboose on fire.
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16 Grand Bank- Fishing from 2 to 9 A.M- 60 fish. No Obs: Lat: 44-41. Long: 51-30. Sent Letters on board the Dove-
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17 Fair day and fine wind. Lat: 45-23. Long: 50-37. Eveg off the Bank- Lives of Themistocles and Camillus.
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18 Charles two years old- Fair wind and thick fogs. No obs: Lat: 46-32. Long: 48-50. Pericles & Mrs. Grant's Letters
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19 Fresh and Fair breeze, and thick fog. No Obs: Lat: 48. Long: 45-37. Horn blown- Sail Split. Fabius Maximus
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A. 20 Calm and fair day. Lat: 48-35. Long: 43-50. Read two Sermons of Massillon. W. S. Smith saw a vessel. Evening fog.
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21 Clear, fresh and fair breeze. Lat: 49-23. Long: 41-53. Life of Alcibiades. Wrote with interruptions.
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22. Brisk and fair gale. dead-lights down. Lat: 51-11. Long: 38-51. Life of Coriolanus. Writing. Cards in the Eve.
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23. Gale of Wind at W. N.W- 186 miles- Heavy Swell. Lat: 52-46. Long: 34-30. Timoleon and Paulus AEmilius-
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24 Wind abated. calm- South breeze. Rain. Eve clear: No obs: Lat: 53-59. Long: 30-40. Read life of Pelopidas.
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25 Moderate breezes, with Showers. Heavy N. W. swell- Lat: 55-36. Long: 28-20. Marcellus- Absalom & Achitophel.
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26 Mild weather; light winds. Rain and Sun. Lat: 56-31. Long: 26-18. Aristides and Cato the Censor.
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A. 27 Fine day. Light wind. Lat: 57-39. Long: 23-50. Read two Sermons of Massillon. on Relapses and Prayer. Lunar Rainbow-
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28 Total calm all day. Lat: 58-19. Long: 22-10. Philiopoemen and Flaminius. Saw a Whale- Cards in the Eve
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29 Light and variable winds. Lat: 58-25. Long: 20-53. Pyrrhus and Caius Marius. Savary's Mahomet- Cards.
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30 Winds variable. Calms, Showers and Squalls. Lat: 58-50. Long: 19-20. Lysander and Sylla. Evening Cards-
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31. Calm and light winds. Pleasant weather. Lat: 59-23. Long: 17-15. Cimon and Lucullus. Cards.
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