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John Quincy Adams diary 23, 1 January 1795 - 12 May 1801, 5 August 1809 - 30 April 1836, page 252

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June 1812 


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1 Monday. Met and spoke to Wiggers. We had company to dinner. Walk with Harris. Bezerra's & Guedes here.
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2 Call at Meyer's with papers. Visits to Lauriston, Pardo and de Bray. all preparing for departure. Brancia.
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3 American Sailors here. Stanwood and Fisher called. Warm Scene with Harris. Dined at Bezerra's. At Soltykoff's.
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4 Montreal here. Mentioned the Assassination of Perceval. Letters to and from Harris. Answered the Sailors.
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5 Sailors of the Monticello again here. Visit from Bussche. Note from Lauriston who dispatches a Courier. Charles unwell.
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6 Closed the Correspondence with Harris. Explanation to my wife about Fisher and Catherine. Dined with Smith at Raimbert's.
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D 7 Harris came and repeated his apologies. Recd. a Packet from Russell at London. Ride to Chrestofsky. Walk home.
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8 Montreal, Harris, Fisher, Ingraham, and R. Willing here. Perplexity with Smith's affairs. Ride to Kammenoi-Ostrof. Walk.
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9 Visit from Bussche. Stanwood here. Note from Tilden just arrived from America. Ride on the Peterhoff road & walk.
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10 Montreal and Tilden here. Hall and E. Plummer in the Evening. Hall told me of the Death of Captn. Beckford.
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11 De Bray came and took leave. Asked me to take in deposit the Bavarian Legation Papers. Harris, Slade & Wallis here.
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12 Note to Soltykoff, asking a Courier's Pass for Stanwood. Writing to send by him and Ingraham. My wife very unwell.
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13 Received two Notes and Stanwood's Passport from Soltykoff. Stanwood here. And Montreal. At Bezerra's late this Eve.
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D 14 Bussche, Harris, Ingraham and Tilden here. Ride to Catherinenhoff & Kammenoi-ostrof. Read 2 Sermons.
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15 Montreal, Fisher and Stanwood here. Received Letters from Russell at London. Writing all day.
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16 Richardson brought me a Packet from G. Joy at London. Harris here. Ingraham took leave. Mrs Bezerra
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17 Letter from Sparrow about the Sailors. Sent Peter to Cronstadt. Stanwood took my despatches. Turkish Peace
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18 Visit from Borel: going Russian Consul to Madeira. Note from Soltykoff with Packets. Galloway to Charles.
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19 Monticello Sailors here again. Call on Harris about them. Letter to Sparrow. Visit to Lauriston who is unwell.
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20 Harris here. Examined Hazard's papers and answered his Letter. Ride out & walk home. Met & spoke to Lauriston.
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D 21 Visits from Bussche and Bezerra. Plummer here and Kimball. Catherinenhoff procession. Read 2 Sermons & Watts.
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22 Monticello Sailors again. Harris promised a Settlement. Summer-Garden Whitsuntide walk. Met J. W. Smith.
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23. Lewis here. Evening walk. Unwell with rhumatism. Took advice of Galloway. Read Winthrop on Comets.
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24 Montreal here. Lauriston called. He and all the Ministers of France's allies here have asked for Passports.
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25 Woodward here; recovering from his accident. Talks of going to Vienna. Evening Summer-Garden walk.
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26 Smith took my despatches and Letters to Saltus. Ride to Chrestofsky. Walk home. Troubled with rhumatism.
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27 Letter from J. G. Proud, at Cronstadt. Call on Soltykoff, Saltus and Slade J. W. Smith here. At the Play. La belle Arsène.
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D. 28 Rayneval came and took leave. War has commenced. Lauriston here at Eve. Ride and walk. Read two Sermons.
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29 Visit from Raimbert. Delprat, Odgen, E. Plummer, Proud and Fisher here. Harris at Eve. Letter from Hazard.
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30. Fisher here. Bezerra called, about a ship from Lisbon. Visit from Frohberg. To Lauriston. We had Company to dinner.
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