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Diary of John Adams, Volume 1

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1755:

November:

November 18th. 1755. -

[1755-11-18]
We had a severe Shock of an ...

1756:

January:

January the 14th. 1756. -

[1756-01-14]
At Worcester. A very rainy Day. ...

15. -

[1756-01-15]
A fair morning and pretty warm. ...

16 Fryday. -

[1756-01-16]
A fine morning. A large white ...

17 Saturday. -

[1756-01-17]
A clowdy, dull, Day. Some snow ...

18 Sunday. -

[1756-01-18]
A fair morning. Heard Mr. Maccarty. ...

19 Monday. -

[1756-01-19]
A rainy Day. ...

20 Tuesday. -

[1756-01-20]
A fair, warm spring like Day. ...

21 Wednesday. -

[1756-01-21]
A very rainy day. Dined with Coll. ...

22 Thurdsday. -

[1756-01-22]
A fair morning. Fresh and lively ...

23 Fryday. -

[1756-01-23]
A fair and agreable Day. Kept ...

24 Saturday. -

[1756-01-24]
A very high west Wind. Warm and ...

25 Sunday. -

[1756-01-25]
A cold Weather. Heard friend ...

26 Monday. -

[1756-01-26]
A sharp piercing Air. Sat out for ...

27 Tuesday -

[1756-01-27]
Att my Uncles. ...

28 Wednesday. -

[1756-01-28]
Ditto. Thick weather, and some ...

29 Thurdsday. -

[1756-01-29]
Still, cloudy Weather. Set out for ...

30 Friday. -

[1756-01-30]
Still, foggy, damp Weather. Kept ...

31 Saturday. -

[1756-01-31]
A warm, spring-like Day. Kept ...

February:

February. 1756. 1 Sunday. -

[1756-02-01]
Pretty cold. Staid at Home, A.M. ...

2 Monday. -

[1756-02-02]
Wrote to John Wentworth by Coll. ...

3 Tuesday. -

[1756-02-03]
Breakfasted at Gardiners. This ...

4 Wednesday. -

[1756-02-04]
A charming warm Day. Dined at Coll. ...

5 Thurdsday. -

[1756-02-05]
A fair morning but some symptoms ...

6 Fryday. -

[1756-02-06]
A cloudy morning. About 10 the sun ...

7 Saturday. -

[1756-02-07]
A Fair warm, day. Dined at the ...

8 Sunday. -

[1756-02-08]
Heard Mr. Maccarty. Fine Weather. ...

9 Monday. -

[1756-02-09]
Fine Weather. Settled roads. Drank ...

10 Tuesday. -

[1756-02-10]
Fair Weather. Spent the Evening at ...

11 Wednesday. -

[1756-02-11]
Serene Weather, but somewhat cool. ...

12 Thurdsday. -

[1756-02-12]
A cool, but pleasant morning. ...

13 Fryday. -

[1756-02-13]
A pleasant morning. Saw my ...

14 Saturday. -

[1756-02-14]
Good Weather. This afternoon took ...

15 Sunday. -

[1756-02-15]
Charming Weather. A.M. staid at ...

16 Monday. -

[1756-02-16]
A most beautiful morning. We have ...

17 Tuesday. -

[1756-02-17]
A clowdy Day. Dined at Mr. Greenes. ...

18 Wednesday. -

[1756-02-18]
A charming morning. My Classmate ...

19 Thurdsday. -

[1756-02-19]
No man is intirely free from ...

20 Fryday. -

[1756-02-20]
A dull Day. Symptoms of Snow. ...

21 Saturday. -

[1756-02-21]
A Snowy day. Snow about ancle deep. ...

22 Sunday. -

[1756-02-22]
Suppos a nation in some distant ...

23 Monday. -

[1756-02-23]
Fair weather. Crawford spent the ...

24 Tuesday. -

[1756-02-24]
A fine morning. We are told that ...

25 Wednesday. -

[1756-02-25]
Fair and cold Weather. An extream ...

26 Thurdsday. -

[1756-02-26]
Fair cold morning. An extream cold ...

27 Fryday. -

[1756-02-27]
A fair, cold day. Drank Tea at Mrs. ...

28 Saturday. -

[1756-02-28]
A raw cold day. Attended Mrs. ...

29 Sunday. -

[1756-02-29]
Went to Leicester with Thayer. ...

March:

March. 1756. 1 Monday. -

[1756-03-01]
Wrote out Bolingbrokes reflections ...

2 Tuesday. -

[1756-03-02]
A snow fall last night, half leg ...

3 Wednesday. -

[1756-03-03]
Fair Weather. Natural Phylosophy ...

4 Thurdsday. -

[1756-03-04]
A fine morn. ...

5 Fryday. -

[1756-03-05]
Dined at home, Mr. Barnes dined ...

6 Saturday. -

[1756-03-06]
Rose 1/2 after 4. A clowdy morn. ...

7 Sunday. -

[1756-03-07]
Heard Mr. Maccarty all day. Spent ...

8 Monday. -

[1756-03-08]
Spent the Evening at Major ...

9 Tuesday. -

[1756-03-09]
A charming Day. Spent the evening ...

10 Wednesday. -

[1756-03-10]
A misty morning. Sun brake out ...

11 Thurdsday. -

[1756-03-11]
Dined at the Colonels. Drank Tea ...

12 Fryday. -

[1756-03-12]
Clowdy. Laid a pair of Gloves with ...

13 Saturday. -

[1756-03-13]
Some Snow last night, a clowdy, ...

14 Sunday. -

[1756-03-14]
Heard Mr. Maccarty all Day upon ...

15 Monday. -

[1756-03-15]
I sometimes, in my sprightly ...

16 Tuesday. -

[1756-03-16]
Sat out for Uxbridge, arrived ...

17 Wednesday. -

[1756-03-17]
A fine morning. Proceeded on my ...

18 Thurdsday. -

[1756-03-18]
A cloudy morning. Spent the ...

19 Fryday. -

[1756-03-19]
A rainy morning. Went down in the ...

20 Saturday. -

[1756-03-20]
After breakfast, rode to my Uncle ...

21 Sunday. -

[1756-03-21]
Vernal Equinox. Heard Mr. Wibird ...

22 Monday. -

[1756-03-22]
A fair but cool morn. Mounted for ...

23 Tuesday. -

[1756-03-23]
A fine morn. Breakfasted with ...

24 Wednesday. -

[1756-03-24]
Sat out for Worcester. Dined at ...

25 Thurdsday. -

[1756-03-25]
Rode to Uxbridge. Tarried at my ...

26 Fryday. -

[1756-03-26]
A delightful morning. Rode to ...

27 Saturday. -

[1756-03-27]
The Stream of Life sometimes ...

28 Sunday. -

[1756-03-28]
Heard Mr. Maccarty, spent the ...

29 Monday. -

[1756-03-29]
A little hail and rain fell to Day. ...

30 Tuesday. -

[1756-03-30]
A fair day. Drank Tea and spent ...

31 Wednesday. -

[1756-03-31]
A cool morning. Drank Tea with the ...

April:

April 1756. 1 Thurdsday. -

[1756-04-01]
A very rainy Day. A little Snow. ...

2. Fryday. -

[1756-04-02]
Cool and very windy. Drank Tea, ...

3 Saturday. -

[1756-04-03]
Dined, Spent the afternoon and ...

4 Sunday. -

[1756-04-04]
Heard Mr. Davis of Holden all Day. ...

5 Monday. -

[1756-04-05]
A warm pleasant Day. Drank Tea at ...

6 Tuesday. -

[1756-04-06]
A fair Day. Drank Tea at Coll. ...

7 Wednesday. -

[1756-04-07]
A fair Morning. Mr. Thayer set out ...

8 Thurdsday. -

[1756-04-08]
Heard Mr. Maccarty preach the ...

9 Fryday. -

[1756-04-09]
Drank Tea at Coll. Chandlers, ...

10 Saturday. -

[1756-04-10]
A raw cold day. The man to whom ...

11 Sunday. -

[1756-04-11]
Heard Mr. Maccarty preach all Day. ...

12 Monday. -

[1756-04-12]
Signs of Rain. Cleard off about 10. ...

[1756-04-13]
A fine morning. A Charming warm ...

[1756-04-14]
A pleasant morning. Wheeler drank ...

[1756-04-15]
Wheeler and I breakfasted at Mr. ...

[1756-04-16]
A Stormy Day. ...

[1756-04-17]
A Stormy Day. ...

[1756-04-18]
A Stormy Day. For these 3 days ...

[1756-04-19]
The Storm continues. ...

[1756-04-20]
A lovely Day after the Storm. ...

[1756-04-21]
Charming Weather. The Fields begin ...

[1756-04-22]
Cloudy, black morning. Cleared ...

[1756-04-23]
A pleasant Day. I can as easily ...

[1756-04-24]
A cloudy morn. All my Time seems ...

[1756-04-25]
Astronomers tell us, with good ...

[1756-04-26]
The Reflection that I penned ...

[1756-04-27]
We had a few soft, vernal Showers ...

[1756-04-28]
A cool but pleasant morning. Dined ...

[1756-04-29]
Fast day. Heard Mr. Maccarty. ...

[1756-04-30]
A hazy, dull Day. Reading Milton. ...

May:

[1756-05-01]
A rainy Day. If we consider a ...

[1756-05-02]
Last night we had rain all night ...

3 Monday. -

[1756-05-03]
I was mistaken one Day in my ...

4 Tuesday. -

[1756-05-04]
Let any man, suppose of the most ...

5 Wednesday. -

[1756-05-05]
A very cold Day. Drank Tea at the ...

6 Thurdsday. -

[1756-05-06]
A cold day. Spent the Evening and ...

7 Fryday. -

[1756-05-07]
Spent the Evening and supped at Mr. ...

8 Saturday. -

[1756-05-08]
Went a Shooting with Mr. Putnam. ...

9 Sunday. -

[1756-05-09]
Since last Sunday I have wrote a ...

10 Monday. -

[1756-05-10]
A pleasant Day. ...

11 Tuesday. -

[1756-05-11]
A pleasant day. The first Day of ...

12 Wednesday. -

[1756-05-12]
Rambled about all Day, gaping and ...

[1756-05-13]
Spent the Evening with Mr. Swan at ...

[1756-05-14]
Drank Tea at the Colonels.—Not one ...

[1756-05-15]
A lovely Day. Soft vernal Showers. ...

[1756-05-16]
A pleasant morning. The Week past ...

[1756-05-17]
The Elephant and the Lion, when ...

[1756-05-18]
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[1756-05-19]
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[1756-05-20]
Spent the Evening at Gardiners. ...

[1756-05-21]
After School, rode to Shrewsbury, ...

[1756-05-22]
Dined at Judge Chandlers. ...

[1756-05-23]
Heard Mr. Maccarty. He is ...

[1756-05-24]
A pleasant morning. Drank Tea at ...

[1756-05-25]
A cool, but pleasant Day. ...

[1756-05-26]
Election Day. I have spent all ...

[1756-05-27]
Drank Tea at the Colonels with a ...

[1756-05-28]
Dined at the Majors. A pleasant ...

[1756-05-29]
Drank Tea at Mr. Putnams.—What is ...

[1756-05-30]
Heard Mr. Maccarty. “You who are ...

[1756-05-31]
When we see or feel any Body, we ...

June:

June 1756. 1 Tuesday. -

[1756-06-01]
Drank Tea at the Majors. The ...

2 Wednesday. -

[1756-06-02]
Went to Spencer in the afternoon. ...

3 Thurdsday. -

[1756-06-03]
Heard Mr. Maccarty preach the ...

4 Friday. -

[1756-06-04]
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5 Saturday. -

[1756-06-05]
Dreamed away the afternoon. ...

6 Sunday. -

[1756-06-06]
Heard Mr. Maccarty all Day. Drank ...

[1756-06-07 to 1756-06-13]
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14 Monday. -

[1756-06-14]
Drank Tea at Mr. Putnams. Spent ...

15 Tuesday. -

[1756-06-15]
Consider, for one minute, the ...

20 Sunday. -

[1756-06-20]
Supped and spent the Evening at ...

21 Monday. -

[1756-06-21]
A cool Day. ...

22 Tuesday. -

[1756-06-22]
A rainy Day. Drank Tea and spent ...

23 Wednesday. -

[1756-06-23]
Went with Mr. Thayer and Mrs. ...

[1756-06-24 to 1756-06-27]
Spent the Evening at the Colonels. ...

28 Monday. -

[1756-06-28]
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July:

July. 1756. 19. Monday. -

[1756-07-19]
Sat out for Boston. Borrowed the ...

20 Tuesday. -

[1756-07-20]
Eliot and Trumble lodged here with ...

21 Wednesday. -

[1756-07-21]
Kept School.—I am now entering on ...

22 Thurdsday. -

[1756-07-22]
Fast day. Rose not till 7 o clock. ...

23 Friday. -

[1756-07-23]
Rose at 7. Wrote the 2 last ...

24 Saturday. -

[1756-07-24]
Rose at 7. Wrote a little in Greek. ...

25 Sunday. -

[1756-07-25]
Rose 1/2 after 6.—Good Sense, some ...

26 Monday. -

[1756-07-26]
Rose at 7. Read carefully 30 lines ...

27 Tuesday. -

[1756-07-27]
Rose at 7. Read carefully 30 ...

28 Wednesday. -

[1756-07-28]
Read about 40 lines in Virgil, and ...

29 Thurdsday. -

[1756-07-29]
Rose half after 6. Read a little ...

30 Fryday. -

[1756-07-30]
A very rainy Day. Dreamed away the ...

31 Saturday. -

[1756-07-31]
A rainy forenoon. Dined at Mr. ...

August:

August. 1756. 1 Sunday. -

[1756-08-01]
Heard Mr. Maccarty all Day. Spent ...

2 Monday. -

[1756-08-02]
Agreably to the Design laid last ...

3 Tuesday. -

[1756-08-03]
Dind at the Colonels. Lodged at ...

4 Wednesday. -

[1756-08-04]
Breakfasted at Putnam’s. ...

7 Saturday. -

[1756-08-07]
All this past Week my designs have ...

[1756-08-12 to 1756-08-13]
I know not what became of these ...

14 Saturday. -

[1756-08-14]
I seem to have lost sight of the ...

15 Sunday. -

[1756-08-15]
If one Man or Being, out of pure ...

22 Sunday. -

[1756-08-22]
Yesterday I compleated a Contract ...

23 Monday. -

[1756-08-23]
Came to Mr. Putnams and began Law. ...

29 Sunday. -

[1756-08-29]
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1758:

October:

November:

December:

1759:

January:

February:

Feb. 1. -

[1759-02-01]
I intend a Journey to Worcester to ...

Feb. 2. 1759. -

[1759-02-02]
At Westtown, in Dr. Webbs Chamber ...

Worcester Feb. 11. 1759. -

[1759-02-11]
I have been in this Town a Week ...

March:

March 14. 1759. -

[1759-03-14]
Reputation ought to be the ...

[1759-03-19]
This whole Day is dedicated to ...

April:

Sunday. April 8th. 1759. -

[1759-04-08]
Spent the Evening at Captain ...

Date Span:

June:

June 29. 1759. -

[1759-06-29]
Have this moment finished Woods ...

Date Span:

[1759-06-30 to 1759-08-31]
Mr. Wibirt. Ld. Chancellor ...

October:

Extract of a Letter to Jona. Sewall, Octr. 1759 -

[1759-10]
The true End, which we ought to ...

Date Span:

1760:

May:

Monday May 26th 1760. -

[1760-05-26]
Spent the Evening at Mr. Edd. ...

[1760-05-27]
At home. Read, in Naval Trade and ...

[1760-05-28]
Loitered the forenoon away upon ...

1760. May 29. Thurdsday. -

[1760-05-29]
Rose and breakfasted. Have done ...

May 30 1760. Friday. -

[1760-05-30]
Rose early. Several Country Towns, ...

1760 May 31th. Saturday -

[1760-05-31]
Read in naval Trade and Commerce, ...

June:

June 1st. Sunday. -

[1760-06-01]
Read 2 Odes in Horace. Spent the ...

June 2d. Monday. -

[1760-06-02]
Wasted the Day, with a Magazine in ...

June 3rd. Tuesday. -

[1760-06-03]
This Day has been lost in much the ...

June 4th. Wednesday. -

[1760-06-04]
Read nothing but Magazines as ...

June 5th. Thurdsday. -

[1760-06-05]
Arose late. Feel disordered. 8 ...

June 1760. Friday 6th. June. -

[1760-06-06]
Arose very late. A cold, rainy ...

Saturday. 7th. -

[1760-06-07]
Arose late, again. When shall I ...

Sunday, 8th. -

[1760-06-08]
Spent the Evening and Night at the ...

Monday. 9th. -

[1760-06-09]
Attended Major Crosbeys Court. ...

[1760-06-10]
Altho my Spirits were wasted ...

[1760-06-14]
This Week has been spent in ...

1760. June 15th. Sunday. -

[1760-06-15]
Rose early, 5 o clock. A pleasant ...

Monday. June 16th. -

[1760-06-16]
Arose before the sun. Now I am ...

Tuesday. June 17th. -

[1760-06-17]
Arose before the sun again. This ...

1760 June 18th. -

[1760-06-18]
Read but little, thought but ...

Thurdsday June 19. -

[1760-06-19]
I have been the longer in the ...

Friday June 20th. -

[1760-06-20]
I must not say so much about my ...

June 21st. 1760. Saturday. -

[1760-06-21]
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June 23rd. 1760. Monday. -

[1760-06-23]
A long obstinate Tryal, before ...

Tuesday. 24th. June. -

[1760-06-24]
Arose early, a very beautiful ...

[1760-06-25]
Went out with the Coll., in his ...

1760. June 26. Thurdsday. -

[1760-06-26]
Feel indifferently well after my ...

June 27th. Friday. -

[1760-06-27]
Read 100 Pages in the Spirit of ...

July:

Tuesday. July 1st. 1760. -

[1760-07-01]
Went to Town. ...

Thurdsday July 3rd. 1760. -

[1760-07-03]
Read pretty diligently in the ...

1760. Saturday July 5th. -

[1760-07-05]
Last Night Cranch explained to me, ...

July 6th. Sunday. -

[1760-07-06]
Heard Mr. Mayhew of Martha’s ...

July 9th. Wednesday. -

[1760-07-09]
Gould has got the story of White ...

[1760-07-12]
I find upon Examination, that a ...

[1760-07-13]
The week before last Salome Pope ...

Fryday July 25th. -

[1760-07-25]
We contend that the Plaintiffs ...

1760. July 26. -

[1760-07-26]
This Bond has been at least once ...

August:

August 3d. 1760. -

[1760-08-03]
Hollis has appealed. If he ...

1760. Aug. 9th. -

[1760-08-09]
Drank Tea at Coll. Quincys, with ...

1760. Aug. 12th. -

[1760-08-12]
Remonstrated at the sessions vers. ...

1760 Aug. 19th. -

[1760-08-19]
I began Popes Homer, last Saturday ...

September:

1760. Septr. 24th. -

[1760-09-24]
Ephraim Jones, being a Widower and ...

Septr. 24th. 1760. -

[1760-09-24]
If I am the Proprietor of an ...

October:

Octr. 7th. 1760. -

[1760-10-07]
Waited on Mr. Gridley for his ...

1760. Oct. 9th. -

[1760-10-09]
In Support of Complaint in Case ...

1760. Oct. 11th. -

[1760-10-11]
Neals Action is entered so that I ...

1760. Octr. 13th. Monday. -

[1760-10-13]
Attended Mr. Niles’s Court this ...

1760. Octr. 17th. -

[1760-10-17]
What are the Questions, on which ...

1760. Oct. 17. -

[1760-10-17]
In the Beginning of May 58 Mr. ...

November:

[1760-11-03]
Dana says the Administrator ought ...

Nov. 5th. 1760. -

[1760-11-05]
I presume upon the common sense of ...

Novr. 14th. 1760. -

[1760-11-14]
Another Year is now gone and upon ...

1760. Novr. 14th. Friday. -

[1760-11-14]
I am just entered on the 26th Year ...

1760. Novr. 14. Friday. -

[1760-11-14]
The Title is “The History of the ...

1760. Novr. 15th. Sat. -

[1760-11-15]
Spent last Evening at Coll. ...

1760. Novr. 19th. -

[1760-11-19]
Parson Smith says the Art of ...

[1760-11-19]
Dined at Badcocks, with McKenzie. ...

1760. Novr. 21st. Friday. -

[1760-11-21]
This day has been spent to little ...

1760. Novr. 21st. Friday. -

[1760-11-21]
Finished the History of the Common ...

[1760-11-22 to 1760-11-24]
Pater was in a very sociable Mood ...

Novr. 25th. 1760. -

[1760-11-25]
Rode to the Iron Works Landing to ...

1760. Novr. 26th. Wednesday. -

[1760-11-26]
Ten days are now elapsed, since I ...

1760. Novr. 26th Wednesday. -

[1760-11-26]
Night before Thanksgiving.—I have ...

1760 Novr. 28th. Friday. -

[1760-11-28]
I have not read one Word of Law, ...

1760. Novr. 29th. Saturday. -

[1760-11-29]
Read no Law.—An exclusive Property ...

Novr. 30th. Sunday. -

[1760-11-30]
Read no Law. Read Bolinbroke. ...

December:

1760. Decr. 1st. Monday. -

[1760-12-01]
I am beginning a Week and a month, ...

1760. Decr. 2d. -

[1760-12-02]
Spent the Evening at Coll. Q.’s ...

Decr. 6th. 1760. -

[1760-12-06]
Talked with Zab about Newton, ...

1760. Decr. 8. -

[1760-12-08]
Began Machiavells Machiavell ...

Decr. 14th. 1760. -

[1760-12-14]
Hunt v. White. Complaint to Coll. ...

1760. Decr. 16th. Tuesday. -

[1760-12-16]
Attended the Tryal all day, ...

1760 Decr. 18th. Thurdsday. -

[1760-12-18]
Yesterday spent in Weymouth, in ...

1760. Decr. 18. -

[1760-12-18]
Justice Dyer says there is more ...

[1760-12-19]
I am an old Man seventy odd, and ...

1760. Decr. 22nd. Monday. -

[1760-12-22]
This day and Tomorrow are the last. ...

1760. Decr. 27th. Saturday. -

[1760-12-27]
Governor Bernards Speech to the ...

1761:

January:

[1761-01-02]
The Representatives in their ...

[1761-01-02]
Nathl. Bayley Administrator v. ...

Jany. 8th. 1761. -

[1761-01-08]
Last Monday, had a passionate ...

[1761-01-01 to 1761-02-08]
I was too incautious, and unartful ...

1761. Tuesday Jany. 27th. -

[1761-01-27]
Last Fryday I borrowed of Mr. ...

February:

[1761-02-06]
I have now almost finished the ...

1761 Monday. Feby. 9th. -

[1761-02-09]
This morning, as I lay abed, I ...

1761. Feb. 9th. -

[1761-02-09]
His Majesty has declared him self, ...

March:

March 3d. 1761. -

[1761-03-03]
Mem. To enquire of Tufts, Gould, ...

[1761-03-12]
March 12th. 1761. Another ...

[1761-03]
Parson Smith’s Parsonage. ...

March 21st. 1761. -

[1761-03-21]
Memorandum. To enquire more ...

April:

April 3d. 1761. -

[1761-04-03]
Z. tells me, that Jona. Rawson is ...

May:

June:

June 11th. 1761. -

[1761-06-11]
I have been for a Week or ...

June 20th. 1761. -

[1761-06-20]
I have latterly arose much earlyer ...

Saturday June 20th. 1761. -

[1761-06-20]
I have been interrupted from ...

July:

July 7th. 1761. -

[1761-07-07]
Dined at Deacon Hills, with Sam ...

August:

Augt. 1st. -

[1761-08-01]
I am creating Enemies in every ...

September:

Septr. 10th. 1761. -

[1761-09-10]
Spent Evening at Zabs with the ...

October:

Octr. 17th. 1761. -

[1761-10-17]
Read in Justinian and Lancelot. ...

Octr. 17th. 1761. -

[1761-10-17]
I began Lancelotts Institute last ...

Octr. 18th. 1761. Sunday. -

[1761-10-18]
Arose at 6. Read in Popes Satyrs. ...

November:

Novr. 10th. 1761. -

[1761-11-10]
Another Year is come round, and I ...

Novr. 14th. 1761. -

[1761-11-14]
Brother Quincy and I were Sworn, ...

Novr. 20th. 1761. Monday. -

[1761-11-20]
This day removed to my Chamber, ...

1762:

June:

June 5th. 1762. -

[1762-06-05]
Rode from Bass’s to Secretary ...

June 8th. 1762. -

[1762-06-08]
Went to Taunton Court. To the Land ...

August:

Aug. 15th. 1762. -

[1762-08-15]
Reading, Thinking, Writing—have I ...

October:

October 22nd. 1762. -

[1762-10-22]
Spent last Monday in taking ...

Octr. 23rd. 1762. -

[1762-10-23]
At my Swamp. Saw several Ginger ...

Octr. 24th. 1762. -

[1762-10-24]
Before sunrise. My Thoughts have ...

May:

November 5th. 1762. -

[1762-11-05]
The Cause of Jeffries Town ...

Novr. 30th. 1762. -

[1762-11-30]
Last Thurdsday Night, at Cranch’s ...

December:

Decr. 28th. 1762. -

[1762-12-28]
Mr. Cranch last fryday night ...

Boston. Decr. 30th. -

[1762-12-30]
At Goldthwaits office, spent 1/4 ...

1763:

February:

Braintree Feby. 1st. 1763. Tuesday. -

[1763-02-01]
Last Thurdsday afternoon, rode to ...

Feb. 5th. 1763. -

[1763-02-05]
Memorabilia of this Week. ...

Feby. 10th. 1763. -

[1763-02-10]
Belcher v. Hunt. This is an Action ...

Feby. 11th. 1763. -

[1763-02-11]
Probate of Mr. Edwards’s Will, ...

Boston Feby. 1763. -

[1763-02]
This day learned that the Caucas ...

Feb. -

[1763-02]
This Action of Trover is an ...

July:

1765:

Date Span: Sodalitas, A Clubb of Friends.

1765. Jany. 24th. Thurdsday. -

[1765-01-24]
Soon after I got to Boston, at ...

Thurdsday January 24th. 1765. -

[1765-01-24]
I rode to Boston on Purpose to ...

Thurdsday. Jany. 31st. -

[1765-01-31]
The snowy Weather prevented me ...

Thurdsday. February 21st. 1765. -

[1765-02-21]
At Boston, entertained the ...

February:

June:

[1765-06-07 to 1765-06-12]
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August:

December:

Braintree Decr. 18th. 1765. Wednesday. -

[1765-12-18]
How great is my Loss, in ...

Decr. 19th. 1765. -

[1765-12-19]
A fair Morning after a severe ...

Fryday. Decr. 20th. 1765 -

[1765-12-20]
Went to Boston. Dined with Mr. ...

Saturday Decr. 21st. 1765. -

[1765-12-21]
Spent the Morning in sauntering ...

[1765-12-22]
At Home, with my family. Thinking. ...

1765. December. 23d. Monday -

[1765-12-23]
Went to Boston. After Dinner ...

Decr. 24th. 1765. -

[1765-12-24]
Returned from Boston. Spent the ...

Decr. 25th. 1765. Christmas. -

[1765-12-25]
At Home. Thinking, reading, ...

Decr. 26th. 1765 Thursday. -

[1765-12-26]
At Home by the Fireside viewing ...

Decr. 27th. 1765. Fryday. -

[1765-12-27]
In unforeseen Cases, i.e. when the ...

Decr. 28th. 1765. Saturday. -

[1765-12-28]
Went to Weymouth with my Wife. ...

Decr. 29th. 1765. Sunday. -

[1765-12-29]
Heard Parson Wibird. Hear O ...

1765. Decr. 30th. Monday. -

[1765-12-30]
We are now concluding the Year ...

1765. Tuesday. Decr. 31st. -

[1765-12-31]
Went to Mr. Jo. Bass’s and there ...

1766:

January:

Anno Domini 1766 -

[1766-01-01]
Severe cold, and a Prospect of ...

1766. Jany. 2d. Thurdsday. -

[1766-01-02]
A great Storm of Snow last night. ...

1766. Jany. 3d. Fryday. -

[1766-01-03]
Fair Weather and Snow enough. ...

1766. Jany. 4. Saturday. -

[1766-01-04]
Edes & Gill’s Gazette brought in. ...

Sunday. Jany. 5th. 1766. -

[1766-01-05]
Heard Mr. Wibird all Day. A ...

[1766-01-06]
At Home. Mr. Smith and Mr. ...

[1766-01-07]
At Boston. Hampden has given us in ...

Wednesday Jany. 8th. 1766. -

[1766-01-08]
At Home. Wrote &c. ...

Thurdsday Jany. 9th. 1765 i.e. 1766. -

[1766-01-09]
At Home. ...

Thurdsday. Jany. 9th. 1766. -

[1766-01-09]
At Home all day. Mr. Smith, Dr. ...

Fryday. Jany. 10th. 1766. -

[1766-01-10]
Humphry Ploughjogger received a ...

Saturday Jany. 11th. 1766. -

[1766-01-11]
A Rain. ...

Sunday Jany. 12th. 1766. -

[1766-01-12]
Heard Mr. Wibird all day, at ...

Monday Jany. 13th. 1766 -

[1766-01-13]
At Boston, the Inferiour Court of ...

Tuesday Jany. 14th. 1766. -

[1766-01-14]
Dined at Mr. William Coopers with ...

Wednesday. Jany. 15th. 1766. -

[1766-01-15]
Dined at Mr. Isaac Smiths. No ...

Thurdsday. Jany. 16th. 1766. -

[1766-01-16]
Dined at Mr. Nick Boylstones, with ...

[1766-01-17]
Came home, and dined, and there ...

Saturday. Jany. 18th. 1766. -

[1766-01-18]
At Home. The Dr. dined here. ...

Sunday. Jany. 19th. 1766. -

[1766-01-19]
Heard Mr. Robbins of Milton. ...

Monday. Jany 20th. 1766. -

[1766-01-20]
Leonard gave me an Account of a ...

March:

1766 March 1st. Saturday -

[1766-03-01]
Spent a Part of last Evening with ...

[1766-03-02]
Heard Mr. Wibirt. ...

Monday. March 3. 1766. -

[1766-03-03]
My Brother Peter, Mr. Etter and Mr. ...

[1766-03-04 to 1766-03-09]
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Monday. 10th. 1766. -

[1766-03-10]
Last Week went to Boston, and to ...

Tuesday 11th. -

[1766-03-11]
Went to Boston. The Chief Justice ...

Wednesday. 12th. -

[1766-03-12]
Returned to Braintree. ...

Thurdsday 13th. -

[1766-03-13]
At home. ...

Fryday 14th. -

[1766-03-14]
Yesterday and to day the severest ...

Saturday 15th. March 1766. -

[1766-03-15]
The Snow is as deep and in as ...

Sunday 16th. 1766. -

[1766-03-16]
Heard Mr. Wibirt all day. ...

Monday March 17th. 1766. -

[1766-03-17]
Rain. A Piece in Evening Post ...

Tuesday. 18th. -

[1766-03-18]
Went to Weymouth, found the Family ...

Wednesday. March 19th. 1766. -

[1766-03-19]
At Home. ...

Thursday March 20th. -

[1766-03-20]
At Mrs. Baxters Funeral. ...

Fryday March 21st. -

[1766-03-21]
A fine Spring like Morning. The ...

Fryday, March 28th. 1766. -

[1766-03-28]
I have omitted writing a Week. Dr. ...

April:

Fryday April 10th. 1766. -

[1766-04-10]
At Plymouth. Court open and ...

Tuesday April 15th. 1766. -

[1766-04-15]
Went to Boston. The Superior Court ...

Saturday April 26th. 1766. -

[1766-04-26]
The last Thurdsdays Paper is full. ...

Sunday April 27th. 1766. -

[1766-04-27]
Heard Mr. Smith. ...

Monday April 28th. 1766. -

[1766-04-28]
At Home. ...

Tuesday April 29th. 1766. -

[1766-04-29]
At Boston. To this day the ...

May:

Sunday. May 4th. 1766. -

[1766-05-04]
Returning from Meeting this ...

Sunday. May 18th. 1766. -

[1766-05-18]
Mem. to write some Speculations, ...

Monday May 26th. 1766. -

[1766-05-26]
I have been very unfortunate, in ...

Wednesday. May 28th. -

[1766-05-28]
General Election. At Boston. After ...

Thurdsday, May 29th. -

[1766-05-29]
The Governor negatived Otis, ...

June:

June 20th. 1766. -

[1766-06-20]
Mem. to search the Books, with the ...

July:

[1766-07-21]
Monday after Commencement. Last ...

July 24th. 1766. -

[1766-07-24]
Thanksgiving for the Repeal of the ...

Monday July 28th. 1766. -

[1766-07-28]
At Boston. A Meeting of the Bar at ...

Tuesday July 29th. 1766. -

[1766-07-29]
At Boston—bought Gilberts Law of ...

[1766-07-30]
At Boston. The Weather cloudy. ...

Suffolk Sessions July 1766. -

[1766-07]
Dominus Rex vs. Francis Keen, for ...

August:

November:

1766 Novr. 3d. Monday. -

[1766-11-03]
Sett off, with my Wife for Salem. ...

Tuesday Novr. 4th. -

[1766-11-04]
A fine Morning. Attended Court all ...

Wednesday Novr. 5th. -

[1766-11-05]
Attended Court, heard the Tryal of ...

Novr. 6th. Thurdsday. -

[1766-11-06]
A fine Morn. Oated at Martins ...

Novr. 7th. -

[1766-11-07]
Went up to my common Pasture, to ...

1766. Novr. 8th. Saturday. -

[1766-11-08]
Fine Weather still.—Yesterday ...

1766. Novr. 9. Sunday. -

[1766-11-09]
Fine Weather Yet. Heard Mr. ...

[1766-11-10]
Rain. Kill’d Cow. Read chiefly in ...

Tuesday Novr. 11th. -

[1766-11-11]
Rain. Deacon Webb here at Tea, and ...

December:

1766 Decr. 8th. Monday. -

[1766-12-08]
Dined at Dr. Tufts’s. Drank Tea at ...

Tuesday Decr. 23d. 1766. -

[1766-12-23]
I heard Yesterday, for the first ...

Decr. 24th. -

[1766-12-24]
Who are to be understood by the ...

Decr. 31st. 1766. -

[1766-12-31]
“Whatever tends to create in the ...

Date Span:

1767:

March:

Saturday March 1767. -

[1767-03]
Went with Captn. Thayer to visit ...

April:

April 4th. 1767. -

[1767-04-04]
Suits generally Spring from ...

1767 April 8th. Wednesday. -

[1767-04-08]
Mounted my Horse in a very Rainy ...

May:

1768:

January:

1768. January 30th. Saturday Night. -

[1768-01-30]
To what Object, are my Views ...

1769:

August:

Boston August 10. 1769. -

[1769-08-10]
John Tudor Esq. came to me, and ...

Aug. 11th. 1769. Fryday. -

[1769-08-11]
Mr. Tudor came, for the first Time ...

1769. Aug. 12. Saturday. -

[1769-08-12]
Dined at Mr. Isaac Smiths and in ...

Aug. 13. Sunday. -

[1769-08-13]
At Mr. Quincys. Here is Solitude ...

Monday August 14. -

[1769-08-14]
Dined with 350 Sons of Liberty at ...

Tuesday. Aug. 15. -

[1769-08-15]
Rode to Taunton, 16 miles before 9 ...

September:

1769. Septr. 2. Saturday Night. -

[1769-09-02]
Tho this Book has been in my ...

Sept. 3d. Sunday. -

[1769-09-03]
Heard Dr. Cooper in the forenoon, ...

[1769-09-04]
Spent the Evening at Dr. Peckers, ...

Wednesday. Septr. 6. 1769. -

[1769-09-06]
Mr. Cudworth told me on the Town ...

October:

1769. Octr. 19th. Thurdsday. -

[1769-10-19]
Last night I spent the Evening, at ...

1769. Octr. 24th. -

[1769-10-24]
Sunday last I rode to Braintree in ...

November:

November 1769. -

[1769-11]
Saturday after attending Court in ...

December:

1769. Decr. 23. Saturday Night. -

[1769-12-23]
At my Office reading Sidney. I ...

1770:

January:

1770 January 16. -

[1770-01-16]
At my Office all Day. ...

[1770-01]
My dear Children— ...

February:

1770. Monday Feby. 26. or Thereabouts. -

[1770-02-26]
Rode from Weymouth. Stoppd at my ...

June:

Ipswich June 19. 1770. Tuesday Morning. -

[1770-06-19]
Rambled with Kent, round Landlord ...

June 25. 1770. Boston. -

[1770-06-25]
Blowers. In the Reign of Richard ...

June 26. -

[1770-06-26]
Last of Service; very little ...

June 27. Wednesday Morn. -

[1770-06-27]
Very fine—likely to be hot—at my ...

June 28. Thursday. -

[1770-06-28]
Mr. Goldthwait. Do you call ...

June 29. 1770. Fryday. -

[1770-06-29]
Began my Journey to Falmouth in ...

June 30th. 1770. Saturday. -

[1770-06-30]
Arose not very early and drank a ...

July:

July 1st. 1770. Sunday. -

[1770-07-01]
Arose early at Paul Dudley ...

July 2. 1770. -

[1770-07-02]
Monday morning, in my Sulky before ...

July 3. 1770. Tuesday. -

[1770-07-03]
Rose in comfortable Health. ...

July 8. 1770 Sunday. -

[1770-07-08]
This Week has been taken up in the ...

[1770-07-12]
3 O Clock, got into my ...

Fryday July 13. 1770. -

[1770-07-13]
Arose and walked with Patten to ...

Saturday July 14. 1770. -

[1770-07-14]
Arose at 4. Got ready as soon as I ...

August:

1770. August. 9th. Thursday. -

[1770-08-09]
I received from Mr. Gill an ...

1770. August 19. Sunday. -

[1770-08-19]
Last Fryday went to the Light ...

1770 Aug. 20. Monday. -

[1770-08-20]
The first Maxim of worldly Wisdom, ...

1770. August 22. Wednesday. -

[1770-08-22]
Rode to Cambridge in Company with ...

[1770-08]
The Good of the governed is the ...