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Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848, son of AA and JA, designated as JQA in The Adams Papers):

Social Life

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Attendance at theater 41

Friendships 38

Recreation 177

Sightseeing 43

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dancing32

attends dinners and social functions27

DCA05
76*
106*
117*
153*
157*
352-353*
DCA06
166*
195*
217*
247*
DCA07
60*
68*
79*
87-88*
258*
273-274*
275*
302*
DCA08
119*
132*
138*
139*
144*
233*
246-247*
258*
289*

Newburyport “Club”27

receives visitors at Old House24

DCA03
28-29*
90-91*
258*
262-263*
275*
278*
301-302*
310*
314*
329*
DCA04
51*
57*
73*
75*
90*
131*
156*
339*
343*
353*
361*
378*
384*
387*

attends dinners and social functions23

DCA03
5-6*
27*
73-74*
276*
285*
315*
336*
355*
373*
DCA04
58*
83*
124-125*
127*
148-149*
151*
160*
355*
357*
364*
374*
381*
384-385*
387*

Tea Club meetings17

entertaining of relatives and friends11

entertains at Old House11

DCA03
16*
89-90*
313*
DCA04
65*
87*
145*
147*
155-156*
361*
367-369*
385-386*

visits in Quincy8

DCA07
64*
110-111*
261*
263-264*
284*
DCA08
238*
242*
274*

visits in Haverhill7

AFC06
350
351
400
401
403
450
476

attends theater and opera in Paris6

AFC05
430
434
444
AFC06
46
47
52-53

visits Cranches at Braintree during vacations6

visits in Boston6

visits with Cranches6

weddings and funerals6

DQA01
329-330
DQA02
299
314-315
441
442
446

attends parties5

dines out in Boston5

AFC06
274
317
321
322
372

pays social calls5

DCA04
62*
91-92*
356*
369*
373*

skating and horseback riding5

AFC03
xxxvii
AFC04
39-40
44
47
55-56

visits in N.Y.5

dines out in N.Y.4

Harvard exercises4

DQA02
248
422
429-431
432

in moot court4

DQA02
88-89
116
122
123

visits in Braintree4

AFC06
323
354
370
374

visits with Danas4

AFC07
157
434
436-437
439

allows Sparks to use JA's Letterbooks3

DCA03
88*
160-161*
DCA04
xiii*

as escort3

DQA02
225
280
436

attends theater3

DCA05
71*
134*
DCA08
138*

goes fishing3

DCA06
182*
216*
218-219*

observes militia exercises3

DQA01
343
DQA02
95
305

ordinations3

plays cards3

AFC06
371
372
403

reading aloud3

DQA01
301
361
375

receives visitors3

DCA08
153*
280*
308*

visits with Shaws3

AFC07
222
251
290

acquaintance of Paul Randall2

AFC07
20
27

and Benjamin Waterhouse2

DCA05
115*
395*

and I. P. Davis2

DCA07
75*
151*

and Leyden fair2

AFC04
120-121
146

and P. P. F. Degrand2

DCA07
255*
303*

and Quincy's Independence Day celebration (1835)2

DCA06
171*
xiv-xv*

and supervisors of Adams Temple and School Fund2

DCA07
78-79*
DCA08
289*

at Independence Day celebrations2

DQA02
249
424-425

attendance at theater2

AFC03
30-31
93-94

attends lectures2

DCA07
76*
96-97*

contributes to building Episcopal Church, Quicny2

DCA04
321-322*
415*

Degrand2

DCA03
33*
90-91*

dines out in France2

AFC06
81
108

entertains at Old House2

DCA05
154*
179*

friendship with William Cranch2

AFC07
32
139-140

P. P. F. Degrand2

DCA05
23*
72*

spends time with Charles Storer2

AFC07
91
92

trip to White Mountains2

DCA05
158-159*
164*

visits art exhibits2

DCA08
39*
144*

visits at P. C. Brooks house, Medford2

DCA03
28*
86-87*

visits at Peter C. Brooks house, Medford2

DCA05
344*
DCA06
157*

visits in Philadelphia2

DCA05
340-341*
DCA06
144*

visits with Elbridge Gerry2

AFC07
434
439

week's trip to Nantucket &c.2

DCA06
212*
xviii*

writes letters of introduction for Sidney Brooks2

DCA05
380*
391*

and Dr. George Parkman1

DCA05
101*

and Dr. Thomas Welsh1

DCA03
419*

and Dutee J. Pearce1

DCA07
176*

and George Beale1

DCA07
66*

and H. G. Otis1

DCA08
174*

and Jean Baptiste Petry1

AFC04
18

and John Bailey1

DCA06
168*

and J. Sewell1

DCA07
42*

and Pres. Josiah Quincy1

DCA05
116*

and Rev. George Whitney1

DCA05
146*

and Supervisors of Adams Temple and School Fund1

DCA06
175-176*

and the Le Roy-Chabanel circle in Amsterdam1

AFC04
148

and Waterhouse1

AFC04
33-34

as President, entertains Lafayette at White House1

AFC03
xvi

attends bachelor's wedding dinner in Haverhill1

AFC06
351

attends baptismal rites and dinner1

DCA06
255*

attends Boston Lafayette memorial exercises1

DCA05
380*

attends christening1

DCA08
119*

attends demonstration of a new illuminating oil1

DCA08
300-301*

attends fair at The Hague1

AFC05
155

attends Hingham celebration1

DCA06
231*

attends illumination and masquerade ball at Peterhoff1

AFC04
352-353

attends ordination1

DCA04
68*

attends ordination1

DCA07
265*

attends Te Deum1

DQA01
242-243

at the Foire St. Germain1

AFC03
279-280

blackberry-picking1

DQA02
74

boards with Edward Wigglesworth during vacation1

AFC07
435

breakfast club1

DQA02
138

calls on Van Buren1

DCA08
33*

celebration of Thaxter banns1

DQA02
307

converses with Almy Ellery1

AFC07
157

dines at James Foster's1

AFC07
459

dines at Montmartre1

AFC03
30

dines in London1

AFC05
466

dines out in Milton1

AFC06
323

dines with Nathaniel Tracy1

AFC07
120

dinner with Fanny Kemble1

DCA05
84*

eating and carousing1

DQA02
297

goes to Concert Hall in Boston1

AFC06
322

hears W. E. Channing1

DCA08
234*

hospitable social life in Haverhill1

AFC06
503-504

J. B. Davis1

DCA03
63*

Judge Joseph Hall1

DCA05
18*

Life of Arthur Lee dedicated to1

DCA03
60*

limited friendships to be made in St. Petersburg1

AFC04
283

meets Benjamin Austin Jr. at commencement1

AFC07
328

outings1

DCA06
207*

picnic1

DQA02
71-72

promenade de Longchamps1

DQA01
239

sees Benjamin West's paintings1

AFC05
415

spends time with CA and William Cranch1

AFC07
105

takes excursion to Cronstadt, &c.1

AFC04
299-300

Thomas Welsh Jr.1

DCA04
88*

visits Dalton's in Newbury1

AFC06
456

visits Fagel's estate (1797)1

AFC07
320

visits Gov. Pownall at Richmond Hill1

AFC06
473

visits in Cambridge1

AFC06
290

visits in France1

AFC06
75

visits Pope's Grotto1

AFC06
218

visits with Charles Storer1

AFC07
141

visits with Whites1

AFC07
171

visit to royal family1

DQA01
212

watching ship launching1

DQA02
380

wishes Betsy Cranch to stay at Shaws1

AFC07
58
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