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28. IX:15. -

[1827-01-28]
Morning at home, writing, ...

Tuesday 30th. -

[1827-01-30]
Walked to the Capitol but remained ...

Monday 29th.1

Docno: DCA02d573

Author: CFA
Date: 1827-01-29
Another Concert of the Miss Gillinghams and others for the relief of the Alexandria sufferers. I went in deshabille and was so ashamed of it, I could hardly remain. Introduced to Mr. Macready, the English actor.2
 
1. From D/CFA/5. In the morning CFA remained at home, reading Voltaire and Spenser and working on the Executive Record (D/CFA/1).
 
2. William Charles Macready (1793–1873), the English actor and theatrical manager, who was making his first visit to America.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
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