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Thursday. August 23d. 1827. -

[1827-08-23]
Morning occupied in walking about ...

Saturday August 25th. 1827. -

[1827-08-25]
Morning at the Exchange to see my ...

Friday. August 24th. 1827.

Docno: DCA02d744

Author: CFA
Date: 1827-08-24
I returned to town this morning in company with Abby. Called at George’s, took Soup and a Woodcock by way of Luncheon. Called at Mrs. Frothingham’s and spent an hour with her and Abby, and dined at Mr. T. L. Winthrop’s. A large company. My father, Captain Bainbridge and Son, Captain Gallagher,1 Col. House,2 Mr. Pierpont, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Everett, Mr. Balston of Philadelphia and Mr. Read, and a few others. After dinner I called with my father upon Judge Hall.3
 
1. Captain John Gallagher, in command of the Charlestown Navy Yard ( Mass. Register, 1828, p. 213).
 
2. Colonel James House, of Connecticut (Heitman, Register U.S. Army ).
 
3. Joseph Hall, judge of the Suffolk County probate court ( Boston Directory, 1829–1830).
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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