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1775 Septr. 19. Tuesday. -

[1775-09-19]
This Morning Mr. Henry Hill with ...

1775. Septr. 21. Thursday. -

[1775-09-21]
The famous Partisan Major Rogers ...

1775. Septr. 20. Wednesday.

Docno: DJA02d233

Author: JA
Date: 1775-09-20
Took a Walk in Company with Govr. Ward, Mr. Gadsden and his Son, and Mr. S. Adams, to a little Box in the Country, belonging to old Mr. Marshall, the father of three Sons who live in the City.1 A fine facetious old Gentleman, an excellent Whigg. There We drank {p. 177} Coffee. A fine Garden. A little Box of one Room. Very chearfull and good humoured.
 
1. This was Christopher Marshall (1709–1797), the well-known Philadelphia diarist and patriot. See Extracts from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, ... 1774–1781, ed. William Duane, Albany, 1877, p. 43.
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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