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Ap. 30. Jeudi. -

[1778-04-30]
Dined with the Mareschall De ...

May 2. Saturday. -

[1778-05-02]
Dined at Mr. Izzards, with Mr. ...

1778 May 1. Vendredi.

Docno: DJA02d383

Author: JA
Date: 1778-05-01
Aujourdhui J'ai été diner, chez Monsieur Le Duke D'Ayen, le Pere de Mm. Le Ms. [Madame la Marquise] De la Fayette. La Maison, Le Jardin, Les Promenades, Les Tableau's, Les Garnitures, son tres magnifiques.
Les Tableaux de la Famille de Noailles sont anciens, et nombreux.
Mm. la Dutchess D'Ayen, a cinque ou Six Enfans, contre la Coutume de ce Pays ci.
We were shewn, into the Library, and all the Rooms and first Suite {p. 308} of Chambers in the House. The Library is very large, and the Rooms very elegant and the Furniture very rich.
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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