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Mon 29th. -

[1779-11-29]
The ship is very leaky. The ...

1779 December Wed 1st. -

[1779-12-01]
We housed all the Guns to day ...

Tues 30th.

Docno: DQA01d021

Author: JQA
Date: 1779-11-30
To day a middling breeze from the S.E or SSE. At 12 o clock to day being at the Pump there being very little water the beam struck my head and hurt me a little.1
 
1. The remainder of the page in the Diary contains a drawing of a bird and several designs by JQA, probably used as filler since he begins his entries for the new month at the top of the following page.
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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