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Saturday 11th. -

[1779-12-11]
This forenoon a Captain of one of ...

Friday 10th.

Docno: DQA01d033

Author: JQA
Date: 1779-12-10
This forenoon I took a walk about the town but saw nothing worth remarking. At about half after twelve o clock Pappa and Mr. Dana went on board one of the french ships to dine with the Captain and a number of other Gentlemen.1 At four o'clock Sammy Cooper and Charles went on board the frigate. Nothing more remarkable to day.
 
1. Dana records having dined with Hippolyte, Comte de Sade, Chef d'escadre, that evening on board the flagship Triomphant, and on the following night with Chevalier de Gras Préville, Capitaine de pavillon, on board the same ship (Dana, Journal; Hoefer, Nouv. biog. général ; JA, Diary and Autobiography , 2:406).
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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