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Sunday July the 1st 1781. -

[1781-07-01]
This morning Pappa and brother ...

Tuesday July the 3d 1781. -

[1781-07-03]
Din'd at home, after dinner Mr. ...

Monday July the 2d 1781.

Docno: DQA01d178

Author: JQA
Date: 1781-07-02
This morning Major Jackson came here; I went to Mr. Crajenschot's for the Politique Hollandois. At about ten o'clock Pappa set out upon a journey for Paris; We all din'd at home; after dinner, I went to Mr. Sigourney and Ingraham's but did not Stay there long. I went to Madam Chabanel's; but found no body but the old lady at home; Mr. Le Roi and young Mr. Chabanel came home. At about half past nine I got home.
The Universal Prayer. (From Pope's works) Deo. Opt. Max. Chap: 11th.1
 
1. The thirteen four-line stanzas fill three and one-half pages of the Diary (same, 2:67–69).
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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