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18th. Monday. -

[1782-02-18]
Finished the 6th. Volume of Hume's ...

20th. Wednesday. -

[1782-02-20]
In the forenoon Mr. Wolff came to ...

19th. Tuesday.

Docno: DQA01d229

Author: JQA
Date: 1782-02-19
Went to two booksellers shops in the forenoon for some books.1 Mr. Artaud dined out. Fine clear weather all day.
{p. 107}
 
1. None of JQA's extant books is inscribed with this date, though he may be referring to at least one book, Peter Rondeau [i.e., Johann Theodor Jablonsky], Nouveau dictionnaire françois—allemand, Basel, 1739, which he records as having bought on 18 Feb. ( Catalogue of JQA's Books ).
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.
http://www.masshist.org/ff/