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26th. Tuesday. -

[1782-02-26]
In the forenoon Mr. D. went to ...

28th. Thursday. -

[1782-02-28]
In the forenoon I received a ...

27th. Wednesday.

Docno: DQA01d237

Author: JQA
Date: 1782-02-27
Went in the forenoon with Mr. D. to a bookseller's and bought the King of Prussia's works.1 Mr. D. went to take a walk after dinner. Mr. Hoogwerst came to pay us a visit. Mr. Artaud dined out. Cloudy weather all day.
 
1. Frederick the Great, (Oeuvres du philosophe de Sans-Souci, 4 vols., Neuchatel, 1760, with JQA's notation: “bo't St. Petersbourg, Feby. 16/27, 1782 ... 3 R[u]bl[es], 25 Cop[ecks]” ( 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.
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