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7th. Sunday. -

[1782-07-07]
This forenoon I went and took a ...

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[1782-07-09]
Went in the afternoon to Mr. ...

8th. Monday.

Docno: DQA01d368

Author: JQA
Date: 1782-07-08
Took a walk this morning with Mr. Artaud in to the Country, and Stay'd there all day. We returned at about 12 o'clock at night. Pretty good weather. Anniversary of the battle of Pultawa1 —Russian Holiday.
 
1. Poltava or Pultava, the Ukranian city which was the scene of Peter the Great's final and decisive victory over Charles XII of Sweden on 8 July 1709 (Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel ).
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