A website from the Massachusetts Historical Society; founded 1791.
close

Browsing: Diary of John Quincy Adams, Volume 1

30th. Friday. -

[1782-08-30]
Mr. Artaud dined at Mr. Rimberts. ...

N.(1782.) S. September. 1st. Sunday. -

[1782-09-01]
This forenoon the youngest Mr. ...

31st. Saturday.

Docno: DQA01d422

Author: JQA
Date: 1782-08-31
Went this morning to the English Library. Went to a bookseller's shop and bought some books.1 Mr. Wolff came here in the forenoon. Rainy weather.
{p. 144}
 
1. One that can be identified is Jean de La Bruyère's Les Caractères, 2 vols., Paris, 1768 ( 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/