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31st. Saturday. -

[1782-08-31]
Went this morning to the English ...

2d. Monday. -

[1782-09-02]
This day the eldest Mr. Montréal ...

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

Docno: DQA01d423

Author: JQA
Date: 1782-09-01
This forenoon the youngest Mr. Montréal came here. Din'd with Mr. Artaud at Mr. Rimbert's. After dinner I took a walk with Mr. Artaud and the eldest Mr. Montréal to the Convent of St. Alexander Newsky.1 We went to see the tomb which is of solid silver. When I return'd Mr. D was gone to take a ride.
 
1. Alexander Nevski, Russian hero and saint. As prince of Novgorod, he defeated the Swedes in 1240 at the future site of St. Petersburg, on the Neva (Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel ; Hoefer, Nouv. biog. générale ).
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/