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4th.

Docno: DQA02d510

Author: JQA
Date: 1787-08-04
The weather was extremely warm, all the forenoon.
Rambled about, upon Mr. Cranch's farm with my cousin.1 In the afternoon, I went into the water with him: towards evening the weather began to grow more comfortable: a letter was brought me, from Mr. Belknap2 in Boston.
 
1. Terminal punctuation has been supplied.
 
2. On this letter and JQA's reply of the 6th, see entry for 18 July, note 9 (above).
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