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13. IX:40.

Docno: DCA01d406

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-01-13
Morning at home, lounge and ride to Georgetown, loss true, return, large dinner party, Mr. Sloane,1 tooth ache.
 
1. John Sloane (1779–1856), an Ohio Representative from 1819 to 1829 ( Biog. Dir. Cong. ).

14. IX.

Docno: DCA01d407

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-01-14
Morning at home, state of the family, Madame, evening, all at home and backgammon with her.

15. IX:25.

Docno: DCA01d408

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-01-15
Morning at home as usual, lounge, time wasted, evening, Theatre, Mrs. Barnes,1 School for Scandal.
 
1. The English actress, Mrs. John Barnes, formerly Mary Greenhill, who had made her American debut in 1815 (Joseph N. Ireland, Records of the New York Stage, from 1750 to 1860, N.Y., 1867, 1:314–315).

16. IX.

Docno: DCA01d409

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-01-16
Morning at home, idle, afternoon at Church, Mr. Baker, singular prayer, home, dinner, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Tracy,1 pleasant conversation, politics.
 
1. Albert Haller Tracy (1793–1859), a Representative from New York ( Biog. Dir. Cong. )

17. IX:10.

Docno: DCA01d410

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-01-17
Morning at home. Noon, House of Representatives, Mr. Clay, Internal Improvement, evening, Theatre, Sweethearts and Wives,1 Mr[s]. Barnes, pretty woman.
 
1. A comedy by James Kenney.

18. IX:50.

Docno: DCA01d411

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-01-18
Morning at home, idle, short walk, letter to George,1 Mary sick, evening, family to Mr. Frye’s.
 
1. Missing.

19. IX.

Docno: DCA01d412

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-01-19
Morning at home, visits with the ladies, Mrs. Jackson, dinner at Baron Tuyll’s,1 splendour, evening, Conversation with John.
 
1. Baron Tuyll van Serooskerken, the Russian minister (Bemis, JQA , 2:94).
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