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11. VI.

Docno: DCA01d494

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-04-11
Prayers, recitation, Say, missed Ticknor and Warren,1 ride to Bos• {p. 459} ton, Richardson, Franklin Hotel, billiards, dinner at the Exchange, evening, Theatre, Sweethearts and Wives.
 
1. John Collins Warren, Harvard 1797, M.D. (hon.) 1819, Hersey professor of anatomy and surgery from 1815 to 1847 ( Harvard Quinquennial Cat. ).

12. VI.

Docno: DCA01d495

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-04-12
Prayers, recitation, Say, missed Ticknor and Webster,1 ride to Boston with Richardson, Franklin Hotel, billiards, evening, Circus, Cataract of the Ganges, Oysters, return.
 
1. John White Webster, Harvard 1811, M.D. 1815, at this time lecturer in chemistry, mineralogy, and geology, and subsequently Erving professor of chemistry and mineralogy at Harvard ( Harvard Quinquennial Cat. ).

13. VII:30.

Docno: DCA01d496

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-04-13
Missed Prayers, and recitation, Say, and Ticknor’s Lecture, attended Bigelow and Warren, missed Webster, evening, Carriage, Theatre, The Apostate,1 Supper, Exchange, return.
 
1. A tragedy by Richard Lalor Shiel.

14. VI.

Docno: DCA01d497

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-04-14
Prayers, recitation, Say, missed Ticknor and Webster, ride with Howard, Champagne, sup at the Punch Bowl,1 unwell, to Boston, evening, a visit to S.B., state of feeling, return.
 
1. Presumably the Old Punch Bowl Tavern in Brookline (Shurtleff, Description of Boston , p. 424).

15. VI.

Docno: DCA01d498

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-04-15
Prayers, recitation, Say, missed the Lectures of the day, ride to Boston with Sheafe, conversation with George, dine at the Exchange, return, Franklin Hotel, Billiards, return, company drill, evening, meeting of the K.S.T., at home early.

16. VIII:45.

Docno: DCA01d499

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-04-16
Missed Prayers, ride to Neponset tandem with Richardson, dine there, play Billiards, Champagne, return through Quincy, early, to bed.

17. VIII:45.

Docno: DCA01d500

Author: CFA
Date: 1825-04-17
Missed Prayers, excused from Chapel, at home all day, idle, evening with Richardson and Sheafe, Champagne Wine, late.
{p. 460}
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