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19 Monday.
Docno: DJA01d009
Date: 1756-01-19
A rainy Day.
20 Tuesday.
Docno: DJA01d010
Date: 1756-01-20
A fair, warm spring like Day. Drank Tea and supped at Mr. Greenes.1
1. For the first few months after he came to Worcester JA had “boarded with one Green at the Expence of the Town” (JA, Autobiography), but since there were numerous Greens in Worcester at this period and since JA writes this name as “Green” and “Greene” interchangeably, none of those mentioned in the early Diary can be certainly identified.
21 Wednesday.
Docno: DJA01d011
Date: 1756-01-21
A very rainy day. Dined with Coll. Chandlers Jur. Spent the Eve at Mr. Maccarty’s. Kept school. Nothing more.
22 Thurdsday.
Docno: DJA01d012
Date: 1756-01-22
A fair morning. Fresh and lively Air. Drank Tea and supped at Mrs. Paine’s.1
1. Presumably Sarah (Chandler) Paine, daughter of Colonel or Judge John Chandler and wife of Timothy Paine (1730–1793), currently a member of the General Court (Stark, Loyalists of Mass., p. 382–385).
23 Fryday.
Docno: DJA01d013
Date: 1756-01-23
A fair and agreable Day. Kept School. Drank Tea, at Coll. Chandler’s Jur., and spent the Evening at Major Gardiners.
24 Saturday.
Docno: DJA01d014
Date: 1756-01-24
A very high west Wind. Warm and cloudy. P.M. warm and fair.
25 Sunday.
Docno: DJA01d015
Date: 1756-01-25
A cold Weather. Heard friend Thayer preach two ingenious discourses, from Jeremy 10th. 6. and 7. Supped att Coll. Chandlers.
26 Monday.
Docno: DJA01d016
Date: 1756-01-26
A sharp piercing Air. Sat out for Uxbridge, arrived 2’o clock.
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/
http://www.masshist.org/ff/