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Sunday 16th.
Docno: DQA01d074
Date: 1780-01-16
Went to look about the Town. Saw nothing worth remarking. The two Mr. Gardoqui's Capt. Bapson and Captain Lovett Spent the Evening here.
Monday 17th.
Docno: DQA01d075
Date: 1780-01-17
All the Gentlemen dined at Mr. Gardoqui's but I being unwell did not go. Settled with Raymon and our Guide and all the boys.
Tuesday 18th.
Docno: DQA01d076
Date: 1780-01-18
Felt better to day. We all dined at home to day. We expect to set out for Bayonne on Thursday. Nothing remarkable to day.
Wednesday 19th.
Docno: DQA01d077
Date: 1780-01-19
To day all the Gentlemen went down the river except Mr. Dana and myself. At about 6 o clock they came back. Mr. Gardoqui's stay'd here about a half an hour, and then went away and about a half an hour after Sent us the french newspapers but there was no news.
Thursday 20th.
Docno: DQA01d078
Date: 1780-01-20
Sot out about 3 o clock P M. Nothing remarkable.1
1. Gaps appear among the final days recorded in JQA's second Diary booklet. There were no entries for 21–22 Jan., on which days the party was en route from Bilbao to Bayonne; for 24 Jan., the day they spent in that French provincial town; and 26–28 Jan., while traveling to Bordeaux. Some details of this part of their trip are provided in JA's
Diary and Autobiography
, 4:238–239, and in Dana's Journal.
Sunday 23d.
Docno: DQA01d079
Date: 1780-01-23
Nothing remarkable for these 3 days. At about 5 o clock P M arrived at Bayonne. Nothing more remarkable to day.
Tuesday 25th.
Docno: DQA01d080
Date: 1780-01-25
Set away at about 9 o clock. At about half after 9 began to Snow. Snow'd 2 hours. Went 45 miles to day.
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/
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