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Browsing: Diary of John Quincy Adams, Volume 1


Docno: ADMS-03-01-02-0002-0003-0002

Author: Adams, John Quincy
Date: 1780-07-26

Wednesday 26th.

Prepared everything for the journey. In the afternoon pappa went to Dr. Franklin's for a Passport.1
1. At this time American ministers were empowered to issue passports to Americans traveling in the country to which they were accredited (Adams Family Correspondence, 4:xv).
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, 2015.
http://www.masshist.org/apde2/