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, 2018.
http://www.masshist.org/apde2/