record number: 211346

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Dates:

19 July 1821 to 19 Aug. 1821

Original paper slip text:19 July–19 Aug. 1821

Author's location:

New York, NY

Original paper slip text:from New York City to Quincy and in Quincy (from 27 July)

Original paper slip text:

Unable to lookup name for quincy.

Author:

Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams

Original paper slip text:LCA.

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Title:

Diary. Also French verses at end; also verse, "To my Mother," by GWA, 12 April 1822, laid in

Length:

36 p.

Document Type:

LCA—Diary and Memoirs, Autobiographical Writings

Notes:

Note: Writer identified from internal evidence; part of journal is in another hand, probably copied from original to be sent to a relative of LCA's. Contains glimpses of JA in old age and the best account of West Point cadets' visit to Old House, 14 Aug. 1821.

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Adams Papers microfilm: reel 266

Original held by:

Massachusetts Historical Society

From the collection: Adams Family Papers

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