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Louisa Catherine Adams diary, 1812-1814 and 1819, with poems and a dramatic composition

Louisa Catherine Adams diary, 1812-1814 and 1819, with poems and a dramatic composition

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    20.8 cm x 17 cm

    Louisa Catherine Adams miscellany volume, from the Adams Family Papers

     

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    Images 1-40: diary (22 October 1813 - 15 February 1814), pages 1-40
    Images 41-65: poetry, pages 41-65
    Images 66-78: drama ("The French in London"), pages 67-79
    Images 79-130: diary (24 January 1819 - 25 March 1819), pages 82-133
    Images 131-136: miscellaneous Notes, pages 153-158

    [Pages 66, 80-81, and 134-152 are blank and are not included in this web presentation.]


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    [ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

    Louisa Catherine Adams was the wife of John Quincy Adams and First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829. In her 1812 diary, she grappled with the recent death of her infant daughter, writing, "My heart is almost broken and my temper which was never good suffers in proportion to my grief."