Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
1785-04-15
Went to Paris in the morning with Mr. A. At the Pont Royal, I got out of the Carriage, and
went to see my friend Mr. West. He has been ever since Tuesday, afflicted, with an
inflammatory Rheumatism: what makes it insupportable, is that he has it in his right hand,
which is very much swelled: and though he is here upon business, and has received several
letters of consequence, which require immediate answers, he cannot do any thing. I sat with
him sometime, and from the Hôtel de Bretagne, Rue de Richelieu,
where he is I went on foot to Mr. Jefferson's, 250who was
out: found my father there; and as Mr. Jefferson, did not return, we came away, after
staying, half an hour.