Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
1785-11-05
Eliza Spent the day with us. I accompanied her home, in the Evening, and spent half an
hour at Mr. White's. Miss Betsey Duncan, return'd this Evening from Boston, and brought me a
Letter from my Cousin Cranch.1 He attended Mrs.
Tufts's funeral last Tuesday, and very justly admires the Doctor's Behav-353iour upon the occasion: it was that of a Christian, and of a
Philosopher. He had always lived in an uninterrupted union with his Lady; and though fully
Sensible of his loss, he did not show it, by tears, or by any outward manifestation. He was
not dressed in black, considering a mourning suit but as the
trappings and the suits of woe.2
Not found.
Hamlet, Act I, scene ii, line 86.