Adams Papers Digital Edition

Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 2

10. VIII.

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11. VIII. CFA

1825-08-11

 11. VIII. CFA
11. VIII.

Arise, morning at home, Shakespeare, Junius, John sick, dinner 7for Genl. Lafayette, Genl. Brown, Jessup, Maj. Thayer and Capt. Nelson,1 Paragon Steam Boat, evening, Wm. Lee.

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In addition to General Jacob Brown, the guests were Quartermaster General Thomas Sidney Jesup (1788–1860), Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), the superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Joseph S. Nelson, of the third infantry regiment ( DAB ; Heitman, Register U.S. Army ).