Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 2
1827-08-09
Took a salt water bath and stopped at George’s. Wrote a note to Abby1 and rode to Quincy in the Stage, Mrs. Royall in Company.2 This lady being my aversion, I took care to remain Incognito until after I had got out of her reach. And after that I cared not for her anger which was great.
Missing.
Anne (Newport) The Tennessean, 1827, which has been called “one of the worst ever written in America” (
DAB
). Mrs. Royall’s account of her encounter with Adams has been quoted in the Editorial Introduction to these volumes.