Adams Papers Digital Edition

Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 1

3 7. IX. CFA

1820-01-07

 7. IX. CFA
7. IX.

Arise, go to School. Greek grammar and Minora, return, evening, Mr. and Mrs. Smith.1

1.

William Steuben Smith (1787–1850) was a nephew of JQA (being the son of Abigail [Adams] Smith) as well as the brother-in-law of LCA, having married Catherine Maria Frances Johnson in 1813 at St. Petersburg. He had been serving as private secretary to JQA, then minister to Russia, while Catherine had accompanied her sister to that distant land. To distinguish this couple from numerous other Smiths, CFA often called them “Uncle Smith” and “Aunt Smith.” See Adams Genealogy; Bemis, JQA , 1:154–155, 238.

 8. VIII:30. CFA

1820-01-08

 8. VIII:30. CFA
8. VIII:30.

Arise. No School. Dine at my Uncle Smith’s, evening, Mrs. de Neuville’s ball.

 9. IX:15. CFA

1820-01-09

 9. IX:15. CFA
9. IX:15.

Arise, go to Church. Mr. Henry,1 late, did not hear the text, return, remainder of day at home.

 1.

Sims Henry, a preacher from New Jersey (JQA, Diary, 9 Jan. 1820; LCA’s Journal, 9 Jan. 1820, enclosed in LCA to JA, Jan. 1820, Adams Papers).

 10. VIII:30. CFA

1820-01-10

 10. VIII:30. CFA
10. VIII:30.

Arise. Snow storm, go to School. Greek grammar, return, dinner.

 11. IX:5. CFA

1820-01-11

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11. IX:5.

Arise, weather fair, go to School. Greek grammar, Minora, return. Evening, usual party.

 12. VIII. CFA

1820-01-12

 12. VIII. CFA
12. VIII.

Arise, walk to Capitol Hill, dancing master, not to School, Captain Reid,1 evening, Cardelli.

 1.

Presumably George C. Read, captain of the Hornet (Callahan, Navy List ).

 13. VIII:20. CFA

1820-01-13

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13. VIII:20.

Arise, go to School. Greek grammar and Minora, return, dine, evening, John Boyd.1

1.

John Quincy Adams Boyd, the son of Harriet (Johnson) Boyd (b. 1781), LCA’s sister, and George Boyd (1779–1846). See Adams Genealogy and entry for 1 Aug. 1826, and note, below.

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