Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 2
1825-10-21
Morning at home, finish Vattel, Ben Jonson, Horace, Gonzalve de Cordoue, evening walk, Oyster Supper with Johnson Hellen.
1825-10-22
Morning idle, walk, bath, Johnson Hellen off, Ben Jonson, evening walk, solitary feeling.
1825-10-23
Morning at home, fatigue, and low spirits, very idle, evening, a walk, Don Juan.
1825-10-24
Morning at home, Montesquieu,1 Ben Jonson, Horace, evening, solitary walk, Don Juan.
The Stone Library contains three sets of Montesquieu’s Oeuvres, the earliest published in London, 3 vols., 1769. JQA had two identical sets of De l’esprit des lois, 3 vols., Amsterdam, 1749; one is in the Stone Library, and the other in the Boston Athenaeum.
1825-10-25
Morning at home, Montesquieu, Ben Jonson, Horace, evening, walk, Don Juan.
1825-10-26
Morning at home, Montesquieu, Ben Jonson, Horace, arrival of my father, dinner, Mr. G. Sullivan, H. Sargent,1 evening walk.
Henry Sargent (c. 1770–1845), of Boston, a painter, an officer of the Boston Light Infantry, and formerly a member of the state senate (
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1825-10-27
Morning at home, Montesquieu, Ben Jonson, Horace, evening at home, Don Juan, Conversation with my father.
1825-10-28
Morning at home, Montesquieu, Ben Jonson, walk, Edwd. Wyer, Mr. Frye at dinner, evening, Dr. Thornton.1
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