Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 2

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Morning at home, assorting Newspapers, Beaumont and Fletcher, dinner party, Baron Tuyll’s, Anniversary, Corps Diplomatique, very splendid, Mr. J. W. Taylor.

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Morning at home, Christmas day, letter from my Grandfather, evening with the family.

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Morning at home, Beaumont and Fletcher, Byron, weather cold, walk to Mr. Frye’s, Christmas dinner, family.

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Morning at home, Beaumont and Fletcher, Byron, dull day at home, evening, family.

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At home all day, Beaumont and Fletcher, Byron, a Drawing room, crowded and stupid.

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At home all day, Indolence, Beaumont and Fletcher, Byron, letter from Richardson,1 evening with the family.

Missing.

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At home all day, Beaumont and Fletcher, Byron, dinner party at home, Mr. Stevenson of Pennsylvania,1 “walking on the edge of a razor.”

James S. Stevenson (1780–1831), a Pittsburgh manufacturer, who served as an Adams supporter in Congress from 1825 to 1829 ( Biog. Dir. Cong. ).

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At home all day, Beaumont and Fletcher, Byron, dinner party, New Year, family, Bishop England,1 arrival of Miss Maese.2

John England (1786–1842), the Roman Catholic bishop of Charleston, S.C. ( DAB ).

J. Mease, a friend of LCA, who lived at 192 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia (J. Mease to LCA, 14 Feb. 1825, Adams Papers).