Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 2
1825-07-30
Leave Baltimore, ride to Washington, home, President’s house, family, my Mother, Billiards, evening, Mr. Hopkinson.1
Joseph Hopkinson, the noted lawyer and author of the patriotic anthem “Hail Columbia!,” who had been a Representative from Pennsylvania from 1815 to 1819 (
Biog. Dir. Cong.
).
1825-07-31
Washington. At home all day, conversation with the family, my Mother, John, evening, Mr. Rush.1
DAB
).