Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1

Tuesday 22d of August 1780.

Thursday 24th of August 1780.

Wednesday 23d of August 1780. JQA Wednesday 23d of August 1780. Adams, John Quincy
Wednesday 23d of August 1780.

Pappa went out in the morning and came home and dined at home. Our Master comes every morning at six and every noon. Nothing very remarkable this day.

Reading a Volume entitled the World I found this fable.1

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A fable about wisdom and folly, copied on the following half-page of the Diary, appeared in The World No. 120, 17 April 1755. The edition that JQA used is not known.