Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
To day Pappa came here and brought me a letter from Mr. Thaxter.1 Pappa Says that the news of the English East and west India fleet is confirmed.
65As I shall have but very few things to put down I shall keep a Journal only the days when there will be something Extraodinary.
Probably that of 21 Aug. (
Adams Family Correspondence,
3:399–400).