Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
Went and took a walk with Mr. Artaud in the Jardin d'été.1 Spent the evening and supp'd at Mr. Rimbert's. Fine weather. Thermometer 16. degrees above.0. Took off our double windows.
A public garden located on the banks of the Neva and originally part of Peter the Great's summer palace (Storch, Picture of Petersburg
, p. 40–41).