Adams Papers Digital Edition

Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1

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[5th.] JQA [5th.] Adams, John Quincy
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Sunday dined at Mr. Grand's1 at Passy. Went after dinner to the Chateau de la Muette 2 and saw the Dauphin.

 1.

Ferdinand Grand, the Paris banker of the American ministers, lived at La Chaise, Passy (MHS, Procs., 54 [1920]: 107–108).

 2.

The Château de la Muette, originally a hunting lodge in the Bois de Boulogne, was rebuilt by Louis XV, and Louis XVI often resided there (Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel ).