Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1

Saturday May 21st. 1785.

25th.

22d. JQA 22d. Adams, John Quincy
22d.

When we rose in the morning, we were out of sight, of Land. We have nothing now but the ocean and the sky around us. The weather being very fine none of us was very sick: but almost all the passengers felt such qualms as prevented them from eating any thing all day: myself among the rest.