Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
This day Mr. Artaud went into the country. Mr. D. went to the French Minister's Hotel in the forenoon. After dinner he 131went and took a ride. Walk'd in the garden in the evening. Fine weather.
In the forenoon Mr. D. went and took a walk. In the afternoon he rode out. Went to the concert in the evening with Mr. Artaud. Fine weather.
Stay'd at home all day. Mr. D walk'd out in the forenoon, and took a ride in the afternoon. Mr. Artaud supped out. Cloudy weather.
Receiv'd the news of a battle between the french and English fleets in the West Indies.1 Went to the shops with Mr. Artaud before dinner. Went in the evening with Mr. D. and Mr. Artaud to the concert. After the concert we walked in the garden. Cloudy weather.
The battle off Les Saintes, a small group of islands between Guadeloupe and Dominica, which took place 9–12 April 1782 and set Adm. Rodney's fleet against that of Grasse, who was defeated (Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence, Boston, 1913, p. 206–226).
Went in the afternoon and took a walk in the garden. Mr. Hoogwerst came to see us. Clear weather.
Mr. D. went and took a ride in the afternoon. Stay'd at home all day. Cloudy weather.
This forenoon Mr. D. went and took a walk. In the afternoon he rode out. Walked in the garden in the evening. Cloudy weather.