Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
This afternoon I went and took a ride with Mr. D. out of town. Pretty good weather.
This evening, I went with Mr. Artaud and Mr. D. to the Comedy, where they presented in French le Deserteur a Drama, and Crispin rival de son maitre1 with a ballet. Rainy, stormy weather all day.
Michel Jean Sedaine, Le Deserteur, Paris, 1769; Alain René Le Sage, Crispin rival de son maître, Paris, 1707 (Brenner, Bibliographical List
).
Stay'd at home all day. Mr. D went out in the afternoon. Stormy rainy weather.
This day Mr. Artaud din'd at Mr. Rimberts. Mr. D. went and took a ride in the afternoon. Stay'd at home all day. Cloudy weather.
This day Mr. D. and Mr. Artaud went to the play, where was presented Alzire one of Voltaire's tragedies.1 Went in the morning to see the Statue of Peter the great.
Alzire, ou les Américains, Paris, 1736 (Brenner, Bibliographical List
).
This forenoon the eldest Mr. Montréal came here and I went with him to see the hemp Magazines1 on the other side of the Neva. We walk'd in the Garden. Mr. D. went out in the forenoon. Mr. Rimbert came to see Mr. D.
That is, hemp warehouses, built extensively on an island in the Neva River, in the Petersburg quarter of the city (Storch, Picture of Petersburg
, p. xvi).