Sunday September 7th. 1788.

The Marquis to Sainneville, commander of the french Squadron now in the harbour, and the Chevalier Maccarty de Martegues captain of the Achille, dined here to day. Several other officers were detained by the badness of the weather.1

1. In his line-a-day entry, JQA mentions “Meeting, forenoon” (D/JQA/13, Adams Papers, Microfilms, Reel No. 16).

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Title: Sunday September 7th. 1788.
Author: Adams, John Quincy
Date: 7 September 1788

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Cite as: “Sunday September 7th. 1788.,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/03-02-02-0003-0009-0007. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Diary of John Quincy Adams, vol. 2, March 1786 – December 1788, ed. Robert Taylor J and Marc Friedlaender. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981, p. 453.]