1 March 1825
adams-john10 Neal Millikan
101 Tuesday 1. March 1825.

1. VII. Visitors W. N. Edwards of North-Carolina called at my request. Informed him that Governor Branch had given me notice that he should oppose the nomination of Miller to Guatemala— He said Branch and Miller were not upon good terms together. Branch’s only objection, would be to Miller’s former intemperance, from which he was thoroughly reformed— Said he would ask Macon to call upon me— A. H. Everett, W. Plumer, James Barbour, A. H. Tracy— Elisha Whittlesey, M.H.R. from Ohio. W. M’Lean from the same State with a Mr Johnson. N. Van Dyke, S.U.S. from Delaware— George Hay for an answer about the Carriage— I told him I was supplied with one— Commodore Tingey— And at the Office F. Baylies M.H.R.— R. R. Keane with his old claim in a new shape. Genl. Wingate to enquire what would be done with the complaint against M. L. Hill of Bath. Mr Barroso Fereira, the Portuguese Chargé d’Affaires S. L. Southard Secy Navy. and Payne Todd,—son of Mrs Madison, who offered to take Messages to the Senate for me, after the 4th. if I had not otherwise provided— I was at the President’s, and there met Mr Calhoun, who came with papers, to wind up the affairs of the Department of War, under this Administration— We had company to dine— The Judges of the Supreme Court, Marshall, Washington, Johnson, Duval, Story and Thompson—and Messrs. Bibb, Blunt, Bristol, Emmet, W. Findley, Hoffman, C. J. Ingersoll, Edward Ingersoll, Walter Jones, Knapp, D. B. Ogden, J. Sergeant, Swann, Watmough, H. Wheaton, and H. L. White. Richard Peters jr. came in the Evening. C. J. Ingersoll and Peters, spoke in very different terms of R. Rush and his expected nomination as Secretary of the Treasury.

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