- Elizabeth C. Adams
- M’Intire of Needham
In the Nursery I planted in two cross furrows at the Stony-barren— East
of the Alley a row of Leghorn Wheat; with foxy rapes, and West, a row of
Pinus Pinea with Juglans Amara— In a second Earthen ware flower-pot 5
Cores and 10. Seeds of Saint Germain Pears— A man by the name of
M’Intire who said he belonged to Needham,
brought for Sale 30 Russet Apple Trees four years grafted, which I
purchased of him— He said the Spears, Alpheus and Lemuel,
whom he had seen at Brighton, had told him I was wanting some trees, and
as he was going about with some for sale, he had concluded to come round
this way—never having been here before— I walked down to the Mount
Wollaston farm— Alpheus Spear was not at home, but as I was returning
home, I met Lemuel, and engaged him to send for the Trees to-morrow; and
to get them set out as soon as possible— I answered Dr
Waterhouse’s Letter, and sent back his proof Sheets, of
the book he is publishing to prove that Lord
Chatham was the author of the Letters of Junius— One of
the Chapters that he sent me is a discursive Essay upon the characters
of Samuel Adams, John Adams, and John Hancock. He produces however a
number of parallel passages between the Letters of Junius, and the
Speeches of Lord Chatham in Parliament about the same time, which are
indeed very striking; but the same thing has been done before to fix the
authorship of Junius upon Sir Philip
Francis— I resumed again this day for about an hour the
task of assorting my father’s papers— I have some difficulty in fixing a
method by which they may all be arranged, and certainly cannot now get
through with them before my departure 37for
Washington— I may perhaps assort those of the period during which he was
President of the United States— In the Evening I received Letters from
B. Vaughan of Hallowell,
Edward Wyer, and my Son
John— Joseph H. Adams came for his Sister
Elizabeth—