"Today, he writes a concise 109-character entry on the weather and his current location: 'Thick fog. Scanty Wind. On George’s Bank. Lat: 42-34. Read Massillon’s Careme Sermons 2 & 3. Ladies are Sick.'"
Amy Farnsworth of The Christian Science Monitor reports that the Massachusetts Historical Society has started a Twitter feed reprinting John Quincy Adams's diary of an 1809 trip to Russia.
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Young Man Eloquent
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1800s,
2000s,
history,
John Quincy Adams,
Russia,
technology,
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Awesome. I am now following it.
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