Colonial New England Spring: Spring 1756

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The following are descriptions taken from John Adams’ diary:

March 1756:

21 SUNDAY.
Vernal Equinox.

22 MONDAY.
A fair but cool morn.

23 TUESDAY.
A fine morn.

24 WEDNESDAY.
Sat out for Worcester. Dined at Dedham and rode from thence in the rain to Mendon…

26 FRYDAY.
A delightful morning.

29 MONDAY.
A little hail and rain fell to Day.

30 TUESDAY.
A fair day.

31 WEDNESDAY.
A cool morning.

April 1756:

APRIL 1756. 1 THURDSDAY.
A very rainy Day. A little Snow.

2. FRYDAY.
Cool and very windy.

5 MONDAY.
A warm pleasant Day.

6 TUESDAY.
A fair Day.

7 WEDNESDAY.
A fair Morning.

10 SATURDAY.
A raw cold day.

12 MONDAY.
Signs of Rain. Cleard off about 10. A most beautiful Day.

12 [i.e. 13] TUESDAY.
A fine morning. A Charming warm Day. Every thing looks gay and lively. The Grass begins to spring, and the sprightly sunbeams gleam upon the houses. The windows are opened, the insects begin to buz, and every thing wellcomes the joyful Spring.

13 [i.e. 14] WEDNESDAY.
A pleasant morning.

14 [i.e. 15] THURDSDAY.
Very warm.

15 [i.e. 16] FRYDAY.
A Stormy Day.

16 [i.e. 17] SATURDAY.
A Stormy Day.

17 [i.e. 18] SUNDAY.
A Stormy Day. For these 3 days past there has been a severe N.E. Storm.

18 [i.e. 19] MONDAY.
The Storm continues.

19 [i.e. 20] TUESDAY.
A lovely Day after the Storm.

20 [i.e. 21] WEDNESDAY.
Charming Weather. The Fields begin to look verdant. The leaves…begin to shew themselves on the apple Trees, and Blossoms on the peach Trees.

21 [i.e. 22] THURDSDAY.
Cloudy, black morning. Cleared away very pleasant…

22 [i.e. 23] FRYDAY.
A pleasant Day.

23 [i.e. 24.] SATURDAY.
A cloudy morn… A showery Day.

26 [i.e. 27] TUESDAY.
We had a few soft, vernal Showers to Day.

27 [i.e. 28] WEDNESDAY.
A cool but pleasant morning.

29 [i.e. 30] FRYDAY.
A hazy, dull Day.

May 1756:

30 APRIL, [i.e. 1 MAY] SATURDAY.
A rainy Day… A stormy Day.

MAY. 1756. 1 [i.e. 2] SUNDAY.
Last night we had rain all night accompanied with a very high Wind, and the storm continues… About noon cleard away.

3 MONDAY.
A pleasant Day.

5 WEDNESDAY.
A very cold Day.

6 THURDSDAY.
A cold day.

10 MONDAY.
A pleasant Day.

11 TUESDAY.
A pleasant [day]… The Weather and the Season are beyond expression delightful. The Fields are coverd with a bright and lively Verdure. The Trees are all in bloom, and the atmosphere is filled with a ravishing Fragrance. The Air is soft and yielding and the Setting sun Sprinkled his departing Rays over the Face of Nature, and enlivened all the Land skips around me. The Trees put forth their Leaves and the Birds fill the Spray.

14 [i.e. 15]. SATURDAY.
A lovely Day. Soft vernal Showers.

15 [i.e. 16]. SUNDAY.
A pleasant morning.

23 [i.e. 24] MONDAY.
A pleasant morning.

24 [i.e. 25] TUESDAY.
A cool, but pleasant Day.

27 [i.e. 28] FRYDAY.
A pleasant Day.

June 1756:

6 SUNDAY.
A great deal of Thunder and Lightning.

Source: John Adams diary 1, 18 November 1755 - 29 August 1756