18 February 1854
Sat 18 Pleasant—Reading & walking A.M. Reading & walking P.M. Out of the bill all this week. Visited the Theatre in the evening: last night of J. P. Addams who has been playing a round of Yankee characters during the past week—He is now about the best among those who style themselves Yankee Comedians—This being his benefit night he essayed tragedy—playing Sir Edward Mortimore (Iron Chest) and doing it quite criditably too—There was a very good house—C. F. Adams died in Washington city on the 9thUlt. of inflamation of the liver and dropy —He was a noble looking fellow—possessed considerable talent and might have been a credit to himself and his profession had he not been unfortunate in his marriage. Adams was, at one time, a soldier in the United States army, where he rose to the highest rank attainable by an enlisted man: at the conclusion of his term of service he determined to essay the stage, making his first appearance as Virginius on the boards of the old Theatre in "Shires Garden"