Morning cloudy, which afterwards changed and became a warm and heavy rain throughout the day and evening. I went to the Office and was very busily engaged in making an assignment according to Mr. Curtis’ paper and request to me. I was so doubtful as to the form that I went to consult with Mr. Kinsman and after some conversation I made out An Indenture of two parts assigning to General Salem Towne all the Interest which the Executors had to certain Notes and Papers relating to a particular Estate at Mount Desart in the State of Maine. The finishing the thing occupied me very nearly the whole morning as I had also to draw up a kind of quitclaim in case any land remained unsold. Mr. Curtis called to see me for a moment but he had changed his mind about the Papers and so left them again with me. I was glad of this as I shall still have an opportunity of Drawing up an explanation of my own deed as differing from that of Mr. Curtis, the lawyer consulted by him.

I returned home and in the afternoon read my usual quantity of Aeschines which was easy and rather interesting. I comprehend this Oration infinitely more fully than I had expected. Perhaps had I continued Greek I should now have been perfectly master of the Language and just at the Age to begin to relish it. As it is I have hardly the time to pursue it. But I find the difficulty of not having a Greek and English Dictionary which must facilitate the study considerably. Having become a Member of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge I was desirous to hear the Introductory Lecture for the Winter course this evening,1 but it stormed so hard and my wife seemed so lonely I decided upon remaining at home and finishing the second Volume of Clarissa Harlowe in reading aloud to her. I also concluded the life of Admiral Blake, which is not much.