Morning hazy but gave way to the Sun. This weather is delightful and pays for all the severity of the preceding period. I went to the Office and was busy all day in making my Inventory and returns to my Father of Affairs of my brother’s Estate. The loss on the sales is considerable, rather more than I had expected, but as those affairs are arranged it matters little. I was also busy in removing, to my new Office. This makes the third I have occupied since my being in Boston.1 I hope it will be the last. I should be willing to charge myself forty dollars a year for it if my father should feel himself at all embarrassed. It satisfies me much more than the extravagant appearance of the other one. My Law Books were all removed today, and tomorrow I propose to commence occupation.

Returned home and found Mr. Sparks had left business enough for me to do for the whole afternoon, but I hope that it will be the close. It took me not only the afternoon but the evening to do it. Miss Julia Gorham dined here, and in the evening Edward came in and sat a little while talking very pleasantly.2 I like some points in his character much—Others not quite so well. But as to conversation, he is generally agreeable. We had a very quiet day and nothing at all remarkable about it. I retired as usual.