Fine day. I generally read German an hour after breakfast which reduces my Office time to two hours a day, as short a period as I can possibly give to business. Kirk called again and I was not prepared. Mr. Spear came in from Quincy, and paid me some money which 33together with some of my own yielded enough for Kirk’s present wants so that this was momentary relief. The New Engd. Shares will not sell. I must dispose of twelve. I could get no walk today on Account of this anxiety.

Home. Ovid. I shall not detail the particulars of every day’s duty performed. Suffice it to say that with the exception of the charm of my study, we go on now as quietly as we ever did at home. The children give us a little uneasiness, but thank God, at present, they look in tolerable health. This is my principal anxiety in life. In these I derive pleasures and hopes which the will of heaven must regulate and I will humbly continue under its guidance to entertain.