Morning mild. It rained but afterwards cleared up. I went to the office and was engaged there for some time, in Accounts which I settled. But at eleven I was called to a meeting of the Proprietors of the Middlesex Canal. Nobody there but the Directors and S. P. Blake. The business finished very shortly.

I then returned home to dress for the purpose of attending a Wedding visit of Miss Thorndike who is married to Mr. Mason a son of Jeremiah Mason. I accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Frothingham and my Wife. Mr. Thorndike has built himself a very beautiful house and this is his first time of showing. I do not think it is very discreet to set up such an establishment in a place of such moderate fortunes and of so small a size. But I like to see pretty things without any wish myself to possess any greater share of them than I do. The Company was large and fashionable.

I returned early to my office and went over Accounts until dinner time. Afternoon at home, looking over the letters of Willink, until after eight o’clock, when I went to pay a visit to Mr. Frothingham’s—A family party. W. G. Brooks and his Wife, Mr. and Mrs. F. Parkman, P. Chardon Brooks, my Wife, Mr. Brooks and self, and Miss Mary B. Hall. Home at ten.