Morning cloudy with every appearance of preparation for a storm but it cleared afterwards. I suffered from a head ach which disabled me from doing much. At the Office. Wife growing better again. Talk principally relating to the ferocious duel at Washington, the details of which are shocking enough. Short walk owing to a lame foot and stop in to see Sayer about my furniture.

I did not read much of Sophocles, but as my head began to trouble me less in the afternoon, I worked upon the coins with some industry and in the evening instead of attending one or two places to which I was invited remained at home following up Eckhel’s prolegomena respecting the coins. The mode of detecting counterfeits is laid down with some pretension but I fancy experience will be the only true guide.