Morning clear and warm. In town. Afternoon devoted to reading and evening at the Mansion where the De Wint family had been dining.

I have no very good account to give of my morning time, wasted between the house and Office. Afternoon Lucretius 2d book, 150 lines, and a little of Bayle whose letters gain in interest as they come to relate to the compilation of his great dictionary. Mr. and Mrs. DeWint, their daughter Julia, and several others were at my father’s in the evening. No news.