Severe cold. Time much as usual. Evening at home.

The morning was devoted to Burr. The whole account of the Presidential Election of 1800 is interesting although it may be questioned whether the time has yet arrived to analyze it critically. I shall not begin until I get an answer from Palfrey.

Continued Electra which I probably finish tomorrow. Devoted the afternoon to writing an answer to my Mother, the first letter I have written to her this winter.1 My time has galloped away in a most remarkable way, and I have done nothing but the Athenaeum coins. In the evening, a quiet time at home and being fatigued, retired betimes.