Cloudy and cold. Morning to Quincy. Day as usual.

The day was not pleasant but I felt obliged to go and attend to my affairs at Quincy which now begin to press upon me. My Wife went with me and stopped at Mrs. T. B. Adams’s. My morning was consumed in writing down tasks and seeing workmen. The ground how- 212ever looks cold and the country ungenial. Called and transacted business with Mrs. Adams and Elizabeth and then glad to get home.

Afternoon, the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties, a work calculated to be somewhat useful. Evening at home. Read to my Wife a part of my Article upon Burr and was a little better pleased with it. Gardiner Gorham came in and stopped it. Afterwards, Read Sparks’ Life of Washington.