Clouds and rain. At home all day. Evening at the Mansion.

My intention had been to accompany my father to town this morning but as I found that the weather did not promise very favorably, I concluded to remain at home. Began this morning, the diplomatic correspondence of the Revolution and read a considerable portion of Silas Deane’s correspondence. I also spent about two hours at the lower house reading over the file of Mrs. Adams’ letters to my father. They are many of them very good but will not admit of publication just now.

Only a little of Lessing. Afternoon, Lucan. 9. 660–986. The serpents of Africa all enumerated with embellishments. Texier and Grimm. Evening, as it cleared we went to the Mansion.