Diary of Charles Francis Adams Volume 3, September 1829 – February 1831 Front Matter Title Page Copyright Page Sponsors of Print Edition Advisory Board Contents Descriptive List of Illustrations Foreword Introduction Acknowledgments Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents 1829 September 1829 4 September 1829September 1829. Friday 4th.An accidental circumstance which deprived me of this Book at the proper Season for continuing my Journal in course, has carried me through two other B... 5 September 1829Saturday 5th.Morning to the Office as soon as I found Abby had somebody with her to amuse her. Obtained for my father the Dividend upon his Stock of the Fire and M... 6 September 1829Sunday 6th.I was at home during the whole of the day. Abby would not go out to Meeting and I did not feel as if I could leave her alone. How we passed our day it... 7 September 1829Monday 7th.Morning at home until ten o’clock with Abby. Then finding she had some of her friends coming, I went to the Office. Wrote my Journal but wasted my tim... 8 September 1829Tuesday. 8th.Arose this morning and breakfasted a little late, my wife being quite unwell. I sat with her until Susan Brooks came in, and I then went to the Office... 9 September 1829Wednesday 9th.Morning passed very happily. To the Office but there had for the first time a little fit of dullness occasioned by old reflections which I dreaded, an... 10 September 1829Thursday. 10th.Morning to the Office as usual but I was able to do little or nothing as I had hardly seated myself before my old friend Richardson dropped in. I was ... 11 September 1829Friday. 11th.Morning after a deal of trouble at home, to the Office. One of the troubles of Housekeeping—My Wife not being accustomed to keeping her things locked,... 12 September 1829Saturday 12th.The morning brought with it better spirits and more contented feelings. I went to the Office after having advised Abby in some of her household misfor... 13 September 1829Sunday. 13th.Morning quietly at home writing my Journal, a thing I have not had an opportunity of doing before on this day for a long time. I enjoyed it exceedingl... 14 September 1829Monday 14th.Morning at the Office after reading for a little while in Devereux to Abby who was suffering from a violent head ach and whose spirits were consequent... 15 September 1829Tuesday. 15th.Morning to the Office after some Conversation with Abby upon the circumstances of my previous history. I talked with her in kindness and in confidence... 16 September 1829Wednesday 16th.Morning exceedingly chilly and disagreeable, so that the house and Country seemed raw and uncomfortable. We took Breakfast and I felt very anxious to ... 17 September 1829Thursday. 17th.Morning at the Office as usual. My occupations are not now decided enough and I must take early opportunity of fixing them. This was the day fixed for... 18 September 1829Friday 18th.Arose early having felt slightly unwell this morning from an attack of pain in the stomach rather common to me at this season of the year though I hav... 19 September 1829Saturday 19th.Morning to the Office. Finding myself in want of occupation I commenced Marshall’s Book on Insurance in order to make myself more familiarly acquainte... 20 September 1829Sunday. 20th.I did not arise in better humour than when I retired the evening past. And I continued feeling quite low spirited throughout the day. I attended Divin... 21 September 1829Monday 21st.Returned to town this morning in Mr. Brooks’ Carriage with him, Miss Lydia Phillips, and Mr. Frothingham, thus leaving Abby at Medford not to return u... 22 September 1829Tuesday. 22nd.Arose rather late and after breakfast which I took in my solitary way, I waited for Abby’s return. She came, but in exceeding low spirits and much aff... 23 September 1829Wednesday. 23rd.Morning after leaving Abby, I went down to the Office and sat reading Marshall a large portion of the time. As I become more regular I find myself bet... 24 September 1829Thursday 24th.Morning to the Office and then according to appointment to the Houses in Tremont Street to look at the roof of Mrs. Longhurst’s. I found there Mr. Tra... 25 September 1829Friday 25th.Morning rainy and unpleasant. After lounging at home as usual considerably longer than I should have done properly, I went to the Office and passed so... 26 September 1829Saturday 26th.Morning to the Office. Occupied in reading a little of Marshall but I did not progress much. I cannot very fully explain how the time was passed but i... 27 September 1829Sunday 27th.Morning fine but of the clear cold weather rather showing the season of November than our present month. My cold was quite bad during the whole day. W... 28 September 1829Monday. 28th.The weather this morning was clear and cold and we enjoyed our ride to town notwithstanding my own peculiar inconvenience from the violent cold which ... 29 September 1829Tuesday. 29th.Morning rainy and unpleasant. I arose suffering very heavily from my cold. I do not know how or when I could have contracted it but it seems as severe... 30 September 1829Wednesday. 30th.My morning after going to the Office was very much taken up by the calls of different individuals, and though my cold made me suffer exceedingly I did... October 1829 1 October 1829October 1829. Thursday. October 1st.Morning at the Office, arranging the Affairs of the Quarter. Received my father’s tax bill for the year and my own for the first time. This makes me ... 2 October 1829Friday. 2nd.Morning at the Office. Spirits rather low. I hold it silly to mention the cause for as my father once said, there are many things which must not be me... 3 October 1829Saturday 3rd.Morning at the Office, after seeing at the House, Mr. Conant, one of the Tenants of the Farm, at Weston. He came to make inquiry respecting my determi... 4 October 1829Sunday. 4th.Morning opened with heavy rain which ceased however at the time commonly fixed to go to Meeting. I went to Mr. Frothingham’s and heard him deliver a S... 5 October 1829Monday. 5th.Morning at the Office, weather cold and blustering. On my way I called upon Mrs. Sidney Brooks to give some of my Wife’s Commissions to her as she is ... 6 October 1829Tuesday. 6th.Morning cold but the weather was clear and the day fine. I went to the Office, but not early as my wife was quite sick with a bad cold caught some day... 7 October 1829Wednesday. 7th.Morning clear and weather warm, so that the weather was fine when we started for the purpose for which I came out—Surveying or overlooking a survey to... 8 October 1829Thursday. 8th.Contrary to my expectation this morning, I found the weather very clear but with a cold Easterly Wind which promised to give us a little want of comfo... 9 October 1829Friday 9th.The morning arose in great beauty. The East Wind which so much troubled us yesterday had spent itself in the course of the night in a frost which cove... 10 October 1829Saturday 10th.The morning was clear but a little cold, and brought with it the close of my stay at Quincy. It has been in some respects agreeable, but in others it ... 11 October 1829Sunday. 11th.Morning cloudy and clamp. Arose and passed an hour in my study in writing. After which I went to Meeting at Mr. Frothingham’s and heard him deliver a ... 12 October 1829Monday. 12th.Miss Oliver, the Tenant of the House in Hancock Street called to pay me her rent for one quarter before I had left the House this morning. This with t... 13 October 1829Tuesday. 13th.Morning at the Office a portion of the time engaged in my usual business of looking over accounts, and arranging further those of my brother’s Estate ... 14 October 1829Wednesday. 14th.Arose a little earlier and by this means succeeded in getting to the Office a little earlier than heretofore. The morning was quietly passed partly in... 15 October 1829Thursday. 15th.The morning afforded us one of the finest specimens of Autumnal weather, we have had this season. I was at the Office but am ashamed to say that I was... 16 October 1829Friday 16th.Morning to the Office, occupied in re-examining for a final disposition the old papers and accounts of my brother. I found two or three which might be... 17 October 1829Saturday 17th.My morning at the Office was considerably interrupted by visitors who came for different purposes of business so that although I attempted something i... 18 October 1829Sunday. 18th.Morning cloudy with an air chilly and uncomfortable. I attended divine service all day at Mr. Frothingham’s Meeting House whither I suppose I shall go... 19 October 1829Monday. 19th.Morning at the Office. Weather exceedingly warm and for the season a little unusual. I went down this morning and attended a meeting of the Stockholde... 20 October 1829Tuesday. 20th.Morning at the Office. A man named Brown called upon me about this eternal business of George’s, and I was obliged to go over the same business with h... 21 October 1829Wednesday. 21st.Morning clear but cold. The weather being of that fine Autumnal kind of which we have now so much. To a man in the vigour of health, no climate is mor... 22 October 1829Thursday. 22d.I accomplished more this morning than usual before going to the Office, and my library in which my servant had made a Fire was so comfortable I regret... 23 October 1829Friday. 23d.Morning fine, with the ground covered with a brilliant white frost, which in it’s appearance resembled snow. At the Office, Mr. Orcutt called to ask m... 24 October 1829Saturday 24th.Morning at the Office as usual. Occupied myself in reading Marshall as much as I could, but owing to frequent interruptions was impeded somewhat in my... 25 October 1829Sunday 25th.The morning was bright and fair and the air as mild as Summer, so that I enjoyed the day considerably. We all attended Divine Service both in the morn... 26 October 1829Monday. 26th.It was impossible to desire a more agreeable day than this. The air was soft and entirely different from that which is our usual climate at this seaso... 27 October 1829Tuesday. 27th.Morning fine but colder as the warm Clouds had dissolved in rain during the night and left us a Clear sky. I went to the Office as usual and was less ... 28 October 1829Wednesday 28th.Morning cool but fine. At the Office as usual and but little interrupted. A Copy of the Life of Arthur Lee being left here for my Father I was tempted... 29 October 1829Thursday 29th.Morning chilly and many Clouds reminding us of the rapid approach of Winter. I was at my Office all the morning and occupied in reading a part of the ... 30 October 1829Friday 30th.Morning at the Office, a Cold Storm threatening us all day. I was engaged in reading the Memoirs of Arthur Lee which I found quite interesting. The fo... 31 October 1829Saturday 31st.The first incident which happened this morning was a fire, and not far from my House. We heard the alarm which proved to be from a house next to that ... November 1829 1 November 1829Sunday. November 1st.The morning was misty and wet, with the air cold and chilly. I attended Divine Service alone all day, at Mr. Frothingham’s, and heard him deliver two ... 2 November 1829Monday 2d.I had two hours of this morning tolerably uninterrupted in which time I read much of the rules of Pleading in Marshall’s Law of Insurance. The weather... 3 November 1829Tuesday. 3rd.Morning rainy and weather appearing much as it has done for some time back, Previous to my going to the Office I called upon Mrs. Lewis in the House a... 4 November 1829Wednesday. 4th.Weather cleared off during the Night so that upon this morning it had turned cool and promised an entrance upon Winter. I went to the Office as usual.... 5 November 1829Thursday 5th.Weather cold and affording us the experience of what here may be called the second Stage of Winter. I went to the Office earlier than usual and sat th... 6 November 1829Friday. 6th.Weather Cold. I should like this Winter as I am now in a condition which will promise something like permanency, to set a Thermometer and record in a ... 7 November 1829Saturday 7th.The morning set in dark and hazy, and it soon began raining, and continued hard and steady during the whole day. I went down to the Office and sat the... 8 November 1829Sunday. 8th.The rain ceased during the Night but gave way only to a high Wind and chilly weather. As we were disappointed in not being able to go to Medford yeste... 9 November 1829Monday. 9th.Morning clear and pleasant for the season. As soon after breakfast as practicable we returned to town. I was better pleased with this visit to Medford... 10 November 1829Tuesday. 10th.Morning Cloudy and warm. I went to the Office as usual and passed my time in translating a part of the Preface of Pufendorf, but was less interested i... 11 November 1829Wednesday 11th.Morning fine but the Weather becoming more and more decisive. I have not yet succeeded in taking a result from my Thermometer which I placed some days... 12 November 1829Thursday. 12th.Morning fine and clear. At the Office as usual. Commenced the corrected translation of the Preface of Puffendorf and finished one page in one of the u... 13 November 1829Friday 13th.I was obliged to rise early this morning in order to get ready to go on my expedition to Weston to sell the wood off part of that Farm. I obtained my ... 14 November 1829Saturday 14th.My eyes opened this morning to behold the snow lying thickly on the earth. This was to me exceedingly sudden and unexpected, and as I must confess not... 15 November 1829Sunday. 15th.The morning was clear and cold. We determined to go to Medford, according to promise while this fair weather lasted. Accordingly we started after brea... 16 November 1829Monday. 16th.The morning was cloudy and very cold. I have not experienced a day yet which felt so cheerless and wintry. We returned to town suffering very consider... 17 November 1829Tuesday 17th.Morning cloudy, which afterwards changed and became a warm and heavy rain throughout the day and evening. I went to the Office and was very busily eng... 18 November 1829Wednesday. 18th.Morning cloudy but as mild as Summer. I went to the Office and was occupied much of the morning in giving an opinion upon the Deed of Mr. Curtis as op... 19 November 1829Thursday 19th.My days now pass in so regular a routine, that I feel as if it was hardly necessary in my Journal to do more than repeat. I went to the Office as usua... 20 November 1829Friday 20th.Morning at the Office. Weather changed again and become cold. I found the glass in my room about 42. degrees of Fahrenheit. I have not as yet succeede... 21 November 1829Saturday 21st.Morning to the Office. Weather cloudy but not cold. Engaged in writing as usual some of my Preface. I find this business so easy that I have lost my t... 22 November 1829Sunday. 22nd.Morning cloudy attended with a drizzling rain, making the day very unpleasant though quite warm. I attended divine service at Mr. Frothingham’s, both ... 23 November 1829Monday 23d.Morning very dark with rain. The weather unusually warm and the Storm attended with Thunder and Lightning. I went to the Office as usual, and very sho... 24 November 1829Tuesday. 24th.Morning at the Office. Weather again turned off clear and cold. I went early this morning to be ready for any call which might be made upon me. Soon a... 25 November 1829Wednesday. 25th.Morning at the Office. Weather bright and cold. I attempted a little translation but did not progress far before Mr. Curtis came in to see and meet my... 26 November 1829Thursday. 26th.Morning opened cloudy and with rain. I sat in my Study after breakfast and wrote a letter to Mr. Sparks besides doing some other little necessary thin... 27 November 1829Friday. 27th.We returned to town this morning, my Wife in the little Carriage with my Father, myself with Mr. Brooks. The weather had cleared off and was rather pl... 28 November 1829Saturday 28th.Morning damp and chilly, I went to the Office unusually late. After doing my usual business of little things which take up time though I hardly know h... 29 November 1829Sunday. 29th.The rain poured in Torrents during the Night, and continued in a kind of drizzle throughout the day. I attended Meeting with my Father both in the mor... 30 November 1829Monday. 30th.The morning was delightfully clear and pleasant for us to return to town but we did not succeed in getting away very early. So many things were there ... December 1829 1 December 1829Tuesday. December 1st.Morning at the Office a little earlier than usual. I find that I waste so much time as to make it necessary for me to attempt a little reformation in ... 2 December 1829Wednesday 2d.Morning at the Office. Engaged in making my Translation, which on this morning I completed, and read over the Whole with some gratification. It satisf... 3 December 1829Thursday. 3d.My father left us this morning before daylight in the Providence Stage. I felt his departure more than I had expected. He has been so kind to me and I... 4 December 1829Friday 4th.Morning at the Office as usual. Time occupied partly in reading the Edinburgh Review. This number has much strong writing in it, but not a great deal ... 5 December 1829Saturday 5th.Morning at the Office. Finished the remainder of the Edinburgh Review. This publication is carried on with much talent and power, but not in the very ... 6 December 1829Sunday. 6th.The morning opened fine and mild but continued not in the same mood. The heat of the weather soon formed Clouds, and the atmosphere became thick and h... 7 December 1829Monday 7th.Morning at the Office. Weather cloudy with mist. I began reading over Mr. Williston’s Book of the Eloquence of the United States. It is a large collec... 8 December 1829Tuesday. 8th.Morning at the Office. The weather was lovely, more like the softness of the latter part of Spring than our harsh and chilly weather of the Season. It... 9 December 1829Wednesday. 9th.Morning at the Office. Continued my Writing which I carried on with spirit and rose from it with an impression that I had done famously. How very dece... 10 December 1829Thursday 10th.Mrs. Everett left us this morning. I went to the Office as usual and passed the morning. My studies were much as usual, engaged in reading Mr. Willist... 11 December 1829Friday. 11th.Morning at the Office as usual. Passed a considerable part of the morning in reading Williston’s Eloquence of the United States, and the different Spe... 12 December 1829Saturday 12th.It was cloudy with wind and rain during the day, being one of those heavy storms of which we have had so many during this Season. But as the wind was ... 13 December 1829Sunday. 13th.The morning opened clear and cold—The weather of that bracing kind which promises health and not suffering. We went to Meeting all day and heard in th... 14 December 1829Monday. 14th.Morning at the Office. Time passed rapidly and yet I did but little. Went to the State Bank and got three Shares of the Stock belonging to George form... 15 December 1829Tuesday 15th.Morning at the Office. My time much taken up without being well able to ascertain how. I sat down and wrote upon the subject of the Bank of the United... 16 December 1829Wednesday 16th.Morning at the Office. The day looked fair and mild after the quantity of rain which fell during the Night. I was occupied as usual excepting that my ... 17 December 1829Thursday. 17th.Morning at the Office. Weather quite cold but nevertheless tolerably agreeable. I was engaged much of my morning in settling accounts for my Father an... 18 December 1829Friday 18th.Morning cloudy with a chill of snow in the Air. I went to the Office and passed my morning quietly though not very busily. Mr. Orcutt came to see me a... 19 December 1829Saturday 19th.The snow was falling gently but fast when we arose this morning but it ceased soon after I reached the Office. My time here was little interrupted dur... 20 December 1829Sunday. 20th.Attended Divine Service all day, at Mr. Frothingham’s Church. The day fine for this month but a little windy. Mr. F. preached in the morning a Sermon ... 21 December 1829Monday. 21st.Morning clear and mild as the middle of Spring. I went to the Office and busied myself as much as possible with my few Law affairs and my Accounts. My... 22 December 1829Tuesday. 22d.Morning clear but rather colder than it has been. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied in my common avocations. I read a considerable portio... 23 December 1829Wednesday. 23rd.Morning at the Office. The Officer came and settled with me for Titcomb’s business which clears that Law business from my Docket which has been standi... 24 December 1829Thursday. 24th.The morning was cloudy and damp, and I did not reach my Office until it was quite late. Indeed this practice of mine is bad, and ought to be corrected... 25 December 1829Friday. 25th.The day was warm but damp. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied in reading Williston, and the Speech of Mr. Ames upon the resolutions of Mr.... 26 December 1829Saturday. 26th.Morning Cloudy but not disagreeable. I went to the Office, and occupied myself in looking up the facts relative to the Affairs with the Indians as giv... 27 December 1829Sunday. 27th.Did not rise very early this morning. But I hope to be able to do so for my time now slips away exceedingly fast. For the two past mornings I had succ... 28 December 1829Monday. 28th.The morning was cloudy when we arose, but it afterwards cleared up and became a beautiful day. One of those mild Winter days which make perhaps the pl... 29 December 1829Tuesday. 29th.Morning fine. I reached the Office quite early and had a fine opportunity for work. I was first interrupted by the entrance of Henderson and his Trust... 30 December 1829Wednesday. 30th.Morning at the Office as usual—The weather a continuation of the fine season of warmth we so unexpectedly enjoy. I was engaged nearly the whole of my ... 31 December 1829Thursday. 31st.Morning Cloudy with a little rain, but yet quite warm. I went to the Office and was busy nearly all the morning in making up my Bills against my Tenan... 1830 January 1830 1 January 1830January. 1830. Friday 1st.The morning of the New Year broke bright and clear, though much colder than it had been heretofore. It is usually with me the season of reflection upo... 2 January 1830Saturday. 2d.The weather still continued delightfully mild during the whole day. I was at the office engaged in my usual occupations—Arranging my Accounts which fr... 3 January 1830Sunday. 3d.The morning was bright and clear though somewhat colder than I had been accustomed to for the few days past. I had no time to do any thing at home, as... 4 January 1830Monday 4th.We returned to town as early as we could make it out, which was not however before 11 o’clock. The heavy rain which had fallen in the Night gave us a ... 5 January 1830Tuesday. 5th.Morning at the Office. Occupied as usual in arranging my Accounts which take up considerable time and in writing my Journal which takes more. This oug... 6 January 1830Wednesday. 6th.Morning at the Office. As Miss Oliver this morning sent me a portion of her rent I was again occupied in arranging my Accounts, though they did not ta... 7 January 1830Thursday. 7th.The morning was cloudy and threatened snow, but it finally cleared away and became very fine, as if it seemed difficult to break up the continued seri... 8 January 1830Friday 8th.Morning fine. I went to the Office as usual but was so much interrupted that I could do little of my reading. The first visit that was paid me was by ... 9 January 1830Saturday 9th.Morning at the Office. Weather fine as usual. I was very busy all the time. Chapman sent over to me his report for the Debating Society which I signed... 10 January 1830Sunday. 10th.The Weather we have so much enjoyed has at last come to an end. We arose this morning in darkness, with a storm raging without. I did not myself feel ... 11 January 1830Monday. 11th.The morning was clear but colder than any we had endured this Winter. I went to the Office as usual and was engaged in occupations which prevented me ... 12 January 1830Tuesday. 12th.Morning cold. At the Office as usual, and engaged in doing my work upon the usual affairs, but on this day I was exceedingly hurried. Rufus Davis agai... 13 January 1830Wednesday. 13th.The Weather was cold and the sky cloudy this morning when I went to the Office. It began to snow but it did not moderate sufficiently to allow of the ... 14 January 1830Thursday. 14th.Morning misty but cold. The fog seemed to attach itself to every thing and freeze as it came, so that every thing presented a white and glossy appeara... 15 January 1830Friday. 15th.Weather misty, and in going to the Office, I found the sidewalks so slippery as to be in a degree dangerous. I stopped at Mr. J. H. Foster’s to decide... 16 January 1830Saturday 16th.I find I have omitted a day. These two records must therefore be transposed in future readings. The weather was misty but no rain. I went to the Offic... 17 January 1830Sunday. 17th.Morning cloudy with rain in the afternoon and evening. It was warm and not exactly seasonable weather. I attended Meeting and heard Dr. Lowell preach ... 18 January 1830Monday. 18th.Morning at the Office. Weather tolerably cold. I dropped in to see how the Workmen came on and found Mr. Hollis tolerably busy at his Work. I begin to... 19 January 1830Tuesday. 19th.Morning cold and clear. At the Office where I had many persons to see me. Mr. Whitney the Tenant of the House came to talk about the rent which is due... 20 January 1830Wednesday. 20th.The morning was dark and lowering and soon after turned into rain. I went to the Office as usual and was busy in making my usual progress in my affair... 21 January 1830Thursday 21st.The morning was bright and clear but tolerably cold. After breakfasting we came into Boston with Mrs. Everett and Mr. Brooks in his Carriage. I went t... 22 January 1830Friday. 22d.Morning mild and pleasant. Went to the Office as usual—My time as much occupied in affairs of business. My tenant called upon me to talk over the matt... 23 January 1830Saturday 23rd.Morning cold but pleasant. I went to the Office as usual. Found myself occupied without knowing how, first in the receipt of a Letter from my Father w... 24 January 1830Sunday. 24th.Arose very late this morning, the weather more cold than at any preceding time this Winter, and I feeling unwell from a severe cold caught upon my pre... 25 January 1830Monday 25th.The morning opened cold and dark, the weather moderating produced snow, and the day was dull throughout. I went to the Office but was not occupied so ... 26 January 1830Tuesday. 26th.Morning bright but cold. The severity of our Winter is coming upon us quite rapidly. But it is now so far in the Season that luckily it cannot last ve... 27 January 1830Wednesday 27th.Morning cloudy with a chilly air. At the Office as usual and for once without interruption and without particular business. Received a letter from my ... 28 January 1830Thursday. 28th.Morning cold but clear. At the Office as usual occupied though not so usefully as I had hoped all my time might be passed. I first regulated my accoun... 29 January 1830Friday 29th.This was the coldest morning we have had this Winter—The Glass being at about zero. It is not often in this latitude that we have it much more severe,... 30 January 1830Saturday 30th.Morning clear and cold. Went to the Office as usual. Occupied in my usual avocations though my time as usual seemed to slip away much faster than I co... 31 January 1830Sunday. 31st.Arose this morning to find the weather changed to intense cold. Every thing even in the parlour was frozen. The change was as sudden as it was disagre... February 1830 1 February 1830February. 1830. Monday. February. 1st.The morning presented the appearance of the depth of winter. The Snow was falling heavily and the sky was dark. I arose and went to the Office. My mor... 2 February 1830Tuesday. 2d.The morning was cloudy and cold though not to be compared with what has preceded. I went to the Office and employed myself as usual. I have directed W... 3 February 1830Wednesday. 3d.Morning cloudy with snow but it soon stopped and produced a pleasant day. I went to the Office as usual and was engaged in the transaction of business... 4 February 1830Thursday. 4th.Morning clear and pleasant. Went to the Office and was busy nearly the whole of my Common period of time in copying the report of Mr. Sullivan upon th... 5 February 1830Friday 5th.Morning clear. The weather is now steady Winter, and not in itself very disagreeable. The snow now lies hard on the surface and makes a pleasant chanc... 6 February 1830Saturday 6th.Morning to the Office. Weather again severely cold, although I did not feel it nearly so much as before. My Wife received an amusing Letter from my Fa... 7 February 1830Sunday. 7th.Morning again severely cold. Miss Phillips who returned to us on yesterday, Abby and I attended divine Service this morning and heard Mr. Emerson prea... 8 February 1830Monday 8th.The Snow had fallen heavily and had already given to us a very considerable addition to our mass of snow and extended the probable period of our sleig... 9 February 1830Tuesday. 9th.Morning at the Office. Time occupied in making my record for the three preceding days which was somewhat laborious. Called in to see Mr. Brooks who se... 10 February 1830Wednesday. 10th.Morning at the Office. The Weather which for three weeks past has been cold this day moderated so much that the snow began to disappear with amazing r... 11 February 1830Thursday. 11th.The morning was warm and pleasant. Quite a change from what it has been, and the snow went off in quantities until about twelve o’clock when it began ... 12 February 1830Friday 12th.The cold was again extremely severe with us. But I have now become so much accustomed to the temperature which now is common that I mind it very littl... 13 February 1830Saturday. 13th.Morning clear and cold. Our weather as yet does not moderate. I have very seldom known a more severe month. I went to the Office, after having markete... 14 February 1830Sunday. 14th.The morning was severely cold. I attended divine service at Mr. Frothingham’s Church in the morning, and heard Mr. Sewall preach rather a dull Sermon.... 15 February 1830Monday. 15th.The weather still cold, but cloudy. Went to the Office as usual and that part of my time which was not occupied in writing my Journal, was passed in r... 16 February 1830Tuesday. 16th.The morning cloudy with a kind of drizzle which freezing when it reached the pavements made the walking slippery and dangerous. I got down as well as ... 17 February 1830Wednesday. 17th.The morning was cloudy and weather disagreeable. I went to the Office as usual first going to inquire of Mr. Brooks what the proposed arrangement migh... 18 February 1830Thursday. 18th.Morning mild and pleasant. Went to the Office as usual and to see Mr. Brooks who told me he had brought my Wife in with him so that I need not go out.... 19 February 1830Friday. 19th.The morning was extremely mild and agreeable. I went to the Office and occupied myself as usual in my reading going out only to see Mr. Brooks for a m... 20 February 1830Saturday 20th.Morning hazy but soon changed to a clear sun and a lovely day. I went to the Office as usual and passed my time much as usual, first reading Mr. Hayne... 21 February 1830Sunday. 21st.The day was again exceeding lovely and beautiful. I attended divine service this morning and heard Mr. Sewall preach a long and tedious Discourse whic... 22 February 1830Monday. 22d.Morning pleasant, but it turned out a damp and disagreeable day. I went to the Office and wrote my Journal as usual, but my head did not feel in good ... 23 February 1830Tuesday. 23d.Morning again delightful. I went to the Office, and was occupied in continuing the abstract of my brother’s Inventory. This took me nearly the whole m... 24 February 1830Wednesday. 24th.The morning was again clear and lovely. I went to the office however feeling heavily and not yet free from head ach. My time was taken up in writing m... 25 February 1830Thursday. 25th.Morning hazy but gave way to the Sun. This weather is delightful and pays for all the severity of the preceding period. I went to the Office and was b... 26 February 1830Friday 26th.Morning fine. The Weather for the past week or ten days gives new life to a man, though I must confess that during nearly the whole of it, I have been... 27 February 1830Saturday 27th.Morning at the Office. Weather mild and pleasant. I was at the Office and spent a large part of the time reading Webster’s Speech which should have be... 28 February 1830Sunday. 28th.The morning was bright and fine but far colder than it has been for a long time. The weather becoming more in the character of the Climate. After brea... March 1830 1 March 1830March. 1830. Monday. March 1st.The morning was much colder than any of the preceding for a very considerable number of days, and the ground was frozen hard and stiff. We started to ... 2 March 1830Tuesday. 2d.Morning cold and Cloudy, making quite a dull day. I went to the Office as usual and was quite uninterrupted all the morning. My father’s Affairs troub... 3 March 1830Wednesday. 3rd.Morning cold but clear, latterly as a violent March Wind arose and dispersed the fog. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied the larger part o... 4 March 1830Thursday. 4th.Morning clear, and tolerably mild. At the Office as usual, where I was occupied in reading Williston. Drew my quarterly Check from Mr. Brooks and depo... 5 March 1830Friday 5th.Morning fine. The weather like Spring. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied in reading Williston very pleasantly. Commenced Mr. Pinkney’s Sp... 6 March 1830Saturday. 6th.Morning cloudy and dark. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied in my usual affairs all the morning. Mr. Jackson the Painter called to tell me... 7 March 1830Sunday. 7th.The Morning was misty with Clouds, but mild. Immediately after breakfast, I started with my Wife to go to Medford. We had a very tolerable ride for th... 8 March 1830Monday 8th.Morning mild and clear. We returned to town from Medford and I went directly to the Office. My time was taken up insensibly without having any particu... 9 March 1830Tuesday. 9th.Morning at the Office. Weather very much changed from being mild to a tolerably severe degree of cold. I passed the time much as usual. Finished the f... 10 March 1830Wednesday. 10th.Morning dark and cloudy. Went to the Office as usual. But felt exceedingly dull and depressed all day. My father’s business weighs upon my mind and in... 11 March 1830Thursday. 11th.Morning cloudy, but mild. Went to the Office as usual, and passed my time in writing my Journal. Mr. Hurlbert is a man who was burnt out of his premis... 12 March 1830Friday. 12th.Morning bright though rather cool. I went to the Office as usual and was as usual very much disturbed in the disposal of my time, and interrupted more... 13 March 1830Saturday. 13th.Morning at the Office. The weather was hazy and became warm in the course of the day. I passed the time in reading the Newspapers, and in the many kin... 14 March 1830Sunday. 14th.The morning was cloudy and soon after breakfast it began to rain in torrents. The first approaches of Spring. We were prevented from going to Medford ... 15 March 1830Monday. 15th.The morning was cold and clear. We returned to town, though rather late. I went directly to the Office where I received a notice that the President of... 16 March 1830Tuesday. 16th.Morning clear. At the Office, after inquiring and ascertaining the character of Mr. Spear. Found the reference so good that I decided upon accepting h... 17 March 1830Wednesday. 17th.Morning cloudy. Went to the Office as usual, but being about to try to make a settlement with all the little outstanding debts to this concern, I acco... 18 March 1830Thursday. 18th.Morning at the Office as usual. The weather was still rainy but cleared up bright at noon. My time was very much broken by interruptions. Farmer came ... 19 March 1830Friday 19th.The day was beautiful and I went out very early in order to have an opportunity to see Mr. Fletcher upon this disagreeable business of Storer’s. I tal... 20 March 1830Saturday 20th.Morning at the Office. The day was fine, and I walked out without my coat. The first thing I did was to go and see Miss Welsh and make a final settlem... 21 March 1830Sunday. 21st.The morning was lowering and an easterly wind made it chilly and disagreeable. In order to avoid the rain we started from Boston early after breakfast... 22 March 1830Monday. 22d.The morning came in the most lovely shape of Spring, bright and warm. We returned to town and I found myself at the Office writing with my windows ope... 23 March 1830Tuesday 23rd.Morning as it opened surprised us with the sight of snow. After such a day as yesterday, it might have been expected, but it certainly was not welcome... 24 March 1830Wednesday. 24th.Morning clear, and mild enough rapidly to dispel the snow which had only fallen to vanish. I went to the Office and occupied myself as usual, in readi... 25 March 1830Thursday. 25th.Morning clear and tolerably mild. Went to the Office as usual and passed my morning in reading Williston and in business affairs. This Agency is far f... 26 March 1830Friday. 26th.The opening of the day brought with it winter and storm. The snow was several inches deep already, and rapidly increasing with a violent wind from the... 27 March 1830Saturday. 27th.Morning clear and the snow began to melt with great rapidity. I went to the Office as usual and passed most of the morning in writing to my Father. Dr... 28 March 1830Sunday. 28th.The morning was bright but chilly with a harsh March wind blowing. Immediately after breakfast, Abby and I went to Medford. The ride was the least ple... 29 March 1830Monday. 29th.Morning mild, and had there been no snow on the ground, would have been as lovely as last Monday. Went to town with Abby. At the Office where I found ... 30 March 1830Tuesday. 30th.Morning mild though with an East Wind. At the Office as usual. Time passed in a rather useless manner. As I have finished Williston and not yet assume... 31 March 1830Wednesday. 31st.Morning thick and cloudy, with a slight rain and a cold Easterly wind. Went to the Office as usual and was engaged in making up my Quarterly Accounts.... April 1830 1 April 1830Thursday. April 1st.The day was lovely, full of the softest feeling of Spring. I went to the Office early and passed my morning in making up the accounts falling due at t... 2 April 1830Friday. 2d.Morning not so pleasant, the wind being easterly. At the Office as usual. Occupied in my Accounts as usual. Received a small portion of rent from my T... 3 April 1830Saturday 3rd.Morning fine. Went to the Office expecting to have considerable time to read Marshall, but as it turned out entirely interrupted. My first visitors we... 4 April 1830Sunday. 4th.The morning was cool but clear. After some deliberation, we decided upon going to Medford, and as usual went in Mr. P. C. Brooks’ gig which we borrowe... 5 April 1830Monday. 5th.The day was bright and clear. We returned to town after breakfast, and I went to the Office directly. My time was taken up first in writing my Journal... 6 April 1830Tuesday. 6th.Morning at the Office. The Easterly winds have now set in and give the usual disagreeable chill to the Air. I walked down to State Street, and receive... 7 April 1830Wednesday. 7th.Morning cold and blustering. I went to the Office as usual. Heard of the murder of Mr. Jos. White at Salem, a shocking affair enough. Found in his bed... 8 April 1830Thursday. 8th.This was the day appointed according to immemorial custom for the annual fast—One of the practices of the puritans of whom I am reading. I did not the... 9 April 1830Friday 9th.Morning at the Office. The day promised fair but became gloomy and cold. I passed the larger part of my time in reading Marshall. The prolixity of his... 10 April 1830Saturday 10th.Morning cold and gloomy. I went to the Office and passed my time as usual in reading Marshall, excepting a small portion of it devoted as usual to the... 11 April 1830Sunday 11th.The morning was cheerless and gloomy, the East Wind prevailing in all its severity at this period of the year. Abby and I went together to Medford to ... 12 April 1830Monday. 12th.The dark, cold, and gloomy weather continues. We returned to town this morning, and I passed the morning at the Office. Received a letter from my fath... 13 April 1830Tuesday. 13th.Morning again gloomy and cold, with rain and snow. I went to the Office as usual and received a letter from my father upon miscellaneous subjects whic... 14 April 1830Wednesday. 14th.Morning at the Office. Occupied in Graham’s second volume which is exceedingly interesting. It contains the History of the rise of the settlement of M... 15 April 1830Thursday 15th.Morning at the Office. The day was mild and bright though the Easterly wind prevents any softness in the air. Occupied all the morning in reading Grah... 16 April 1830Friday 16th.Morning clear, but still having much in it of the East Wind. I went to the Office as usual and read Graham without interruption during the morning so ... 17 April 1830Saturday. 17th.Morning clear but with the usual chill in the Air from the East wind which is generally prevalent at this season. I went to the Office a little under ... 18 April 1830Sunday 18th.Morning clear, but with a cold and cheerless wind. I had anticipated a pleasant ride to Medford, but was somewhat disappointed. The east predominated ... 19 April 1830Monday. 19th.This was the first morning that the Spring Season had manifested itself in an unequivocal manner, and therefore quite delicious. The air was soft and ... 20 April 1830Tuesday. 20th.Morning mild and like Summer. I went to the Office as usual. This weather does not produce a very pleasing effect upon me as it used to, my mind is no... 21 April 1830Wednesday. 21st.The weather continues warm even to the sultry feeling of Summer. I went to the Office as usual and passed my time in reading Graham’s History of the s... 22 April 1830Thursday. 22d.Morning at the Office. The weather grows warmer rather than more cold and begins to make us feel as if Summer had really come. It is delightful to sen... 23 April 1830Friday 23d.The morning was sultry but before noon the wind changed and brought with it the chill to the air which always comes from the East. At the Office, occu... 24 April 1830Saturday 24th.Morning cold and rainy. I went to the Office as usual and passed the morning in a manner not quite so profitable as I might have done because I had no... 25 April 1830Sunday. 25th.Morning cold and gloomy. We doubted a considerable time as to the expediency of going to Medford and finally hit upon that side of the alternative whi... 26 April 1830Monday. 26th.The day was mild but exceedingly windy, so much so that upon riding back to town I felt exceedingly apprehensive that we should be blown over. My head... 27 April 1830Tuesday. 27th.Morning bright and somewhat cold. Went to the Office as usual, and occupied myself in my father’s Accounts and business affairs. Called to see Kinsman... 28 April 1830Wednesday. 28th.The morning was cool but agreeable. I went to the Office and occupied myself as usual, in doing little or nothing, yet I seemed employed. Called upon ... 29 April 1830Thursday 29th.Morning delightful. Went to the Office as usual and passed my time in reading with little interruption. Miss Wells only came to pay a month’s rent for... 30 April 1830Friday 30th.Morning lovely. One of those warm days in which the body feels languid but not unpleasant. They are rare in this Climate, but we have had several of t... May 1830 1 May 1830Saturday May 1st.Morning very warm. Finished my last reading of my Article and all my doubts by writing a note to Mr. Everett and submitting the whole to him. Good, ba... 2 May 1830Sunday. 2d.Morning cloudy with a mild wind blowing from the South. I decided upon remaining in town until eleven o’clock, during which time I finished copying my... 3 May 1830Monday. 3rd.The morning commenced very mild and pleasant but did not continue so. Clouds began to collect and we had hardly started from Medford on our return bef... 4 May 1830Tuesday. 4th.Morning cold with an Easterly wind and a heavy rain. Went to the Office and passed my morning in reading Marshall attentively—My time having little in... 5 May 1830Wednesday. 5th.Morning clear and mild. Another of the delicious days we have had this Spring. I have never known a pleasanter season in this Climate, and though the ... 6 May 1830Thursday. 6th.Morning rainy but warm. The weather cleared up however very shortly afterwards and produced another lovely day. I went to the Office and passed most o... 7 May 1830Friday 7th.Morning clear with a cool West Wind blowing pretty strong. I went to the Office as usual and sat myself down to study Demosthenes with attention and t... 8 May 1830Saturday 8th.Morning fine although the weather was very considerably cold. I went to the Office after receiving a visit from Miss Oliver my Tenant who paid me fort... 9 May 1830Sunday 9th.The morning was fine but cold, and there had been a slight frost which tinged the leaves of the Clover, but Mr. Brooks thought not enough yet to injur... 10 May 1830Monday 10th.Morning bright but very cold, for the season. There was a frost more severe than that yesterday morning, but whether it affected the fruit remains to ... 11 May 1830Tuesday 11th.The weather was cold and cheerless, and Abby was quite sick with a head ach so that I felt rather dull. Made inquiries about the Horse and received di... 12 May 1830Wednesday. 12th.Morning clear and a little pleasanter, but still somewhat cheerless. This weather coming after that which was so pleasant makes the feeling of it just... 13 May 1830Thursday. 13th.Morning cloudy, and threatening rain, which however did not come on heavily during the day. We had a few slight showers rather pleasant than otherwise... 14 May 1830Friday. 14th.Morning dark with heavy rain. Went to the Office as usual. No letters from my father which I cannot help thinking a little strange. Something must be ... 15 May 1830Saturday. 15th.Morning cloudy, but it cleared up in the course of the day into very fine weather. At the Office as usual. Little or nothing of interest occurred. I w... 16 May 1830Sunday. 16th.The morning was fine but the air cold. The Wind having again become somewhat easterly. We attended divine service morning and afternoon and heard Mr. ... 17 May 183031 December 1831Titlepage 17 May 1830Diary. May 1830 Monday. 17th.Upon commencing another Volume, I always feel disposed to attempt some new method of keeping my Journal, which will have some improvements upon the an... 18 May 1830Tuesday. 18th.Morning cloudy and dull but subsequently cleared up. At the Office rather earlier than usual expecting to see a man on Mr. New’s business. He came but... 19 May 1830Wednesday. 19th.Morning bright. Went to the Office as usual, and sat down to my translation in which I made some progress. My interruptions were of a trifling charact... 20 May 1830Thursday. 20th.Morning delightfully pleasant. Went to the Office and occupied myself a short time in writing an Article which I talk of contributing to a Newspaper b... 21 May 1830Friday. 21st.Morning clear but cool. Went to the Office after calling at several places to see about the different sorts of things necessary to be sent to Quincy. ... 22 May 1830Saturday. 22nd.My letters received last evening discomposed me very considerably. They changed my plans essentially as I do not feel willing to go to Quincy to take ... 23 May 1830Sunday. 23rd.My wife was so unwell this Morning that we did not make any attempt to leave town. I went to Meeting at Mr. Frothingham’s for the first time for sever... 24 May 1830Monday. 24th.Morning quite cold and the wind became Easterly and comfortless. We pay for our fine days in April. Went to the Office as usual, and passed the larger... 25 May 1830Tuesday. 25th.Morning cloudy and cold. The Weather for some time past has been of the most disagreeable kind we have. The Easterly Wind quite sharp and piercing. Af... 26 May 1830Wednesday. 26th.This being the day regularly assigned for the organization of the new Government of the State for the year, commonly called Election Day, and no seaso... 27 May 1830Thursday. 27th.The morning was very pleasant, but the usual change took place at noon, and we were chilled by an Easterly wind. At the Office, but felt indisposed to... 28 May 1830Friday 28th.Morning bright and pleasant. I went to the Office as usual and passed a great part of my time in translating Aeschines. Mr. Chadwick came in and asked... 29 May 1830Saturday. 29th.Morning cloudy and threatening rain. After reading as much of Prior as possible, I went to the Office to stop only a few moments, before the proper ti... 30 May 1830Sunday. 30th.Morning mild, damp but warm. We attended Divine Service all day and heard a certain Mr. Gannet of Cambridge preach, a man whom I had heard once before... 31 May 1830Monday. 31st.The morning was clear and cool. On the whole the month of May this year has been far from pleasant. The East Winds have prevailed very much and checke... June 1830 1 June 1830Tuesday. June 1st.Morning cloudy, damp and cold. Went to the Office as usual, and busied myself about my father’s Accounts, preparing them for him in case he asked for ... 2 June 1830Wednesday. 2d.The morning was lovely, giving us the first specimen we have had of Summer Weather for some time past. I thought I should go to Quincy and went to ord... 3 June 1830Thursday. 3rd.Morning clear and warm. I went down to my Office early in order to find out something in relation to my father’s arrival, but could not succeed. Concl... 4 June 1830Friday. 4th.Morning warm and pleasant. I did not feel very well myself as my Nerves had been disarranged by seeing the family yesterday and being obliged to atten... 5 June 1830Saturday 5th.My Cook came in from Quincy with my father’s man Kirke, and I had to obtain several things for the family directly. Called at Mr. Forbes’ and found th... 6 June 1830Sunday. 6th.Morning cloudy and cold. After breakfast we concluded upon going to Medford today as the family at Quincy are probably in a state of disorder and not ... 7 June 1830Monday. 7th.Morning damp, and warm. We left Medford after breakfast, to return to town. I did not go to the Office however as it was not a business day. The prese... 8 June 1830Tuesday. 8th.Arose and found that instead of a bright day we were having a very heavy rain, with a warm south wind. This did not last, though we had occasional sho... 9 June 1830Wednesday. 9th.The morning was cloudy but turned off quite fine. I began another undertaking this morning in addition to my former ones, to which I have been led by ... 10 June 1830Thursday. 10th.The weather was rainy and unsettled during the morning and cleared off in the afternoon. My morning was not spent profitably. I wasted part at home, a... 11 June 1830Friday. 11th.A very fine day at last. At the Office after having gone down to see Hollis and the Houses which I propose to have shingled. Gave my directions about ... 12 June 1830Saturday 12th.Morning fine and beginning to be quite warm. Went to the Office where I did very little owing to many interruptions. John Kirke, my father’s man came ... 13 June 1830Sunday. 13th.Mild rain until twelve when it cleared off and by evening became cold. Attended divine service all day and heard Mr. Frothingham preach two very good ... 14 June 1830Monday. 14th.Morning at Medford with the weather mild and pleasant. As soon after breakfast as possible we started to return to Boston and I was very busy after th... 15 June 1830Tuesday 15th.Morning at Quincy, instead of rain as we expected, we found a warm sun and a summer’s day. My mother seemed a little better, but so many strange ways ... 16 June 1830Wednesday. 16th.Morning warm, but the wind changed to the eastward in a little while and a thunder shower in the evening cooled the air completely. I went to Boston, ... 17 June 1830Thursday. 17th.Morning warm but the weather soon gave way to an East Wind which chilled the Air for the rest of the day. I breakfasted early and rode to town with my... 18 June 1830Friday. 18th.The morning was cloudy with cold wind and damp air. We left Medford with an uncomfortable ride before us, and it was made still more uncomfortable by ... 19 June 1830Saturday. 19th.Morning warm. Went to Boston, and passed my time as usual in a variety of occupations, first going to the House where I wanted a volume to be returned... 20 June 1830Sunday. 20th.The morning began with a violent rain. So it has been for several successive Sundays. We (My father and I) went to Meeting in the morning in the Carri... 21 June 1830Monday. 21st.The morning was cloudy, and the day attended with rain and a cold Easterly wind. After some deliberation, I concluded not to go to Boston, a decision,... 22 June 1830Tuesday. 22d.As the weather was clear, and my father had business in town, we concluded to go in my Gig. My morning was spent as usual in a thousand little things—... 23 June 1830Wednesday. 23d.Morning clear and cool. Rode to town and passed all the morning as usual in a variety of pursuits. Having written my Journal and been to my House to d... 24 June 1830Thursday. 24th.Morning fine. Rode to town as usual. In reading the Newspaper I was very much struck with an Article in favour of the City’s assuming the expense of R... 25 June 1830Friday 25th.Morning fine. The Summer Weather seems to have set in at last. Went to town as usual and was occupied at the Office in making out the Accounts of the ... 26 June 1830Saturday 26th.Morning fine. My Wife and I left Quincy this morning for some days intending to make a stay for a short period at Medford, according to invitation. Fi... 27 June 1830Sunday. 27th.Morning fine and warm. These two have been the first days in which the weather could be supposed to have shown us Summer. We attended divine service t... 28 June 1830Monday. 28th.Morning very warm. I tried this morning Mr. Brooks’ shower bath before breakfast and found myself exceedingly refreshed by it. The feeling of the morn... 29 June 1830Tuesday 29th.Morning to town. At the Office nearly all day, busy in preparing my Quarterly Accounts, bringing them down to the present period and drawing out a Cop... 30 June 1830Wednesday. 30th.Morning fine, but it seems now hardly possible to go through a day without some rain. I went to town as usual, and passed my morning in making out my ... July 1830 1 July 1830Thursday. July 1st.Morning to town. Mr. Frothingham accompanied me. We agree very well on all subjects excepting political ones. He is much of a Tory. Astonishing how fa... 2 July 1830Friday 2d.Morning clear and warm. I arose very early to enjoy the freshness of the morning air. After breakfast, rode down with my Wife to Mr. E. Everett’s at C... 3 July 1830Saturday 3rd.Morning cloudy and warm. I took my last Shower bath. I have enjoyed them every day this week very much, and regret on their account leaving Medford, a... 4 July 1830Sunday. 4th.This is the great Anniversary of the Nation, and as it comes on Sunday, it would cheat people of their regular celebration if they had not the idea of... 5 July 1830Monday. 5th.The morning threatened to be warm but a pleasant East Wind came in time to cool us. I declined going to town, and passed my day in reading Walpole’s M... 6 July 1830Tuesday. 6th.Morning clear and very warm. I rode to town with the other Horse in my Gig who has been sick. He is a very fine horse and brought me into the City in ... 7 July 1830Wednesday. 7th.Morning warm. Rode to town as usual. At the Office regulating my Accounts both as Agent and in my private capacity. Wrote my Journal and drew the Deed... 8 July 1830Thursday. 8th.The morning was cloudy, which became afterwards rain. Robert Buchanan went into town with me, and I left him at the end of Purchase Street for the pur... 9 July 1830Friday. 9th.Morning cold and cloudy. I rode to town with my Wife who came in for a Bath. At the Office as usual where I read another silly communication from W. F... 10 July 1830Saturday 10th.Morning to town as usual. Passed my morning in writing and reading the North American Review. Interrupted once or twice, by persons calling, and by go... 11 July 1830Sunday 11th.Morning fine. Attended Divine Service all day and heard Mr. Whitney preach a couple of Sermons upon the spirit which is now so prevalent, of Universal... 12 July 1830Monday. 12th.The weather was cold and disagreeable. The wind from the Eastward brought a driving sea mist, which wet me pretty thoroughly before I reached town, so... 13 July 1830Tuesday. 13th.The day was so rainy and disagreeable that I concluded not to go to town at all. My time was very much taken up in commencing upon an Alphabetical arr... 14 July 1830Wednesday. 14th.The morning was clear and as the Clouds that remained from yesterday were passing away, they gave to the Atmosphere a damp, sultry heat which is very ... 15 July 1830Thursday. 15th.The morning was bright and clear. I arose early this morning in order to fulfil my agreement with Robert Buchanan and my brother, which was to go down... 16 July 1830Friday. 16th.The morning was very warm, and I was feeling not a little, the influence of yesterday’s sun, when I started with my Wife to go into town. Our househol... 17 July 1830Saturday. 17th.The day appeared as warm as any of the preceding, being entitled to the rank of our hottest weather. I rode into town and passed the morning at my Off... 18 July 1830Sunday. 18th.The heat had not relaxed in it’s intensity this morning. I have rarely felt the Sun more powerful than it was today upon our going to the Creek to bat... 19 July 1830Monday. 19th.The day was warm but an Easterly wind arose about the middle of the day to make it much more tolerable than any of the preceding ones have been. I rod... 20 July 1830Tuesday. 20th.The weather does not seem to moderate materially, but the East wind which rises in the day prevents one from feeling quite so much it’s violence. I ha... 21 July 1830Wednesday. 21st.Morning exceedingly warm. I rode to town without being at all aware of the severe nature of the heat, or it is more than probable that I should have r... 22 July 1830Thursday. 22d.Another excessively hot day, so much so that I felt unable to advise my Wife to keep her engagement to go to Medford. The Sun seemed to strike a conce... 23 July 1830Friday 23d.The weather changed during the night and this morning we found it quite cool with an Easterly Wind. This put us in mind of fulfilling our engagement. ... 24 July 1830Saturday 24th.The morning was cloudy and from the exhaustion of last week I probably slept much more soundly than usual, for it was breakfast time before I arose. M... 25 July 1830Sunday. 25th.The Morning was as warm as any during the Summer, but it cooled off with rain and a thunder shower before night. We all attended divine service in the... 26 July 1830Monday. 26th.The morning was cloudy and damp with a slight drizzling rain. I rode into Boston very uncomfortably, and passed my morning at the office. Much surpris... 27 July 1830Tuesday. 27th.The morning was very damp and wet. I had felt a slight twinge in the bowels upon getting up, so that I concluded not to go to town today. Instead, I r... 28 July 1830Wednesday. 28th.Morning damp and stormy. This weather seems disposed to hold out a prodigious length of time. I rode to town with John Gorham who while he has been at... 29 July 1830Thursday. 29th.The morning was damp and rainy, so much so that Mr. Brooks decided upon not going to town. As I had remained here once this week, and was anxious to g... 30 July 1830Friday. 30th.The morning opened with continued rain. This is the fifth day that we have not seen the Sun. A fact neither useful nor agreeable to us apparently. Mr.... 31 July 1830Saturday. 31st.The day was not perfectly pleasant though clear—An East Wind coming with a peculiar chill over me, as I did not feel perfectly well. To sick people th... August 1830 1 August 1830Sunday. August 1st.Morning cloudy but more mild. The season is not by any means settled. We all attended Divine Service morning and afternoon and heard Mr. Stetson preac... 2 August 1830Monday. August 2d.Morning cloudy but it cleared away and became pleasant in a short time. I rode to town as usual and found time enough to write my Diary, finish Walpol... 3 August 1830Tuesday. 3d.Morning to town. Weather cloudy and it rained a little. I was very busy during the day, first in going to the House to get the Certificates of State B... 4 August 1830Wednesday. 4th.Morning fine. Rode to town as usual and went to the Office. After remaining there some time to write up my Journal which has of late suffered a little... 5 August 1830Thursday. 5th.As Mr. Frothingham did not go to town today I concluded not to go in my own conveyance but to take a seat with Mr. Brooks. Accordingly we went down at... 6 August 1830Friday. 6th.Morning pleasant. I have resumed my practice of taking the Shower bath before breakfast which I found during my last stay so refreshing. After breakfa... 7 August 1830Saturday 7th.Morning cloudy, but it cleared up afterwards and became warm. Rode to town. My horse gave me a great strain as he took to running after being so unluc... 8 August 1830Sunday. 8th.Morning sultry. I did rejoice at the recurrence of this day, as somehow or other I was excessively tired from the labour of last week. This rambling l... 9 August 1830Monday. 9th.Morning pleasant. Rode to town as usual. Prepared at my Office a Petition to compound with a debtor of New’s Estate, and presented it to the Judge who... 10 August 1830Tuesday. 10th.Morning cool and cloudy, but it cleared away subsequently. Rode to town as usual and went to the Office to my occupations. Felt restless however and t... 11 August 1830Wednesday. 11th.The morning was cool, but as Mr. Brooks went to town alone I thought I would accompany him and not go in my own conveyance. He conversed much with me ... 12 August 1830Thursday. 12th.Morning warm and pleasant, but my Wife was so unwell this morning with the disease incident to the season, that I abandoned the idea which I had taken... 13 August 1830Friday. 13th.Morning quite cool, so that it required a little courage to go into the bath. I have upon this visit found great advantage from this practice in the m... 14 August 1830Saturday. 14th.Morning pleasant. Rode to town as usual. My time very much taken up, first by going to the Athenaeum, then to the Justice Court to attend to Champney’... 15 August 1830Sunday. 15th.Morning mild and pleasant. I attended at Meeting during the whole of the day and heard Mr. B. Whitney of Hingham preach. A man who seems to keep no co... 16 August 1830Monday. 16th.I rode to town this morning more rapidly than usual as my horse was changed for a much more clever one. At the Office, writing and reading when who sh... 17 August 1830Tuesday. 17th.Morning to town as usual. Weather cloudy and warm. I thought I would take this opportunity to go and make a purchase of wine for my father, and at the... 18 August 1830Wednesday. 18th.This is my Birthday Anniversary. And it has been usual with me to take the occasion to reflect upon the past and the future. A very important change h... 19 August 1830Thursday. 19th.The Morning was extremely beautiful, and as my father was desirous of going to town to a Meeting of the Overseers of Harvard University, He, and John,... 20 August 1830Friday. 20th.Morning delightful. Our weather now is extremely agreeable, being neither too warm nor too cold. Rode into town with Abby, and left her at the Bathing... 21 August 1830Saturday. 21st.Morning very clear and pleasant. Robert Buchanan went with me to town as he wished to see a few things of note before he went away. After performing s... 22 August 1830Sunday. 22d.The morning was cloudy and damp as if it had been raining during the night. I walked into the Orchard with my Father and in discussing the subject of ... 23 August 1830Monday 23rd.Morning cloudy. Rode to town as usual. At the Office where I performed my usual duties. Offered my bond for approval by the Judge of Probate but found... 24 August 1830Tuesday. 24th.Morning fair. Rode to town accompanied by my Wife. Left her at the Bath and went myself to the Office. Occupied in writing my Journal as usual, and af... 25 August 1830Wednesday. 25th.The morning was raw and blustering. As I had agreed to accompany Robert Buchanan to Cambridge today, we accordingly started early, and I drove him thr... 26 August 1830Thursday. 26th.The morning opened very dark with a high wind, which in the course of the day increased to a violent gale with floods of rain. I decided upon remainin... 27 August 1830Friday 27th.The Weather looked so exceedingly doubtful that I did not feel very secure to move and in hesitating I lost the proper time. So I occupied myself all ... 28 August 1830Saturday. 28th.The morning was clear and became very warm. I rode to town and passed a great deal of my morning in bringing up arrears in my Diary which had occurred... 29 August 1830Sunday. 29th.Morning clear and pleasant. My Mother is again down with the Erisypelas and confined to her room. We attended divine service and heard Mr. Hedge preac... 30 August 1830Monday. 30th.Morning cloudy and threatening rain. I went to town nevertheless and was busy all the morning. I let the House which Mr. Hollis has at last vacated, d... 31 August 1830Tuesday 31st.Morning pleasant. Abby accompanied me to town to see her Sister Mrs. Sidney Brooks who is now there. I left her at Mrs. Dehon’s and went to the Office... September 1830 1 September 1830Wednesday. September 1st.Morning cool but pleasant. Rode to town as usual and passed my Morning in my common occupations. Went to look at the House which might have suffered b... 2 September 1830Thursday. Sept. 2d.After arriving in town, I spent all my Morning in overlooking the taking in my Coal at my House—Not being willing to trust it to be done without my su... 3 September 1830Friday. 3d.This is the Anniversary of my marriage, one year has passed since that time and I can look back upon it with general satisfaction. If happiness is th... 4 September 1830Saturday 4th.My Catalogue wanted so much of being finished that I concluded to remain at home today and work upon it. Accordingly I was very busy and accomplished ... 5 September 1830Sunday. 5th.The morning was clear and pleasant. My mother, wife and I attended divine Service and heard Dr. Richmond preach very sensible Sermons, but he is unfor... 6 September 1830Monday. 6th.As our things were so numerous as not to be easily manageable in one day’s transportation and I needed one day more to complete the Catalogue, I thoug... 7 September 1830Tuesday. 7th.The morning opened dark and cloudy. So much so that I felt myself obliged to advise Abby to remain here a little while longer. Feeling as if I was bou... 8 September 1830Wednesday 8th.The rain poured all day and precluded the possibility of our moving an inch. So that I made the best of it and commenced reading Rollin’s Maniere d’et... 9 September 1830Thursday. 9th.It seemed as if Rain was the order of the day for we found no cessation of it, and were content with continuing our Quarters here this morning. I purs... 10 September 1830Friday. 10th.Morning still cloudy and threatening. Mr. Frothingham accompanied me to town and I went to the Office as usual. Received a Note from Quincy by Joseph ... 11 September 1830Saturday. 11th.Morning pleasant. Mr. Frothingham rode to town with me to remain over Sunday. I went to my Office after having collected the Dividend due at the New E... 12 September 1830Sunday. 12th.I have resumed the practice of taking Shower baths since coming to Medford although the temperature of the air has altered prodigiously since my last ... 13 September 1830Monday. 13th.Morning cloudy but with a cold East Wind, which was extremely disagreeable. I took the Bath however being quite determined to persevere as long as it ... 14 September 1830Tuesday. 14th.Morning cloudy and cold, with a drizzle from the Eastward. Went to town as usual. My first business was to go to my House to look at it’s condition an... 15 September 1830Wednesday. 15th.Morning extremely fine, one of the first which we have had, for I rarely recollect a Season in which the Weather has been so cold. The Fruit has not h... 16 September 1830Thursday. 16th.Morning fine but cool. I rode to town as usual and was occupied at my Office. Went to the Athenaeum for a few moments, with the view of looking at the... 17 September 1830Friday. 17th.As this was the day destined for the Celebration of the Anniversary of the settlement of Boston, and about to produce a tremendous consequent fuss I t... 18 September 1830Saturday. 18th.Morning fine but rather cold—There being quite a sharp frost. I took a bath but found the water cold and the air colder so that I nearly made up my mi... 19 September 1830Sunday. 19th.Morning clear but so cool that I declined taking the Bath. I attended divine service at Mr. Stetson’s Meeting house all day and heard him deliver two ... 20 September 1830Monday. 20th.Morning to town with Mr. Brooks. Weather fine but cool. At the Office nearly all the morning engaged in my common occupations. Read a little of Hutchi... 21 September 1830Tuesday. 21st.Morning tolerably pleasant although there was a pretty thick fog came up from the Eastward in the course of it. I went in accompanied by Mr. Frothingh... 22 September 1830Wednesday. 22d.Morning cloudy and cold, threatening a storm. Rode to town as usual, and passed a large part of my morning at the House in pursuing the Catalogue of m... 23 September 1830Thursday. 23rd.Morning cloudy but rather warm. Mr. Frothingham accompanied me to Boston which was pleasant enough. He is a man of agreeable conversation and mild dis... 24 September 1830Friday. 24th.Morning remarkably fine, the air being warm and soft. I went to town accompanied by Mr. Frothingham. At the Office part of my time and the rest at my ... 25 September 1830Saturday. 25th.Morning very thick with mist from the Eastward, and so damp that I felt pleased with my Coat, in riding into town. At the Office and from thence to my... 26 September 1830Sunday. 26th.The morning was exceedingly rainy and disagreeable so that the whole family remained at home. Having finished Rollin I hardly knew what to do with mys... 27 September 1830Monday. 27th.Not during the whole Summer has there been a more beautiful morning than this was. The Sun rose clear and with that mellow and autumn light which spre... 28 September 1830Tuesday. 28th.Morning fine. Arose early and devoted an hour to pursuing the Catalogue of my books at my House. Thence to the Office where I had several people inqui... 29 September 1830Wednesday. 29th.Morning fine. My present time of rising is with the Sun, and on the whole I think this is the season in which I most enjoy my health. The weather is c... 30 September 1830Thursday. 30th.Morning fine but pretty cool reminding us of the approach of Winter. Went to the Office as usual, where I was occupied in making up the Accounts for t... October 1830 1 October 1830Friday. October 1st.This is the finest season of the year with us. The weather is clear though cold in the mornings and evenings, and the air has an elasticity very stren... 2 October 1830Saturday. 2d.Morning delightful. Went to the Office. Occupied a considerable time in making out my Accounts, and in preparing a statement of New’s affairs which is... 3 October 1830Sunday. 3d.Morning clear but cold with a blustering wind which reminded us strongly of the approach of Winter. I copied a letter for my father, and held some sub... 4 October 1830Monday 4th.The morning fine and clear again. After breakfast we made ready to return to Boston. My father did not seem in very good humour, probably from the cou... 5 October 1830Tuesday. 5th.Morning delightful, the air being a little warmer than it had been. I occupied my time as usual after breakfast until my Office hour, when I went down... 6 October 1830Wednesday. 6th.Morning pleasant as usual. Went down to the Office and prepared my statement and other papers for the sale of New’s Estate. Wrote my Journal and read ... 7 October 1830Thursday. 7th.Morning cool. Arose quite early and started immediately after breakfast for Weston according to an engagement made yesterday. The weather was cool and... 8 October 1830Friday. 8th.Morning clear but rather cooler than it had been and so much so that I felt very much the want of a Fire. Having made up my Mind about the course prop... 9 October 1830Saturday. 9th.Morning cloudy and it soon after began to rain, which lasted through the day. At the Office after a walk to the south end of the town to collect the D... 10 October 1830Sunday. 10th.Morning cloudy but became pleasant. My father and Mother left us this morning after breakfast, and I felt a sensation of loneliness at my home after t... 11 October 1830Monday. 11th.Morning extremely mild and pleasant. Went to the Office as usual and occupied myself in writing my Journal and arranging my Accounts for my Father. Wa... 12 October 1830Tuesday. 12th.Morning delicious. I finished this morning the work of making the Catalogue and now it only remains to take it off, in a fair Copy. Went to the office... 13 October 1830Wednesday. 13th.Morning cloudy and soon broke into a regular, steady rain. We reached home however in good time and I went to the Office as usual. Occupied all the mo... 14 October 1830Thursday. 14th.Morning at the Office as usual. My wife was not well and confined to her room. Mr. Grosvenor the purchaser of New’s Estate in Cambridge Street called ... 15 October 1830Friday 15th.Morning cloudy with occasional rain. The weather altogether being more like May than October. Went to the Office where I had much conversation with Mr... 16 October 1830Saturday. 16th.Morning at the Office. Occupied in writing my Journal, reading Minot and reflecting upon the business of the Election. Several little affairs took up ... 17 October 1830Sunday. 17th.The day was very beautiful, being fine Autumn weather. I attended Divine Service both morning and afternoon and heard Mr. Frothingham deliver a Sermon... 18 October 1830Monday. 18th.The day opened cloudy and soon settled into a regular rain. My Mother however finished her visit which has been a pleasant one to me, and returned to ... 19 October 1830Tuesday. 19th.The day was cloudy and dull. I went to the Office and passed my time in sorting the papers which have been accummulating upon me for a long time past.... 20 October 1830Wednesday. 20th.Morning beautiful and mild. I went to the Office as usual, and passed my time a little better than I have been in the practice of doing heretofore—As ... 21 October 1830Thursday. 21st.Morning clear again after the showery weather which came on last Evening. I went to the Office as usual, but passed a large portion of my morning at a... 22 October 1830Friday. 22d.Morning clear and pleasant. At the Office as usual. Occupied in my Occupations of account and in settling some outstanding demands, until eleven o’clo... 23 October 1830Saturday. 23rd.Morning clear and cool. Went to the Office and was busy all the morning at it, reading Mr. Meisel on a proper diplomatic style. He illustrates as he g... 24 October 1830Sunday. 24th.Morning clear but showing the advances of Winter upon us. The Country looks bleak and cheerless, and I feel no disposition to seek it. Attended Divine... 25 October 1830Monday. 25th.Morning clear and pleasant but cold. After breakfast we returned to town with Mr. Brooks in the Carriage. I went to the Office after a visit from Miss... 26 October 1830Tuesday. 26th.Morning quite cold. After breakfast and the half hour to which I have now become limited in my Catalogue, I walked out first going down to see the Ten... 27 October 1830Wednesday. 27th.Morning thick, but it cleared away mild and pleasant. Went to the Office as usual and busied myself much of the morning in sorting and destroying Pape... 28 October 1830Thursday. 28th.Morning foggy and thick, but it cleared away and became a mild and beautiful day. I went to the Office and passed my time in reading Monsieur Meisel. ... 29 October 1830Friday. 29th.Morning bright and exhibiting all the beauty of Winter commencing. With us this Autumnal Season is the finest in the year. It braces and enlivens. At ... 30 October 1830Saturday. 30th.Morning clear, beautiful weather. I went to the Office after walking up to see what was to be done at the Tenements in Tremont Street which I am overl... 31 October 1830Sunday. 31st.Morning cloudy but the day was clear, mild and beautiful. I attended with Abby in the morning at Mr. Frothingham’s Church and heard Dr. Lowell preach ... November 1830 1 November 1830Monday. November 1st.It rained this morning but the weather was very mild and pleasant. I went to the Office and regulated my Accounts for last Month, bringing up my Bank ... 2 November 1830Tuesday. 2d.Morning clear and mild. After writing a little while I went to the Office as usual and was busy in writing and correcting my Article. But my father’s ... 3 November 1830Wednesday. 3rd.This was the day fixed for the sale of the Wood at Weston. But it looked so cloudy and dark in the morning that I hesitated much about going. At last ... 4 November 1830Thursday. 4th.Morning clear after the Storm, though I felt heated and with a slight cold which did not do much to make me comfortable. Went to the Office where I sp... 5 November 1830Friday. 5th.Morning clear and cold. Went to see the Tenements which are undergoing pretty thorough repair. The middle one strange to say does not let though the c... 6 November 1830Saturday. 6th.Morning at the Office. Occupied myself in writing, making up Accounts, and reading Mons. Meisel. Took a short walk and by accident met Mr. Degrand wit... 7 November 1830Sunday. 7th.Morning dark and cloudy, so much so that I doubted the expediency of starting for Quincy, but considering on the whole that it was of some consequence... 8 November 1830Monday. 8th.Weather dark and gloomy. I went to the Office as usual and occupied myself first in writing and making up my Accounts, afterwards in beginning upon th... 9 November 1830Tuesday. 9th.The day was cloudy with rain. I went to the Office and busied myself all the morning in learning my share of the German Grammar. I found upon a review... 10 November 1830Wednesday. 10th.Morning still cloudy and dark. I have not progressed much since my review took me away from it, in the Catalogue of my father’s Library. But now that ... 11 November 1830Thursday. 11th.This day presented no pleasanter prospect to us than either of the preceding—The wind still holding to the Eastward, our Stormy point. I went to the O... 12 November 1830Friday. 12th.The dark and dismal weather still continues without improvement. My spirits are not at this moment, I thank Heaven, particularly liable to depression ... 13 November 1830Saturday. 13th.Nothing but rain. I went to the Office and was busy in digesting matter for the discussion at the Debating Society this evening. I wrote out the whole... 14 November 1830Sunday. 14th.Astonishing how the weather holds on stormy. It was as bad today as it has been at any time. My Wife was confined to her bed all day. I attended divin... 15 November 1830Monday. 15th.The day was not an improvement upon any of the preceding. I went to the Office as usual and occupied myself in making up my Accounts as well as writin... 16 November 1830Tuesday. 16th.The wind changed and the weather which had been hazy became at last pretty clear. The Sun showed himself to us again and animated the scene which has ... 17 November 1830Wednesday. 17th.The morning was fair and uncommonly mild. Our season here has been altogether of a soft nature so far, particularly when I come to compare it with the... 18 November 1830Thursday. 18th.This was at last a clear day, and it was mild and beautiful indeed. Hitherto we have experienced hardly any frost to touch the ground which is very un... 19 November 1830Friday. 19th.Morning pleasant. Went to the Office as usual and occupied my time upon the German Grammar, upon which I made some progress. I think I have now got fa... 20 November 1830Saturday. 20th.The day was pleasant, although it afterwards became cloudy. I went to the Office as usual, where I was busily occupied in my common avocations of Acco... 21 November 1830Sunday. 21st.The morning was clear but cold. I passed the day very quietly, heard Mr. Whitney preach morning and afternoon, two Sermons very much in his usual styl... 22 November 1830Monday. 22d.The day opened in darkness and clouds. After breakfast it commenced raining and held on so pretty violently until night. We returned to Boston in the ... 23 November 1830Tuesday. 23d.The morning was clear and only cool. I went to the Office as usual after a little progress upon my Catalogue. My time was taken up in making up my Acc... 24 November 1830Wednesday. 24th.Morning cloudy with occasional rain. I went to the Office as usual and occupied myself in a variety of ways. First in my Accounts which have latterly ... 25 November 1830Thursday. 25th.Our weather today was violently stormy notwithstanding the long continuation of the bad season. The rain set in at eleven o’clock and it continued all... 26 November 1830Friday 26th.The air had a much colder feeling this morning, and more suitable to the advanced period of the Season. But it was still cloudy and drizzle. I went to... 27 November 1830Saturday. 27th.Morning clear and much colder than heretofore. I went to the Office as usual and received a visit from Mr. D. Greenleaf about the Shares of the Nepons... 28 November 1830Sunday. 28th.The day was a very fine one. I attended Divine Service all day, and heard Mr. Stetson preach a very able and useful Sermon upon the practice of Slande... 29 November 1830Monday. 29th.The morning was cloudy and cold. It cleared away however in the course of the day. We returned to town with Mr. Brooks and had a pretty cold time. I g... 30 November 1830Tuesday. 30th.Much to my surprise, I found the day as stormy as that on Thursday. The rain set in from the Eastward and continued with a high wind all day. I went t... December 1830 1 December 1830December 1830. Wednesday. 1st.Morning cloudy but the weather became gradually mild and clear. I went down to the Market to see what Thanksgiving was to be seen. The display was not... 2 December 1830Thursday. 2nd.This was the regular day allotted by the State Authorities according to custom, to the purpose of offering thanks for the manifold blessing received b... 3 December 1830Friday. 3rd.The day was warm but threatened with many Clouds. I spent more than an hour after breakfast, copying papers for my father. After executing these, I go... 4 December 1830Saturday. 4th.Morning opened very fine, for which I was very glad as I hoped it would afford a fine opportunity for my Mother to get on in her Journey. I went to th... 5 December 1830Sunday. 5th.Another fine day which I hope my Mother will be induced to improve, and thus take her out of the reach of our bad weather hereafter. According to my c... 6 December 1830Monday. 6th.The morning was dark and cloudy and it commenced raining, changed afterwards to Snow and assumed the regular appearance of one of our North Easters. I... 7 December 1830Tuesday. 7th.I find I have got into a regular practice of beginning my daily Journal with an Account of the Weather. Perhaps this is not without it’s use, though i... 8 December 1830Wednesday. 8th.Morning mild and clear but it clouded up before midday. I awoke with a most excruciating head ach and had been up only a few minutes before it was fol... 9 December 1830Thursday. 9th.Morning clouds and rain. But the latter stopped soon. My head did not feel perfectly clear yet, and I was apprehensive I should be laid up. But by a l... 10 December 1830Friday. 10th.Morning clear and very windy. I went to the Office as usual and was busy in my common way without any definite result. I dispatched however all busine... 11 December 1830Saturday. 11th.Morning clear and pleasant. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied first in reading a letter from my Mother, giving an Account of her perils a... 12 December 1830Sunday. 12th.Morning bright but quite cold. The weather appears now to have become tolerably settled, and not more severe than one expects at this season. I attend... 13 December 1830Monday. 13th.Morning clear and quite cold. I went down first to see the Irish Woman, Tenant of my Father’s Tenement, and warn her to go out as she pays no rent. Th... 14 December 1830Tuesday. 14th.Morning cold and cloudy. I went down on my usual walk to see my Irish Tenant, and thence went to the Office. Arranged my usual business and then went ... 15 December 1830Wednesday. 15th.Morning cloudy and warm with heavy rains, which came on at intervals more like the Summer than this season. I went to the Office, where after talking ... 16 December 1830Thursday. 16th.Morning clear and cold. I walked down to the Tenements to get out my annoyance of an Irish Woman. She has moved herself but one of her Tenants is stil... 17 December 1830Friday. 17th.Morning bright and clear. I went to the Office after having paid my usual visit to the Tenements to see how they are going on. Found the Irish Tenant ... 18 December 1830Saturday 18th.Morning at the Office as usual. Received a letter from my Mother at Philadelphia but in the Account reached no farther than New York. She is well and ... 19 December 1830Sunday. 19th.The Weather was hazy and portended snow which however did not begin to fall until evening, at least in any quantity. I attended divine Service at the ... 20 December 1830Monday. 20th.Morning cloudy and cold. Snow though not in large quantities had fallen during the night. I went to the Office and what with my Journal, my Accounts a... 21 December 1830Tuesday. 21st.Winter in Mr. Sparks almanack is said to begin today, and certainly the weather looked not unlike it when we arose. The snow fell thick and heavily, b... 22 December 1830Wednesday. 22d.This was the coldest morning, we have yet experienced this year, and is no very pleasant presage of what we are about to suffer during this winter. I ... 23 December 1830Thursday. 23d.This morning was colder than yesterday and on the whole affords a bitter specimen of the severity of the Winter. I have rarely felt the action of the ... 24 December 1830Friday. 24th.Much milder weather this morning. I went down to the Office as usual. Found there a letter from my Father, requesting information of some missing thin... 25 December 1830Saturday. 25th.Christmas day and a very stormy one. It did not prevent me from going to the Office as I considered that staying at home was impossible from the dange... 26 December 1830Sunday. 26th.This was a lovely day more like the softer air of the Spring Season than the weather common at this time of the year. My Wife went with me to Meeting ... 27 December 1830Monday. 27th.The day was one of heavy and constant rain and very dark. I went to the Office as usual and enjoyed a very quiet uninterrupted morning. I passed my ti... 28 December 1830Tuesday. 28th.Morning mild and pleasant. Went to the Office as usual, and received a letter from my father at considerable length, in which he answers a casual expr... 29 December 1830Wednesday. 29th.The day was a very pleasant one, and seems to be paying with the rest of our present week for the severity of the past. I went to the Office as usual ... 30 December 1830Thursday. 30th.Another very pleasant day. I went to the Office as usual and spent my time in preparing my Accounts for the Quarter, in writing my Journal and in cont... 31 December 1830Friday. 31st.Morning dark and rainy. I went to the Office as usual, and was very much occupied in preparing my Accounts due at the close of this Quarter and in dra... 1831 January 1831 1 January 1831January. 1831 Saturday. 1st.Another year has come upon us, and has opened opportunity for reflection. The past is matter for consideration, the future for improvement. Though I h... 2 January 1831Sunday. 2d.The day was pleasant although the weather was cool. I attended Meeting with my Wife in the morning and alone in the afternoon. Heard Mr. Frothingham p... 3 January 1831Monday. 3d.Morning pleasant. I went to the Office, and was occupied nearly the whole of the morning in paying bills which were crowding in upon me. My father’s c... 4 January 1831Tuesday. 4th.Morning doubtful but the present is an uncommonly mild time. I forgot yesterday to mention a Meeting of the Directors of the Middlesex Canal at Mr. W.... 5 January 1831Wednesday. 5th.Morning very mild but inclining to rain, which came in torrents in the course of the afternoon. I went to the Office and received a letter from my Fat... 6 January 1831Thursday. 6th.Morning very bright and clear, but somewhat colder than it has been. I went to the Office as usual and passed my time reading and occupied with my aff... 7 January 1831Friday. 7th.Morning bright and clear. Mr. Ayer brought me this morning his Account which was not a little startling as it amounted to nearly double of my estimate... 8 January 1831Saturday. 8th.Morning clear. Mr. Ayer called after my leaving my House and followed me to the Office from whence I started with him to see the Houses in Tremont Str... 9 January 1831Sunday 9th.Winter having kept off so long again comes down upon us with great force. The earth was covered with snow upon our rising in the morning, and it conti... 10 January 1831Monday. 10th.This Snow makes every thing cheerless, and my walk to the Office very disagreeable. I went however and was busy in making up my Accounts at the Probat... 11 January 1831Tuesday. 11th.The Snow was thick enough to make very good sleighing, and the Streets looked very lively. I went to the Office as usual, and passed my time in writin... 12 January 1831Wednesday. 12th.Morning cloudy and mild, but it cleared off and became colder during the day. I went to the Office as usual, and with a few interruptions was engaged ... 13 January 1831Thursday. 13th.The Season began again to show itself this morning in a severe degree of Cold. I went to the Office as usual, and from thence to an Auction Room where... 14 January 1831Friday. 14th.Morning cold again and clear. I went to the Office as usual and occupied myself with writing. Conversation with my opposite Neighbour Mr. Peabody, and... 15 January 1831Saturday. 15th.It had been the intention for us to go to Medford and pass the Sunday, but we had not arisen more than an hour before a violent snow Storm set in from... 16 January 1831Sunday. 16th.The Storm had abated very little when we arose this morning, and it continued during the day, piling its heaps around us. We have had no such storms f... 17 January 1831Monday. 17th.The Streets presented quite an extraordinary appearance this morning as the snow lay piled in heaps on every side. The People however turned out with ... 18 January 1831Tuesday. 18th.Morning clear and pleasant. I went to the Office where after arranging my Accounts and crediting my Tenant Miss Oliver for the Money she has at last p... 19 January 1831Wednesday. 19th.Morning clear and pleasant. Went to the Office as usual and was busy in writing my Journal, and drawing up my Accounts. Obtained the Dividend upon my ... 20 January 1831Thursday. 20th.The Weather looked very much as if it was going to give us snow for the day, but instead, after a few flakes it cleared away and became cold. I went t... 21 January 1831Friday. 21st.The coldest morning we have yet experienced. This may be considered as a truly bitter winter. I went to Market to obtain some things I especially need... 22 January 1831Saturday. 22d.It had been the intention this morning to go to Medford, but our eyes were again saluted with snow which continued all day. I received a letter from m... 23 January 1831Sunday. 23d.This was a severely cold morning. The winter has now set in with all vigour. We have snow as an alternation from intense cold. I attended divine servi... 24 January 1831Monday. 24th.This morning was colder than any we had yet experienced. I do not know how long this is going to last, but I think the sooner it is over the better. I... 25 January 1831Tuesday. 25th.The weather gave a very little, but it was still cold. I decided upon going to Quincy at all events, and ordered an open sleigh for the purpose. At th... 26 January 1831Wednesday. 26th.Morning clear but rather more moderate than it has been. I went to the Office as usual and was busy in despatching Jonathan Simple, after which I wrot... 27 January 1831Thursday. 27th.Morning at the Office as usual but my time as unsatisfactorily accounted for as at any time. I wrote and read a little of Enfield walked down into Sta... 28 January 1831Friday. 28th.Morning at the Office. The weather having very much moderated, is no trifling source of satisfaction to me who am not fond of the excessive cold. I wa... 29 January 1831Saturday. 29th.Morning at the Office. My time as usual frittered away, for what with one thing and another, I did not sit down to write to my father which was design... 30 January 1831Sunday. 30th.Morning chilly but fair weather. I went to Meeting all day, accompanied by my Wife in the morning. A certain Mr. Putnam preached, in the morning a Ser... 31 January 1831Monday. 31st.Morning mild and clear. Went to the Office as usual, and from thence to a Meeting of the Directors of the Middlesex Canal at Mr. W. Sullivan’s Office.... February 1831 1 February 1831February. 1831. Tuesday. 1st.The morning opened with another Snow Storm which bid fair to add considerably to the mass that was already upon the ground. It stopped however after h... 2 February 1831Wednesday. 2d.Morning very mild, the snow melting pretty rapidly. I went to the Office as usual and was met in the first place by my punctual Tenant, in Court Stree... 3 February 1831Thursday. 3d.Morning at the Office, weather quite mild. Went down directly to attend at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Middlesex Canal, and afterward... 4 February 1831Friday. 4th.Morning at the Office. Nothing to interrupt me as a Southerly rain had set in which prevented much going out, and threatened to inundate the City. But... 5 February 1831Saturday. 5th.A part of the morning was devoted to Marketing so that after writing my Journal and the usual duties at the Office I had not a great deal of time to d... 6 February 1831Sunday. 6th.Morning cold and clear. I went to Meeting all day, and heard in the morning a Sermon from Mr. Frothingham which my own personal suffering during the m... 7 February 1831Monday. 7th.Morning at the Office. Busy as usual in my avocations and had very little time to pursue my examination of the maxims of the wise men which I resumed ... 8 February 1831Tuesday. 8th.Morning at the Office as usual. Occupied in my common avocations for the first hour. Mr. Plumer sent me down from New Hampshire my father’s . upon the... 9 February 1831Wednesday. 9th.The Weather is now a pretty steady general cold, and for Winter is on the whole not bad, though I am longing for the return of the more moderate Seaso... 10 February 1831Thursday. 10th.Morning cold. At the Office as usual, where I spent my time in the occupations usual with me, after which I sat down and made considerable progress in... 11 February 1831Friday. 11th.Morning as usual at the Office. But my time was passed in a singular way. The interruptions were so numerous, that they hardly left me the power even ... 12 February 1831Saturday 12th.Morning cold and clear. I went to the Office as usual and occupied myself with my Journal, Accounts and other duties, as well as with Enfield. But as ... 13 February 1831Sunday. 13th.The weather is steady and cold. No material variation in the Thermometer from about eight or ten, at sunrise, which is severe winter. I attended divin... 14 February 1831Monday. 14th.Morning cool again. Went to the Office as usual and was occupied with my usual affairs a great part of the morning, so that I had little or no time to... 15 February 1831Tuesday. 15th.Morning at the Office as usual—After going to Market which made my time nearly eleven o’clock before I got there. Engaged in writing my Journal, with ... 16 February 1831Wednesday. 16th.The Winter which has been extremely severe on the whole, is now drawing to a close. This day we had a Southerly wind accompanied with rain by which th... 17 February 1831Thursday. 17th.Morning beautifully mild and warm even. This seems to give us a taste of a new Season. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied in writing, maki... 18 February 1831Friday 18th.Morning cold again and perhaps more trying to the feelings from the change we experienced yesterday. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied wi... 19 February 1831Saturday. 19th.Morning delightfully mild and pleasant. I went to the Office as usual and passed my time in writing my Journal and afterwards in reading a little of E... 20 February 1831Sunday. 20th.Morning quite cold. I finished the fourth volume of Drake’s Essays and the literary life of Dr. Johnson before morning Service. I have not derived so ... 21 February 1831Monday. 21st.Morning almost as cold as ever. I went to the Office as usual and passed some time in examining the Newspapers which came to me in abundance. One, The... 22 February 1831Tuesday. 22nd.Morning mild and tolerably pleasant. I went to the Office as usual and was engaged in my avocations, writing and reading all the morning. Nothing of a... 23 February 1831Wednesday 23rd.Morning rainy and warm. The Snow began to go off in quantity and gave us some intimation of the decline of the Winter. I went to the Office and receiv... 24 February 1831Thursday. 24th.Morning cold again. These alternations of weather are not so pleasant. The Winter still struggles for it’s hold and sometimes gains a victory. I went ... 25 February 1831Friday 25th.Morning cold. Went to the Office as usual, and after performing my daily matters, I busied myself in perfecting my argument for tomorrow in case I sho... 26 February 1831Saturday. 26th.Morning clear and pleasant. The Sun is gaining the Battle. I went to the Office as usual and received a letter from my Mother upon the matters relatin... 27 February 1831Sunday. 27th.Morning delightful. The Snow is now rapidly making it’s disappearance and we hope soon to see again the face of the Earth. My Wife, Miss Adams and I a... 28 February 1831Monday. 28th.Morning clear and delightfully mild again. This weather is I hope the advance of an early Spring Season. I went to the Office as usual and passed my t...
