Diary of Charles Francis Adams Volume 4, March 1831 – December 1832 Front Matter Title Page Copyright Page Contents Descriptive List of Illustrations Documents 1831 March 1831 1 March 1831Tuesday. March 1st.The soft weather still continues. I went to the Office as usual and passed my time rather more profitably than heretofore. For having accomplished the... 2 March 1831Wednesday. 2d.Morning mild again. The continuance of this weather shows a final stop to the Winter. And the immense masses of snow that have been gathering in our S... 3 March 1831Thursday. 3d.Morning mild and cloudy but it did not rain. I found myself oppressed with a severe cold which the change has given me. Went to the Office as usual an... 4 March 1831Friday. 4th.The Celebration of this day by the firing of Cannon strikes me as a new practice. It is probably one of General Jackson’s Reforms. But one would think... 5 March 1831Saturday. 5th.Morning mild. Went to the Office as usual. Engaged during much of the time in reading the Institutes of Justinian which I admire exceedingly. They str... 6 March 1831Sunday. 6th.Morning cloudy and chill. It hailed a little and then rained. Nobody went to Meeting but I during the day. Mr. Frothingham preached a Communion Sermon... 7 March 1831Monday. 7th.Morning mild and pleasant. I went to the Office as usual and was busy in reading and finishing the Institutes of Justinian which have on the whole pai... 8 March 1831Tuesday. 8th.The day was pleasant though much colder than it has been heretofore. I went to the Office so early that I had a good long morning and after disposing ... 9 March 1831Wednesday. 9th.Morning at the Office. Weather fine. Before I had completed my daily Diary, I was interrupted, and the visits of different persons continued throughou... 10 March 1831Thursday. 10th.Morning fine. Our Weather is uncommonly pleasant for this month. I suffered a little from head ach during the day owing to my Supper of last night. At... 11 March 1831Friday. 11th.Morning fine. I went to the Office as usual. Received from my Father a bundle of Papers, being Powers of Attorney for himself and T. B. Adams Jr. to r... 12 March 1831Saturday. 12th.Morning clear and pleasant. I went to the Office as usual. Nothing material took place. I went through my usual occupations and then read the second p... 13 March 1831Sunday. 13th.A lovely Morning. My Wife went out with me to Meeting this morning and we heard Mr. Walker preach the usual Arguments in favour of Theological discuss... 14 March 1831Monday. 14th.Morning at the Office after an hours reading of Buffon at home which paid me in some measure for my drowsy night. The weather has now so much changed ... 15 March 1831Tuesday. 15th.Morning cloudy but the weather gradually improved to a bright beautiful day. I read a part of Buffon’s Natural History before going out. At the Office... 16 March 1831Wednesday. 16th.Morning cloudy, with a mild south Wind so as not to be unpleasant. I went to the Office as usual and after the regular duties, finished the reading of... 17 March 1831Thursday. 17th.The day cloudy with a cold Easterly Wind and a flurry of Snow, occasionally. After reading Buffon after breakfast, I went to the Office, and continued... 18 March 1831Friday. 18th.Morning quite clear. I went to the Office after passing an hour in reading Buffon’s Natural History of Man. Occupations as usual. I finished Jean Bodi... 19 March 1831Saturday. 19th.Morning cloudy and dark. I read Buffon as usual for an hour and then went to the Office in snow. This continued pretty smartly until noon when it turn... 20 March 1831Sunday. 20th.Morning clear and cold again with a high wind. This felt more sharp from the mildness of what had preceded it. I am altogether inclined to the belief ... 21 March 1831Monday. 21st.Morning clear and still pretty cold. I went to the Office as usual after reading my regular portion of Buffon in the morning. Engaged pretty fully aft... 22 March 1831Tuesday. 22d.Morning pleasant but still cool. Read Buffon for an hour as usual, and then went to the Office. Nothing material took place; I received a letter from ... 23 March 1831Wednesday. 23d.Morning delightfully mild and pleasant. I went to the Office as usual after finishing the fifth volume of Buffon’s Natural History, and thus concludin... 24 March 1831Thursday. 24th.Morning cloudy with a warm Southerly Wind and threatening rain. I continued reading the Voyage of Kotzebue. How different from the coolness and persev... 25 March 1831Friday 25th.Morning pleasant with a warm Wind. After reading Kotzebue for a sufficient time, I went to the Office as usual and was busy as usual with my regular w... 26 March 1831Saturday. 26th.Morning delightful—The air being soft as Midsummer. After reading an hour in Kotzebue and finishing the Voyage which ended in nothing, compared to the... 27 March 1831Sunday. 27th.Morning cold, with an Easterly Wind and Rain. I attended divine Service all day and heard Mr. Frothingham in the Morning and Mr. Emerson in the aftern... 28 March 1831Monday. 28th.Morning cloudy, with a drizzly rain from the Eastward. After reading Boswell’s Tour to the Hebrides for an hour, I went to the Office and was very bus... 29 March 1831Tuesday. 29th.Morning cloudy with a cold wind and altogether uncomfortable. I read Boswell as usual and went to the Office where my time was taken up in my regular ... 30 March 1831Wednesday. 30th.The weather was cloudy this morning with a warm Southerly Wind and very heavy showers at Intervals. I finished Boswell’s Tour to the Hebrides this mor... 31 March 1831Thursday. 31st.Morning clear and warm but very windy. I continued reading Kotzebue’s third Volume this morning and was interested in his Account of the South Seas, a... April 1831 1 April 1831April. 1831. Friday. 1st.Morning clear but with a high Wind. I read Kotzebue a short time, but began today my review of the Orations on the Crown. I hope this will be of some ... 2 April 1831Saturday. 2d.Morning clear and weather fine. I began my morning’s studies, by seriously reviewing the Oration for the Crown by Aeschines upon which I propose now t... 3 April 1831Sunday. 3d.Morning clear, but a cold Easterly Wind rather produced chill in the Air and hurt its pleasantness. My Wife and I attended Divine Service at Mr. Froth... 4 April 1831Monday. 4th.Morning cloudy with a chilly East Wind and occasional Showers. I pursued the study of Aeschines for an hour, and found that I had read it pretty thoro... 5 April 1831Tuesday. 5th.Morning dark and cloudy with very heavy rain which continued until noon when it cleared up. I continued my review of Aeschines for one hour after whic... 6 April 1831Wednesday. 6th.Morning clear but cool. I passed an hour as usual in reading Aeschines. As I have already said so much about these, perhaps it will be as well in futu... 7 April 1831Thursday. 7th.This was the day assigned according to custom, to the observance of a day of fasting. A practice which has gone out of vogue with the occasions that c... 8 April 1831Friday. 8th.Morning cloudy, with a cold Northerly Wind. I read Aeschines for an hour and then went to the Office. My father having drawn upon me for a sum of Mone... 9 April 1831Saturday. 9th.Morning clear though with a very violent Wind remaining as witness of the Storm. I read Aeschines and went to the Office, where I was occupied some ti... 10 April 1831Sunday. 10th.Morning clear but cold and still windy though not so much as yesterday. I continued reading the Account of Franklin’s Journey which is much more agree... 11 April 1831Monday. 11th.Morning cloudy with a warm South Wind. I read Aeschines, making quite good progress, and went to the Office. My time was much wasted, by attention to ... 12 April 1831Tuesday. 12th.We were exceedingly surprised this morning upon awaking to find the ground covered with snow, and a pretty thick drifting storm. After having had so m... 13 April 1831Wednesday. 13th.Morning fine at last, though uncommonly cool for the season. After an hour’s progress in Aeschines, I went to the Office and having no particular occu... 14 April 1831Thursday. 14th.The morning was fine and the air mild, so that we seemed about to be paid for the tempestuous weather of the preceding week. I pursued Aeschines as us... 15 April 1831Friday 15th.Morning cloudy with light rain, but it afterwards cleared away and became sultry. After an hour at home I went to the Office where I was busy as usual... 16 April 1831Saturday. 16th.The day was dark and rainy. I read Aeschines as usual and went to the office where my time was passed with little interruption in reading and my usual... 17 April 1831Sunday. 17th.Nothing but rain, which today afforded us only the variety of heavy and light drops. I passed the morning in reading some Articles in the Quarterly Re... 18 April 1831Monday. 18th.Morning clear and pleasant weather. After an hour devoted to Aeschines, I went to the Office. My quiet pursuits interrupted somewhat this morning by b... 19 April 1831Tuesday. 19th.The morning was foggy with occasional rain but the weather cleared away in the course of the day. After reading Aeschines I went to the Office and was... 20 April 1831Wednesday. 20th.Morning at the Office after the usual portion of time passed in reading Aeschines. Engaged in reading La Politique Naturelle, which turns out to be a ... 21 April 1831Thursday. 21st.Morning clear and pleasant. After my attention to Aeschines, I went to the Office and was first saluted by my Tenant Mrs. Proctor who came with excuse... 22 April 1831Friday. 22d.Morning cloudy but it cleared away with a chilly East Wind of this Season of the Year. After reading Aeschines as usual I went to the Office where I o... 23 April 1831Saturday. 23d.Morning cloudy with a disagreeable cold Easterly Wind and appearance of Rain, but it cleared away leaving nothing but the chill in the Air. Finished m... 24 April 1831Sunday. 24th.Morning cloudy but it cleared away in the course of the day. I attended divine Service during the day and heard Mr. Frothingham preach. In the morning... 25 April 1831Monday. 25th.Morning cloudy but it cleared away. This is the case now every day. A cold East Wind rises and prevails during the course of the Sun over us. After be... 26 April 1831Tuesday. 26th.Morning fine with a clear cold air from the Eastward. This weather for such a succession of days has put the Country and the season back to its common... 27 April 1831Wednesday. 27th.Morning fine with the usually cold Wind from the North and East. As my room was in a State of such confusion, I was obliged instead of continuing my p... 28 April 1831Thursday. 28th.Very heavy rain this morning with a high Easterly Wind which continued throughout the day. I continued Franklin being unable to prosecute my regular s... 29 April 1831Friday. 29th.The heavy rain continues though with little Wind. I am anxious for my father’s family who must be somewhere upon the Road. Resumed the reading of Demo... 30 April 1831Saturday. 30th.The Weather would not clear away although it made repeated efforts so to do. The consequence was a mist and drizzle altogether comfortless. My Wife wa... May 1831 1 May 1831Sunday. May 1st.Our morning was clear but as if we were not to see too much of the Sun, it clouded up shortly afterwards, and remained so the rest of the day. I went ... 2 May 1831Monday. 2d.Morning cloudy but warmer than it has been. After making some progress in reading Demosthenes which is uncommonly easy, I went to the Office and spent... 3 May 1831Tuesday. 3d.The Morning was lovely and seemed to pay us for all the troublesome weather we had experienced. After reading a due portion of Demosthenes which I fin... 4 May 1831Wednesday. 4th.Morning at the Office after paying my usual due to the Oration on the Crown. I admire that of Demosthenes more on reading it over while the other lost... 5 May 1831Thursday. 5th.Morning clear with a very cold Wind for the Season from the North West. After reading a due portion of Demosthenes, I was busy in performing Commissio... 6 May 1831Friday. 6th.Morning clear and cold. The report from the Country was that there was a severe frost but of course we saw nothing of it. After reading my usual porti... 7 May 1831Saturday. 7th.Morning clear and pleasant. I read a large extract of Demosthenes and am surprised at its facility. This expression is pedantic. Went to the Office an... 8 May 1831Sunday. 8th.The day was Cloudy with an East Wind and heavy rain. I attended divine Service at Mr. Frothingham’s in the morning, and heard Mr. Stetson of Medford p... 9 May 1831Monday. 9th.Morning clear with a cool air. After reading a due portion of Demosthenes as usual, I went to the Office and was busy in my usual occupations. In addi... 10 May 1831Tuesday. 10th.The day cold with clouds. A Frost is supposed to have taken place, rather injurious to the present state of the Fruit Trees. I made great progress in ... 11 May 1831Wednesday. 11th.Morning clear and mild. After reading a part of Demosthenes as usual, I went to the Office and spent my time in writing out the last Number of Cimon. ... 12 May 1831Thursday. 12th.Morning delightfully warm, and announcing the approach of the Summer. After making my usual progress in the Oration on the Crown, I went to the Office... 13 May 1831Friday. 13th.Another very delightful day. I made good progress in Demosthenes, and then went to the Office. My occupations were somewhat interrupted by the applica... 14 May 1831Saturday. 14th.The day tolerably pleasant, though the Wind began to show symptoms of change. I this morning made a finish of the Oration in defence of Ctesiphon. Thi... 15 May 1831Sunday. 15th.Foggy with a cold Easterly wind this morning. I went to Meeting at Mr. Frothingham’s and heard Mr. Lunt of New York all day. I knew him at College. Hi... 16 May 1831Monday. 16th.The fog still continues thick and heavy, without rain. I passed an hour in reading the criticism of La Harpe upon Esther and Athalie, together with oc... 17 May 1831Tuesday. 17th.Morning foggy with a cold easterly Wind, but it afterwards became clear and pleasant. I went to the Office after reading a little of Voltaire’s Orphel... 18 May 1831Wednesday. 18th.The day was very beautiful being clear and warm. I was occupied in making the final arrangements for leaving the City on our short summer residence in... 19 May 1831Thursday. 19th.A very heavy fog was hanging over us when I arose this morning but as I fancied it would not remain at all, I went to Boston notwithstanding. The rain... 20 May 1831Friday. 20th.The morning opened with a heavy thunder shower which prevented my being able to go to town immediately, but at ten o’clock it seemed to hold up and my... 21 May 1831Saturday 21st.Morning mild and pleasant. I went to Boston and was much occupied in various ways—Going to my house, thence to Mrs. Frothingham’s and afterwards to ex... 22 May 1831Sunday. 22d.Morning clear and pleasant. I went to Meeting all day and heard Mr. Whitney preach a Sermon or two, upon the employment of the powers of man &ca. He i... 23 May 1831Monday. 23d.I thought that as no especial business called me to town this morning, I would not go, and employ the time instead in the work I have undertaken, to m... 24 May 1831Tuesday. 24th.A thick mist hung over the Country followed by heavy rain. As I had made engagements that could not easily be broken, and my Father wished also to go ... 25 May 1831Wednesday. 25th.It being Election day in town, and the weather appearing very unpropitious, I thought I should do better by remaining out here, than by going. I sat d... 26 May 1831Thursday. 26th.Morning cloudy but it became beautifully clear by Noon. I went to Boston as usual. Busy in Commissions for the family, and in making up my Journal whi... 27 May 1831Friday. 27th.Morning for the first time for a considerable period clear. I started to go to town, as usual excepting that I got away unusually early. Arrived, I wa... 28 May 1831Saturday. 28th.The day was fine, but I concluded that I would not go to Boston today as I have this Job before me. I sat down accordingly and worked from eight o’clo... 29 May 1831Sunday. 29th.Our Weather hitherto since our stay at Quincy has been exceedingly cool, and often unpleasant. Today it was clear and very warm—The Thermometer rising... 30 May 1831Monday. 30th.Morning in continuation of the preceding day. The weather somewhat warmer. I felt however obliged to go to Boston. Perhaps the heat is least perceptib... 31 May 1831Tuesday. 31st.Another extremely warm morning. The Summer commences with some fury. I felt myself obliged however to go to town, and accordingly started at my usual ... June 1831 1 June 1831Wednesday. June 1st.A very considerable breeze from the North West produced very little effect in diminishing the heat of the Sun. As I had accomplished all that I had to... 2 June 1831Thursday 2d.The morning promised a continuation of the excessive heat, but the change of Wind to the Eastward immediately relieved us from the severity of it. The... 3 June 1831Friday. 3d.Morning cloudy, with a thick sea fog but no rain. I went to town and was busy much as usual. I had more leisure time and was therefore enabled to read... 4 June 1831Saturday. 4th.Morning warm although the wind had a great effect in cooling the air so as to be tolerable. I concluded not to go to town today, and sat down to my ta... 5 June 1831Sunday. 5th.The dry weather perseveres. Vegetation begins to suffer by it. The wind was however very high from the South West, so that it was not oppressive while... 6 June 1831Monday. 6th.Morning tolerably pleasant, with a cool East Wind. I went to town as usual, though I felt a little affected by a bad Night’s rest. Occupied much in my... 7 June 1831Tuesday. 7th.A strong fog from the Eastward. I felt so much indisposed that I thought it not advisable to go to town. So that I busied myself as well as I could in... 8 June 1831Wednesday. 8th.Morning foggy, but it cleared away and left us a fine day though with a cold East Wind. I felt better, though not yet entirely free from pain. My syst... 9 June 1831Thursday. 9th.The morning was clear and warm, and a tolerable specimen of fine weather at this season of the year. I went to town as usual, though I felt still a li... 10 June 1831Friday. 10th.Morning warm and dry. I was a little delayed by my fathers wishing to go with me, and he is rarely ready at his time. We started at last and reached t... 11 June 1831Saturday. 11th.The morning promised to be so warm that I thought it inexpedient to go through the process of travelling to Boston. Remained busy at home in arranging... 12 June 1831Sunday. 12th.Although the wind was high, the power of the Sun this morning was very great. I attended divine service as usual, and heard Mr. Parkman of Boston prea... 13 June 1831Monday. 13th.Morning clear and warm. I went to Boston as usual arriving quite in good season. At the Office after going to the House for the purpose of obtaining t... 14 June 1831Tuesday. 14th.Morning cloudy at last. It is now three weeks that we have had constantly fine weather, so that the slight shower that fell in the morning was gratefu... 15 June 1831Wednesday. 15th.The Morning looked very cloudy and dark. I went to town nevertheless and the consequence was that I was in the rain. At the Office however very quietl... 16 June 1831Thursday. 16th.The weather was bad and I had been to town so much this week that I resolved to stay at home and busy myself in the old Papers. This morning I came ac... 17 June 1831Friday. 17th.The weather was still foggy and damp, threatening rain. I therefore thought I would remain at home today instead of tomorrow as I had intended. Engage... 18 June 1831Saturday. 18th.The weather was again quite warm and the air though abundant was sultry. I went to town and was busy much of my time in making up the deficiency in my... 19 June 1831Sunday. 19th.Morning cloudy, but the day extremely sultry, clearing away in the evening with a thunder shower. I attended Meeting all day, and heard Mr. Alger of C... 20 June 1831Monday. 20th.The Morning was very warm and clear, so that the riding was pleasant enough after the shower. I went to town as usual and was busy for an hour in perf... 21 June 1831Tuesday. 21st.Morning warm but cloudy. The Air having the sultry character of August. I went to town as usual and have rarely experienced more of heat. My time was ... 22 June 1831Wednesday. 22d.The Morning was bright and cool. I had intended remaining quietly at home but made accidentally an engagement which I felt obliged to fulfil, so I wen... 23 June 1831Thursday. 23d.Morning cloudy with an Easterly Wind which became a rain Storm for the day. I concluded to remain housed today and pursue the train of my Quincy pursu... 24 June 1831Friday. 24th.The day was bright and absolutely cold making a singular change from the past. I rode to town as usual and spent my morning pretty quietly at my Offic... 25 June 1831Saturday. 25th.Morning clear and cool with an Easterly Wind throughout the day. I went to town for the purpose of avoiding my Father’s invitation to go and see Mr. B... 26 June 1831Sunday. 26th.The Weather was cool and pleasant all day. I attended Divine Service and heard Mr. Whitney preach. His afternoon Sermon was an attack upon Miss Wright... 27 June 1831Monday. 27th.The morning was cloudy and threatened rain, notwithstanding which my Wife and I went to town together as by agreement in the Carriage. After calling a... 28 June 1831Tuesday. 28th.Morning cloudy, but as I thought it probable that it would not rain, I went to town. Passed my time in bringing up my Accounts for the past Quarter an... 29 June 1831Wednesday. 29th.Morning sultry with heavy clouds, which fell in rain before I reached town. At the Office as usual occupied in closing my Quarterly Accounts. Paid som... 30 June 1831Thursday. 30th.Morning cloudy but it afterwards cleared away very sultry, notwithstanding a change of wind. I had doubts about going to town but finally concluded up... July 1831 1 July 1831Friday. July 1st.Here we are in the month of July. A considerable portion of the Summer gone and I have done nothing worthy to be recorded. The days are passing over m... 2 July 1831Saturday. 2d.Morning clear. I went to Boston as usual and was occupied the greater part of the time in Accounts. Not having any book to read at the Office I must a... 3 July 1831Sunday. 3d.The Weather is becoming as warm again as it was a fortnight ago. I attended divine service all day and heard Mr. Whitney preach two Sermons neither of... 4 July 1831Monday 4th.This is the National Anniversary. And preparations had been made to celebrate it with effect. As my father was to deliver the Oration, I thought I wou... 5 July 1831Tuesday 5th.Morning bright with the Sun in great force relieved however in the Country by a free circulation of Air. I went to town and to the Office. Thence to t... 6 July 1831Wednesday. 6th.The morning was cloudy with a warm wind from the South west which terminated in a steady rain for the day. I went to town and was occupied in making u... 7 July 1831Thursday. 7th.My father accompanied me to town this morning and consequently made me somewhat later than usual. I went to the Office and passed the time much in my ... 8 July 1831Friday. 8th.Morning cloudy and unpleasant. I concluded not to go to Boston this morning. My time was taken up in arranging the few Papers left belonging to the pe... 9 July 1831Saturday. 9th.Morning cloudy, I went to town as usual, and was engaged in performing Commissions a considerable part of the day. Also in conversation with Mr. Peabo... 10 July 1831Sunday. 10th.It rained very heavily during the Night, clearing off this morning with a North West Wind and absolutely cool. I attended divine Service all day and h... 11 July 1831Monday. 11th.The Wind was in the North and East all day, and made it so cold, I was absolutely shivering all the time my ride into town lasted. Arrived unusually e... 12 July 1831Tuesday. 12th.The morning was clear and cool, though warmer than yesterday. I went to town as usual. On looking over the Newspaper I noticed the death of Mr. T. Wel... 13 July 1831Wednesday. 13th.Morning clear and pleasant. I went to the Office after riding into town as customary. My time was taken up in the ordinary way, writing my Diary, and ... 14 July 1831Thursday. 14th.The morning opened heavily, and it soon began to rain, which lasted all day. I remained at home very quietly and passed the greater part of my before ... 15 July 1831Friday. 15th.Fine morning. I rode to town as usual and passed my morning partly at the House making a new arrangement of my Library, partly at trying to obtain som... 16 July 1831Saturday. 16th.Went to Boston as usual this morning, excepting that I was accompanied by I. Hull. The weather was pleasant but cloudy, which afterwards came in very ... 17 July 1831Sunday. 17th.Fine morning, with occasional clouds, which only served to keep off the great heat of the Sun. I attended divine Service all day, and heard Mr. Whitne... 18 July 1831Monday. 18th.The day was rather cloudy, occasionally threatening rain. I went to town as usual, overtaking Mr. G. Dawes. I invited him to accompany me. I was once ... 19 July 1831Tuesday. 19th.I left Quincy this morning, for the Season. The period passed here is exactly two Months, and on the whole more pleasantly spent than I had anticipate... 20 July 1831Wednesday. 20th.My night was not a quiet one. Morning clear, I arose at my usual City hour. After breakfast began a new branch of Study, Aristotle upon Poetical Compo... 21 July 1831Thursday. 21st.Fine morning but warm. Read for an hour Aristotle’s Poetics, which is a kind of original fountain supplying the ideas of the whole world upon a certai... 22 July 1831Friday. 22d.Morning fine and clear. I pursued my study of Aristotle’s Poetics for an hour, and find it on the whole more simple than I expected. The Essay however... 23 July 1831Saturday. 23d.Morning fine but very warm. I passed an hour or more in examining the Poetic of Aristotle and comparing it with Pye’s Commentary which I have obtained... 24 July 1831Sunday. 24th.The morning was very clear with a hot day following it. I passed an hour after breakfast in continuing Aristotle, and a little while reading Viger on ... 25 July 1831Monday. 25th.Morning clear and exceedingly warm. After an hour devoted as usual to the reading of Aristotle, I walked down for the purpose of doing some little Com... 26 July 1831Tuesday. 26th.Morning dark and rainy. I have rarely seen Water fall much faster. My man servant asked leave to go away for some days, much to my surprise and the di... 27 July 1831Wednesday. 27th.Morning clear but quite cool after the rain of yesterday. I made considerable progress in the Poetic of Aristotle. The Commentators upon all the works... 28 July 1831Thursday 28th.Morning very close and sultry, the sun coming out, but being soon after enveloped in clouds, we found a little relief from rain. After reading a porti... 29 July 1831Friday. 29th.Morning clear with a fine wind and pleasant. My Wife did not seem quite so well as usual, but I conclude that this must be as she approaches her term.... 30 July 1831Saturday. 30th.Morning clear. I read a portion of Aristotle and went to the Office as usual. First, however, executing a parcel of Commissions which I am now charged... 31 July 1831Sunday. 31st.Morning clear and warm though with a fine Air. I did not rise very early and had therefore less time than usual to devote to my studies. I read a litt... August 1831 1 August 1831Monday. August 1st.Morning cloudy which ended in a thunder Storm. I pursued the study of Aristotle as usual and formed clearer ideas of his doctrines and illustrations. ... 2 August 1831Tuesday. 2d.The weather very sultry, though cloudy. After reading my usual portion of Aristotle, I went to the Office. Time passed quietly and with only one or tw... 3 August 1831Wednesday. 3d.Morning dark, with very heavy rain, but it cleared away before night. After reading Aristotle, I went to the Office. Mr. Tenney called to pay me his r... 4 August 1831Thursday. 4th.Morning clear but rather cool. I read my portion in review of Aristotle and went to the Office. Time occupied there mostly in copying the first of my ... 5 August 1831Friday. 5th.Morning clear, I read Aristotle as usual for an hour and then went to the Office. My time very little interrupted, and I devoted it to copying the Bib... 6 August 1831Saturday. 6th.Morning pleasant. I finished this morning the review of Aristotle’s Poetic. The reading has not been without it’s use to me as I have obtained some id... 7 August 1831Sunday. 7th.Morning pleasant and cool. Read some portions of Hazard’s State Papers and a little of Chalmers. The more I read, the more I am satisfied of the corre... 8 August 1831Monday. 8th.Morning pleasant though Easterly Winds have prevailed all along for some time. I went to the Office and was busy as usual in writing. Copied a large p... 9 August 1831Tuesday. 9th.Morning cloudy with rain in showers and the air very sultry. I passed an hour in pursuing my Catalogue of Pamphlets and went to the Office. I was ther... 10 August 1831Wednesday. 10th.The day was clear, but with the atmosphere so exceedingly close and sultry that it was prostrating. I felt so languid that I was unable to accomplish ... 11 August 1831Thursday. 11th.Morning clear and warm. Having finished Aristotle’s Poetic, I now took up Horace’s Art of Poetry again being about to read through the Quatres Poetiqu... 12 August 1831Friday. 12th.Morning clear and warm. Finished Horace’s Art of Poetry with great pleasure to myself. On the whole, I know nothing in its way superior to it. The bea... 13 August 1831Saturday. 13th.Morning pleasant. I was roused in the night by my Wife who felt herself sick, but I went to sleep again and did not get up again until 1/2 past six. R... 14 August 1831Sunday. 14th.Morning pleasant. Arose a little after my usual hour, probably from the fatigue occasioned by excitement yesterday. Found my Wife had rested well and ... 15 August 1831Monday 15th.Morning very warm, and so it continued until I thought it might be classed among the warmest days we have had this Summer. I read some of Vida. But th... 16 August 1831Tuesday. 16th.Morning cloudy with an Easterly Wind, but it afterwards cleared away. My Wife seemed pretty well but there was a difficulty about nursing. The Child i... 17 August 1831Wednesday. 17th.Morning rather cooler than it has been, with an Easterly Wind and cloudy but without rain. I passed an hour reading Vida’s Art of Poetry of which I ca... 18 August 1831Thursday. 18th.I am twenty four years old this day. And what have I done to make the reflection of this age agreeable to me? Little or nothing. Time is flying and I ... 19 August 1831Friday. 19th.Morning warm and clear. The rain appears to have ceased for some time. I went to the Office after passing an hour in reading Boileau’s Art Poetique. O... 20 August 1831Saturday. 20th.Morning clear, but very warm. This weather has continued an unusual length of time, and it is the most prostrating that I have felt. I finished Boilea... 21 August 1831Sunday. 21st.This day was a continuation of the hot weather we have already experienced for such a length of time. My Wife and Child seem to be doing prodigiously ... 22 August 1831Monday. 22d.The weather continued as oppressively warm as heretofore. I occupied myself in an examination of the matter of the Essay I propose to write. It must t... 23 August 1831Tuesday. 23d.The morning oppressively warm, but friendly Clouds were gathering rapidly all day, and finally cooled the heated earth with heavy and refreshing showe... 24 August 1831Wednesday. 24th.Morning quite cool with an Easterly Wind. After examining Mitford and several other books for the purpose of writing an article on the subject of Demo... 25 August 1831Thursday. 25th.Morning cloudy with an Easterly Wind, which terminated in very heavy rain in the Afternoon and Evening. After reading over part of Aeschines I went to... 26 August 1831Friday. 26th.Morning clear and warm again. I arose refreshed and delighted that the whole of yesterday’s affair was over. This bustle is a terrible thing. I know t... 27 August 1831Saturday. 27th.Morning cloudy with occasional rain. I went to the Office after writing a little upon my task with which I am already disgusted. I am sorry to say I a... 28 August 1831Sunday. 28th.Morning clear with a decided change in the Weather to cool. So that attendance at Church was much more agreeable. Read and composed in the Morning but... 29 August 1831Monday. 29th.Morning fine but cool. The change in the weather for the last two or three days has been very decided. I spent the hour of my morning in a quiet way u... 30 August 1831Tuesday. 30th.Morning cool and pleasant. I wasted my hour this day in lounging and Conversation with my Wife. Then to the Office where I did not stay long. Having s... 31 August 1831Wednesday. 31st.Morning cool and pleasant. It was Commencement day and of course there was some little bustle in the Streets. My father came in with I. Hull for the p... September 1831 1 September 1831Thursday. September 1st.Morning fine. I could do little or nothing however. My father and Mother carry with them wherever they go such an Atmosphere of Agitation that one get... 2 September 1831Friday. 2d.Morning fine, but did not continue warm, the Wind coming round to the Eastward. I wasted my time as usual. My mind and body are both unwell from the d... 3 September 1831Saturday. 3d.Morning Cloudy but it did not rain until Night, and then a mere Shower. I did very little. Went to the Office after leaving my Father to go and comple... 4 September 1831Sunday. 4th.Yesterday closed another Year since the day of my Marriage. And I have the pleasure of looking back upon it with unmingled satisfaction. I have never ... 5 September 1831Monday. 5th.Morning clear and extremely pleasant. My Wife having been strong enough to dine downstairs yesterday, this morning took a short ride with me, so that ... 6 September 1831Tuesday. 6th.Morning clear and pleasant. Took a ride with my Wife and lengthened it considerably as I found her better able to bear it. But it brought me to the Of... 7 September 1831Wednesday. 7th.I have begun by way of a little variety to read the Oration of Demosthenes accusing Aeschines on the matter of the Embassy to Philip. I did not think ... 8 September 1831Thursday. 8th.As the Judge is so sick, it is on the whole lucky that I invested the last remnant of T. B. Adams Jr’s money yesterday, for after his TBA’s death I im... 9 September 1831Friday. 9th.Morning clear and pleasant instead of having the Storm we anticipated. After reading Demosthenes as usual in the hour before going to the Office, and ... 10 September 1831Saturday. 10th.Morning pleasant. I read my usual time in the Oration of Demosthenes upon the false Embassy. Then to the Office where two hours were taken up in talki... 11 September 1831Sunday. 11th.The day clear but exceedingly warm. It seemed as if the Season was coming back upon us instead of advancing to Winter. My Wife felt the effect of it a... 12 September 1831Monday. 12th.The temperature altered so much as to make the weather fine and clear and cool today. After reading Demosthenes again, I went to the Office and was bu... 13 September 1831Tuesday. 13th.Morning cool and clear. Pursued the study of the Oration against Aeschines which has a great deal of power. Indeed it is worth full the same study as ... 14 September 1831Wednesday. 14th.Morning clear and quite cool but it soon clouded over. I pursued my usual study of Demosthenes, until it was time to go to the Office. Began today a r... 15 September 1831Thursday. 15th.The day was cloudy, and it rained in showers all along, until it set in more heavily towards night. After reading a part of the Oration of Demosthenes... 16 September 1831Friday. 16th.Morning cold with the Wind setting from the Eastward and every prospect of a long storm. This is rather a gloomy beginning. My night’s rest was consid... 17 September 1831Saturday. 17th.The morning opened cheerless and dark, but we established a good counterpoise to the effect of the weather without, by making comfortable fires. I wen... 18 September 1831Sunday. 18th.Morning clear with a pleasant wind from the Westward and altogether an agreeable day. After my morning’s occupation, I attended divine Service and hea... 19 September 1831Monday. 19th.The day was a very fine one. I arose later than usual from having disturbed rest on account of the Baby. I have tried her three nights and have slept ... 20 September 1831Tuesday. 20th.Morning clear, warm and very pleasant. Occupied myself this morning in my usual way. Read a large part of the first Olynthiac of Demosthenes, in which... 21 September 1831Wednesday. 21st.Morning cloudy and cold, threatening an unpleasant day, but it cleared away and was on the whole pleasant enough. My Wife is now suffering from a boil... 22 September 1831Thursday. 22d.Morning cloudy, but on the whole tolerably warm. I passed my morning in reading Demosthenes in the latter part of the second Olynthiac. It is wonderfu... 23 September 1831Friday. 23d.Morning cloudy and dark but it did not rain until night. I went to Boston today. Called at my Office but could not get in. I left my Key at Mr. Elliot... 24 September 1831Saturday 24th.Lovely day after the Rain. Amused myself in writing my Diary, then in reading a part of the third Olynthiac. This I find is commonly put as the first ... 25 September 1831Sunday. 25th.The day was very fine. As usual I attended Divine Service all day. Mr. Lamson of Dedham preached. Texts. Matthew 6. 34. “Take therefore no thought for... 26 September 1831Monday. 26th.The day was cloudy and dark with occasional heavy rain though not cold. I occupied myself as usual. Finished the third Olynthiac of Demosthenes. I pro... 27 September 1831Tuesday. 27th.The morning was dark and we had rain at intervals throughout the day. So that I could not execute my intention of going to Boston. Instead of it, I oc... 28 September 1831Wednesday. 28th.The day was clear with occasional gusts of wind very high. I went to town at last. My time was taken up in a great variety of ways. My course was firs... 29 September 1831Thursday. 29th.My time slipped away so fast this morning that I had only half an hour to continue Demosthenes. Walked into town with my Wife to make purchases. I thi... 30 September 1831Friday 30th.Morning cool but fine weather. I remained quietly at home and finished the review of the first Philippic and of the first Olynthiac, but I want Reiske... October 1831 1 October 1831Saturday. October 1st.Morning cold but fine and clear, being a good specimen of our Autumn weather. I accomplished a little of my usual duties, previously to going to Bosto... 2 October 1831Sunday. 2d.Morning clear and delightfully pleasant. My Wife was however in considerable suffering from her little troubles, which will not leave her. I attended ... 3 October 1831Monday. 3d.Morning clear and fine. I rode to town accompanied by T. B. Adams Jr. My time was taken up in a great variety of occupations as usual. Arranging my Ac... 4 October 1831Tuesday. 4th.The morning was clear but an East wind soon blew up the Clouds for a Storm. I thought I would try a little fishing this morning and so went down. The ... 5 October 1831Wednesday. 5th.Dark with drizzle and an Easterly Wind. Arose late. I spent my morning in a variety of ways. Completed my Journal in the first place. Then took a turn... 6 October 1831Thursday. 6th.Morning clear and fine but a North Wester sprung up that made it pretty cool. After breakfast, I thought I would go down and fish. The sport was fine ... 7 October 1831Friday. 7th.Morning clear and warm. I passed it in a pretty unsatisfactory way, unless I may consider myself as having provided my father’s table with its best di... 8 October 1831Saturday. 8th.Morning clear, but the wind came round East and the consequence was that it clouded and became cold. Miss Roberdeau accompanied me in a Chaise to town... 9 October 1831Sunday. 9th.Morning cloudy, and heavy rain from the South, throughout the day. I attended Divine Service throughout the day and heard Dr. Lowell of Boston preach.... 10 October 1831Monday. 10th.Heavy rain all day with the Wind from the Eastward. I remained quietly at home reading the remainder of the Debates in the Convention of Massachusetts... 11 October 1831Tuesday. 11th.Very high wind with heavy rain during the day. I could not remain at the Office with any comfort. So I concluded to abandon my regular plan of study, ... 12 October 1831Wednesday. 12th.Morning cloudy with high wind from the Westward throughout the day. I was occupied the larger part of the morning in reading parts of one of Almon’s V... 13 October 1831Thursday. 13th.Morning very bright though cool. I went to town. My time was very much taken up first in paying a visit to Mrs. Frothingham’s, then to my house, then ... 14 October 1831Friday. 14th.Morning fine and warm for the Season. I was engaged during the whole time previous to dinner in working in the garden. My father has not many persons ... 15 October 1831Saturday. 15th.Morning clear and beautiful. This was the day fixed for our final return to Boston. Accordingly about six o’clock, I arose, and made all the preparati... 16 October 1831Sunday. 16th.Morning clear and fine weather. I arose feeling as awkward and lowspirited as if I had not ever left my Parents and had a home of my own. Occupied in ... 17 October 1831Monday. 17th.My nights are a little more disturbed since my return to town and we again have the Baby, in the room. I arose early and immediately after breakfast s... 18 October 1831Tuesday. 18th.I begin to feel a little more settled now, and fall gradually into the routine of duty which I had formerly. The day was very fine and uncommonly warm... 19 October 1831Wednesday. 19th.This is really delightful weather. An Indian Summer though why it is called so is unknown to me. I finished the first Olynthiac before going out of th... 20 October 1831Thursday 20th.Morning fine. I read a large part of the second Olynthiac which I find was more thoroughly read at first, than the other was. Then to the Office where... 21 October 1831Friday. 21st.Morning pleasant although rather cooler than it has been. Finished the second Olynthiac of Demosthenes before going to the Office. Find it easier than... 22 October 1831Saturday. 22d.Morning fair. I began reviewing the third Olynthiac this morning, and finished a considerable portion of it. Then to the Office but my time was wasted... 23 October 1831Sunday. 23d.The day was mild and beautiful. I passed my morning in reading Miss Edgeworth’s Practical Education until the arrival of my father and Mother who came... 24 October 1831Monday. 24th.Morning fair, but it afterwards clouded up and rained very heavily in the Afternoon. After reading nearly all the rest of the third Olynthiac, I went ... 25 October 1831Tuesday. 25th.Morning fair. My Wife was informed that one of her Domestics was taken ill in the night and this put us in considerable confusion. My Mother and the r... 26 October 1831Wednesday. 26th.Morning pleasant. I forgot to say that I was busy last Evening as well as this morning in correcting a proof Sheet of my father’s contribution to Blun... 27 October 1831Thursday. 27th.Morning at the Office without being able to do much before going there. Our family is so much disorganized at present as to make it difficult to study... 28 October 1831Friday. 28th.Morning cloudy but it did not rain. I was busy in Commissions during the larger portion of the morning. So that at the Office I had only time to read ... 29 October 1831Saturday. 29th.Morning fine. This being the day of departure for my father and his family, it is rather an agreeable circumstance that it should be fair. After readi... 30 October 1831Sunday. 30th.Morning clear but cool with a Northerly Wind which was not over agreeable to us, though it may have helped my father and family on their way. I tried ... 31 October 1831Monday. 31st.The day was cloudy with occasional drizzle. I went to the Office as usual. Time wasted as it always is. My Office hours appear to bring little accessi... November 1831 1 November 1831Tuesday. November 1st.Morning cloudy but it did not rain. Having finished my Review of the first Philippic I began today for the second time the Oration upon the Embassy of... 2 November 1831Wednesday. 2d.Morning cloudy with occasional showers of rain, but the air was quite mild. After reading a little of the Oration on the Embassy, I went to the Office... 3 November 1831Thursday. 3d.Arose early as this was the day fixed for the sale of Wood at Auction in Weston and as I have always made a practice to attend it. Immediately after ... 4 November 1831Friday. 4th.Morning cloudy and threatened though it did not rain in fact. I wasted my time very much in preparing my defences for the Winter. Then to the Office w... 5 November 1831Saturday. 5th.Morning fine and cool. I read a little of Demosthenes and then went to the Office. Nothing of any consequence. I was busy in my usual way, spending ha... 6 November 1831Sunday. 6th.The Season has been an uncommonly fine one this year, and though growing cooler is yet very pleasant. Morning passed reading Sir James Mackintosh, the... 7 November 1831Monday. 7th.The day was lovely. I did not read any of the Oration because I went out earlier than usual. The days have become short and my hour is therefore very ... 8 November 1831Tuesday. 8th.Weather continues fine. I went to the Office a little earlier than usual. Engaged in a variety of occupations. Wrote to J. Brown about an application ... 9 November 1831Wednesday. 9th.Morning pleasant, but the wind changed soon and it grew hazy with all the appearance of bad weather. After attending to the expediting of the Flower R... 10 November 1831Thursday. 10th.Morning pleasant but it became cloudy and wet before night. I went to the Office and passed my time in my usual wasting way. Mr. Eddy called with a No... 11 November 1831Friday. 11th.Morning warm with a Southerly and very heavy rain, which did not last. I went to the Office after stopping to make inquiry about the woman of Dr. Stev... 12 November 1831Saturday. 12th.Fine day. Went to the Office after wasting a good deal of time at Market. The greater part of my leisure was taken up in writing a long letter to my f... 13 November 1831Sunday. 13th.Morning cloudy but it afterwards cleared away. I finished copying the letter to my father which is always a tedious operation. Attended divine Service... 14 November 1831Monday. 14th.Morning cloudy with rain. I went to the Office as usual. After writing my Diary which on this day of the week always takes much time, I went over to v... 15 November 1831Tuesday. 15th.The rain which fell heavily during the night ceased and gave us a very beautiful morning. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied after writing... 16 November 1831Wednesday. 16th.Morning clear and calm. I went to the Office as usual and passed my time in writing and reading a little more of the Debates in the Virginia Conventio... 17 November 1831Thursday. 17th.Morning clear and pleasant. Went to the Office as usual and occupied myself in continuing the Debates in the Virginia Convention. Read the Speeches of... 18 November 1831Friday. 18th.Morning fine and clear. I went to the Office but did not remain long as I intended going to the sale of Engravings. Perhaps it would have been better ... 19 November 1831Saturday. 19th.Morning fine after a rainy night. I went to the Office as usual: thence to obtain the Engravings purchased yesterday. I sent them home and paid for th... 20 November 1831Sunday. 20th.Temperature colder, and Clouds, which dispersed in the course of the day. I read part of the Dictionary of Painting this morning in order to gain info... 21 November 1831Monday. 21st.Morning clear and cold. I went to the Office as usual. After devoting some time to the performance of my Diary, I sat down to write to my Father. My l... 22 November 1831Tuesday. 22d.Upon opening our eyes this morning, we found a most tremendous flurry blowing hail and rain and snow together, and lasting only a few minutes after a ... 23 November 1831Wednesday. 23d.Morning clear with a high wind from the South West. I went to the Office and passed my time after the usual matters, in reading Moore’s Life of Sherid... 24 November 1831Thursday. 24th.Morning clear and cool. I went to the Office and was occupied in my usual way. First in my Diary and Accounts and then in the Life of Sheridan which a... 25 November 1831Friday. 25th.Morning clear and cool. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied while there in reading and my usual duties. I continued the Life of Sheridan wi... 26 November 1831Saturday. 26th.Morning clear and cool. I went to the Office as usual. Rather surprised not to find any letters from home. This requires some explanation, and I can g... 27 November 1831Sunday. 27th.Awoke this morning to see the first snow this Season. The day was rainy and unpleasant. I attended Divine Service in the morning and heard Mr. Frothin... 28 November 1831Monday. 28th.Morning cold with a little flight of snow in the Night. I went to the Office as usual where I was busy in writing and reading the Life of Sheridan in ... 29 November 1831Tuesday. 29th.The weather is turning off quite cold, which coming after an uncommonly mild season makes it more severe to the feelings. I went to the Office and re... 30 November 1831Wednesday 30th.A considerable part of my Morning was consumed at Market. And for the season of Thanksgiving I do not think that the display I saw today was very grea... December 1831 1 December 1831December 1831. Thursday. 1st.This was Thanksgiving day. Last year we spent it at Quincy and it was a bright cool day. This time we opened our eyes to see the snow falling fast and... 2 December 1831Friday. 2d.The winter sets in with great severity. The cold this morning for the season was very great. I went to the Office. Engaged there in drawing up my Acco... 3 December 1831Saturday 3d.Morning cloudy with slight snow. I went to the Office as usual. Nothing of material consequence took place. I was engaged in writing up my Journal and... 4 December 1831Sunday. 4th.I have not escaped a violent cold which has troubled me yesterday and today. The Snow had been falling all night and was so deep on the ground, beside... 5 December 1831Monday. 5th.The Storm continued with wind very high all the morning, so that instead of going out, I sat down in my Study quietly and continued reading Cicero de ... 6 December 1831Tuesday 6th.Morning clear, but this snow storm has brought the Winter upon us a Month before its time. I found it cold going to the Office and when there did not ... 7 December 1831Wednesday. 7th.Morning clear and cold. I went to the Office and from the sickness of my boy had the gratification to find my own fire to make. This done and after a ... 8 December 1831Thursday. 8th.Morning very cold. The sudden rush of the severity of the Season upon us is somewhat unusual. I went to the Office and occupied myself in my common wa... 9 December 1831Friday. 9th.Morning cloudy but rather more mild than it has been. After going to Market and making some purchases for a few days, I went to the Office. Received a... 10 December 1831Saturday. 10th.Morning severely cold. I went to the Office as usual and passed my morning besides my usual occupations in reading the Life of Caesar in Suetonius whi... 11 December 1831Sunday. 11th.Morning clear but attended with the degree of cold we have been having which is so unusual. I arose after having had an uneasy night and attended Divi... 12 December 1831Monday. 12th.My Wife is slowly but gradually getting better. My man still continues sick and the rest of my family are worked enough to wear them out. I went to th... 13 December 1831Tuesday. 13th.The Weather holds on unusually cold. My Wife grows slowly better but her patience is giving way under the constant pressure of her sickness. The Baby ... 14 December 1831Wednesday. 14th.Weather excessively cold. I went to the Office. My Wife not quite so unwell as she has been though her spirits are exceedingly depressed. The family i... 15 December 1831Thursday. 15th.Morning snow and very cold. The Thermometer for the last fifteen days has averaged little above 10°. of Fahrenheit. My Wife a little better and quite ... 16 December 1831Friday. 16th.I found the difference during the Night, in sleeping in a cold room without any fire. Arose and after warming myself as well as I could went to the Of... 17 December 1831Saturday. 17th.Morning Cloudy and cold. I went to the Office and worked hard at my first Article on the Treasury Report so as to finish and send it to the Patriot to... 18 December 1831Sunday. 18th.The cold which has been very great since the month came in was today greater than ever. And I felt it sharp enough in attending divine service through... 19 December 1831Monday. 19th.Morning at the Office, engaged writing my Journal &ca. But I. H. and J. H. Adams called in soon from Quincy and prevented my paying any farther attent... 20 December 1831Tuesday. 20th.Morning cool but clear. After going through my regular labours I started off again with Joseph and this morning we were successful. I had some convers... 21 December 1831Wednesday. 21st.This was a mild morning—The thermometer being only at about freezing point. It may be called the first of the kind we have had this winter. I went to ... 22 December 1831Thursday. 22d.The weather again severely cold. The Season is unprecedented. We have had more sharp weather during the month of December than during the whole of our... 23 December 1831Friday. 23d.Morning at the Office. Weather still holding on very cold. I passed my time for the most part in writing off my second Article upon Mr. McLane’s Repor... 24 December 1831Saturday. 24th.Morning at the Office. Weather changed this morning to a heavy rain and complete thaw, so that the Streets were in pretty wretched condition. I was bu... 25 December 1831Sunday. 25th.This was Christmas day. A day the celebration of which spreads itself over a very large portion of the Globe. A day however which carries with it less... 26 December 1831Monday. 26th.Morning cold again. I went to the Office as usual. And was very busy all my time in finishing the second Number began yesterday. This was written seve... 27 December 1831Tuesday. 27th.Day cloudy and moderate. I went to the Office as usual. My time taken up in writing my Journal and a variety of incidental occupations. Called at Mr. ... 28 December 1831Wednesday. 28th.Morning at the Office as usual. The day mild and very thick with haze. I was occupied the larger part of my time in writing my third Article upon the ... 29 December 1831Thursday. 29th.We had a fall of snow during the night and it was dark and cloudy today. Went to the Office, finished my third Number upon the public lands with which... 30 December 1831Friday. 30th.Morning clear after a fall of snow sufficient perfectly to renovate the sleighing and make it even better than ever. I went to the Office and after ha... 31 December 1831Saturday. 31st.Morning cloudy and very cold. Found upon opening my morning’s Newspaper, a union announced between it and the Daily Advertiser. A union as unexpected ... 1832 1 January 183231 December 1833TitlepageNo. 7 Diary 1 January 1832 31 December 1833 ... 1 January 183231 December 1833Epigraph January 1832 1 January 1832January. 1832 Sunday. 1st.The opening of a new Year has usually been laid hold of by me as an opportunity for reflection as well upon the past as the future. This year a still ... 2 January 1832Monday. 2d.Morning clear and cold. I went to the office as usual and was busy all the time in the Accounts and calculations which happen at the opening of a new ... 3 January 1832Tuesday. 3d.Morning snowy and cold. I had some doubt about my executing my intention of going to Quincy but as it cleared up at noon decided in favour of it. Pass... 4 January 1832Wednesday. 4th.Morning excessively cold again. As this is the day fixed by the new System for the Political Year to begin and as business was not done by most People... 5 January 1832Thursday. 5th.The day was cloudy but mild. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied almost all my time in business. After looking over the large amount of my ... 6 January 1832Friday. 6th.My time was taken up this morning in the usual way. Making up balances after the payment of all dues, and being a little surprised at the great amount... 7 January 1832Saturday 7th.The day was a disagreeable one. I went to the Office as usual. My time was engrossed first by the usual Accounts which are not quite closed, and after... 8 January 1832Sunday. 8th.The day was cold and raw. I arose quite late. Attended divine Service all day and heard Mr. Frothingham preach. His Text in the morning was from Luke.... 9 January 1832Monday. 9th.Morning mild and the rain which had fallen heavily during the Night made the Streets very unpleasant to walk in. I went to the Office and despatched N... 10 January 1832Tuesday. 10th.Morning mild and pleasant. I went to the Office as usual and after my regular duties, continued and finished the rough draught of my last Paper upon t... 11 January 1832Wednesday. 11th.Morning mild and pleasant to the feeling but a very bad day in respect to the walking. I went to the Office as usual and made use of all my time, firs... 12 January 1832Thursday. 12th.The Morning was cold again and felt worse than if we had never had mild weather. I went to the Office as usual and consumed my Morning in finishing th... 13 January 1832Friday. 13th.I cannot give a very good account of myself this morning. A considerable time was taken up in Marketing which I do generally once a week for the whole... 14 January 1832Saturday 14th.Morning fine. I went to the Office as usual. But I can give no very good account of the disposal of my time. Mr. Curtis called and paid me my Fees for... 15 January 1832Sunday. 15th.The day was really lovely, much like the weather we frequently used to have at Washington as the first notice of Spring. I went to Meeting all day. He... 16 January 1832Monday. 16th.Morning delightful. This weather must be a monstrous relief to poor People whose supplies of wood have been so freely drawn upon by the unusual coldne... 17 January 1832Tuesday. 17th.Another very agreeable morning. I went to the Office as usual but owing to the want of a book again wasted my time. My last number appeared in the Dai... 18 January 1832Wednesday. 18th.Morning rainy but warm. I went to the Office as usual. But as I did not recollect my materials for study, my time was again spent idly. Read the Newsp... 19 January 1832Thursday. 19th.Morning very mild and pleasant. It would seem as if this month and the last had changed their places. I went to the Office and after my usual regular ... 20 January 1832Friday. 19th i.e. 20th.Morning at the Office. Weather tolerably pleasant, though not quite so warm as it has been. My time passed quickly in settling Accounts and reading an... 21 January 1832Saturday. 20th i.e. 21st.Morning at the Office. At ten o’clock I attended a Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Middlesex Canal to examine the state of affairs for the ye... 22 January 1832Sunday. 22d.Morning more like Winter but still pleasant. I attended Divine Service all day and heard Mr. Frothingham preach in the morning from Mark. 10. 13, 14. ... 23 January 1832Monday. 23d.Morning quite cold again but it was a beautiful day. I went to the Office as usual and spent my time in looking over my Accounts, and indeed wasted a ... 24 January 1832Tuesday. 24th.Morning quite mild and cloudy. The alternations of weather are worse than continued cold. I went to the Office as usual. After the regular duties, I s... 25 January 1832Wednesday. 25th.Morning mild and foggy. I went to the Office and occupied myself much as usual. Tried to put a little more method into my private Accounts, a thing I ... 26 January 1832Thursday. 26th.Morning severely cold again. As an example of the variable character of our Climate, it may be stated that within twenty four hours the Thermometer ha... 27 January 1832Friday. 27th.Another severely cold morning. I went to the Office as usual and after looking thoroughly over my Accounts and discovering the cause of the error allu... 28 January 1832Saturday. 28th.According to my observations the cold was greater this morning than it has been either day of the last three. But it gave way in the course of the day... 29 January 1832Sunday. 29th.A snow storm. The temperature of the air much milder of course. Read a little of Fuseli. His Aphorisms are striking, but there are two defects. The on... 30 January 1832Monday. 30th.The Snow of yesterday changed to rain today and the Streets were in consequence in a shocking state. I went to the Office as usual and after the regul... 31 January 1832Tuesday. 31st.Morning pleasant. I went to the Office as usual and did not occupy myself much. My mind was running upon the possibility of obtaining a Newspaper or s... February 1832 1 February 1832February 1832 Wednesday. 1st.Morning cool but on the whole quite fine. I went to the Office and from thence to perform some Commissions as well as to attend the Meeting of the Dir... 2 February 1832Thursday. 2d.Cloudy and mild. I did little or nothing at the Office as I felt a little indisposition from head-ach. Engaged in writing and Accounts, after which I ... 3 February 1832Friday. 3d.Morning exceedingly mild. I went to the Office as usual and passed my day with the same degree of indolence which is usual with me. Received a letter ... 4 February 1832Saturday. 4th.Another mild day. I went to the Office as usual and passed my time in the same way. It was cut up today partly by attending a Meeting of the Directors... 5 February 1832Sunday. 5th.The Snow was falling heavily and the day was on the whole so cheerless that I did not stir out of the House. My habit of going to Church is now so fix... 6 February 1832Monday. 6th.My Diary is a pretty monotonous record of the very even tenour of my life. I believe it is of use to a man to accustom himself to keep one, but the pr... 7 February 1832Tuesday. 7th.Morning at the Office. Nothing of any consequence. I tried to finish the fourth Volume of Gibbon but did not make out. Occupied in reading Newspapers ... 8 February 1832Wednesday. 8th.Morning at the Office. Weather dull and disagreeable. The Child had caught a severe cold and was dull all day and restless in the night. This is so un... 9 February 1832Thursday. 9th.The Child still seemed heavy and restless so that I felt uneasy all day with a sensation of undue depression of spirits. I went to the Office as usual... 10 February 1832Friday. 10th.The Child seemed so much more uneasy and in pain that I concluded to send for a Physician rather than be anxious about her so I called for Dr. Stevens... 11 February 1832Saturday. 11th.Morning at the Office. A pleasant day after the Snow. I was engaged in Accounts and Journal until my Client Lyon came in who was very averse to settle... 12 February 1832Sunday. 12th.In conformity with my resolution of yesterday or I might rather say, my project, I intend not to mention any of my regular duties, considering them as... 13 February 1832Monday. 13th.I spent more than an hour reading the Newspapers. I suppose if a man wishes to appear informed in this Country he must keep up with the debates in Con... 14 February 1832Tuesday. 14th.At the Office as usual. Read a part of Gibbon’s fifth volume and the detail of the miserable condition of the Countries of Europe under the Government... 15 February 1832Wednesday. 15th.I devoted nearly two hours to Gibbon and felt quite well pleased with myself in consequence. The rest of the time passed as it usually does. I accompl... 16 February 1832Thursday. 16th.The Cold seemed to be coming on again today. I was in hopes it was going away permanently. Occupied nearly all the morning in trifles so that I gave o... 17 February 1832Friday. 17th.A return of sharp cold upon us this morning. The Winter is long and trying to people who are not in good circumstances. I accomplished a good deal of ... 18 February 1832Saturday. 18th.My Record of today can have but little of interest in it. I pursued my reading of Gibbon without material interruption. Finished the fifth volume and ... 19 February 1832Sunday. 19th.Nothing can be worse than our Weather has been for a considerable time past. The Alternations have been so rapid from cold to warm, and from dry to we... 20 February 1832Monday. 20th.Snow, rain, and hail. Every disagreeable thing in the way of Weather. My morning was mostly taken up in reading the Memorial of Mr. Gallatin upon the ... 21 February 1832Tuesday. 21st.A little snow. Morning at the Office where I finished reading Mr. Gallatin’s Memorial and also Mr. McDuffie’s Report from the Committee of Ways and Me... 22 February 1832Wednesday. 22d.This day was set apart here for the celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of Washington’s birthday. A considerable apparatus was got up to make th... 23 February 1832Thursday. 23d.Another shocking day. Snow, rain and wind. At the Office, but passed my time most unprofitably. I neither pursued the subject of Mr. Gallatin’s Memori... 24 February 1832Friday. 24th.The weather changed to sharp cold again. This has been on the whole a Winter of greater severity than any I have known since I have lived in New Engla... 25 February 1832Saturday. 25th.Morning cold with snow. At the Office where I was occupied in reading a little more of Gibbon. But it is heavy work. The style of that author is cumbr... 26 February 1832Sunday. 26th.The weather at last looks a little more in conjunction with the Season and the closing of Winter. Yet the whole surface of the Earth was covered with ... 27 February 1832Monday. 27th.Very disagreeable day with snow. At the Office as usual. Passed the larger part of my time reading Gibbon and his doleful account of the sack of Rome ... 28 February 1832Tuesday. 28th.More disagreeable weather. At the Office. Read Gibbon and had but one interruption. Mr. I. Farrar from Quincy to pay a portion of his rent. He is abou... 29 February 1832Wednesday. 29th.A fine day. Morning passed at the Office very quietly reading Gibbon, and the close of the Western Empire. Nearly five Centuries from the commencement... March 1832 1 March 1832Thursday. March 1st.Day fine though cooler than yesterday. I went to the Office as usual and passed my time pretty diligently. Finished a Chapter of Gibbon upon the origi... 2 March 1832Friday. 2d.Morning fine, but it afterwards grew cloudy and disagreeable. I went to the Office and found there a letter from T. B. Adams Jr. requesting me to appr... 3 March 1832Saturday. 3d.Fine day. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied in making up Accounts after which I finished the sixth volume of Gibbon which closes the Hist... 4 March 1832Sunday. 4th.This was another fine day though a little more cool. I attended divine service all day and heard Mr. Frothingham’s Sermon in the morning from 2. Corin... 5 March 1832Monday. 5th.Heavy rain and apparently a disperser of our snow and ice. I went to the Office and read Gibbon. Beginning the sixth volume and the decline of the Rom... 6 March 1832Tuesday. 6th.A gloomy day. Besides the want of rest caused by the fretfulness of the Child, our anxiety about her was very considerable. She shows every symptom of... 7 March 1832Wednesday. 7th.Isaac Hull Adams came to town this day and established himself at our house for the purpose of preparing himself for West Point. I was at the Office. ... 8 March 1832Thursday. 8th.Fine morning. I went to the Office but did not improve my time to the utmost. In the first place I was busy about Commissions for an hour, then went t... 9 March 1832Friday. 9th.This was one of the lovely days of which we have but a very few in the Spring season, though those few are perhaps the more valued on that account. I ... 10 March 1832Saturday. 10th.Another delicious day. My time was spent for the most part in the Street. I was engaged in Commissions for my Wife, of Furniture, but was unable to ge... 11 March 1832Sunday. 11th.The Child seemed today decidedly better. And it is the first day upon which my pleasure has exceeded my anxiety for her, since her sickness. The Wind ... 12 March 1832Monday. 12th.Rain with occasional claps of thunder. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied in my Journal and a variety of small duties all day. Wrote a let... 13 March 1832Tuesday. 13th.I received at breakfast this morning the intelligence that my Uncle the Judge expired yesterday at about one o’clock, before I. Hull reached there. In... 14 March 1832Wednesday. 14th.After going to the Office for a few minutes, and calling upon Miss Louisa C. Smith to accompany me, I went to Quincy in a Carriage according to reques... 15 March 1832Thursday. 15th.Fine morning but still cold. I went to the Office and was occupied most of my time in writing up my Diary which has been unusually interrupted, and al... 16 March 1832Friday. 16th.Fine morning though windy. I started early to perform my engagement to Deacon Spear and arrived there at Quincy at nine o’clock the time stated. Met h... 17 March 1832Saturday. 17th.Morning dark with violent wind and rain. I went to the Office and was busy in writing up my Diary which the preceding days had thrown behind hand. Thi... 18 March 1832Sunday. 18th.The sight of snow again this year was not very agreeable. And the day was cold and blustering. I attended divine service and heard Mr. Frothingham pre... 19 March 1832Monday. 19th.Morning clear but cold. I went to the Office as usual. Nothing of particular consequence in the time. I could not read a line yet my time did not appe... 20 March 1832Tuesday. 20th.Morning at the Office. I this day managed to accomplish all my usual work and make a little progress in Gibbon besides. I lament the misuse of my time... 21 March 1832Wednesday. 21st.I made my morning much more profitable today, accomplishing a Chapter of Gibbon upon the victories of Belisarius. The Author has thrown an Interest in... 22 March 1832Thursday. 22d.I staid at my Office very quietly all the morning because one of my father’s Tenants complained he could not find me to pay his Rent. He did not come ... 23 March 1832Friday. 23d.Pleasant day, not so cold as it has been. I read two hundred and odd lines of Virgil’s sixth Book of the Aeneid before going out and hoped it was a si... 24 March 1832Saturday. 24th.Beautiful morning. I went to the Office after reading a considerable portion of Virgil’s beautiful sixth book of the Aeneid. This on the whole is I th... 25 March 1832Sunday. 25th.Another fine day. Attended Divine Service and heard Mr. Bulfinch preach Sermon taken from 2. Timothy 4. 6, 7, 8. “For I am now ready to be offered, an... 26 March 1832Monday. 26th.I received this morning upon reaching the Office, definitive letters as to the settlement of my Uncle’s landed property, and the other business relati... 27 March 1832Tuesday. 27th.Fine morning but somewhat colder than it has been. I read a part of the seventh book of the Aeneid before going to the Office, where I was occupied in... 28 March 1832Wednesday. 28th.Morning cool but clear. I went to the Office after my progress in Virgil which has now become so regular that I shall omit noticing it every day. My t... 29 March 1832Thursday. 29th.Cold chilly morning with occasional snow falling lightly to remind us that Winter was not yet distant from us. I read a quantity of Virgil pleasantly ... 30 March 1832Friday. 30th.Morning cool but pleasant. I went to the Office as usual. Employed in my Accounts which I finished drawing up. They are on the whole favourable not co... 31 March 1832Saturday 31st.I was very busy after I reached the Office today. I went over the Account which was already drawn up and after proving it’s correctness, drew up an e... April 1832 1 April 1832Sunday. April 1st.An excessively gusty day with a few drops of rain in the afternoon, but on the whole clear. I attended Divine Service all day and heard Mr. Frothingha... 2 April 1832Monday. 2d.I went to the Office and passed my time rather lazily I suppose for I cannot account well for it. My Accounts however at the commencement of a Quarter... 3 April 1832Tuesday. 3d.The days are generally clear but the air is extraordinarily cold still. We have as yet little that could be called pleasant weather. I went in a drivi... 4 April 1832Wednesday 4th.Clear and cold. At the Office as usual and busy collecting more Money. The whole does not make up what I want. But we push along by all kinds of contr... 5 April 1832Thursday. 5th.This was the day appointed according to custom for the keeping a general fast. A practice now somewhat nominal as the prosperity of the Country has be... 6 April 1832Friday. 6th.The days are clear but exceedingly cold for the Season. The quantity of ice made at the North chills us through whenever the wind is from that Quarter... 7 April 1832Saturday. 7th.Fine morning. Engaged at my Office in writing my Diary which has fallen behind hand and finishing the Draughts of Leases which I had made for Quincy. ... 8 April 1832Sunday 8th.The cold keeps on and renders us all very uncomfortable. I read this morning the numbers of the Society of Useful Knowledge on Planting. They are valu... 9 April 1832Monday 9th.Morning clear as usual but cold. I made great progress in Virgil, concluding the tenth book. There is a charm about his Poetry which I never felt befo... 10 April 1832Tuesday. 10th.This is the first day upon which we have felt any thing like pleasant weather. I accomplished a good deal of the Aeneid before going to the Office. Bu... 11 April 1832Wednesday. 11th.Morning mild but wet. I omitted reading Virgil being occupied in the studies of I. H. Adams, who is preparing to go to West Point. This attention will... 12 April 1832Thursday. 12th.A beautiful day. After reading a considerable extract from Virgil I went to the Office and was engaged as usual in reading Newspapers and writing Jour... 13 April 1832Friday. 13th.A very lovely day. I went to the Office after making some progress in the reading of Virgil though not so much as I wished. I did hope to finish Virgi... 14 April 1832Saturday 14th.The weather cannot last fine a great while at this Season. The Wind was Easterly today and of course unpleasant. After reading Virgil, I went to the O... 15 April 1832Sunday. 15th.Raw and cloudy with Wind still East. Passed the morning in finishing the Aeneid with which I have been very much pleased. The thing seems to me to be ... 16 April 1832Monday 16th.Very cold disagreeable morning. Transferred for the present the Italian to be my morning study. Read a little of the Peruvian Letters which are very e... 17 April 1832Tuesday. 17th.Heavy rain with a high Wind from the Eastward. This will obviate the difficulty about vegetation but it is unpleasant enough in all conscience to the ... 18 April 1832Wednesday 18th.Heavy rain with more Wind. I read a little of the Peruvian Letters. Went to the Office, and from thence to the Athenaeum where I lounged an hour witho... 19 April 1832Thursday. 19th.Another cold and cloudy disagreeable day. Our bad weather all comes at once. I read a little Italian. Then to the Office. Time variously occupied. Rea... 20 April 1832Friday. 20th.It is now one week that we have had very bad weather all the time. The rain of today was again mingled with snow and the whole appeared cheerless enou... 21 April 1832Saturday. 21st.The morning was cloudy but it cleared away in the course of the day. The wind being West for a short time but in general more to the Eastward. I occup... 22 April 1832Sunday. 22d.Clear but cold. After passing the morning hours in reading the Life of Napoleon, and doing something towards my library Catalogue I attended divine Se... 23 April 1832Monday. 23d.Morning at the Office. Hard frost last night by which all the vegetation must be somewhat retarded. I finished the Peruvian letters with which I have ... 24 April 1832Tuesday. 24th.Morning clear, but the weather holds on cold. Went to the Office. But passed my time without any very clear advantage. Joseph H. Adams went off this m... 25 April 1832Wednesday. 25th.The day was exceedingly unpleasant although considerably warmer than it has been. I read a little of the Letters of Ortiz, an Italian book that I purc... 26 April 1832Thursday. 26th.At last we had a day that seemed to show some signal of the season of the year. It was very dusty however and windy, so that we did not enjoy it as mu... 27 April 1832Friday. 27th.A lovely day. I began reading Vasari’s Works this morning which I have lately purchased. The Italian of this is tolerably easy. Went to the Office but... 28 April 1832Saturday. 28th.The day was unpleasant with a cold Easterly wind and rain. I went to the Office after reading a little of Vasari. My time was not very well employed a... 29 April 1832Sunday. 29th.Another cold and rainy day. Attended divine service after spending the morning partly in overlooking the Mathematics studied by Hull yesterday, partly... 30 April 1832Monday 30th.Heavy rain with cold Easterly Wind. I read a little of Vasari before going to the Office—His own Life which gives a sketch of his progress in the Art ... May 1832 1 May 1832Tuesday. May 1st.Morning damp and cloudy again. I read a little of the Life of Vasari, and then went to the Office. My time was taken up as it often is in the close of... 2 May 1832Wednesday. 2d.This is the month of May. It is necessary to know it or we might suppose it March. After reading a little of the Life of Vasari which I found tolerabl... 3 May 1832Thursday. 3d.Cloudy and unpleasant. I have been obliged to record this exceedingly often of late. I read a little more of the Life of Vasari, but it being nothing ... 4 May 1832Friday. 4th.Morning damp and rainy. After beginning Vasari’s life of Michael Angelo, which I found pretty hard though a little more entertaining, I went to the Of... 5 May 1832Saturday. 5th.Cold and cloudy. A disagreeable variety of our miserable season. I read a little of Vasari and then went to the Office. My time not employed to any gr... 6 May 1832Sunday. 6th.Clear for once. But the wind from the Eastward piercingly cold. So that I was driven to repent of my clothing so thin in the morning. Attended divine ... 7 May 1832Monday. 7th.Clear and cold. I am informed that there was a sharp frost, and I do not wonder at it. Read more of Vasari which is now more interesting although the ... 8 May 1832Tuesday. 8th.A warm day but a very windy one. I read Vasari as usual and went to the Office. Nothing material took place. As it was the period for returning books ... 9 May 1832Wednesday. 8th i.e. 9th.A mild day with a South Wind. I read a little of Vasari and then to the Office. My time taken up very much by two persons. First, Mr. F. W. Field who ... 10 May 1832Thursday. 9th i.e. 10th.Morning clear. But the wind went round to the Eastward and kept the weather pretty chilly. I went to the Office and found my Article published in the ... 11 May 1832Friday. 10th i.e. 11th.Clear and tolerably pleasant day. After reading Vasari I went to the Office and was occupied as usual in reading Gibbon. This took up all my time exce... 12 May 1832Saturday. 11th i.e. 12th.A beautiful day. I went to the Office after reading a little of Vasari. Nothing of any moment occurred. I had two or three interruptions. Deacon Spear... 13 May 1832Sunday. 13th.Another lovely day. The air was soft and vegetation begins to give decided evidence of its influence. As it is probable I may soon go out of town, I o... 14 May 1832Monday. 14th.A very warm day. Our Summer comes without any Spring. I continued and finished the rough draught of my Catalogue. This will require copying after whic... 15 May 1832Tuesday. 15th.Morning pleasant but weather very warm. I went to the Office after sitting down to have some Conversation with I. Hull. He seems very much depressed a... 16 May 1832Wednesday. 16th.Fine morning. I worked upon my Catalogue a good deal and then went to the Office. My whole available time was engrossed by my answer to T. B. Adams’s ... 17 May 1832Thursday. 17th.The child has been suffering very much all day and gives us again a great deal of anxiety. I continued working upon my Catalogue. Then to the Office. ... 18 May 1832Friday. 18th.Morning cold. The change of wind has disposed of all our fine weather and given us in its place the easterly chill. Went to the Office. Passed my time... 19 May 1832Saturday. 19th.Morning cloudy and cold with rain. Isaac Hull left us this morning. On the whole I cannot say that I experienced any great regret. I asked him to stay... 20 May 1832Sunday. 20th.An exceedingly heavy rain all day and more particularly towards night. I laboured all my spare time upon the Catalogue, but attended Divine Service as... 21 May 1832Monday 21st.Morning clear but windy, cold and disagreeable. I continued my Catalogue and then went to the Office. Received a letter from my father informing me of... 22 May 1832Tuesday. 22d.Cold and very windy with rain. I went to the Office and occupied myself in my usual way. Mr. Mills, the Painter from Quincy, called and I paid him mor... 23 May 1832Wednesday 23d.Morning cold and cheerless. I went to town and to the House where I was quite occupied in various measures necessary previous to finally locking up al... 24 May 1832Thursday. 24th.Morning cloudy and disagreeable. It afterwards set in to rain quite hard. I went to town and passed my morning at the office excepting an hour’s visit... 25 May 1832Friday 25th.The morning opened with heavy rain and the wind from the Eastward. I concluded after reasoning about it, not to go into Boston. I thereby saved myself... 26 May 1832Saturday. 26.The morning was tolerably fair but cloudy, and it rained shortly afterwards. I received, upon arriving in town, a letter from my Mother at New York st... 27 May 1832Sunday. 27th.Heavy and continued rain all day. I remained at home as the Carriage was full going to Church in the morning. Most of my day was spent in reading the ... 28 May 1832Monday. 28th.The morning was cloudy but much more like Spring. I went to town accompanied by Horatio Brooks. My time at the Office was taken up in reading my fathe... 29 May 1832Tuesday. 29.Morning very lovely. It seemed to pay for all the bad weather we had had. I arose early and went to town after breakfast. Spent a considerable part of... 30 May 1832Wednesday. 30th.Against all expectation the day opened with the wind from the South and a very heavy rain. The question now was about starting, and after considering ... 31 May 1832Thursday. 31st.I congratulated myself upon my decision of yesterday when I heard the Wind rise during the night, and much more so upon seeing the rain in the morning... June 1832 1 June 1832Friday June 1st.June in name but the day was more like September. My wetting made me determine not to risk another directly if I could avoid it, so I decided to remai... 2 June 1832Saturday. 2d.Went to Boston this morning. Time engrossed in Commissions of various kinds and in copying the letter written the other day to my Father. I was at the... 3 June 1832Sunday. 3d.The Weather continues chilly and unseasonable. The Wind blowing pretty steadily from the Westward though without any rain. I attended Divine Service, ... 4 June 1832Monday. 4th.Misty threatening rain. I was obliged to risk it, so I went to town. My time was entirely taken up in Commissions and in bringing up all accounts, whi... 5 June 1832Tuesday. 5th.Weather tolerably fair, yet I concluded to remain quietly at home. I have no engagements of any pressing nature in Boston, and my time is usually wast... 6 June 1832Wednesday 6th.It threatened to be pleasant but without success. I went to town. Found to my discomfiture that my Office boy was about to leave me. This at this time... 7 June 1832Thursday. 7th.Much the same cloudy, unpleasant weather which we have had all along. I remained at home today. Read a portion of Thucydides but my time was very cons... 8 June 1832Friday. 8th.The early part of the morning was so cloudy that I decided upon remaining at home. But it appearing a little finer at ten o’clock, I concluded to star... 9 June 1832Saturday 9th.The direction of the wind was changed this morning, but we nevertheless had a showery day. I concluded not to go to town. Occupied during the morning ... 10 June 1832Sunday. 10th.It is hardly necessary to make any allusion to the weather while we have constant clouds and rain. I have never known a season at all like this. The C... 11 June 1832Monday. 11th.I had designed going to town today, but the clouds threatened rain so much that I felt unwilling to trust myself. After balancing a longer time than w... 12 June 1832Tuesday. 12th.For once we had a very fine day. The whole force of the Season coming upon a very uncommon state of cold. I went to town and occupied myself in Accoun... 13 June 1832Wednesday. 13th.The Wind Easterly and the day threatening rain. I went out to look at the weather, but concluded at any rate to stay at home. It cleared away however.... 14 June 1832Thursday. 14th.Morning cloudy, but it cleared and became a very warm day. I went to Boston, accompanied by my Wife’s Nurse Mrs. Field who was sent in to perform Comm... 15 June 1832Friday. 15th.Morning cloudy but afterwards exceedingly warm. The morning was passed in investigations for the benefit of my subject. The quantity of matter it lead... 16 June 1832Saturday. 16th.Cool in the morning but it became an exceedingly warm day. I remained at home, and on the whole applied myself pretty faithfully to reading Vaughan’s ... 17 June 1832Sunday. 17th.Fine day but quite warm. I was occupied at home in beginning a draught of something upon Mr. Vaughan’s book, and in reading further Hume and Brodie in... 18 June 1832Monday. 18th.Pleasant morning and not too warm. I went to town and occupied myself at my Office as usual. The announcement of the arrival of the Asiatic Cholera on... 19 June 1832Tuesday. 19th.Morning cloudy with wind from the North and occasionally rain. I concluded to stay at home. Occupied all my morning in reading and beginning another a... 20 June 1832Wednesday. 20th.Morning clear but very cold for the season. In going to town, I felt the want of clothing even with my great coat. So upon arriving I went immediately... 21 June 1832Thursday. 21st.Fine morning. Indeed I do not know that in the course of the year we enjoy much pleasanter weather than this day. I remained quietly at home. And was ... 22 June 1832Friday. 22d.A beautiful day. I remained at home again all day, and in the morning began a fair draught of my remarks after going through with the material parts o... 23 June 1832Saturday. 23d.Fine day. I went to town, and passed my time as usual in Commissions and lounging. Took up a volume of Gibbon but found that I had so lost the connect... 24 June 1832Sunday. 24th.Very cool with an Easterly wind. I was engaged in writing almost all day, excepting when going to Meeting. Mr. Ripley of Boston preached in the mornin... 25 June 1832Monday. 25th.Morning very fine. I remained at home today, and Completed the draught of the attempt I am now making. It has occupied me earnestly but continually fo... 26 June 1832Tuesday 26th.Fine day. I concluded to remain very quietly at home as it was likely to be warm. I returned to the study of Thucydides which my late work had put a s... 27 June 1832Wednesday. 27th.Day cloudy and threatening rain. Nevertheless I went to Boston accompanied by my Wife who was anxious to see her sister, Mrs. Frothingham. At the Offi... 28 June 1832Thursday. 28th.Fine day. I remained at home and resumed my writing. I gave in the first place a deliberate review to what I had done, and then I sat down with the in... 29 June 1832Friday. 29th.Fine weather. I went to town this morning. My ride was somewhat longer through the little green lane and over the Neck. I think this little place is o... 30 June 1832Saturday. 30th.Fine morning. I went to Boston. Very busy all the time in finishing my Account. I accomplished it however and sent with it a short letter. My father i... July 1832 1 July 1832Sunday. July 1st.Clear morning but warmer than it has been. I was occupied in writing much of my time. Attended divine service in the morning and heard Mr. Whitney upo... 2 July 1832Monday. 2d.The weather is fine, but the continuance of the heat without rain is a trying thing for vegetation. I find many of the young trees which I have transp... 3 July 1832Tuesday. 3d.Another cloudy morning followed by a very bright day. I went to Boston again as it was about the commencement of the Quarter and persons might come in... 4 July 1832Wednesday. 4th.Fine clear morning though much cooler than it has been for some days back. As this was the usual day of festival, I remained quietly at home. Last yea... 5 July 1832Thursday. 5th.Fine morning. I went to Boston. Occupied when there in my own affairs and those of my father. Made some Collections and on the whole put the Accounts ... 6 July 1832Friday. 6th.I remained quietly at home all day. Weather warm and dry. I cannot say that I was properly occupied. After having read over my composition and feeling... 7 July 1832Saturday. 7th.Fine morning. I went to Boston and was occupied much as usual. There was a good deal of news of different kinds. Bad so far as it denoted the spreadin... 8 July 1832Sunday. 8th.Day cold and cloudy but without rain. I passed my time very quietly in reading at home, and in attending divine Worship. Heard Mr. Whitney. My life is... 9 July 1832Monday. 9th.Cloudy and cold. But very little rain. I did not go to town. Time occupied between Thucydides and the examination of the old letters of my Grandmother... 10 July 1832Tuesday. 10th.Morning cloudy and cold. I concluded however to go to town. At the Office a little while and from thence to the Athenaeum—Where I returned my books wi... 11 July 1832Wednesday. 11th.The clouds and mist continued with occasional heavy rain during the day. I went to town contrary to my wishes, principally for the purpose of accommod... 12 July 1832Thursday. 12th.It rained occasionally throughout the day so that I concluded to remain quietly at home. Time taken up in reading Thucydides whose first book I finish... 13 July 1832Friday 13th.Morning clear, but the day was cloudy with now and then a few drops of rain. I remained at home and passed my morning in reading Thucydides and the li... 14 July 1832Saturday. 14th.Morning clear, but occasional showers, in the day. I went to town. Time passed in performing commissions and paying visits. I called to see Mr. Blunt ... 15 July 1832Sunday. 15th.Fine day though cool for the season. I attended Divine service and heard Mr. Newell of Cambridge preach. His Sermons were interesting, though disfigur... 16 July 1832Monday. 16th.Pleasant day. I went to town principally for the purpose of obtaining from Mr. Blunt the Papers which I lent to him the other day. My time was taken u... 17 July 1832Tuesday. 17th.Fine morning. I concluded not to go to town today. My Mother received a letter this morning from my father mentioning the probability of his starting ... 18 July 1832Wednesday. 18th.Fine day. I remained quietly at home. My time was divided between Thucydides and Sydney in the morning. I read in the former the account of the plague... 19 July 1832Thursday. 19th.Morning fine. My wife accompanied me to Boston where she met her sister Mrs. Frothingham. I was engaged in various vocations, but very few of them of ... 20 July 1832Friday. 20th.Fine day. I did not go to town. It is marvellous how little attraction there is for me in the heated streets. And the less I go, the less I feel incli... 21 July 1832Saturday. 21st.A fine rain this morning, but it prevented my going to town as I had intended. Occupied in reading Thucydides, but I had a little touch of my headach,... 22 July 1832Sunday. 22d.Fine day. I attended Divine Service all day and heard Mr. Flint of Cohasset preach. In the morning upon the fulfilment of vows made, in the Afternoon ... 23 July 1832Monday 23d.Fine, clear day. I went to Boston and passed my time there with my usual waste. The accounts of the Cholera from New York are bad enough and the Peopl... 24 July 1832Tuesday. 24th.Fine morning. I went to town for the purpose of getting some information about my father. But I did not succeed. Time principally occupied in reading ... 25 July 1832Wednesday. 25th.Showery with more thunder and lightning through the rest of the day than we have had all the Season. I felt compelled to go to town where, after learn... 26 July 1832Thursday. 26th.Morning cold with a cloud of mist from the sea. I went to town notwithstanding for the purpose of giving directions in regard to the House, and also t... 27 July 1832Friday. 27th.Fine morning. I did not go to town, from an anxiety to be out of the way as much as any thing. My new tenant will find plenty of things to think of I ... 28 July 1832Saturday. 28th.Fine day. I went to town, and my time was entirely taken up all the morning. I had visits at my Office from T. K. Davis, Mr. S. Angier, and the new Te... 29 July 1832Sunday. 29th.Day pleasant and rather warm. Time occupied in copying a letter from my father, and reading a little of Seneca whom, for the last Week, I have rather ... 30 July 1832Monday. 30th.Fine day, though it was cloudy in the morning. I went to town for the purpose of arranging my Accounts for a payment on the 1st instant, on my father’... 31 July 1832Tuesday. 31st.Clouds and showers with thunder and Lightning throughout the day. I remained at home and read Thucydides whose third book I finished. The picture it g... August 1832 1 August 1832Wednesday. August 1.Morning cloudy, damp and cold. I went to town—My time there being almost entirely taken up in settling Accounts, and making up my books. Having receiv... 2 August 1832Thursday. 2d.I went to town. Read a little of Major Hordynski’s book and was engaged in a general examination of all my books of Accounts, which resulted in ascert... 3 August 1832Friday 3d.Remained at Quincy all day. More of a Summer feeling in this than I have experienced for some time. Read a considerable portion of Thucydides, contain... 4 August 1832Saturday. 4th.My Wife accompanied me to Boston and thence to Charlestown to see Mr. and Mrs. Everett. We found them in tolerably good health and spirits. She was lo... 5 August 1832Sunday. 5th.Morning very warm with clouds, and in the afternoon some rain. I attended divine Service all day and heard Mr. Whitney. His morning Sermon upon the na... 6 August 1832Monday. 6th.Cloudy with an Easterly Wind, which in the afternoon produced heavy rain. I went into town, accompanied by James Field, the son of Mrs. Field, the chi... 7 August 1832Tuesday. 7th.Clouds and occasional rain. I remained at home today. Began reading a Biography of Oliver Cromwell with the view of making something out of it. I was ... 8 August 1832Wednesday. 8th.Weather continues showery. I remained at home and continued very earnestly reading the life of Cromwell. I finished the rapid Summary of events which ... 9 August 1832Thursday. 9th.Heavy showers all day. This was the day appointed by Governor Lincoln as a day of fasting, humiliation and Prayer, on account of the disease which is ... 10 August 1832Friday. 10th.Heavy rain in the morning which prevented my going to town as I had intended. Occupied in pasting labels for my father so that I have not much to say ... 11 August 1832Saturday. 11th.Beautiful morning. I went to town. Time engrossed by the usual variety of little minutiae which benefit nobody and vex me. It is making a considerable... 12 August 1832Sunday. 12th.Fine morning although we had a sea fog for half an hour. I attended the divine service all day and heard Mr. Capen of South Boston preach. I have gone... 13 August 1832Monday. 13th.Fine morning and clear, warm day. I went to town and was engaged during the morning in my usual manner. Nothing of particular consequence took place. ... 14 August 1832Tuesday. 14th.My Child has completed her first year. She has on the whole enjoyed a remarkable share of health and has given as little anxiety to her Parents as any... 15 August 1832Wednesday. 15th.Morning clear, and weather exceedingly warm. I went to town as usual preparatory to going to Medford for a week, as my Wife wished to see her Sister. ... 16 August 1832Thursday. 16th.Morning cloudy but it did not rain. After consideration Mr. Brooks concluded to go down to Nahant with his daughters, and as I was somewhat singularly... 17 August 1832Friday. 17th.Rain in the morning. I was in doubt as to what to do. Remained at Quincy until nearly ten o’clock when as it seemed to hold up I thought it best to st... 18 August 1832Saturday. 18th.Morning cloudy. I went to town accompanied by my Child’s Nurse who went in for the day. She being somewhat ponderous retarded my progress a little. Mo... 19 August 1832Sunday. 19th.Is it possible that I should have finished my record of yesterday without recollecting that it is the completion of twenty five years of my life? What... 20 August 1832Monday. 20th.A beautiful morning. I went to town accompanied by Mr. Frothingham. Walked to the Athenaeum to get a book, and from thence went to an auction room to ... 21 August 1832Tuesday. 21.Fine morning. I went to town accompanied by Mr. Frothingham. Morning passed quietly at the Office. Engaged in reading the Report on the Masonic Invest... 22 August 1832Wednesday. 22.Fine morning. For two or three days past I have taken a shower bath at the small house under the bank of the Canal, and I feel better for it. Went to ... 23 August 1832Thursday. 23d.Fine morning, quite unexpectedly to me for it was raining last evening. I went to town accompanied by Mr. Frothingham. Nothing of particular moment ta... 24 August 1832Friday. 24th.Fine day. I went to town as usual. Morning passed as usual. I got a chance to go to the Athenaeum and read a little, for my Office work is trifling. E... 25 August 1832Saturday 25th.Fine day but the weather has turned off quite cold. I took my last shower bath this season and found it extremely pleasant. Left Medford after breakfa... 26 August 1832Sunday. 26th.Fine Morning. I attended Divine Service all day and heard Mr. Green preach from the famous Address by Paul to the Athenians. This is the same man whom... 27 August 1832Monday. 27th.Inasmuch as my horse was quite tired by the amount of his work during the last fortnight and as my occupations did not prevent me from indulging, I re... 28 August 1832Tuesday. 28th.Fine morning. I remained at home very quietly all day. My time was taken up partly in writing a slight and poor beginning upon Cromwell, partly in dra... 29 August 1832Wednesday. 29th.Fine day. Remained at home again. Wrote off a fair copy of the draught which I mentioned yesterday and was engaged in reading again the first volume o... 30 August 1832Thursday. 30th.My father went this day to Cambridge to attend the exercises of the ΦBK Society. I rode to town and passed my morning in attending to matters of busin... 31 August 1832Friday. 31st.I did not go to town today. My father did, to dine with Mr. Coolidge. I went on working upon the Papers of my Grandfather until I could say that so fa... September 1832 1 September 1832Saturday. September 1st.Cold morning but clear. I went to town. Time taken up partly in going to my House for Papers, partly in business transactions, and partly in a nameles... 2 September 1832Sunday. 2d.Fine day although the Wind was Easterly. Attended Divine Service all day at the Meeting house and heard Mr. Whitney. We were quiet at home having only... 3 September 1832Monday. 3d.Three years ago on this day, I was married. So far, I have never had occasion to repent it. Much has been said upon the danger of marrying early, but ... 4 September 1832Tuesday. 4th.Heavy rain and cold. I remained at home all the morning, trying to revive my taste for the examination of Cromwell’s life. I did not do much in that w... 5 September 1832Wednesday. 5th.Fine morning. I arose feeling very unwell and my sickness did not abate for some hours. Indeed I do not know when my stomach has been so completely bo... 6 September 1832Thursday. 6th.As I felt somewhat under the influence of medicine, I concluded to remain quietly at home during the day, though contrary to my original intention. Ti... 7 September 1832Friday. 7th.Fine morning. I felt better though not quite recovered from my sickness. Went to town in the Carriage with my Mother and Wife. Occupied in business at... 8 September 1832Saturday 8th.Fine morning. I went to town. Time passed at the Athenaeum and office. But I had no business to transact. The Tenants are as slow as ever. I amused an... 9 September 1832Sunday. 9th.Morning clear but day windy. I attended Divine Service and heard Mr. Lamson of Dedham — A good writer though not an attractive Preacher. He seems to h... 10 September 1832Monday. 10th.Fine morning. I went to town having made an engagement with Mrs. Proctor to be ready to receive her rent. This business completed, there was nothing e... 11 September 1832Tuesday. 11th.Morning clear but windy. I accompanied my Mother to town in the Carriage this morning, and was busy during nearly all my time in commissions on her ac... 12 September 1832Wednesday 12th.The rain and wind of the night ceased this morning to give way to a beautiful day. I arose and busied myself all the morning in reading M. Chateaubria... 13 September 1832Thursday. 13th.Fine morning. The weather is clear and cold. I am fearful the crop of Corn will not ripen. Passed my morning mostly in the Garden attending to my port... 14 September 1832Friday. 14th.Fine morning. I remained at home very quiet and read a little of M. Chateaubriand, though far the largest portion of my time was devoted to putting th... 15 September 1832Saturday. 15th.Morning warmer. I went to town and was engaged my whole time in overseeing the putting of three tons of Coal into my Cellar at home. This is but a sor... 16 September 1832Sunday. 16th.The Storm produced a lovely Summer morning which I enjoyed exceedingly in a little walk with my Child in her little Carriage. Attended divine service ... 17 September 1832Monday. 17th.Fine morning. I went to town. Engaged in a few Commissions, and among the rest called at the Athenaeum. Obtained there Mr. Vigne’s, a young English la... 18 September 1832Tuesday. 18th.Lovely day. We seem at the termination of the Season and yet we have at no time had a pleasanter specimen than today. I remained at Quincy but did not... 19 September 1832Wednesday. 19th.I remained absent from town again all day, though I can hardly say that I have a sufficiently good account to give of my time to compensate it. My mor... 20 September 1832Thursday. 20th.Morning cloudy and looked very much like rain. The first thing that was announced to us was that the Baby had been sick during the night. She has so l... 21 September 1832Friday. 21st.As the Weather changed and the appearances were rather in favour of a Storm of some days, I thought I would go to town today instead of tomorrow. At t... 22 September 1832Saturday 22d.Morning cloudy and it rained occasionally throughout the day. I did not go to town and hardly stirred out of the House all day. My morning was consume... 23 September 1832Sunday. 23d.Fine clear morning with a much cooler air than heretofore. I was busy during the morning in pasting labels into my father’s books. Not a very appropri... 24 September 1832Monday. 24th.Morning cold and clear. I went to town. The decay of the year again gives me a feeling of inclination to the haunts of men. There is a comfort in the ... 25 September 1832Tuesday. 25th.The day was cloudy with occasional heavy showers of rain but it finally cleared away. I remained at home but did not accomplish much. The pain in my t... 26 September 1832Wednesday. 26th.Fine day. I went to town and should have enjoyed my ride exceedingly if I had not felt a pain in my head, arising from indigestion and imprudence yest... 27 September 1832Thursday. 27th.Having purchased my Coal, the next thing was to get it into my House and Office. For that purpose I rode to town, and was occupied about it nearly all... 28 September 1832Friday. 28th.I was obliged to go into town again today for the purpose of overseeing the putting my Coal into the Cellar. And it took up more than two hours of the... 29 September 1832Saturday. 29th.Morning cloudy and soon after eleven, hard rain for the rest of the day. This prevented our all fulfilling an engagement made to dine with Mr. Brooks ... 30 September 1832Sunday. 30th.Cloudy with sleet and occasional rain throughout the day. I passed my time in writing, dressing, and pasting labels before Service. Heard Mr. C. Brook... October 1832 1 October 1832Monday. October 1st.Heavy rain all day so that I did not stir from the House. Occupied in various ways but in none concerning my own studies. Pasted labels. Compared Text... 2 October 1832Tuesday. 2d.Fine day. I went to town early and was occupied the whole morning in attending to matters of business. It being Quarter day, I was obliged to give the... 3 October 1832Wednesday. 3d.I did not go to town today. Morning taken up in writing for my father, correcting old MS and reading Lingard. I find this historian is somewhat influe... 4 October 1832Thursday. 4th.Fine morning. I rode to town feeling slightly unwell, though it did not disturb my comfort in the City. My time was engrossed as usual in a variety of... 5 October 1832Friday. 5th.Fine morning. I remained at home, and after spending an hour at the Wharf in a vain attempt to catch some Fish, I returned and spent the rest of my mo... 6 October 1832Saturday. 6th.The morning thick and hazy. I went to town accompanied by my father. Of course got in somewhat later than usual. Time taken up in Accounts and collect... 7 October 1832Sunday. 7th.Morning cloudy and mild. The Weather is on the whole fine for the Season. Morning passed in reading Lingard, previous to divine Service which I attend... 8 October 1832Monday. 8th.Morning cloudy but it did not rain. The weather remained doubtful until evening when it cleared away. I went to town. Engaged all the morning in Accou... 9 October 1832Tuesday. 9th.Foggy morning but a very beautiful day. I remained at home all day and consumed a quantity of it in fishing in company with my Mother. We had very mod... 10 October 1832Wednesday. 10th.Morning cloudy, but I went to town notwithstanding, for the purpose of attending to the receipt of some Wood which I purchased the other day. I went t... 11 October 1832Thursday. 11th.Clouds and occasional heavy rain. I remained quietly at home occupied in reading Lingard and comparing with Hume, and in correcting Text with my fathe... 12 October 1832Friday. 12th.Beautiful morning. I do not know that we have a pleasanter month than this when it is tolerably fair. I read a little, but passed most of my time in c... 13 October 1832Saturday. 13th.Mild and pleasant day. Miss Julia Gorham accompanied me to town today. She returns home much to the regret, I believe, of all the family. The company ... 14 October 1832Sunday. 14th.Morning cloudy but it cleared away towards night with a sharp North-Westerly Wind. I attended Divine Service all day and heard Mr. Whitney without the... 15 October 1832Monday. 15th.Fine morning but very cold. I went into town and felt more chilled than I have done this autumn before. Time taken up at the Office writing. I am atte... 16 October 1832Tuesday. 16th.Fine morning but cool. I rode to town to see about getting my Coal in, and was accompanied by my Child’s Nurse, Mrs. Field. Morning very much taken up... 17 October 1832Wednesday. 17th.Milder and clear. I remained at home all day. It was my intention to have employed my time very industriously but somehow I did not carry it into effe... 18 October 1832Thursday. 18th.This morning upon getting up I found myself somewhat indisposed, and as there seemed to be no cause to which I could clearly trace it, I immediately c... 19 October 1832Friday. 19th.Cloudy day. I felt but poorly after the severe influence of my Medicine. I remained quietly at home engaged in looking over and abstracting Stone’s bo... 20 October 1832Saturday. 20th.Morning cloudy but it cleared away afterwards and became warm. I went to town with the intention of executing much, but did in fact exceedingly little... 21 October 1832Sunday. 21st.Morning clear but mild. I attended Divine Service all day and heard Dr. Gray preach. I do not feel much interest in what he says. Indeed in the attent... 22 October 1832Monday. 22d.Morning cold and cloudy. I went to town although feeling quite unwell. I have of late years enjoyed my health so well that any thing like sickness is ... 23 October 1832Tuesday. 23d.I felt much better this morning. My purpose is now to adhere strictly to the Diet prescribed for me. Remained in Quincy all day. Morning occupied in r... 24 October 1832Wednesday. 24th.Morning cold and cloudy. I felt much better, and therefore went down to the Wharf fishing. My Wife seemed disposed to call it imprudent, but I did not... 25 October 1832Thursday. 25.Went to town accompanied by my father. His engagements were such as to require his presence in town at 1/2 past 9 o’clock which we just accomplished. ... 26 October 1832Friday. 26.Morning was cold. I started shortly after breakfast, to go to Weston. My fingers ached and I otherwise began to experience in a good degree the approa... 27 October 1832Saturday. 27th.Clear morning and milder than it has been. I remained at Quincy in consequence of my father’s having engaged a meeting of the Supervisors of the Templ... 28 October 1832Sunday. 28th.Morning cold and cloudy. A few flakes of snow and some hail announced to us the rapid march of the Winter. I was engaged in the morning in making up m... 29 October 1832Monday. 29th.Clear and cold. I went to town. Engaged all my time in commissions. My house is now to be opened and prepared for our reception. I was therefore engag... 30 October 1832Tuesday. 30th.Weather moderated, making one of the most delicious of our Autumn days. I rode into town for the purpose of making further arrangements in respect to ... 31 October 1832Wednesday. 31st.I staid at home this morning while my Mother and Wife went to town. Occupied very constantly though not much intellectually. My father wished me to go... November 1832 1 November 1832Thursday. November 1st.Delicious day. The very perfection of our Indian Summer. I went to town accompanied by Mrs. Nowlan, leaving her at the Catholic Church. Time entirely ... 2 November 1832Friday. 2d.My day was passed at home. I designed to have passed it very pleasantly in getting rid of some of the last occupations which must engage me before I l... 3 November 1832Saturday 3d.Fine morning though a little colder. I went to town accompanied by my wife. Left her at the house and soon afterwards went up there myself. Found all ... 4 November 1832Sunday 4th.Morning windy but mild. I was occupied all day in finishing the various little occupations which have engaged me since my residence here and in return... 5 November 1832Monday. 5th.Morning cloudy but it cleared away pretty well so as to make it pretty agreeable notwithstanding an Easterly Wind. I went to town and was busy all my ... 6 November 1832Tuesday. 6th.Cold and cloudy day with occasional rain. I went to town it being the last day allowed for preparation and arrangement. Time taken up at the house and... 7 November 1832Wednesday. 7th.The day has arrived when it is time to break up the Summer arrangement and begin the Winter one. It was cloudy and dull but not rainy as I had anticip... 8 November 1832Thursday. 8th.Morning cloudy but it cleared away quite cold. I went to the Office. Engaged a good deal in running about making purchases for the family of the thing... 9 November 1832Friday. 9th.My father left this morning early for Providence. He goes to Washington to assume new cares and incur more praise or odium according as chance may dir... 10 November 1832Saturday. 10th.My health is declining in spite of myself. The distress I endure every morning is something more than the vision of a hypochondriac. Yet it is aggrava... 11 November 1832Sunday. 11th.Beautiful weather. My father and mother are much favoured. Attended divine Service all day at the Church in Chauncy Place. Heard Mr. Frothingham, but ... 12 November 1832Monday. 12th.Another fine day. I felt better than usual. Went to the Office and found there a letter from my father at New York announcing his safe arrival in that... 13 November 1832Tuesday. 13th.A fine day. I felt pretty well although a little uneasy. Went to the Office. Pretty industrious in reading Dr. Lingard. He affirms pretty positively t... 14 November 1832Wednesday. 14th.Weather changed today and it became chilly and with a feeling of snow. I went to the Office. Time passed with tolerable industry. I make more progress... 15 November 1832Thursday 15th.Cold but clear. On account of my ailing, I thought I would change my diet in the morning to Rice and Milk, but it gave me a head ach this morning so t... 16 November 1832Friday. 16th.Clear and cold. I went to the Office and was tolerably industrious the whole morning reading Lingard. He does not please me quite so much in his histo... 17 November 1832Saturday. 17th.Cloudy and dull. At the Office, read a little of Lingard, but far the greater part of my morning was taken up in business. Deacon Spear called and mad... 18 November 1832Sunday. 18th.The day was wet but warm. I was occupied in reading a little but principally in writing letters upon the matters I could not finish with yesterday. On... 19 November 1832Monday. 19th.Cloudy with heavy fog. I went to the Office and my whole time passed very busily in copying Letters and Accounts written yesterday, so that in fact I ... 20 November 1832Tuesday. 20th.Fine morning. Clear and windy as the day advanced which very rapidly increased the cold. Morning at the Office for an hour, arranging Papers, and drau... 21 November 1832Wednesday. 21st.Morning quite sharp. Upon going down to the Office I found the whole street in commotion, in consequence of a fire which had taken place in the City H... 22 November 1832Thursday. 22nd.Cloudy and dark with rain. I went to the Office as usual, but a considerable part of my morning was engrossed at Cunningham’s Auction Room whither I w... 23 November 1832Friday. 23rd.Morning clear and pleasant. Our weather is on the whole uncommonly mild. I hope it is not to be followed again by so severe a winter. At the Office wh... 24 November 1832Saturday. 24th.I sent this morning three numbers to the Editor of the Advocate, for publication. The success of my writing has been so indifferent that I always rega... 25 November 1832Sunday. 25th.Cold but clear this morning. I consumed my leisure time in reading Vasari’s life of Corregio in Italian. I find it easier than Ariosto. This language ... 26 November 1832Monday. 26th.Morning mild but cloudy with high wind. At the Office as usual where I read and finished the seventh Volume of Dr. Lingard. He is very hard upon Eliza... 27 November 1832Tuesday. 27th.Fine morning. Mild as September. I thought I could not do better than to pay my last visit to Quincy, so after stopping half an hour at the Office, I ... 28 November 1832Wednesday. 28th.Cloudy with fog. At the Office, occupied in making up Accounts and writing Diary. And went to Market as usual before Thanksgiving day. The display was... 29 November 1832Thursday. 29th.This was the day appointed according to custom, for returning thanks to the divine being for so many favours and so much bounty as he has been pleased... 30 November 1832Friday. 30th.Clouds and rain. At the Office. Received letters from both my Parents. They are in a tone of uncommon despondency. My father seems to foresee nothing ... December 1832 1 December 1832Saturday. December 1.The first day of Winter brought with it the livery which the season commonly wears. Short days and long evenings with snow and cold are the attendants... 2 December 1832Sunday. 2.Bright morning and pleasant. But the snow gave a chill to the air that tells us of winter in no equivocating terms. I passed the greater part of my ti... 3 December 1832Monday. 3d.Cloudy, rainy and warm morning — The snow and ice disappearing nearly as fast as it came. I went to the office and was occupied nearly all my time in ... 4 December 1832Tuesday. 4th.Cloudy morning and mild. I went to the Office. Occupied some time in making up my Accounts and writing Diary. I then went to the Athenaeum for the pur... 5 December 1832Wednesday. 5th.Morning cool and cloudy. I went to the Office. Time occupied much as usual. I wrote, calculated my accounts and went on with Mr. Lingard. But I am pre... 6 December 1832Thursday. 6th.Cloudy and cool. At the Office. Received a letter from my Father, mentioning the sickness of my Mother, and apparently in a state of considerable depr... 7 December 1832Friday. 7th.The President’s Message arrived today, or I should rather say was published in the Newspapers. It gives no comfort to us in this Quarter. I regard the... 8 December 1832Saturday. 8th.Morning rainy and dark. I went to the Office as usual. The second of my numbers appeared in the Advocate. I do not think it equal to the first. The ed... 9 December 1832Sunday. 9th.Mist in the morning and hard rain at night. I attended divine service throughout the day notwithstanding. Mr. Frothingham preached. Morning from 1. Pe... 10 December 1832Monday. 10th.A beautiful morning. Instead of any appearance of this month, I should suppose it was hardly more than October. At the office, I read a little of Ling... 11 December 1832Tuesday. 11th.Another very beautiful day. What a contrast between this and last year. We then were suffering under the severest of the Winter. I look back upon that... 12 December 1832Wednesday. 12th.Warm, but heavy clouds and rain. At the Office much as usual. Read Lingard very attentively and finished the History of the Reign of Elizabeth. He tre... 13 December 1832Thursday. 13th.Colder. I went to the Office and after getting through with my usual duties went out to call upon Mr. Hallett, Editor of the Advocate, in return for a... 14 December 1832Friday. 14th.Morning dark and gloomy. I felt a little out of spirits, yet for my life I do not know why. Went to the Office. Read there a Proclamation from the Pre... 15 December 1832Saturday. 15th.Morning mild, cloudy and wet. At the Office. Great talk about the proclamation, people seem to expect a new era. A letter from my father this morning ... 16 December 1832Sunday. 16th.Colder but still cloudy and dull. I went to Meeting all day. In the morning heard my Classmate Cunningham from Psalms. 107. 43. “Whoso is wise, and wi... 17 December 1832Monday. 17th.Morning warm with heavy rain. I went to the Office and from thence to Faneuil Hall. A meeting of the Citizens had been called for the purpose of expre... 18 December 1832Tuesday. 18th.Morning cloudy with very high winds. I went to the Office as usual. Very busy in writing Diary which my engagement yesterday put me behind hand in. I ... 19 December 1832Wednesday. 19th.Fine morning although somewhat colder than it has been. I went to the Office. Nothing particular. My spirits somewhat depressed. It is my wish to do s... 20 December 1832Thursday. 20th.Beautiful morning. I staid at home quite late on account of one of the Conants from Weston who came in with some Wood and some money, both of which we... 21 December 1832Friday. 21st.Morning clear and fine. I went to the Office as usual. Then to the Athenaeum for the purpose of getting some more of the volumes of Lingard. This took... 22 December 1832Saturday. 22d.A severely cold morning. Went to the Office as usual. My No. 4 appeared in this morning’s Newspaper and put an end to my doubts concerning its reachin... 23 December 1832Sunday. 23d.The remedies taken by my Wife for the tooth ach, were so powerful as to produce intense suffering in the head all day. She did not rise and as I began... 24 December 1832Monday. 24th.Morning cloudy, but it cleared up and gave us one of the purest skies of our Winter Season—Objects at a distance being perfectly defined and the smoke... 25 December 1832Tuesday. 25th.Christmas and a beautiful day. I went to the Office. Occupied in writing, and read a portion of Lingard. In the account of the troubles, he writes wit... 26 December 1832Wednesday. 26th.Cloudy and dull day. I went to the Office and passed my time there in the usual way. First and most regularly writing up Diary. Second, making up Acco... 27 December 1832Thursday. 27th.Morning cloudy with occasional rain. Went to the Office. Nothing particularly new. Engaged in my regular occupations, the monotony of which destroys a... 28 December 1832Friday. 28th.Fine day. I went to the Office and was engaged in my usual way. Read Lingard and had two or three interruptions on Account of bills. This is the seaso... 29 December 1832Saturday. 29th.Fine day notwithstanding a little flurry of snow that fell early in the morning. I went to the Office as usual. Time taken up in drawing off my Accoun... 30 December 1832Sunday. 30th.Fine day although rather cold. I passed an hour of my morning in reading Montaigne’s Essays and this time I did succeed in finding a good deal that wa... 31 December 1832Monday. 31st.Morning damp and warm. I went to the Office. Received a pleasant Letter from my Father upon passing events. He does not seem much disturbed by the ind... Back Matter halftitle2 Note On The Appendix Appendix halftitle2 Chronology
