Diary of Charles Francis Adams Volume 6, November 1834 – June 1836 Front Matter Title Page Copyright Page Contents Descriptive List of Illustrations Documents 1834 November 1834 1 November 1834Saturday. November 1 1834.The morning was cold but it became clear and thus our precautions of yesterday were disappointed. I went into town leaving my Mother pretty comfortabl... 2 November 1834Sunday. 2d.A clear but a cold day. I read Quinctius Heymerau von Flaming into the fourth Volume of which I have got. A singular and not agreeable story. The hero... 3 November 1834Monday. 3d.I left Medford this morning, one of our cold but most beautiful days of Autumn. In Boston at the Office engaged in looking over and making a dispositi... 4 November 1834Tuesday. 4th.I went into Boston from Quincy and was occupied the greater part of my time in making the necessary preparations. Went to my House, from thence to the... 5 November 1834Wednesday. 5th.I thought it likely to rain and therefore would not go into town particularly as I had many little last things to do, and wished to take a few hours o... 6 November 1834Thursday. 6th.A lovely morning. We were occupied most of the time in making final arrangements of different descriptions. And at ten o’clock I went in the Carriage ... 7 November 1834Friday. 7th.A most beautiful day. Could we but have such weather for our Journey! I went into town with Mr. Brooks, and was very much occupied in my various dutie... 8 November 1834Saturday. 8th.The morning was bright but it clouded with a few drops of rain in the course of the day. I made every preparation that I could think of, and my Mother... 9 November 1834Sunday. 9th.The day was one of the most beautiful I ever experienced in this climate at this season of the year. Not a cloud in the sky and the air pure and invig... 10 November 1834Monday. 10th.The morning was cloudy and did not promise so well as we might have had reason to expect. But it only rained a little and then cleared away quite fine... 11 November 1834Tuesday. 11th.The morning broke while we were still on the water and a drizzling rain made objects beyond a short distance entirely imperceptible. We reached New Yo... 12 November 1834Wednesday. 12th.Arose early and got every thing in preparation so that we started in the boat for Philadelphia at 7 o’clock. Such a crowded boat. The company has a mo... 13 November 1834Thursday. 13th.A most lovely day with all the peculiar haze and softness of what we call Indian Summer in this Country. I was up early and out walking the Streets. M... 14 November 1834Friday. 14th.The morning was cloudy with rain at noon. We arose early and hastened to the Steamer Robert Morris which was at the foot of Chesnut Street, bound for ... 15 November 1834Saturday. 15th.The air had turned cold during the night, and it was cloudy. After a good breakfast we started for Washington in an Extra Coach I had procured exclusi... 16 November 1834Sunday. 16th.Our Journey was just executed in time, for this was a severe North East snow storm. My Mother was therefore judicious in advancing her day from this t... 17 November 1834Monday. 17th.A very heavy North Easterly rain storm which kept me confined at home all day. I arose in the morning after a poor night’s rest, much tranquillized bu... 18 November 1834Tuesday. 18th.The room I occupy in the house is the one which my brother and his Wife formerly had as theirs. It is full of his old things, and puts me so constantl... 19 November 1834Wednesday. 19th.I was up early and after a silent breakfast went up to take my leave of my Mother. This affected me very much, and she opened some sores which I had l... 20 November 1834Thursday. 20th.I was early roused and on my way to the Steamboat—Leaving Baltimore behind me without regret. A city which I never could much admire. We started in th... 21 November 1834Friday. 21st.From my retiring late and the consciousness of an early call, I did not sleep very well. The day was bright and I walked in company with Capt. Kearney... 22 November 1834Saturday. 22nd.If there is romance in music on the water at night, there is a rapid vibration to the realities of life in the interior of a Steamboat. I went down an... 23 November 1834Sunday. 23d.Although finally arrived to settle down for the Winter in uninterrupted quiet I hope, yet my first sensations are very far from those of being at home... 24 November 1834Monday. 24th.I went to my Office this morning, thus beginning my usual routine of occupation. My business was the arranging my Accounts which took me the whole of ... 25 November 1834Tuesday. 25th.My morning was passed at the Office, principally in writing and copying a letter to my father. He gave me upon my leaving Washington a paper of instru... 26 November 1834Wednesday. 26th.The party in the house did as people proposing to travel always do, kept almost every body awake all night. My belief is that it is always wise to go ... 27 November 1834Thursday. 27th.This was the day which the ancient custom of the Country has fixed under the appointment of the Governor of the State for a holiday of thanksgiving. T... 28 November 1834Friday. 28th.Mrs. Parks the Aunt of my Wife by her Mother’s side is dead after a lingering illness. The members of the family thought it fit to attend the Funeral ... 29 November 1834Saturday. 29th.Most of my time spent at the Office. I wrote much in my Diary. On the whole my Journey was an agreeable one. Little or no incident, but nothing disagr... 30 November 1834Sunday. 29th i.e. 30th.Pleasant day though rather cool. I have since the arrival of the Quincy books resumed my German and made progress in Werther—One of the most popular o... December 1834 1 December 1834Monday. December 1st.The weather is remarkably mild for the season. I went to the Office this morning after trying to drum up my people to their work in my new little stud... 2 December 1834Tuesday. 2d.A wet, rainy day and dark. I succeeded however in getting my grate to the house and having it put up so that I now begin my regular mode of life. Went... 3 December 1834Wednesday. 3d.Goethe is considered by Germans as the head of all their literature. He has for a long time past carried away with him the suffrages of all, and this ... 4 December 1834Thursday. 4th.I was engaged all the morning in preparing letters and papers for the Mail. I was to transmit to Mr. Giusta at Washington the balance of the money for... 5 December 1834Friday. 5th.I have received a letter from my father in answer to mine which I can hardly understand. Whether he means to pass off my services which in my own lett... 6 December 1834Saturday. 6th.A rainy day with a heavy southerly wind and gloomy as the close of the year and short days commonly are. I am sometimes a little depressed. Went to th... 7 December 1834Sunday. 7th.A fine day. I read German in the morning and then attended divine service. Heard Mr. Frothingham in the morning and Mr. Nathl. Hall in the afternoon. ... 8 December 1834Monday. 8th.A rainy, warm day again. I went to the Office. Writing. Mr. John Kirk presented himself today at my Office. He is just from Washington and definitivel... 9 December 1834Tuesday. 9th.Fine day. I generally read German an hour after breakfast which reduces my Office time to two hours a day, as short a period as I can possibly give to... 10 December 1834Wednesday. 10th.Fine weather. I finished Goethe’s Werther for the second time this morning and on the whole see no reason to change my former opinion of it. My next b... 11 December 1834Thursday. 11th.I went out rather earlier than usual. My time taken up at the Office by my Diary which I have now pretty well brought up and by business. Mr. Brown th... 12 December 1834Friday. 12th.My morning was passed as usual. At the Office busy in my Diary which I at last brought up to its proper position, and in Accounts. I have sold enough ... 13 December 1834Saturday. 13th.Morning dark with occasional snow but it cleared away afterwards. I went to the Office and was busy quietly there in doing little however which was ve... 14 December 1834Sunday. 14th.The morning was cloudy and mild but it grew clear and cold until it became one of the severest days we ever have. By sunset the Thermometer had fallen... 15 December 1834Monday. 15th.The arrival of Mr. Brooks makes quite a difference in the house. I live a sort of negative life this winter which I cannot much reconcile myself to, b... 16 December 1834Tuesday. 16th.After looking over Emilia Galotti for the last time I concluded next to go to the fountain head and try Goethe’s Faust, which I began—A piece of origi... 17 December 1834Wednesday. 17th.Clouds, such as we usually have at the close of the year. There is something quite cheerless in it and yet I do not feel the effect of it much at pres... 18 December 1834Thursday. 18th.Faust is certainly a very striking piece. The idea is so wild and yet so natural. A man who has exhausted himself in study, finding nothing new or int... 19 December 1834Friday. 19th.Our weather now is generally cloudy. I do not mind it much for I am now so deeply interested in my pursuit of German that I forget other things. This ... 20 December 1834Saturday. 19th i.e. 20th.A fine afternoon although appearances before dinner indicated a storm. I continued reading Faust and then went to the Office. Time there but very shor... 21 December 1834Sunday. 20th i.e. 21st.A clear, cold, bright winter’s day. I took a walk which I enjoyed. The air was sharp and the ground covered with a thin coating of snow but the distan... 22 December 1834Monday. 21st i.e. 22d.Lord Francis Leveson Gower has attempted to translate Faust, and considering the enormous difficulty of the task has pretty well succeeded. But many ... 23 December 1834Tuesday. 22d i.e. 23d.I read this morning the little fragment upon Faust left by Lessing which is said by Madame de Stael to have furnished the idea to Goethe. His plan has... 24 December 1834Wednesday. 24th.Day very dark. I passed most of my time in lounging at an Auction room where there was a sale of pictures. Bought none. They were not very good, and t... 25 December 1834Thursday. 25th.Christmas day. A day of some festivity in three fourths of the Christian world and even here celebrated by the members of the elder religious sects. B... 26 December 1834Friday. 26th.There is a great deal of power in Don Carlos. It is a piece that interests at once from the grandeur of the scene, the historical associations and the... 27 December 1834Saturday. 27th.A fine day. I went to the Office and was busy there in draughting my Quarterly Account for the close of the year, which was a business of no small dif... 28 December 1834Sunday. 28th.Fine cold day. I read d’Israeli in the morning and Don Carlos. Attended divine service and heard Mr. Frothingham all day upon the same text. Luke 2. 4... 29 December 1834Monday. 29th.Cloudy day and dark. I finished Don Carlos this morning and on the whole admire it very much. Although I hardly think justice is entirely done to the ... 30 December 1834Tuesday. 30th.It snowed the greater part of the night and this morning the weather had all the appearance of our Easterly winter storms. I remained at home until qu... 31 December 1834Wednesday. 31st.A beautiful day. The sun bright and warm enough to melt much of the snow. I took my walk at noon. Crowds of people out at the shops in the very busy o... 1835 January 1835 1 January 1835January. 1835. Thursday. 1st.My spirits were not bright as the day was nor could I yet well account for their dejection. I have made it a practice to reflect upon my many blessing... 2 January 1835Friday. 2d.Morning cloudy but it afterwards cleared away. We now have regular winter weather and with no trifling severity. It snows almost every night. Office. ... 3 January 1835Saturday. 3d.Cold day. I went to the office as usual and was occupied in Accounts. Closed the business of the Suffolk Insurance Shares and wrote my Diary. This don... 4 January 1835Sunday. 4th.The weather was again severely cold this morning. The Thermometer falling to ten degrees below zero of Fahrenheit. As low I think as I have ever known... 5 January 1835Monday. 5th.Still very cold though a little easier than yesterday. I read Oberon as usual until ten o’clock and then went to the office. But the principal part of... 6 January 1835Tuesday. 6th.Cold continues. I went to the office after reading Oberon. Fire missed catching and therefore cold and comfortless. Mr. Beale called in from Quincy wi... 7 January 1835Wednesday. 7th.Still very cold. I went to the Office and occupied myself in Accounts and Diary as usual. As I collected some Money today, I thought I would do my dut... 8 January 1835Thursday. 8th.Thermometer below zero. Office as usual where I was so wholly engrossed by my Accounts as to be entirely unable to take up my Diary. Mr. Hurlbert the ... 9 January 1835Friday. 9th.Fine morning and the weather a little more moderate but still quite cold. I finished Oberon with which I have been quite charmed. It is as pretty a th... 10 January 1835Saturday. 10th.The weather is moderating gradually and continues bright and pleasant. I began Goethe’s Götz von Berlichingen but read only one scene of it. Office. M... 11 January 1835Sunday. 11th.The weather is gradually moderating and becoming exceedingly pleasant. I read this morning for an hour, then attended divine service. Mr. Frothingham.... 12 January 1835Monday. 12th.A very beautiful day. I read a little German and a few lines of Sir Thomas More. Then to the Office where I was engaged in my usual manner. Nothing ma... 13 January 1835Tuesday. 13th.A lovely day. Wind Southerly and the Thermometer at 40° in the shade. I went to the Office. My short time this winter passes off there like a flash—Wr... 14 January 1835Wednesday. 14th.The weather has been moderating gradually until it has become a complete thaw. It rained today with a Southerly wind and set the Streets afloat. I wen... 15 January 1835Thursday. 15th.A mild day with the Streets almost impassable by the melting. I read a little German and then to the Office. No interruptions. I wrote my Diary. Read ... 16 January 1835Friday. 16th.Another Spring like day. I read a little of Goethe, who from his idiom is I think more difficult than any other German writer. Then to the Office wher... 17 January 1835Saturday. 17th.The weather grows slightly cooler but still uncommonly mild. I went to the Office. My time principally occupied in writing No. 2 of my Newspaper talk.... 18 January 1835Sunday. 18th.Colder morning. I read a good deal of Götz today, but I confess I lose much of the force of the piece. Attended Divine Service. Acts 3. 6. My Classmat... 19 January 1835Monday. 19th.Cooler. I went out a little earlier. Read my No. 1 in the Newspapers and notwithstanding an error or two in the printing it pleased me pretty well. Of... 20 January 1835Tuesday. 20th.I went to the Office this morning with the intention of looking over the great Thelluson case for the purpose of understanding its principle, but I ha... 21 January 1835Wednesday. 21st.My No. 2 appeared this morning exceedingly well printed. I met Mr. Hallett in the Street and he told me that they had some effect in consolidating his... 22 January 1835Thursday. 22d.A mild day after heavy rain, not so healthy weather as the cold. I went to the Office and was busy there most of my morning in writing upon my third n... 23 January 1835Friday. 23d.Cooler but still unusually mild. I went to the Office and from thence to the Theatre to obtain Tickets of admission for tonight but without success. T... 24 January 1835Saturday. 24th.Mild weather in order to compensate us for the severity of the early part of the month. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied all my morning.... 25 January 1835Sunday. 25th.Cooler day. My child, Louisa is unwell again and for the first time this winter. Though generally healthy, she is delicate and easily put out of order... 26 January 1835Monday. 26th.Morning mild. It rained but afterwards cleared up. I went to the office and was engaged there for some time, in Accounts which I settled. But at eleve... 27 January 1835Tuesday. 27th.The Child continuing to hang about as if she was suffering I advised my Wife to send for Dr. Stevenson. This is a complaint to which she is not often ... 28 January 1835Wednesday. 28th.Dark and gloomy morning. The child seemed quite unwell and my spirits were as much depressed as I ever knew them to be. The only feeling which I have ... 29 January 1835Thursday. 29th.Morning fine. The Child seemed better and my spirits accordingly grew very much brighter. I went to the Office and was engaged there in reading the re... 30 January 1835Friday. 30th.Morning heavy rain. I went to the Office. Began a book of Wieland’s but did not like it’s tone and character and gave it up. It appears to me rather t... 31 January 1835Saturday. 31st.The day was brighter, and our weather generally has been singularly mild. No letter from my father which surprises me. I have been upon the point of a... February 1835 1 February 1835Sunday. Feby. 1st.The weather grows cooler. I read some heads of d’Israeli and attended divine service. Mr. Frothingham preached in the morning from 1. Corinthians 5. 1... 2 February 1835Monday. 2d.A colder day and far more like Winter. I went to the Office and made my arrangement in consequence of a letter from my Father to deposit a certain sum... 3 February 1835Tuesday. 3d.A cold morning again. I went to the Office. Nothing very material. I was in part of the time engaged in Accounts, and called to see Miss Oliver about ... 4 February 1835Wednesday. 4th.I went to the Office this morning. My time after breakfast and in the evening is not devoted so usefully as I could wish; I lose ground in my German f... 5 February 1835Thursday. 5th.The weather continues very cold. I went to the Office. Mr. Walsh spent an hour and I passed some time in paying a visit to T. K. Davis who had much of... 6 February 1835Friday. 6th.A cloudy day with snow towards evening. I went to the Office where I passed my time writing Diary and reading the North American Review. I was much un... 7 February 1835Saturday. 7th.The weather rather cloudy but cleared off and became cold. I went to the Office and idled away my time a good deal. Mr. Spear from Quincy was my only ... 8 February 1835Sunday. 8th.Again severely cold. The winter will not break quite yet. I finished Mr. Beckford’s book which is pleasant trifling. Continued Goethe in Hayward’s Ger... 9 February 1835Monday. 9th.The days are growing more mild but the nights remain as severe as ever. I have however suffered from cold much less than usual this year. I went to th... 10 February 1835Tuesday. 10th.Cold still. I finished Mrs. Trollope’s book and hastened to return it at once to the Athenaeum without wasting any more time upon it. Then to the Offi... 11 February 1835Wednesday. 11th.Morning cold. I went out a little earlier. Nothing very remarkable at the Office. Occupied myself in writing Diary and then recommenced upon something... 12 February 1835Thursday. 12th.Clear and cool. I went to the Office after reading a little of one of Kotzebue’s Tales. This will perhaps set me upon my German track again. I walked ... 13 February 1835Friday. 13th.Morning milder. I went to the Office after reading a Chapter upon Kotzebue. Time taken up in reading the Papers relating to Harvard University and in ... 14 February 1835Saturday. 14th.Morning pleasant. I read a little of Kotzebue and then went to the Office. Time taken up in writing Diary and a little of matters relating to Harvard.... 15 February 1835Sunday. 15th.Morning cloudy and cold, with a slight snow. I read the second volume of the reminiscences of the Rhine the first of which I went through some time si... 16 February 1835Monday. 16th.Dark clouds and sleet or hail. Too cold to snow. I read a little of Kotzebue but I do not make much progress. Office. Received a long letter from my f... 17 February 1835Tuesday. 17th.Dark with rain making the Streets exceedingly disagreeable. I read enough of Kotzebue’s Story to find that his heroine was seduced and immediately put... 18 February 1835Wednesday. 18th.Morning cloudy. I went to the Office after reading a Scene or two in the first part of Schiller’s Wallenstein. Time taken up in Diary and writing Arti... 19 February 1835Thursday. 19th.Another cloudy disagreeable day. It is a week now that we have not seen the sun. I went to the Office. Read a little and wrote Diary. My time at the O... 20 February 1835Friday. 20th.Finished the first part of Wallenstein. A curiously wild mixture representing a licentious army of mercenaries. Schiller however combines natural elem... 21 February 1835Saturday. 21st.Pleasant day. I read Wallenstein and then to the Office. My time taken up partly in Accounts, partly in attending a sale of Stocks, and partly in writ... 22 February 1835Sunday. 22nd.A mild, South wind today and sultry. I read Wallenstein in the morning comparing it with Coleridge’s translation. Much appears to have been since adde... 23 February 1835Monday. 23d.The day was cloudy and mild. I read some of Wallenstein and then went to the Office. Received a letter from Mr. Frye requesting a letter containing in... 24 February 1835Tuesday. 23rd i.e. 24th.Wallenstein which contains many passages of charming poetry and several dialogues of most admirable spirit. I think much of Schiller. Went to the Offi... 25 February 1835Wednesday. 24th i.e. 25th.Cloudy and cold. I went to the Office after reading my usual time. Made a purchase for T. B. Adams of United States Bank Shares at rather a higher pri... 26 February 1835Thursday. 26th.A pleasant morning. I read Wallenstein which is a charming production. The two Piccolomini I think are admirable. Of Wallenstein I cannot say quite so... 27 February 1835Friday. 27th.The Antimasonic party have nominated Mr. E. Everett as Governor. The Step was not a moment too soon for the Whig meeting was to have been directly. Th... 28 February 1835Saturday. 28th.The Whigs had their Meeting last night. Out of about four hundred and fifty members, one hundred and sixty six appeared. Of these one hundred and fift... March 1835 1 March 1835Sunday. March 1st.The Weather has for a day or two become severely cold again. I finished Schiller’s Wallenstein this morning. A beautiful poem breathing throughout str... 2 March 1835Monday. 2d.The political news from France is again varied by the late arrival and as I foresaw not for the better. Our exaltation is cooling down and we foresee ... 3 March 1835Tuesday. 3d.The Newspapers of the morning contain the Message of the President to Congress covering the Dispatches from France. The substance of these is that Mr.... 4 March 1835Wednesday. 4th.Morning cold but the day was remarkably fine. I awoke with a sore throat and more unpleasant feelings than usual. Office and from thence to the House ... 5 March 1835Thursday. 5th.Fine day although still cold for the month. I felt a little better but not free from sore throat and general cold. Indeed I do not know when I have fe... 6 March 1835Friday. 6th.The weather is pleasant and grows slowly more mild. My father has explained his course so as at least to show the absurdity of the charges made agains... 7 March 1835Saturday. 7th.Morning mild and pleasant but it grew thick and began to snow before evening. I went to the Office as usual. One or two calls. I wrote my Diary and de... 8 March 1835Sunday. 8th.Snow and sleet and general bad weather. I continued reading the French Author, Mr. de Balzac. He writes a Tale somewhat in the style of the Eastern in... 9 March 1835Monday. 9th.My cold instead of growing better seems to get worse. I had today a head ach joined with it which made it infinitely worse to bear, but to the Office ... 10 March 1835Tuesday. 10th.I arose quite cured of my head ach but suffering very severely from my cold which continues more obstinate than I ever knew one. The weather was dark ... 11 March 1835Wednesday. 11th.My cold continues in the most astonishing manner. I am very hoarse and suffer in my head more than I have done for years. Concluded to lay aside the P... 12 March 1835Thursday. 12th.My cold is changing places a little but not going very fast. I do not remember that for many years I have had any thing like it. Certainly not since m... 13 March 1835Friday. 13th.I find my cold as inconvenient, although not perhaps quite so severe as it has been. Continued reading the Maid of Orleans and then to the Office, whe... 14 March 1835Saturday. 14th.Pleasant day. Finished the Maid of Orleans, a piece with which I have been much charmed. The mechanism is perhaps objectionable by the introduction of... 15 March 1835Sunday. 15th.A bright pleasant day. I read Mary Stuart another piece of Schillers of somewhat different character. The reason why I prize this Author is that I fin... 16 March 1835Monday. 16th.Morning cloudy but it cleared away at noon. We had a thunder storm in the night. My cold is passing off but it leaves me in a worse condition as to fe... 17 March 1835Tuesday. 17th.Fine morning. I read and finished Mary Stuart today. The defect of the piece is that it has no action. She is introduced after her trial and sentence ... 18 March 1835Wednesday. 18th.Cold morning. I read Schiller’s Preface to his Bride of Messina—An attempt to bring back the Antique Theatre with it’s chorus. He opens some views of ... 19 March 1835Thursday. 19th.Morning snow and rain with the Streets under water. I continued reading the Bride of Messina which appears to me to be a fine subject for an Opera but... 20 March 1835Friday. 20th.A fine mild day. I felt a good deal better this morning and although my spirits are somewhat depressed yet I was less uneasy upon this cold which has ... 21 March 1835Saturday. 21st.Fine morning. I went to the Office after finishing the Bride of Messina. There is a great deal of very beautiful Poetry in this play and a pretty clos... 22 March 1835Sunday. 22d.Snow and hail throughout the day with occasional thunder and lightning. The Winter continues with little abatement. I read part of Schiller’s William ... 23 March 1835Monday. 23d.Cold and clear. The winter goes backward. I finished Wilhelm Tell this morning, and I have rarely read a piece which charmed me more. The keeping is s... 24 March 1835Tuesday. 24th.Clear and cold for the Season. I began Schiller’s Cabal and Love, but finding it somewhat difficult and my Dictionary defective I laid it down for the... 25 March 1835Wednesday. 25th.Morning pleasant but still cool for the season. We received news of the confinement of Mrs. Frothingham. She has a daughter. I felt a wish my Wife was... 26 March 1835Thursday. 26th.Mild and cloudy. I continued reading Wilhelm Meister which is far the most interesting thing I have read of Goethe’s. Office, occupied with Diary and ... 27 March 1835Friday. 27th.Morning cloudy with heavy subsequent rain which lasted however but a few hours. I began for my morning’s reading Schiller’s Thirty Years War which I m... 28 March 1835Saturday. 28th.Fine day. I read as usual Schiller’s Thirty Years War. Then to the Office. Much of my time taken up in running about looking after the Schooner Veloci... 29 March 1835Sunday. 29th.A raw, disagreeable day with the wind from the East. I read in the morning Schiller’s Thirty Years War which requires maps and in my present situation... 30 March 1835Monday. 30th.Snow and rain with exceedingly disagreeable walking. I was occupied some time in finding the Schooner Velocity which I did not succeed in but the Capt... 31 March 1835Tuesday. 31st.My Wife has unfortunately caught this severe cold which is going about and under which I have myself been suffering. It has fallen so seriously upon h... April 1835 1 April 1835April 1st. Wednesday.On the first day of each Quarter I am usually much occupied with matters of Account. Accordingly after reading as usual some of the thirty years War, ... 2 April 1835Thursday. 2d.My Wife’s cold remains much the same and mine does not wholly depart. I read a little of Schiller this morning, then to the Office where I was occupie... 3 April 1835Friday. 3d.Chilly with clouds. I continued reading Schiller with whose history I am much pleased. On the whole I think he is the best representative of German Li... 4 April 1835Saturday. 4th.Cold and cheerless. I went to the Office, my spirits still somewhat depressed by the continuance of my Wife’s cough. Read Schiller who interests me in... 5 April 1835Sunday. 5th.A very heavy rain from the North East. I continued Schiller’s Thirty Year’s War. If I was now at home how many collateral investigations this would le... 6 April 1835Monday. 6th.Continued Schiller. My Wife coughs so much that I again sent for Dr. Bigelow who advised the application of Leeches. Office. Received a long Letter fr... 7 April 1835Tuesday. 7th.A thorough April day with alternate shower and sunshine. After reading Schiller for some time I went to the Office where I was occupied in writing a r... 8 April 1835Wednesday. 8th.A pleasant day. I finished the first Volume of Schiller’s Thirty Years War which is more interesting than any Novel. Then to the Office where I did no... 9 April 1835Thursday. 9th.This is by appointment the day for the regular annual fast. Accordingly I remained at home and read German. My Wife still suffers from her cough far m... 10 April 1835Friday. 10th.After reading my usual quantity of German I went to the Office and was occupied there with sundries. Mr. Ayer called upon me to report the result of t... 11 April 1835Saturday. 11th.I called to see Mr. Griggs this morning but as he was not yet prepared I postponed a definitive settlement until Monday. My time was a good deal taken... 12 April 1835Sunday. 12th.The day was cold with an East wind but clear. I passed the morning in a continuation of Schiller’s History the Interest of which is wonderfully well k... 13 April 1835Monday. 13th.Much of my time was taken up in going down to procure the Deed of the Estate in Acorn Street which I at last procured. This puts me in a new position ... 14 April 1835Tuesday. 14th.A windy cold day. I went to the Office, after my usual reading. But I did not remain there being called in various directions by occupations. Went to ... 15 April 1835Wednesday. 15th.Mr. Brooks this day made me a present of the Mortgage and arrears of Interest upon the House in Acorn Street lately purchased by me. This had not been... 16 April 1835Thursday. 16th.Weather cold and disagreeable. Snow and rain all day today. I went out late after the death of Gustavus Adolphus the Lion of the North, and by desire ... 17 April 1835Friday. 17th.Very cool for the season with a brisk North Wester. I read Schiller until late, then to the Office and House to superintend Repairs. Received a letter... 18 April 1835Saturday. 18th.Morning cold and unpleasantly windy. I continued Schiller whose history is better than the most perfect Romance. Then to the Office where I remained q... 19 April 1835Sunday. 19th.Cloudy and windy. Our Season is certainly none of the pleasantest. I passed the morning in reading the Thirty Years War. I think when I return to my H... 20 April 1835Monday. 20th.The day was cloudy and warm, with occasional showers. I continued Schiller until I went to the Office. Received a long letter from my father in answer... 21 April 1835Tuesday. 21st.Morning fine and promising to remain so. In consequence I went up to my house and was exceedingly busy in attending to the workpeople who are now enga... 22 April 1835Wednesday. 22d.I began this morning Goethe’s dramatic Poem of Torquato Tasso, a subject which is treated by Lord Byron but which I never greatly admired. I was engag... 23 April 1835Thursday. 23rd.I went to the Office after a due continuation of Torquato Tasso. The day which opened with Clouds soon after grew bright with a cool wind from the Wes... 24 April 1835Friday. 24th.As this was the day fixed for us to begin opening our own house, I was very much occupied in attending to the various details necessary for the purpos... 25 April 1835Saturday. 25th.We hear very bad accounts from Mrs. Everett. I went out early to the House, from thence to the Office where I was besieged by a legion of Stone cutter... 26 April 1835Sunday. 26th.Day cold and cloudy. I went to the Church in Chauncy place as usual after reading a part of Goethe’s Tasso. This is a curious production from the simp... 27 April 1835Monday. 27th.The day was clear and calm. According to my promise I started early and rode to Quincy. Arrived there in good season notwithstanding the badness of th... 28 April 1835Tuesday. 28th.A very heavy rain storm with wind in the morning but it did not continue long. We have been somewhat flooded this year. I went to the Office after fin... 29 April 1835Wednesday. 29th.A very pleasant day. I was out some time with my Wife making purchases and giving directions. Then to the House where matters looked far more cheerful... 30 April 1835Thursday. 30th.A cloudy day but it afterwards became warm and clear. I went to the Office and from thence to the House where I examined and inspected the progress no... May 1835 1 May 1835Friday. May 1st.It has become very much the practice here of late years to go out into the Country on the first of May in quest of the Season of Spring and it’s flowe... 2 May 1835Saturday. 2d.It was a tolerably pleasant day today and might justify some calculation upon the season. I went to the Office and then my usual round to the House wh... 3 May 1835Sunday. 3d.Morning clear but a cold East wind. I read a little German and a little of Mr. Landor besides taking a little round with my child. The air was forbidd... 4 May 1835Monday. 4th.The day was cloudy with rain. I went to the Office and from thence in my usual round to the House where I examined the progress made. Not so good as I... 5 May 1835Tuesday. 5th.Clouds which seem almost fixed above us and drop down from over weight every now and then a quantity of rain. Goethe upon the Last Supper of Da Vinci.... 6 May 1835Wednesday. 6th.I was occupied much in my usual manner this morning, the weather was dark and cloudy but I managed to get along in my work. Called at the House and pu... 7 May 1835Thursday. 7th.Having engaged to go to Quincy this morning, I started directly after breakfast. The morning was clear with a cool north wind. I found the roads bad b... 8 May 1835Friday. 8th.House, thence to the Office. Found John Kirk there and as he has not favoured me with many visits I suspected his errand directly. He has been but a s... 9 May 1835Saturday. 9th.Morning cool but clear. I went out directly for the purpose of gaining time enough to go to the House and arrange matters there before going down to m... 10 May 1835Sunday. 10th.Cold and calm. The Clouds were dispersed in the course of the day. My Wife has been suffering considerably for some days and presented so much the app... 11 May 1835Monday. 11th.I was very much occupied all day in superintending the process of moving the considerable collection of things we have made this winter, and in arrang... 12 May 1835Tuesday. 12th.The sun broke cheerfully into our new Quarters this morning and gave us the promise of a lovely day. I took up Spenser’s Fairy Queen and read the sixt... 13 May 1835Wednesday. 13th.Morning clear but the air no longer had the softness which distinguished it for the two last days. I read the seventh Canto of the second book of the ... 14 May 1835Thursday. 14th.The day was cloudy and rainy. I read the first canto of the second book of Spenser, and then to the Office. Time not well spent. Mr. J. H. Emery from ... 15 May 1835Friday. 15th.Heavy rain with a cold Easterly wind. I read a Canto of the Faerie Queen and finding myself embarrassed with the rapid accumulation of Pamphlets set a... 16 May 1835Saturday. 16th.The day was showery with gleams of sunshine. I read a Canto of the Fairy Queen and went to the office. Mr. Spear came in from Quincy and paid me some ... 17 May 1835Sunday. 17th.Morning windy and clouds but before Sunset it became quite pleasant. I went to take a little walk on the Common with Louisa which was all my exercise ... 18 May 1835Monday. 18th.Morning very pleasant. I went out on the Common with my child and enjoyed her glee in skipping over its walks as much as she did. Then home, and to th... 19 May 1835Tuesday. 19th.The largest fire took place yesterday that has been known since the existence of the present organization of the Fire Department, and I went down to s... 20 May 1835Wednesday. 20th.The Atmosphere resembled Summer today, and shows the singular changes that take place in this climate. I went out with my child and round the common. ... 21 May 1835Thursday. 21st.The wind changed during the night and it was a raw, cold and cloudy morning. I continued my practice of committing some lines and today took twenty an... 22 May 1835Friday. 22d.Cold but clear. The Advocate of this morning contains a short notice addressed to me, requesting a continuation of my numbers written last Winter. The... 23 May 1835Saturday. 23d.Morning cold but clear. I tried to commit about forty lines of Pope this morning but failed to do it perfectly. The Newspaper of the morning contains ... 24 May 1835Sunday. 24th.Mild agreeable day. I passed my morning in committing Pope. I find what I did not expect that my retention of what is once gained is far better than t... 25 May 1835Monday. 25th.Received a letter from my father this morning, at Philadelphia. He gives notice of his intention of arriving here by the first of next month. Not a pr... 26 May 1835Tuesday. 26th.Morning fine and rather warm. I went out with Louisa who seems languid. Then to the Office where I was occupied with Diary and Accounts. Wrote a short... 27 May 1835Wednesday. 27th.I was aroused very early this morning by my Wife with the announcement that her confinement was at hand. This made it necessary for me to go down and ... 28 May 1835Thursday. 28th.After breakfast and finding my Wife still pretty well I concluded to go to Quincy for the purpose of setting in motion the airing and drying the House... 29 May 1835Friday. 29th.Very warm. I was again obliged to go out to Quincy for the purpose of putting in motion the People whom I have got there. I did as well as I could but... 30 May 1835Saturday. 30th.Quite a sultry day. I went to the Office after taking a round with Louisa. My wife continues well and as she passes the critical days I feel as if I c... 31 May 1835Sunday. 31st.A fine day but with a cool Easterly wind. I went out with Louisa as usual after which read instead of in the afternoon, Barrow’s second Sermon on the ... June 1835 1 June 1835Monday. June 1.A heavy rain in the morning but it afterwards cleared and became a very beautiful day. It was Artillery Election day and the Common was alive with fac... 2 June 1835Tuesday. 2d.I go out with Louisa to give her exercise instead of committing Pope, a sacrifice of mental to physical exercise. It is a luxury to spend an hour amon... 3 June 1835Wednesday. 3d.Morning warm but the Wind got round Easterly so that I found it by no means oppressive. After my walk with Louisa I went to Quincy in a gig and reache... 4 June 1835Thursday. 4th.Morning warm. I walked out with Louisa and called to see Mr. Sharpe about my furniture. Then home. My committing of Pope goes on slowly. Office. My Po... 5 June 1835Friday. 5th.Cloudy and very sultry. Committed some lines of Pope and then to the Office for a few moments but did not stay. I find the Atlas and Centinel are both... 6 June 1835Saturday. 6th.Morning clear and cold. I read a little of Pope committing imperfectly a part. Office but remained there little as I had to go round in quest of horse... 7 June 1835Sunday. 7th.My morning was taken up in reading the Debates of the First Congress upon the removing power. It seems probable that I shall now have to go into a tho... 8 June 1835Monday. 8th.Morning pleasant but with the wind rather Easterly. I read over my paper this morning and decided that it would do. Then to the Office. A good deal of... 9 June 1835Tuesday. 9th.My new number came out this morning. It will do. I was occupied in studying out the subject of my question. Then to the Office. Wilson came in from Qu... 10 June 1835Wednesday. 10th.The Papers in the Whig Interest are all startled at my last number and cry War. But the Centinel has engaged to republish my Argument in reply to my c... 11 June 1835Thursday. 11th.Cloudy morning but it afterwards cleared away. I went down to my Office but only for a short time. Called at the Advocate Office and at the Athenaeum ... 12 June 1835Friday. 12th.Finished my draught of Political Speculation by a Whig Antimason No. 9 and last. I am about to take up a new tack. My plan is to go to the Office and ... 13 June 1835Saturday. 13th.The day was excessively warm. I read over and corrected No. 9 of Political Speculation and carried it down to the Advocate Office for publication. The... 14 June 1835Sunday. 14th.My ground opens to me very rich. I am exceedingly busy in exploring it. The authorities are numerous and imposing and if I fail it must be from my own... 15 June 1835Monday. 15th.My article did not appear this morning but is promised for tomorrow. I requested that particular attention should be paid to the typography. In the me... 16 June 1835Tuesday. 16th.The weather for days past has been much cooler. I went to the Office. My No. 9 appeared this morning very well printed and I think will answer. After ... 17 June 1835Wednesday. 17th.Fine morning after a gentle rain during the night. I went to the Office after writing a good deal of my new draught of my numbers. The Centinel in rep... 18 June 1835Thursday. 18th.A beautiful morning. I took a vacation from writing today in order to give myself some variety. Office where I passed two hours as usual in examining ... 19 June 1835Friday. 19th.Morning warm. I went to the Office and was busily engaged in summing up my Accounts for the year which is drawing to a close, the first year in which ... 20 June 1835Saturday. 20th.Morning cold and windy. I was occupied much of my time at the Office. Accounts and writing my Diary. As this is the first year in which I have kept my... 21 June 1835Sunday. 21st.The weather has changed to quite cold. I sat at home with the windows closed. Occupied myself in the morning partly in reading Madame du Deffand and p... 22 June 1835Monday. 22d.Cold morning. I went down to see Sharpe about my medal table and to jog on his vanity towards making a pretty plan, from thence to the Athenaeum to me... 23 June 1835Tuesday. 23d.Not being satisfied with my new draught of No. 3 I began to write it over again but desisted to go to the Office. The first number of the Appeal from ... 24 June 1835Wednesday. 24th.Morning hazy and warm but an East wind afterwards came up that kept the heat down. I was occupied upon my Article No. 3 which I finished before dinner... 25 June 1835Thursday. 25th.Morning cool with an easterly wind. I went down to the Office. Not a sign of life in the Whig Newspapers. I imagine silence is the policy. If so I can... 26 June 1835Friday. 26th.Morning cloudy and it threatened rain. I finished No. 4 and took the two last numbers down with me to the Office for the purpose of showing them to my... 27 June 1835Saturday. 27th.Day of clouds and rain. The Newspapers still defer my publishing of No. 2 and will effectually drive it out of the public mind if they continue in thi... 28 June 1835Sunday. 28th.Cloudy but warm. It afterwards cleared away. I finished the seventh Volume of Thiers and the melancholy account of the failure in Quiberon bay. The Ro... 29 June 1835Monday. 29th.Morning cool and pleasant. My number did not appear. It is tolerably clear to me that the plan is to kill their effect by delay, and I am not certain ... 30 June 1835Tuesday. 30th.“Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.” The Centinel after this long delay publishes nothing but my number and five lines of comment that had bet... July 1835 1 July 1835Wednesday. July 1st.Morning extraordinarily cool for the season, but rather pleasant than otherwise. I finished No. 4 in what I think a far better shape. Then to the offi... 2 July 1835Thursday. 2d.Day pleasant. I went down to the Office for a little while but remained only long enough to go through with my usual duties. Returned home for the pur... 3 July 1835Friday. 3d.Morning rather warmer. I was occupied in examining authorities for my No. 5, but the utter silence in which my papers are received discourages me. I m... 4 July 1835Saturday. 4th.A very warm morning. I started for Quincy shortly after breakfast with Mr. Everett and Mr. Whitney of Deerfield. We took up on the old Road near Dorch... 5 July 1835Sunday. 5th.Another very warm morning with a similar termination in a thunder shower. I passed my leisure time in reading over a part of Mr. Gerry’s correspondenc... 6 July 1835Monday. 6th.Another warm day with another thunder shower and very heavy rain. I went to the Office, after examining a considerable number of the coins given me by... 7 July 1835Tuesday. 7th.Warm morning but the air was brisk enough to make it pleasant. My No. 3 came out today in one paper only. It was sadly disfigured in printing and on t... 8 July 1835Wednesday. 8th.Weather excessively sultry and damp. I went down to see Mr. Sharp about the medal case and consulted for the usual time without coming to any decision... 9 July 1835Thursday. 9th.Morning cold and cloudy. I went to the Office after finishing No. 5. My time very much taken up in Accounts and little Commissions until twelve o’cloc... 10 July 1835Friday. 10th.I cannot get Mr. Hallett to publish more than once a week from which I conclude that they cannot afford to put in oftener articles of such length. I m... 11 July 1835Saturday. 11th.Morning clear and pleasant. I went down to see Sharp about my piece of furniture but still could not make it out. We worked away upon the plan for an ... 12 July 1835Sunday. 12th.Morning warm. I was occupied in making out my coins on paper so as to form a tolerably accurate idea of the surface they will occupy. Then attended di... 13 July 1835Monday. 13th.Exceedingly warm day. I walked up to Mr. Sharpe’s and spent an hour in maturing my plan but without coming to any decision, he was to make the estimat... 14 July 1835Tuesday. 14th.Another day of extreme heat. I went to Mr. Sharpe and received his estimate of the cost which was greater than I had anticipated and makes it necessar... 15 July 1835Wednesday. 15th.On this day, it had been agreed that my Wife and her two younger children should go to Medford to make her father a short visit while I should carry o... 16 July 1835Thursday. 16th.The rain in the night was amazingly heavy and when I arose in the morning there seemed exceedingly little prospect of my being able to get to town thi... 17 July 1835Friday. 17th.Morning cool and delightfully pleasant. I occupied myself for an hour after breakfast with my coins and then went up again to renew my negotiation wit... 18 July 1835Saturday. 18th.Returned to town this morning from Medford. Nothing extraordinary moving. I find my letter to the Bridgewater Newspaper, “We the People,” is published... 19 July 1835Sunday. 19th.Cool and pleasant day. I was engaged in the morning upon my coins until service time. Heard Mr. Frothingham from 2 Esdras 1. 27. “Ye have not as it we... 20 July 1835Monday. 20th.Morning pleasant but quiet warm. I went to the Office after calling upon and seeing Mr. James Sharpe about my piece of Furniture which I finally decid... 21 July 1835Tuesday. 21st.Morning warm and rainy, but it cleared away afterwards. My father went into town early to join a fishing party out of the harbour. I went in at about ... 22 July 1835Wednesday. 22d.Morning fine. I went to the Office early and made arrangements for the reference, but I bethought myself it might be safer to go and examine the foot ... 23 July 1835Thursday. 23d.Morning clear and warm. I returned to town with Mr. Brooks and went to the Office as usual. Nothing of material consequence. I worked upon my Diary an... 24 July 1835Friday. 24th.Fine warm morning. My No. 6 was not published this morning because it gave way to Mr. A. H. Everett’s first number, a very good one and which I was an... 25 July 1835Saturday. 25th.Fine morning but excessively warm. I returned to town after breakfast. To the Office where I spent my time in Accounts and Diary. Mr. Spear called upo... 26 July 1835Sunday. 26th.Morning clear and cold. I devoted some time to making out my projected arrangement of coins and medals. Received a Note from my Wife requesting me to ... 27 July 1835Monday. 27th.Morning clear and pleasant. I left Medford and returned to Boston. Morning, passed quietly at the Office and at the Athenaeum whither I went for the p... 28 July 1835Tuesday. 28th.Morning clear and cool but it clouded in the course of the day. I went out early for the purpose of calling at Sharpe’s to see how my case came on. Th... 29 July 1835Wednesday. 29th.Morning clouds and rain. How often this has happened to me at Quincy, this season. I remained here until after dinner as I was desirous of taking in m... 30 July 1835Thursday. 30th.Morning at home drawing out the remainder of my coins. I find that I shall have a great deal of room to spare and therefore design to extend my collec... 31 July 1835Friday. 31st.A very warm day indeed. I was occupied at home in arranging the remainder of my coins which I find fall short somewhat. Then to the Officer. Occupied ... August 1835 1 August 1835Saturday. 1st August.Warm. I passed an hour at home upon my collection and then to the Office. My time was so taken up in certain commissions of all sorts prior to my goin... 2 August 1835Sunday. 2d.Morning clear but quite cool. We had a shower in the course of the day. I passed an hour or two in reading and then attended divine service. Heard Mr.... 3 August 1835Monday. 3d.Cool morning. My father went to town with me. At the Office and House and such a variety of places that I had little or no time to spare. This mode of... 4 August 1835Tuesday. 4th.Our weather is singular at present. Quite cool and a shower of rain every day, but fine bracing weather. There is a talk of sickness and yellow fever ... 5 August 1835Wednesday. 5th.Morning clear and pleasant. I went to town accompanied by our Nursery woman Catherine for the purpose of getting our boy John about whom I am a little... 6 August 1835Thursday. 6th.Morning pleasant but it afterwards clouded over and the wind coming round to the eastward foreboded a storm. Nevertheless, according to appointment I ... 7 August 1835Friday. 7th.Morning dark with clouds and heavy rain. It poured with the utmost steadiness and regularity throughout. I remained quietly ensconced at home and read... 8 August 1835Saturday. 8th.Morning cool and pleasant. I went to town and was much occupied in my usual manner during my stay. At the Office where I wrote my Diary. Went also to ... 9 August 1835Sunday. 9th.Fine day but growing warmer. I read this morning Mad. Deffand and Pinkerton whose book is a curious mass of dogmatical accuracy. Attended divine servi... 10 August 1835Monday. 10th.Morning warm and the sun scorching. I remained at home, and read the fourth Satire of Juvenal entire. Some parts of it are as fine as any thing of his... 11 August 1835Tuesday. 11th.Pleasant though a very warm day. I went into town and was very much taken up with the great variety of little occupations I had. Called at the House, ... 12 August 1835Wednesday. 12th.Morning pleasant. I remained at home very quietly and read the first half of the fifth satire of Juvenal. It is the reference to manners that makes th... 13 August 1835Thursday. 13th.My little girl is four years old this morning, and she received little presents from all her friends at home. How much I have to be grateful to God fo... 14 August 1835Friday. 14th.Morning quite warm. I went to town although our late hours make it almost noon before I get to work at any thing useful. I had so many places to visit... 15 August 1835Saturday. 15th.Cooler day with an East wind. I remained at home all day. Read the sixth Satire of Juvenal in Gifford’s translation. It is the longest and he says the... 16 August 1835Sunday. 16th.Morning rainy, with a hot South wind. I passed my time in copying for my father. Attended divine service all day. Heard in the morning Mr. Lunt preach... 17 August 1835Monday. 17th.Morning warm. I remained at home today. Read a little of the original of the sixth satire of Juvenal. But the morning mail brought with it a number of... 18 August 1835Tuesday. 18th.I am this day twenty eight years old. The year has passed which I have regarded as the turning point of most men’s lives. It has not however gone with... 19 August 1835Wednesday. 19th.Morning bright and pleasant. Mr. W. Spear according to agreement called upon me and we went together to view the premises owned by my father at Penn’s... 20 August 1835Thursday. 20th.I went into town again today. The morning pleasant and cool. To the Athenaeum where I found no notice of my Papers. Dignified silence. This is certain... 21 August 1835Friday. 21st.Morning cloudy with rain but it afterwards cleared away. I spent the day at home for the most part looking over my numbers and writing such parts as I... 22 August 1835Saturday. 22d.Fine clear and cool morning. I went to town with my child Louisa who is to stay a few days at the house in Boston. Very busy in various occupations. D... 23 August 1835Sunday. 23d.Fine, clear and cool morning. I read in the intervals some of Theodore a German story of Lafontaine full of the touches of natural life which distingu... 24 August 1835Monday. 24th.Fine morning but cool. I went to town in consequence of my engagement, and the first thing I did was to apply at the State Bank. The answer was in the... 25 August 1835Tuesday. 25th.I remained at Quincy all day today. Read a part of Juvenal’s sixth Satire which is too disgusting to be borne. The vices of the world appear to have r... 26 August 1835Wednesday. 26th.This was Commencement day, but I did not attend nor indeed pay the any sort of notice to it. I am no admirer of those things, and rarely follow them w... 27 August 1835Thursday. 27th.Remained quietly at home at Quincy today and busied myself in writing out more fully the argument of the third number of the Appeal. I have amplified ... 28 August 1835Friday. 28th.Morning cloudy and rain. I remained at home and occupied myself with Juvenal a part of whose sixth Satire I read over carefully although without being... 29 August 1835Saturday. 29th.Pleasant. I went into town. Time very much taken up. First to the Athenaeum, then to Office, engaged in Diary. Carried two more numbers of the Appeal ... 30 August 1835Sunday. 30th.Just as I was dressing this morning to go to Meeting, my razor slipped and cutting, disfigured my Nose in such a manner that I desisted from going in ... 31 August 1835Monday. 31st.I remained at home all day. My time occupied partly in finishing a review of the 6th satire of Juvenal, partly in assorting MS papers and partly in co... September 1835 1 September 1835Tuesday. Sept. 1st.I went into town this morning in order to attend to some engagements made by me, although I knew that it would be necessary for me to return early for... 2 September 1835Wednesday. 2d.At home all day. The Neponset Company were fortunate on the whole, for this day was one of the most rainy I remember. It was my intention to have gone... 3 September 1835Thursday. 3d.As the younger ladies of the family were desirous of going to town and there was a vacant place in the Carriage I concluded to go in with them. We had... 4 September 1835Friday. 4th.Fine morning. I read in continuation part of Juvenal’s seventh Satire and was much pleased with it. There is in it none of the coarseness which I have... 5 September 1835Saturday. 5th.My intention was originally not to have remained at Quincy beyond the close of this last month, but my parents appear to take so much pleasure in our ... 6 September 1835Sunday. 6th.Fine day and warm. I passed the morning rather idly, assorting papers, but attended divine service and heard George Whitney preach from Job. 7. 16. “I... 7 September 1835Monday. 7th.Having made an engagement with Mr. Bowditch to be at my Office this morning to attend to a transfer of some Stock I went to town, but did not get ther... 8 September 1835Tuesday. 8th.The weather is now uncommonly fine although generally betraying the progress of the season. I remained at home and went over a part of Juvenal’s seven... 9 September 1835Wednesday. 9th.Morning fine. I went to town. My time very much taken up. First, to the house where I had occasion to go to look after some coins that I miss. Then, t... 10 September 1835Thursday. 10th.The greater part of this day was devoted to the continuation of an examination of the papers of my grandmother which are so voluminous as to present g... 11 September 1835Friday. 11th.Morning cool but fine. I went to town and was as usual engaged in a great variety of duties upon my getting there. I went to the House from which I de... 12 September 1835Saturday. 12th.Morning cloudy with the wind cold from the Eastward. My father went into town with me. I found myself as usual in a whirl of occupation without the ab... 13 September 1835Sunday. 13th.Morning, northeasterly rain but it cleared away afterwards with a continuance of the same wind. I wrote Diary all day and attended divine service. Mr.... 14 September 1835Monday. 14th.The day looked dark and occasionally low’ring. It rained a little but finally cleared away. We made ready for our departure and accordingly shortly af... 15 September 1835Tuesday. 15th.The day opened very bright and after breakfast we started in an open Barouche, taking leave of some of our friends, for a place seven miles off called... 16 September 1835Wednesday. 16th.Another magnificent day. Our party changed its face much today. Mr. King and his Wife and Mr. Hooper went home. Mr. Davis proposed to spend the mornin... 17 September 1835Thursday. 17th.I was roused early to join the party who proposed to go out before sunrise to catch fish. But upon reflecting that I might again spoil the sport, I co... 18 September 1835Friday. 18th.The town of Nantucket is a narrow and ill looking one. But the people appear industrious and kindhearted. Mr. Burnell formerly a Senator of the State ... 19 September 1835Saturday. 19th.The weather continues fine as it rarely is at this part of the season. We arose early and made our preparations for leaving this spot. After having ac... 20 September 1835Sunday. 20th.The morning looked stormy as our friend Captain Myrick had predicted. But it rained for a very short time only. Our parlour at this house was exceedin... 21 September 1835Monday. 21st.The morning again looked threatening and again cleared away giving us a bright day. After breakfast we were visited by numbers of people—Mr. William R... 22 September 1835Tuesday. 22d.My eldest boy is this day two years old. Upon every return of these Anniversaries I reflect how much I have to be grateful to God for. May prosperity ... 23 September 1835Wednesday. 23d.Day fine again. I felt the necessity of repeating my visit to town. Office, thence to see Mr. Sharpe who has taken advantage of my delay and absence f... 24 September 1835Thursday. 24th.I remained at home this morning for the purpose of bringing up the work that was deficient. Wrote up the arrears of my Journey which I might have made... 25 September 1835Friday. 25th.Elizabeth C. Adams came down this morning and went in my Gig with me to Boston. I was much engaged as is my custom. Got my last proof of my poor pamph... 26 September 1835Saturday. 26th.I remained at home all day today with a view of putting an end to the assorting of the papers which since my coming here I had undertaken. But I did ... 27 September 1835Sunday. 27th.The weather has been uncommon for the season. No storms, but dry weather for a long time and the wind alternating from east to west with the course of... 28 September 1835Monday. 28th.Morning clear but quite cool. As the season advances I find far more difficulty in my living out here. Went to town but did not get in until late. Occ... 29 September 1835Tuesday. 29th.It was clear in the morning but gradually clouded up and rained heavily before night. I remained here and occupied myself much of my time in finishing... 30 September 1835Wednesday. 30th.The rain was plentiful in the night but gave way to a clear and windy morning. I went into town. My time very constantly taken up in a great variety o... October 1835 1 October 1835Thursday. October 1st.This being the day fixed for breaking up our establishment at Quincy and returning to town I made all the necessary arrangements and started at nine o... 2 October 1835Friday. 2d.My child Louisa feels the separation from her little cousins exceedingly. And I am more affected by the manifest effect of it upon her spirits than by... 3 October 1835Saturday. 3d.Fine morning. I went out with my little girl on the Common to enjoy the morning air. Called at Mr. Sharpe’s to look at my furniture but he was not the... 4 October 1835Sunday. 4th.Morning pleasant but it afterwards clouded up. I continued writing all the morning. This new incident of attacking my father has renewed my spirit. A... 5 October 1835Monday. 5th.The day was cloudy with mist and drizzle. I had intended to have gone to Quincy but was unable to do so. Went to the Office. The Newspapers are still ... 6 October 1835Tuesday. 6th.A tremendous rain with a warm southerly wind which lasted all day. I did not go out early in the morning. The reason, because I was engaged to attend ... 7 October 1835Wednesday. 7th.Morning cloudy but it cleared afterwards. I went to the Office and occupied myself with Accounts. Mr. Walsh, Mr. Hurlbert and finally A. H. Everett ca... 8 October 1835Thursday. 8th.Fine morning. In order to keep my engagement I went down and after transacting business, started for Quincy. Reached there at ten and found the family... 9 October 1835Friday. 9th.Weather pleasant. I went to the Office and occupied myself as usual in accounts, and Diary. My time has been so much taken up in a variety of ways tha... 10 October 1835Saturday. 10th.Lovely day. Our weather could not possibly be finer. I went to the Office in the morning although much later than I had intended. My first number of t... 11 October 1835Sunday. 11th.Morning fine, but the wind changed and it became cooler afterwards. I passed my morning in copying and arranging MS Papers which I am getting out of t... 12 October 1835Monday. 12th.Beautiful day. I was very much occupied this morning so as to make it entirely impossible for me to execute my promise to Mr. Ladd. My Accounts just a... 13 October 1835Tuesday. 13th.Fine day. My father and Mr. Price Greenleaf were in the parlor when I got there. They had walked in from Quincy and were proposing to take breakfast. ... 14 October 1835Wednesday. 14th.My father passed the night at my House and spent this morning in town. We went out shortly after breakfast and I was engaged much of my time at the Of... 15 October 1835Thursday. 15th.My morning was exceedingly short and yet fully occupied. I went to the Office and was engaged in Accounts as well as Diary, but I never make up the Ar... 16 October 1835Friday. 16th.The fatigue of the last few days has been such that I slept very soundly last night and was glad to look forward to a quiet and home day. I went to th... 17 October 1835Saturday. 17th.Pleasant morning. I went to the Office and was intending to do up all the writing in my Diary, but one interruption after another left me pretty much ... 18 October 1835Sunday. 18th.The day was pleasant although unusually sultry with southerly winds and damp. I passed my morning in reading the North American Review, which contains... 19 October 1835Monday. 19th.Morning cloudy with these thick mists which have prevailed for so long. But the day became afterwards fine. I went to the Office. Occupied in Arrears... 20 October 1835Tuesday. 20th.The weather continues mild and delightful. I took my little girl out with me to walk on the Common. She pines a little for country air. Called at Mrs.... 21 October 1835Wednesday. 21st.Weather foggy but very mild. My father remained at my house last night for the purpose of dining with Dr. Parkman today. I showed him an answer I have... 22 October 1835Thursday. 22nd.The morning was foggy but it afterward cleared away quite fine, and warm as summer. I went to the Office to work upon my Arrears of Diary which come u... 23 October 1835Friday. 23d.Morning foggy like all the days we have had but tolerably pleasant. My fifth number of the Massachusetts Voter came out today. Mr. Hallett gives it as... 24 October 1835Saturday. 24th.Morning cloudy and threatening rain, but it afterwards cleared away with a bright evening. I spent much of the morning in putting in order and arrangi... 25 October 1835Sunday. 25th.Morning pleasant but far more according to the Season. The air was keen. I passed an hour in reading Lord Bolingbroke and found a pithy extract upon w... 26 October 1835Monday. 26th.Morning fine. I went down to the Office and passed my time in writing. I see the Globe has at last republished the whole of the Appeal with a commenta... 27 October 1835Tuesday. 27th.A pleasant cool day. I went to the Office as usual. Mr. Davis came in and shortly after Mr. Adan, the Judges of the Bowdoin Prize dissertation and aft... 28 October 1835Wednesday. 28th.The lovely weather continues and as it seems to me grows finer and finer every day. I went to the Office and passed my time in writing and Accounts. T... 29 October 1835Thursday. 29th.A beautiful morning. I went to the Office and occupied myself as usual in writing and Accounts. Went to the Athenaeum for the purpose of picking up so... 30 October 1835Friday. 30th.My morning was very much taken up by various arrangements which were necessary in advance of the little compliment we designed to pay this evening to ... 31 October 1835Saturday. 31st.A beautiful morning after the shower. My indiscretion in taking a little celery was punished by a head ache today. I felt really quite poorly. But nev... November 1835 1 November 1835Sunday. November 1st.Miss Elizabeth Adams left us this morning for the purpose of going to Mrs. Miller’s. I occupied myself variously. Attended divine service all day. Hea... 2 November 1835Monday. 2d.Morning pleasant. I went to the Office and was busily occupied in my Accounts at the close of the month. They took so much time I had hardly any for a... 3 November 1835Tuesday. 3d.Extraordinary mild weather. I do not recollect such a season. I went to the Office and was engaged all the morning, in making up arrears of Diary whic... 4 November 1835Wednesday. 4th.The season continues and this day was more like the first of the month of September than the present season. I went to the Office as usual and occupie... 5 November 1835Thursday. 5th.A cloudy day but very warm. I went to the Office as usual. The election is in it’s heat. Prophecies for and against in plenty. I say nothing and think... 6 November 1835Friday. 6th.Another fine day. My last number of the Massachusetts Voter appeared today. I think with it I take leave of political affairs, at least for the presen... 7 November 1835Saturday. 7th.Morning cloudy with occasional rain. My father came to town this morning and brought with him the two little girls. He proposes to go on the Wednesday... 8 November 1835Sunday. 8th.No frosts as yet. It would seem as if we were to have no Winter this year. This day was like September. I occupied myself reading until time for divin... 9 November 1835Monday. 9th.This is the famous day of Governor’s election, upon which I have thought so much depended respecting the future politics of the State. The indications... 10 November 1835Tuesday. 10th.The returns from the election begin to come in and show a far more advantageous result than we have had reason to expect. In the Counties to which our... 11 November 1835Wednesday. 11th.I was up a little earlier than usual this morning for the purpose of being ready to meet my father’s family on their start at the Providence Railway D... 12 November 1835Thursday. 12th.I felt exceedingly fatigued from want of rest, as towards morning the children always begin to disturb. The day was clear and cold. I went to the Offi... 13 November 1835Friday. 13th.Morning clear but much cooler than it has been and far more in accordance with the season. I went to the Office as usual. The returns of the Election ... 14 November 1835Saturday. 14th.Much colder but a very fine day. I went to the Office and was occupied as usual. Received a letter from Mr. Greenleaf inviting my propositions, so tha... 15 November 1835Sunday. 15th.Milder and more damp. I was occupied this morning in reading until divine service which I attended all day. Mr. Frothingham preached from 1. Kings 17.... 16 November 1835Monday. 16th.Continuance of Southerly winds and dark, gloomy weather. I went to the Office and occupied myself in accounts and Diary. The returns of the election s... 17 November 1835Tuesday. 17th.Blustering day but not cold. I went to the Office as usual. My article, on the result of the election was published today. But it was very incorrectly... 18 November 1835Wednesday. 18th.I felt very poorly this morning, and instead of getting better it seemed to me as if I could not without effort lift my hand to my head. I remained in... 19 November 1835Thursday. 19th.I felt better this morning and at least out of pain but still entirely unable to go on as usual. I must be suffering under some severe obstruction. We... 20 November 1835Friday. 20th.I did not feel perfectly well even yet. My digestive powers not appearing to be in their usual order, I went to the Office and was occupied as usual i... 21 November 1835Saturday. 21st.Fine morning. I went to the Office and was engaged there as usual. Mr. Spear came in from Quincy and conversed with me upon the subject of the various... 22 November 1835Sunday. 22d.Morning cool and cloudy. I have now got back pretty thoroughly to the old system of living which I am in the habit of pursuing in winter. The summer i... 23 November 1835Monday. 23d.A regular snow storm this morning. Winter appears to be coming on suddenly. It made me dull to reflect upon the cheerless appearance of the external w... 24 November 1835Tuesday. 24th.It looked really like Winter this morning. The Streets were a sheet of ice. I went to the Office and after the usual work rather idled away my time. W... 25 November 1835Wednesday. 25th.Morning clear and mild. But the snow gives altogether a different aspect to the Country and chills the air to a very different temperature from what i... 26 November 1835Thursday. 26th.Fine clear morning and pleasant though cool. I went to the Office. Time occupied in writing and in Accounts. Engaged in answering and dispatching Note... 27 November 1835Friday. 27th.Morning quite unusually cold for this season of the year. I went out but did not remain long at the Office as I wished first to go to the Athenaeum an... 28 November 1835Saturday. 28th.Cold weather. I went to the Office as usual. Time partly occupied in Accounts and partly in conversation. Mr. Walsh came down and got into one of his ... 29 November 1835Sunday. 29th.Morning cold. I amused myself with reading Coleridge’s Table Talk. It does not appear to me to equal his reputation. There is a constant seeking after... 30 November 1835Monday. 30th.The cold is of quite unusual severity this year. Today moderated but the night could be ranked among our coldest. I went to the Office as usual and wa... December 1835 1 December 1835December. 1835. Tuesday. 1st.Cold, I went to the Office. Had a long visit from Mr. Everett who nearly cut up my day. Mr. Josiah Adams also came in on an application for some money... 2 December 1835Wednesday. 2d.Moderate in the morning but it grew excessively cold before night. I went to the Office and was occupied as usual. Went about trying hard to make up a... 3 December 1835Thursday. 3d.This was the day fixed for the annual Thanksgiving. It was bitterly cold in the morning but moderated as the day advanced. I occupied myself in readin... 4 December 1835Friday. 4th.I had drank wine enough to give me a slight head ach and it was very much increased by both the children, Louisa and the baby who were so restless as ... 5 December 1835Saturday. 5th.Morning cold. I went to the Office as usual and passed my time in making up my deficiency of Diary and in Accounts. It had been my purpose to do more ... 6 December 1835Sunday. 6th.Another severely cold morning. If this is a specimen we are to have a very tremendous time of it this winter. I finished this morning the novel of Dac... 7 December 1835Monday. 7th.This is still cold weather. I went to the Office and was engaged in writing and Accounts. Despatched more of my Pamphlets which appear almost entirely... 8 December 1835Tuesday. 8th.Day clear and milder than heretofore. To the Office where I read more of Rousseau’s Social Compact. He has an extraordinary clearness of style which m... 9 December 1835Wednesday. 9th.More moderate, but still cold winter’s weather. I went to the Office as usual. Calm in the political elements. My last number on the Presidential ques... 10 December 1835Thursday. 10th.Morning clear and cold. I went to the Office as usual. Time taken up in reading Rousseau’s Essay. Read the President’s Message which got here yesterda... 11 December 1835Friday. 11th.Morning very cold. Went to the Office and passed my time as usual. Read a little, made up Diary and looked over Accounts. Mr. Sharp called in and I se... 12 December 1835Saturday. 12th.Snowing all day. I went to the Office and passed my time quietly as usual. Continued Rousseau’s Prize Dissertation which is a very ingenious thing and... 13 December 183531 August 1837Titlepage 13 December 1835Sunday. 13th.The daily course of my record brings me now and then to a new Volume, and upon such occasions it has been my habit to speculate and look forward as we... 14 December 1835Monday. 14th.Mild day and cloudy with occasional snow. I went to the Office. Continued and finished Rousseau’s Essay upon the Inequality of Man. A singular and daz... 15 December 1835Tuesday. 15th.Weather cold and clear. I went to the Office as usual. Engaged in Accounts, and took down with me Mr. Gallatin’s Essay on the Currency, which by readi... 16 December 1835Wednesday. 16th.This morning was severe but the cold increased in intensity until it became unusually great for this region at any season. The thermometer fell in the... 17 December 1835Thursday. 17th.The cold was more moderate this morning but still what we should call very severe. I went to the Office, and was engaged in Accounts. Had Mr. Walsh to... 18 December 1835Friday. 18th.This would have been called very cold if it had not been preceded by weather so much more so. To the Office. I get there however so late that my stay ... 19 December 1835Saturday. 19th.The weather moderated and there was snow and hail throughout the day. I went to the Office but did not remain much fixed at any place. Accounts have a... 20 December 1835Sunday. 20th.Drizzling, misty, disagreeable day. I read some of the letters in the general correspondence of Voltaire this morning until the hour for service which... 21 December 1835Monday. 21st.A mild, melting day so that the Streets were in very poor walking condition. I went to the Office as usual. The town full of details respecting the fi... 22 December 1835Tuesday. 22d.Morning pretty cool and promising a return of our sharp weather. It was a fine winters day however. I went to the Office as usual. The news from Harri... 23 December 1835Wednesday. 23d.Another cool and clear morning. I went to the Office and spent most of my time in writing a letter to my Mother in answer to a singular one received f... 24 December 1835Thursday. 24th.A mild day. Office as usual. The interest in the details of the New York fire begins to slacken although re-insurance continues active. The Accounts h... 25 December 1835Friday. 25th.Christmas day. A mild and cloudy day which ended in settled rain. I amused myself with Voltaire’s Correspondence. The letters to the Marquis d’Argenta... 26 December 1835Saturday. 26th.Mild with heavy and settled rain all day. I went to the Office and occupied myself with accounts. Mr. Walsh came in. The news from Washington is that ... 27 December 1835Sunday. 27th.Mild for the Season but windy. I read a few of Voltaire’s amusing letters and then attended divine service. Heard Mr. Frothingham all day. Texts. Matt... 28 December 1835Monday. 28th.Cold and slight snow. I went to the Office. Received some letters, one from my father detailing the preceding acts of Congress, and his own position w... 29 December 1835Tuesday. 29th.Day mild. I went to the Office, where I was engaged for the most part in looking over the Quarter’s Accounts and bringing down the affairs of my Agenc... 30 December 1835Wednesday. 30th.Drizzling and a slippery coat of ice upon the ground. I went to the Office and my time principally consumed in drawing off the Quarter’s Account with ... 31 December 1835Thursday. 31st.The last day of what has been a pleasant year to me. I shall remember it as the era of my happiness. I shall remember it as the season of encouragemen... 1836 January 1836 1 January 1836January. 1836. Friday. 1st.I was gloomy today and could only account for it by the feeling which the situation of Mr. Everett’s child has inspired in me. On recollecting the sam... 2 January 1836Saturday. 2d.A beautiful day for January. I went to the Office as usual. The accounts from Mr. Everett’s leave no doubt of the quick termination of his child’s suf... 3 January 1836Sunday. 3d.Morning very pleasant for the season of the year. I read some of Voltaire’s Letters until it was time to go and hear Mr. Frothingham. He preached this... 4 January 1836Monday. 4th.Cloudy day with sleet, snow and finally heavy rain. I went to the Office. Political affairs look very much unsettled. The rumor respecting Mr. Webster... 5 January 1836Tuesday. 5th.A cloudy day with every alternation of weather. Mr. Everetts child still lingers in a hopeless way. I have never known a case calling for more of the ... 6 January 1836Wednesday. 6th.My first Letter to Mr. Slade came out this morning and satisfies me pretty well. I this morning answered a note from A. H. Everett inclosing an invita... 7 January 1836Thursday. 7th.The day still continues the dull, cloudy weather. We received notice this morning that Mr. Everett’s child died last night. It has lingered in so pain... 8 January 1836Friday. 8th.It is now nearly a week since the sun has been seen, and every thing looks gloomy enough. My second Letter to Slade appeared today, but not very corre... 9 January 1836Saturday. 9th.Morning still darkling and wet. I went to the Office and occupied myself much as usual. Accounts and Diary. Went through all my business which has bee... 10 January 1836Sunday. 10th.Rain and thaw. It is now a week since we have seen the light of the blessed sun. Those who are dull will be more dull and those who are cheerful will ... 11 January 1836Monday. 11th.Morning still gloomy being the eighth day that the sun has been covered. I went to the Office and occupied myself in matters of account and Diary. Wro... 12 January 1836Tuesday. 12th.Morning cloudy but it cleared before night. My third letter to Slade came out today and was on the whole somewhat more correct than usual. I went to t... 13 January 1836Wednesday. 13th.It was quite cheering to behold the run rising in great beauty this morning. After so long an absence the change becomes a positive pleasure. I went t... 14 January 1836Thursday. 14th.Morning pleasant. I went as usual to the Office after conning over the Newspapers which are devoid of interest. Occupied in Accounts which at this sea... 15 January 1836Friday. 15th.Mild weather. Office—Papers as usual. Nothing important. Called upon T. K. Davis and asked him to dine with me tomorrow. His acceptance made it necess... 16 January 1836Saturday. 16th.Morning very cold again with indications of the usual progress of the winter. I was quite occupied at Market and elsewhere in getting up my dinner. Af... 17 January 1836Sunday. 17th.Morning milder with clouds and a little snow. I amused myself in reading Voltaire’s Letters, some of which relating to his corrections of his pieces a... 18 January 1836Monday. 18th.Morning cloudy with snow. I went to the Office as usual. Engaged in Accounts and making up that of T. B. Adams for the half year, to close which I tra... 19 January 1836Tuesday. 19th.Morning clear and a fine day. I went to the Office and as usual was busy with accounts. Political affairs appear to be about as usual. A stop seems to... 20 January 1836Wednesday. 20th.Morning cool and clear. I went to the Office as usual. Time occupied by attending a Meeting of Directors of the Middlesex Canal for the purpose of con... 21 January 1836Thursday. 21st.Fine day. I went to the Office and found that the public was all alive upon the subject of a Special Message which General Jackson has sent in to Cong... 22 January 1836Friday. 22d.A Southerly wind and melting. Read the special Message with attention and the letter of the Due de Broglie about which so much has been said. This who... 23 January 1836Saturday. 23d.Morning pleasant. I went to the Office as usual. Time occupied in writing and Accounts. Mr. Hurlbert called in about the building which he wishes to h... 24 January 1836Sunday. 24th.Cold but a very fine day. Spent an hour in looking over the Memoirs of the Princess de Lamballe, that ill fated woman who perished so horribly in the ... 25 January 1836Monday. 25th.It stormed violently during the night and snowed the greater part of the day. My Wife and Louisa got up quite unwell, and I myself had a dull head ach... 26 January 1836Tuesday. 26th.A fine and pleasant day. I went to the Office as usual. Accounts from Washington of a Speech of my father’s which is likely to make a great deal of no... 27 January 1836Wednesday. 27th.Cool but a pleasant day. I went to the Office as usual. The papers are full of my father’s Speech, the Whigs of course very indignant indeed. There wa... 28 January 1836Thursday. 28th.Morning quite cool but clear. I went to the Office as usual. The whole bitterness of the party press is again aroused against my father. Well, we must... 29 January 1836Friday. 29th.Quite cold. Office as usual. I was occupied in drawing a sketch of my proposed remarks to digest and fix which in my memory took me all day. It is som... 30 January 1836Saturday. 30th.The Accounts from Florida are fearful, the national troops appear to be by far too weak to resist the force and fury of the Indians. The account of th... 31 January 1836Sunday. 31st.Snow all day falling fast but equally. I amused myself with reading the book of the Princess de Lamballe which gives more of the royal statement of ma... February 1836 1 February 1836Monday. February 1st.Snowy and clouds but it cleared away towards night with great cold. I went to the Office and was engaged there for some time, then going into State St... 2 February 1836Tuesday. 2d.The Whig Newspapers continue to be filled with gross personalities against my father and teem with misrepresentations of his conduct. I do not know pr... 3 February 1836Wednesday. 3d.Severe cold weather. I went to the Office and was occupied in writing and so forth. Accounts. Mr. Walsh came in and troubled me. Mr. Hurlbert also upo... 4 February 1836Thursday. 4th.The severity of the cold does not appear to diminish at all. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied in various matters. Accounts. Diary and in... 5 February 1836Friday. 5th.The thermometer has not varied much from zero for a week past. I went out this morning and occupied my time as usual at the Office. But my Diary still... 6 February 1836Saturday. 6th.This week has been about as uniformly cold as any within my remembrance. The suffering from it must be considerable although I have personally suffere... 7 February 1836Sunday. 7th.Weather moderating a little and preparing for snow. We have Winter in very good earnest. I finished this morning Dr. Channing’s Pamphlet upon Slavery.... 8 February 1836Monday. 8th.The morning opened with a severe snow storm which by noon however turned to rain and it poured heavily the remainder of the day. The walking can easil... 9 February 1836Tuesday. 9th.I went to the Office and occupied myself there with making a new draught of a letter inasmuch as it was of great importance. And having finished only ... 10 February 1836Wednesday. 10th.Morning very fine. I went to the Office, but from defect in the quality of my fuel I make my stay at the Office even more brief than usual. My Diary g... 11 February 1836Thursday. 11th.Fine day. Office as usual. My number 5 to Mr. Slade came out this morning. As usual long on the road but good when it gets there. I think it a piece o... 12 February 1836Friday. 12th.Morning clear and very pleasant. I went to the Office and passed my time in Accounts and making up my Diary as usual. Nothing extraordinary excepting ... 13 February 1836Saturday. 13th.Clouds and snow although mild. I went to the Office. Accounts from France of the reception of the President’s Message quite favorable. I was engaged i... 14 February 1836Sunday. 14th.Slight snow in the morning which gave way to a Northwest wind and rapidly increasing cold. I attended divine service and heard Mr. Frothingham from Ma... 15 February 1836Monday. 15th.The cold does not relax at all. This is the period I usually fix for the end of the severity of the winter and it is as sharp as at almost any moment ... 16 February 1836Tuesday. 16th.Morning cold but it moderated during the day. I went to the Office and finally succeeded in making my Arrears in Diary quite up. Nothing else however.... 17 February 1836Wednesday. 17th.The cold continues notwithstanding the rapid advance of the season. I went to the Office and passed my time much as usual. Accounts and Diary. Attempt... 18 February 1836Thursday. 18th.Cold. When I went to the Office this morning I found the workmen all there making changes which have heretofore been contemplated. The stairs having b... 19 February 1836Friday. 19th.Office building still in such a state that I could not remain in it. I see enough of the change however to be convinced that it adds very much to the ... 20 February 1836Saturday. 20th.Morning milder betokening a change in the weather. The cold has been on the whole as persevering as I ever in my experience knew it to be. I woke up i... 21 February 1836Sunday. 21st.Morning mild and beginning to melt—Indications of the breaking up of the Winter. I passed all my leisure time in writing a letter to my father giving ... 22 February 1836Monday. 22d.A beautiful day for the Anniversary of Washington, and for a day which I have especial cause to recollect. But the walking in consequence of the thaw ... 23 February 1836Tuesday. 23d.Another mild spring like day with the Streets under water. I went to the Office as usual and passed my time in Accounts. Mr. Ayer, Carpenter, came in ... 24 February 1836Wednesday. 24th.Morning cloudy and melting. Went to the Office and was engaged in Accounts and in making up Arrears of Diary. I have changed my room but the fire in m... 25 February 1836Thursday. 25th.Morning clear but it afterwards snowed a little and then turned to sharp cold. I went to the Office and found that I had my fire to make which was vex... 26 February 1836Friday. 26th.Morning very cold again, and cloudy. I went to the Office, received another letter from Mr. Shepherd covering a bill for a further sum, and I went dow... 27 February 1836Saturday. 27th.I went to the Office, cold continuing as usual. Occupied in Accounts and Diary. Mr. J. H. Winkley called upon me to make settlement on their last year... 28 February 1836Sunday. 28th.Fine morning but no relaxation of winter. I amused myself all the morning with Mr. Slade. Then to meeting where I heard a very good discourse from Mr.... 29 February 1836Monday. 29th.Weather still cold, I went to the Office and my time occupied in a variety of ways. Mr. Brooks called in to ask me to go with him and look at the Hous... March 1836 1 March 1836Tuesday. March 1st.A mild, wet day. I went to the Office, and afterwards occupied in Diary and making arrangements for the investment of Mr. Johnson’s funds. Called to s... 2 March 1836Wednesday. 2d.Morning clear with a high wind quite in character for the month of March. I went to the Office and was occupied very constantly in a great variety of ... 3 March 1836Thursday. 3d.Morning unusually cold. I went to the Office and was occupied as usual in my Accounts. Mr. Degrand called upon me and I made sale of my stock, transfe... 4 March 1836Friday. 4th.A mild day at last, and one giving us some little intimation of the approach of spring. My time was very much taken up in business. I finished the tra... 5 March 1836Saturday. 5th.Pleasant day, I went to the Office and was again occupied in the transaction of money business. I effected this day, the loan of all the balance of Mo... 6 March 1836Sunday. 6th.Morning somewhat cooler and with a raw East wind. I read Montesquieu Grandeur et Decadence des Romains—A book crowded with thoughts. I like very much ... 7 March 1836Monday. 7th.Morning pleasant. Office, nothing new. Mr. Hallett does not seem to be disposed to notice my Articles at all. What has got into him? Is it not part of... 8 March 1836Tuesday. 8th.Morning pleasant. There is a regular thaw every day now, but the amount of snow is so great and it is frozen down so solid as to make hardly any impre... 9 March 1836Wednesday. 9th.Morning pleasant. Office, received a long letter from A. H. Everett at Washington, complains of not hearing from here and wishes me to write. He intim... 10 March 1836Thursday. 10th.Morning mild with fog and slight rain which by night time became a flood. I went to the Office and was occupied there in Diary and Accounts. Nothing o... 11 March 1836Friday. 11th.Morning windy but clear and mild. I went to the Office and turned my attention immediately to a settlement of accounts upon the draft of Mr. Johnson. ... 12 March 1836Saturday. 12th.Morning cold and clear. I went to the Office and was occupied much of my time in a variety of ways. Accounts, Diary and one or two interruptions from ... 13 March 1836Sunday. 13th.A raw East wind with clouds and a slight snow. I wasted my morning in looking over some numbers of the London Court Journal lent to my Wife by some of... 14 March 1836Monday. 14th.Cloudy with a little snow, and rain. I went to the Office and was occupied in writing and so forth—Accounts and Commissions. The time slides away very... 15 March 1836Tuesday. 15th.Morning clear and cold. I went to the Office. Engaged the greater part of my time in Accounts, and Diary. Wrote a letter to Mr. T. B. Johnson in answe... 16 March 1836Wednesday. 16th.Nothing of particular interest today. Clear and cold—Office where I executed my usual duties and listened to a half hour’s discourse by Mr. Walsh. The... 17 March 1836Thursday. 17th.Morning cloudy with snow. I went to the Office—Time uninterrupted but I accomplished very little. Diary and Accounts—Nothing else. I waste much very v... 18 March 1836Friday. 18th.Morning clear. I went to the Office and passed my time in Diary and in drawing up accounts for the close of the present Quarter. This is a laborious b... 19 March 1836Saturday. 19th.Morning clear and severely cold for the Season. I went to the Office and was occupied very attentively in Accounts and in Diary—Also in a general clea... 20 March 1836Sunday. 20th.Clear and cold. I read the life of Swift. Walter Scott is a pleasant chit-chat biographer gathering carefully from preceding authors but it may much b... 21 March 1836Monday. 21st.Here we are again at the equal days and nights. How time passes and how we all pass with it—A remark of no great novelty but which will never cease to... 22 March 1836Tuesday. 22d.Morning pleasant but the Easterly winds are beginning to remind us that Spring with us is nought but hope deferred. I went to the Office. Mr. Spear ca... 23 March 1836Wednesday. 23d.Morning pleasant after the snow which was quite deep for the season. I went to the Office—Read a portion of Rousseau’s Prize Essay in which I thought ... 24 March 1836Thursday. 24th.Morning clear and pleasant, but it afterwards clouded. I went to the Office. My present uneasiness is great about my daughter Louisa who seems to be s... 25 March 1836Friday. 25th.Morning clear and pleasant. I went to the Office and passed my time almost entirely in Accounts. Made a draught of the comparative income upon the pro... 26 March 1836Saturday. 26th.Morning pleasant. I went to the Office and was occupied mostly by Mr. Walsh who came in and entered upon a discussion which lasted a great while. He i... 27 March 1836Sunday. 27th.Morning mild. I amused myself reading the second part of the backwoods of Canada which is quite interesting. Alas! Alas! that stern necessity should d... 28 March 1836Monday. 28th.Morning mild and tolerably pleasant, but the snow still remains in a most extraordinary manner. I went to the Office—Received another remittance of 25... 29 March 1836Tuesday. 29th.Mild morning and cloudy. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied in Accounts and Diary. Nothing of any consequence has taken place. The ocean a... 30 March 1836Wednesday. 30th.Cloudy although the morning promised fair. I went to the Office and passed most of my time in examining the title deeds of the land which Mr. Tucker p... 31 March 1836Thursday. 31st.A fine day. I went to the Office and was busy in the never ending occupation of Accounts. This is about the close of the Quarter and therefore calls f... April 1836 1 April 1836Friday. April 1st.Morning pleasant. The first day that has given us any notion of the approach of Spring. I went to the Office as usual and was occupied in various matt... 2 April 1836Saturday. 2d.We have for a few days pleasant weather although the East winds prevent our enjoying it much. I went to the Office and completed my quarterly statemen... 3 April 1836Sunday. 3d.Clear. I continued reading Swift’s Journal to Stella—Queen Anne’s Tory Ministry. He acted a very leading part behind the scenes in their transactions.... 4 April 1836Monday. 4th.The weather threatens daily to be bad but it clears off. I went to the Office. Concerned most of my time in money affairs. Received a notice from the ... 5 April 1836Tuesday. 5th.The weather was sharply cold for the season, the wind being very Easterly. I went to the Office feeling by no means better than I was yesterday. After... 6 April 1836Wednesday. 6th.Morning cold and it clouded up with a little flurry of snow. I went to the Office, feeling somewhat relieved from my head ach although not by any mean... 7 April 1836Thursday. 7th.This was the day regularly set apart according to custom for Fast day. It was clear but with a cold Easterly wind. I read Swift’s Journal to Stella fo... 8 April 1836Friday. 8th.A really pleasant and warm day. Went to the Office where I was engaged in Diary and accounts as usual. Wishing to make some inquiries respecting the T... 9 April 1836Saturday. 9th.A pleasant day—I went to the Office and was engaged in the usual manner, in accounts and Diary. Mr. Brooks called in respecting Mr. Tucker’s investmen... 10 April 1836Sunday. 10th.Cloudy with showers but it cleared away cold. I read the North American Review and a little of Swift, then to the Chauncy place meeting house, to hear... 11 April 1836Monday. 11th.Cold and clear. I went to the Office. Received a pleasant letter from T.B.A. at his station in Florida—Fort Drane the 20th of March. He is in good spi... 12 April 1836Tuesday. 12th.Very cold for the season of the year. I went first to Market and then to the Office. Received a letter from my father mentioning his being indisposed ... 13 April 1836Wednesday. 13th.Morning cloudy with a very raw East wind. I went with my Wife and a party to the Menagerie in Union Street. Carried with us the two elder children. Th... 14 April 1836Thursday. 14th.Morning clear but it afterwards grew cloudy. I went to the Office and was occupied as usual—Diary, Accounts and a letter to my father which I commence... 15 April 1836Friday. 15th.Morning at the Office. Weather very backward for the Season. I went to the Office and was much occupied in accounts—Sundry persons coming in to pay re... 16 April 1836Saturday. 16th.Morning at the Office, still cold, Easterly winds. My time taken up with Mr. Spear, who came in from Quincy and made a settlement of his affairs for t... 17 April 1836Sunday. 17th.Cold and clear. I read Swift previous to attending divine service. Heard Mr. Frothingham preach from Acts 26. 27. “King Agrippa, believest thou the pr... 18 April 1836Monday. 18th.Morning cloudy but warmer. I went to the Office and was occupied in a variety of little matters—Accounts. Went up to see Mrs. Fuller and obtain from h... 19 April 1836Tuesday. 19th.Cloudy. Office where I spent time as usual. Received a letter from Mr. T. B. Johnson dated Baltimore. He sails, I imagine, in one of Mr. Shepherd’s sh... 20 April 1836Wednesday. 20th.Morning clear and pleasant, I went to the Office. Received several pamphlets from Washington, Among others, Mr. Woodbury’s Report upon the cultivation... 21 April 1836Thursday. 21st.Cloudy with Easterly winds. Office—Diary, and running over my accounts. Mr. Everett called in again and accepted my offer yesterday of one of my rooms... 22 April 1836Friday. 22d.Morning clear but extremely windy. I went to the Office and was engaged as usual—Accounts and bringing up Diary. Mr. Walsh came in and talked so that ... 23 April 1836Saturday. 23d.Morning cold and very windy—Clouds collected and then dispersed. I went to the Office with the intention of doing a good deal. But was first induced t... 24 April 1836Sunday. 24th.The season continues cold beyond all example. I read a little of Swift this morning but had not much time owing to late rising. Attended divine servic... 25 April 1836Monday. 25th.Very cold morning for the season. I went to the Office. My time taken up in a great variety of little ways. Mr. Walsh came in. I called upon Mr. Brook... 26 April 1836Tuesday. 26th.Morning fine, I went to the Office. My things are all moved into my old quarters and make them not a little confined. But I am so little at them that ... 27 April 1836Wednesday. 27th.Clear day. It would be ludicrous for me to describe how I spent my morning. Suffice it to say, that it was partly in talking with Mr. Walsh and partly... 28 April 1836Thursday. 28th.Morning clear and bright, but a sharp Easterly wind. I went to the Office after Dr. Bigelow had been to see my boy. He inclines this morning to the op... 29 April 1836Friday. 29th.Little John’s case of measles is pronounced, and he is under considerable suffering with them although as yet the case is not, thank heaven a bad one.... 30 April 1836Saturday. 30th.Morning cool but pleasant, I went to the Office. Very soon after Mr. W. Spear came in from Quincy and I was occupied in going through a settlement wit... May 1836 1 May 1836Sunday. May 1st.A pleasant and a warm day for the commencement of this month usually more renowned with poets than any other class of persons. I passed my morning in ... 2 May 1836Monday. 2d.A perfect summer day. I went to the Office, time taken up very much in Accounts. A part of the remainder of Mr. Johnson’s funds was paid in to me and ... 3 May 1836Tuesday. 3d.Morning exceedingly warm but at two the wind came round with a jerk and the consequence was an extraordinary chill in the atmosphere. I went to the Of... 4 May 1836Wednesday. 4th.Cooler but a clear, fine air better than that of the two last days. I went to the Office and passed my time partly in my usual avocations and partly i... 5 May 1836Thursday. 5th.Cold and clear. I went to the Office—Time passed partly in writing Diary and Accounts, partly in reading Mr. Everett’s Europe. Politics look blacker t... 6 May 1836Friday. 6th.Cool morning but clear. I went to the Office and was occupied all the morning in Accounts, Diary and reading Mr. Everett’s publication. Mr. Forbes cam... 7 May 1836Saturday. 7th.Cool, and clear but it afterwards clouded up and rained. I went to the Office. Occupations as usual. Read a Pamphlet which has been sent to me respect... 8 May 1836Sunday. 8th.A clear and cold easterly gale. I read Loudon’s book which is not the thing I want, after all. Attended divine service and heard Mr. Frothingham from ... 9 May 1836Monday. 9th.I spent an hour this morning with my two elder children playing upon the Common. This is just the season when I enjoy this kind of thing the most. The... 10 May 1836Tuesday. 10th.A very pleasant day. I went out with my children and enjoyed the air for an hour, during which we had a ramble about the delightful common. This is th... 11 May 1836Wednesday. 11th.Morning quite warm. I went to the Office after my usual amusement with the children. Time taken up in Diary, Accounts, going about the town to find me... 12 May 1836Thursday. 12th.Very warm day. I went to the Office after a walk with my children and superintending the opening of the pictures by Leslie of my father and mother whi... 13 May 1836Friday. 13th.Weather cloudy with an occasional sprinkling of rain. I went and took a warm bath and thence to the Office. Engaged most of my time in drawing up an a... 14 May 1836Saturday. 14th.Morning cold with a sharp North wind. I went to the Office and passed my time in reading, writing and Accounts as usual. Nothing passed of any consequ... 15 May 1836Sunday. 15th.Cold again. I passed my time in reading Loudon’s Encyclopedia. After all, a far more creditable plan of life to me will be to build and cultivate in Q... 16 May 1836Monday. 16th.Warmer day, I was busy in getting up things to go to Quincy. The time has at last come when I must pay regular visits there to oversee the improvement... 17 May 1836Tuesday. 17th.Morning warmer. I went out with the children, but Louisa seems quite poorly. After a little run on the common, I went to the Office. Conversation with... 18 May 1836Wednesday. 18th.Morning warm. I went to the Office, spending the previous hour in copying my letter instead of going out. Louisa is out with the measles. This is a co... 19 May 1836Thursday. 19th.Morning pleasant. I went out to Quincy. My morning was short. I gave additional directions to the gardener, and looked for my father’s Diary, the sixt... 20 May 1836Friday. 20th.I went to the Office this morning and most of my time was passed in a variety of small occupations. I got Mr. Cruft to come in and read over in the or... 21 May 1836Saturday. 21st.Morning warm. I went to the Office after giving my boy John a half hour’s walk on the common. He does not appear to me perfectly well over the Measles... 22 May 1836Sunday. 22d.The air changed in the night and gave us a cold Easterly morning. I went to Meeting as usual after spending half an hour upon Loudon’s Encyclopedia. M... 23 May 1836Monday. 23d.Still cold weather. My little girl is still suffering under the infliction of a severe cough. This complaint is as serious in it’s consequences as in ... 24 May 1836Tuesday. 24th.A continuation of the cold Easterly storm which we have had for so long without however having any rain. My little girl is advancing slowly but is sti... 25 May 1836Wednesday. 25th.Morning still dull weather with a cold North East wind. My little girl is getting better slowly. I went to the Office and passed my time in Diary and ... 26 May 1836Thursday. 26th.Continuation of the bad weather, I went to the Office and passed my time in writing Diary and in reading desultorily. Looked over Professor Winthrop’s... 27 May 1836Friday. 27th.Morning dark and misty as usual. I went to the Office and was occupied partly in reading, and Diary and Accounts. Nothing of consequence. The capture ... 28 May 1836Saturday. 28th.It is now quite a week since the cloudy weather set in during which we have not much rain but a great deal of comfortless weather. I went to the Offic... 29 May 1836Sunday. 29th.Morning still cloudy and dull. I read Sir James Mackintosh in whose favour I have postponed all my other occupations. Then to meeting where I heard Mr... 30 May 1836Monday. 30th.It rained more today than since the clouds set in and in the evening it cleared away without any change of wind. I went to the Office and passed my ti... 31 May 1836Tuesday. 31st.A clear day but still cold. This is the first appearance of the sun since Saturday the 21st. I took the opportunity to go to Quincy. Found at the hous... June 1836 1 June 1836Wednesday. June 1.A clear day with a continuation of the sharp East wind which we have had for so long. I went to the Office and was engaged in Accounts and Diary as us... 2 June 1836Thursday. 2d.Fine morning though still an East wind. I went to the Office but instead of remaining there, called upon Mr. Walsh and with him I went over to Chelsea... 3 June 1836Friday. 3d.The day was fine and somewhat pleasanter than any we have had although still with the North East wind. I went down to superintend some repairs at my h... 4 June 1836Saturday. 4th.The North east wind again brought drizzle and cold. I had engaged Mr. Walsh to go out with me and examine a site at Quincy for my house. But the weath... 5 June 1836Sunday. 5th.East wind and cloudy weather although the temperature of the air has risen considerably notwithstanding. I occupied myself in reading and reflecting u... 6 June 1836Monday. 6th.This is the Anniversary commonly called here Artillery Election. It is usually a warm showery day, not so this year it being a continuation of all for... 7 June 1836Tuesday. 7th.Morning cloudy as usual. This is the seventeenth day of perpetual North east winds and clouds. I went to the Office and passed my time in Diary and Ac... 8 June 1836Wednesday. 8th.The morning was cloudy with heavy fogs. Mr. Walsh however came up to breakfast and decided me to go to Quincy. It was not a good day for our purpose a... 9 June 1836Thursday. 9th.Morning very fine and very warm. Our transitions here are always excessively rapid, from heat to cold and the reverse. I was engaged in a variety of o... 10 June 1836Friday. 10th.Clear but cold with a sharp Easterly wind. Mr. Walsh came up and took breakfast with us, after which we started for Quincy so that I might redeem my e... 11 June 1836Saturday. 11th.My head ach was not gone this morning when I arose and it threatened to worry me all day, but prudence at breakfast and a little exercise caused it to... Back Matter halftitle2 Chronology
