Morning, return to town. Attended the Sale of the Furniture of Messrs. Clark and Dunn and purchased some things which were bargains, others not so much so, the usual luck at Auctions.1 This and the arrangements necessary to remove them took me all the morning and a portion of the afternoon. The rest was occupied in making up agency accounts, and my administration papers. The trial of the case of Farnum vs Brooks concluded today and peace and order will be again restored to the good city of Boston.2 Returned to Quincy and passed the evening in conversation with my father, principally the Controversy3 upon which he still feels sore.

Rode to town this morning as usual. Occupied all the morning at the Office in examination of my brother’s affairs. I can hardly define what I did, but this is certain, that I was very busy all day. My mind is however as yet so distracted with the multiplicity of my occupations that I am not so much in advance as I wished. Many persons called upon me for payments of money which I made and on the whole advanced pretty rapidly. I rode out of town and spent the evening in conversation with my father. Mr. Brooks’ law case.

John and I rode into town this morning and I was busy during the day as usual. I arranged and brought up more fully my brother’s books, and then went and made inquiries at the different places in regard to the steps now proper to take. Then attended a sale of stocks for my father and got Mr. Cruft to purchase eighteen shares of the New England Marine Insurance at three per cent advance, to replace an investment of United States 6 per Cent stock which is to be paid off on the first of July. This done, consumed the morning, I dined at the Exchange with John and afterwards, he and I rode to Winter Hill to see Mrs. Everett and Abby, and to take tea. They both seemed well and in good spirits. Returned at seven and after waiting for John to go marketing and getting the Mail at my Office, we rode to Quincy. Reached there by nine, took Supper and had some conversation with my father upon my prospects.

Morning at Quincy as Abby remained at Winter Hill to preserve Mrs. Everett from loneliness. Attended divine service in the Church and heard Dr. Lowell preach a Sermon upon providence, rather against his text.1 Caught in the rain on my return. Wrote a long letter to my Mother upon miscellaneous family subjects2 and in the evening conversed with my father. Subject, economy in human affairs.