Cloudy threatening rain. Office. Athenaeum. Afternoon and Evening at home. Mr. Degrand.

Another of my papers today making the 5th. The Courier publishes much faster than I can write. I went to the Office and after doing a certain amount of business, to the Athenaeum where I met my father and we went into the studio of a Mr. Clevenger who was taking a bust of Mrs. Webster.1 Then to see the new pictures in the Gallery and then home.

Afternoon, Davis’s life of Aaron Burr. I am much interested as I proceed. There is a fine opportunity presented for impartial and yet severe criticism. Evening, Mr. Degrand in to see my father. Still unsuccessful with my seventh number.