Cloudy, with rain towards night. I continued my labour in finishing up the draughts of my dispatches and letters for the Steamer. Some persons came to see me, a Mr Steinmetz who wished to go to the wars; a Mr Comer who desired to know if I could help him to stop a Captain with a vessel belonging to persons in Baltimore, which in the free license of times he has carried off. I remained pretty steadily writing until nearly five o’clock wihen every thing was done. I afterwards took a walk with my daughter Mary——and in the evening continued General Fry’s narrative of the peninsular war. Henry went out to spend the Sunday with Mr Sturgis at Walton.