January

Jan. 1. 1793. Tu.Revise.

2. W.Revise, Write 2 pages. Holcroft calls. Sup at Nicholson's, revise avec lui B. VIII, Chap. VIII.

3. Th.Call on Blair, nah. Jardine & Dyson call. Masters at tea. Indisposed^e. Bibliotheque de l'Homme Public, Utopia.

4. F.Revise: write 4 pages. Call on Davis, best book that ever was published^e. Thucydides, 14 pages.

5. Sa.Revise: write 3 pages. Thucydides .

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Jan. 6. Su.Call on Nicholson. Revise. Dine at Holcroft's: adv. Dyson & Dibbin, talk of plagiarism, abstraction & ideas; Kearsley. Masters sleeps; advise him on pursuits & baptism. Fenwick calls, nah.

7. M.Preface, 5 pages: revise.

8. Tu.Call on Barry (reads his pamphlet), mrs Inchbald nah & Davis: Dine at Holcroft's. Revise.

9. W.Jardine calls. Call on Robinson. Indisposed après^e.Read cursorily Chatham, V. III, 70 pages; & Benev. Quixote, 150 . Fenwick tea & supper.

10. Th.Revise. Read Pol. Justice, 18 pages: finish C Chatham, Vol. III. Sup at Nicholson's, revise Preface avec lui, applauds dissimulation.

11. F. Write 2 pages. Pol. Justice, 78 pages. Ben. Quixote, 84 pages. Dyson at tea. Laxness^e.

12. Sa.Read Dunstan. Pol. Justice, 23 pages: Sublime, Pt. V, 32 pages.

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Jan. 13. Su. Meditation. Pol. Justice, 30 pages. Dine at Holcroft's: adv. Murray perruquier. Paradise's, Gillies, Planta, Ingenhousz

14. M.Call on mrs Inchbald & B Hollis, nah. Pol. Justice, 103 pages: Pamphlet by an Old Whig. Sup at miss Godwin's, talk of mild firmness.

15. Tu. Fever^e. Pol. Justice, 19 pages. Fenwick matin. Sup at Holcroft's. Louis guilty, 693 to 26: Appeal 280 to 424^e

16. W.Write Mucius, Letter 1. Pol. Justice, 69 pages. Jardine calls: Fenwick calls.

17. Th.Mucius, Letters 2 & 3. Pol. Justice, 13 pages. Call on Holcroft & Gray. Appeal, 283 Death, 366 to 321^e

18. F.Mucius, Letter 4. Pol. Justice, 25 pages. Tea mrs Inchbald's: sup at Nicholson's, with a new paragraph sur lui, discuss his motives.

19. Sa. Mucius, Letter 2 1/2 pages. Call on W Morgan: write to Franklin. Pol. Justice, Vol. II, 18 pages: First of July, a Comedy by E. T. Delay 310 to 380^e

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Jan. 20. Su.Mucius, Letter 2 1/2 pages. Dine at H Tooke's, with Holcroft, Sharpe, Banks & Jardine.

21. M.Stuart calls. Write to Morgan. Miss Godwin dines: Masters au soir. Execution of Louis^e

22. Tu.Call on Chauvelin (see Renaud), Holcroft & Davis: meet Perry. Write to National Convention & Norman: paragraph in preface. Sup at Nicholson's.

23. W.Pol. Justice, 38 pages. Jardine & Fenwick at tea.

24. Th.Pol. Justice, 168 pages: H Tooke's Trial: Vaughan on War, 78 pages. Chauvelin directed to withdraw^e

25. F.Pol. Justice, 161 pages. Call on Holcroft, Davis & Pinard.

26. Sa.Pol. Justice, 93 pages. Transcribe letter to Nat. Convention, &c. Call on Davis: tea at Jardine's, with Restiff, talk of Louis & law.

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Jan. 27. Su.Carry my book to Chauvelin's. Errata. John Godwin calls. Dine at Holcroft's: read the Amorous Baronet.

28. M.Notes on A. B. Dine at Holcroft’s, adv. Merget. Fox’s pamphlet. Loughborough, chancellor^e: Erskine & Pigot dismissed^e.

29. Tu.Call on Robinson & Davis. Finish Pol. Justice. Play, Every one has his Fault^e, with Robinson, Murphy, Davis & Chalmers. Sup at Holcroft's.

30. W.Write to Jardine & miss Cooper. Finish Vaughan on War, 32 pages: M^cIntosh to Pitt: Virgil, vs 198: Hume's Essays, IV, V, 8 pages.

31. Th.Walk ad Dom. Com.^eHume on Morals, 33 pages: Virgil, vs 163: Dehors Trompeurs, actes 1 & 2.