May

May 1. F. Weldon, p. 226, fin. Hamond dines.

2. Sa. Write to Patrickson & Lofft. F Queen, C. XI. Place calls: call on Knowles: Ja^s White calls: H Robinson dines: theatre, w. him, Grecian Daughter^e.

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May 3. Su. Legend, medite. F Queen, C. XII. F. on justice. H & P H^d dine: Poole’s, music, Youngs surgeon, C Young, Dickons, Boltons, Horns, Gumfords, Webbs, Miller, Phipps, Pocock, miss Biggs, F & J

4. M. F Queen, Book IV, C. I. Persiles, p. 60. Call on Hume: Exhibition; adv. Perry, J Taylor, Dawe, Hayward, 2 Colliers & A Boinville^e. Place calls: Hogan sups.

15. Tu. Hogan calls: call on Hume: Coleridge, Hamond, Hume, Wirgman & Place dine; invité Lambert. Call on Knowlesⁿ: E Topping calls, & E Fk

6. W. Persiles, p. 100. Aldis calls: E Topping at tea. Hamond calls.

7. Th.Legend, medite. F Queen, C. II. Call on Gillet, Philips^na & Place: M dines; adv. Hogan: theatre, Julius Caesar, acts 4 & 5^e.

8. F. Persiles, p. 142. Call on Spry, w. W: Hogan sups.

9. Sa.F Queen, C. III: Geddes, p. 60. Cock, printer, calls, & D^r Adams.

May 10. Su. F Queen, C. IV: Granada, Vol. II, p. 66: Aul. Coq., pp. 205. Call on Place: H Robinson sups. Chaucer, Squire’s Tale.

11. M. F Queen, C. V, VI. Legend, p. 14. Meet Townsend: call on Place; adv. H Richter & Thomas: Hogan calls. Assassination of Perceval^e.

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12. Tu. England, 1 page. F Queen, C. VII. Meet J Collier, Place, Hill & J Taylor: theatre, w. M J & F, M & J; adv. Knowles: Venice Preserved, & Secret Mine^e.

13. W. F Queen, C. VIII, IX. Call on Place.

14. Th. Legend, p. 15. F Queen, C. X. Lamb & S Hazlit call: A Curran at tea.

15. F. F Queen, C. XI: Montaigne, çala. Dawe at tea: call on Lambs; adv. L Penny.

16. Sa.F Queen, C. XII; B. V, C. I. Call on Spry, Place, S Elwes & Jo G.

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May 17. Su. Dawe calls: call on Place. W for Ramsgate^e.

18. M. Somerset, çala. Howardamond calls.

19. Tu. Call on Davison & Northcote: seek Smirke: S E dines, & sleeps.

20. W. F Queen, C. II. M calls: Hogan at tea & sups. Liverpool, First Lord of Treasury^e

21. Th.Bacon, Essays, çala. Hogan at tea & sups. Ministry condemned by H of C, 174 to 170^e.

22. F. F Queen, C. III, IV: Bacon, çala. Call on Sm^{e n}: M J calls of S E.

23. Sa.F Queen, C. V. Call on Smirke & Place. Dawe calls.

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May 24. Su.F Queen, C. VI: Geddes, p. 93: Montaigne, Vol. II, Essays 11 & 37. S E & M dine; adv. Lambs.

25. M. Write to Baxter, Dundee. F Queen, C. VII. Dine at S E’s, w. Delatres, Dormer, Leopard, mrs Clinton & W: Tighe calls ⁿ: Wilkie’s Exhibition^e.

26. Tu.Montaigne, çala. Hogan sups. E Topping calls; adv. H Robinson.

27. W. Circular, 2 pp. F Queen, C. VIII. Seek Phillips, Gillet & Lackington, for Smart: meet Hamond.

28. Th.F Queen, C. IX. E Fk, Ja^s White & Swaine call: call on Place: meet A Robinson. Geddes, p. 164, fin.

29. F. F Queen, C. X. Hamond & Cock call: A Curran at tea, invités Lambs.

30. Sa. F Queen, C. XI: Bacon, Life & Death, p. 122: Bolingbroke to Windham, pp. 320. Call on S E: Newton calls.

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May 31. Su. F Queen, C. XII: Life & Death, p. 210. S E & mrs Bouthron dine.