July 04, 1774
Monday 4.
I begun to read the first Volume of Tris-
-tram Shandy----He is droll in the ac-
-count he gives us of his Birth & Family
----We have several good showers to day,
the weather is warm, funky, very damp,
& I fear will not turn out long to be
healthful. With us in Jersey wet Wea-
-ther
Fithian Papers, Manuscripts Division,
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Published with permission of Princeton University Library.