January 02, 1774
Sunday 2.
The weather warm and Damp--------
The Family rode to Church to-day and are to dine
out Mr. Carter at my request, gave me the
Keys of his Book-Cases and allowed me to
spend the Day alone in his Library.
The place seems suitable for study & the Day ought
to be spent in serious contemplation; therefore,
as I proposed yesterday, I shall collect together and
write down what I have been doing in the last
year. But will my Life bear the review? Can
I look upon my actions and not Blush!
And shall I be no less careful, or have no
better Success, in the prosecution of my Duty the
Year to come, if I shall be kept alive to the close
of it? --------
In the Beginning of last year I was in Deer-
field, in Cumberland Country New-Jersey, with