Family & A. Tiebout were to be engaged in.—This was the
plan.—We were to take a coach ride to Gray’s, spend the afternoon there
and make ourselves as happy as possible.—These objects we all accomplish’d;
at least I can speak for myself.—A.Tiebout, my brother and I took a walk
to a house of Entertainment a little farther up the Greenwich road, and
got some lemonade.—We went to a meadow adjacent and diverted ourselves
with tumbling and jumping ‘till we were pretty well exercis’d and had acquired
an appetite. Return’d to Gray’s & took coffee.
The coachman was to return at 6; but in this he disappointed
us. A.Tiebout and I walk’d on; the rest of the company met the carriage
by the way. At home I found my mother in high spirits and much pleas’d
with our entertainment.
11th. The afternoon pass’d pretty agreeably betwixt business
and study.—In the evening A. Tiebout call’d n me, and we went to Delacroix’s
Icehouse—a place of Entertainment lately fitted up—ate some ice cream,
and then took a walk on the Battery.
25th. I have experienced the hurtful effects of too much
sleep, having lain till near 6 for several mornings past; and have uniformly
found an uncommon
