I tried every means of relief, and partly relinquished
my proposal, to calm the mind of a person now doubly amiable in my eyes.
22d. ‘Twas past 3 O’clock this morning before we clos’d
our eyes. The night was stormy and every thing seem’d to render the scene
awful. Towards evening it clear’d up and became pleasant. My wife resembled
a corpse this morning, but began to recover her health and cheerfulness
by the little attentions I took pains to show her.
March 17th. I set myself to work at sawing out and rasping
blocks of box-wood, and in the course of the day turn’d out 34 of them.
April 2d. Some days ago I propos’d to A. Tiebout the publication
of Bewick’s History of Quadrupeds, on the following terms. The Cuts, which
form a material part of the work were to be engrav’d on wood by myself
at the rate of half a dollar each.—All other expenses were to be answer’d
by him, and each of us was to receive a proportional share of the profits.—This
evening he agreed to make trial of a half-sheet to be sent round with the
proposals.—I began to prepare the cuts.
May 1st. This day we entirely completed the important
business of removing.* In the afternoon I
*To Liberty St.
