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19 December

{Wednesday} [elebrabed?] tragedy.
19 Ever since I have lived with [mouss?]
have been almost totally inactive.

Thursday This day I am able once more to hold my pen
20 nothing further

Fryday Had [bbss?] [Kezia, ?] and enable me to
21 be contented when absent from her, she
sower of my greatest happiness.
Morss left college and [Bvelurnd?] to my
own rooms.
[Event] Coffee club met at Holbrook's
room, [none?] of the members were absent.

Saturday Nothing remarkable
22

Sunday Old Elliot of Watertown preached for
23 parson Holms. [Storing?] send [word?]

Monday Nothing of consequence during the day. {Evening}
24 {Supped} at Holbrook's room with hims and
Wadsworth. Had a very agreeable time.
After supper, we conversed [whom] women [let] 9 O''Clock

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25 December 1798

{Tuesday} Christmas Nothing further unless rather warm for the
24 season

{Wednesday} Been to Boston found no letters and did no
26 busines, I am most infernal lazy.

Thursday My lazyness is most conspicuous; for several daies
27 I have not studyed any of consequence. For this ny-
but I have this reason, which never fails to oper-
ate at the end of every term, it is love, I
blush to acknowledge that this [protend?] god has / so
wholy usurped the empire of my reason, that
it is not possible for me to detach my thoughts
the object of my fondest wishes, yet it is true.
These nights move and there in heavens, others &
will be happy in the armes of Kezia Amen.

Friday Been to Boston and [ajusted?] explain to
28 get my name out of the [buttery?], [whe's?] is
as follows. I wrote a letter to myself and
[susned?] with [Ballle?] [nurce?] [aynesysrs?]
that he was going to M___ {Wednesday} con
[vincnly?] [carry?] [mine?] This letter [Baller?]