March

Mar. 1. Th.Write 2 pages. Tasso, 3: Rights of Man, 6 pages: Barlow's advice, 47 pages. Abr. Dyson & White call. Leopold II dies .

2. F.Write 1/2 page. Tasso 4: Barlow, 59 pages. Dine at B Hollis's, with Baker, Felton{,} Stevens, Edwards, Kent, Taylor & W. Vaughan.

3. Sa.Robinson calls, talks of finances. Read Churchil's Apology: Mirabeau, 18 pages. Dyson at tea, talk of truth.

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Mar. 4. Su.Read the Conference. Major Jardine calls. Dine at Holcroft's. Tea with Jardine, with Holcroft, Barlow, Mackintosh & Stuart. Write to my mother. Mirabeau, 16 p^s. self love, laws, property, revol^s.

5. M.Write 3 1/2 pages. Holcroft at tea. Sup at miss Godwin's, talk of necessity & Helvet^s.

6. Tu.Write 2 1/2 pages. Call on Jacob, nah; M[^r?] Webb; & Holcroft, nah. Jardine calls; notes on d^o. Finish Oedipus, begin Philoctetes

7. W.Write 5 pages. Hume on National Characters: Burke on Ireland, 57 pages: Hume on self love. Sup at Holcroft's.

8. Th.Write 2 1/2 pages. Finish Burke 29 pages: read the Baviad: Anna St Ives, V. 1.Call on Bulmer.

9. F.Call on Barlow; Jacob, nah; & Barry. Read the Duellist: Richard II, 2 acts. Story of M^rs Wolstencraft. Frost, 4 days.

10. Sa.Call on Bulmer & B. Hollis: dine w. the latter, talk of money & religion. Stuart calls. Sup at Holcroft's. Richard II, 2 acts. Earl of Bute dies

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Mar. 11. Su.Jardine, Holcroft & dr Lister call. Read Wakefield: Richard II, 1 act.

12. M.Barlow & Holcroft dine, talk of property, marriage & immortality. invited, Nicholson, Fawcet, Barry, Jacob, dr Lister, Webb & Paine. Finish A. St. I., Vol. 2.

13. Tu.Write 2 pages. Dine at Holcroft's, with Crosdil & Shield. Mirabeau, 16 pages: Rights of Kings, 12 pages.

14. W.Write 2 pages. Tasso, 12: Discontents, 40 pages: Finish A. St I., Vol. 3: Finish Road // to Ruin. Mackintosh's card.

15. Th.Write 2 pages. Call on Webb, talk of Ireland. Dyson dines Tea at Barlow's, with Holcroft, Stuart & Wolstencraft, talk of libels, & the power of mind. M^rs Cooper sups. Hume on Nat. Characters.

16. F.Write 1 page. Bentham, introd. & 19 pages. Tea at Holcroft's, with Jardine. talk w. H^t of marriage.

17. Sa. Write 1 page. Jardine & Holcroft call.Bentham, 18 pages: Tasso, 6: Finish A. St I., Vol. 4. Epistle to Lonsdale.

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Mar. 18. Su.Write 2 1/2 pages. Dine at Holcrofts: advenae Dyson (talk of truth) & Jardine.

19. M.Call on Mackintosh, Webb & Jacob: nah. Meet Stuart. Holcroft at tea, talk of paradoxes. Sup at miss Godwin's. ()

20. Tu.Read the Farewel: Henry IV, 1 act. Finish A. St I., Vol. 5. Quarrel of Cooper & Dyson^e: Abr. at tea.

21. W.Write to Dyson. Dine at Holcroft's, with Wolcot, Taylor, Shield, Condel & Hatchet. Meet Sheridan, fr. Tasso, 3.

22. Th.Finish A. St I. Walk before Breakfst. White & Abr. Dyson call. Conspiracy of Kings.

23. F.Call on miss Godwin, with Holcroft. Finish Henry IV.

24. Sa.Trial: present H. & D.: convicted of obscenity, gossipping & sinister argumentation^e: I address Dyson on violence & misanthropy. Read Poetry Professors, Dedication, Journey, & Observer, 4 papers. M^rs Cooper dines. Write to B. Hollis.

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Mar. 25. Su.Mercier's Road to Ruin, 2 acts. Dine at Holcroft's, with Dy[ck?] & Scribe.

26. M.Call on Dorset & Bulmers. M^rs Cooper dines. Tea at Holcroft's. J Hollis calls, nah.

27. Tu.Write 1 page. J'ai vu. Tea at Hollis, with Holcroft: sup at Holcroft's. Priestley on Birm. Riot: Dict. Phil.

28. W.Write 1 1/2 pages. Discontents, 25 pages: Dine at J Hollis's, with dr Lister, talk of Xty, property & God: callousness of the mo former as to money.

29. Th.Major Jardine calls. Wind. Discontents, fin, 53 pages: Tasso, 12: Mirabeau, 40 pages.

30. F.Dyson & Dibbin breakfast. Write 1 1/2 pages. Mirabeau, 22 pages.

31. Sa.Call on Bulmers, with J. C. Dine at B. Hollis's, with Barlow & Disney, talk of my book & nah: adv. Jennings: tea with them at M^rs Jebb's.