24~~1 Clear ~ Moderate~ Sleighing pretty good. Mother & Self at our Church in morning. Self there in Evening~ Took walk about 4 miles [circular?] at 4-to-5 P.M. Read Burr’s life by Davis.

25~~2 Clear Mildish~ Good many Sleighs running~ Snow melting~ Frances’s nurse Eliza Russell left her to go to [George] Beattys whose wife [had] a Daughter, Paid [said] Eliza Russell $6.80 in full for 2 weeks & 5 days Service with my wife Handed her a Check on the [Harrisburg] [Savings] [Institution] for that sum~ [Paid] [?] Cochran for my clients Stokes & [Hurm?] In Eq. vs. W. Church to [January] 7, 1838 $1.40 for 1 weeks [loan?] for said Church & gave him Check for that sum (v. his [receipt]) on [Harrisburg] [Savings] [Institution] Our Daughter [Elizabeth] & Self dined at Mr. Peacock’s~ Mother & Frances at home with baby [Kit?]~ was at my office till 9 P.M.

26~~3 Clear~ Pleasant~ Snow melting very fast~ Sleighs running~ attended for [?] arbitration of Suits no. 7, 1837 [Tilghman?] & [son] vs. Peter [Kester?], in morning till 1 P.M. at 3 P.M. [bought] Terens Hagan & [Robert] Laville ([prisoner/in Jail] before associate Judge [Greers?] to procure their discharge.

December 26~1837

26~~3 [Continued…] ~ which he refused to do~ because as I say he is ignorant of the law and about as fit to expound or decide upon laws at to be [President] of the U.S., or [Chief] [Justice] of [the?] [Supreme] [Court] Paid [William] Keller for 10 lbs. Sugar at 10 [cents] & 6 ¼ lbs. Coffee at 16 [cents] $2.00 by giving him a [receipt] for that sum for 1 Years Subscription to the [Saturday] [Evening] Post. [Received] letter from [Josiah?] D. Biles Esq. "[?] of [December] 25 [1837]" [paid] [postage] 10 in answer to mine of 23^rd inst.~ also from Sister Julia Ann Rawn"[Philadelphia] [December] 25 [1837]" mailed by some person to whom she had handed it to be [?] at "Paoli" & [paid] [postage] 10 [cents] & Wrote to her in reply & [paid] [postage] 12 ½ [cents] My office till 9 P.M. Finished Reading "Life of Burr"

27~~4 Clear~ cold~ Paid for Marketing 31 ¼ [cents] attended Arbitration as [attorney] for [plaintiff] in Suit no. 17. 18 Nov. 1837 [Tilghman?] [?] vs. Miller, (one set of [arbitration]) from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. ~ Bought Load of Wood of [Jonothan?] [Learing?] 1/3 and at $1.25 [therefore?] for Dinah [Walters?] ([collected] monies) [married] of Jacob, my old valet, went with it to her house with the Carter. This [paid?] her on [account] of [ways?] and to the Settles with [Learning?]~ was at usual weekly meeting at [?] Room of our Church home at 9 ¼ P.M. from office.

28~~5 Clear~ Pleasant~ Snow melting~ Sleighing "used up" Gave Ezra [Grossman?] a $5 note for $4.75 [cents] silver that is [paid] 26 [cents] for the Exchanges I use no "[Shin?] [Plasters?]" upon the score of principle~ They are a fraud in any and every way, their issue a violation of law they are Bank [Latetties?], they are cheats~ no high minded honorable man having any justice or republicanism in his Composition should in any way circulate or receive them~ make the Banks pay silver till they [break], the laws are amply sufficient for the purpose, and it is especially as politick and just if not more so to force them to the [?] of their debts or insolvency as it is [so] to force individuals~ Paid Mrs. Getz $3.02 in full (v B&R) for [colounsy?] Frocks, shawls & for Frances and drew [check] on [Harrisburg] [Savings] [Institution] in her favor of that [amount] Paid [William?] Curtes ([colored?] fellow) 10 [cents] for wheeling 2 barrels of Lykeus Valley Coal from my house to my office. Was at my office till 8 ½ P.M. & at [Neyles?] Hotel till 9 ½ p.m. [with] Dr. Sturgeon Mr Pratt, H. [Nattey?] & Self had discussion upon [propriety?] of Capital punishment [Sturgeon] and Pratt & Self against them

[days in office] [December] 29~ 1837 Friday

29~~6 Clear~ pleasant~ Paid [George?] Beatty for repairing my watch a little 25 [cents]~ was at office all day Shunk & Self took walk about 5 P.M. & went to his house Isaac M. Con at my office this morning after which C.A. [Snyder?] There about Security for M. Cons debts for which I have [Executed?] [vs.?] him but would not give his name but would give some writings he held for coal Lands of I would [stay?] all & give 6 [months] I told him to give me his personal responsibility & I’d do it which he would not. Was at [Boyers?] Inn after tea with [J.] G. [Jauss?] and afterwards at my office till 9 ½ P.M.

30~~7 Clear~ Beautiful~ Paid for Marketing 33 [cents] being 1 lb. Butter & 8 [cents] for apples~ Mr. Con in my office again today on same business as Yesterday ~ no arrangement yet effected~ [?] [?] [Lauchlin?] here this [evening] was at [Nagles] Hotel Reading Room 7 ½ to 8 ½ P.M. to my office & home at 9 P.M. or before.