15th.  Made  considerable  progress
in  loading  the  ship.  In  the  afternoon
Henry  and  myse'f  went  over  to  the
Navy  yard.  Went  on  board  and  all
over  the  Washington  and  Ohio,  74
and  a  new  frigate  on  the  stocks  near-
ly completed.  I  was  very  much  grati-
fied with  our  work — returned  to  my
home  to  tea  where  were  a  Miss  Hart-
shorn, Eliz.  &  Penelope  Minturn,  and
Sarah's  sister  Mary,  also  William  and
Robert  Minturn.  We  had  a  very
agreeable  evening.
16th.  Not  very  pleasant,  in  the
afternoon  it  rained,  and  we  were
obliged  to  break  off  work.  Very
much  disappointed  in  not  receiving
any  letters  £rom  home..  Rob't  Smith
took  tea  with   us  at  Henry's.
17th.  Very  warm  and  pleasant.
Spent  most  of  the  day  on  board  the
ship.  Invited  to  take  tea  at  Geo.
Hussey's.  Did  not  go  till  evening.
Found  them  very  pleasantly  situated
in  Broome  street — staid  about  an
hour  and  returned  home.
