A charming false alarm, showing that Gallison’s appreciation of music had its limits:
“This evening I have passed in a manner most gratifying to myself. I rec[eive]d this afternoon a ver[y] friendly invitation from Hon[orable] Mr Quincy to pass the ev[enin]g at his house with a few friends – When I arrived there I was surprized, & somewhat alarmed at the sound of a violin…”
Luckily, Mrs Quincy reassured him that there was no ball, but merely children’s dancing lessons to tolerate.
Along with another note about litigation his father was undertaking, we get several more comments on Channing’s sermons, which continue to assume a larger role in his journal.