title: Alabaster Diary, Volume 2
abstract: January2. My diary of this year is begun badly because not begun on the first of January.Because I have no object of engrossing interest, because my accounts are not settled & because I have no teacher.Last year was a great & memorable one in my life.I hope that this will be a greater.Yesterday being the first I went to the office till one, to Leonard's and to the Governor's ball where notwithstanding I made no attempt at dancing I was very happy.The lights of the officer's uniforms, the pretty 
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