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March 22-28
Hear Mr. Meade [preach] ....Get the garden nearly "done up." Mrs. Macon sends me a fine supply of calacanthus, yellow jasmine and a root of white peony-great treasures all of them. Tom and Mary Walker Randolph spend Thursday and Friday with us. Little Jeff [their son] is a sweet little fellow. It almost puts one in the notion of getting married to see such an example of conjugal happiness as Mary Walker and Tom. They seem so devoted to each other. Brother Jim and Mr. [Francis K.] Nelson dine with us. Wrote to Aunt Ria and Tom Davis. Sue and I heard a joint communique from James Lewis. He says he is just about embarking upon the sea of matrimony. Gives us a bid to the wedding. I've given up the idea of visiting Missouri now as I hear Sally and her husband [Sally Watson Minor and Dr. Edward Lea] have left there. She was the attraction for me. My brothers, I think, might come to see me. Hear some very bad news about Sister Sue, [Susan H. Lewis Minor the wife of Louisa's brother, Peter Minor] that she is fast losing her mind. What an unfortunate family hers has been!
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