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Jan. 6-12
No church. Roads too bad so spend a quiet day. Read Leila Ada, a sweet book. Commence the Lewis Family Tree though I have not yet succeeded in collecting all the materials for it. Finish reading Charles 0'Mally and am highly entertained. It is too good to be enjoyed all alone [so] refresh Daddy's recollections of some of the most laughable points and over them laugh together. A letter from Bob, poor fellow. It is not a satisfying letter; he does not know where to go to find real peace. Oh, that I might direct him ....[Letters written and received.] I'm in somewhat of a worry about [her sister and brother-in-law in Mississippi] Sally and Dr. Lea's letter. 'The day after it was send the words come that Mississippi had gone out of the Union. She is the third that has seceded and old Virginia remains unmoved. What can she mean?...
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