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Sept. 10-16
No church. Monday cousins Howel and Sarah and Sue Bacon dine with us ....Sue will wing her way northward soon but she hopes to come back sometime soon and live in Virginia. Wednesday Mammy Eliza, Daddy, John, Ellie and I go to dine at Shadwell by invitation. Find Mrs. Bennet, Helen Carlton and Mary Meriwether there. Have a pleasant day. Charlotte [Randolph] is very sweet and kind in her own house. A letter from Sister Betty enclosing one from brother Peter. Sister Betty says they commenced their school with 23 pupils; could have gotten forty if they had only made arrangements in time. [Mr. Coffman is the teacher.] The lovers have all been heard from lately. Dr. Moses was at the White Mountains. M.H. Frank and his sister expect to be in Albemarle in October. Susie's Folkes [Susie Brown's friend, Mr. Folkes] has just left Rugby. Brother Peter's letter was to Susie. He had just returned from a trip to Kentucky and Tennessee attending to the settlement of Cousin Laurie Vaughan's affairs. Finish Ma's new calico this week. Get on finely with the apple drying. Dave has been heard from. He expects to go into the mercantile business ....I can see Dave behind a counter measuring off Calico, tape, etc. How are the mighty fallen!...
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