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Tuesday March 16" 1875. Attended Haye's funeral as bearer this afternoon. We went first to the house and from there to the church corner of Tenth St & 5" Avenue. His body was deposited in a family vault in the cemetery on Second St where we temporarily laid Kensett. I looked down into the vault. It was a horrid dark wet place. Nothing could be more forbidding. Poor Hayes will be very much missed. He seemed so closely identified with this building; I presume no one can have any idea of how much he has suffered for years and it is only reasonable to suppose that his infirmities of disposition are largely due to his wearing and torturing disease. 

[[clipping]] THE LATE WILLIAM J. HAYES.

At a meeting of artists having studios in the Tenth-st. Studio Building, on Monday, resolutions in regard to the death of William J. Hays, an obituary notice of whom appeared in THE TRIBUNE yesterday, were adopted. The resolutions were as follows:

Resolved, That we learn with great sorrow of the death of our friend and associate, William J. Hays.

Resolved, That by his death we have lost a sincere and faithful friend, a genial companion, a thoroughly conscientious and devoted artist, and a man of perfect uprightness and integrity of character, who during our long intercourse has won our affection by his kindness, and our profound respect by the faithful discharge of every duty.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to his family, and that with them we tender our deep sympathy with their affliction.
 
W. WHITTREDGE, Chairman.
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Wednesday 17. St. Patricks day and for once bright and bracing. I walked down to Dey St on some business and after I returned had to put my feet in hot water for a head ache which I partially conquered in the evening. Haven Putnam and his wife spent the evening with us. Mr. Holt called in the afternoon with Mr & Mrs James of Baltimore who bought my pictures last year, but I could not see them. Gertrude however entertained them. 

Thursday 18. Went out and bought some fruit to send up home. We are going home for Sunday which is my fathers seventy fifth birth day. Received a letter from Gus in which she tells me that the picture of the Christmas Greens was almost entirely destroyed by the Express car taking fire. She is bitterly disappointed as I confess I am for I hoped she would enjoy it so much

Friday 18. A very cold day, almost like mid winter. I went out in the morning and bought some fruit which I had sent home by Express. The day has been frittered away by a series of calls, Alice, then Mrs. Sawyer, Mary and Mr. Sawyer, so as that I have done scarcely anything. I commenced a little sketch for Mary for her Fraternity paper but have been so interrupted I did not do much. We dined at Bayard Taylors with Mr & Mrs Haven Putnam yesterday and has as we always do there a pleasant social time. Launt Thompson came in in the evening. Mr. Sawyer dined 

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