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weather this morning is like May and winter clothing is de trop. 

Wednesday Mar. 8. 1876. We went to a tableau party last night at Mrs. Wheelers. Dora was very fine as Mrs Siddons by Gainsborough. Gertrude had an opportunity to see a number of her friends, Mrs. Joy, Miss Hitchcock, Mrs. Platt, Mrs. Waring and many others. Mr. Bryant and Julia were there and the old gentleman seemed to enjoy it as much as anyone. Pinchot called on me today and told me he would leave it to me to take my picture for the summer exhibition in the Centennial as I pleased but I think he would like it to go to the Centennial. A Mr. Squires and his wife from Ilion called to see my pictures. Wants to get a moderate sized one. Haven Putnam called. Is going to England in June. 

Thursday Mar 9. Attended an artists party at Mr Robt Gordons which was as usual very pleasant. 

Friday 10. Wrote to Rachel Carle several days ago asking her how she would like to be housekeeper in an artist family. Heard from her yesterday from Bloomington Ill. where she is attending to her sick brother Charlie thinks she would be willing to undertake it, so I mentioned it to Eastman Johnson yesterday, whose family I had in view and he was rather favorably impressed with the idea and said he would confer with is wife at the first opportunity. Gertrude dined at Miss Hitchcocks without me and later in the evening we went to Prof. Roads where we met a number of our friends and spent a very pleasant evening. Mrs. Stoddard was there and made herself very obnoxious to Mrs. Prof. Joy by telling her she was living beyond her means and that she could not afford such dresses and such style. Mrs. Joy had the good sense not to notice it. It is painful to me now to meet the Stoddards. 

Saturday 11. We dined with Frank Weeks to meet Mr & Mrs. Folsom. Was obliged to leave early to attend a meeting at the Century of our branch of the Centennial selection committee where we talked over some details of our work and arranged how and when to go to Boston. All present except Brown. It seems the committee were invited by Mrs. Johnston

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Ilion, NY