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Sunday Nov. 18. 1877. Yesterday I tried to paint the sky opposite the sun I saw on our ride on Friday, but I have not got it strong enough. Last night in the middle of the night we had a thunder shower with vivid lightning. The weather has been remarkably warm for a long time. Today the wind is in the N. W. and I think it will be colder. Clouds are forming, the wind blows and the air is full of the last flying leaves. The landscape along Hurley Hill of which I never tire is rich and solemn and the deep indigo of the second range come up strong against the flashes of white in the sky. I am full of a longing to express something for which my hand seems too feeble. Wrote to Lucy. Geo. H? Wells, Wyalusing Bradford Co Pa

Monday 19. Mary Gifford came down today to make us a short visit. This evening Mr. W. H. Wills of Wyalusing Pa called with his brother-in-law Mr. Jenkins Sloat of Closter N.J. Mr. Wills was a passenger by the Brig Vanela which brought the yellow fever to Rondout in 1843 and he was sick with the fever at the Mansion House when we lived there. He had seen an account of my fathers & mothers Golden Wedding this summer and was induced to come and see them to express his gratitude for their care of him a stranger. He seemed a man of sterling character and was most grateful in his expressions to my father & Mother It was delightful to see this feeling manifested and the visit was a great pleasure to all parties. He thought Pa charged him too little from the trouble and he wanted to pay him more saying he was better able to pay now owing to the [[p?]] others had made for his temporal wants. He is evidently a rich man and his gratitude did him great honor. He had also been to see Dr. Ettinge who attended him. They spent the evening and went away showing the gratification his visit had been and saying we would hear from him again. 
[[left margin]] Mr Wills Wyalusing Pa [[/left margin]]

Wednesday 21. We telegraphed yesterday to Major Wilkinson his wife and mother to come and dine with us today which they did returning by the 6 o'clock train. May was here and we had a charming visit. 

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