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I walked down. It rained a little. Mr. Van Slyck, who was to read the essay did not come. He had sent word that an account of the threatening weather he did not think there would be any one there. However about 30 came, some from Kingston and among them a Mr. McKinney a Baptist clergyman from Kingston who talked pretty well. We got on the Irish question and countrymen. We had quite an interesting talk. Mr. McK. is a little in the Art way and sketches a little. I asked him to call here. Recd a letter from Booth today, happy in his daughters happiness but troubled about his domestic affairs and the slanders circulated about him. He and Edwina went to Philadelphia today and are not to return to N.Y. until April. also a letter from Mrs. Bogard Taylor regarding the illustration to the Pennsylvania Farm ballads and expressing her surprise and sorrow that mine was not used.

Tuesday Nov 8" 1881. Election day and rainy and dismal making the dark, damp holes where the polls are held look more dismal than usual. Went down town and did some errands and voted. Saw Mauterstock who saw the mason who is to come and see me today. Tom is busy clearing out the wing of the barn we are to remove. The carpenter is to begin to tear away Thursday. The Mason McCullough came to see me this afternoon and is to commence work on Monday. Sara and I go to N.Y. tomorrow I to return Saturday. Wrote to John Andrews about cigars and the army blankets. Wrote to Alice. Had a note from Calvert.

Wednesday 9. Sara and I went to N.Y. by the morning train. It was raining when we arrived. Took a coupe and drove to Gunthers with her beaver skins and arranged with them to make a sacque for her and a cap for me. Then to Tiffanys to see about getting dear Gertrudes Spanish fur and her little watch mended. then to the studio to leave my satchel when we went to Marys where we found Julia sick with a fever. In the afternoon I went clear down to Chatham St. to arrange for having my bed room site painted and up to Warren & Fullers 42" St to get paper for my bedroom in N.Y. and to arrange for having it put in. That night Calvert, Bouyer, Marion and I went to the Park Theatre and saw the Hanlon-Lees but was not much entertained

Thursday 10. Got a man to kalsomine the ceiling of my bed room and engaged a painter. The paper hanger came in the afternoon. Two ladies called with a letter of introduction from Mrs John Stebbins and found me in the midst of all this disorder. One of them Mrs. Smith of Washington paints and was very desirous of seeing me paint. Gave them half an hour in the midst of mattresses, pictures and several