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ting. His little daughter Gertrude was with him. She was named after my dear Gertrude and is about 14 years old. My father walked down and back up the hill with Girard and me and closed the six hours about as well as any one. Marked respect was shown him and it was a great pleasure to the people that he could be present.

Thursday Nov. 15, 1883. Sara, Edith Cook and I went to N.Y. with the W.S. noon train. It was a pretty cool day. Mr. Phillips and his daughter Gertrude were on board. Sara went to Calverts and I was there at dinner. In the evening attended a meeting of the Art Union board of Control at the Century at which we did a great deal of business. There were present, Brierstadz, Bristol, Perry, Shirlaw, Deilmen, Beard and myself.

Friday 16. Wintry cold. My studio is in disorder but I spent nearly the whole day there doing many things. Called in Beard and was much amused by him particularly in his describing Whittridge who came in there one day after he had been dining with a man who bought one of his pictures. Tried to get seats for Sara and myself to see Irving but could not except by paying much more than I could afford so we went to see Jefferson as "Caleb Plummer" in the Cricket in the hearth. He acted the character most capitally. His sister My [[left blank]] was Tilly Slowboy and his son a waiter in the farce of "Lend me five Schillings" in which Jefferson also played. I have not seen him before in many years and it was a real treat.

Saturday 17. Came home with the 11.30 N.S. train. Still cold and windy. Found a nice letter from Eastman Johnson

Sunday 18. Beautiful Indian Summer day. Went to my studio and painted a little portrait of my mother from the one I painted from her, trying some changes in it which I think will improve it. May is sick with Enysipelas[[Encephalitis]]. I sent for Dr. Chalker on Saturday night and he has been to see her today. Her face is very much swollen and she has been in bed all day. I am anxious about her although the Dr. says there are no alarming symptoms. I wrote to Calvert this evening telling him just how she is, and also to Sara.

Monday 19. Went over to the cemetery after breakfast and covered Gertrudes grave stone which I have not done for two years past. Terri took over two loads of manure and spread over our lot. Worked in my Studio during the forenoon painting out the wooden bee hives in my picture and putting in the straw ones. Went to the Show

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-04-24 18:04:09 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-04-25 11:34:26 Members of American Art Union Board of Control 1883-85 Brierstadz a misspelling for Bierstadt Deilmen a misspelling of Frederick Dielman Walter Shirlaw W.H. Beard (see 1990 Thesis A Study of Art Unions in the United States of America in the Nineteenth Century. by Jane Aldrich Dowling Adams) ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-04-25 13:12:07