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few days. Went down town and saw John McEntee, to Canfields to see about fixing the hall stove and called on Sam Coykendall a few minutes to let him know I had returned. At 2 o'clock called for John. He had an army friend Capt. Smith to dine with him. (Nannie is in N. Y.) and his two niece Clara and her sister. We drove up to Kenyons, John and his friend with a head rig. I went to Kenyons office but he was holding court and cannot see us until Tuesday. We wanted to consult him as executors. I waited for John there. When he came in he told me his horse had become frightened and backed the wagon against a post and crushed one wheel so that he was obliged to leave it all at a livery stable. I came home. Sara had had a call from Mr. Cheney of the Kingston Academy. He asked if this place were for sale and talked a great deal about, suggested it would be an excellent place for a boys school etc. Sara thinks he would like to buy it. I have felt lame today and something of the swimming sensation. Tom has cleaned the hall stove and the kitchen stove and Canfields man has been here to get the grate of the hall stove to repair. We are going to put the stove in the upper kitchen tomorrow (the small cook stove) and use that this winter if possible. Our present plan is for Sara to take my mothers room and I what we call the library and thus occupy only a part of the house. We feel very unsettled and I shall have to get some money from somewhere.

Sunday, Oct 16" 1887. A cool, bright day. John McEntee drove up this forenoon and asked me to take a little ride. We drove out to the ford in Flatbush, over the Kingston Creek, tied the horse and walked up the creek. He had his new wagon. I wrote to Janette. I am getting very shaky again and hope all the benefit I derived from my Western trip is not going to defeat. Henry came this morning early, as he could come no other day, and helped Tom put up the Hall stove and the upper kitchen stove, but we have not yet started fire in them.

Monday 17. I went over to my studio and built a fire and painted a sketch of last nights sunset. I also took down a picture I commenced long ago from one of my Shokan studies and painted on that. I mean to try to make a picture of it. Sara and I called at the Cantines in the evening but they were in Saugerties. We then went down to Nesley Hales but there was no one home. Ella came today to take Katies place when she leaves next month.

Tuesday 18' Went down town and had an iron cover made for the stove up stairs to heat the irons on. John McEntee and I went to Kingston to meet Kenyon by appointment but he had gone to Albany, to get rid of the Republican nominating Convention, I think which meets in Kingston today. Sara had a note from Mrs. Hess telling her today is her mother's (Mrs. Sickles) birth day, her 91" and that she would be pleased to see her friends who would call. She and I walked up to see her, but we only saw Mrs. Hess. Her mother was not feeling well and so could see no one. Mrs. Hess looked very pretty and seemed gratified that we called. We came home back of OReillys and met Mrs. Stringham coming from the cemetery. Mr & Mrs Crosby & Mrs. Schultz called this evening.

Wednesday 19" John and I went up and had an interview with Mr. Kenyon. The result is that our duty according to him is to sell all the property as soon as we can. I felt somewhat discouraged at the legal aspect of affairs but as John says he of course showed us how to avoid going wrong and that after all what we have to do is to go on and do the best we can, but it all makes me feel very unsettled and as I have no money, pretty helpless. Mrs. Van Deusen came over to have us lunch with Mrs. Field and her sister Mrs. Hammersley, Christian Scientists. Dr. Magee was there.