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Wyth and his wife and Mr. Van Slyke came. Mrs. Reed was invited and attended but Mr. Reed did not come. The Subject was Nathaniel Hawthorne.  It was a dark and rainy night but Tom had their horses driven into the Carriage house and the two drivers came up to the house. It went off very well although the attendance was so meagre. This is St Patricks day and we had dinner early so that Katie could go to a ball.

Tuesday 18" I slept badly and felt depressed this morning. We are so undecided as to what we are to do, but I am not going to give way to discouragement if I can resist it.  We saw several sloops sailing up the river. In the ferry boat Mrs Seameg came up and spoke to me.  I was sorry I had not known she was on this train for she is very entertaining. She wanted to come to my Studio and I gave her a cordial invitation to do so.  I went directly to the Century where, as I expected I found a note from the box office of the 5" Ave. Theatre saying I could have kind seats in the balcony, front, front row tonight.  I went up there directly and got them and came to my studio.  I had barely got there when Skinner came with tickets for me for the Boston Symphony orchestra tonight, which I was obliged to decline. May Scognich and I went and saw the Ruals. We had the front seats in the first row of the balcony which I consider the bast in the house Jefferson was immitable as Bob Gens. Florence as Sir Lucius and Mrs Drew as Mrs. Malaprop was excellent and we enjoyed every moment of the play.

Wednesday 19" With only predictions of fair weather it was snowing furiously when I went over to breakfast with the wind from N.E but not cold. I have been at work on a water color, a Winter from a sketch I painted a few years ago.  I had a request for a watercolor from Burlington for an exhibition at the University of Vermont. I dont know whether I shall succeed with it. It had stopped snowing when I went over to dinner. Six or eight inches must have fallen.  Mrs. Weld dined with us.  She has secured a pension of $30 a month for her husband service in the war. She and Mary went to hear Miss Edwards lecture on Egypt. I came to my room early.

Thursday 20" Warm and bright, the snow melting rapidly and the sheets in a bad condition. I went up to Ortgis' gallery to see Richard Butlers collection which is up for sale. Fortunately there is only one of mine and that a small one dated 1889 (I think it is the one I painted for the Darlly fund. There are 21" Giffords I think and several Kensetts. I also went up into Averys gallery and saw a small collection by Swain Gifford The light was too strong and nothing looked well.  Then I came across to 23" St. to Putnams to try to get a life of Cassus, but they had none - Then over to old Mrs. Kellys in E. 13" St & 6" Av. to Sussmans, but he had only the most clumsy kind of stretchers.  By this time I was ready to come to my room and I made a note to Kelly to make the stretchers for me.  Have been painting all afternoon on a head of dear Gertrude from the one I thought came from home, hoping I might do something better but I am afraid I wont. I feel discouraged and have all I can do to keep busy and from looking into the future. I went around to the Century and made some notes on Canvass from the Encyclopedia Brittannica - This notice of the death of Macauley I cut from the Tribune today.  This is the end of sad life. He was a brilliant lawyer and a kind and genial man but he ruined his own life and that of his family by drink.  The [[?]] is that he lived too long and his death cannot be but a relief. 

ROBERT F. MACAULEY.
Kingston, N. Y., March 19 (Special). - Robert F. Macauley, one of the oldest lawyers of this city, died at his home here this morning, after a brief illness.  He was born in Delaware County in 1816, and was a son of William Macauley, a Scotch Presbyterian minister.  He was graduated from Union College, studies law with Amasa J. Parker, and was admitted to the bar in 1843.  He was a member of the noted law firm here of Van Buren & Macauley.  He was elected District-Attorney of Ulster County in 1850, and became Recorder of this city in 1872.  Hia wife is a daughter of the late Amasa Parker.