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talk much but what he says is very interesting.  His eyes are keen & penetrating and his smile peculiarly winning.  Mr. Welling expects to leave in a week for Europe to be gone about six months.  Just before dinner we had a call from Mrs. Rev. Johnson and her daughters.  After dinner we had a game of croquet.  Mr. Beaman and the Marquis de [[Shonbrun?]] joining us.  Dr. W. also took part in the game.  The Marquis is very agreeable and intelligent.  He has come to our country to study its political economy.  I met him a number of times in society last winter.  Our pleasant day closed with a visit to Mr. Bierstadt's picture of Mount Hood.  Mr. Gillis & ^[[Dr. Tryon]] came for us about 8 o'clock.
29th  Sermon from Dr. Mc[[Gern?]] in the morning.  He took for text the simple word [[underline]] "alone" [[/underline]] as applied
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to the life of our Lord when on earth.  Dr. Woolsey gave us a very interesting sermon in the evening.
30th  Dr. Woolsey left us this morning we were very sorry to have him go.  [[strikethrough]] Mr. Beaman a[[/strikethrough]] Col. Yates and Capt. Crugan passed the evening with us.  
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May 2nd  An important cabinet meeting yesterday in which the President brought forward his reconstruction policy and was supported by all the secretarys  Dennison also went with the President  Speed was not present being out of town.  The Wilkes came this afternoon with Mr. Beaman for a game of croquet The air was too cold to be pleasant  It is more like Fall than Spring.
3rd  Mrs. Bridge here in the morning  Meeting of News Boy's Home Association Church & Teachers meeting in the afternoon.  Went to see Mrs. Peale.  Father and Mother spent the evening with Mr. & Mrs. Chanler.  Father would not tell us where they had
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