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[[start pagge]] [[underline]]Dec[[/underline]][[underline]]1867[[/underline]] Father had a c all from Hon. Mr. Shutt Fellow of Trinity College Cam. a pleasant intelligent individual. Carry went this morning to ask Mrs. Baird to come with some friends staying with her to tea with Miss Sullivan. A young lady from England who has brought us a letter of introduction from Dr. Grey who says he sends her in return for Miss [[Frere?]] whom we sent to him last winter He says she is superior to the latter lady but I doubt it. I have made my toilette and am writing in the dining room to employ the interval of time before they arrive. Father had just come in comfortable consciousness of company coat & smooth hair. Mother is appearing & disappearing into the pantry somewhat excitedly, hair in order, dress not in accord. Carry appears in brown silk & turns on lights. [[Guests?]] are here [[end page]] [[start page]] Dec 1867 without. They come, Mother where art thou? 7th I hope our guests last evening enjoyed themselves as much as I did. Miss Sullivan came first attired in white muslin & the ribbons, evidently prepared for a much larger entertainment than we had provided for her. She is about fourty years old with dark eyes & hair and rather heavy features. very pleasant but not nearly as attractive in manner & appearance as Miss [[Frere?]] She is the neice of Lord Palmerston & came to America in the same vessel with Lord & Lady Amberly. Prof. & Mrs. Baird & Lucy were the next arrival & Mr. Post a missionary from Syria completed our small tea party. Mrs. Baird told us that in the woman are obliged to wear all the hair cut from their husbands heads in [[rolls?]] at the back of their heads like our water falls?. The gentleman from Syria told me some interesting things about [[end page]]