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Dec 16th  Sunday.  Too stormy to go to church.  Read Bell on the Hand with pleasant interruptions from Father who read aloud extracts from the books he was interested in and repeated scraps of poetry.  Miss G. sang Mozart's Twelfth Mass wh. even Father enjoyed  Discussion with Father in the eve about the development theory.
17th  Sewed all day  Father interested in the eve in a book upon the distribution of Mammals over the world with maps which attracted us all.  We were amused to find what a small space was occupied by the negros  The same portions being also the home of the ape & the monkey.
[[underline]]18th  Tuesday[[/underline]]  Mr. [[Trumbul?]] & Lady here missionaries from [[Valverde?]].  Mr. Beaman came in the eve.
19th  Congress has distinguished itself thus far in giving
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the negros of the District voting privileges  We shall be inundated by the coloured race and probably soon rejoice in a black Mayor.  It seems very arbitrary to impose such a measure upon us when the pole of the citizens was taken last year upon the subject and found to be by a large majority in its disfavor.  No property qualification is required and only one year's residence in the district or county necessary for securing a vote - a petition was presented to Congress yesterday asking that "the District Suffrage act be amended in such manner as to put all whites of the Caucasian race who are either citizens or have declared their intention to become citizens of the U.S. on an equal footing with the negros.
20th  Last evening we had a pleasant
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