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Feb  now on the [[?]]. we might hope for peace, As the South might then be willing to yield us Virginia & the North content to establish a boundary line.
4th.   The news to night is of [[shining?]] interest The blockading squadron in Charleston harbour was attacked on the 31st by a small fleet under Com. Ingraham two of the vessels were sunk, 4 set on fire & the rest driven away. Dr. Loney's lecture was not very well attended on account of the cold. After lecture we had a visit from Mrs. Wiling & Ingraham from Boston & Mr. Brown of Phil. a lawyer & son of Brown the novelist.

7th. Sat.  A visit from John Young. We have spent the morning in directing notes for Prof. Hosford. He is to show his bread making process to a number of influential people on Monday evening. hoping thus to have it introduced into the army Mrs. [[Shulie?]] was here about 2 h. the mingling of kindness & [[severity?]] in the old lady's manner amuses me. 
Dr. [[Loges?]] was here to dinner Prof. Chase made an engagement with him to spend the evening with Miss Chase. He says the young lady has a little dog very much like ours. Father Mother & Dr. Loney left this morning for Philadelphia. They will return on [[strikeout]] Monday or [[strikeout]] Tuesday or wednesday.

10th. Tuesday. The Prof. bread making passed off well
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Feb.  many officers of high rank were present Gens. Heintzelman, Barnard & others. Miss Dix came in to tea. She looked very much fatigued. Mrs [[Merrick?]] did not forget us. Senator & Mrs. Foster went into the lecture room with us. The latter gave us a very kind invitation to visit them. a number of our friends came into our parlor after the lecture.

13th.     A visit from Alfred Woodhull John Young & Mr. Harris. It was very hard to meet Alfred Herbert's footstep in the entry sounded so much like Will's I thought he was coming in to speak to him.

14th  Saturday. Father & Dr Loney have gone to the club. Prof. Hosford has gone to the President's to exhibit his bread making process. Father at the dinner table to day amused Dr. Loney with an account of his first pair of boots. The cobbler who had the honour of making the aforesaid article was somewhat of a wag & as Father could not decide between the respective merits of the round toed & [[squaretoed?]], the two styles of boots then in voge, concluded to make one of each sort greatly to the [[??]] of [[his?]] satisfaction who I believe never [[decided?]] which was the most beautiful the square or the round [[toe?]]. He did not give quite all the story one of his scool companions
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