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December 1864.
[[underlined]] Monday 12th.[[/underlined]] I painted all the morning on N. 108 and N. 107. Mary was engaged with Mrs. Atwood and Mr. Tatham didnot get home until near night Miss A. Potts, A. E. Hubley and Louisia called this afternoon we are to dine at Mr. Hubleys on Christmas Day
15°. calm w. clear. 29°. calm w, clear. 28° calm, clear.
[[underlined]] Tuesday 13.[[/underlined]] Mr. Moran instead of coming at the appointed time of nine didnot come until eleven Anna Sellers, Anna Peale Mrs. Cristie, Mary and myself all gave him up with much regret, but he soon cheared us up by his brilliant touches and rapid touches of his brush, for instance, he took my view on the schuylkill and passed over all the foreground that I had spent days in producing and made quite a pleasing landscape of it, totally altering its character, it however was a useful lesson to us all, but [[underlined]]spoiling my portrait of the spot [[/underlined]]
This evening Mrs. G. Tatham called while Mary was out. Mary, Miss Stoddard & Mrs. Cristie went to hear Dr Thomas's lecture in the Academy
21°. calm w clo 10. 33°. calm n clo 10. 33°. n e clo 10.
[[underlined]] Wednesday 14.[[/underlined]] We were engaged to go to Mr. George Harrisons at 10 oclock, Mr. & Mrs. Tatham were here in time but Mrs. Atwood didnot arrive until 11 oclock, we then took the carrs as the walking was very slippery. 
Mr. Harrison was pleased to see is and accompanied all over his spacious house, where we enjoyed the splender and beauty of his arrangements of the various subjects of taste and refinement of the arts &c. He has some exquisite pictures, we spent three hours with him and had but a glance of his treasures, in his library is my Fathers painting representing a stair-case with Raphael going up, palate in hand and Titian looking down, this picture belonged to the museum and was placed at the east end of the long room in the state house (the museum occupying the upper part of the buildin for many years.) This picture being at the end of the long room one morning [[strikethrough]] Judge [[/strikethrough]] goviner Mr. Kane, Mr. Mifflin and my father were in conversation near the stove on the west end of the room, the governor's dog laying by the stove sleeping, when the gentlemen left the museum, the dog awoke & missed his master, he looked around