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[[preprinted]] Ther. FRI. JAN. 7, 1887  Wea. [[/preprinted]]
Copied map for correction of Buffalo
Ferry St taxes & sent Mr. Mann
Filed old papers. Stopped to see Aunt Helen at mail time & old her of my N. Y. project. La Quay has not come to settle yet. Collins & Flo went to Falls & took Lyman to stay until Sunday P.M. Collins home at night.
Much interested in bits of history gleaned from old business letters. The hardness of circumstances that wreck poor human lives [[id?]] teach divine charity.

[[preprinted]] Ther. SATURDAY 8 Wea. [[/preprinted]]
- 16° 7 A.M. - 1° Farh. 9 P.M. Clear & cold
Filing Grand Rapids and Council Grove papers to-day - finished. Mr Mann of Buffalo writes about Ferry St. taxes and title. Little cannot be cleared until $50 is paid on tax bought originally by Turner. Mrs. Edwards acc't not sent, but my copy of paym'ts retd to me.
My Savings Bank credit sent me in ck to-night - $528.13 $240 of wh. goes to Cheese Facty Stock - money advanced in Nov. by father

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[[preprinted]] Ther. SUN. Jan. 9  Wea. [[/preprinted]]
P.M. Stormy & cold
Went down to Uncle Charleys & fd him wi an organ.
We played & sang together & I left him wi a look in his eyes f / new life & hope + w coming 2 him t made me wiser & sadder. / trajidy & / lives we [[underlined]] over [[/underlined]]-look might well make / angels weep.
He is deeply moved by music & it will b a power 2 him now & influence his childrens lives. / sadness & / human lot!

[[preprinted]] Ther. MONDAY 10 Wea. [[/preprinted]]

/ storm o yesterday over. Went down to Aunt Helens in the evening and had a cosy visit. She is lonely but will not be sad. Her life is a lesson to the demanding world. "Self dependence" is the key to her calm peaceful old age. Matthew Arnold touched the soul of that spirit.

Transcription Notes:
Think the wi is her abbreviation for "with". Think / = the and o = of