L & I went to concert. L went to Dorchester -- with Dr. W
Wednes -- April 16th
I felt tired & some cold. Took does of oil which did not improve me. -- Laura went to Mr. Philbrick's
without me.
Thurs.
I [strain?] so that Laura did not go up to C. Heath's to tea, but we finished trimming bonnets, and the next morn I felt a little over the effect of oil. Laura called on Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Blake and I had a call fr Mrs. Mary Cobb. -- She said Carry had gone to Cambridge with Dr. W. -- We all got ready and went to Old C. with Laura. -- Had 4 min. for cars left.-- Then I held the horse for Dr. to make two calls. -- We got home after sun down. -- I was terribly jolted -- & tired, found the carry all broken when we got home.
Sat
I should have been very lonely but the cleaning parlor chamber, and nursery kept me busy all day. Watty left us for Prov. on Thurs. 17th April. Laura Frid..
Sun.
A severe N.E. storm wind & rain, -- I wrote to Laura & Watty
Mond. 21st
Storm contin. Cold but the buds swell & the grass grows. I have been busy all day packing things away from the moths putting [????] in order, &c and this eve. been reading old letters & burning all I did not want to keep
May
I went to Bridgewater. Staid most two weeks. Brought Anna Phipps home with me the first of June 1856. Out of health but she soon begun to improve a little
July 3d
Mrs. Anna Sullivan, Walter & Mary from Prov. were here . We went up to Mr. Blake fire works -- two grand parties there, Katy was sick with a bile on her face. Anna Phipps & I went to Prov. about the 17 July. Emma Wood came next day, & staid 3 or 4 week
Aug. 16th
Dr. & I went to Clarendon Springs
19th
I went back to Prov. after Anna. Mr. P. wife & Hattie arr. in N.P. Frid. Aug. and he preached for Dr. Hall the last Sunday in Aug.
Wednes.
They took Anna & returned to Bridgewater
Sept. 17th or 25th
Dr. let Katy have 5 dol. -- and in Oct. she had 6'25 $ ten for vib
Nov.6th
Dr. gave Katy 5$ -- for dress, Watty came down & went to Bridge -- waited upon Laura & two children, up to Brookline, then the 26 of Nov. 1856 we all went to Thanksgiving in N.P had a grand time
Samuel Philbrick lived (1789-1859) lived with his family in this house on Walnut Street. The house served as a station on the Underground Railroad. It is still standing today, at 182 Walnut Street.
This is probably Elizabeth (Seaver) Davis (1795-1885), Benjamin Davis' second wife and the stepmother of Mary's late young friend Bethan Davis.
This is probably Caroline Candler (1837-1926), Susan Candler's daughter and Mary (Candler) Cobb's younger sister.
This is carry with a small c, short for caryall which the Oxford English Dictionary defines as "A light carriage for one horse, usually four-wheeled and capable of holding several persons."
Clarendon Springs in Clarendon, Vermont, was a popular resort from the 1820s to the early 1900s. It's described in this excerpt from a letter in the Boston Traveler.
The biggest hotel at Clarendon Springs was the Clarendon House. Still standing, it was featured in this 2018 broadcastfrom a Vermont television station.
This is written above and below the end of the line. It appears to refer to a letter sent to Mary's oldest child, Charles, in St. Louis.
Edward Augustus Wild (1825-1891) was the third oldest of Mary and Charles Wild's six children who survived to adulthood.
