Travel Diaries and Journals

At the tea-table became acquainted with Mr Howell and Mr Barnard who are boarding with Aunt. The first is a gentleman of considerable property but is an old bachelor a fact that quite spoils him for Martha who infinitely the younger handsomes, but has wealthy gentleman. The had made an engagement with to attend a play at Castle Garden this evening and therefore they left immediately after tea. Mr Barnard invited me to accompany them but of course, I declined and spent the evening with Aunt playing backgammon. Not being well she retired early and I went up to my room and had an hour or and retired. Martha and her escort did not reach home till twelve o'clock. Wednesday July 7th Very warm. Martha and I rose early I was not very well. Uncle left immediately after breakfast on a trip to Saratoga. Martha and I spent the day very pleasantly together. She is lively, talkative and very interesting in her manner. Mr Kibben? called in the morning. Natty came over to tea spent an hour or two very pleasantly with us and accompanied me home - we arrived safely about ten o'clock and I at once retired very much fatigued. - I forgot to say that in the morning Aunt gave me a linen sheet spun and woken by her grandmother when quite young and which must therefore be now between seventy- and eighty-years old She gave it to me, I being the youngest daughter, with a request that I would preserve it carefully and finally give it to my youngest daughter to be preserved in this same way for the sake of old times. All this I willingly promised, being very fond of antiquities.