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& one for John, glorious all from Marianna if only one
had come from Columbus too the letters were full of good &
pleasant news, save that Thaddy has chills & is rather "down
in the mouth" about it poor fellow, I'm sorry for him they
don't make one "feel the best in the world" he must go to
shooting turkeys, & get rid of them Julia wrote me a very sweet
letter John's was from Wade with a P.S. from Cousin Alice to
Jno & myself another for me was from my friend H. R. [Curtis]
of S. Carolina, written to me to Fla., & forwarded by Julia
I read them on the way to College & Jno & I had a good
reading in the Hall there after the lecture Dr Bayless
examined John's ear with a speculum I looked in & saw
the ulcerated surface on the tympanum & the perforation
I went round to Mrs McGuffey's to dinner they are very
Kind Dr Drake is better I looked at their new Dag
uerrotypes Mrs Campbell & Miss Bell Graham came
in my "mentor" made present to me of a pair of
boots & of shoes that were too small for him very kind in
him indeed I went to the Dental College to see
John at work, picked up a vial filled with
a sol. of gutta percha in chloroform, made 3 or 4
deep inspirations, & ere I Knew it was fully under the
influence of the anaesthetic I felt so glorius, laughed
irresistably & immoderately, convulsively for some time
Jno breathed it too Came round to my room began a
letter to Bob Smith who shd come in but Toby Rich
ardson very glad to see him I spent the remainder of
the afternoon with him he gave me a list of books whch he
wished me to bid for him tonight, at the sale of books damaged
by the fire in Derby & Co's Fine Bookstore I went, but all sold
at double what I was authorized to bid I went to the
boat with him Saw a poor drayman run over by a dray &
quite badly hurt Toby invited me to sup with him at a fine res
taurant on Broadway, not far off we eat a very nice supper