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Friday December 26th Very cold. Busy in sewing. [?] Dickinson
called in the afternoon. Mary Willet and Antoinette Shepard
also made a long call. In the morning Mrs Evans
Ellen Seager's cousin from New York called with a
letter from Ellen to me. She had been at much
trouble in finding me having first sent over a servant
who being unsuccessful, returned and she then came
over with it herself. She seems a very pleasant lady
I have never seen her before. Ellen's letter was eight
pages long, describing the voyage, her reception in
England [?] with her mother she is now residing
near Woolwich at her uncle's. They were [27?] days on
the ocean during which time a very pleasing young
gentleman on board fell in love with Ellen, and
made her an offer of his hand, but she had left her
heart in America, and he [sued?] in vain.
She is homesick, and wants to see me and somebody [somebody is underscored]
else very badly. Brother Jonathan quite [?]
John Bull in her eyes, and she is so discontented that
I think she will return with her mother as soon as
possible.

Saturday..

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