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it is now good deal disapointed and probably wishes 

 I had it — the Parade was only tolerable I had a view 

 of the Governor that is now no doubt all I May expect, 

 he Looked about 60 a french face of good Counte- 

 nance — We Walked to Bayou S*- John absolutly to 

 Kill the time, the whole City taken with the festivals 

 of the day— Joseph rec^ a Letter from his Parents — 



this evening one of our Men Called Smith fell over 

 board drunk and Would have drowned if Providence 

 had not interfered a Women heard the Noise and the 

 Yawl of the S. B* U. States saw him — 



Breakfasted with J. B. Gilly. Rec^ a letter from My 

 Wife — My Spirits very Low — Weather Cloudy & 

 Sultry — begun raining paid a Visit to Jarvis the P. 

 Painter — Saw W''™ Croghan, — Wrote to My Wife — 

 Wished I had remained at Natchez — having found 

 No Work to do remained on Board the Keel Boat 

 opposite the Market, the Dirtiest place in all the 

 Cities of the United States — Wrote to John Gamier 

 about My Port Foho — 



Wednesday Jany lo**^ 1821 



Raining hard all day wrote My Brother G. L. 

 Dupuygandeau and to My Mother — in the afternoon 

 Cap" Cummings arrived and dined with us — his ap- 

 pearance much Worst — the Weather so bad that I had 



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