Sunday, October 3, 1869.
  Cloudy and oppressively
warm with a Southerly
wind that felt like
the breath from a furn-
ace. Ther. about
70[degrees] - 80[degrees] - 64[degrees].
Rose as usual and
spent most of the
day in the house.
  In P.M. took a
short walk and upon
my return found J.
Nichols and C. Carter
at the house. They
stayed till nearly dark.
  In the evening
E. Dodge and Theo Rus.
called and stayed till
9 P.M.
Monday, October 4, 1869.
  Cloudy with a warm
Southerly wind.
Ther. about 70[degrees] - 75[degrees] - 70[degrees].
Rained hard most
of the day.
  Spent the morning
in the house writing
and reading.
  Father did not go
into Boston as usual
so we had dinner at
2 P.M. instead of 3.30.