
          I did Cross the river at 5 1/2 [ael?] -- carpet
 bag in hand -- & waited at Jersey 
 City nearly 3 hours & then returned. 
 I spent most of the afternoon with Haste
 at the Library & I suppose mentioned to
 him that I avoided Spring St. to escape
 the merriment which the Young Ladies 
 might have felt themselves called upon
 to indulge in, [crossed out: at] -- not [added: at] my timidity 
 in not crossing the river -- but [added: at] my actual
 failure to get off after so much effort.
 Probably I did not mention to him that
 it was because I had a heavy heart,
 that I avoided a sunny place.


 We are suffering here very much 
 with the colde [cold]. It is next to impossible
 to keep this great house warm. The
 Citizens have helde [held] a meeting to take
 some measures for the relief of the 
 suffering poor. Dr. Hodge, M. Olmsted
        