Feb Sat. 13th
Very cold. M & I busy sewing &c. Aunt Susan went to George C. Thurs. 10th to make a visit.
Sund.
Too cold to snow in the morn. [???] Mary went Fruit Hill church in the afternoon.
Mond.
Still cold washing day. Hannah Hudson carried from Eddys to Mary Barretts. Sick with lung fever .
Tues.
Zero -- in the night. I helped iron and do up muslins for self.
Wednes.
Helped Mary sew on grey flan. for chicks.
18th Thurs.
I [went?] to C.W. Wild. Thermom 10. Sun[?] 2 hours high. Orrin spent last eve. here.
Sund. 21st
Stormy. Mrs. Ballou made a farewell call.
Wednes 24th
Mr. Carr moved his furniture into the farm[?] cottage.
Sund. 28th
E.J.C.made a farewell call on the Ballous. It was too bad walking for M. & I to go with him.
Mond. 1st
The B. departed on a visiting expedition to Abington.
2nd
John Candler spent the night here and said Dr. C.W. had been to [???] and had two whist parties at his house. Brookline very lively this winter. I have enjoyed more here in my comfortable social & pleasant home with my children. My health has improved by the sojourn here.
3d
Walter arrived fr B. after collecting & writing all he could for his father.
Sat. 6th
Dr. E.A.W. came & spent 3 nights -- quite a treat.
Thurs. 4th
Carry Cook
came out to make a visit -- by invitation. tolerable sleighing.
Sund. 7th
Carry went to the city to church. M. & the rest of us staid at home E A W being here &c -- very cold.
9thÂ
E A returned to B.
10th Wed
E.J.C. went to Brook. & Boston
Frid. 12th
All invited to dine at Mrs. Anna Nightingale.
Mary, E.J.C., Walter & Carry C. & little Mary went. Had a fine time.
Sat. 13th
Walter went to the city -- spent the night with B. Swan
Sund. 14th
E.J.C, Carry C. & my self went to church in the city. J.F. Clark preached
, a grand, good sermon.
Sat. 20th
I went to Brookline. Dr. called at the station for me.
Sund.
Rained hard. Did not go out. I rode into the city to see Ellen Sat. & Mr. Sullivan brought Ellen out to Brook.
Tues. 23d
Dr. Ellen & I went to Swedenborg church
Sund. 28th
Frid. April 2d
I went to Bridgewater. We went all day to hear son Phipps. In the coures of the week we took tea at Mr. Ezra Kingmans & sewing circle, called at the Youngs -- Kingmans &c. I had a delightful visit, and helped them set out some pine trees.
April 10th
I returned to Brookline
Sund. 11th
I rode into the city with Dr. to see Mr. Guild Obt.
-- We rode out through Rox to Forest Hills cemetery -- got back to Dr. E.A.'s about 3 o'clock. Edward & Ellen keep the house.
Tues. 13
I left B. for N.P. Met E.J.C. at the cars He took me out home then went back to go to N. York.
Caroline Jenckes Cooke, (1835-1890), was the daughter of Mary's first cousin Caroline (Jenckes) Cooke and her husband, William H. Cooke.
Anna Elizabeth (Pratt) Nightingale, (1827-1897), was the daughter of Mary's first cousin Ann Eliza (Barnes) Pratt and her husband, Peter Pratt.
This is probably William Swan of Providence.
James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888), was a Jamaica Plain-based Unitarian minister, abolitionist, and activist for social causes.
The Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem was on Bowdoin Street in Boston. Brookline got its own Swedenborgian church on High Street Hill in 1862. That building, still standing, is today the Latvian Lutheran Church of Boston.
It is not clear who Mr. Guild is -- there were several Mr. Guilds in Boston -- or what the abbreviation "Obt." stands for. The first thing that comes to mind is "obituary." That, combined with a visit to Forest Hills Cemetery immediately after, leads to the possibility that Mary and Charles were either attending a funeral or looking into cemetery plots. But at this point that is just speculation.
