Sund. 23rd Feb. [1851]
Bridget sick — staid out night before
Mond. eve
EJ.C. arrived & Miss R Cushing
Tues.
Edward & Mary returned to Prov. Debating club to supper here.
Wed.
a small party of friends, 3 tables of whist.
Thurs.
Cleaned up and Aunt Susan. read loud — Ledyard
Frid.
Dr. & Bethan Davis went to Prov.
Sat. — March 1st 1851
I finished knit shirt for M.
Sund.
Rev. Knapp in the morning & J Ware eve.
Mond. & Tues.
Watty was not well. Wednes he was out full with measles. Laura arrived with baby. They had been to N.H.
Thurs.
Aunt Susan C. would go home to Prov. Watty was very sick two nights.
Sat.
Mr. Phipps returned to Fram. Stormed and Laura was too sick to go before the next Tues.
Sund.
Rev. Morrison
Mond.
The weather was inclement.
Tues.
G. [Rob?] & Griggs spent the eve.
Wednes.
I cleaned the parlors.
Thurs. 13th
Dillon called. Dr. & E.A.W. bought handkerchiefs, stockings & [Ollapasken???] Dogs got at the hens in the night and killed & mangled seven.
Frid.
Dr. went to the rehersal[sic] , Boston, Dillon left stockings and tablecloths for which I owe him 2’88. I sent letter & knit shirt to Mary C.
Mond. 10th
Rec. letters from Prov. & C.W. Wild
Tues.
I faced Ed’s frock coat. Made a shirt bosom — finished pr. of yarn socks for Watt.
Sund. 25th
last Sund. in March — Mr. Phipps preached for Rev. Knapp. Mr. P. returned to Fram. with E. Davis, and an old fash mahogany chair.
Frid — morn, the 21st of March
Mary Cushing was born, daughter of Edward J.C. — & Mary Heath C.
This is most likely a reference to John Ledyard, 18th century American explorer and adventurer whose memoirs were first published in 1828.
The Rev. Joseph Hobson Phipps, (1822-1871), was the husband of the Wilds' daughter Laura. He was minister at the First Parish church in Framingham from 1848 to 1853 and later in East Bridgewater and Kingston, MA.
There were several Dillons in Brookline at this time, most of them Irish immigrants. It is not known which Dillon this was, though it is apparent from several entries in the diary that he was a dealer in clothing of some kind.
This is an odd entry. March 25, 1851 was a Tuesday, not a Sunday. The last Sunday in the month was March 30th. Plus, this entry is written between the entries for March 10th and March 21st.
Mary Wild (Cushing) Bullock, (1851-1932).
