Sat. June 14th 1851
My eyes are better, as I could not have done so very much sewing in the past week — One afternoon I rode over to Cam. with R. Cushing. took over ripe strawberries to Em.
Wednes. 11th
I pd. the fish bill — 2’72 --
Sund 15th
quite cool weather
Tues. 17th
wrote to M. & sent her flowers & straw
Wednes.
Ann [Dunn?] came to see me. I made her stay 2 nights. I enjoyed her visit. We sewed some, one night gown & my wrapper
Sund.
Mr. K preach all day, very good indeed
Mond.
a great wash
Tues.
I sent EJC a basked of — straw, cher, — & spin.
and we picked 10 boxes of straw for market — boy hooked 2 - boxes
Wednes.
Heard from Susan & look for them Frid. morn
Thurs.
Bought of Dillon a green gingham for self. pd him 10 shillings, owe him nothing — up to date. — The Woods called on their way to N. Port. They returned here to B. 2d July —
4th
We saw the fire work all round us - out of our attic windows. G.A.W. returned to Phil.
Sat 5th
Susan & Emma spent 3 or 4 days with Mrs. Spooner. Bridget requires advice concerning temper, after that behaved better. Susan made two beautiful bonnets for M & Laura - Anniversary week. I had my 3 daughters & 2 granddaughters here. Mary & Edward went to Prov. Mond. Henry R staid longer. About the first of August, brother Edward S,R made a visit - also Mr. P - on his way to Bucksport - Susan was absent from here then. Music on the hill.
15th Aug
I went up to Prov, - to auction of land - home — Great deal of sickness about this time. - both Drs. busy. Susan & I made calls - Bowditch - Pierce - Tolman
Tues. 19
We took tea at G.B. Blake's
Thurs. 21st Aug
A call from Mrs. Boyle, Miss Greene & Heaths
Strawberries, cherries, and spinach
Emma Garsed Wood, (1848-1904), daughter of Susan (Wild) Wood.
Identity unknown
This was the Fourth of July week, marking the 125th anniversary of American independence.
Henry Albert Rhodes, (1830-1918), son of Mary's brother Amos.
Edward Scott Rhodes, (1797-1870), Mary's brother.
This is presumably Rev. Joseph H. Phipps, Mary's son-in-law. There was a Unitarian Universalist fair and celebration in Bucksport, Maine that week.
This may have been a musical Independence Day celebration on Aspinwall Hill, perhaps between the Wild and Blake properties.
The gap between the previous entry on July 5th and this one on August 15th is unusual for Mary. She may have been in Rhode Island much of that time dealing with disposal of her late mother's property, leading up the the land auction on August 15th.
William and Sarah Bowditch lived in a house, still standing, that was part of the 1843 development of The Lindens. It was a station on the Underground Railroad. Its modern-day address is 9 Toxteth Street.
