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Is glad he went to Newton to enquire about Rutson's wife because she [AM] approves of his actions and because now he does not think about the matter anymore; has not told anyone else why he went to Newton; Cropper Hodgson and Co[mpany] have not heard from [Rutson] since August; his circular said that he plans to do business again in Galveston, [Tex.] after the war; has not heard why he and his partner Wilder split up, but it assumes it has something to do with Rutson's marriage and Wilder's mistreatment of his uncle at Brooklyn; has not seen or heard anything about Mr. Craig or his father; met the second Mrs. Leech at Southport, and liked her better than he though he would; Mr. Leech's children seem to get along better with their stepmother; went to church on Sunday and on the way back visited Mr. Gaskell; Mr. Leech and Joshua Dixon do not get along well anymore, since he feels Mr. Dixon is too conceited; Mr. Leech and John Myers disagree on politics; Mr. Leech no longer likes Mr. Menlove because he talkes of coarse things since he separated with his wife; did not think this to be the case when he visited him at Buxton; saw Dick Dennistonn [?], whom Mr. Leech does not like either; thinsk that Leech is more to blame for all these disagreements than the other parties are; was glad to see that Leech was more religious; his wife is a member of the established church; was surprised Southport was so large; saw John Mayers and spoke to him briefly; went to T [tea] at the Croppers this evening; Mr. Weed was also there, and he seemed to make a good impression; Miss Gilpin was also there; Mrs. Cropper enquired after the family; Mary Wakefield wrote to Mary Bold and agreed a week after the New Brighton wedding would be a good time for Rutson and Mary to visit her at Sedgwick; Mr. Weed came to visit at Wilfield Place; hopes he will visit again; Ann Hamiliton and her daughters, the Addison women, and Elizabeth and Mary Bold all went shopping, and he got to see the Hamiltons; saw Edgar Corrie and they had a nice talk; Corrie offered him a place to stay in London; told Mary that he planned to stay elsewhere until the wedding is over; will stay with some of Margaret Addison's servants, in a spare room; asked Mary Bold what she thought he should give to the bride as a wedding present; has decided on a Tea-caddyl because there is a moral connected to it; will attend the wedding but not the meal afterwards; Tho[mas] Henry's father is expected ro return next Monday. 12 pp. ALS