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Would rather she sent letters to him through the Post Office instead of making use of "private opprotunities"; David Spence and Mr. Mather arrived at about 2PM; is very sorry that her eye is giving her so much trouble, but assumes that it is well enough for her to go to Segwick; is glad that George Bold and Fontaine were so helpful when they [Ann and Mytton] arrived; plans to send her letter to Harriet after everyone has read it; wishes he could send letters to Nan; Mr. Mather and David Spence came to dinner; urged David to stay with them in 4th Street; sent a note to tell Sarah and Mary to tell them that there would be dinner guests; Sarah was not there, but Mary [a servant] took control of the situation; told William to tell Walker to be on time for dinner; the meal was very good and everyone enjoyed themselves; David decided to stay at a Hotel; Sarah plans to go to "Dunnington" tomorrow and stay for a week, as Miss Dunning is ill and asked her to come; suggested that she stay only until Monday; Matthew will have to take Mary [his daughter] part of the way to Philadelphia, so he will not be able to concentrate on the St. Tho[ma]s business until later; Mr. Mather brought a book on Dr. Cha[rle]s Jno Vaughan's works; (5 June) encloses the press copy of his letter last night [to Sarah]; Matthew is making progress in contacting the vault-owners; asked William if he knew when Sarah planned to return from "Dunnington"; and he said "Monday"; would not have written her such a long letter if he knew that; wrote a letter to Cousin "Jody" and told him of her arrival and plans while in England; told him that they had not heard from Nan recently; asked him to send this letter to his [Jody's] "sister Bell"; William plans to visit "Jody" next week; is working hard to get the books organized for Walker to take back; received a letter fom Mrs. King who asked him to forward a letter to her [AM] and invited him to visit her at Highwood; may pay her a visit later in the summer; took one of photographs to Aunt Elizabeth and took one of Matthew's photographs which he encloses [not presnet]. 12pp. ALS Including Cy of ALS from Rutson Maury, 4th Street, New York, New York, to his neice, Sarah Maury, [Connecticut], 4 June 1863. Walker remembered to deliver her note to Mr. Richards; told Mary how pleased he was with yesterday's dinner; Matthew came to work after all, having met a gentleman traveling with his family who offered to look after Mary; Capt[ain] R[ogers] never came by the office though; Mr. Panton came at 3 PM and said that Capt[ain] R[ogers] moved to Newburgh; read [Ann's] letter to her, which he now encloses [not present]; decided to deliver Ann's message to Mrs. Greene himself; but she had already left for Naragansett Bay, [R.I]; asks her to write to her there if she knows the address; Cha[rle]s Van Ness came and had T [tea] with him; hopes Miss Dunning is feeling better; (5 [June]) encloses a letter from Harriet [not present]; will send a press copy of their letter to Aunt Ann tomorrow. 4pp.