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Sent her some seeds from a very good Musk Melon; wrote a short letter to James this morning; received a letter from this afternoon; made a copy for Harriet and encloses a copy for her; Louisa has been having a hard time since the baby was born; was glad to hear that Mrs. Pollard got the letter he sent with the money in it, and is glad that he ha been sending her extra money; if he had known about Louis'a cholera, he would have put money in the letter he sent to James this morning; William came to the office at 3:30 and saidthat Sarah and Walker had left Orange at the same time he did and had gone to 4th Street; wrote a note to Colo[nel] Gilpin to tell him that his brother Richard's wife will arrive in town on Monday; Walker looks well; Sarah told him that Dr. Pearson dressed Walker's arm this morning and said he did not need to see him anymore; Mr. Ludlow, Miss Benson, and Sophy will dine with them tomorrow; as St. Tho[ma]s will not be open tomorrow, he plans to go to Mr. Dickson's church instead; his cold is almost gone; (6 [Sept.]) Walker took a bath this morning, his first in 22 days; went by himself to Mr. Dickson's church; got a good seat, in the first pew; gave $1 for the collection; has always liked the free churches and wishes there were more of them; likes them better than the churches that only for people who can afford to rent a pew; met Miss Maria Gregory and her elder brother on the way back, who were on their way to  call on his nieces and nephews; likes her much better than her brothers; Mr. Ludlow, William, Sarah, Sophy, and Miss Benson arrived shortly after they got to the house; the dinner went well; invited Cha[rle]s Van Ness to tea, and he came; the young people went to an afternoon service at some R[oman] C[atholic] Church; talked to Walker about his arm which is doing welll, but it aches all the time; told Sarah that he would rather they left for Dunnington on Tuesday, so that Matthew could see Walker tomorrow; she talked to William, who thought it would be better to go tomorrow, because Walker was tired out by all the visiting he had done today; he also said the doctor wanted Walker back to the country as soon as possible; he [RM] told Sarah that he was not surprised that William opposed his plan, since he always objects to whatever he says; Sarah said that he was just looking out for Walker; she also said that she and William did not think that Uncle Matthew's family cared very much about Walker; told Sarah that, while he did not think that Aunt Elizabeth cared for them very much, he thought that Matthew does, but does not show it well; he [RM] is opposed to this kind of indifference among their family members; suggested that they leave tomorrow afternoon so Walker could go downtown in the morning and see Matthew at the office; thought Walker, who was already asleep, should make the final decision; feels that Matthew has shown a decided lack of compassion to Walker; still thinks  that it was wrong of Mary not to go see him; (7 [Sept.]) encloses a not from Walker [not present]; told Walker the change in plans that Sarah and he had discussed and left the decision up to him; he decided to leave in the afternoon; encloses a copy of a ote to Matthew's son, James [not present]; was not in the office when Matthew and Walker first saw each other and does not know what they talked about; encloses a note from Elizabeth [not present]; Mrs. R[ichar]d Gilpin did not feel well enough to come to town today; wrote a note to Colo[nel Gilpin], to tell him of the change in plans; expects that she will get the letter informing her of Walker's injury when she gets to Sedgwick or just before she leaves to go there; even though he spent a lot of money on his nephews this year, he made more money than he spent; Mr. Hodgson wrote that he had booked  a passage for her on 7 November; he agrees with her positive assessment of Mrs. Tom Irlam, but has not plans to marry her; is glad that Laura's son has a job, though he thinks he is lazy; does not want the young peope to know she recommended the he cut back Fontaine's allowance; is glad he found another job, though; Sarah was glad to have another 5 hours before they left for Dunnington; is distrubed that Walker has not thought more about religion after his accident; bought peaches today; Matthew brought him a long letter from Mary; will include in the letter [not present]; (8 September)  Mrs. R[ichard]d Gilpin and her two youngest children will arrive tomorrow; offered to meet them at the station so Matthew could go back to Cornwall; is not looking forward to looking after them; William came back from Dunnington tonight; Miss D[unning] is unwell; thinks that Walker will do well there; will be glad when Matthew returns to Irving PLace so he can focus all of his attention on business; is sorry she will be worried about Walker when she hears about his accident. 12 ALS