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Mailed the letters for the Persia; wrote to Sarah and requested a letter from her and Walker every other day; sent a letter to JAmes and included $50 for Louisa; had dinner at a restaurant with David Spence and William and then went to meet Mrs. R[ichar]d Gilpin; the steamboat was late, and they got very cold while they were waiting; everything was ready for them when they got to Matthew's house; Colo[nel] Gilpin arrived and ate dinner with them; (10 September) called at Irving Place at 10:30, but Mrs. Gilpin was not yet up; bought melons and peaches; walked five miles today; encloses two notes from Sarah [not present]; encloses a note from Harriet [not present]; told Matthew that Brinca [Mrs. Gilpin] had arrived; Matthew sold sterling silver at good price, but he [RM] is upset he was not consulted first; thinks that William will not leave St. Louis for another few weeks; William has not received a reply from the Provost Marshall in Wash[ingto]n about the man Nan wants information about; Maru made some very good plum preserves; (11 September) wrote to Aunt Elizabeth last night; encloses a copy of James's letter [not present]; Mrs. Henry Gilpin called to ask how Walker was doing; encloses a copy of a note from Mrs. Sabine [not present]; bought peaches, intending to send some to Dunnington with William, but he is not leaving until Monday or Tuesday, William made soem more enquiries about Sergeant Edw[ar]d R. Stamps; heard a rumor that Charleston, South Carolina had surrended, which he did not believe; Matthew made a sale without consulting him, but he did not let him know he was upset. 6 pp. ALS