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II This morning I received an invitation from Pumpkins to the h. at the Pt. If I was not in mourning I would give anything to go; I was told that he now exceedingly fine-looking & has a most elegant figure. He does not graduate till next Summer, & if we go abroad, I may not see him for several, or perhaps a good many years; as it is I have not seen him since I was twelve. At any rater if he noes not graduate pretty well, I'll have nothing to do with hime, thats certain. I sent him this answer. ------------------------ following sentence contained within brackets "Miss J. Newberry returns her thanks to Mr — with many regrets that she cannot accept his polite invitation to the h. at — this Summer." end brackets Mamma made me write it as formally as possible, Mamma is very wide awake & very much on the alert for such things, she is in fact much more quick sighted then Sister.

June 30th Wednesday Yesterday the charming Mr Henderson Grant made his appearance, just from New York en route for Omaha. HE was most exquisitely put up. next word underlined They took him with next word underlined them to Telie D'Wolf's wedding yesterday at five P.M. The bride was pale as death & trembled excessively, the groom absurdly nervous & agitated, & the brides-maids seven in number (Mary Arnold, Telie's Cousin, Memie Rumsey, Mary Colts, Molly Clarkson, Mary Drummond, & Miss Rominson) all looked homely; they were the plainest brides-maids I ever saw. I thanked fortune I wasn't in Telie's place; her husband looked horribly old. Every-body was at the wedding; it was too funny to see the airs which the