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Thursday August 4 -

Finished baby's dress - Read considerable - Miss Paine called at night - took tea and talked of school - Isaac took her paper and went to see the Merchants and talked at them to persuade them to do something - Mr. M. says it is the only thing to preserve the present condition of Du Quoin or present its degenerating doom? - wrote to Jenny -

Friday Aug 5 -

Mr Given? here - Isaac took me to ride two or three miles on the morning after an abortive attempt to go to Little Muddy and meeting Mr G. from there - We went to office in P.M. - Got baby to sleep and read Shady Side in Evening -