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Engaged today Edwin Tomlin for coachman

June 10th 1873

Today Mr Badger, Mr Angell, Eva, Ada, Hunt, and myself with nurse (Mary Bendt (52 Reces? Street) she is 14 years old, all left Chicago for New York in a Pullman palace car. We had the drawing room. I forgot a very important person who traveled with us. It was my niece Miss Mattie Faulds. She was a lovely companion. Charlie Harvey too. My father Mr J.J. Sheridan left Chicago for Louisville this morning. Before I started for New York I engaged a new man for my carriage named Edmund Tomlin, an Englishman. He is young and well mannered, we kept him 10 months, and then gave him up as his horses did not get on well under his care. He was sorry to leave, and we quite sorry to give him up, but we thought it best.

My sister Mrs Faulds will stay at my house and take care of my boys while I got on with my daughter. As I said above we left on the tenth of June and arrived in New York Thursday June 12. We went to the Brevoort House, kept my Mr Waite on fifth avenue. Arrived at nine o'clock. Belle and husband had been there for ten days. They rushed downstairs to see us. We were delighted to see her look so well. We all took breakfast together, then we took carriage and went over the city and to the Park. Hunt was happy at the Park. He is well and enjoyed his trip. So did his litte nurse. On Friday night Capt Haines spent the evening at our Hotel with Mr Harvey and we talked all about the trip with him. Hunt has pants on first time to travel in.

Saturday June 14, 1873

Today the sun shines but windy and cool. This is the day that is to separate my three beautiful daughters from us by the great Atlantic Ocean. Mr Harvey takes with him his son Charles. We took him on with us to New York. The steamer my daughters go on is the Abysinian, we arrived at the dock Saturday morning at nine, and went on board to see their state rooms. We met some friends on bored, Mrs J.B. Perry's sons and other that the girls knew, they are fixed nicely.