p015_Diary of Martha Call

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They don't live in any great style, and so much of the
house is taken up by the workrooms, that they are rather
cramped for room, but everything is comfortable and
pleasant. George stayed till after breakfast, and then
took his departure, and we probably shall not see him
again till we return to Boston. Yesterday forenoon, I
wrote two long letters, one to Henry and Emmie and
one to mother. On opening my trunk I found that my
bonnet which I had packed very carefully, was very much
compressed, so that I was obliged to take all the fixins
off and carry it to a milliner's to be pressed, but while
there discovered that I could do it myself as well as
they could, and so brought it home again. In the
afternoon Cara and I wanted to go out and take a walk,
so I thought that we would go and see Mrs Mellen,
who I know, would feel hurt, if I should be in New
York and not call on her, so we sent out - First we
saw a magnificent great building, which Cara said
was the Free Academy for boys, and getting the Janitors
daughter for a guide we went over the whole of it.
It is a beautiful building with different rooms appropriated
to the different studies, and in the top a splendid Chapel.
There are about four hundred scholars, and seventeen
teachers employed there, and there the children of the
poorest as well as the rich, can obtain a good
education. Next we walked down Broadway, where we
encountered any number of ladies, and saw any quantity