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26th June 1852 to the 29th
Allentown - Lehigh County
Pennsylvania

After writing a hasty letter to my dear Tootie on Saturday Friday evening
Mary, Amanda, Mr Woolley, G., F., V., F. & Tip & myself went out for a
long walk - our object to visit a Furnace about 1 1/2 miles off - Lord
was too lazy to go with us. Henry & Mr Longnecker had gone to Easton,
We were delighted with the scenery but the road was dusty - We
however were all good walkers & in time we reached the Furnace.
Mr Lewis an agent for the company has a beautiful residence
opposite the Furnace, the daughters of this gent had called on
the girls - & their intention was now to return this call. Mr & Mrs Wool-
-ley & Floyd & myself past [sic] on whilst the rest of the party past [sic] in - We
could see very little to interest us, no one to explain - neither is friend Wool-
-ley yet up to the art of shipping shillings into other peoples [sic] hands -
no one seemed to care whether we understood what was going on or not.
The huge engine was terrific & I can was glad to get out of it. Soon
Mr Lewis & Sister Mary came to invite us to the house - where we
found the rest of the party very comfortably seated. Mrs Lewis is
monstrous fat - & like most fat persons very good natured - they
were all exceedingly polite - inviting us to take tea - this we declined
but accepted their invitation to walk about the garden, &c.
Every thing was in most beautiful order. After a stay of some
half hour we took leave & bent our way home ward - On our way
home we met brother Henry & Mr Longnecker - Lord not yet recover-
-ed from his fit of laziness. Mr W. & Cousin A. took tea with us - & remain-
-ed until past ten. On Sunday we went to Church - & listened to a Scotch
pr man, very ugly & not eloquent. Church goes in at 10 - we
dine at 1 - then to Church again at 6, leaving us breathing time
of 6 hours. about 4 in the afternoon a most fearful accident occur'd
There is a beautiful spring - one which I was visited with my belov-
-ed husband in 1827 - & which I was at on Saturday morning
(I find my dates are being confused - it was on Friday evening [)]

[written sideways, from bottom to top, on left of page]
I commenced this as a journal - I prefer the letter state, this is a poor apology for a
letter or
journal

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