Thu Oct 1 Mrs Angeline Warner 26 years old.
Fri Oct 2 At 15 m. past 2 finds me on board the sloop Mary Atwater with a heavy purge of wind at the Southward bound for N.Y. Harriet LaPlace is with me. Emma Warner intended to go, but is now going to New Haven. The vessel is partly loaded with empty barrels and hogsheads from New Bedford. The vessel is moving first one side of the river and then the other, so that I can hardly write and I will stop, go on deck and see where we are. I have been on deck, when I went up we were off Ely's, now we have anchored on the anchoring ground at Saybrook and there are 15 others here besides ours and one propellar, we arrived here at half past 3 and we shall probably lay here during the night. Harriet has got her work and I must mine. (Lumsser) B. spent the evening on board.
Sat Oct 3 At half past four we were well under way - at 5 were ove the bar, and in a little while we were out of sight of the Saybrook Light-house with a fair wind and now it is not quite 8 o'clock we are near New Haven and by 8 we shall be past. Our steward is a funny man, Heber told him to cook some pork to eat with the codfish and potatoes and when went to breakfast, we found pork, but no cod-fish and potatoes. We are to have some succotash for dinner, cook says he does not know who to cook it, and I guess H & I wil have to help this man. We did so and our succotash was very good. We arrived in N.Y. about half past 4 P.M. after having a very nice sail indeed, we were a little seasick in the forenoon but soon got over it. Tim Warner came on board this evening, it is hard times here and I fear we shall to wait some time for a load.
Sun. Oct 4 12 o'clock A.M. It is very pleasant. Harriet and I have not been on shore yet. Heber has gone on board of Capt.. Bateses vessel. It does not seem much like Sunday to me, for there are a number of boys around fishing, playing &c. On one side of us is a sloop, and on the other a tow-boat Young America. One steamboat just came in with her wheel-house stove in and I wonder, that there are not more accidents happens than there does, for there are vessels, tow-boats, ferry-boat &c of every description going every direction all the time. This evening Mr Ames, Timothy Warner and Frederick Huntley called.
Mon Oct 5 A very pleasant day. Harriet and I went out walking in the forenoon & again in the afternoon. Harriet purchased her a new hat and pair of gloves, while all I bought was some peaches and candy. Geo. Warner called on board this afternoon, he goes with Uncle Ansel in the sloop Henry Clay they arrived in port about noon. This evening John, Heber, Harriet and I went to Christy's theater, we saw Geo. Warner and Richard Hunt there.
Tue Oct 6 Another pleasant day. Geo. Warner and R. Hunt called on board this morning and informed us that Mr Joseph Southworth would call for us in the afternoon. He called about 4 o'clock and we went with him to his Mother's, they live at 276 Third St. we stopped there till after tea, then went to Mrs Hunt's at 231 Fourth St. where we spent the night. George Warner and Heber were up and spent the evening, there were a couple of sisters and a brother there from Brooklyn. Richard Hunt was 17 years old, he measures in height 6 feet.
Wed Oct 7 We spent the most of the day at Mrs Hunt's. In the afternoon we went on board the sloop and got some things: we spent the night at Mrs Southworth's.
Thu Oct 8 Mrs Southworth & Mrs H went out shopping with us. I purchased me a silk, Valencia and calico dress, a delaine for Mother and one for Isabel. We went to Taylor's salon and refreshed ourselves, walked up town, then rode home, and in the evening Miss Cook, Rosalie Southworth, Harriet, Joseph, Richard, Heber and I went to Laura Keenes Theater where we saw the "Husband of an hour" and "Nobody to nurse" acted out.
Fri Oct 9 In the forenoon Rosalie Southworth and I went out shopping. I purchased me a satchel and Ellen a Parametto dress. In the afternoon Rosalie, Harriet, Heber and I went to the museum. I weighed 120 lbs.
Sat Oct 10 We have had very pleasant weather during the past week, H & I could'nt have taken a better time to come to N.Y... This forenoon H and I went on board the sloop & remained till 3 o'clock when we went on board the steamer "City of Hartford" to come home, as we had made out our visit and there was no prospect of the vessel being loaded at present. We have enjoyed ourselves well with the exception that we have both had a cold. We left N.Y. at 4 and had a good trip to Essex which place we reached about one o'clock. Mr Parker and Geo Banning conducted us to the supper table and made our trip as pleasant as agreeable. When we reached Essex we found Caroline LaPlace & Ellen Ely, Gilbert LaPlace, Henry Banning, Zebulon Warner and Matthew Damon there to carry us home. I reached home at half past 2 and found two letters there one from Aunt Emeline & the other from H Tooker.
Fri Oct 16 We received a letter from Oscar he was in Calcutta. There is a Revolution there.
Sat Oct 17 Harriet Tooker came over to Annies this morning. I went over there and spent the afternoon and she came home with me and spent the night. She returned from New Haven last Wed. we called at Mr Miner's to-night.
Sun Oct 18 A very pleasant day. In the afternoon Caroline LaPlace & I went to Hadlyme to meeting in a carriage with Gib.
Mon Oct 19 Cloudy, rained a little, I helped Mother wash a little, and packed up for Chelsea: cut a calico dress for Bell, and at on o'clock went on board the L Boardman, (formly "Cricket") and went to Hartford, reached there at 5 took a carriage to Mrs Lee's where I reached at 7 and remained there till half past 12 Wednesday when I took a carriage to the depot, stepped on board the cars and at 15 m, past 5 found myself in Boston Depot with Aunt Emeline, and she conducted me to her home at 48 Midellesex St. Chelsea.
Thu Oct 22 Took my first music lesson of Miss L.L. Cragin on the piano-forte.
Sun Oct 25 An unpleasant day. I wrote a letter to Caroline Miner, Harriet LaPlace, & Caroline, Harriet Tooker, Emma Warner, Rosalie Southworth, Lizzie Williams, Philenda Williams and Mother
February 18, 2001
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