Thursday April 4^th –
My dear Sister,
I have your letter of Sunday this
morning – I have been about half sick all this
week so that I have been out but little –
Fred writes me that all are well at home
and expecting you out – Henry and I went
to Church Sunday (Easter) and for the
first time remained to the communion –
There are 400 communicants – Mr and Mrs
Webster and Mrs Crawford were among the
few I knew – Dr Butler had an assistant
clergyman – They (the communicants) leave
the table ^altar^ much sooner than with us
so that the increased number did not
much prolong the service – All kneel
on the floor of their pews with their
backs to the pulpit when they come from
the altar as they do during the service
generally – Clarence went to Mr Pine church
Caroline stayed at home feeling very in-
dignant that a new dress did not fit –
which was a mistake altogether as it did
Poor Caroline I fear is to have a stormy time
getting through the world –

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informed us that he had applied for
furlough – I fear he may wait for an answer and
now it is too late to write Gen Scott says
his furlough commences the day he leaves his
Post – "Hope depend &c" Love to Frances
Your own sister

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Fanny says I must tell Aunty that she is making
soap bubbles –

Monday afternoon Caroline returned to Georgetown –
Tuesday was the day of Mr Calhouns funeral –
I drove up in the vicinity of the Capitol
with Abbey and Fanny to see the procession
which was very long but not imposing
as nothing was to be seen but carriages –
The hearse was drawn by four white horses
each ^pair of^ horses led by a coloured man with
a white scarf – You have read the Eulogies
in the Senate – I did not go to hear them – I
shall go but once more I think this session
that will be to hear Col Benton – I went
with Clarence to call at the Kings it being their
reception day – Mrs John King was ill – sore throat–
Mrs James' two daughterswere both in New York
so we saw no one but Mrs James and Miss
King – I also called upon Mrs C. S. McCauley
and Mrs Michlin – Clarence would not get
out of the carriage again after going to see
the Kings I came home with a violent headache
and have been sick ever since – Mrs Nelson
is here – I shall go to see her the first day
that I feel tolerably well – Saturday
Henry went with me call upon Madame
de Boislecompte – she was out – I called upon
a number of other ladies who are at the

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Friday
I send you the National of this morning – You will be as much surprised as
was Foote

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Samuel Foot

Birth: 1790-12-17 Death: 1878-05-11

to see the complete disagreement of Mr Websters remarks

Irving House – Among them is a Miss Jarvis of
New York who has called upon me two or
three times – She is quite intelligent – is the only
person at the Irving House (among the guests)
whose French is intelligible to the French Legation –
Mrs Dickerson is at the Irving house for a
short time – Clarence went to the Assembly
Tuesday evening – – Mrs Merediths reception
was deferred on account of the death of
Mr Calhoun – No reception at the Presidents
Tuesday morning – I called at Madame
Caravallo's Monday – The receptions are
now very quiet affairs – we seldom meet
more than one or two persons – I for saw
no one at Lady Bulwers or Madame Carvallo's
I have seen nothing of the Carrolls since Frances
left – Tell Frances that Madame Calderon
was a Miss McLoud a Scoct Scotch teacher
at the time the Senor married her –
This I heard before Fan left and I have since
learned that she is a sister of the Miss
McLoud who became so notorious by
favouring a clandestine match for one of
her pupils – Her school was then I believe
in Boston – you will probably recollect
some of the circumstances – I believe I
have nothing more that is new of the gay world

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of yesterday with the sentiments of his speech a month ago –
you will be at no loss to devise the
cause of
this change

I never shall cease regretting dear Sis, that you are not
here to read with us the letters and papers about
Henry's speech – They are coming now from Ohio
and Michigan – I shall keep them for you –
They amply atone for the abuse from other quarters –
I am sorry that the miserable editor of the Republic
insists upon placing him in a false position with
regard to the Administration – I do not like to
hear the Good President blamed for that for
which he is not responsible –The Whig paper
is unfortunate in having a man for its editor
who cannot understand that there is a World
outside of Washington – I send you an article
from Michigan – take care of it – I have one
from Maine still better but as there is but one
copy to be had I do not send it – The speech
is sent as you desired– I wrote last week to Gen Scott
making enquiries about Augustus furlough – A very
polite answer was immediately returned – enclosing
the order from Gen Twiggs for a leave of absence
for 60 days – recommending an extension – Which
Gen Scott says he will grant with pleasure –
This order from Tampa Bay only reached New
York a few days ago – from which the
Gen – infers that Augustus has not until
about this time received the answer to his
application and that unless he left in the
confidence that it would come (which I know
he did not) he may not now be more
than 100 miles on his way home – If this is
the case I shall have another letter from Augustus
very soon – until then I can come to no decision
about leaving here – I regret exceedingly now that
I did not write when Augustus first

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I never had a doubt of Dr Webster

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John Webster

Birth: 1793-05-20 Death: 1850-08-30

guilt
after reading the evidence against
him yet I could not but hope
he might escape–
It was a horrid affair altogether