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1843
Thoughts on keeping a Journal and the New
Year
New Presbyterian Church at Broad and Olive Streets
Weavers' riot, January 12
Gifts from father
Abduction of Sarah Mercer
Funeral Commodore Isaac Hull
George Washington Birthday Parade
Exhibit of "Tom Thumb," the dwarf
Address by David Paul Brown before the Philomathean Society at
the University of Pennsylvania
View of the comet
Firemen's Parade
All Fool's Day April 1
Mercer Tragedy
Steamboat trip to Wilmington
Millerites predict the world to end April
Cutting conversation, laughing & whispering by the ladies
Charles West Thompson jeered at the Museum Saloon
Visit to the frigate Raritan at the Navy Yard
Sara G. Mercer, victim of abduction and seduction
Fire: McFadden's steam saw mill in Sterling Alley
Move to Burlington, New Jersey
River accident
President John Tyler, with a military escort pass through Philadelphia
Launch of the frigate Raritan at the Navy Yard
Wedding of Louise S. Sugar to Pliny B. Fuller of New York
Comments on friendship and relatives
Steamer hits a small boat. Drowning avoided
Row boating on the River with the Misses Nesbit
Independence Day
New York firemen fooled at a visit to a Temperance House
Carpentry shop fire, Main [High] Street Burlington
Harvest Home Fair in Burlington, New Jersey
Raising of a drowned man from the Delaware River
Thoughts on Summer and the beginning of a two week vacation
Aboard the USS Princeton at its launching
End of the vacation
Indian boat race on the Schuylkill River
Bishop Doane offers his resignation to the Vestry of St. Mary's
Church
Richard Christiani leaves for Natchez by steam boat via Wilmington
and Baltimore
Election Day, October 10
Description of the Mount Holly NJ Cemetery
Young woman boat passenger has a seizure
Reaction to "practical Abolition" aboard the boat
Exhibit of American manufactured articles the Franklin Institute
Lucretia Mott speaks at the Springfield NJ Quaker Meeting
Deranged man on board the steamship
Frank Johnson's Band
Floating ice on the Delaware River
Delaware River closed because of ice
Thanksgiving Day, December 21
Description of Christmas Day
Thoughts about the end of the year
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1844
Buggy race to Burlington
An Evening with the ladies at St. Mary's Hall
Leaves Elliott & Robinson, Conveyances, to start his own
business
Train accident
Starts conveyancer practice at his father's office
Ice on the River restricts navigation
Walk on the frozen river from Burlington to Bristol
Quells bogus rumor about character
George Washington's Birthday Parade
Start of the move to the new house, N.E. corner of Broad and
Wood Streets Burlington
Rancocas draw bridge damaged by huge engine
Steamer collides with a Canal boat
Performance of the Faker of Ava at the Chinese Museum
Philharmonic Society concert
Hurricane damage to the Methodist Church on Wharton Street
Buggy trip to Springfield, NJ
Sailing on the Delaware in a very brisk wind
"Native American" (Protestant)/Roman Catholic riots
St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church set a fire by mob
Near capsize of sailboat while sailing near Bristol
Whig Convention; Henry Clay for President, Theodore Frelinghuysen
for Vice President
Trenton State Prison
Children's Floral procession
Washington Square to Chinese Museum
Huge Native American meeting on Chestnut Street from 6th to 4th
Summer activities, sailing, calling on friends
Flirting with St. Mary's Hall girls
New Philadelphia steamship monopoly
Arch Street Theater
Boat grounded while sailing
Fourth of July fireworks display at St. Mary's Hall
Pistol practice
Comments on the Riots
Visitors at the Erwin house in Burlington
African American Quarterly Meeting
New York Excursion Passengers - minor fist fight
Brief meeting with several St. Mary's Hall girls
Whig Meeting in Vincentown New Jersey
20,000 people attend Whig meeting in Newtown near Bristol, PA
St. Mary's girls reprimanded for their flirtations
Horticultural Exhibition
Whig Procession
Election Day
American Manufactures exhibit at the Franklin Institute
Millerites leave Philadelphia to serve the Lord
Drowned man at the Burlington wharf
Election Day
Native American shilling concert
Social evening hops planned
Total eclipse of the moon
Steamship Bolivar disabled
First "Sociable" party
Partial eclipse of the sun
Ice on the Delaware halts New Philadelphia
Mr. Whale's Cotillion party
Christmas Day - strolling and dinner at the Edward Roberts'
Walnut Street Theater
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1845
Thoughts on the new year
Circus
Hebrew Benevolent Ball
Snow storm, sleads in Philadelphia
Ice skating on the Delaware River
Parade
River steamships New Philadelphia and Trenton
All Fool's Day pranks
Sale of Warner Estate
New office at 5th Street below Library
Begins boarding at Mrs. Parke's
Death of Henry Erwin
Trip to Wilmington for Henry Erwin's burial
Funeral Observances for President Andrew Jackson
Independence Day
Tour of the Steamer Princeton at the Navy Yard
Flirtations with the girls at St. Mary's Hall
Ending housekeeping in Burlington
Sale of furniture in Burlington prior to moving to Philadelphia
Takes lodgings at Mrs. Crim's Boarding House at 108 Walnut Street
Election Day, October 14, voted Whig
Mrs. Erwin and Miss Lydia Erwin leave for Cincinnati
Thanksgiving, November 27
Death of Grandmother, Sarah Powell Warner, in Cincinnati
Refections on a gloomy Christmas
Thoughts on the end of the year
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1846
Thoughts on the New Year
Demonstration of the telegraph machine
Improvements and additions to the State House
Wedding of Elizabeth Roberts and Lewis E. Ware
Valentine's Day
Sermon opposing theaters, balls, private parties and reading
novels
Washington's Birthday celebrations
Lucretia Mott at the Cherry Street Friends Meeting
Schuylkill River 7 feet over the dam at Fairmont
Firemen's Parade
University of Pennsylvania commencement
Boys on velocipedes
Oregon Men rally in Independence Square
Captured slave ship
Mexican War assemblage
Military review
Stage to Doylestown
Floral Exhibition at the Chinese Museum
Germantown Railroad
Political farce at the Walnut Street Theater
Start of trip to Niagara Falls, Cleveland and Cincinnati
Steamer to Bristol, NJ and rail to New York City
Steamer on the Hudson River to Troy, NY
Rail from Troy to Utica via Schenectady
Description of Trenton Falls, NY
Rail to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY
Buffalo NY
Description of Niagara Falls
Steamer on Lake Erie to Cleveland, OH
Steamer on Lake Erie to Detroit, MI
Steamer across Lake St Claire to St Claire River to Lake Huron
and Lake Michigan to Chicago, IL
Stage to Fulton, IL on the Mississippi River
Steamer north on the Mississippi River to Galena, IL
Steamer south on the Mississippi River from Galena, IL to the
Ohio River
Mormon Temple, Nauvoo, IL
St. Louis, MO
Steamer north on the Ohio River
Cincinnati, OH and a week long visit with relatives
Rail to Columbus, OH
Stage to Cleveland, OH
Steamer from Cleveland to Buffalo on Lake Erie
Niagara Falls, NY. Description of the Falls and nearby places
Rail to Lewiston, NY and steamer on Lake Ontario to the St. Lawrence
River to Montreal, Canada
Quebec, Canada
Steamer on Lake Champlain to Ticonderoga, NY
Stage to Saratoga Springs, Troy and Albany, NY
Steamer from Troy, NY on the Hudson River south to New York City
End of the trip, rail from New York to Philadelphia
Launch of the Sloop Germantown
Corner stone laying for the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul
Horticultural Exhibition
Girard College and the statue of Stephen Girard
Regilding State House wind vane
Native American (political party) torch light parade
Franklin Institute Exhibition
Wedding of Ellen M. Stockton and Charles B. Vogles
Thanksgiving Day
Volunteers for the Mexican War
Christmas Day
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1847
Thoughts on keeping a Journal and the New
Year
Two day trip to Wilmington
Skating on the Schuylkill River
Confession of love for Miss Clarke
Mr. Prout unruly or deranged at a party
Washington's Birthday: sleet and hail, poor turnout
Fight between Aikerman Welch and Mr. Bellows of New York
Description of the new Chapel of the "Holy Innocents",
Burlington
Tableau party at Miss Belangee's house
Storm damages telegraph poles to New York and Baltimore
University of Pennsylvania Commencement
Wedding party for Miss Gaul and Mr. Williamson
Celebration of the fall of the castle of San Juan de Ulloa, and
thoughts about the War with Mexico
Mexico War victory celebration
A day with the Roberts family
Tour of the new Chapel at St. Mary's Hall
Tom Thumb, the dwarf
False reports of character uncovered
Picnic at Eaglesfield on the Schuylkill River
Theater: Illusion Dance and American Flag Dance
Wedding of William H. Hays and Caroline Davis in Recklesstown,
near Burlington,NJ
Sons of Temperance procession in Philadelphia
Second picnic at Eaglesfield on the Schuylkill River
Procession for President James K. Polk in Philadelphia
Boat trip to "Franklin Park" on Rancocas Creek
News of the death of William H. Hays
Funeral of William H. Hays
Steamer to New York
Independence Day in New York City
Fort Hamilton
Steamer to West Point and the Military Academy
Rail to Philadelphia, President Polk and entourage on boar
Start of Vacation
Sailing on the Delaware River and a rain storm
Fishing party at "Dunk's Ferry"
Annoying Jokes and disruptiveness from "Stag Hall"
End of the Vacation
Chinese Museum exhibit
News of James C. Welch's death
Carriage trip to Brown's Mills
Ball at Franklin Park
Farewell party for William D. Prout
New fashionable stores on Chestnut Street
Visit to the U.S. Mint
Visit to Girard College and Fairmont
Flirtation with the fickle Caroline Andrus of Ithaca, NY
News of battles in the Mexican War
Description of the Horticultural Exhibition
Thoughts on the end of Summer and the beginning of Autumn
Thoughts on the Mexican War
Louisa M. Clarke's refusal
Native American meeting at the State House
Humorous disguise fools friends
Reconciliation with Louisa M. Clarke
Wedding party for Elizabeth Watt and Joseph L. Keen in West Philadelphia
Thoughts about Thanksgiving Day, November 25
Robbery discovered at the Boarding House
Thoughts on Christmas
Annual Christmas party at the Edward Roberts'
Masquerade Party at the Boarding House
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1848
Thoughts on the New Year and War
Erwin refused by Louisa M. Clarke
Live Models Exhibited as Statuary
Comments on the New College and the Buildings in Burlington
Live Model Artists at Franklin Hall
St.Valentine's Day; comic cards
Ice Houses on the Schuylkill River
Washington's Birthday and the possibility of peace with Mexico
Procession to honor the visit of Henry Clay to Philadelphia
Interment of Major Levi Twiggs, USMC
City in Mourning for John Quincy Adams
7000 at the Military & Citizens Irish Ball
The Volume from March 1, 1848 to October 10, 1849 is missing.
Start of the trip to Cincinnati, OH
Steamer to New York City
Steamer on the Hudson River to Albany and rail to Buffalo
Train to Buffalo via Schenectady, Utica, and Rochester
Rail to Niagara Falls, Wire Suspension Bridge to Canada
Rail to Buffalo and Steamer Niagara on Lake Erie to Cleveland
Stage to Columbus, via Brighton, Albion, Medina, Seville
Jackson and Wooster
Overland to Loudenville, Mount Vernon, Centreburg, Sunbury, Galena,
and Columbus
Overland to Springfield, rail to Xenia and Cincinnati
Stays with his Aunt Mary Harrison in Cincinnati
Mr. Borden consents to the marriage of his daughter Caroline
Buggy trip to Franklin via Carthage, Reading, Sharon and Bethany
OH
Steamer New England on the Ohio River to Wheeling, VA
via Richmond, Ripley and Maysville, KY
Glenwood, VA, Pomeroy, Ohio and Wheeling, Virginia
Wellsburg, VA, Steubenville, OH, Beaver, and Pittsburgh, PA
Steamer for Brownsville, PA on the Monongahela River. McKeesport,
Elizabethtown, Monongahela, and Brownsville, PA
Stage to Cumberland, PA via Uniontown
Stage to Frostburg and Cumberland, MD
Rail to Baltimore along the Potomac River via Harpers Ferry,
VA
Rail from Baltimore to Philadelphia
End of trip from Cincinnati,OH
Thoughts on Thanksgiving
Warner Erwin and his mother look for houses
House at Schuylkill 4th & Cherry Streets, purchased by Mrs.
Erwin
Description of Christmas Day
Skating on the Schuylkill River and the Delaware River frozen
over at Burlington, NJ
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1849
Reflections on the New Year
Samuel Bonnell, Jr. departs for New Orleans
Wedding party of John H. Chambers and Josephine Sayen Gas failure,
no light at the party
Founding of the "Logan Building Fund and Savings Association
Day trip to Wilmington
Return of Samuel Bonnell, Jr.
Wedding party for Mary B. Carter and Charles Dodge
Move to the new house at S.E. corner of Schuylkill & Cherry
Streets
Start of the Journey to Cincinnati to marry Caroline Borden
Boat to New York
Steamer for Piermont, NY
Rail to Jefferson on Seneca Lake along the Delaware River
Steamer for Geneva on Seneca Lake
Rail from Geneva to Buffalo
Steamer for Sandusky
Rail to Cincinnati
Train hits a cow, freight car overturned
Meeting Caroline and the Borden family
Wedding Date set for July 23
Mr. Borden taken ill
Wedding of Caroline Borden and Warner Erwin
Start of the Wedding Trip: Cincinnati to Sandusky by rail
Steamer on Lake Erie to Cleveland and Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Sightseeing at Niagara Falls
Rail to Lewiston and steamer on Lake Ontario to Montreal
Steamer from Rochester to Oswego on Lake Ontario
Steamer on the St. Lawrence River to Montreal Canada
Steamer on the St. Lawrence River to Quebec
Steamer from Quebec to Montreal on the St. Lawrence River
Steamer to Laparie, rail to St. Johns, steamer to Burlington,
and rail to Bellows Falls, VT
Rail to Walpole, stage to Brattleboro, and rail along the Connecticut
River via Greenfield, Hartford, New Haven to New York
End of the trip. Returned to Philadelphia by rail
Flood 10 feet over the Fairmount Dam, damage to houses, and the
gas works, causing no light in the City
Visit to Alverthorpe, residence of J. Francis Fisher
Election Day, October 8
Singer Jenny Lind in Philadelphia
Stage tp Dowingtown
Rail to Downingtown, stage to New Holland
Columbia Railroad from Lancaster to Harrisburg
Return to Philadelphia by rail
Wedding reception for Hanna Ann Meyers and James Hieskel
Thanksgiving Day, December 12
Baby due in May
Christmas Eve presents
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1850
Skating on the Schuylkill
Flora has dropsy
Wedding of Frances Anna Roberts and Edward Browning
Erwin and friends skate on the Schuylkill
Lecture on the organs of generation
News of the death of Mrs. Samuel Borden
Trip to Wilmington with Caroline
Caroline Erwin in confinement
Samuel Bonnell, Jr. moves to Wilkes-Barre
Death of Flora Pancoast, servant for 27 years
Birth of Ida Warner Erwin, May 14
Trip to Reading
Gibraltar Iron Works, Reading Rolling Mill and Gas Pipe Factory
End of confinement
Disappointing Fourth of July Fireworks
Start of trip to Catskill, NY with Edward J. Maginnis
Steamer to New York City. Rough and foggy trip at Cape May
Steamer to West Point
Tour of West Point and the Military Academy
Steamer on the Hudson River to Catskill and stage to the mountain
house
Cauderskill Falls
Climbing in the Catskills
Return boat trip to New York City on the Hudson River
End of the trip, rail to Philadelphia
Steamer to Cape May
Swimming in the Atlantic Ocean
Steamer to Philadelphia
Lydia's teeth extracted
Wedding of Amanda Lancaster (Israel) and Augustus N. Berthoud
Reinterring Stephen Girard at the College
Bloomer Concert
Start of a trip to Wilkes-Barre, Harrisburg and Baltimore
Reading Railroad to Wilkes-Barre along the Schuylkill River,
Port Clinton, Tamaqua, Hazelton and Wilkes-Barre
Description of the road from Tamaqua to Wilkes-Barre
Political sermon on Unionists and Secessionists
Description of Wilkes-Barre
Description of the interior of a coal mine
Pittston, Kingston, Plymouth, Nanticoke
Carriage trip along the East Branch of the Susquehanna River
with James E. Bonnell
Shickshinny, Lockport, Berwick
Egypttown, Bloomsburg
Catawussa, Danville, Mooresburg, Milton
Rough and Ready Rolling Mill
Lewisburg, Northumberland
Selinsgrove
Liverpool, New Buffalo
Harrisburg
Middletown, Elizabethtown
Maytown, Marietta, Columbia
Samuel Bonnell leaves the trip to return to Philadelphia
Rail to Baltimore, and descriptions of Baltimore sites
End of the trip, return to Philadelphia by rail
Wedding of Kate Smith to Vincent Smith
Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers frozen
Procession for Lajos Kossuth
Christmas Eve exchange of presents
Annual Christmas family party at the Roberts'
Fire of Hart's and Shakespeare Buildings at 6th and Chestnut
Streets
Destruction of Barnum's Museum at 7th and Chestnut Streets by
fire
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1851
January
Skating on the Schuylkill
Flora has dropy
Wedding of Frances Anna Roberts and Edward Browning
February
Erwin and friends skate on the Schuylkill
Lecture on the organs of generation
March
News of the death of Mrs. Samuel Borden
Trip to Wilmington with Caroline
April
Caroline Erwin in confinement
May
Samuel Bonnell, Jr. moves to Wilkes-Barre
Death of Flora Pancoast, servant for 27 years
Birth of Ida Warner Erwin, May 14
Trip to Reading
Gibraltar Iron Works, Reading Rolling Mill and Gas Pipe Factory
June
End of confinement
July
Disappointing Fourth of July Fireworks
Start of trip to Catskill, NY with Edward J. Maginnis
Steamer to New York City. Rough and foggy trip at Cape May
Steamer to West Point
Tour of West Point and the Military Academy
Steamer on the Hudson River to Catskill and stage to the mountain
house
Cauderskill Falls
Climbing in the Catskills
Return boat trip to New York City on the Hudson River
End of the trip, rail to Philadelphia
August
Steamer to Cape May
Swimming in the Atlantic Ocean
Steamer to Philadelphia
Lydia's teeth extracted
September
Wedding of Amanda Lancaster (Israel) and Augustus N. Berthoud
Reinterring Stephen Girard at the College
October
Bloomer Concert
November
Start of a trip to Wilkes-Barre, Harrisburg and Baltimore
Reading Railroad to Wilkes-Barre along the Schuylkill River,
Port Clinton, Tamaqua, Hazelton and Wilkes-Barre
Description of the road from Tamaqua to Wilkes-Barre
Political sermon on Unionists and Secessionists
Description of Wilkes-Barre
Description of the interior of a coal mine
Pittston, Kingston, Plymouth, Nanticoke
Carriage trip along the East Branch of the Susquehanna River
with James E. Bonnell
Shickshinny, Lockport, Berwick Egyptown, Bloomsburg
Catawussa, Danville, Mooresburg, Milton
Rough and Ready Rolling Mill
Lewisburg, Northumberland
Selinsgrove
Liverpool, New Buffalo
Harrisburg
Middletown, Elizabethtown
Maytown, Marietta, Columbia
Samuel Bonnell leaves the trip to return to Philadelphia
Rail to Baltimore, and descriptions of Baltimore sites
End of the trip, return to Philadelphia by rail
December
Wedding of Kate Smith to Vincent Smith
Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers frozen
Procession for Lajos Kossuth
Christmas Eve exchange of presents
Annual Christmas family party at the Roberts'
Fire of Heart's and Shakespeare Buildings at 6th and Chestnut
Streets
Destruction of Barnum's Museum at 7th and Chestnut Streets by
fire
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1852
Severe snow storm, Schuylkill and Delaware
Rivers frozen with skating on both
Severe fire at 7th and Market Streets
10,000 people skating on the Delaware River
Needle removed from Ida's leg
St. Patrick's Day
Usual city activities
Ida sick with measles
Start of the trip to Cincinnati
Rail to Harrisburg: Mr. and Mrs. Erwin, Ida and Miss Williams
Warner Erwin returns to Philadelphia by rail
Wedding party for Edward Bedlock and Miss Breband
Mrs. Erwin and Lydia move to Mrs. Thurlow's (south of Chester)
for the summer
Warner Erwin moves to the Washington House Hotel for the summer
Day trip to Norristown
Torch light procession commemorating the death off Henry Clay
with the Washington Grays and the First City Troop
Independence Day Celebrations in Media, the new Chester County
town, description of the town
Start of trip to Cincinnati
Steamer to Cape May and New York
Coach to Jersey City, rail to Suffern, Dunkirk via Elmira
Steamer on Lake Erie from Dunkirk, NY to Cleveland OH
Description of Cleveland
Rail to Cincinnati, via Columbus
Buggy ride to Cincinnati via Mt. Auburn, ferry to Covington,
KY
Visit to House of Refuge [school]
Camp Meeting
Steamer to Louisville, Ketucky, en route to Monmouth Cave
Description of Louisville
Stage to the Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave
Second visit to the Mammoth Cave
Nashville stage to Louisville
Steamer on the Ohio River to Cincinnati
Fishing and picnic party at Big Miami near Cincinnati
Rail to Cleveland and Steamer to Buffalo
Arrival in Buffalo and rail to Albany through Rochester, Syracuse
and Utica
Steamer on the Hudson River to New York
Rail to Philadelphia
End of the trip
Several Weddings
November
Roberts' Iron Works, [Pencoyd]
Christmas at home
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1853
Ice skating on the Wissahickon Creek
Huston Fassit falls through ice
Day trip to Media and Chester
Day trip to West Chester, meeting with former teacher, Joshua
Hoops
There are no entries from the end of January
until the middle of June
Marriage of Lydia Warner Erwin and Edward
J. Maginnis
Family trip to Yellow Springs via West Chester
A day at Yellow Springs
Six hour trip to Philadelphia
New house
Rail trip to Cincinnati Hollidaysburg, Pittsburgh and omnibus
to Allegheny City.
Rail to Crestline, Columbus, Xenia and Cincinnati
Ida sick with Chicken Pox
Day trip to North Bend, Ohio
Rail to Cleveland, steamer to Buffalo on Lake Erie and rail to
Niagara
Niagara Falls, NY
A brawl and the arrest of a waiter for murder
Tour of the Niagara Falls
Steamer from Albany on the Hudson River to New York City
A day in New York and then rail via Amboy to Camden
End of the trip
There are no entries from 2 September until
November.
Horse and wagon trip to the Delaware Water
Gap, via Doylestown, Buckville, Easton
Lodgings at Nazareth, then to Bethlehem, via Hellertown
Lodgings at Lexington, then to Chestnut Hall, Wissahickon Hill
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1854
Cold Winter weather throughout the month.
Ice on the rivers,ice skating and social activities
Lydia Erwin Maginnis miscarries
Celebration of the opening of the Belvidere Rail Road,
and Celebration Ball in Easton, PA
Rail trip to Easton, PA for the opening of the Belvidere Delaware
Railroad
Erwins rent a summer house in Mt. Airy, Germantown
Snow storm
Dinner party at the Erwins
Celebration of the City of Philadelphia Consolidation with a
steam boat ride
Death of Louisa Wood
Tour of Philadelphia: U.S. Mint, Insane Asylum, Navy Yard, Moyamensing
Prison, Eastern Penitentiary and Girard College
Mary Borden and Charlotte Upjohn leave Philadelphia for Cincinnati
Move to Mt. Airy, Germantown for the Summer
Opening of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad and the founding
of Atlantic City, NJ
Start of the trip to the White Mountains, New Hampshire
Steam boat trip from New York to Fall River
Tour of the sites of Boston
Trip on the Maine & Boston Railroad to New Hampshire
Open Wagon trip to the Flume House in a severe rain storm
Franconia Notch, NH
Climb of Mount Washington, NH
Train trip from Boston to New York
End of the trip
Move from Germantown to the City for the Winter
Horse tried on a quarter mile track at Rising Sun
Day trip to Bucks County, PA
Samuel Bonnell, Jr. stricken with bilious fever
Usual activities and many rides with Carrie and Ida
Ice skating on the Schuylkill at the Fairmount Dam
Birth of Mary Louisa Erwin
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