June 18th Wednesday Worked again untill nine in the
garden and then made the tick for the
mattress. This afternoon put the cotton in
and tied it Bridget was here a couple
of hours & picked over the curled hair
Towards evening called at Mr E Carrs, Dr Wales
and on Mrs J C Williams at Mr Torreys, Mrs S. Ames
called with me Augustus gone to Boston
Mr Bartlett spent
last night here
Evelina was making progress on the mattress for her new lounge. She “made the tick” for the cover and stuffed it with old cotton. The final cover, to be made of horsehair, was still being worked on. Bridget O’Neil, a servant who usually worked next door, came over to help Evelina with the project.
The long-lasting light of day, as the calendar approached summer solstice, allowed for late socializing. Evelina and her sister-in-law, Sarah Lothrop Ames, went out calling. They visited Esek Carr and, presumably, his wife, Ann; called on young Dr. Ephraim Wales and, again presumably, his wife Maria; and stopped at John Torrey’s to see Mrs. Joshua C. Williams. Mrs. Williams, we might infer, was a boarder or renter at Col. Torrey’s apartment building, which Evelina called a tenement. Was Mrs. Williams possibly a widow?
A Mr. Bartlett had spent the night with the family. He was from Maine, so likely had some connection to the shovel works and their ongoing need of wooden handles.
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