Tuesday July 27th Mrs Savage had quite a
comfortable night & I came home a
little before 5 Oclock & went to bed
did not rise untill nearly nine
Elizabeth Pool & Augusta came
in this forenoon with their work
Mrs Whitwell Reed Howard & Miss
Jarvis called on us all & Alsons wife
was here to tea & Mother at Augustus’
Evelina’s all-nighter at the bedside of Mrs. Savage didn’t seem to impinge on her day. After a catch-up sleep in the early morning, she was back on her feet. Augusta Gilmore and her young sister Elizabeth came over “with their work,” meaning that they brought some sewing with them, and the women sat, sewed, and visited. Later in the day, several ladies from her Unitarian circle of friends “called on us”. Her brother Alson’s wife, Henrietta Williams Gilmore, came by for tea. A most sociable day, it was.
In the other part of the house, “Horatio Ames Jun r came here to day.”* Horatio was, obviously, the eldest son of Horatio Ames, who was the brother of Oakes, Oliver Jr., Sarah Witherell, Harriet Mitchell and William Leonard Ames. Repeating previous posts, Horatio ran a forge in Connecticut, far from the shovel shop in Easton, but still connected to it financially and emotionally. He and his son were not on friendly terms, and it’s hard to determine just what had brought Horatio Jr to Easton. He arrived in the evening and for some reason Evelina didn’t mention it in her diary.
*Oliver Ames, Journal, Stonehill College Archives, Arnold Tofias Collection
To bed at 5am and up at 9am! My goodness how lazy can you get.