The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are believed to be in the public domain in the United States; however, if you decide to use any of these materials, you are responsible for making your own legal assessment and securing any necessary permission.
Sund 4th . Pleasant—Reading & walking A.M. writing P.M. passed the evening the evening with Col. Schouler in his room at the "Burnett House." Preliminary to entering upon conversation, the Colonel laid out some first …illegiblerate segars cigars, but we did not agree on the first proposition—next …illegible came a …illegible bottle—to state its …illegible would be superfluous. I will merely remark that it did not …illegible Colonel said of …illegible first rate
the first began by drinking to "Auld Lang Syne", after that the drinking was ad libitum until the bottle and ourselves had changed situations and the bottle becoming dry whilst we were "on the contrary" The stuff that …illegible having set our tongues in motion old times and old things furnished us with sufficient matter to chat away four hours with very agreeably—at 11 P.M. One hour before midnight I started for home having passed an exceedingly pleasant evening
