04 February 1854
Sat. 4th . Pleasant—Reading & walking. A.M.. P.M. went to the Probate Court—and procured a "license of marriage". Two A few days since I should have as soon expected to obtain a "license to kill " as a license to marry—after supper sent word to the Rev. Mr Quimby, of the universalist church, that his services would be required on the following day to join together "Two souls with but a single thought—two hearts that beat as one "—Very pretty poetry this—I Trustthough I trust there will be more truth than
