12 September 1853
Mond. 12th . Slight sprinkling early A.M. cleared off when the sun rose—Steamer reached Louisville sometime during the night—Roused up at 5 A.M. washed, dressed, and took a walk about town till 8 A.M. when I found out the lodgings of E. T. Tilton—the stage-manager—woke him, and he went around with me in searc…illegibleh of a boarding house—After considerable trouble found a plac…illegiblee …illegible where reasonable board was to be procured at $6,00 per week A good…slip boarding-house in Louisville would be a novelty; the best hotel in the town is nothing to boast of, whilst the charges are enormous in comparison to the accomodations —I am glad that our stay here is but for a month, at the end of which time we proceed to St Louis, where I hope we shall winter