Life, letters and diary of Horatio Hollis Hunnewell, born July 27, 1810; died May 20, 1902; with a short history of the Hunnewell and Welles families, and an account of the Wellesley and Natick estates . Arrived home from our trip to Florida. April 1 and 9. Went up to Wellesley, with Louisa onthe ninth. Moving out hollies. April 11. Went to drive with mother in buggy. April 16. Went up to Wellesley with Louisa in her car-riage. Thermometer 75°. April 17. Had the family to dine to-day to meet MissMary B. Whitney, Henrys intended; Walter andJennie, Arthur and Jeanie, Isabella and Bob, JennySarge
Life, letters and diary of Horatio Hollis Hunnewell, born July 27, 1810; died May 20, 1902; with a short history of the Hunnewell and Welles families, and an account of the Wellesley and Natick estates . Arrived home from our trip to Florida. April 1 and 9. Went up to Wellesley, with Louisa onthe ninth. Moving out hollies. April 11. Went to drive with mother in buggy. April 16. Went up to Wellesley with Louisa in her car-riage. Thermometer 75°. April 17. Had the family to dine to-day to meet MissMary B. Whitney, Henrys intended; Walter andJennie, Arthur and Jeanie, Isabella and Bob, JennySargent and Frank, Henry, Frank, and little Hollis;fourteen in all. April 23. Went to Wellesley and planted catalpa treesby roadside in front of Darling Place. Transplant-ing rhododendrons from pits. Louisa, with littleHollis and Charlotte, left us yesterday for New Yorkto sail on the twenty-fifth in the Etruria for England. April 25. Went up to Wellesley. April 28. Moved up to Wellesley. May 8. F. W. H. moved up from Philadelphia in timefor the wedding. May 10. All ready for the great event. The wedding-day of our youngest son, Henry Sargent Hunnewell, ^This entry is in F. W. liandwriting. 140. to the Roxhury belle, Miss Mary Bowditch morning! Hurrah, boys! Three cheers! May II. Planted eighteen Douglas firs over in Sar-gents wood-lot. May 15. Drove over to Sherborn. May 19. F. W. Hunnewell elected Director of C, Q. Railroad. May 25. Have put up Conservatory awning and azaleaawning the past week, and the azaleas are now intheir prime. May 26. Put up rhododendron tent. May 27. Henry sailed from Quebec in the Parisianwith his bride. May 29. Rhododendrons in the borders in full blossom— a good week earlier than usual. June 4. A beautiful day. Had Humane Society Trus-tees at dinner: Dr. [C] Homans, Dr. [J. C] War-ren, J. C. Joy, H. A. Whitney, H. Lee, J. Rogers,A. Lawrence, Dr. [G. E.] Ellis, Rev. Brooke Her-ford, Dr. [Asa] Gray, B. P. Cheney, Dr. Walcott
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