July 23 - Eve at Pres[byterian] prayer meeting. Levitt Hayden killed at Gettysburg. Tonight home.
July 24 - Have a note for $800.00 with interest from Pa for deed for lot in Chittenden place.
July 25 - Have been writing a sermon this week on "Kingdom that cannot be moved". Baby has whooping cough. He caught it in Columbus. Ella has sore mouth again.
July 26 - Preached at our dear little church a.m. and communion p.m. Sunday school was done and prayer meeting stopped. They need a rector. Eve spoke at Bible society.
July 27 - Mr. Morgan* wishes bargain. Thinks the mare will be always lame. I tell him I will do what is right.
July 28 - A pleasant ride. Fixing canned fruit for me to take.
July 29 - As usual. Henry gone East. Mr. Gordon* gone. Left his word to consult my wife if dissatisfied. She will offer him $50 for the mare $10 damages for loss of sale to others perhaps.
July 30 - Took my farewell in p.m. Took [?] for once. Reached Columbus at 11 p.m. Dear Ella I hate to leave you.
July 31 - Packed a trunk with numerous things for self and others. Saw Gov. Tod to get Oren's[?] promotion but he gave me no hope. Left at 11 a.m. and left Columbus at 5.
A pleasant month. Recovered from illness. His mercies are new every day. Duty calls me away. May duty let me live at home soon "and go no more out".
Dewitt Howard* gone to 103rd regiment with Sutter.
* John D. Morgan b.1802 in Connecticut. His wife's name was Anna. They moved to Elyria in the 1850s
* Jeremiah Gordon b. abt 1810 in England. His wife's name was Jane. They moved to Elyria in the 1840s
* The younger brother of Richard's wife Ella. He was born in Delaware in 1836.
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