Wednesday, August 18, 1869

(Springfield) Up at 6. After breakfast, off at 7 for home. Lt. Hurlburt on cars. Home at 8.20. All well. Letters from Gray, Drs. Smyth & Plumer & Capt. Senn, & others. Napped it for an hour and a half before dinner. Wrote after dinner. Downtown with Fletcher. Bought fruit. Talked with him as to his plans of life. Home & wrote up diary. Sent off six S.S. letters and one other. In evening wrote on letter to Fred, also on other letters. Retired at 10.30.