_Aug. 18_ Miss Tomlinson (Mary Ann, daughter of Dr. Tomlinson & Sally Hill of Guilford) mar. Rev. —— Mitchell & is now living at Stratford Conn—(where Dr. T. was a practising physician May 16, 1809). * * * * * _Aug. 18_ (Evening) Miss Talmadge here—is certainly elegant—there is no such woman in New Haven—Litchfield is certainly an extraordinary place for beauty—the mountain air gives them the expression of health & that is the principal ingredient—went to see her with M.—She has been at D; was charmed with the romantic cast of the country—true—they have reason to boast of that—it is more like my idea of Scottish-high-land scenery than any other I have seen—but the girls are the pride of the place. A flattering letter from Geo. Jacobs. * * * * * _Aug. 19^{th}_ (Morning) Am in trouble.[53] Capt. Vose says it rained so fast in D. the other night that “it seemed as if the clouds had tipt up.” * * * * * Chief Justice Hosmer is the man who disturbed me with his noise at Dr. Catlin’s—as he roomed under me—he who offered to marry Mary Peck & myself & made us blush—have just met him—he appeared very jolly—“pressed my hand” very hard—& said “be as great a man as Daggett.” A Law Case before my Justice Cupid Black Eyes versus Blue Eyes. * * * * * How unfortunate it is to forget faces! I am cruelly troubled in that way—instance the story of Betsey Burr—ask me what that was & I will tell you. Mr. Goodrich from Georgia—an entertaining old gentleman. * * * * * _Aug. 31^{st}._...