In the stage were a Dr. Goodsell Mr. Waters of Charleston Mr. Hall and his mother of Columbia. When we arrived at Norfolk where we changed horses we were joined by a company of boisterous Dandies but our carriage, not being sufficiently large to carry both parties they proceeded in a separate stage. We were not annoyed by them at all—but they made a great noise—When we stopped to dine they appeared to have received a renovation of _spirits_—but they had not gone far before they broke their carriage which detained us so much that we did not arrive at Albany until about 8 o’clock. We staid there until the next day at 4 o’clock when we left there for Utica. A Mr. Brown of Auburn was one of our company and was very polite to me. We went to Schenectady that evening and left there at 3 in the morning. In one of the stages was Mr. C. Kirkland who paid me much attention. We arrived at Utica about sunset and after calling a moment on Aunt B. I went to New Hartford with Mr. Mrs. and Miss Marie Lyon who came to join Miss Rossiter, and in the morning went with F. Hurlbut to see my dearest Mamma. (Written by M. L. W. in 1822 at the age of sixteen) 1825. MARY PECK—HER ALBUM. The name of Mary W. Peck occurs in the list of pupils for the year 1811, and is placed among that of the teachers for the year 1825 as instructor of drawing. She was the step-daughter of Dr. Abel Catlin, and lived with him in the Frederick Deming house. She married Edward D. Mansfield, whose account of his coming to Litchfield to study law is given earlier in this book. That he found something there to study besides law is evident. Mr. Mansfield gave Miss Peck an album on January 8, 1825, which is filled with a large collection of delicate paintings showing great skill in the use of her brush, with many locks of the hair of her friends, arranged ingeniously and tastefully, and with extracts or original articles written by friends, many of them noted residents of Litchfield. The following are the autographs in the Album of Mary W. Peck: