Diary of Edward Bates, May 18, 1859

Went with Julia to Florissant,⁵² to vis[i]t Julian⁵³ and Sally.⁵⁴ Dined with them and returned in the evening. I never saw Sally so handsome — a good family reason for it — Julian is well and his professional prospects improving — They both seem very happy.

Note. Julian got his buggy broke today, by leaving his horse standing, unhitched, while he visited a patient. The carriage, he says, is not badly hurt, but I fear the horse may be spoiled.

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⁵² Florissant, a town of St. Louis County, sixteen miles northwest of the city of St. Louis. Here Dr. Julian Bates lived. Here, too, was the family burying-ground where Bates's mother and sister were interred.

⁵³ Next to the eldest of Mr. Bates's living sons — a physician in Florissant. See supra, "Introduction."

⁵⁴ Julian's wife, formerly Sarah Woodson.

SOURCE: Howard K. Beale, Editor, Annual Report of The American Historical Association For The Year 1930, Vol. 4, The Diary Of Edward Bates, p. 15-6