[New York—Friday, 21 March 1873]
Friday morning. L.W.J. & her daughter met us at the cars bound to go with us to Washington. A pleasant day’s journey we had of it with their friendly faces to accompany us and with Colonel Winthrop to meet us at the train. The evening of our arrival Jamie went at once to see Charles Sumner who lives in a fine house adjoining our hotel. Nothing could be finer than the situation he has chosen. He kept “J.” until midnight and tried to detain him still longer but the knowledge that I was waiting for him made him insist at length upon coming away. He found him better in health than he had supposed from the newspapers and “the same old Sumner” as Jamie said.
