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Oct 19 To Southington Conn
We left about 7/5 went
by way of West Chester
Norristown, Morristown
Suffern Bear Mt. Bridge
Watertown
The civil war Colon was
very fine, leaves had
not fallen much as Pa t
New Jersey, but as we
got into New York and Conn
some the swamps were
bare
Then was a frost last
night in all the country
We passed through, and
We Dahlias to one block
we saw few birds
"Purple grblers many
near Suffern
Sparrow Hawks Sun wood
torn after Long Suffern NY
26.6 miles