Jane Bigelow Diary, 1871-1872
Title
Jane Bigelow Diary, 1871-1872
Description
The diaries of John Bigelow's wife, Jane Tunis Poultney Bigelow, make up the majority of the Diaries and Journals series. Just as respected and loved as her husband, Jane was an important figure in the New York literary and social scene. Her diaries detail their life and travels.
Date
December 18, 1871 - December 5, 1872
Creator
Bigelow, Jane Tunis Poultney
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Dec 18 - 1871
to
Dec 5 - 1872 [illegible]
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[Blank] [Blank] Dec 18th Monday 1871
Berlin & Hohenzollern St Bel Stage
mild sloppy & dirty beyond expression
Yesterday at the Dover with Mrs Isham
and her sister - a few words with
Countess Bismark who was on her
lover’s arm - in mourning for her
father (grand) She has a genuine &
pleasing manner - free from all
pretention [sic]. With my husband in a
carriage yesterday afternoon &
made a half dozen calls - Mr
B brought young Lou Allen of St
Louis home with him to dinner
Carroll was here as usual and
to tea came Gilden a nephew of
old Mr Sam - and the ever faithful
but unappreciated Tuckerman
At 8 we walked to the Meullers whom
finding out we spent an hour at
Meulas - written Haer Reid cousin
Mary Thomas & Mr Armory a
business note to Mrs von Bunsen
The Goodnoughs & [illegible]
called yesterday while we were
out - Tuesday Dec 19th
As muddy & as mild - Drove to the
Monbijou Palace to see the ex
hibition of English China
which I enjoyed very much
Then some shopping & a long
walk above home - met
Tilden who had just been to
our house & came back with
me to the door - all but baby had
gone to the Christmas Market -
Mr Abel was here all the morning
Sat an hour at Sussmann’s
last evening - went with Mrs
Isham & her sister to a fair at
Count R’s - very plain affair -
dinner and told us of James
Hoffman’s death of Diptheria [sic],
Taken ill on Thursday & died on
Sunday - He sent me a message
a fortnight since by Mr O -
Found in Bertha’s drawer today
3 of my mouchoirs & some scraps
& paper she had taken from my
desk last evening. Thursday Dec 21st 1871 - Fine -
mild wierd - Poultney just
arrived for a fortnight’s holy day
Beautiful letter from George
Griswold - yesterday in rain
& mud walked to town & back
Mrs. Rose came in the evening
& her husband also came
later - wrote cousin Mary T -
Friday Dec 22d As yesterday - played
about in the mud doing more
shopping - alone - after tea called at
Schutter’s & Bancroft’s - & Lussmaan’s
& Plunkett’s - Fisk’s have commenced
Monday evening diplomatic recep
-tions & not invited us - Annie
Riggs birthday - bought the tree
for 7 ½ groschens - Heard of Henry
T. Tuckermann’s death of pneu
monia - at his brother Lucius’s [sic]
Busy sewing for Christmas - find
it very slow work - The General
let me in & out yesterday again -
in Germany the military have
all good manners Tuesday Dec 26th 1871 Fine
Sunday both our boys were at
home and we had also at
dinner Carroll Tuckerman
Barclay
At 6 we (our own family) were
at party with expensive
presents in agate for the girls -
The tree was as poor as poverty
as was the tea afterwards & then
a few [illegible words] - trifling gifts -
for each of us & the carriage
came to take us home.
Mr B & I left the children at
the door and went to Abel’s
The Dr gave a bible in greek
to Mr R & a stupid game
to Flora - Mr R sent a handsome
ink stand & c to Abel’s children
& splendid books to the de
[illegible] - a superb
bon bons box to Mrs Kreisman -
who called with her husband
yesterday to thank him
Count Munster & his daughters were also here - to
thank Grace for the pin
-cushions she made the girls
She made also a beauty for
Mrs Ishams who in return
gave her Longfellow’s poem’s
& Tuckerman gave her [illegible]
to me a beautiful ink -
stand & books for the others -
Venice necklace & bracelets
for Jenny which are already
broken - called yesterday &
invited Mrs Gen Scheele and
her niece to come down
last evening - the Gen was
ill - at II went with the
children to the Isham’s tree -
the other Isham family
were there - afterwards gave
our presents to the servants &
dressed our salon with holly
given me by the Bellson’s -
At five had Mrs Isham & her
sister at dinner - young Sears
of Boston & his tutor Mr Koess Had invited Lieut son Etzel but
he had misunderstood the
day & came Christmas Eve
when we were all out. Mr
& Mrs Plunkett called yester
-day & sent Flora a charming
little doll in a cradle -
Mrs Lussmann sent me a large
nasty cake peculiar to this season
in Berlin. A letter from Annie
this morning - children have now
gone skating - I shall go later to look
on - Mr Petrs [sic] called yesterday -
Has been ordered to Stuttgart as
Charge d’Affaires -
Wednesday Dec 27th 1871 here
at supper Christmas night
Sears * Mr Poultney
Keess * Mr Bucher
Mrs Isham * Mr Curtis
Miss Mollar * Mr Plant
Mr Tuckerman * Mr Bates
Mr Lilden * Mrs Schulz
Mrs Lilden * Miss Schulz
Mr Swans * Miss Cultes
* Miss Williams Mr Allen
Yesterday an hour at the skating
pond with Flora - pushed on
the ice in a chair - the other
children staid [sic] longer - In
the afternoon at Sussmanns
with Annie & Jenny - In the
evening at an American party
at Hotel deRome - came away
before supper - written Mr
Hargraves & Moran -& Raucie
Wednesday Dec 28th 1871 cloudy
and cold - Mr Dinsmore called
yesterday just before our early
dinner & afterwards went with
the children to skate & returned
with them to tea - Jenny & Annie
& Flora at five went to a party at
Minlos - I went for them and
afterwards was a little while
at Oppenheim’s - Wrote Carey Ellicott from whom
I had a most lovely letter the
other day - call from Mr & Mrs
Lewald -
Thursday Dec 28th Fine -
Yesterday on the ice all the afternoon
Pushed about in a chair - crowd
of people - the evening at Lepsins -
Introduced & talked to many
new people whose names
have lost - Mrs vonBunsen
presented Mr Browning a
Fellow & Professor of Cam
-bridge, who had brought de
Bunsen a very strong letter
& was a very handsome man
Splendid moon - very cold
Saturday Dec 30th - Fine & cold
Yesterday on the ice with Flora
in my arms in a chair - George
Ashbridge came up and intro
duced himself to me - fine
looking young man - Mr
Browning & his friend came
with Mr B and afterwards came to dine with us before
going to the Opera - Invited to
dinner Monday night
Mr & Mrs Bancroft
Professor & Mrs Drake
" & Mrs Queist
" & Mrs Lessius
Gen & Mrs Schultz
Lieut Steel
Count Seckendorf
Mr & Mrs Plunkett
Mr & Mrs Scheelten
Consul & Mrs Muller Ct Munster
Mr Bucher Mr Meyer
Count Russell Mr & Mrs Otto
Sunday Dec 31st 1871 Fine -
Yesterday walked down town
with my husband - rode home
shopping on the way - at the
opera - with Mr Browning & his
friend - excellent seats opposite
the Crown Prince & his wife &
son & Emperor & Empress
Invited to Fisk’s tomorrow
evening - have declined New Year’s Day 1872 - Milder
and sloppy - row with Fritz &
the police summoned
yesterday after church a walk
with Flora - call from Mrs
Drake - Carroll at dinner &
the young Munsters - to tea
Schulenberg & the three
Christmas - calls in the afternoon
from Mr & Mrs Fisk & Arnold
Today from
Mr Thode
Mr Kauffmann
Carroll
Mr Kreismann
Mr Berger
von der Hydts cards -
Mr Tuckermann
Mr & Mrs Metedorf
Mr Bosckardt
Mr Purtes
Mr Kohlsaat
Mr Twain
Mr Plant
Mr Platimins & son Mr Ross Mr Oppenheimer
At Dinner
Consult & Madame Muller
General & Mrs Schultz
Lieut von Stzel
Mr Professor Lessius
Mr Blackington
Jan 2d 1872 - Fine
Fritz left early - after an early dinner
walked into town with Mr B -
Grace has a letter from May with a
photograph of her baby Willie -
a lovely child.
Wednesday Jan 3d 1871 - cold
Calls from waiters before noon
Then a carriage for two hours -
Shopping - Fritz back at dinner
time - five o’clock - Engaged
to come tomorrow, another
waiter -
Thursday Jan 4th 1872
Yesterday we [illegible] with
Grace & Mr B at [illegible word] National’s [supposed word]
first reception - entirely satis
fied with Grace’s appearance and impressions. She wore
pink silk with tarleton [sic]
tunic & birthey & silver
ornaments - in my blue
satin & gloves to match - the
contrast was a good one
so far as colors went -
Introduced to the beautiful
Countess von
Count
& some other interesting
people whose names I have
already lost from my memory
Friday Jan 9th 1872 Rainy
Yesterday a cab for 2 T and
with my new waiter all
the morning getting coat &
hat for him. Call from Mrs
Johnson & husband & niece
with a letter from Jane Kirby
On the ice with them an hour -
In the evening at the Italian
Minister’s - many young
officers asked to be introduced Bismarck Bohlen von Brunnow
Count von Arnim & a host
besides - Talked some with
Countess Hacks and Bruhl
& a few people whos [sic] ac
quaintences [sic] I had made
the night before. Liked
best the old Baron -
and the Post Director.
Monday Jan 8th 1872 Fine
After church yesterday called on
Mrs Bliss who said that Mr
Bancroft had an appointment
with the Countess Schulenberg
to receive us at one today - Mr B
had called Saturday evening -
we were out - he came yesterday
while we were at dinner - Mr B
had gone with John to see Poultney
at Potsdam. I saw Mr Bancroft
houses who gave me his
orders as careful as once
did Mrs Dallas - We had Mrs
Isham & her sister at tea - they brought us a bottle of pickled
oysters for which however I have
very much lost my taste - George
Ashbridge, his cousin Mr
Townsend Tuckerman & Carroll
were also here - Today at [illegible]
Mrs Fisk came over in Bancroft’s
carriage & in a horrid passion
exclaimed she did not know
we would be four in the carriage,
it was too bad to be so crowded -
& such a tirade you ever
heard - I bore it so good naturedly
and put her down so plainly &
completely - that she was forced
into feeling & confessing how
ashamed she felt of herself -
victory makes one always
generous & I forgave her
heartily - Mrs Bliss presented
us to the Countess Schulenberg
who was dull & gracious as
people always are on such
occasions - We then left cards
on three other court ladies & were safely returned to our
respective homes - Mr Bancroft
and Bigelow took a long walk
before dinner. In the evening
Grace & I went to Fisks at 9 ½ -
not a soul there - soon came
[loss] and later many
Diplomats -
Wednesday Jan 10th – soft snow
Yesterday in a coupe two hours
with Flora shopping & making
calls - In the evening at
Hefenholz’s - Mr & Mrs von
Hiele & a dozen others - Mrs
von T was very nice - Mrs
Gueist & Mrs Curtis were
also there - The Countess
Schulenberg’s cards were left
today - & the two boxes of the
Miss von Behr’s
von Nolte (Colonel)
Gustav von Massenback
[loss] 2nd Lieut
Walked with Flora this
afternoon. Thursday Jan 11th - 1872
A letter from Hay & Annie
Biggs yesterday - at 9 ½ at
Baron Notoul’s - The Munsters
and Grace staid [sic] together
most of the time - von
Brulow - Count von Arnim
& some other young officers
were very polite - was presented
to Miss von Below & the
Rothchild’s agents - jews
of course - Talked a little
with Countess Schulenberg
& presented Mr B - Count
de Bilros asked me who the
handsome girl in white
was - Miss Bigelow I was
proud and happy to tell
him - Mr B had letters
from Mrs Richards & Mrs
James - Countess [illegible]
[illegible] cards were left
for us - at Mrs Rose’s at
11 - fine hot supper - &
some nice people Friday Jan 12th
At dinner with 20 at Theis
-mann’s, sat between our
host and [illegible] - the usual
Schultens and Jews - at 8
left for general Scheelz -
a dozen engineer officers
with their wives - hot
supper at ten - sat be
-tween the general &
Capt Andrea - a very
nice fellow aus Hanover
Walked out with Flora
yesterday afternoon
Isham called
Saturday - fine & cold - Jan 13th
Yesterday leaving cards
with Mr B - the dancing class
from 6 till 8 - & then the von
Rekes & their one daughter
& the two lovers & von Bremen
& a say on officer Baron
von [loss] & the von
Bunsen’s & Napier -
13 at table - never tell it - Browning did not answer
Today busy putting all to
rights with my slow dull
waiter -
Sunday Jan 14th - cold & clear
In a carriage an hour yester
-day on business - walked
home - In the evening with
Dr Abel & Mr B to Strausbergs
until midnight - [illegible]
table -
Monday Jan 15th 1872
Heavy snow again - at
market with cook - went
down town [sic] in a bus - came
back in a sleigh - yesterday
Miss Sedgwick at dinner
& General Berdan - at tea -
Tuckerman - Miss Damon
& Lyman - Mr Allen & Dr
Stamins - too sleepy to go to
Mullers afterwards - went
early to bed - called with
Mr B - at de Thile’s in the after
noon & went alone to Scheelz -
Wednesday Jan 17th - cold & sun
Yesterday my birthday yet
not time to write a word -
Basket of flowers from
Gen & Mrs Scheelz - Napier
and Bells over & a very
pretty bookmarker [sic] from
Mrs Oppenheim - at dinner
George Ashbridge
Mr Townsend
Mr Bucher
Mrs & Mr Scheclten
Miss Scheclten
General Berdan -
and six of our own tribe
asked also Arnold Keep
& Keelter’s - Mrs Isham
& her sister in the evening
who staid [sic] till ten & presented
our getting to Helmholz’s -
call from the secretary of
the Turkish Legation - Thursday Jan 18th Fine -
Yesterday only a few moments
on the ice & with Flora as far
as Unter den Linden -
Then at 6 a dinner of 60 at
Mackwald’s - entirely jews &
[illegible] - Grace came for us
at 9 in a carriage & we went
to the Belgian Minister’s -
more officers introduced the
Count von Arnim - [illegible
words] the [illegible] he called them,
was presented to Countess Von
der Goltz - Grace & Mr B also -
Friday Jan 19th Fine
Invited to meet the Custer’s at
Kreissmann’s last evening - no
other company - we came home
at 10 ½ & then went to Fisk’s -
In the afternoon a walk with
Flora - read American
papers - Curtin says General
Besdan once kept a
shooting gallery in New York at three cents a pop - His charges
would now have to be some
-what higher - he is a terrible
sell - and a handsome one -
His family are still in Russia
but Curtin says he will not
go back there -
Saturday Jan 20th Fine
Yesterday over an hour in
a carriage shopping & leaving
cards - in the evening an
hour at Greist’s - Bancroft
among others - Greist
proposed introducing niece
Hokenloke - von Beks after
wards did it - a very nice
fellow I found him but not
so good looking as his brother
“A star was shining on his
breast” At ten Grace came
in a carriage for us to go to
Bleichroder’s - superb
ball & supper - music
from the gallery above from invisible instruments
The host took me to the
first supper table - for there
was a succession of them -
and seated me between
the young Princess Radziwill
and Mrs von Schleinitz - who
was most gracious & cor
-dially invited me to her
Wednesday and Sunday
evening receptions -
her husband was also very
polite - Mr [illegible] I liked
very much - his wife also - Mr B
introduced Count Seckendorff
whom I also liked & a friend
of Russell’s he had met at
Abel’s - A superb bouquet
the host gave me out of a
bed of them prepared
for the ladies who were to
dance the cotillion -
At 1 ½ at home - later than
I should want to stay again
Letter from Mrs [illegible] Sunday Jan 21st Foggy & cold
Yesterday afternoon with Flora
in a carriage to leave some cards -
(1700 miles from every where [sic])
What a charming story!
At the opera in the evening by
invitation of Mrs Isham & Miss
Mollar - we called for them in
our carriage - Mr Bigelow &
Mr Bancroft walked together
yesterday and today - Caroll
at dinner - we all went to church
To tea Gen Berdan Tuckerman
Townsend Ashbridge and
Mayor de Whinton
Count von Arnim & von Etzel
called this afternoon -
Tuckerman has brought us
some vanilla candy &
New Year’s cake -
A road that “begins every
where, goes anywhere, &
ends nowhere” - Letter from
Flora Isham - sent a silk
dress for Flora Tuesday Jan 23d Fine
Yesterday a call from Baron
Althaus - & cards from the
Countess Bernstorff & family
Met Bucher in the street &
walked with him to Wilhelm
Strasse - in the afternoon went
too late on the ice to see Bis
mark who had been stalking
about a half hour - went
up stairs to Mrs von Schulz
before going with Grace to
Schulten’s - Bucher had dined
there and I had a long and
agreable talk with him
Townsend and Ashbridge
went with us - Carroll was
also there & some others we knew
Mr. B has presented me for my
birthday with fine pictures
of Molike and Bismark
Mrs Munson has sent
Grace from Paris flowers
blue & white daisies for
her presentation - a present - and I also ordered
through Mrs James - leaves
and grass to trim a ball
dress -
Wednesday Jan 24th Fine
yesterday on the ice & to call
at the Smiths and Ishams -
saw the new baby - in the
evening at Helmholtz -
the sister from [illegible]
returns today -
Thursday Jan 25th - mild
and fearful slush -
Yesterday walked with Mrs
Isham & her sister to the
Hotel - dined & afterwards
at dusk walked back -
In the evening with Mr B
at von Schleinitz - introduced
to a maid of honor of the
Queen’s - very gracious - a
Baron - Gen - a prince &
five Counts - officers
The child’s question - Where are the bad people buried -
Friday Jan 26th 1872 Fine
Yesterday Mrs Isham & her
sister came up at six to help
us dress and at seven we
drove to Bancrofts & followed
on behind his & Fisk’s carriage
to the old Schloss - upon entering
we gave up our covers &
mounted two flights of stairs
wide & low to the [illegible]
door where the Diplomats
were to assemble - The wives
of the Station and Belgian
Ministers were not there -
but the Minister of St
Salvador at London was very
polite and asked the wife
of the Spanish Minister to
present me to the Marquise
[loss] and I myself
asked Mrs Hammer to present
me to the Countess Carolyn
the wife of the new Austrian Minister - I wore my
white satin petticoat &
white lace shawl for a time -
light green satin train &
waist - the latter trimmed
with point applique -
Diamond star in my hair
& necklace & earrings to
match - my dear aunt
Eliza’s silk stockings &
satin slippers from among
my old Paris finery -
Mrs Edgerton’s splendid
Lace mouchoir - & so my
toilette ended - Grace
had a lovely Tarleton with
white silk waist & train -
on the waist my finest
point lace - The field
flowers & daiseys [sic] on the
bodice & shirt - fan
to match - her head
looked lovely with a tiny
bouquet that belonged
to the parure There was the usual busy excite-
ment about the gentlemen
with big canes who directed
where every body [sic] was to go and
stay until finally we were
formed into a line - quaker
fashion, men and women
divided, and the Imperial
presence entered - the Sun
Press first with two pages
holding her train aloft &
the Countess Schenkenberg
presiding at the side of it -
Her Majesty spoke in turn
to [illegible] on every one of the
ladies and looked at me
well before she took charge
of the Fisk produce -
Then when the countess
[illegible] me - she was
markedly cordial - thought
she had known some of my
relations in Holland - was
very glad to see me, and hoped
she would see me very often - I could not ask more - The
Emperor spoke in French &
was also very civil - Bismarck
talked with me some mo
ments - I thanked him for
having made me so happy -
by his autograph - he
hoped he could make
me much more happy -
I would keep his shadow
always beside me - he said
the substance would
follow the shadow -
In fact he was just as charming
as he had been described -
We were home a little before
one o’clock - delighted with
our first introduction at the
first Imperial Court of
this dynasty - The jewels of
the Empress were like the
sun - I never saw such a
display - my one lone star -
and the tiny strings around
my neck faded into nothing [Blank] Saturday Jan 27th Fine
Ground frozen - a carriage
yesterday for 3 ½ Haled -
Shopping & calling with
Mr B and Grace & alone
von H [loss] changed Mr
Armitage’s ticket for one
for me - I asked him
myself in the street to do so -
von Steel told me who he
was - Abel spent the evening
with Mr B - Ashbridge came
up & he and Mr Oppenheim
went in a back & I with
his wife and Ida & Miss
Francis - walked & talked
with the nice old Baron
whose acquaintance we
made at deLauney’s -
the Gen I met at von
Schleinitz - & a few others
only - took an ice & came
home before 2 - Letter
from cousin Mary & the
Potsdam house costs $2000
[illegible] Monday Jan 29th 1872
Foggy - Saturday called at
the London deBunsen’s - then
drove to the Victoria Theatre
to see the “Wunderhorn” in
honor of the young Prince’s
birth day, who was ill & un
able to be present - The first
rank was occupied by
invited guests of the Crown
Prince but I had the middle
seat in the front row of the
parquet & saw & heard
admirably - It was all a
very pretty picture - the
rows of glad happy young
faces around the house -
very few grown people -
the boxes were filled mostly
by diplomats and their
friends - the parquet by
well dressed curious
strangers mostly - The
Crown Prince & Princess
& Prince Arthur were [Blank page]
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Berlin & Hohenzollern St Bel Stage
mild sloppy & dirty beyond expression
Yesterday at the Dover with Mrs Isham
and her sister - a few words with
Countess Bismark who was on her
lover’s arm - in mourning for her
father (grand) She has a genuine &
pleasing manner - free from all
pretention [sic]. With my husband in a
carriage yesterday afternoon &
made a half dozen calls - Mr
B brought young Lou Allen of St
Louis home with him to dinner
Carroll was here as usual and
to tea came Gilden a nephew of
old Mr Sam - and the ever faithful
but unappreciated Tuckerman
At 8 we walked to the Meullers whom
finding out we spent an hour at
Meulas - written Haer Reid cousin
Mary Thomas & Mr Armory a
business note to Mrs von Bunsen
The Goodnoughs & [illegible]
called yesterday while we were
out - Tuesday Dec 19th
As muddy & as mild - Drove to the
Monbijou Palace to see the ex
hibition of English China
which I enjoyed very much
Then some shopping & a long
walk above home - met
Tilden who had just been to
our house & came back with
me to the door - all but baby had
gone to the Christmas Market -
Mr Abel was here all the morning
Sat an hour at Sussmann’s
last evening - went with Mrs
Isham & her sister to a fair at
Count R’s - very plain affair -
dinner and told us of James
Hoffman’s death of Diptheria [sic],
Taken ill on Thursday & died on
Sunday - He sent me a message
a fortnight since by Mr O -
Found in Bertha’s drawer today
3 of my mouchoirs & some scraps
& paper she had taken from my
desk last evening. Thursday Dec 21st 1871 - Fine -
mild wierd - Poultney just
arrived for a fortnight’s holy day
Beautiful letter from George
Griswold - yesterday in rain
& mud walked to town & back
Mrs. Rose came in the evening
& her husband also came
later - wrote cousin Mary T -
Friday Dec 22d As yesterday - played
about in the mud doing more
shopping - alone - after tea called at
Schutter’s & Bancroft’s - & Lussmaan’s
& Plunkett’s - Fisk’s have commenced
Monday evening diplomatic recep
-tions & not invited us - Annie
Riggs birthday - bought the tree
for 7 ½ groschens - Heard of Henry
T. Tuckermann’s death of pneu
monia - at his brother Lucius’s [sic]
Busy sewing for Christmas - find
it very slow work - The General
let me in & out yesterday again -
in Germany the military have
all good manners Tuesday Dec 26th 1871 Fine
Sunday both our boys were at
home and we had also at
dinner Carroll Tuckerman
Barclay
At 6 we (our own family) were
at party with expensive
presents in agate for the girls -
The tree was as poor as poverty
as was the tea afterwards & then
a few [illegible words] - trifling gifts -
for each of us & the carriage
came to take us home.
Mr B & I left the children at
the door and went to Abel’s
The Dr gave a bible in greek
to Mr R & a stupid game
to Flora - Mr R sent a handsome
ink stand & c to Abel’s children
& splendid books to the de
[illegible] - a superb
bon bons box to Mrs Kreisman -
who called with her husband
yesterday to thank him
Count Munster & his daughters were also here - to
thank Grace for the pin
-cushions she made the girls
She made also a beauty for
Mrs Ishams who in return
gave her Longfellow’s poem’s
& Tuckerman gave her [illegible]
to me a beautiful ink -
stand & books for the others -
Venice necklace & bracelets
for Jenny which are already
broken - called yesterday &
invited Mrs Gen Scheele and
her niece to come down
last evening - the Gen was
ill - at II went with the
children to the Isham’s tree -
the other Isham family
were there - afterwards gave
our presents to the servants &
dressed our salon with holly
given me by the Bellson’s -
At five had Mrs Isham & her
sister at dinner - young Sears
of Boston & his tutor Mr Koess Had invited Lieut son Etzel but
he had misunderstood the
day & came Christmas Eve
when we were all out. Mr
& Mrs Plunkett called yester
-day & sent Flora a charming
little doll in a cradle -
Mrs Lussmann sent me a large
nasty cake peculiar to this season
in Berlin. A letter from Annie
this morning - children have now
gone skating - I shall go later to look
on - Mr Petrs [sic] called yesterday -
Has been ordered to Stuttgart as
Charge d’Affaires -
Wednesday Dec 27th 1871 here
at supper Christmas night
Sears * Mr Poultney
Keess * Mr Bucher
Mrs Isham * Mr Curtis
Miss Mollar * Mr Plant
Mr Tuckerman * Mr Bates
Mr Lilden * Mrs Schulz
Mrs Lilden * Miss Schulz
Mr Swans * Miss Cultes
* Miss Williams Mr Allen
Yesterday an hour at the skating
pond with Flora - pushed on
the ice in a chair - the other
children staid [sic] longer - In
the afternoon at Sussmanns
with Annie & Jenny - In the
evening at an American party
at Hotel deRome - came away
before supper - written Mr
Hargraves & Moran -& Raucie
Wednesday Dec 28th 1871 cloudy
and cold - Mr Dinsmore called
yesterday just before our early
dinner & afterwards went with
the children to skate & returned
with them to tea - Jenny & Annie
& Flora at five went to a party at
Minlos - I went for them and
afterwards was a little while
at Oppenheim’s - Wrote Carey Ellicott from whom
I had a most lovely letter the
other day - call from Mr & Mrs
Lewald -
Thursday Dec 28th Fine -
Yesterday on the ice all the afternoon
Pushed about in a chair - crowd
of people - the evening at Lepsins -
Introduced & talked to many
new people whose names
have lost - Mrs vonBunsen
presented Mr Browning a
Fellow & Professor of Cam
-bridge, who had brought de
Bunsen a very strong letter
& was a very handsome man
Splendid moon - very cold
Saturday Dec 30th - Fine & cold
Yesterday on the ice with Flora
in my arms in a chair - George
Ashbridge came up and intro
duced himself to me - fine
looking young man - Mr
Browning & his friend came
with Mr B and afterwards came to dine with us before
going to the Opera - Invited to
dinner Monday night
Mr & Mrs Bancroft
Professor & Mrs Drake
" & Mrs Queist
" & Mrs Lessius
Gen & Mrs Schultz
Lieut Steel
Count Seckendorf
Mr & Mrs Plunkett
Mr & Mrs Scheelten
Consul & Mrs Muller Ct Munster
Mr Bucher Mr Meyer
Count Russell Mr & Mrs Otto
Sunday Dec 31st 1871 Fine -
Yesterday walked down town
with my husband - rode home
shopping on the way - at the
opera - with Mr Browning & his
friend - excellent seats opposite
the Crown Prince & his wife &
son & Emperor & Empress
Invited to Fisk’s tomorrow
evening - have declined New Year’s Day 1872 - Milder
and sloppy - row with Fritz &
the police summoned
yesterday after church a walk
with Flora - call from Mrs
Drake - Carroll at dinner &
the young Munsters - to tea
Schulenberg & the three
Christmas - calls in the afternoon
from Mr & Mrs Fisk & Arnold
Today from
Mr Thode
Mr Kauffmann
Carroll
Mr Kreismann
Mr Berger
von der Hydts cards -
Mr Tuckermann
Mr & Mrs Metedorf
Mr Bosckardt
Mr Purtes
Mr Kohlsaat
Mr Twain
Mr Plant
Mr Platimins & son Mr Ross Mr Oppenheimer
At Dinner
Consult & Madame Muller
General & Mrs Schultz
Lieut von Stzel
Mr Professor Lessius
Mr Blackington
Jan 2d 1872 - Fine
Fritz left early - after an early dinner
walked into town with Mr B -
Grace has a letter from May with a
photograph of her baby Willie -
a lovely child.
Wednesday Jan 3d 1871 - cold
Calls from waiters before noon
Then a carriage for two hours -
Shopping - Fritz back at dinner
time - five o’clock - Engaged
to come tomorrow, another
waiter -
Thursday Jan 4th 1872
Yesterday we [illegible] with
Grace & Mr B at [illegible word] National’s [supposed word]
first reception - entirely satis
fied with Grace’s appearance and impressions. She wore
pink silk with tarleton [sic]
tunic & birthey & silver
ornaments - in my blue
satin & gloves to match - the
contrast was a good one
so far as colors went -
Introduced to the beautiful
Countess von
Count
& some other interesting
people whose names I have
already lost from my memory
Friday Jan 9th 1872 Rainy
Yesterday a cab for 2 T and
with my new waiter all
the morning getting coat &
hat for him. Call from Mrs
Johnson & husband & niece
with a letter from Jane Kirby
On the ice with them an hour -
In the evening at the Italian
Minister’s - many young
officers asked to be introduced Bismarck Bohlen von Brunnow
Count von Arnim & a host
besides - Talked some with
Countess Hacks and Bruhl
& a few people whos [sic] ac
quaintences [sic] I had made
the night before. Liked
best the old Baron -
and the Post Director.
Monday Jan 8th 1872 Fine
After church yesterday called on
Mrs Bliss who said that Mr
Bancroft had an appointment
with the Countess Schulenberg
to receive us at one today - Mr B
had called Saturday evening -
we were out - he came yesterday
while we were at dinner - Mr B
had gone with John to see Poultney
at Potsdam. I saw Mr Bancroft
houses who gave me his
orders as careful as once
did Mrs Dallas - We had Mrs
Isham & her sister at tea - they brought us a bottle of pickled
oysters for which however I have
very much lost my taste - George
Ashbridge, his cousin Mr
Townsend Tuckerman & Carroll
were also here - Today at [illegible]
Mrs Fisk came over in Bancroft’s
carriage & in a horrid passion
exclaimed she did not know
we would be four in the carriage,
it was too bad to be so crowded -
& such a tirade you ever
heard - I bore it so good naturedly
and put her down so plainly &
completely - that she was forced
into feeling & confessing how
ashamed she felt of herself -
victory makes one always
generous & I forgave her
heartily - Mrs Bliss presented
us to the Countess Schulenberg
who was dull & gracious as
people always are on such
occasions - We then left cards
on three other court ladies & were safely returned to our
respective homes - Mr Bancroft
and Bigelow took a long walk
before dinner. In the evening
Grace & I went to Fisks at 9 ½ -
not a soul there - soon came
[loss] and later many
Diplomats -
Wednesday Jan 10th – soft snow
Yesterday in a coupe two hours
with Flora shopping & making
calls - In the evening at
Hefenholz’s - Mr & Mrs von
Hiele & a dozen others - Mrs
von T was very nice - Mrs
Gueist & Mrs Curtis were
also there - The Countess
Schulenberg’s cards were left
today - & the two boxes of the
Miss von Behr’s
von Nolte (Colonel)
Gustav von Massenback
[loss] 2nd Lieut
Walked with Flora this
afternoon. Thursday Jan 11th - 1872
A letter from Hay & Annie
Biggs yesterday - at 9 ½ at
Baron Notoul’s - The Munsters
and Grace staid [sic] together
most of the time - von
Brulow - Count von Arnim
& some other young officers
were very polite - was presented
to Miss von Below & the
Rothchild’s agents - jews
of course - Talked a little
with Countess Schulenberg
& presented Mr B - Count
de Bilros asked me who the
handsome girl in white
was - Miss Bigelow I was
proud and happy to tell
him - Mr B had letters
from Mrs Richards & Mrs
James - Countess [illegible]
[illegible] cards were left
for us - at Mrs Rose’s at
11 - fine hot supper - &
some nice people Friday Jan 12th
At dinner with 20 at Theis
-mann’s, sat between our
host and [illegible] - the usual
Schultens and Jews - at 8
left for general Scheelz -
a dozen engineer officers
with their wives - hot
supper at ten - sat be
-tween the general &
Capt Andrea - a very
nice fellow aus Hanover
Walked out with Flora
yesterday afternoon
Isham called
Saturday - fine & cold - Jan 13th
Yesterday leaving cards
with Mr B - the dancing class
from 6 till 8 - & then the von
Rekes & their one daughter
& the two lovers & von Bremen
& a say on officer Baron
von [loss] & the von
Bunsen’s & Napier -
13 at table - never tell it - Browning did not answer
Today busy putting all to
rights with my slow dull
waiter -
Sunday Jan 14th - cold & clear
In a carriage an hour yester
-day on business - walked
home - In the evening with
Dr Abel & Mr B to Strausbergs
until midnight - [illegible]
table -
Monday Jan 15th 1872
Heavy snow again - at
market with cook - went
down town [sic] in a bus - came
back in a sleigh - yesterday
Miss Sedgwick at dinner
& General Berdan - at tea -
Tuckerman - Miss Damon
& Lyman - Mr Allen & Dr
Stamins - too sleepy to go to
Mullers afterwards - went
early to bed - called with
Mr B - at de Thile’s in the after
noon & went alone to Scheelz -
Wednesday Jan 17th - cold & sun
Yesterday my birthday yet
not time to write a word -
Basket of flowers from
Gen & Mrs Scheelz - Napier
and Bells over & a very
pretty bookmarker [sic] from
Mrs Oppenheim - at dinner
George Ashbridge
Mr Townsend
Mr Bucher
Mrs & Mr Scheclten
Miss Scheclten
General Berdan -
and six of our own tribe
asked also Arnold Keep
& Keelter’s - Mrs Isham
& her sister in the evening
who staid [sic] till ten & presented
our getting to Helmholz’s -
call from the secretary of
the Turkish Legation - Thursday Jan 18th Fine -
Yesterday only a few moments
on the ice & with Flora as far
as Unter den Linden -
Then at 6 a dinner of 60 at
Mackwald’s - entirely jews &
[illegible] - Grace came for us
at 9 in a carriage & we went
to the Belgian Minister’s -
more officers introduced the
Count von Arnim - [illegible
words] the [illegible] he called them,
was presented to Countess Von
der Goltz - Grace & Mr B also -
Friday Jan 19th Fine
Invited to meet the Custer’s at
Kreissmann’s last evening - no
other company - we came home
at 10 ½ & then went to Fisk’s -
In the afternoon a walk with
Flora - read American
papers - Curtin says General
Besdan once kept a
shooting gallery in New York at three cents a pop - His charges
would now have to be some
-what higher - he is a terrible
sell - and a handsome one -
His family are still in Russia
but Curtin says he will not
go back there -
Saturday Jan 20th Fine
Yesterday over an hour in
a carriage shopping & leaving
cards - in the evening an
hour at Greist’s - Bancroft
among others - Greist
proposed introducing niece
Hokenloke - von Beks after
wards did it - a very nice
fellow I found him but not
so good looking as his brother
“A star was shining on his
breast” At ten Grace came
in a carriage for us to go to
Bleichroder’s - superb
ball & supper - music
from the gallery above from invisible instruments
The host took me to the
first supper table - for there
was a succession of them -
and seated me between
the young Princess Radziwill
and Mrs von Schleinitz - who
was most gracious & cor
-dially invited me to her
Wednesday and Sunday
evening receptions -
her husband was also very
polite - Mr [illegible] I liked
very much - his wife also - Mr B
introduced Count Seckendorff
whom I also liked & a friend
of Russell’s he had met at
Abel’s - A superb bouquet
the host gave me out of a
bed of them prepared
for the ladies who were to
dance the cotillion -
At 1 ½ at home - later than
I should want to stay again
Letter from Mrs [illegible] Sunday Jan 21st Foggy & cold
Yesterday afternoon with Flora
in a carriage to leave some cards -
(1700 miles from every where [sic])
What a charming story!
At the opera in the evening by
invitation of Mrs Isham & Miss
Mollar - we called for them in
our carriage - Mr Bigelow &
Mr Bancroft walked together
yesterday and today - Caroll
at dinner - we all went to church
To tea Gen Berdan Tuckerman
Townsend Ashbridge and
Mayor de Whinton
Count von Arnim & von Etzel
called this afternoon -
Tuckerman has brought us
some vanilla candy &
New Year’s cake -
A road that “begins every
where, goes anywhere, &
ends nowhere” - Letter from
Flora Isham - sent a silk
dress for Flora Tuesday Jan 23d Fine
Yesterday a call from Baron
Althaus - & cards from the
Countess Bernstorff & family
Met Bucher in the street &
walked with him to Wilhelm
Strasse - in the afternoon went
too late on the ice to see Bis
mark who had been stalking
about a half hour - went
up stairs to Mrs von Schulz
before going with Grace to
Schulten’s - Bucher had dined
there and I had a long and
agreable talk with him
Townsend and Ashbridge
went with us - Carroll was
also there & some others we knew
Mr. B has presented me for my
birthday with fine pictures
of Molike and Bismark
Mrs Munson has sent
Grace from Paris flowers
blue & white daisies for
her presentation - a present - and I also ordered
through Mrs James - leaves
and grass to trim a ball
dress -
Wednesday Jan 24th Fine
yesterday on the ice & to call
at the Smiths and Ishams -
saw the new baby - in the
evening at Helmholtz -
the sister from [illegible]
returns today -
Thursday Jan 25th - mild
and fearful slush -
Yesterday walked with Mrs
Isham & her sister to the
Hotel - dined & afterwards
at dusk walked back -
In the evening with Mr B
at von Schleinitz - introduced
to a maid of honor of the
Queen’s - very gracious - a
Baron - Gen - a prince &
five Counts - officers
The child’s question - Where are the bad people buried -
Friday Jan 26th 1872 Fine
Yesterday Mrs Isham & her
sister came up at six to help
us dress and at seven we
drove to Bancrofts & followed
on behind his & Fisk’s carriage
to the old Schloss - upon entering
we gave up our covers &
mounted two flights of stairs
wide & low to the [illegible]
door where the Diplomats
were to assemble - The wives
of the Station and Belgian
Ministers were not there -
but the Minister of St
Salvador at London was very
polite and asked the wife
of the Spanish Minister to
present me to the Marquise
[loss] and I myself
asked Mrs Hammer to present
me to the Countess Carolyn
the wife of the new Austrian Minister - I wore my
white satin petticoat &
white lace shawl for a time -
light green satin train &
waist - the latter trimmed
with point applique -
Diamond star in my hair
& necklace & earrings to
match - my dear aunt
Eliza’s silk stockings &
satin slippers from among
my old Paris finery -
Mrs Edgerton’s splendid
Lace mouchoir - & so my
toilette ended - Grace
had a lovely Tarleton with
white silk waist & train -
on the waist my finest
point lace - The field
flowers & daiseys [sic] on the
bodice & shirt - fan
to match - her head
looked lovely with a tiny
bouquet that belonged
to the parure There was the usual busy excite-
ment about the gentlemen
with big canes who directed
where every body [sic] was to go and
stay until finally we were
formed into a line - quaker
fashion, men and women
divided, and the Imperial
presence entered - the Sun
Press first with two pages
holding her train aloft &
the Countess Schenkenberg
presiding at the side of it -
Her Majesty spoke in turn
to [illegible] on every one of the
ladies and looked at me
well before she took charge
of the Fisk produce -
Then when the countess
[illegible] me - she was
markedly cordial - thought
she had known some of my
relations in Holland - was
very glad to see me, and hoped
she would see me very often - I could not ask more - The
Emperor spoke in French &
was also very civil - Bismarck
talked with me some mo
ments - I thanked him for
having made me so happy -
by his autograph - he
hoped he could make
me much more happy -
I would keep his shadow
always beside me - he said
the substance would
follow the shadow -
In fact he was just as charming
as he had been described -
We were home a little before
one o’clock - delighted with
our first introduction at the
first Imperial Court of
this dynasty - The jewels of
the Empress were like the
sun - I never saw such a
display - my one lone star -
and the tiny strings around
my neck faded into nothing [Blank] Saturday Jan 27th Fine
Ground frozen - a carriage
yesterday for 3 ½ Haled -
Shopping & calling with
Mr B and Grace & alone
von H [loss] changed Mr
Armitage’s ticket for one
for me - I asked him
myself in the street to do so -
von Steel told me who he
was - Abel spent the evening
with Mr B - Ashbridge came
up & he and Mr Oppenheim
went in a back & I with
his wife and Ida & Miss
Francis - walked & talked
with the nice old Baron
whose acquaintance we
made at deLauney’s -
the Gen I met at von
Schleinitz - & a few others
only - took an ice & came
home before 2 - Letter
from cousin Mary & the
Potsdam house costs $2000
[illegible] Monday Jan 29th 1872
Foggy - Saturday called at
the London deBunsen’s - then
drove to the Victoria Theatre
to see the “Wunderhorn” in
honor of the young Prince’s
birth day, who was ill & un
able to be present - The first
rank was occupied by
invited guests of the Crown
Prince but I had the middle
seat in the front row of the
parquet & saw & heard
admirably - It was all a
very pretty picture - the
rows of glad happy young
faces around the house -
very few grown people -
the boxes were filled mostly
by diplomats and their
friends - the parquet by
well dressed curious
strangers mostly - The
Crown Prince & Princess
& Prince Arthur were [Blank page]