Smithsonian Institution The William Steinway Diary: 1861-1896
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| New York, June 28th 1877. | ||
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June 28th Thursday. |
In buggy with H. St. to factory, see mother, then to Normal College where I see the most interesting closing exercises, busy all day, with 4.40 boat & H. Cassebeer to Astoria, stop a moment at Rassigas after supper, drive up with Bam & baby & Henry Cassebeer to Closing exercises of Steinway School, held in the barn of our Sargent house, from 7½-10 P.M. very interesting, children very much amused. At my house during day. |
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| C. Schmidt tells me that Emmy Wilhelms is engaged to Rathmann | ||
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June 29th friday. |
Cool pleasant day. lunch at Rathskeller, work in store til 9 P.M. writing to Theo. & R. R. & send her pictures of George & Paula. To Summer Nights festival of L.K. at Jones Wood, they sing "Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe" fairly. Home at 12 oclock. |
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June 30th sat. |
Our men at Store work overtime, so that we get off a large number of old styles, and the number we have shipped during June, is probably the largest ever shipped during any one month, lunch at Schülers. At 4 P.M. am served with complaint of Meiners to be brought in the Superior Court, I send Copy of it to Mr. Cotterill at the Hoffmann House. At 4.40 via 23d street to Astoria Dulcken calls in eve'g, I arrange his giving Music lessons to my children Monday & Thursday morning. We afterwards play Skat, where I lose 25 Cents. Before card playing Mr. Dulcken & I have some Music, he playing I singing, am in very good voice |
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