Daniel Ricketson writes in his journal:
Clear and fine. Left Concord at 8 ½ A.M., my friend T. accompanying me to the depot; introduced to young Horace Mann, Mr. T.’s late companion to Minnesota; arrived home to dinner. I think T. seemed improving when I left him at Concord. Dr. D[enniston], though he faithfully examined his case, was unable to awaken in T. an interest in his mode of treating disease by the water practice. The Doctor kindly invited T. to come to Northhampton and stop a fortnight as a guest with him; discouraged his going to the West Indies. I hope T. may be improving and need no Doctor or absence from home.
