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Thursday Oct. 1. /52 Beautiful morning after muster. You will like to hear about the doings, here, yesterday; & I will tell you all I know. The weather was fine, but owing to the storm the day & night before, the companies from Portland & Bath did not all come, minus nearly half. The first thing I heard in the morning was the noise of crackers & squibs in the streets; the next thing, swearing[underlined] under the window. I rose early, & after I had done the chores & gathered 5 bbs. sweet apples to save them from the lawless muster boys, I sat me down & gard out upon the coming in of the multitudes. Martin Bray & wife & daughter Isaac Norton & Mr. Waterman put up with us. Soon came Turner artillery & the rest of the band. & a company from North Turner with red frocks. Then a small company of shabbies from Hebron, & a large company, in long white frocks, from Paris, commanded by Ripley & Jason Mitchell got up just for the occasion, by these old officers that made the smartest appearance, in marching, & manoeuvring, of any on the ground. At 9 ½ o'clk. Maj. Jennings mounted his well caparisoned Arabian; formed the companies into proper order & led them up to the depot. The little Tooth Prick really showed off handsomely, & was the liveliest & most attractive officer in the field during the day. At 10 P.M. we all walked up to see the Bath & Portland companies come in the cars. At ½ past 10 they arrived in 3 cars with many other passengers & two bands, one from Bath & one from Portland. Their tents had been pitched the night before in the Poor farm field.