Nicoll Floyd Elmendorf to Hattie Elmendorf,, 1877, February 13, 1

All the elite of the town were at a ball the previous night, where he danced himself "nearly to death." (A "bill of fare" is included, a dance card labeled "Assembly at Masonic Hall, Monday Evening, Feb'y 12, 1877." Floyd is engaged for 13 of the 15 dances.). He is on the stage committee for a theatrical performance planned for after Lent--a travesty on Romeo and Juliet.