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Title: Page [105]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650419
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Transcription: A clear beautiful day quite warm today the last rites to our beloved President were celebrated an [immense] procession the services eminently grand and [imposing] but oh how sad 'tis to think that he who only a week ago I visited to that he is dead. Died for this nation a martyr to his [Christlike] [illegible]. Was absent from the Hospital all day. Attending the procession. [illegible] the [gloomily] of our [martyr] and one although he be dead yet still his soul walks and lives. Received letters from my Betrothed. True unfailing love showing a noble spirit of sympathy for our great loss. Feel quite well. ------------------------------- Wednesday, April 19. A clear beautiful day, quite warm. Today the last rites to our beloved President were celebrated, an immense procession, the services eminently good and impressing, but oh how sad tis to think that he who only a week ago I listened to, that he is dead. Died for nation, a martyr to his Christ like principles. Was absent from the hospital al day attending the procession, God bless the family of our martyred one, although he is dead yet still his soul walks and lives. Received letters from my betrothed, true unfailing love, showing a noble spirit of sympathy for our great loss. Felt quite well. Crooks, Terence G. âTranscribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.â Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
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