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Title: Page [15]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650115
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Transcription: [written above date]: Stanton Gen'l Hospital Washgington D.C. A calm and beautiful day. Nature seems reposing. Rest for all the day. War news meagre but encouraging in the forenoon heard a Sermon by Rev. W. H [Slararring] in the House of Representatives, the President and Cabinet and a large majority of both Houses of Congress were present, t'was a very elegant and timely discourse on the condition of our country. in the afternoon visited my brother Johnathan in Mt. Pleasant Hospital. found him well. In the evening [had] Dr. Channing again, then in company with a friend [illegible]. Evening service at the Church of the Ascention. Sermon from the tent "For all our conversations is of Heaven." After church returned home and wrote a letter to my Judith. have enjoyed this Sabbath much. Feeling very well. --------------------------------- Sunday, January 15. A calm and beautiful day, nature seems reposing, rest for all to day. War news meagre but encouraging, in the forenoon heard a sermon by Rev.W.H. Channing in the House of Representatives. The president and cabinet and a large majority of both houses of Congress were present, twas a very eloquent and timely discourse on the condition of our country. In the afternoon visited my brother Johnathon in Mount Pleasant Hospital, found him well. In the evening heard Dr. Channing again, then in company with a friend attended evening services at the church of the Ascension. Sermon from the text “For all our conversations is of heaven.” After church returned here and wrote a letter to my Judith, have enjoyed this Sabbath much, feeling very well. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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