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Title: Page [32]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650201
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton Gen'l Hospital Washington D.C. A beautiful day, no news from home today or from any source. Feel very good Peace commmissioner from Richmond arrived today. War news also so very good as to make my soul rejoice. Sent yesterday's paper [illegible] begin to long much for a letter from her. My Arm very troublesome pain in the shoulder and down the arm. Wednesday- give away and earn; Teach some truth some good thing leaper; Joyfully good for ill return. ------------------------------- Wednesday, February 1. A beautiful day, no news from home today or from any other source, feel very good. Peace commissioners from Richmond arrived today, war news also so very good as to make my soul rejoice. Sent yesterday’s paper to Judie, begin to long much for a letter from her, my arm very troublesome, pain in the shoulders and down the arm. “Wednesday give away & earn / teach some truth some good thing learn/ Joyfully good for all return.” Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
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