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Title: Page [35]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650204
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton Gen'l Hospital Washington D.C. A beautiful day and even took a walk to find a fair about 11 o'clock in the Evening. War news of no account. President Lincoln and [illegible] returned from Fortress Manor to day with a hopeful countenance. Received a letter from (1) Cousin David Thatcher but no news from my loved one. wrote a letter this evening for Judith. feel very well. Saturday - Thank God and sing; Tribute to his treasury bring; Be prepared for [illegible] king: Thus your hopes on Jesus cast; Thus let all you your weeks be [passed]; And you shall be saved at last. --------------------------------- Saturday, February 4. A beautiful day and evening, took a walk to print out a fine about 11 o’clock in the evening. War news of no account. President Lincoln and Cabinet returned from Fortress Monroe today with a hopeful countenance. Received a letter from Cousin David Thatcher but no news from my loved one, wrote a letter this evening for Judith, feel very well. “Saturday thank God and sing / Tribute to his treasury bring/ Be prepared for heaven’s king/ Thus your hopes on Jesus cast/ Thus let all your weeks be past/And you shall be saved at last. 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 Unpublished manuscript, 2014.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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