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Title: Page [41]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650210
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton Gen'l Hospital Washington D.C. A beautiful day. The news good. Great battle in the neighborhood of Petersburgh, our army succesful, but losing many men In the forenoon finished my letter to Miss Judith. At noon received a note from my cousin Johnathan informing me of his being returned to duty. I started immediately to the [soldiers] Rest to see him but he had gone. Also received letters from my Betrothed Judith Underdown. (11) In the afternoon and evening our Debating club assembled the subject for debate being "Resolved, that single life is conclusive of more happiness than married" as the President was about I as Vice President wrote the Chair the question was decided in the negative. ------------------------------- Friday, February 10. A beautiful day, the news good, great battle in the neighbourhood of Petersburgh, our army successful but losing many men. In the forenoon finished my letter to Miss Judith, at noon received a note from my cousin Johnathon informing me of his being returned to duty. I started immediately to the Soldier’s Rest to see him but he had gone. Also received letters from my betrothed Miss Judith Underdown. In the afternoon and evening our debating club assembled, the subject for debate being resolved that single life is conducive of man’s happiness than married, as the president was absent, I as vice-president took the chair, the question was decided in the negative. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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