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Title: Page [61]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650302
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton General Hospital Washington D.C. Rainy and disagreeable, War news of no account. deserters coming in very fast. Sisters of Leharity came today to fill the place of the good Sisters of Mercy who have gone home. Don’t think I shall like them or their ways. Sister M. de Rice on parting from us wrote a few words in the back part of this book, a noble, nice Lady gone, hard at work. Printed 2H copies of [Blank] and [13-0] Blank Monthly Passes. also printed some cards for my friend Alfred book. No letters recieved or written today. feel very well. ------------------------------- Thursday, March 2. Rainy and disagreeable. War news of no account, deserters coming in very fast. Sisters of Charity came today to fill the place of the good Sisters of Mercy who have gone home. Don’t think I shall like them or their ways. Sister M. DeRici on parting from us wrote a few words in the back part of this book, a noble true lady gone. Hard at work, printed 24 copies of blanks and 150 blank monthly passes, also printed some cards for my friend Alfred Cook, no letters received or written today, feel very well. [1.] Note: 1. ‘The Religious Sisters of Mercy’ was and is a religious institute of Catholic women founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1831. The order arrived in the U.S. in 1843 where they continued their work with the poor, especially education for women and children. They also engaged in medical care and teaching. In the fall of 1862 the sisters were requested to take charge of Stanton Hospital. 8 Sisters were sent sometime between Nov.26 and Dec. 8, 1862 to Stanton. Sister Mary De Rici Tierny took her order name from St. Catherine De Rici (1522-90) who gave up her wealthy background to join the Dominican convent at Prato near Florence. Alfred Cook could be a 40 yr.old private of the 52nd NY Co. H. who was CIA on May 20,1864. Perhaps he was paroled but he was mustered out in Sept 1865. A quire is 25 sheets of paper or 1/20th of ream. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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