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Distances and time by railroad from New York [ii]

Population of the United States for 1860 [iv]

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Title: Page [149]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650602
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Transcription: [illegible] too [warm] to be [pleasant]. Received a real good letter [from] my [illegible] friend [illegible] Y. accompanying it some beautiful [illegible] [our] [illegible] [President] Mr [illegible] by her and [illegible] [under] the [illegible] of "Phobe [illegible]" such letters from an [illegible] friend carry with them a [illegible] and a [illegible] to see the [illegible]. Feel quite well, but oh so warm. ---------------------------------- Friday, June 2. Quite sultry, too warm to be pleasant. Received and answered a real good letter from my gentle friend Gertie T., accompanying it some beautiful poetry on our late president, Mr. Lincoln, composed by her and published by her under the cognomen “Phebe Cary”, such a letter from an unknown friend carry with them a pleasing resolution and a longing to see the fair writer. Feel quite well but oh so warm. [1.] Note: 1. Reuben Eaton Fenton (July 1819-Aug. 1885) was Governor of New York from 1865-1868. There is no record in Nightingale’s Service record file of such a promotion. Phebe Cary (Sept.1824-July 1871) was not Gertie Taylor so why Taylor chose to publish under that nickname is unknown, never mind the legality of publishing under the name of another published author. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
Parent Item: Henry O. Nightingale diary, 1865
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
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