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Title: Page [28]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650128
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton Gen'l Hospital Washington D.C. A bitter cold day with considerable snow. At work as usual in the Office, nothing of much account in shape of war news. In the Forenoon received a note from my friend at Mt. Pleasant Hospital, that he soon to return to his Regt. after dinner started for the Hospital found him but not very well. Hope he will not have to go. Remained with him all the afternoon. Had considerable difficulty to [get] back on account of the extremely cold weather and slippery walking, stayed in that Hospital in the evening after 10 P.M. had a very pleasant chat with the Misses McLaughlin and my friend E [Brookings]. -------------------------------- Saturday, January 28. A bitter cold day with considerable snow. At work as usual in the office. Nothing of much account in shape of war news. In the forenoon received a note from my cousin at Mt. Pleasant Hospital that he was to return to his regt. After dinner started for the hospital, found him but not very well, hope he will not have to go, remained with him all the afternoon , had considerable difficulty to get back on account of the extremely colds weather and slippery walking. Stayed in the hospital, in the evening after 10 pm had a very pleasant chat with the Misses McLaughlin and my friend E. Brookings. Crooks, Terence G. âTranscribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.â Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
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