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Title: Page [43]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650212
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton Gen'l Hospital Washington D.C. A cold [blowing] day in the evening however cold but very pleasant. Received in the morning a letter from my friend [Miss] H. M. Sweet; (2) in the forenoon at at work in the office. Mr. Moon called upon me, wrote to my friend [Nicol F. Jones] Alexandria Va. In the afternoon to Rev. [Les] W. Northop of Rochester in the evening attended a missionary meeting at the Wesley Chapel. Chief Justice [Chase] in the chair. After returning from church wrote long letter to my bethrohed Miss Judith Underdown. War news good, account of the battle war Richmond our troop successful. ------------------------------ Sunday, February 12. A cold blowing day. In the evening, however, cold but very pleasant, received in the morning a letter from my friend Miss H. M. Sweet, in the forenoon at work in the office, Mr. Moon called after me. Wrote to my friend Nicol F. Jones, Alexandria Va., in the afternoon to Rev. Geo.W.Northrup of Rochester. In the evening attended a missionary meeting at the Wesley Chapel, Chief Justice Chase in the Chair. [4.] After returning from church wrote long letter to my betrothed, Miss Judith Underdown, war news good, accounts of the battle near Richmond, our troops successful. Note: 4. Salmon Portland Chase (Jan.1808-May 1873) was Secretary of the Treasury in Lincoln’s first term. He resigned in June 1864 and was appoiunted Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States on Dec.6,1864. 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 Unpublished manuscript, 2014.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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