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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 [46]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650215
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton Gen'l Hospital Washington D.C. A most dismal day rain falling in torrents. My press arrived today. At work all the forenoon in the office . In the afternoon unpacked the press and set out one case. Feel very well and hope soon to be at work at my [Illegible]. No letters received today from any source. Had no chance to write any. A Temperance meeting was assembled in the ward of Convalesants preparation to organizing a Division of that Sons of Temperance. I was elected secretary pro tem. ------------------------------- Wednesday, February 15. A most dismal day, rain falling in torrents. My press arrived today, at work all the afternoon in the office. In the afternoon unpacked the press and set out one case. Feel very well and hope soon to be at work at my trade. No letters received today from any source, had no chance to write any. A temperance meeting was assembled in the ward of convalescents preparatory to organizing a division of the Sons of Temperance, was elected Secretary pro tem. Crooks, Terence G. âTranscribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.â Unpublished manuscript, 2014.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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