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Poor Richard's reasons for buying United States' securities [16]

Enclosure: "My Bible"; "Evening brings us home" [17]

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Title: Facing pages [252-253]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18640908-18640909
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Transcription: Rainy disagreeable day. Sent Judie's letter hope she will feel more encouraged. Applied this morning for examination to be discharged. Received letter from [M?].F. of Rochester. Answered letter from [Harlene?] also sent Judie two papers. [Morriss] [illegible] of New York was [illegible] for my discharge but did not succeed in getting it. but still have hope to receive my papers to go home. In the Evening recived letter from Mi[illegible] Mary Carr of R. and also letter from my friend J.M. Moon. ----------------------------- September 8, Thursday. Rainy disagreeable day, sent Judie’s letter, hope she will feel more encouraged, applied this morning for examination to be discharged. Received letter from OMF of Rochester. September 9, Friday. Answered letters from Hortence, also sent Judie two papers Moore’s Rural New Yorker [3.], was examined for discharge but did not succeed in getting it but still have hope to receive my papers to go home. In the evening received letter from Miss Mary Carr of Rochester also letter from my friend J. M. Moon. Note: 3. Moore’s Rural New Yorker was published by Daniel D.T.Moore from 1850 to 1878 in Rochester New York. Moore was also the 31st Mayor of Rochester (1865-66). The paper was geared to Agriculture and farm interests but also did include some generalized war news -although not much specifically about the Rochester Regiments. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
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