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Written sometime around 1900, the memoirs recount the military career of Archibald Atkinson, Jr., as a doctor in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, serving as a surgeon for the 10th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, followed by appointments with the 31st Regiment, Virginia Infantry, and the Second Army Corps, Army of Nothern Virginia. The memoir was writen in a commercially prepared notebook (printed, lined paper) on a total of 58 pages. The memoir seems to begin in the middle of the text; there is no introductory material or conclusion. There may well have been another notebook with the first part of the narrative; if so, there is no indication anywhere on the notebook preserved at Virginia Tech of its existence. <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140307005104/http://spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar/memoirs.htm" rel="noopener">A transcription of the text is available online.</a> The transcription preserves the page and line breaks as they appear in the original. Links throughout the transcript point to additional information on relevent people and places.
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Transcription by Dorothy Bodell and Stephen Zietz, 1994
[Inside Front Cover]
Can use Thomas Harrison, son
of Burr if needed
also Col. Levin Powell of Va.
[Page 1]
When we were ordered to the Potomac (some 150
miles in a straight line) we had to travel at night, the
heat being too great to press the horses during the
day; + it also being easier to conceal our movement
from the enemy under cover of darkness.
About 4 o'clock one morning, the Col. asked
me to take Lieut. Phillips + go on ahead to select
a camp where there w'd be trees to which to tie
the horses, pure water, + the proximity of a wheat
field. We pushed on, + in about an hour found
a suitable place, marking the spot as arrang-
ed by placing a piece of paper under the
top stone of the fence. Hearing firing we went
on to where we saw a great fog as if near
a river, which proved to be the Potomac
+ we passed through Shepherdstown, +
descending the steep bank crossed at
[In margin: Shepherdston] the Shepherdstown ford. We did not
know where the infantry was, but knew by
the great number of stragglers that
they were in Md. We pushed on 1 mile
+ came to the battle field of Sharpesburg
on Antietam. We had no business there + sat on
our horses beside a straw stack on which were
hundreds of people. Soon the cannon balls fell all
around us + Phillips proposed that we should fall back
200 yds. to a corn field + feed our horses. We took our
bridles off when a shot fell like a great stone within
five feet of us, but failed to explode. We then took
the corn behind another stack where the horses
ate their feed on the ground, squatting at
each cannon ball which struck the front
side of the stack. Going back across the
river, I met my brother Bob on his way to
Shepherdstown. He asked me to go with him
+ took me to Dr. Paron's house where I found
our cousin Lilly Lee + her sisters attending
[Page 2]
the wouded [wounded] in their house + yard. I passed poor
Buck Cocke, + gave him all the contents of
my haversack for his breakfast.
x x x x x x x x x x x x
[In margin: Middleburg] We were at Middleburg kept by Gen. Stuart's disobe-
dience of Gen. Lee's orders to follow him. Gen. Stuart had
allowed Gregg Averill + Buford, yankee cavelry
generals, to delude him by their feint of attack-
ing the rear of Lee's army, + Gen. Stuart stayed
there fighting a fresh brigade each day.
If he had gone on as directed by Lee, he
would still have been between Gen. Lee's rear
+ the enemy. As it was, Gen. Lee did not know
what was before him + had to feel his way along
through the lower valley of Va. to cross the
Potomac, nor could he know if the enemy
were before, behind, or on either flank. It
was when Stuart left Middleburg + passed
through Upperville + was crossing the Blue
Ridge at Ashley's Gap that my Brother Bob
did himself so much credit as to induce
Col. J. Lucius Davis[5] of the 10th Va. Cavelry to say
that he had covered himself with glory
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
After the battle at Sewell Mountain, a house
was assigned to me as hospital for my
men, as it was locked + deserted I had
to get in through a window. Whilst I
was investigating the manager for the owner
of the house came + asked why I had entered
the house. I told him my object, + he went down
the hill. In the meantime I had the windows
opened so as to air the house + was arranging
in my mind how I'd place my sick men, when
an orderly rode up with an order from Gen.
Floyd to report to him near by. I did so, giv-
ing him Gen. Wise's order + he said " now Dr.
please return to Gen. Wise, + give him my com-
plements, + say he cannot have the house
for a hospital as Gen. Floyd will occupy
[Page 3]
it himself as his head-quarters.["] I asked him [to]
give me the instructions in writing, which he
did. It may be well imagined Gen. Wise was
not especially pleased at having his orders
disregarded, but Gen. Floyd was his senior
+ really was in command. Gen. Wise was not
the most amiable for it. Gen. Floyd had order-
ed the whole command to fall back from
New River + Gen. Wise refused to obey. He was
soon ordered away + shortly after followed
the disaster at Roanoke Island in N.C. when
poor Jennings Wise was killed. He was
a great favorite + an idol with his
father. After Gen. Wise went back from Sew-
ell Mt. to Richmond, Col. J. Lucius Davis
was in command of the Wise legion. He was
Col. of the Wise cavalry then, which after-
wards was made the 10th Va. Cavalry. Con-
sisting of companies from Henrico Co.
(Capt. Magruder), from Richmond City, on[e]
from Petersburg,. Capt. H. Clay Vale, one from
Franklin, Capt. Rosser, one from Albermarl
Capt. Delters, one from Rockingham, Capt.
Pennybacker, one from Dory + Davidson Cos.
McCofts, Wm. B. Clements, another from
Richmond City under Capt. Robt. Caskic,
one from Rockbridge, Capt. Davidson, one
from N.C. Capt. Tincker. I cannot just now
recollect any others. Of course there is choice
in all Cos. of a regt., few are altogether bad
+ rough, some of our companies were good.
[In margin: Sewell] It was about this time that a message came down
the Mt. to my hospital asking if I could take a sick soldier
in, + allow his Co. physician to attend him. I was glad to do so
both because I had an excess of work + a scarcity of
medicines. The man proved to be one from an Ala.
reg. and was suffering with Camp fever. The poor
fellow was burning up, skin, brain, stomach
+ bowels. The Dr. asked my advice + I urged
him to [ ] stimulat[ive] or the man woul[d] [die]
[Page 4]
of brain fever. He however thought his plan was
the wiser, + in 48 hours the man was a raving ma-
niac, + the Dr. then asked me to secure an am-
bulance that the man might be taken to the
convalescents hospital at the White Sulphur
Springs,[6] the man died that night in the am-
bulance. I had the Vaughan Hotel for my hospital,
nominially a cavalry hospital for the sick of the
Wise legion, but I never turned any sick man off.
The house was in a large meadow + as a cavalry-
man came in his horse would be turned into this
meadow where besides an abundance of good
grass there was plenty of water. I had about 500
sick + convalescent soldiers, cavalry, infantry + artillery
of all the comanders in that section. There
was an epidemic of measles in the army + every
soldier who had not been 10 miles from his home
before he enlisted was seized with it. I've had
boys of 16, + fathers of 60 years lying side by side
on straw beds placed on the floor all suffering from
measles or some of its complications. We had the poorest
commissary arrangements,+ all I could get for my
men was salt + hard crackers. I made the conva-
lescents shoot squirrels, ground hogs, pheasants,
+ turkeys with which to make soup for the men.
I don't know how poor fellows fared who were sick
in camp. I made all sorts of soups + stews for the
men. The nights were as cold as in Jan. lower down
for we were high up the mountain, + had to have
fires all the time.[7] One night about 10 o'clock in a
pouring rain the infantry came marching by
the hospital. There were ambulances all laden
with tents + trunks (for early in the war officers attempt-
ed to carry trunks) then came artillery + the rattling
over the corduroy road was fearful. No one would
or could tell us any thing as to why they were
vacating so suddenly. I had never seen an army
terror stricken before, + though I could not see the
men for the rain + darkness, I knew their hearts were
in their throats. They went [as if] they thought Gen.
[Page 5]
Rosecrantz's army was within 200 yds. of them. In
stead of 15 miles behind with a swollen river
between, they would stop for nothing, listen to
nothing, but rushed on hurry scurry + not
a word for any one. I had over 400 sick men
in the hospital + in the sheds + barns around
the premises + I did not wish them to be captured
but I made up my mind if this had to result
from the mismanagement of those in command
I would remain with them. Two weeks before
my reg. had gone off over towards Lyon river
for some secret raid. I being in the hospital +
in charge of the sick did not know of their
going. Dr. C the senior in charge of the Wise legion
(as it was called) had sent me word that he had
left a couple of large boxes back on the road near
Hawk's Nest + if the command vacated that sec-
tion please to look after them. He should have
turned them over to the quarter-master of the legion
+ there would have been no furthur trouble or re-
sponsibility about them, but it was his way as
I found afterwards to do things on the spur of
the moment + without any idea of system, con-
venience or responsibility. I had told him I
would do my best if any thing happened. I asked for (next page)
x x x x x x x x x x x
We reached Culpepper C. House the day after the
great storm. x x We had been in Orange Co. + had
picketed Raccoon ford + there abouts. No one of us
knew why, when all of a sudden there was a move-
ment across the Rapidan river + there began a run-
ning fight. He crossed under cover of our horse
artillery which scarcely made noise enough to
frighten any body. We kept on fighting as we
went. We were evidently on the advance for we were
pressed forward, first one reg. would go forward
+ have a tug for ten minutes + then another would
go up to support it.[In margin, "page 398"] No falling back towards the
river until when we reached the neighborhood
Brandy (some 9 miles off) we were well into it.
[In margin is statement "out of place here]
[Page 6]
volunteers + one Corvell from Franklin Co. (Rosser's
Co. [9]) agreed to go back with one to get the supplies
which Dr. Clendenin had left. The whole lot was not
worth the risk of being captured or killed in secur-
ing. We pressed a wagon + horse + made the
driver go back. We passed Dogwood gap in the moun
tain where I knew Gen. Wise was in quarters. We
knew there must be pickets out beyond Gen.Wise quarters.
We were as silent as possible, but could hear men's
voices + see lights way down the road. We got
the boxes on the wagon + started back, as we re-
passed Gen. Wise's quarters about 4 A.M. I went in +
was Capt Tabb his adj-general to whom I told
the trouble. Just then some one cried out from
the next room, "Who in the h- is that here at this
time of the night? + what in the d--l do you want?"
I told him who I was + what I wanted; that his officers
had taken all the ambulances + loaded them with
their tents + baggage, leaving the sick to whom of
right the ambulances belonged to be captured
at the various hospitals. He asked what I thought he
should do under the circumstances. I replied that the
only proper thing to do was to send a courier after
those ambulances + to have the officers throw out
their tents + baggage in the mud + rain + bring
back the ambulances to my hospital for the sick.
There were over 20 ambulances. I got Capt. Tabb
to write the order + send the courier right off. We
then went back to the hospital reaching there about
7 A.M. I found many of the convalescents had gotten
off, + I knew Gen. Wise would now notify me when
to fall back with the remainder of my sick.
I gave the wagon driver his breakfast + dinner +
food for his horse + he felt rewarded. By noon
the ambulances were returned + I put into them
all the men who could not walk + sent them off. It
was a hard night which I shall never forget.
Gen. Wise praised me for my action, + I never heard
any thing more about the officers but we vacated that
part of Sewell Mt. + never went back, Rosecrantz never advan-
ced [as far as I kn]ow.
[Page 7]
[In margin - Gen Wise Gen. Floyd] Gen. Wise was kept in hot water all the time
he was in Sewell Mt. (in W.Va.) He was rebellious
towards the orders of Gen. Floyd, who did not love
him, + who was an active go-ahead officer.
Their dislike was mutual, + no doubt imparred
the efficiency of the service until Gen. Lee see-
ing nothing was accomplished, had to go out
there to reconcile matters. The men had better
have been with the general command for
there was no good in having troops out there.
They only drew the Yankees + antagonized that part
of Va. against the eastern portion. It was a good
thing when the forces were ordered away, + the
same may be said of those around Beverly +
Sewell Mt. under Pegram + Garnett.
x x x x x x I remember one especially hot
day in May when as we were marching, men drop-
ped like sheep along the road, while others were
just able to drag their weary feet: poor half
starved creatures trying to fight upon food
hardly fit to sustain life, whilst those they op-
posed were not only more numerous but got
their full quota of sleep, rest, rations, condensed
milk, the best soup (which the French say makes
the soldier) + frequently big dinners before battle.
The Yankees had men enough + to spare, enough
to relieve guard, to allow for straggling on such
a day as May 12th. Who if they were foot sore +
leg weary could be allowed to ride in ambu-
lances. Men enough to spare half, + yet have
more than the Confederate line opposing them
had. Our men were broken down + half starved.
x x In Nov. 1861 Col. Davis said he had received a
dispatch stating that a flag of truce had been sent
over from across New River to Hawk's Nest (which
we then held) asking that a conveyance might be
sent to Hawk's Nest by 9 P.M. that night to receive
a lady + her baggage who had been passed
through the lines. The Col. asked me to go as the
"Gallant of the regt.," as he pleasantly put it.
[Page 8]
[In margin - Meadow Bluff] Col. Davis was in charge of the legion + we hung around
late in Nov. at Meadow Bluff, half way between
Little Sewell Mt. + Lewisberg. Dr. Noel was asst. sur-
geon of what was now the 3rd Va. but afterwards
became the 60th Va. + to it Col. Starke of Ga. had
been assigned. Dr. Noel was delicate + at Meadow
Bluff used to stay with me. messing as we could.
He slept with me + we made a bed of slats in a
tent which had no fly over it. One night the
snow fell so thick + heavy as to sag the tent cloth
over my cheek + temple. I awoke with my face
numbed. I had put Dr. Noel on the inside because
he was not able to stand the exposure. Soon
however his health became worse, + he was order-
ed to Richmond + thence with Gen. Field's Com-
mand to S. C. Col. Starke asked that I might
be allowed to take Dr. Noel's place in the 60th
Va. which had then gone into camp on How-
ard Creek between Lewisburg + the White Sul-
phur Springs. Col. Davis sent for me, + told me
of Col. Starke's request, asking if I wished to go
that my regt. was out on duty, + he did not
know when it would return or where it would
report. I replied I would go if the Col. would
write an order to that effect. He told me
to write the order as I liked, which I did, mak-
ing it a point that I should remain with
the 60th Va. regt. so long as I considered it
wise. I had a great respect for obedience in
men + officers, + while I did not care to go back
to the Cavelry as it was under such an irreg-
ular + unsystematic man as Dr. Clendenin.
I did not think I ought to ignore absolute
orders if they came to rejoin the regt.
I remained with the 60th Va. (of which Dr.
Eugine F. Cordell was adg.) until a week before
Christmas when I received an order or request
from Dr. Clendenin through Col. Davis to join
the regt. in Russell Co. Va.
[Page 9]
[In margin - Miss E. Mason] I could not decline + started in the wagon. We went
some 10 miles + reached there about 8 o'clock with a guard
of half a doz. We were halted by pickets who said
they were instructed to await the arrival of a
messenger. At 9 o'clock a trooper arrived from
the federal picket reporting a wagon with a
lady in waiting. The officer of our escort guard
gave the command forward + we soon found
the wagon. In the mean time our wagon had gone
on with the escort after halting. The transfer of
trunks + passenger was made in the dark.
The lady seated herself upon one end of the
trunk + I upon the other. Not a word was
spoken for some time until the wagon gave
a lurch and I said "Madam it is rough here,
suppose you lean against me." She replied "I thank
you. I will, I know your voice this is Archie
Atkinson. Oh, I am so relieved." I replied "Yes,
+ this is Miss Emily Mason." (Her sister had mar-
ried my uncle Gen. Robert Chilton) We reached
head quarters about 11 o'clock, which was a log
shanty. Col. Davis appeared in full uniform,
the beau ideal of a gentleman of elegance, +
was presented. He had known Col. Mason +
the two chatted pleasantly. I escorted Miss
Emily furthur on to some house where she re-
mained all night, + then she continued her
journey to Louisburg to take the rail road to
Richmond.
On Sewell Mt. one of the men of the Wise Legion fired
as he supposed on the enemy, + the load went into the
mouth of a Mr. Romaine of Capt. Phelp's Co. I kept
the old man in the command, + we took him in a
buggy for 6 weeks. His tongue + cheeks + lower jaw
were shot all to pieces. I kept him fed by the bowell
with gruel, soups, egg + whiskey +c. He did well +
in 6 months his tongue had healed + he could talk
fairly well. After the battle of Spottsylvania we
got our wounded into the big house known as Wise
house, + I had mine attended to, and was aiding
[Page 10]
Dr. Parrish (of the 13th Cavalry regt. + senior sur-
geon of the brigade of W.H.F. Lee's). They brought
in a poor little fellow of the Suffolk Co. +
put him on the table to take off his thigh, he
being shot through the knee. It was Joe
Webb of Suffolk. Dr. Parrish asked me to
examine him + whilst I was doing so Joe beg-
ged me not to let his leg be cut off. I told
him I would do my best + asked him if it
would save his life would he be willing to lose
his leg- he said "no." I told him we would
give him enough chloroform to enable us to
make an examination. I found his knee was
pierced by a minnie ball but that the
chances were as good to get well with a stiff
joint as that he should die. So I won the
day + saved Joe's leg. I then went up into
the garrett to get a little sleep telling my
steward to wake me if absolutely required +
not unless. About half past 12 he came up
+ told me that some 100 Yankees were around
the house paroling the wounded. I crept
down stairs in the dark + went out to find
my mare. I had tied a white cloth to her
tail + soon found her. I rode 4 miles to
the Muddy run just as you enter Culpeper
C. House + called for the sargent of the
guard who sent for Gen. Rosser's adjutant.
He came down to the stream + I told him
of the Yankees being near + offered to guide
him with 100 good men to capture them.
We made a detour of some 2 miles + got them
all. Next day I had the disused rail road
track cleared of dirt +had a box car push-
ed up + got Joe + my men off to Charlotts-
ville. Joe so far recovered as to have a
partially stiff leg but a two inch heel rem-
eded all that, + he often thanked me for
saving his thigh + perhaps his life.
[Page 11]
We had been near Woodville for about
three weeks when we heard heavy firing
towards Culpeper C. H. in an hour or so we
received orders by courrier to be ready
to move at a moment's notice + it would
have been better if we had. It began to rain
+ the men were waiting all day in soak-
ing clothes, + no chance to cook any thing
to eat. Towards one o'clock that night in
a pouring rain we started towards Madi-
son C. H. We had two ambulances which
could not keep up, so Dr. Warren + I stayed
with them as near the rear of the regt. as
we could but after a short time we had
lost the regt. even beyond hearing. We could
not see an inch ahead of our noses, finally
I was sent word that the head of the column
had halted until the storm abated. In an
hour a messenger came to tell me to run
the two ambulances up into the bushes,
that the Yankee cavalry was but a few hun-
dred yards behind us. I would have carried
out orders if I had died for it, but I knew
perfectly well there was no cavalry behind
us as near at [as] that. I knew if they followed
at all it would be with deliberation. I took
the ambulances up the hill, off the side of
the road into the trees, + unhitched the
horses, + put a bag of feed on each horse
+ started down the hill where I knew the head
of my regt. must have stopped, but they were
gone. Dr. Warren began to growl "We will
never catch them," + "we are in the jaws of the
yankees." I said- "Well Dr., we will send the
driver on with the horses ahead of us, + we will
ride on slowly. I thought we ought to be near
a road which went from Madison C. H. to Cul-
peper. Just then I heard some one chopping
wood on my right. I said "Warren we are
near the Culpeper road," thus a light appeared
[Page 12]
+ I suggested his riding up + inquiring where
the regt. was, he said he had rather not do so.
I then told him if he would exchange horses
with me, (as mine was gray + his black + thereby
less conspicnous) I would ride up to the house
+ learn what I could. I rode cautiously up to
the light + asked the man if he had seen any
cavalry regt. pass by lately. He said "yes" that
the confederates had taken the Madison road
+ the Yankee regt. the other road. I did not believe
it, though I knew he thought so. He had taken
his family out of Culpeper that day + brought
them to this hut at the fork of the roads.
We rushed on blindly, but trusting to mother
wit + providence + we presently were halted by a
voice I knew to be that of Tom Sheppard. He said he
had been sent on to guide the regt. + had lost it- + that
he did not know what to do. There had been a running
fight there (James City) that afternoon + that the roads were
full of broken wagons + hay in bales. Warren + I tied our
horses to a bale of hay, + then we crept into a deserted
store + slept all night. Next morning we found the
regt., + I had the ambulances brought from their
hiding place + joined the regt. We were at Morton's
farm called "The Hall" in Orange Co. when Gen. Grant
made several feints to cross into the Wilderness. We had
been marched down by Verdiersville to the edge of
the Wilderness, + the[n] back to our camp. This morning how-
ever we heard firing but it was some time before
it became general, indeed men could not see where
to shoot. Towards 11 o'clock things warmed up, but
not until towards the afternoon were there many
wounded to be cared for. About that time the
firing slakened, + we knew the enemy were making
for some new point, may be only seeking for
an open field or less dense wilderness or trying
to hide their manoeurvers. We had to attend to
our wounded in the midst of undergrowth so
thick that we could scarcely move around, +
no water to be had for washing off the wounded.
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There was a dearth of every thing except bullets,
smoke + suffering. There was a sort of improvised bush
hospital gotten up by Dr. Grimes + myself, but we
could not even get our ambulence wagons to bring
us supplies for operating + dressing wounds.
Maj. Jno. W. Daniel of Lynchburg then Gen. Early's adju-
tant Gen. was brought with his right thigh bone fractured.
We examined him + the consensus of opinion was that
to save his life he should lose his thigh high up.
Dr. Grimes + I fought against it contending that for a
man to lose his thigh at that point even if he recovered
his life would be a burden. We gained our point +
finding the bone very much shattered we enlarged
the bullett wound sufficiently to pick out all loose
bits of crushed bones + rounded up the pointed
ends of the fractured parts, + he recovered finally
the use of his leg. I saved a good many limbs
+ all did well as far as I know. Though the Wilderness
+ Spottsylvania battles ocurred in May, it was
very hot weather + the close brush of woods com-
posed of small jack oakes 12 to 20 ft. high +
rather larger than a man's arm made the heat
almost suffocating. Added to this the smoke from
burning powder + leaves made every breath an
effort. It was almost impossible to distinguish
friend from foe. The firing was terrific + the
carnage awful. The thirst was almost unbearable
+ the whole surface of the earth afire with
burning leaves x x We had hovered all day around
the village now called Marshall, stopping to camp an hour
or so, then moving on a short distance. Col. Davis ask-
ed me to go + look for a breakfast supper, so I took
Dr. Grimes + we went off behind the village towards
the mountain + in about a half an hour came to
a small house + asked for supper. The lady cooked
3 chickens, + a lot of biscuits. We ate ours there + as
soon as all the remaining was cool we packed it
in our haversacks for Col. Davis. We reached a stream
in pitch darkness + were startled to hear what we
took to be the clanking of scabbards. After taking
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all manner of precautions to avoid capture by the
supposed enemy, the sound of two cow bells upon the necks of
fleeing animals, proved that whilst we were
not as quiet in our movements as we supposed,
we were also very needlessly alarmed!!
We over took the regt. which had started during
our absence near the Plains, where we were
ordered not to [moaddle?] but to remain
as quiet as possible. Just at the darkest
hour before day we were ordered in low voices
to mount, + we crept along for a mile. All at
once there seemed a dash from every side +
loud yells of "surrender." We had surrounded
+ captured the entire 1st R. I. Cavalry. After
a long rest we started again + I then found
we had quite a command. To my surprise
the horse artillery was pulled up the mt. side
at Thoroughfare Gap. We had a fine view of
infantry marching by on their way to Wash-
ington. For two hours these little horse artillery
guns peppered away at them. We could see the
dust of the shells fall among them + the scatter-
ing of the blue jackets, but we had too few
guns + they were too small against infantry.
They were useful against massed calalry [cavalry]
to stop or repel a charge. I had my hand
upon the right hind wheel of a caison when
Gen. Hampton said, "Young man, stand back
from there, don't you see they have our range."
I was so intent upon watching where our
shot fell, I had forgotten all danger. I moved
back some 20 ft. (I should have been in the gap
with my regt.) when in two minutes, a shot,
or shell struck the spokes of the wheel upon
which I had been leaning, breaking I think
one spoke. Gen. Hampton looked at me but
did not say, "I told you so," as would many
a man with a smaller soul. We soon found
we were wasting ammunation + let things alone.
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On my way from Gettysburg with a train
of 100 ambulances laden with wounded men
bound for Williamsport, we passed a wheat
field near Hagerstown, where we found Lt.
Col. Joseph Phillips in command of what re-
mained of Gen. Picketts division. I learned from
him that my brother-in-law adjatant James
F. Crocker of the 9th Va. Regt. had been wounded
+ left on the field. I was relieved to hear it was
probably a flesh wound. I afterwards heard
that his body servant Billy had taken Frank's
gray horse + started for home. I was assisted
at Williamsport by my brother, + steward, Wm. C.
Day + Dr. Green of Stony Run, Va. About this time
I lost my fine old Scotch shawl, gray + brown,
which I had brought to my mother from
Edinborough, + she had given it back to
me when I went off in the army. x x x x
We were camping near Hedgersville + in the
middle of the night came an order to the 10th Va.
cavalry to furnish 6 days rations to a cer-
tain number of men from each company, + to
have the horses in good trim for the next
day. Col. Davis sent for me + said he would
like for me to go with them. There was a
man always detailed to accompany me
to carry the knapsack containing bandages,
pocket case of instruments, + a small ampu-
tating case. In cavalry we could do less
for our wounded than in infantry, for the caval-
ry troops are the eyes + ears for the army, +
we usually on the move. We stayed near H-
until the order came to move quietly down
the mountain to within a mile of the Potomac
river. We were then told to take saddles off
the horses + rest + feed them, for we had
each corn + oats with us. About 10 o'clock at
night it was asked who would volunteer
to ford the river + gain information as to
the location of the Yankee pickest [pickets].
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Lt. Phillipps of the Frankin County Co. volunteered
to take 20 men + ford the river on foot. They
returned before day with information that there
were about 40 men stationed at the aqueduct
+ that they had blockaded the Hedgesville (Va.) side,
knowing that there was a blind ford over which
people passed into Maryland. Phillips found
this aqueduct was the Chesapeake + Ohio Canal
which ran from Georgetown D.C. to Cumberland,
+ which was begun by Md. to connect with the
Ohio river but was never completed. Under
this canal was a tunnel like opening which
the Yankees had barracaded on the river side.
Phillips [sic] made this report + at 9 A.M. the command
started over quietly. By going above this tunnel
the men were captured + we were now in
Md. We pushed on until word come along
the line that we were in Penna. + that de-
tails of 4 men from each company would
go to the right + left of the pike to get
horses. One of the captains asked me to go
along, + I was glad to do so. Soon we
struck the Mercersburg pike + shortly found
a bunch of covered wagons each with 4
horses + loaded with goods. The Capt.
rode up to the first wagon + ordered the
driver to halt + to take out his horses, which
was quickly done, + we soon had as fine a
lot of animals as one would wish to see.
These horses were furnished with the old
fashioned bells so usual before rail roads
became so numerous. If a wagon became
stalled on those days, + another team pulled
it out of the mud, the helping driver was
given the string of bells which was highly
prized + added to his own. At Mercers-
burg a few miles furthur on we went
into a livery stable + took out a number
of fine horses which we took along with
our command. We learned there was a
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column of Yankee cavalry going on our flank
+ as we moved they moved also. As we left Mercers-
burg + came to a big hill I noticed a nice light
buggy coming down the hill with a pretty mouse
colored pacing horse. Soon he came along by the
head of our column, when some officer shouted
to him "halt." He pulled up suddently saying,
"hallo, I thought you were our own boys." He was
a paymaster in the northern army. We allowed
him to ride along in his own buggy with the
command. We crossed the Potomac on our
return one week from the time of our entr-
ance into Penna. We crossed into Va. at Noland's
ford near Leesburg + also at Whites ford near
by. We had 3000 horses taken from Penna.
We never touched a horse in Md. + on our
return through that state the order was to leave
such horses as could not keep up + many of
the Penna. horses which were heavy draught ani-
mals. x One evening about 8 o'clock we reached
Chambersburg, by that time the advance guard
had gone up into the town, + what happened
there I do not know, but soon they returned
with bolts of calico, silks, hats, shoes, &c.; one
man handed me a bolt of calico while others
let the rolls fall to the grown [ground] + would ride
off with the free end, saying "now boys, cut
off a dress for your girl in Dixie." Of course
the goods were red with mud, + no one wanted
it enough to pack it. Indeed it was all we
could do to pack ourselves + a little horse feed.
The corn we might have gotten along the road
was green which does not answer well for con-
stantly travelling horses. We found here many
sympathizers who did all they could to keep
out of the Northern Army, who thought the war
was wrong. These were so called "Copperheads."
Of course many sympathized only whilst we
were among them but they fed us + we were
satisfied. These people live in God's garden, for
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there is no more beautiful spot in the eastern
country than Cumberlang [Cumberland] valley. Washington
co. in Md. is the beginning of that valley + also
of the Shenandoah valley in Va. The first night
in camp near Chambersburg (which was in a corn
field) was any thing but comfortable, as it
was pouring rain + we were soaked to the
skin + had to lie down in puddles of water.
We stayed in this corn field until 5 A.M.
when we were ordered to saddle our horses
+ fall in on the pike facing as on the day
before. Then after an hours waiting, the rain
having ceased we entered the main street
of the town. By 7 o'clock my regt. was well
into the center of the town opposite a big shoe
store. The order had been passed down the
line forbidding all pillaging + interference
with private property; one of the men asked
me to go into the shoe store + get him a pair
of no. 7 shoes; giving me $2.xx in green backs.
(I did not know there was that amount of good
money in the regt.) dismounted + went into
the store asking the woman in attendance
to sell me a pair of no. 7 shoes for one of the
soldiers. She waved her hand very politely +
said, "Yes sir you see what is here, take what
you want." I said, "no madam, I am not here
to take but to buy." She replied "here is a pair
of no. 7 shoes- now select a pair for yourself +
pay nothing- I am so glad they have spared
my store + myself." She would not take any
money, + as I left the store she said, "Here Mr.
take these + give them to some poor southern
children." Just then a girl came up + touched
my sleeve saying, "Mr. don't you want a hat?
if you will come next door with me you may
have one." I followed her out of the store
into the back yard, + she led me into her fathers
hat store, saying, "now just take any hat you like."
I had on a wide brimmed straw hat
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lined with green paper cambric which kept the
sun out of my eyes, so I declined her offer +
went back into the street + gave the soldier his
shoes + his $2.xx. I hung the string of children's
shoes to my saddle + by degrees got a chance
to make a strong bundle of them + secure behind
my saddle with my feed bags. We had no clothing
to take. We wore no collars or cravats. As we slowly
moved through the town there was a halt for a
few minutes + I saw a hogs head of rain water upon
the pavement. I rode the horse up to drink when a
window in the house above opened + a Dutch man
said, "I say mister just you let your horse drink all the
water he pleases." I thanked him + said it was hard
the horse should have all the good things, + the
rider nothing; that the horse had had his breakfast."
I told him I could eat for two days + for two men,
-I had an eye for the Col.- So the old fellow came
back with 4 big slices of Dutch oven bread +
4 slices of bolona sausage just the size of the
bread. He said "you come back here for dinner,
+ don't let them burn mine house." I told him
I'd insure his house, + he felt safe. The Col. was
most greatful for his bolona sandwiches.
The poor Col. would have often gone without
a meal except for his dear Dr. as he called me.
Whilst I was talking with the old Dutchman we
heard quiet a series of explosions, but men who
hear those things often do not give attention to
them. The noise was the blowing up of ordinance
+ burning the depots. We learned afterwards
that a considerable portion of the town was
burned, of that I know only from history.
About 11 o'clock the column moved on pulling out
into the country + from that time making slow
interrupted progress stopping two or three times
a day to place the guns on the hill, or to prepare
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the cavalry for a charge or to resist a charge
where some road intersected the pike
upon which we were. We finally reached
Va. soil. I had not seen Dr. Warren for some
time when what should I hear as we marched
along but his voice calling, "hallo Doctor Atkin-
son, what have you got to eat?" I looked to the
side of the road, + there lay Dr. Michael Warren,
also surgeon of the 10th Va. Cavalry. He had
crossed the river as he could, + held on until
he found a place where he could lie down
+ sleep + join the men as they came down later.
At Murfreesboro we were treated very
kindly. I stopped at Lassiter's Hotel as did also
Col. Magruder, Capt. Clemens of the N.C. Co.
+ Capt. Phelps of a W. Va. Co.. We played cards
every night for the fun of the game only, as
I would not bet. One night Maj. Evans of
the 24th N.C. infantry reg. which was stationed
near by was our guest. He afterwards sent me
10 gals. of scuppernong wine, but unfortunately
it was put into a runlet [rundlet] which had for-
merly contained sorghum, + the flavor of the
wine as a consequence vile. The Smith-
field artillery co. were ordered to Richmond
during the summer of 1861 + remained there
in its defense until the fall of the city.
If I had remained with them, I would
have had an easy time, but I wished for
more active service. I went down to Moss
Neck where there was to be a great review
with the command. It was pouring rain,
+ I rode with Col. Hoffman of the Early's bri-
gade. We were going to or around Moss
Neck in Caroline Co. on the Rappohannock
river way below Fredericksburg, + we were
directed about 9 P.M. to file to the right
into a woods. We had to cross a ditch
by the side of the road. It had what
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in the morning was a good rail fence, but
by that time every rail had been utilized
to form a bridge over the then swollen
stream of water. In about 1/2 hour the
men (infantry) of the entire commang [command] were
asleep, fatigued by their long march.
I told the Col. if he would favor me by
sharing my couch for the night, I would
make a gilt edge bed of leaves for us.
I knew I should have to rake of [up] quite a
pile of the top leaves before I could get
enough dry ones to form the top layer, +
that he would never take the trouble to
do so. I told him to build a fire leaving
it to his good sense to build it away
from the wind. I got my leaves together, +
kept them in place by laying two short
poles at the head + two longer ones at the
sides. Then I spread the oil cloths on the
leaves + then a blanket. We ate our cold
supper of biscuits + boiled beef left from
breakfast + a drink of water was our
greatest need just then. I went off to
look for some, + finding the ditch we had
crossed shortly before I filled our canteens
having drunk what I wanted. In the
morning we found a thick sediment of
mud had deposited from the water in
the canteens, + the remaining fluid too
turbid to tempt us by day light, so I
concluded that my thirst of the night
before had induced me to swallow
liquid mud. Even our horses could not
be induced to drink from the ditch by
day light. Whilst I was away our bed
of leaves took fire + the Col. had much
ado to save it. The morning of the battle
of Rappahannock bridge, I found my self
amidst a lot of infantry men hurrying
at break neck speed down to the bridge.
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I don't know where my horse was, but
probably left at camp, until I could find
out what was to pay. We could hear heavy
cannonading along the river, but could
see nothing. Soon however we emerged from
the hill side into the open road, + we found out
what was the cause of the racket. The enemy
were in heavy force trying to cross on the
river, + our sharpshooters (on the Culpeper side)
were struggling to prevent their doing so.
Just as soon as a man placed his foot
on the Farquer side he would be shot
down. Gen. Early said he would give 60
days furlough to any man who would burn
their bridge. Now it was no easy matter to
get within 200 yards of the bridge, but soon
to the surprise of Gen. Early, of ourselves + of
the Yankees a little curl of smoke was seen
to issue from below the floor through the
cracks, + in 15 minutes the whole bridge
was in flames. Capt. Sam Buck of the Win-
chester Boomarangs co. of the 15th. Va. infantry
had swum under the willows + climed
beneath the bridge + set it afire. This ended
the battle, but the firing across the river
by the enemy was terrific, but was not
returned by our men, as powder + shot
were too valuable to us to be wasted at
such distant range, when it might be
sorely needed next day at shorter range.
I joined Earley's Brigade the day before the
battle of Rappanannock bridge in Culpeper Co..
I was assigned by Dr. Hunter McGuire to Dr.
Morrison whom I had known at the Univer-
sity of Va.. I had gotten transferred from
10th Va. cavalry to Earley Brigade first
that I might be with Capt. J.H. Bougham
of the 15th Va. infantry, + secondly because I
found that a surgeon in infantry could
care for his sick + wounded so much
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better in the infantry, where the command is usual-
ly in camp long enough for the sick to rally.
Whilst in Cavalry you are always on the move
serving as eyes + ears for the army. Mr. Lepps
was one of the best man [men] I ever knew. I always think
of him as I do of Rev. Wm. A. Crocker. He was a
learned man + spent much of his time in
teaching. After I was transferred to infantry,
I passed a good deal of my time with
him. Especially when we were on the march,
we rode + slept together when not in regular
winter quarters. Then I slept with Capt. Bougham
+ messed with Capt. Bougham, Dr. Geo. H. Eyster
(then the inspector of the brigade) Maj. Hay-
mond (the brigade comissary [commissary]) + Capt. Wm. W.
Williams (the assist. commissary) who was
from Orange C. House. John Valentine was
the Quartermaster's clerk, + Bill Hunter the
Commassary's [commissary's] clerk. Hunter was from Fluvan-
na co. + John Valentine from Louisa co., both
detailed from 15th Va. regt.. Mr. Lepps was the
chaplain of the Brigade, but I think he went
out with the Pocahuntas co. of the 31st Va. infant-
ry regt.. Mr. Lepps was ever on the look out in
what way he could help the men of his regt.. He
knew most of them were ignorant + he would
teach them reading, writing + arithmetic, +
the advanced ones Latin if they would come
to him for instruction. He asked me to join
him, + one winter we got the men to build
a large log house in which we taught such
as wished to learn. Mr. Lepps + I each car-
ried one half of an A tent as a saddle
cloth. We secured it after a battle + it
protected us many a night. He always
assisted me with the sick upon the battle
field + elsewhere. I think it was in 1863 that I
was ordered from near Martinsburg to Richmond
for examination. I reported to the surgeon
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general, + he ordered me before the board
of examiners. I did not go to the hotel as
board was $300.xx (Confederate money) a day. My
uncle Gen. Robert Chilton invited me to
his house. I found Aunt Laura very miser-
able with a head ache + said nothing would
help her except a cup of coffee. I saw on [in]
the paper where some one had gotten some
contraband coffee into Petersburg, so I
took the train + went over + bought back
2 lbs. of coffee which I bought for $25.xx a
lb. but even that was better than paying
$300.xx a day at the Spottswood hotel. I asked
Mr. Dunn (my friend on the board) to have
me before them at once + he ordered me to
report next morning. He was pres.of the
board. I think I was examined on
scarlet fever instead of gun shot wounds.
I was then handed a paper + asked to
write a thesis on the subject mentioned,
which I did + handed it with a farewell
bow to the honorable board. Dr. Dunn
followed me down + congratulated me.
It was a month before I heard from the
examination. In the room where I retired
to write up my thesis on "Opium Poisoning,"
I found an old friend afterwards of my
regt.. He had a paper to write upon a
subject he said he did not know a
thing about. I could not help him as I
was "on honor," but I noticed he never advanc-
ed above assistant surgeon. The board con-
sisted of Dr. Dunn, Dr. Henry Campbell, Dr.
Peachy, + Dr. Paticolas x x x At Summit
Point near Charlestown there was a litle church
on the hill + a few scatters [scattered] houses. Now it is on
the valley R.R. + has risen to the digenity [dignity] of a
village where many summer guests congregate.
We picketed there one night + at about
3 A.M. the Col. formed three companies, +
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said they were going to head off some Yankees
who had been tormenting the citizens a good
deal. We got to a cross road near Summit
Point + divided. Strange to say just at
the same time the two divisions came upon
the enemy from opposite points, + bagged
them like rabbits. They were laying around
a fire + in the ashes were about 2 bushels
of potatoes nicely roasted.
We always turned over our prisoners to
Col. Mosby's command + he attended to
the details of sending them to Richmond.
Near Summit was a station which is now
the Shenondoah junc., here we used to march
every few weeks + tear up the R.R.. We
would put a big force to work + by
night two or three miles of track would
be torn up + the ties piled in pens + set
on fire. The rails laid on the piles would
bend towards the ground from the heat
in the middle rendering it impossible to
re-lay them hastily. All this was called
Mosby's Confederacy-- from Fairfax C.H. to
Milwood, + from Point of Rocks to Snickers-
ville (now Blue Mont.). Shenondoah Junc. is
the point of crossing of the Norfolk + Western
with the B. + O. main stem. X X
About April 1st 1861 the young men around
Smithfield raised a company of artillery
+ they became very proficient in the drill.
They elected me company surgeon. My
father suggested I should not join any
company just then. He was much in hopes
that hostilities might be arrested. He was
always a man for peace. He said he
was going to Richmond on business, +
would see Gov. Letcher. In a week he re-
turned + said the Gov. would have a
commission for me. Soon the Gov. tele-
graphed me to go to Richmond + when I
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reported he handed me my commission as
assistant surgeon. I did surgeon's duty
throughout the war. I had a full surgeon
over me once + he was inefficient, + I had
all of his work to do. At Tappahannock in
Essex co. the river widens, + many creeks
empty into it, which afford fish + oysters.
Some 18 or 20 miles from this place lies
Miller's Tavern in Essex Co.. Col. Davis once
told me that the regt. (10th Va.) had been
ordered to the vicinity of this tavern, but
that they were going to camp at a tan yard
near there, + that if I chose I could go on
the evening before + tell Capt. Kable (who
had gone on two days ahead, with wagons)
not to look for him until the snow had
ceased to fall, but to find shelter for him-
self as best he could. So I took my hospital
stuart Bob Page + started off. I had an
idea of the bearings, + knew through what
counties we ought to go. We started I think
from near Milford station, on the Rich'd +
Fredericksburg R.R.. I knew we were going
into a fresh country where the enemy had
not been so I was happy in anticipation of
abundant food for man + horse. We traveled
steadily all day. We reached a church where
we found a corn pile and were sure Capt.
Kable had sent one load at least in an-
ticipation of the arrival of the regt.. An old
negro in a shanty told us that the gentle-
man (Capt. Kable) had gone some four
miles up the road where he bought the corn,
to spend the night. I should have gone there
also but learned that Dr. Henry Noel's father
Edmund J. Noel lived a few miles up
the road + that he would certainly take
us in for the night. So we rode on + enter-
ed his big farm through the "big posted
gate" as the negro had said.
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By this time the snow was falling heavily
+ we could but dimly see the large house
ahead of us. A dog ran out to welcome
us followed by an old gentleman. When
I told him who I was he asked us in + when
Mrs. Noel learned I was "Archer Atkinson who
had fed, nursed + brought back to useful-
ness" her son Henry, she could not do too
much for us. After a fine supper we were
shown into a room with two beds + after
a delightful sleep we arose at six, to go out
+ see to our horses. We found a man was rub-
bing them down, + we fed them ourselves.
In returning to the house I noticed a fine red
rooster whipping all the others so that truly he
became the "cock of the walk." At the breakfast
table I told Mrs. Noel that I was very fond
of pretty chickens + that I would very much
like to have the one I saw in the yard. She
replied "Yes take it honey. I'll have it caught
for you." We left about 10 o'clock, the snow having
ceased to fall. As I rode off with the rooster Mrs.
Noel said "now dear, don't you let that chicken
get to fighting, he is dreadfully bad about
it." I replied that "I wanted him to wake
me up in the mornings." I had not gone far
when I found my pretty rooster had lost an
eye in some fight. I kept him all through the
winter camping + took him to Spottsylvania
where we camped at Waller's Church. Here
it was that Mr. Page was thrown from his
horse + badly hurt. He recovered however
after some months + resides now in W.Va..
We met Kable, + next day the regement
came up, + we camped at the tan yard
near Mr. Roderick Duns place.
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In cavalry we were on the go all the time, in
front of our army, or way behind it. We
would be ordered 4 or 6 days rations, + off
we would go. Nothing melts like rations. I
would frequently eat all I could, + give
away the surplus, trusting to luck for
the next days meals, rather than carry food
packed in my haversack, or dragging
on my shoulder strap. Then too I wanted
the haversack for horse feed. It held nearly
a gallon + whenever we stopped to clear
the road or to wait for wagons or artil-
lery to pass on I would feed my horse.
He was my dependance + my companion.
I would often be on him from 10 to 12 hours
on a stretch. When we had time for a
rest, I gave him especial attention to
getting green food for him. I could
leave the regt. when I liked + I'd stop
+ allow my horse to graze for a short
time, or I would ride ahead + wait
for the regt. to overtake me. When we
left the section around Barbee's Cross
roads we went over by Flint Hill in
Rappahannock Co. A warning had been
sent the farmers that the enemy was ap-
proaching, + they had asked for a regt.
to be sent to protect them.This was done,
but the men were scared away by the Yan-
kee cavalry, + the citizens then asked Gen.
Stuart to send a regt. which could be
depended upon. He spoke to Col. Davis +
the result was the 10th Va. cavalry was sent to Woodville
on the Culpeper + Flint Hill pike. We camped
there for a month or more, when one morn-
ing about day break we heard a terrific
cannonading. Soon a despatch came "to be
in readiness to march to Culpeper C.H. at a
moment's notice." We remained all day
with our horses saddled until 8 P.M. when
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we were ordered to move by way of Slate
mountain. It was during a fearful storm
that we rode, and by the help of a guide
reached Slate mountain. One day before
leaving Flint hill vacinity we were marched
down to Fauquier Co. to the neighborhood of
the Marshall (Leeds) old church + about 11
o'clock we found quiet a heavy force of cav-
alry which had come over from about War-
renton junction to oppose us. I never knew why
they were there, or what we had to defend, except
perhaps to keep the approach to Culpeper well
closed. I think the whole brigade (Lt. H. F. Lee's)
was there, but all a man can do is to know
what is going on immediately around him.
My regt. (10th Va. Cavalry) was drawn up in
columns of 4, just behind + no doubt to
support the 1st N.C. Cavalry which was
ordered to charge up a small road or
path over which the fence (rail) had been
pulled down for 100 yds. perhaps. Col. Baker
was in charge of the 1st N.C. cavalry + he told
Gen. Hampton that his regt. would be blown
all to pieces, that the Yankees had a masked
battery hidden away in the bushes. Hampton
said "Charge any how." The regt. went off
with a rush + a yell but they soon came
back. Sure enough the battery opened on
them + played havoc in their ranks. I
do not know how many were injured or
killed. The bullets hummed by Warren +
myself + I said "what is a body to do Warren?"
He replied, "bite your tongue until it bleeds
+ you won't think of the bullets." I did so +
the pain of the bitten tongue made me ignore
the song of the bullets. We were not ordered
to charge, but remained there to support
the pass that the other regts. might get
away. In about an hour's time, we were
dismounted, + many sent to the top of the
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hill to act as sharp shooters; every 6th man
in a company is horse holder + keeps the horses
of four sharpshooters ready for them to
mount + fall back in case they are too
hard pressed. Whilst the regt. was await-
ing orders in a road between two high
stone fences a shot struck the top stone
just over our heads, knocking it over
my saddle just where I would have been
had I been on my horse, + tearing the leather
from the saddle. It would have taken me
just mid ship. After a while the sharp
shooters were called in + we slowly made our
way towards the Flint hill way, the Yankee
sharpshooters carefully following us at long
range. I was at the head of the regt. when
Col. Magruder tode up + said " Dock, Col. Davis
was looking for you just now. He wished you
to go over to see Capt. Pennypacker who is shot
through the spine + can never live. You are
a bigger fool than I take you for if you go."
I considered the Col's wishes as an order. I held
up so that the entire regt. might pass on
when the Col. who was at the rear (front then,
as next the enemy) came up stroking his
long beard- as he always did when pleased-
saying "oh! yes Dr., I knew you would wait. I
depended upon you when I said I'd like to
have you see poor Capt. Pennypacker. He
is over there in the Ambler house in the field
to the left." I said "all right Col., I'll go at
once." I did not take my attendant as
I did not wish him either shot or captured.
He was useful to me, + when in camp + at lei-
sure, I had him cobble up the boots + shoes
for the men. I had a haversack with me
in which was a pocket case of instruments,
bandages, vial of chloroform, + morphine.
I was on a young green mare, as I
had traded with Capt. McClellan the Com.
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who was going to ride to his home in Albermarle
co., + wanted a seasoned horse. She was awk-
ward + hardly bridle wise. I rode up to the
stone fence + looked over into the Ambler
field which was full of big shacks of corn
placed about 30 ft. apart. I hitched the mare
to a big top stone on the fence + ran across
the field to the back door of the house +
upon entering found old Dr. Ambler leaning
over Capt. Pennypacker. I saw at once the
trouble, the ball had passed through the
spine between the shoulders + he was paral-
ized all below that point. I left Dr. Ambler
the contents of my case, + in charge of the
case. I made my way back to my horse
+ struck out towards where I supposed the
regt. had gotten in the short time I was away.
I saw two men waiting for me- the Collins boys,
both members of Albermarle co.. I had done
both a service. One of them had his uni-
form shot through whilst waiting for my
return. We then hurried on to Flint Hill
to over take the regt. Just before reaching
our destination I saw a horse tied to a
sappling, left there (as a woman living near
told me) by a soldier in payment for a dinner
she had given him, saying he could get
no feed for the horse. I told her it would
starve if left tied up there + she said she
would be glad to get rid of it in return
for enough yarn to knit her son a pair
of socks. I gave her a pair of new socks
I had gotten in the valley + led the horse
to Flint hill camp + upon inquiring soon
found it had been stolen from a farmer
near, by some straggler intending to ex-
change him for a dinner as he did. This
was often done. Dr. Fontaine was the sur-
geon of the Cavalry Corps of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart.
He was a fine man + not aftaid to be where
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there was firing. He was killed I think
somewhere about the Rappohannock river.
We picketed the Rapidan at Raccoon ford
as well as others along the river. I remember
once going up to Raccoon ford with the am-
bulances. It was 40 miles + we made it in a
day. We reached there about 10 P. M. in a
heavy snow + reported to the officer in
charge + then proceeded to get up some
sort of a camp. I always made the driver
carry an axe in the ambulances, but it was
not on hand, + we had to borrow just such
as we could get, + after walking 1/2 mile I secur-
ed one which would hardly cut butter. The
10th Va. cavalry was encamped well in the
distance where they could get corn + hay for
the horses without hauling it. The regt. had
to picket the fords along the Rappahannock
river. I would ride over now + then to see the
different companies who made head quarters
at Brandy station. Brandy was a great
stratgetic point of importance then, it was
about six miles from Culpeper C.H. where
large bodies of infantry were encamped.
I was asked by a woman who lived near
Brandy to see + examine a federal soldier
who was badly wounded. I heard afterwards
that he had been Gen. McClellan's orderly
around Richmond. I think he was captured
as a scout. I remember once at Miller's hill
near Brandy station we were drawn up for a
charge when all at once the enemy sharp shoot-
ers got the renge upon us, + for some minutes
it was very hot. I was at the head of the regt. at
the left of the 4th. man - for it was in columns of
4, so as to make the regt. as short as possible, +
then get under the shelter of the hill-. I hardly knew
how it happened, but the enemy must just then
have changed the position of one of its guns, when
off went the head of the horse next to mine.
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+ a shell came booming into the ground a few
feet in front of me. Of course it was no uncom-
mon thing to go to bed wet + to stay wet all
night + the greater part of the next day.
The thing that troubled a soldier's mind
was where would the rations come from,
+ how much would there be of them. We
were often ordered to cook up 4 days rations
when there were only two days rations issued
to the army, then we had to get the extra food
from the enemy or from the fields along
the road sides. My assistant used to branch
off from the line of march + beg or buy me
provisions, but if he got more than enough
for a day or so they would be sure to go to
some sick + hungry fellow. The infantry
could not leave their commands nor get
over the ground - as could the cavalry-
man, + when an infantry-man reached a
house he would see frequently a mounted
soldier trotting off with a chicken or a pig.
We camped on a bluff in a pine
woods + with snow upon the ground such
fires as we could make would hardly
warm us, + would fill our eyes with the
irritating smoke of the pine needles.
Nothing is more provoking than to be forced
to build a fine of wet pine wood. For sections
where hard wood trees grow, there is usually
sufficient dead dry limbs upon the ground
to use for kindling, when the freshly cut wood
full of sap once gets started it burns with
great heat thrown off. At Miller's hill a shell
went through the head of the horse next to mine,
at the same moment the color bearer, a little
in the rear raised the flag + gave a yell
as a minnie ball went through his right
cheek taking the jaw teeth of both sides +
lodging in the left cheek. Another man grabbed
the flag + had his arm broken for his pains.
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It is difficult to realize now how small a
proportion of the balls fired hit a soldier.
We were picketing at Berryville on the Charles-
town road, + with half a dozen others I was lean-
ing on a big blue lime stone rock by the road
side watching the shell from a battery of
horse guns on a hill near by. A man with
his horse was standing near us when a shell
came througth the horse's shoulder + had
the man been mounted it would have
shattered his knee. Strange to say the
shell did not burst against the rock.
Dr. Lenis Buherman settled after the war
in Penna. + when we "broke up" at Appamat-
tox I gave him my pocket case of instruments
to begin life on. I kept nothing myself. Even
the archives of the brigade + divisions were
burned. It was a foolish thing to do, as
they told of as good medical + surgical
service as could have been gathered from
the archives of the northern army, + would
have perpetuated the work of the Confederate
Medical + Surgical Departments. But Dr. Grimes
would have them destroyed. The 31st Va. infant-
ry regt. did itself great credit in the fight at
Port Republic over the north fork of the Shenon-
doah river, where Turner Ashby was killed.
It always made itself well heard from for the
men were brave, + the officers very trustworthy.
Col. Hoffman had the reputation of being
a great land lawyer, but in many of the
affairs which concern us in the common mundane
routine of life he was mentally slothful.
He tried to be a disciplinarian but he
did not know how to control or to handle
men. He became judge afterwards + an
able one I am told. He lost his foot, + hearing
I had been exchanged and was at New London
near Lynchburg he telegraphed me to go to
him. I found two inches of the tibia bone
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protruding beyond the flesh. I rectified it. He was
fond of me + tried to indulge me in his
own stumbling way. If you asked him a favor
he would want to know if it was mentioned
in the regulations, so after I had been a while
with him, I took things in my own hand, or if
I wanted any thing I went to Gen. Pegram who
commanded the brigade. I never could be
much around head quarters of my brigade,
whilst I had transferred from the 10th Va.
Cavalry to Gen. Early's old brigade I had not
been assigned any special regt. in the bri-
gade, so that soon after I had reported,
Col. Hoffman then in command of the brigade
+ Col. of the 31st Va., asked me to give especial
attention to his regt. which had no surgeon,
+ Dr. Buttermore was the assistant surgeon
+ the men had very little confidence in his
skill. He had a shell to strike him in
the left side of his loin, laying bare the kid-
ney + tearing away all the muscles of that
side of the loin. He gave no utterances of
complaint save that maggots had been
allowed to get into his wound + their move-
ments kept up an irritating tickling.
I washed them all out + killed them
with the pressed juice of the Elder bush.
It keeps away the flies as well. I heard
afterwards that he got over his troubles,
but I should not like to be the owner of his
back. It is astonishing how great wounds
fail to destroy life + how some very trifling
ones are sure to kill. A man was shot in
the Winchester fight through his breast
bone, the ball coming out just to the right
of his spine. He did not lay up a day.
Col. Hoffman was a brave man but he was
near sighted. Men with defective eyes should
not attempt to lead men in battle. Gen Pegram
was near sighted also. I have known Col.
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Hoffman to lead his brigade almost into
the Yankee's mistaking them for Confederates
until the men would tell him of his mis-
conception. You had to fight in woods,
in bush, behind hills + in every way, + the
vision was not always the clearest. I have
seen men from 200 to 500 yards away
+ I could not know from the color of their
clothes to which side they belonged. I would
judge from the relative positions only.
Many mistakes occurred from just this
failure to distinguish friend from foe.
We marched into an ambuscade of
Yankees near Winchester once under Gen.
Ramseur who was a careless dare devil
sort of an officer. (Here it was I was stun-
ned by a shell) He begged Gen. Carey at the
second Mechanicsburg fight to let him
take a Yankee battery of artillery out of the
wet. Gen. Early knew it would be a foolish
thing to attempt, + that Ramseur would
run any risk to accomplish the purpose.
Early told him of the danger of great loss
of men, but Ramseur insisted + Early said
"well damn it, go on Gen. Ramseur, but don't
get all my men killed.["] Remseur had
what I think was the best fighting brigade
in the army + put that in front of his
division, + took the battery "in out of the wet,"
but oh! with what sacrifice of good men.
The brigade referred to was Early's old brigade.
Ramseur had been placed in charge of Gen.
Early's division. Gen Extra Billy Smith at
one time commanded this same brigade.
He was Col. of the 49th Va. infantry, made up
mostly of men around Fauquier Co.. He was a game
fighter + the men loved him. He carried his
umbrella into fights, + no one ever knew
why, possibly it was his theory that great
battles produced a shower usually.
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His life was written by Maj. Hill of Culpeper C.H.
A man named Joe Higgenbothem had been
wounded at the battle of Fisher's Hill on Sept 19th.
1864 + shot through the right elbow. He lay
upon the field all night + was taken then to some
house or temporary hospital near by. He was
sent to Winchester, + when he reached my hospi-
tal (the Baker) my stuart said a man had
been brought in the Federal ambulance, + had
erysipalas in his arm + he thought best he
should be refused admission. It was snow-
ing at the time. I directed that he should be
taken to a large room which I usually kept
to assemble men who had passed the inspec-
tors scrutiny. Joe recovered, with a fair use
of his elbow joint, which was cartilaginous in-
stead of good true bone. He was very grate-
ful to me + later named his boy after me.
On the river road near [by] was the Bernard
farm called "Gaymont" where Mrs. Dr. Martin
P. Scott lived. Gen. Lee would frequently camp
there. I went there once to see uncle Robert Chil-
ton who was on Gen. Lee's staff. Just across
was Port Royal on the Rappahannock river
near where Mr. Pratt had the famous picture
called the "school of Athens." The R. river is
not nearly so pretty as the James river below
Richmond + the dewlling[s] are neither so
numerous nor so palatial. The day before the
big battle at Spottsylvania C.H. the peremp-
tory order was issued for the surgeons to
excuse no one who could leave his cot but re-
port them for duty if able to walk. The surgeon
receives the sick at 6 A.M. from the sergeant [sargeant]
of the co. who brings them to the doctor's quarters.
Maj. Cooper reported with rhumatism of the
back, a very common complaint among
the soldiers caused from sleeping upon
the wet ground. I could not see any
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reason for my disregarding the strict order
sent me, so I returned him to duty. We
have to assume the responsibility of such
things, + a true man will not shrink from
it to please any officer, besides officers had
their horses, + if any indulgence was to be ex-
tended, I generally gave the men who bore
the brunt + trials of the march + the guns, +
who were really the engines of war, the prefer-
ence. As Gen. Childs said lately, " I am for
man." It is a big mistake to favor such as
are already blessed by freedom from
carrying guns, from picket duty, + camp
duty. Maj. Cooper went into the fight with
his regiment, + about 2 P.M. returned. I was
working over the wounded in a small house,
whose sides I had ripped off so as to get
light + air, when I heard some one saying
in most pitiable tones, "where is Dr. Atkinson"
I replied "hello Major, how is it?" He said "yes,
you did it." I found he had a minnie
ball to pass through the muscles of his
back just jumping over the spine. He
was a fleshy man which saved his back
bone's being injured. The ball had lodged
in the left side, + I cut it out. So the Maj.
did not have to report for duty again
for a long time. At Hanover the citizens
fired at us from the windows. Why the
town was not burnt I do not know.
Just across the stream from Hanover
Gen. Stuart was sitting upon his bay
mare with a squad of officers. I was near
by when all of a sudden down came
a dozen yankees at full tilt without a
word of notice right into the squad
of officers. Gen. Stuart saw his emminent
danger + leaped his mare over that
stream as though it had been a
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ditch. None of the yankees followed. I escaped
I hardly know how. On Sept. 19th. 1864 Gen.
Early lost the battle of Winchester. He fought
with some 15000 men against nearly three
times as many Federal troops. We had been
all the summer marching back + forth, up
+ down the valley, now to Harper's Ferry,
+ back to Charlestown, over to Berryville then
back to Winchester. Sometimes to draw the ene-
emy up the Valley + then chase them back.
On this day (Sept. 19th.) Gen. Early had gone to
Martinsburg. The first I knew of the nearness
of the enemy was the firing of cannon not
far off, + thud came a ball falling about
20 ft. from the little knoll upon which the
chaplain + I lay asleep. I paid little heed
to the first, but when they began to be nu-
merous, I awaken Mr. Lepps (the chaplain,[)] +
sent the yellow boy who attended us
to catch our horses which were down in
an adjacent meadow. I pulled down
the little tent, threw out the saddles which
we had been using as pillows, + hearing the
long roll, told the "parson" I would fall
in with the regt. + go on + see what was
to be done. The enemy had their artillery
upon a hill, + our men were told to lie
down + await developments. We remained
there until 11 o'clock before the enemy showed
their intention. It was a fatal engagement
for us, Gen. Early fought like a tiger but
the odds were too great. I got no breakfast
nor dinner which was I think the fate of us
all. About 5 P.M. I was told to take my
wounded into Winchester. Upon striking the
town I went up Market St., + upon passing
Mr Conrad's house I saw many wounded
men at a small hotel across the way. I stop-
ped + found Tip Johnston + Collin Hackett
doing what they could for the suffering
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soldiers. I soon had the hotel full of the
wounded. The army came rushing by
+ I knew they were in retreat, so I told
such men as could walk to get off as fast
as they could. It is wonderful how fast a lame
man can get over ground when he knows
the enemy is after him. By dark I had my
work done + was wondering how to find the
"parson" + my horse. I met Dr. Grimes the sur-
geon of the division, he was looking for
me with directions from Gen Early that I
should remain in Winchester with the wounded.
I told him I must have the order in writing
that I did not intend to stay in the Yankee
lines without the proper authority to show
why I was there. We were making every effort
then to get out of the town. I found a piece
of paper upon which I wrote my order +
Dr. Grimes signed it, + hurried off. I did
not see him again until the surrender.
The Federals arrested Mr. Conrad three
times + sent him to Ft. McHenry. After two
or three weeks he would be again in Win-
chester. He did nothing to warrent or
justify arrest but they always tormented
the most prominent citizens of a town un-
less they pronounced themselves union men.
The first night in Winchester after finishing
up my my hotel hospital, I was asked to go
across to a ware house which fronted on Mar-
ket St. just near the hydrant. I passed
through several hundred southern sol-
diers who were washing + cleaning up at
the hydrant. I went into a small front
room + found the floor filled with wound-
ed men. There were several surgeons, one
being Dr. Lawson of the 12th N.C. Regt. They
had no light, knew nothing of the place
or of the town. Just then an old colored
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woman came to the door + I hailed her
asking if whe knew who lived on the hill across
the way. She replied "yes honey, that's Miss.
Betty Conrads'." I asked if she would take a
little note to her asking to send us some
candles so that we might attend to the
wounded men. In half an hour the old
woman retuned with half a dozen candles +
one in a candlestick. She said "masser, you'll find
a paper wrapped around the candle in the
candlestick so as to hold it in tight." I
thanked her + said I understood about the
paper. I lit one of the candles keeping the
one in the holder for myself. When I had a
chance of examining it I found written,
"right, come over when you can." No name to
it. I had signed my name simply as
Dr. Archer Ackinson, as though I had never
heard of Miss. Betty Conrad. I went over
when I could, it was nearly 10 o'clock +
told cousin Betty I had five friends who
unless they had been more fortunate than
I, they had not eaten all day. She sent
old Stephen across with me with a big
waiter, a pot of coffee, plenty of hot biscuits
+ ham, besides a doz. hard boiled eggs.
Mr. Conrad + cousin Betty asked me to re-
turn + spend the night. When we might
talk over the condition of times [+ what
will it be come. My ??wishes - me
to ??] + eat at their house. I accepted
their invitation to breakfast next day, + then
went to attend to my wounded men. Then I
went to the York Hospital to see Dr. Love, who
had been there all the summer, + to consult
him as to what to do for my men, as to the
best means for making them comfortable,
of feeding them of having their washing
done, of getting fuel + boards to make
beds + straw to make bedding. He
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was very kind, + when I told him I had
scarce room he suggested that I should
take the ware houses which would accom-
modate a large number. This hospital acom-
modated about three hundred + was full.
I took his suggestion + had doors cut mak-
ing the three buildings connect + as each
was two stories high I had plenty of room.
I ordered some boards + set all the
men capable of working to making beds, +
it was astonishing how much we accomplish-
ed by night. Even the wounded men aided
as they could, + in a few days all had
bunks to sleep in. Dr. Love come down to
see me, + asked if I could accommodate
more men. I told him to send them but
not to let the other surgeons know I was so
well fixed up or I would soon become over-
crowded. I could have gotten other surgeons
to help me but I preferred to attend to my
own men so far as possible. Dr. Love found
out I outranked him, but I told him to have
no fear, I was not after glory or authority, that
I would rather have his help than to have
authority over him. So we understood each
other + thus it was better for the men under us.
I detailed my men to cook, wash, + to carry
provisions to + from the York hospital to mine
which was called the Baker hospital. Dr. Love
was regarded as Surgeon -in-Charge in Win-
chester. The people of the town were untir-
ing in their attentions to our sick + wound-
ed. They gave what they could, brought
fruit, honey, preserves milk + other deli-
cacies. I often found they really denied
themselves for the comfort of the soldiers.
Many a family there sat down to a break-
fast of parched wheat as substitute for
coffee + nothing besides, except bread +
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butter. A Mrs. Burns gave us a molassis
stew. There were a number present of the
most refined ladies of the town. The stew-
ed molassis was poured into large yellow
bowls containing many gallons + put upon
a shelf in the yard to cool. The Yankees
reached over the fence + gathered it all
in, so we had no molasses pulling
that night, but we had a good supper
+ a merry time all the same. Several ladies
were ordered to be sent through the lines
+ they asked if I had any thing to send.
I gave them about $100 worth of needles
cotton scissors, silk stockings + such things
as would delight the women. The Miss.
McGills, Rileys Holliday + many whose
names I have now forgotten were among
the number going south. My stay in Win-
chester was not unpleasant + I knew I could
do more for the men than a surgeon who
had no friends among the citizens of
the town, + my cousins the Conrads
were very influential people.
Gen. Ransem was killed I think, at the
Fishers Hill fight on Oct. 19th. 1861. His body
was brought to Winchester, + I found a place
for it in a room on the ground floor
of my hospital. The minnie ball which
killed him entered the right side of his
chest just under the arm pit + passed
through pointing under the opposite arm
pit. A Yankee surgeon heard he was
at my hospital + asked to be allowed to
see him. I pointed out the direction the
ball had taken + he wanted to cut it
out + keep it: but I told him he should
do nothing of the kind. I sent the flowers
which the ladies of Winchester had given,
to his wife, but she made no reply al-
though the Gen. had visited my house in
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Smithfield many times. Gen. Ransem took
the Yankee battery at Mechanicsville. He
also led the brigade out into the open field
near Winchester with the guns unloaded + we
knew nothing of the enemy being near until
they opened fire on us from a body of woods
200 yds away. Our men fell back at once,
having no chance to fire. It was the most
foolish thing I ever knew. This was when
I was stunned by the bursting of a shell
about 10 or 20 ft. above my head. I was
thrown to the ground, + must have laid
there several minutes. It seemed an hour
to me. I remembered hearing the explosion
+ falling to the ground.
It was a common thing to have a great
excitement at Winchester caused by the
report that the "Jessie Scouts" had come to
town. They were a set of men in regu-
lar Yankee service, gotten up + uniform-
ed in Confederate gray by Mrs. Jessie
Fremont (Gen. Fremont's wife) + was sent
through the "Valley" pillaging + insulting
the citizens. They were well punished
when Moseby got hold of them.
I forgot to say that poor Wilson Newman of
Orange Co. was killed on Sept. 19th.
I was given a printed parole, allowing
me the freedom of the city + the liberty of
going four miles outside of the town.
One very rainy night I received a note
from Cousin Betty Conrad, just before the
time for me to leave the hospital, telling
me that Mr. Conrad had been arrested, +
she knew I could help her if I would only
go with her to the provost's office. We did
so but were not able to see Mr. Conrad
as he had been sent to jail. Cousin Betty
pleaded + then urged me to do what
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I could to obtain his release. The provost
heard me through + then said "well sir
do you think this is keeping your parole,
coming here with rebel women, who
would burn us all up if they had the
chance." I could not but think the fellow
was right as far as his side went, but I
told him the lady was my relative, +
that she only pleaded for the release of her
husband whose misfortunes had come upon
him simply from his being the most promi-
nent man in town. I went home with her,
she was very brave. Next morning whilst
we were at breakfast Mr. Conrad walked
in. We rarely took breakfast until 9, as
I walked first every morning through my
wards to see that my men had their break-
fast. The badly wounded + ill were fed
frequently during the night by detailed
nurses. As a wounded man grew better
I detailed him as nurse, commissary
sergeant, or for some other duty, + he knew
if he did not act conscientiously he would
be named as ready to leave the hospital +
would be sent to prison. In Oct. I was offered an opportunity
to go to Savannah for exchange, but I de-
clined, preferring to remain + care for my
wounded. I always slept at Mr. Conrads as
they felt it was a protection, + kept the Yan-
kee officers from occupying the rooms. I
slept in one + kept my boots + clothes in
another so as to crowd the rooms as much
as possible. Several officers came + demand-
ed accommodation, + would not believe
old Stephen when he told them that a
Confederate Surgeon occupied the "great"
room, but when they went up + saw my
belongings + the bed (purposely) tumbled
they always left. I always lighted both rooms
[Page 46]
at night, so as to carry out the illusion.
We left Winchester for Balto. in charge of a
French doctor. There were 80 of us. When
we reached Stephenson's we were sent on board
the cars + then the French gentleman began
to go around to each wounded man +
to question him as to his troubles +c.. The
boys could no more understand his at-
tempt at English than his very good
French it was all as Herbrew to them. I
told him I would interpret for him.
He was in ecstacy to fine [find] some one who
spoke his own language. I piloted him on
until we reached Harper's Ferry when he
invited me out to take "just one little
glass of cognac with him." I told him
I could not leave my men but would be
very glad to have him buy me two bottles
of good whiskey. I gave him two "greenback"
dollars. In half an hour he came back
with my two bottles + no change. I had
told the men in his absence that I would
offer it to them but that they were to
take none of it as I intended it for
that Frenchman's throat by the time
we reached Balto. I had heard dread-
ful accounts of Donovan's jail (an old
negro jail) near the B.+O. depot where
soldiers had been put, + I wished to avoid
that. It was said that unless you laid
down upon newspapers, you would
be covered with vermin in 10 minutes.
I had seen enough of that sort of
thing, for I had witnessed men [in] my regts.
picking vermin from the seams of their
shirts + drawers. We reached Camden
station about 9 P.M. in a heavy bluster-
ing snow storm. My french friend
was loath to part from me. I had
[Page 47]
shown such an interest in him. I told him
as a parting favor I would beg him to
go to the provost's office + get 15 ambu-
lances + take us down to the West build-
ings Hospital, which I knew was on the
Norfolk dock + supposed it was probable
if they put us there for the night they
would send us by the boat next day to
Old Point + we would be that much
nearer exchange grounds. Sure enough
he did return with the ambulances.
I could have stepped off easily enough, but
I did not wish to leave my 79 men in the
lurch. When we returned, + most of us
had gotten into the ambulances I proposed
we should have one parting drink, +
asked him to allow me to invite a few of
my friends to partake with us. We went into
a dazzling saloon + I called for drinks all
around. After we had finished I handed
the bar tender a $10.xx "greenback" note,
which he put into his draw + after pretend-
ing to get change, handed it back to me
with a smile. We rode down to the West Falls
dock where the Hospital was, + the french doc-
tor introduced me to the lieut. in charge,
expressing the hope that as we were so near
the Norfold steamer we might be sent
down the bay next night. We had supper,
went to bed in the great ward of about 100
beds. Soon I felt crawlers on my face +
turned my pillow over. Then again- I
pushed the pillow under the bed, next I
got up. The man next to me said "there
is no use in that, stand it like a man, +
when they get enough they'll let you sleep.["]
I was so tired out, I went to sleep, but
the nest morning the bloody sheet showed
the results of the feast of the pests. We were
treated to a fine breakfast + dinner,
[Page 48]
which were greatly enjoyed by us hungry
confederates + about one o'clock I was
told to get my men in line, + we pro-
ceeded to the boat Georgianna of the
Old Bay Line. As we went aboard
a Lieut. handed me a package of fine
cigars + two meal tickets saying he was
sorry there was no stateroom to be had.
I gave Dr. Lawson one ticket + we ate
a fine supper. The entire saloon was
filled with cots + I got one of them.
About 10 o'clock a colored man pretend-
ing to be arranging the chairs said to
me "you are Dr. Atkinson from Smithfield
sir, I know you," he added that a gentle-
man in stateroom B wished me to tap
gently at his door sharp at midnight.
I did so + a gentleman opened the
door shaking hands with me + intro-
duced me to a Federal Lieut.- We
chatted a while + ate fruit cake which
the gentleman said had been sent him
from England. We had sherry + whiskey
I took the former but the lieut. partook
freely of the whisky until he fell into
a snoring sleep. The gentleman then
told me he had been in Daniel's N.C.
brigade as suttler, + that he had
left there (being non-naturalized) +
had engaged in Smithfield for the
Federal Army + that he had heard
my name + recollected how kind
my father had been to the soldiers
of his brigade when camped near
Smithfield at the beginning of hos-
tilities. I left him about 3 o'clock + took
to my cot. We reached Old Point about
7 o'clock A.M. after having eaten a
breakfast for which I paid.
[Page 49]
We were then marched ashore + placed in
line of 3 abreast - a Yankee negro soldier
with drawn sword on each side of the
head of the line. We went up to a one stori-
ed house where at a window was a federal
capt. + in the yard I could see a long line
of our old fellows (Winchester prisoners) who
had been sent off in Oct. to be exchanged, +
whom I had declined to join. Each man was
signing his name in a book. I touched my hat to
the Capt. + asked that we might be paroled
with the others, that I saw the steamer New
York was ready to start for Richmond.
He replied "I've no time to fool with you,
what do you know of the steamer New York?"
A man a little behind the Capt. nodded to me,
+ I said to the Capt. "there is a gentleman
who seems to be at leisure." He looked around
+ said "do you care to fool with these fellows?"
He said "I don't mind Capt. if you wish it."
Then said he, "get them in here quickly
+ parole them you have no time to lose."
In ten minutes we had all signed, + after
thanking both officers I marched off with
my companions to the New York which had
come into the dock as soon as the Georgianna
had left. We steamed leisurely up the James
(about 700 in all). We were kept some two
weeks about Dutch gap as Gen. Butler
was shelling the men on the other side. The
shells were morter shells + resembled mail
kegs, they were more noisy than dangerous.
We were finally exchanged at Rockets in
Richmond. I went at once to the Surgeon
Gen. Moore's office, + he said he had heard
all about me, + wished me to take two
months leave of absence. I said I only wanted
one month as I could not get home, + did
not care to trespass too long upon my
friends. He gave me transportation to
[Page 50]
Lynchburg + I stayed a day or two with my
Aunt Ellen Smith + went out to Campbell C.H.
where my wife + child were at my brother-in-
law's home, Mr. Wm A. Crocker. This Mr. Crocker
was the most useful man I ever knew.
He kept the family together amidst all
the dangers, difficulties + scarcity attending
the most distressed times. I hope he has
met his reward where trouble is no more,
+ where he so wished to go to join his dear
wife + his beloved mother. Soon I was called
to attend Col. Hoffman at Hotchets' run, +
was stationed at a point near Mattoox
opposite Petersburg where we stayed in
charge of the wounded at a Hospital until
the Sunday morning Petersburg was evacuated.
I had a big hospital tent full of wounded
men + officers who had been operated upon. We
moved on to Amelia C.H. where we stopped
to attempt a reorginazation + where the
artillery was parked. I met Dr. Dunn
there + we were sitting upon the ground
with our backs to a big tree, when
there was a great explosion + up went
the artillery into the air. The whold earth
seemed to feel the shock + every thing
was enveloped in smoke dust + debris.
We pushed on as well as we could
losing men from wounds + exhaustion
every hour until we reached a point
3/4 of a mile from Appromattox C.H. + on the
9th. the surrender occurred amidst tears
for the Cause we all loved so well, + for
Gen. Lee whom we revered. There the
men + officers were paroled to go to their
homes, the officers being allowed to re-
tain their horses. We had neither food
strength nor spirits left. Yet not one
regretted the course he had taken.
[Page 51]
We scarce knew when we reached Gettysburg,
we did not go up to the town at all, but were
placed I guess on the right. We reached there
about noon + were in position at once.
My regt. was engaged immediately on the
outskirts + in about one hour I was ordered
to a barn by Dr. Parrish to see to the
wounded. My regt. having 40 men killed
+ wounded. About 5 P.M. a courier came
to me with a large envelope marked- "to
be opened at mid night at Cashtown."
Knowing the order meant first to go to
Cashtown + that likely I might have much
to do when I reached there. I got Dr. James
Green assistant surgeon of 13th Va. Cavalry
detailed, + took my hospital steward
(Willie Day) along. At Cashtown I found
the quarter master ready with 100 ambulances
of wounded for me to take on to Williams-
port, or really-, where ever I could take
them. I saw it was not a matter of where
you wished to go, but where you could go.
I made the train travel two hours +
rest +, so that the horses could graze.
Here it was, out of some big barn
that Green + I rolled out a barrel of
clover seed - worth then $10.xx a bushel [-] and
fed it to our horses. We were passed by
great numbers of soldiers returning
from Gettisburg [Gettysburg]. We frequently slept
upon the ground as our horses crop-
ped the grass, + one morning Willie
Day + Green were still asleep, + I lying
quietly when some fellows passing
said, "they are asleep let's take their
horses." I was up in a moment +
they were off! A young man from Mary-
land wished me to take charge of his
horse + use him until he could sell him.
[Page 52]
I put the horse with those used for the ambu-
lances + gave instructions that he should
be attended to. One morning Col. Davis rode by
+ admired the horse I was on, + said "oh dear Dr.
do change horses for the day my steed is so jaded."
I said, "all right Col. Davis." He rode him all
that day. After 10 P.M. we crossed the Antietum
river + camped on the Hagerstown side in a
meadow about 5 miles from that town. The
next morning about day break Col. Davis
came to the bush under which I was sleeping
+ awakened me saying ["]Dr. how would you
like to ride into Hagerstown + breakfast
at the Hotel + bring your old Col. some when
you come back." I told him the plan sounded
attractive + I would be glad to take with me
the assist. surg. (Dr. Janston) of the 2nd N.C.
Cavalry with me. We reched Hagerstown
about 7:30 + hitching our horses behind an
old store opposite went into the Washington
Hotel. I told the clerk I wished breadfast for
myself + friend + would take a lunch
back to camp with me. I handed him a
$10.xx Confederate note, + he told me to walk
upstairs where I would be served, + that
he would have change ready for me
when I came down. I found in the dining
room a lady whom I knew, + we were
chatting pleasantly when a waiter informed
us that "sharpshooters are firing pretty sharp
sir, near the hotel." I was so sure that we held
the ford that I said, "oh they are only emptying
their guns." I bundled up the Col's lunch
+ saying adieu to my lady friend, we hurried
down the steps. There was no one in the office
+ the heavy door was locked. I kicked at
the door until the clerk came + opened it, +
in the excitement of finding the streets full
of Yankee soldiers no one thought of change.
[Page 53]
We found wounded men all along the
street, but we made for our horses + overtook
our troops which had already passed through
the town. The Col. had my horse killed under
him, + he was taken prisoner. Black Bill
Harrison of the Prince George Co. of 13th Va. Cav-
alry killed a Yankee Major by piercing
him with the spear of his flag staff, he being
color bearer. x x x
Lynchburg was the destination of Gen. Hunter
who passed through Lexington Va., burning
the iron furnace of Gen. Anderson in Botetourt
Co. Va.. This aim was to break up the rail road
connection between Richmond + the south,
+ south-western states so as to stop the trans-
portation of supplies + of troops to Va..
We were then at Orange C. House, + were
put upon cars of all sorts, passinger cars
box cars, cattle cars, + repair cars, + taken
as soon as possible to Lynchburg, so as to
head him off. We reached there about the
first of July. He was about 4 miles west
of the town near Forest Station . On
the night of the 3rd. he evacuated the place
+ Gen. Early started in pursuit. I received
orders as late as 7 o'clock to collect the sick,
bare-footed + wounded + find quarters
for them, + to follow as soon as it was pos-
sible. I managed to get 400 sick men
quartered at the Way Side + other hospitals
in Lynchburg + procured breadfast for
them next morning. The horses except those
used by the officers had been left at Orange
C. House. Uncle Doll Smith had the Way Side
Hospital + he told me he could do nothing
to help me, that his rations were consumed
by the unexpected presence of the army de-
manding provisions. I told him he would
have to give my men a breakfast, + draw
[Page 54]
for extra men for dinner + super. They
must he fed. After seeing that my men
were provided for we left on foot for
Liberty about 25 or 28 miles distant. Neither
Tip nor I fancied it but we finally reach-
ed our destination about 7 P.M. just in
time to lodge + to attend some men who
had been wounded by Hunter's rear guard.
If ever a man was hated it was Hunter,
from active, he became passive. His
men were scattered along the road, but
we got his wagons + much of his artillery.
He could not get it through the mountain
pass at Beauford's gap. We passed the
Hollins Institute in Botetourt Co. near the
Blue Ridge Springs. Gen. Hunter was a mean
man, a southerner + he burned his own
relations' dwellings near Shepperdstown.
We fared badly on this trip for food, the
cooking wagons coming up late at night.
We started at 5 A.M. to march stopping at
10 o'clock at a big spring for breakfast.
The buiscuits [biscuits] were made with mutton suet
instead of lard + could hardly be swallowed.
It was like taking a wax impression for a
set of false teeth. Your horse was your
best friend in those days. We got into
Maryland + slowed our pace. We knew
then we were making for the Potomac, + I
knew the water was high. When near Hagers-
town I saw a lot of men in a wheat field to
the left of the town, + found they were the
remainder of Picket's men under Col. Joseph
Phillips. We went to Westport on the river
where we deposited our wounded. Whilst
there a Yankee raid was made upon the
place. We go [got] up a lot of sick + slightly
wounded, drivers +c, + opposed them.
We were at Westport a week + then crowes [crossed]
into Berkely Co.
[Page 55]
Col. Skinner was shot through both eyes
at Spottsylvania Court House., also Capt.
Halsey of Lynchburg was shot in the
bladder. I did what was best for them.
Whilst here my gray mare had a
shell explode under her. I [It] was evidently
a trial shell finding the range.
Capt. Boughan was a great help to me
after a fight. He carried a door in
the bottom of his wagon to which 4 legs were
hinged + when a hospital was establish-
ed he would bury the legs a foot in the
ground + I had a good operating table.
Dr. Hunter McGuire used to speak of me
as "my working surgeon" + if there was any
thing of importance to be done he was
very apt to ask me to do it. On Sept. 12th. at
Spottsylvania C. H. he asked me when I
finished with my attentions to my own
wounded, to go over the hill + see about
500 yankee wounded men. I took
Capt. Boughan, two hospital stewards,
+ such supplies as I could get. We found
large numbers of wounded men mostly
unconscious or unable to sit up.
We did what we could for their relief +
removal. One poor fellow lay under a
chinquepin bush, he had hold of the end
of one of the limbs + had made a circle
around the bush by his violent + un-
conscious movements. He had been shot
through the brain. One Fedral [Federal] soldier
came up to me as I was leaving, + asked
me to set his collar bone which had
been broken by a ball + a piece as large
as my little finger was hanging by the
periosteum. I was fixing it so as to secure
the fragment so that it would grow back
in position, when an older surgeon (I do not
[Page 56]
wish to give his name) came up + said
"let me look at that collar bone." I told
him what I was going to do, + before I
could protest he siezed the fragment
with his forceps + jerked it off. It was
a cruel thing to do + I told him so.
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
From Appomattox I went at once to
Lynchburg + from there to New London to
join my wife + child. We then went
to Mountain Home where lived my
wife's brother Rev. Wm A. Crocker.
Mr. Crocker organized the Intelligence
bureau for keeping in touch with every
man in the army, sick, wounded + well.
He was its chief officer + was stationed in
Richmond during the war. The scheme
was so effective that it was adopted
by the Federals + since by all the civil-
ized nations of the world. After the cessation
of hostilities, this dear good man's house
at "Mountain Home," (on the road from
Campbell C. House to Concord depot below
Lynchburg) was the refuge + mecca for
many of his family. When I reached
the gate I saw the woods on fire + Mr.
Crocker + his brothers fighting it.
Without stopping to make myself known,
or to say "how day," I cut a big pine bush
+ began fighting the fire. We finally suc-
ceeded in extinguishing the flames, + then
our happy greetings took place, though
faces were begrimed with smoke + soot.
In this hospitable house were the Rev. W.A.
Crocker his wife + 3 children, his wife's
mother, sister + niece, my mother-in-law,
my wife child + self, Mr. R.S. Thomas + Mr.
J.F. Crocker brothers of the host. The war
[Page 57]
was over, our cause lost, + homes broken
up, but we were all so glad to be together
after the anxieties + hardships suffered by
both the soldiers + their families, that we
were as nearly happy as people could
be who had seen wealth + comfort
swept away. For several days we lived
at this simple retreat chiefly upon
milk + corn bread + what we could
shoot, + although it was very late in the
season to begin to plant a crop of corn,
something had to be done or there would
be no showing for another year's supplies.
So the minister, the two lawyers + the
doctor all took hold + plowed the land
each by turn contributing his horse for
the work, as it took the combined efforts
of the four to manage one plow. One held
the plow, one led the horse, + the lawyers
directed the work by turns. We succeeded
in breaking up the soil, if our furrows
were not very straight, + we got the corn planted.
Nature is very kind, + brotherly love +
common interests succeeded, where more
experience might have failed without
such united efforts. The butter milk
+ hoe cake at Mt. home tasted better than
any I have ever tasted since. The last
of Sept. 1865 I took my family to Smith-
field where my father urged me to settle.
I soon had the cream of the practice in
the town + adjacent country. My father
wished me to go out west with him. He
intended going to Minnasota [Minnesota] + Iowa where
he had lands he wished to redeem from
back taxes. He had bought those tracts
of land in about 1848 for .80 per acre.
Some 15 or 20 of the grants in Nebraska
had been lost by one Parker selling them
[Page 58]
fraudulently. His agent was a Mr. Parker
from Va. but another Parker got hold of
the grants, + hypothecated them + joined
the army + was probably killed. In 1880
I learned where some of these warrants
were in Nebraska, + it cost a considerable
sum to recover them. We took the western
trip which was then a matter of difficulty
as there were few railroads in the distant
states- none at all in Minnesota.
At the death of my father + mother
(within three months of each other) I re-
turned to Balto. in March 1873.
I was soon the physician to
Barnums Hotel + later to the Carrolton
as well. The year after I reached Balto.
I was elected to the chair of Materia
Medica in the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, which I held for a
number of years. I was also Prof. of
Dermalology + had the largest clinic
on skin diseases in the city.
In 1876 I was given the place of resi-
dent physician at the Jordan Alum
Springs for the summer months,
returning to Balto. in Sept.. Later
I was resident physician with Dr.
Moreman at the Greenbrier White Sul-
phur Springs.
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Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection
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African American history
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Scott, Charles W.
Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Va.)
Lee, Hyo Keun
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Solitude (Blacksburg, Va.: Historic building)
Blacksburg (Va.)
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<p>Part 3rd.</p>
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<p>Bragg’s Retreat. from Shelbyville marks an epoch in my prison experience, from which shall be dated many varied hopes. Rosecrans out flanked Bragg on the right and on the left. Thus the rebels were routed and retreated toward Tulahoma, June __ “/63 At midnight ( ) we who were prisoners at Wartrace were ordered in double quick toward Tulahoma. Wartrace was evacuated to remain as a trace of the war. I sincerely hoped that we she might fall into Rosecran’s hands before they (the rebels) would get us back to Tulahoma. Very often on</p>
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<p>Bragg’s Retreat. from Shelbyville marks an epoch in my prison experience, from which shall be dated many varied hopes. Rosecrans out flanked Bragg on the right and on the left. Thus the rebels were routed and retreated toward Tulahoma, June __ “/63 At midnight ( ) we who were prisoners at Wartrace were ordered in double quick toward Tulahoma. Wartrace was evacuated to remain as a trace of the war. I sincerely hoped that we she might fall into Rosecran’s hands before they (the rebels) would get us back to Tulahoma. Very often on</p>
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<p>the retreat s<s>h</s>uch hopes were <s>made</s> raised to lively expectation; <s>by the rattling, rambling wagon trains as they mired and broke down in great confusion.</s> The rebels left Shelbyville in such a panic (I am told) that they ran their horses off of the bridge and high bluff there, into Duck River and many of them drowned. Their wagon trains and whole army were marked by the same wild excitement. I and the other prisoners were made <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-2-corduroy-road" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 2, Corduroy Road footnote" rel="noopener">Corduroy the road</a> via Roseville for the wagons. We worked just as we were made do it. We sought opportunity of escape but were closely guarded. Several thousand troops mostly Tennesseeans deserted the</p>
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<p>the retreat s<s>h</s>uch hopes were <s>made</s> raised to lively expectation; <s>by the rattling, rambling wagon trains as they mired and broke down in great confusion.</s> The rebels left Shelbyville in such a panic (I am told) that they ran their horses off of the bridge and high bluff there, into Duck River and many of them drowned. Their wagon trains and whole army were marked by the same wild excitement. I and the other prisoners were made <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-2-corduroy-road' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 2, Corduroy Road footnote'>Corduroy the road</a> via Roseville for the wagons. We worked just as we were made do it. We sought opportunity of escape but were closely guarded. Several thousand troops mostly Tennesseeans deserted the</p>
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<p>Rebel ranks before Bragg’s army reached Tennessee river. We got nothing to eat till we arrived at Tulahoma, except some wheat which we plucked as we were marched through the fields. It afforded me exquisite pleasure to witness the confusion, loss and defeat of the rebel army of Tennessee, which had held the Union men of that State in duress so long. At Tulahoma I had the opportunity <s>delight</s> of seeing a grand concentration of their grey, ragged, confused multitude. <s>It lit up my whole nature with cheerfulness.</s> The roar of Rosecrans’ artillery had no terror for me. My soul vibrated to its</p>
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<p>Rebel ranks before Bragg’s army reached Tennessee river. We got nothing to eat till we arrived at Tulahoma, except some wheat which we plucked as we were marched through the fields. It afforded me exquisite pleasure to witness the confusion, loss and defeat of the rebel army of Tennessee, which had held the Union men of that State in duress so long. At Tulahoma I had the opportunity <s>delight</s> of seeing a grand concentration of their grey, ragged, confused multitude. <s>It lit up my whole nature with cheerfulness.</s> The roar of Rosecrans’ artillery had no terror for me. My soul vibrated to its</p>
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<p>advancing thunders, as doth the heart to the sweet music of friends.—But alas, this sanguine hope must again be disappointed. My patience must be tried further and further still. I was placed aboard the cars and taken back to that dreaded prison at Chattanooga.—There were many prisoners crowded to this point, and the whole rebel bombast was in an uproar.—</p>
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<p>advancing thunders, as doth the heart to the sweet music of friends.—But alas, this sanguine hope must again be disappointed. My patience must be tried further and further still. I was placed aboard the cars and taken back to that dreaded prison at Chattanooga.—There were many prisoners crowded to this point, and the whole rebel bombast was in an uproar.—<div class='tooltip' title='While there was no standard designation for hospital flags, Civil War armies typically used either red or yellow flags to mark their hospitals, which were considered unacceptable targets for enemy fire.'>Yellow flags were floating over the Chattanooga hospitals,</div> for they (the rebels) expected that some dashing Union cavalry would attack the place. By this Retreat the rebel power in Tenn. was circumscribed to the city of Chattanooga and the Knoxville line.</p>
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<p>During my imprisonment I have observed many rebel follies, but one was so manifest while they held Chattanooga that I mention it. viz—</p>
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<p>who had in times past been an excellent man rendered himself ridiculous by being elected Confederate governor of Tennessee when they only held Chattanooga. <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-5-tennessee-and-missouri" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 5, Tennessee and Missouri footnote" rel="noopener">Clabe Jackson</a> committed a like folly by issuing a proclamation as governor of Missouri when his “traveling Legislature” was in Mississippi. The whole rebellion made itself an object of ridicule and contempt, by enacting “conscriptions,” and “tax-in-kind” for Tenn. Mo. +c. when these states were of <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-5-tennessee-and-missouri" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 5, Tennessee and Missouri footnote" rel="noopener">right and virtuely <s>out</s> from under rebel <s>jur usurpation</s> rule.</a> Such assumptions of power and such proceedings point to</p>
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<p>During my imprisonment I have observed many rebel follies, but one was so manifest while they held Chattanooga that I mention it. viz—<div class='tooltip' title='As mentioned in a previous volume, Robert L. Caruthers was a judge, politician, and cofounder of the Cumberland School of Law that Woods attended. Although he was elected governor of Confederate Tennessee as Woods mentions, he never took office due to growing Union control in the state.'>Hon. R.L. Caruthers</div> who had in times past been an excellent man rendered himself ridiculous by being elected Confederate governor of Tennessee when they only held Chattanooga. <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-5-tennessee-and-missouri' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 5, Tennessee and Missouri footnote'>Clabe Jackson</a> committed a like folly by issuing a proclamation as governor of Missouri when his “traveling Legislature” was in Mississippi. The whole rebellion made itself an object of ridicule and contempt, by enacting “conscriptions,” and “tax-in-kind” for Tenn. Mo. +c. when these states were of <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-5-tennessee-and-missouri' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 5, Tennessee and Missouri footnote'>right and virtuely <s>out</s> from under rebel <s>jur usurpation</s> rule.</a> Such assumptions of power and such proceedings point to</p>
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<p>their supporters as fit subjects for the lunatic asylum, or penitentiary.—Under the excitement of the retreat Chattanooga was considered an unsafe place to keep prisoners; so we (about 200) were transferred to the Atlanta Prison. which was decidedly the best regulated military prison with which I became acquainted, in the South. It was a large lecture room in the heart of the city, and in sight of the depot. The lower rooms of the <s>bul</s> building were occupied by the commander and guard and the second and third stories by the prisoners, of whom there were several hundreds.</p>
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<p>their supporters as fit subjects for the lunatic asylum, or penitentiary.—Under the excitement of the retreat Chattanooga was considered an unsafe place to keep prisoners; so we (about 200) were transferred to the Atlanta Prison. which was decidedly the best regulated military prison with which I became acquainted, in the South. It was a large lecture room in the heart of the city, and in sight of the depot. The lower rooms of the <s>bul</s> building were occupied by the commander and guard and the second and third stories by the prisoners, of whom there were several hundreds.</p>
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<p>Atlanta Ga. was an important rendezvous for Confederate purposes.—This prison building was inclosed nearly all round by a high plank wall, and the prisoners were allowed to remain in the yard thus formed, during the daytime. On the 4th of July 1863 I was <s>here</s> in this prison. —I felt disposed to celebrate the day, but I soon discovered that I was rather awkwardly situated to celebrate it in the old fashioned way. Then I celebrated it in spirit. I fasted and prayed. I penciled my prayer on the fly-leaf of my Bible and have preserved it till now (Sept. 8, 1865) Prayer <i>O Lord thou art the architect</i></p>
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<p>Atlanta Ga. was an important rendezvous for Confederate purposes.—This prison building was inclosed nearly all round by a high plank wall, and the prisoners were allowed to remain in the yard thus formed, during the daytime. On the 4th of July 1863 I was <s>here</s> in this prison. —I felt disposed to celebrate the day, but I soon discovered that I was rather awkwardly situated to celebrate it in the old fashioned way. Then I celebrated it in spirit. I fasted and prayed. I penciled my prayer on the fly-leaf of my Bible and have preserved it till now (Sept. 8, 1865) Prayer <i>O Lord thou art the architect</i></p>
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<p><i>of the Universe;—the director of all things, physical and spiritual.—Thou dost send thy blessings upon the just and unjust +. <i>We are taught by thy word that thou dost chastise those whom thou lovest.</i> The world is ready at thy command to wake to war and revolution, or to sing the songs of peace and happiness. Thy humble servant doth + on this memorable day recognize the power and right of God to rule and reign over all his creatures as doth please him. The will of the Lord be done.—Lord be not offended at thy servant in this his humble petition, and he will venture with full faith to thank the sincerely for all the blessings of this life and for the unspeakable gifts and</i></p>
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<p><i>of the Universe;—the director of all things, physical and spiritual.—Thou dost send thy blessings upon the just and unjust +. <i>We are taught by thy word that thou dost chastise those whom thou lovest.</i> The world is ready at thy command to wake to war and revolution, or to sing the songs of peace and happiness. Thy humble servant doth + on this memorable day recognize the power and right of God to rule and reign over all his creatures as doth please him. The will of the Lord be done.—Lord be not offended at thy servant in this his humble petition, and he will venture with full faith to thank the sincerely for all the blessings of this life and for the unspeakable gifts and</i></p>
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<p><i>promises of <s>the Holy Ghost</s> Eternal Life <s>to come</s>, through the merits of our Lord and Savior. Thy Servant, as becometh all thy followers, asketh pardon for all past offenses against thy Holy Law.—Clothe thy Servant this day O Lord with the holy garments of righteousness. Oh, for the faith and zeal of the Holy ones of inspiration. Bless, Oh, bless those near, and dear unto thy unworthy servant. I ask not fame, long-life, nor riches, but wisdom, Lord, from thy plenteous grace. Lord I entreat thy smiles upon the land of thine own choosing. Give us again, the balmy breezes of peace, to waft our souls to thee. Save at last through Father, Son and Holy Ghost—Amen. Atlanta Ga. (Guard House) J.H.W— July 4th 1863.—</i></p>
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<p><i>promises of <s>the Holy Ghost</s> Eternal Life <s>to come</s>, through the merits of our Lord and Savior. Thy Servant, as becometh all thy followers, asketh pardon for all past offenses against thy Holy Law.—Clothe thy Servant this day O Lord with the holy garments of righteousness. Oh, for the faith and zeal of the Holy ones of inspiration. Bless, Oh, bless those near, and dear unto thy unworthy servant. I ask not fame, long-life, nor riches, but wisdom, Lord, from thy plenteous grace. Lord I entreat thy smiles upon the land of thine own choosing. Give us again, the balmy breezes of peace, to waft our souls to thee. Save at last through Father, Son and Holy Ghost—Amen. Atlanta Ga. (Guard House) J.H.W— July 4th 1863.—</i></p>
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<p>I did not realize, that at the very hour of my prayer and fasting, that Pemberton at Vicksburg was capitulating to Grant, and that Lee was reeling under the mighty thunders of Meade at Gettysburgh. After this day’s meditation my mind was calm, and from then I had but little fear of being put to death by the rebels or that they would ever succede <s>against the Union</s>. My greatest anxiety was to be where I could be counted one, in the service of my bleeding country. Yet [text underneath: indeed], I almost considered my imprisonment a means for the preservation of my life. I read daily of the thousands who were falling beneath the</p>
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<p>I did not realize, that at the very hour of my prayer and fasting, that Pemberton at Vicksburg was capitulating to Grant, and that Lee was reeling under the mighty thunders of Meade at Gettysburgh. After this day’s meditation my mind was calm, and from then I had but little fear of being put to death by the rebels or that they would ever succede <s>against the Union</s>. My greatest anxiety was to be where I could be counted one, in the service of my bleeding country. Yet [text underneath: indeed], I almost considered my imprisonment a means for the preservation of my life. I read daily of the thousands who were falling beneath the</p>
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<p>flag of Washington. I prayed that monuments of American gratitude might ever keep their memories alive. In Hospital There was a Barracks completed at Atlanta about the 8th of July 1863, to which the prisoners were all to be removed and the building we were in was to be fitted up immediately for hospital purposes. I heard some descriptions of the “Atlanta Barracks” which caused me to recoil at the thought<s> decide not</s> of going there. <s>if I could possible avoid it.</s> I thought my best, and only chance to escape it, was to get assigned to the hospital by some means. I had already been in prison so long that I was pale and weak. I feigned</p>
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<p>flag of Washington. I prayed that monuments of American gratitude might ever keep their memories alive. In Hospital There was a Barracks completed at Atlanta about the 8th of July 1863, to which the prisoners were all to be removed and the building we were in was to be fitted up immediately for hospital purposes. I heard some descriptions of the “Atlanta Barracks” which caused me to recoil at the thought<s> decide not</s> of going there. <s>if I could possible avoid it.</s> I thought my best, and only chance to escape it, was to get assigned to the hospital by some means. I had already been in prison so long that I was pale and weak. I feigned</p>
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<p>to be very sick indeed. By exciting my pulse and the action of my heart I just before the surgeon came to examine me, I so deceived him that he allowed me to remain with the sick. It was not common for the rebel surgeons to send a sick prisoner to the hospital until it was about certain that he was past recovery. There were several of this class left for the hospital with [text underneath: well as] myself. Among them were three or four Union Tennesseeans, old men, who were abused and neglected until they died on the floor where they lay.—The doctor said “let them go—they are damned Union men anyhow.” So I began</p>
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<p>to be very sick indeed. By exciting my pulse and the action of my heart I just before the surgeon came to examine me, I so deceived him that he allowed me to remain with the sick. It was not common for the rebel surgeons to send a sick prisoner to the hospital until it was about certain that he was past recovery. There were several of this class left for the hospital with [text underneath: well as] myself. Among them were three or four Union Tennesseeans, old men, who were abused and neglected until they died on the floor where they lay.—The doctor said “let them go—they are damned Union men anyhow.” So I began</p>
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<p>to think I was likely going to recieve but poor consolation myself by remaining in the hospital; <s>but I passed as a soldier and fared better.</s> The doctors soon forgot that I was a prisoner at all, I talked rather smoothly to them and gained their confidence. I kept myself just well enough to be up, and the doctors allowed me to walk about the streets for my health. I spent some time in the stores, printing offices +c, listening to rebel officers and taking notes.—I was too weak to travel or I might have made a journey. Thes hospital was well furnished with nice clean beds and our old dirty garments were</p>
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<p>to think I was likely going to recieve but poor consolation myself by remaining in the hospital; <s>but I passed as a soldier and fared better.</s> The doctors soon forgot that I was a prisoner at all, I talked rather smoothly to them and gained their confidence. I kept myself just well enough to be up, and the doctors allowed me to walk about the streets for my health. I spent some time in the stores, printing offices +c, listening to rebel officers and taking notes.—I was too weak to travel or I might have made a journey. This hospital was well furnished with nice clean beds and our old dirty garments were</p>
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<p>exchanged for new and clean ones. The hospital was soon filled with sick and wounded. There was in the city an association of the ladies, called the “Soldiers Relief Association” (?) Those “good angel women” visited the sick and brought them many nice things which the Confederacy did not issue,—milk, vegetables, +c. Many of those visiting ladies were young and pretty and <s>quite</s> disposed to conversation <s>talk when they could find a man capable of holding conversation.—I could do that—hence</s> The ladies showed considerable partiality <s>toward</s> for me: And in confidential talk with them I found that many of the Southern women loved the Union better than the Confederacy, <s>and</s>.</p>
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<p>exchanged for new and clean ones. The hospital was soon filled with sick and wounded. There was in the city an association of the ladies, called the “Soldiers Relief Association” (?) Those “good angel women” visited the sick and brought them many nice things which the Confederacy did not issue,—milk, vegetables, +c. Many of those visiting ladies were young and pretty and <s>quite</s> disposed to conversation <s>talk when they could find a man capable of holding conversation.—I could do that—hence</s> The ladies showed considerable partiality <s>toward</s> for me: And in confidential talk with them I found that many of the Southern women loved the Union better than the Confederacy, <s>and</s>.</p>
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<p><s>just here</s> My readers will allow me to make an apology for the zeal the Southern ladies manifested in the welfare of the rebel soldiery. Those soldiers were their husbands, sons and brothers—many of them unjustly and unfairly forced into the rebel service, and the women knew it. The Confederacy could neither clothe nor feed the <s>soldiers</s> them well.</p>
<div class="tooltip" title=" For more information on the experience, role, and motivations of Confederate women during the Civil War, see Drew Gilpin Faust’s book <i>Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War</i> (University of Northern Carolina Press, 1996).">Hence the women worked with their own hands to feed and clothe their husbands sons, and brothers rather than see them suffer.</div>
<p>I don’t believe <s>all</s> the zeal shown by the Southern ladies in clothing + feeding the soldiers signified <s>their</s> devotion to the rebel cause. I know the intelligent poor attributed their sorrows and partings to</p>
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<p><s>just here</s> My readers will allow me to make an apology for the zeal the Southern ladies manifested in the welfare of the rebel soldiery. Those soldiers were their husbands, sons and brothers—many of them unjustly and unfairly forced into the rebel service, and the women knew it. The Confederacy could neither clothe nor feed the <s>soldiers</s> them well. <div class='tooltip' title=' For more information on the experience, role, and motivations of Confederate women during the Civil War, see Drew Gilpin Faust’s book <i>Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War</i> (University of Northern Carolina Press, 1996).'>Hence the women worked with their own hands to feed and clothe their husbands sons, and brothers rather than see them suffer.</div> I don’t believe <s>all</s> the zeal shown by the Southern ladies in clothing + feeding the soldiers signified <s>their</s> devotion to the rebel cause. I know the intelligent poor attributed their sorrows and partings to</p>
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<p>the <s>willfull</s> treason of secessionists. I can love the Southern lady still, who candidly confesses that her zeal was for <s>the sake</s> of comfort of her loved ones and not for the love of the Confederate cause. I was fairing so well in the hospital that I was uneasy for fear of being lest I should removed to some worse place <s>worse</s>.—Now earnestly, after <s>a man</s> one endures the hardships, and abuses of prison and makes his bed at night on the ground or floor, and maddens with hunger, four or five months he will be well prepared to appreciate a soft bed, clean clothes, good things to eat, and the sweet voice of <s>a kind lady</s> woman.</p>
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<p>the <s>willfull</s> treason of secessionists. I can love the Southern lady still, who candidly confesses that her zeal was for <s>the sake</s> of comfort of her loved ones and not for the love of the Confederate cause. I was fairing so well in the hospital that I was uneasy for fear of being lest I should removed to some worse place <s>worse</s>.—Now earnestly, after <s>a man</s> one endures the hardships, and abuses of prison and makes his bed at night on the ground or floor, and maddens with hunger, four or five months he will be well prepared to appreciate a soft bed, clean clothes, good things to eat, and the sweet voice of <s>a kind lady</s> woman.</p>
<p>—And Some ladies are very</p>
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<p>So it was with Mrs _________ living near, Atlanta, she said to me, that her husband had been forced from her, that she knew not where he was, but that she would be kind to me hoping that some woman would meet her husband and be kind to him.</p>
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<p>So it was with Mrs _________ living near, Atlanta, she said to me, that her husband had been forced from her, that she knew not where he was, but that she would be kind to me hoping that some woman would meet her husband and be kind to him.</p>
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<p>thoughtful too. While their husbands +c. were at Vicksburg or Richmond wasting under fever and loneliness they could not administer to them, but they could lay their gentle hands on the brow of some Mississippi or Virginia lady’s loved one, <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-17-women-and-the-war" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 17, Women and the War footnote" rel="noopener">hoping that the kindness might be reciprocated.</a> But I must part with this interim of semi-pleasure and try again the prison cell. An order came for me, to be sent to Chattanooga, (Aug. 4/63) to await my trial. If you are in military custody you must <s>just</s> meet bravely whatever <s>you</s> may be imposed upon you; for I assure you, you will seldome have changes just as you desire.</p>
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<p>thoughtful too. While their husbands +c. were at Vicksburg or Richmond wasting under fever and loneliness they could not administer to them, but they could lay their gentle hands on the brow of some Mississippi or Virginia lady’s loved one, <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-17-women-and-the-war' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 17, Women and the War footnote'>hoping that the kindness might be reciprocated.</a> But I must part with this interim of semi-pleasure and try again the prison cell. An order came for me, to be sent to Chattanooga, (Aug. 4/63) to await my trial. If you are in military custody you must <s>just</s> meet bravely whatever <s>you</s> may be imposed upon you; for I assure you, you will seldome have changes just as you desire.</p>
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<p>Chattanooga. The Guard House at Chattanooga was so forbidding in all its characteristics that I confinement there would almost produce weeping despondency. The treatment of prisoners there was scarcely better than at <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-18-pow-camps" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 18, POW Camps footnote" rel="noopener">Libby, Castle Thunder, or Andersonville.</a> In the first part of August 1863 Bragg held the country South of the Tennessee river and Rosecrans the country north of it. They were both making preparation for battle. There was a few weeks of quiet along the lines, which the rebel court siezed upon to bring deserters and accused Union men to trial. There were about two hundred of these, (and I was one of them) awaiting trial at Chattanooga.</p>
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<p>Chattanooga. The Guard House at Chattanooga was so forbidding in all its characteristics that I confinement there would almost produce weeping despondency. The treatment of prisoners there was scarcely better than at <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-18-pow-camps' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 18, POW Camps footnote'>Libby, Castle Thunder, or Andersonville.</a> In the first part of August 1863 Bragg held the country South of the Tennessee river and Rosecrans the country north of it. They were both making preparation for battle. There was a few weeks of quiet along the lines, which the rebel court siezed upon to bring deserters and accused Union men to trial. There were about two hundred of these, (and I was one of them) awaiting trial at Chattanooga.</p>
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<p>The military prison was on the Main St.—It was a large, brick building three stories high. We were closely guarded and kept in the accumulated filth of the prison.—We suffered severely for food and water. Chattanooga is not well watered except by river water, and the presence of so large an army kept the wells all mudy. A very scanty supply of water would be brought into us once a day. The men were so dry they would crowd around the buckets as if their lives depended upon a drink. The sick and the weak <s>often</s> could not hold their own in the press, consequently, they suffered, till death would have been a welcom visitor; especially</p>
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<p>The military prison was on the Main St.—It was a large, brick building three stories high. We were closely guarded and kept in the accumulated filth of the prison.—We suffered severely for food and water. Chattanooga is not well watered except by river water, and the presence of so large an army kept the wells all mudy. A very scanty supply of water would be brought into us once a day. The men were so dry they would crowd around the buckets as if their lives depended upon a drink. The sick and the weak <s>often</s> could not hold their own in the press, consequently, they suffered, till death would have been a welcom visitor; especially</p>
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<p>to those who were <s>sick and</s> in chains. There were a number of these prisoners under sentence of death. The clanking of the chains upon their emaciated and haggard forms, covered with lothesome vermin created in my mind, a double sensation of pity and horror. There was a dark dungeon in which those under sentence of death were locked: for men under sentence are more apt to “break the guard” than those who do not know what their punishment is to be. I have watched those most unfortunate victims, as their forlorn visages appeared through the grated windows. Their ghastly paleness and looks</p>
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<p>to those who were <s>sick and</s> in chains. There were a number of these prisoners under sentence of death. The clanking of the chains upon their emaciated and haggard forms, covered with lothesome vermin created in my mind, a double sensation of pity and horror. There was a dark dungeon in which those under sentence of death were locked: for men under sentence are more apt to “break the guard” than those who do not know what their punishment is to be. I have watched those most unfortunate victims, as their forlorn visages appeared through the grated windows. Their ghastly paleness and looks</p>
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<p>of despair haunted me like ghosts even in my waking hours. Their conditions were so much worse than my own, at that time, that I almost forgot my own imprisonment,—I thought myself fortunate while contemplating their most excruciating sufferings.—(</p>
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<p>saw some of these things at Knoxville while the rebels held him prisoner.)—I beheld these horrid scenes for fifteen long months and experienced them to their bitterest degree, <s>save the sting of a guilty conscience, which I never experienced in prison.</s> Oh Lord, deliver me from beholding again such sufferings among my fellow men as I</p>
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<p>of despair haunted me like ghosts even in my waking hours. Their conditions were so much worse than my own, at that time, that I almost forgot my own imprisonment,—I thought myself fortunate while contemplating their most excruciating sufferings.—(<div class='tooltip' title='As mentioned in a previous volume, William Gannaway Brownlow was a Methodist preacher, Senator, and newspaper owner who was arrested and imprisoned by the Confederate government for treason. He returned to Tennessee after the war as the post-bellum governor of the state during Reconstruction.'>Gov. Brownlow</div> saw some of these things at Knoxville while the rebels held him prisoner.)—I beheld these horrid scenes for fifteen long months and experienced them to their bitterest degree, <s>save the sting of a guilty conscience, which I never experienced in prison.</s> Oh Lord, deliver me from beholding again such sufferings among my fellow men as I</p>
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<p>beheld at Chattanooga and Atlanta There were old men and young men, starved, abused and chained hand and foot, in a dungeon, without the light of day to cheer, or the voice of a friend to mitigate their fear. Men, who only a few months before sported in all the beauty, health, and comforts of happy homes, were dragged to prison, and tortured to death by this rebel process of starvation and chains.—All for what?—<i>Just because they had refused to serve that <s>damnable humbug</s> abomination—the Southern Confederacy.</i> I spent a portion of my time here administering to the unfortunate sick, They had sunk under the pressure of their imprisonment, and now</p>
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<p>beheld at Chattanooga and Atlanta There were old men and young men, starved, abused and chained hand and foot, in a dungeon, without the light of day to cheer, or the voice of a friend to mitigate their fear. Men, who only a few months before sported in all the beauty, health, and comforts of happy homes, were dragged to prison, and tortured to death by this rebel process of starvation and chains.—All for what?—<i>Just because they had refused to serve that <s>damnable humbug</s> abomination—the Southern Confederacy.</i> I spent a portion of my time here administering to the unfortunate sick, They had sunk under the pressure of their imprisonment, and now</p>
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<p>lay helpless on the filthy floor of the prison.—I could do no more for the poor fellows, than to get them water, bathe their heads, and encourage them. I have watched the sick thus until life slowly ebbed out. I have stood by them in prison and pushed the fighting, swearing crowds off of their dead bodies—<s>for</s> when men are confined under these circumstances, so<s>on</s> many together, you may see weeping, laughing, fighting, swearing, stealing and dying all at the same time. Amnesty to deserters was proclaimed by Jeff Davis in August 1863.—This proclamation was noised throughout all the land of rebeldom</p>
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<p>lay helpless on the filthy floor of the prison.—I could do no more for the poor fellows, than to get them water, bathe their heads, and encourage them. I have watched the sick thus until life slowly ebbed out. I have stood by them in prison and pushed the fighting, swearing crowds off of their dead bodies—<s>for</s> when men are confined under these circumstances, so<s>on</s> many together, you may see weeping, laughing, fighting, swearing, stealing and dying all at the same time. Amnesty to deserters was proclaimed by Jeff Davis in August 1863.—This proclamation was noised throughout all the land of rebeldom</p>
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<p>as a great mercy showing the kind hand and Christian heart of Jeff. <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-24-amnesty-for-deserters" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 24, Amnesty for Deserters footnote" rel="noopener">It pardoned all deserters from the Confederate service, who should report within a limited time.</a> Those who were in the Union lines were limited to forty (40) days. Those who were in prison and even under sentence were included in the Amnesty unless they were under arrest or sentence for the third or fourth offense.—The real object of the Amnesty was to induce Sixty thousand men back to the rebel service. It did not spring from a tender, merciful heart, as the officers and preachers would make believe. It was only treason’s desperate desire to feed the flowing</p>
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<p>as a great mercy showing the kind hand and Christian heart of Jeff. <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-24-amnesty-for-deserters' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 24, Amnesty for Deserters footnote'>It pardoned all deserters from the Confederate service, who should report within a limited time.</a> Those who were in the Union lines were limited to forty (40) days. Those who were in prison and even under sentence were included in the Amnesty unless they were under arrest or sentence for the third or fourth offense.—The real object of the Amnesty was to induce Sixty thousand men back to the rebel service. It did not spring from a tender, merciful heart, as the officers and preachers would make believe. It was only treason’s desperate desire to feed the flowing</p>
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<p>river of blood with the fresh streams from the gushing wounds of of sixty thousand more <s>in battle slain.</s> Under this Amnesty, the Provost Martial of Chattanooga sent many of the prisoners to their respective regiments. I was sent among them, to the regiment to which they assigned me. It (36 Ala) was at Tyner Station twelve (12) miles from Chattanooga on the Knoxville road. The Colonel refused to recieve me, because my crime was mutiny and not desertion I was held a few days for trial. They guarded me very closely under a tree, where the Provost guard had their quarters.—One Lieut. Baker was the Pro. Martial.</p>
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<p>river of blood with the fresh streams from the gushing wounds of of sixty thousand more <s>in battle slain.</s> Under this Amnesty, the Provost Martial of Chattanooga sent many of the prisoners to their respective regiments. I was sent among them, to the regiment to which they assigned me. It (36 Ala) was at Tyner Station twelve (12) miles from Chattanooga on the Knoxville road. The Colonel refused to recieve me, because my crime was mutiny and not desertion I was held a few days for trial. They guarded me very closely under a tree, where the Provost guard had their quarters.—One Lieut. Baker was the Pro. Martial.</p>
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<p>—He was a rebel of the meanest qualities, but more of him by and by. While I was at this place some of my League-friends who had so far escaped arrest and who had failed to get away from the rebel lines, would walk <s>awkwardly</s> by where I was under guard. They would talk with me and encourage me, (<s>for</s> some sentinels would allow them to speak to me when no officer was about). I selected a few of them to be my witnesses when my trial should be brought on. I was low spirited, and so sick and week that I could scarcely walk. Desponding and disheartened</p>
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<p>—He was a rebel of the meanest qualities, but more of him by and by. While I was at this place some of my League-friends who had so far escaped arrest and who had failed to get away from the rebel lines, would walk <s>awkwardly</s> by where I was under guard. They would talk with me and encourage me, (<s>for</s> some sentinels would allow them to speak to me when no officer was about). I selected a few of them to be my witnesses when my trial should be brought on. I was low spirited, and so sick and week that I could scarcely walk. Desponding and disheartened</p>
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<p>I at last resolved to <i>“Brek the Guard”</i> and escape to the woods or die in the effort. Once from under their bayonets I intended if possible to make my way <s>ar</s> around Bragg’s pickets to the river, with the design of crossing over, on a raft, to Genl. Rosecrans. There is a state of despondency into which if a person fall life is a burden and dangers have no terror. It was Wednesday night at 11 o’clock—Aug. 12, 1863—that I arose from where I lay at the root of an oak, and fled from the guard. I had been sick several days and it was thought</p>
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<p>I at last resolved to <i>“Brek the Guard”</i> and escape to the woods or die in the effort. Once from under their bayonets I intended if possible to make my way <s>ar</s> around Bragg’s pickets to the river, with the design of crossing over, on a raft, to Genl. Rosecrans. There is a state of despondency into which if a person fall life is a burden and dangers have no terror. It was Wednesday night at 11 o’clock—Aug. 12, 1863—that I arose from where I lay at the root of an oak, and fled from the guard. I had been sick several days and it was thought</p>
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<p>one sentinel over me was sufficient.—To decieve him I lay down about 7 o’clock, pretending to be very sick. To lesson suspicion if he should have any, I pulled off my coat and hung my hat on a limb—my shoes were untied upon my feet, for I desired to take them with me. The Provost Guard were all fast asleep, and while I turned <s>and groaned</s> upon my bed of leaves, the sentinel nodded. I saw that he was unsuspecting. I resolved at once to decieve him more. I put my finger down my throat to gag as though I were about vomiting—then starting recumbently as if to get a</p>
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<p>one sentinel over me was sufficient.—To decieve him I lay down about 7 o’clock, pretending to be very sick. To lesson suspicion if he should have any, I pulled off my coat and hung my hat on a limb—my shoes were untied upon my feet, for I desired to take them with me. The Provost Guard were all fast asleep, and while I turned <s>and groaned</s> upon my bed of leaves, the sentinel nodded. I saw that he was unsuspecting. I resolved at once to decieve him more. I put my finger down my throat to gag as though I were about vomiting—then starting recumbently as if to get a</p>
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<p>few paces from my bed. There was a fence nearby and when I had gotten a few steps from the sentinel, <s>my strength suddenly came to me,—my sickness was gone.</s> I <s>straightened up and</s> leaped the fence <s>like a wild gazelle and made for the middle of a cornfield.</s> Soon as the sentinel recovered he cried “halt” at the top of his voice—then leveled his piece, but the cap bursted—and while in excited haste he fingered for another—he cried out again in quivering fear—“You Woods”—“Stop Woods” (for he evidently expected to take my place under guard if I should escape). But before he could get another cap</p>
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<p>few paces from my bed. There was a fence nearby and when I had gotten a few steps from the sentinel, <s>my strength suddenly came to me,—my sickness was gone.</s> I <s>straightened up and</s> leaped the fence <s>like a wild gazelle and made for the middle of a cornfield.</s> Soon as the sentinel recovered he cried “halt” at the top of his voice—then leveled his piece, but the cap bursted—and while in excited haste he fingered for another—he cried out again in quivering fear—“You Woods”—“Stop Woods” (for he evidently expected to take my place under guard if I should escape). But before he could get another cap</p>
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<p>or arouse the guards I was lost in the darkness. I ran directly to a cornfield which was some distance off, from which, after resting and listening, I ventured into the mountains. In the excitement of the hour I had over-tasked my weakness—About the time the sentinel hollowed the third time, I stumbled and fell. On rising again from the ground, I thought best to take my shoes in my hands and run with lighter foot. I exhausted my strength and being feverish I thirsted for water. My tongue was dry as grass, but while groping my way through the dark I found some</p>
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<p>or arouse the guards I was lost in the darkness. I ran directly to a cornfield which was some distance off, from which, after resting and listening, I ventured into the mountains. In the excitement of the hour I had over-tasked my weakness—About the time the sentinel hollowed the third time, I stumbled and fell. On rising again from the ground, I thought best to take my shoes in my hands and run with lighter foot. I exhausted my strength and being feverish I thirsted for water. My tongue was dry as grass, but while groping my way through the dark I found some <div class='tooltip' title='Sassafras is an edible, leafy plant found throughout the eastern half of the United States. It has many purposes, particularly in tea and as a flavoring. It also has a range of suggested medicinal applications.'>Sassafras</div>, the leaves which I ate and</p>
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<p>slaked my thirst. I secreted myself in the woods by day and traveled by night until Sunday 16th ___ without anything to eat or drink, except one drink of water and a bunch of green grapes and on the second day and some apple peelings which I found in the road on the third day. I obtained the drink by tieing an old tin [text underneath: handkerchief] to the end of a long pole, which I let down into a well, to <s>immerse the handkerchief. I then squeezed the water out of it into my mouth.</s> I expected to endure these inconveniences when I started, but I felt so disconsolate, while sick under guard that I preferred to die in the</p>
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<p>slaked my thirst. I secreted myself in the woods by day and traveled by night until Sunday 16th ___ without anything to eat or drink, except one drink of water and a bunch of green grapes and on the second day and some apple peelings which I found in the road on the third day. I obtained the drink by tieing an old tin [text underneath: handkerchief] to the end of a long pole, which I let down into a well, to <s>immerse the handkerchief. I then squeezed the water out of it into my mouth.</s> I expected to endure these inconveniences when I started, but I felt so disconsolate, while sick under guard that I preferred to die in the</p>
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<p>woods rather than under the cold sympathy of the bayonet. I was pursued by cavalry. <s>and</s> Bragg’s army extended sixty miles up and down the river Hence I was convinced that my effort would be unavailing—and that persistence would very soon lead to me apprehension. The next Monday was the day set apart for my trial and as I found that escape would be almost impossible, I thought to return of my own accord, would be an argument in my favor.—I felt sure of worse treatment, if I should be caught and taken back to those in pursuit of me. I had endeavored to reach the river at different places,</p>
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<p>woods rather than under the cold sympathy of the bayonet. I was pursued by cavalry. <s>and</s> Bragg’s army extended sixty miles up and down the river Hence I was convinced that my effort would be unavailing—and that persistence would very soon lead to me apprehension. The next Monday was the day set apart for my trial and as I found that escape would be almost impossible, I thought to return of my own accord, would be an argument in my favor.—I felt sure of worse treatment, if I should be caught and taken back to those in pursuit of me. I had endeavored to reach the river at different places,</p>
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<p>but found double lines of pickets to intercept me. So, in my extremity of weakness and hunger, I hit upon the thought of falling in with two unarmed soldiers, whom I solicited to escort me to the Provost Quarters which I had left. The provost guard and all concerned were much surprised at my voluntary return, and took it as a proof (?) <s>of</s> that I felt clear of the charges against me. Some of my friends were offended at me, and thought me foolish for returning but I being better acquainted with my strength and chances than they, I thought it the most prudent choice I could make.</p>
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<p>but found double lines of pickets to intercept me. So, in my extremity of weakness and hunger, I hit upon the thought of falling in with two unarmed soldiers, whom I solicited to escort me to the Provost Quarters which I had left. The provost guard and all concerned were much surprised at my voluntary return, and took it as a proof (?) <s>of</s> that I felt clear of the charges against me. Some of my friends were offended at me, and thought me foolish for returning but I being better acquainted with my strength and chances than they, I thought it the most prudent choice I could make.</p>
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<p>—There were many inquiries relative to the cause of my leaving—which I answered by supposing that fever must have been in my brain.—That I was insensible of what I had done <s>at</s> that on awaking from that state, I found myself in the mountains.—I then carelessly asked when I broke guard and how—I stated that I supposed <s>that</s> I had lost my hat and coat in the woods—<s>but</s> then they brought them to me, telling me, I had run off and left them.— But notwithstanding my apparent derangement, they brought me to trial on Monday Aug. 18th 1863.</p>
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<p>—There were many inquiries relative to the cause of my leaving—which I answered by supposing that fever must have been in my brain.—That I was insensible of what I had done <s>at</s> that on awaking from that state, I found myself in the mountains.—I then carelessly asked when I broke guard and how—I stated that I supposed <s>that</s> I had lost my hat and coat in the woods—<s>but</s> then they brought them to me, telling me, I had run off and left them.— But notwithstanding my apparent derangement, they brought me to trial on Monday Aug. 18th 1863.</p>
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<p>The Trial. was prosecuted at Tyner Station, (Tenn.)—Court Martial was convened in a large “Fly-tent.”—Col. ____ president,—A committee of three or five to hear the case—and Capt____ Judge Advocate.</p>
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<p>were present as witnesses against me.—Some of the supposed members of the “League” were also intended to be brought before the court as witnesses against me; but they all escaped (safely I hope to the “Union lines”). I had a few witnesses <s>summoned</s> subpenaed for my defense—Pro. Mar. Baker said</p>
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<p>The Trial. was prosecuted at Tyner Station, (Tenn.)—Court Martial was convened in a large “Fly-tent.”—Col. ____ president,—A committee of three or five to hear the case—and Capt____ Judge Advocate. <div class='tooltip' title='Lewis T. Woodruff enlisted in Company K of the 3rd Alabama Infantry in May of 1861 where he stayed until he was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the 36th Alabama on May 12, 1862, then promoted to Colonel March 11, 1863. He was promoted once again to Brigadier General after Woods’ imprisonment and was wounded through the thigh which led to his discharge in December of 1864.'>Col.___ Woodruff 36 Ala.</div> was present as prosecutor. <div class='tooltip' title='Captain Andrew J. Derby of the 36th Alabama was elected captain in May, 1862 when the regiment was formed. He stayed in this capacity until his resignation on November 5, 1864 following the decline of his regiment and period of illness.'>Capt A.J. Derby</div>—<div class='tooltip' title='Silas Moseley enlisted in the 36th Alabama in May of 1862. His service record reveals that he was asked to testify against Hiram Woods in August 1863; however, John Henning Woods is not mentioned. Following his testimony, Moseley was captured at Nashville in December of 1864 and then released after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the US in January 1865.>Lt S. Mosely</div> and <div class='tooltip' title='E.W. Fox's service record lists him as an ambulance teamster from 1863 through 1864; unfortunately, Fox's service record reveals little else about his Civil War experience.'>E. Fox</div> were present as witnesses against me.—Some of the supposed members of the “League” were also intended to be brought before the court as witnesses against me; but they all escaped (safely I hope to the “Union lines”). I had a few witnesses <s>summoned</s> subpenaed for my defense—Pro. Mar. Baker said</p>
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<p>tauntingly—“Enough to have you shot.” I was fearful that the testimony of my witnesses, would have but little weight with a per se rebel Court, who believed from what they had already heard that I was Union and that my witnesses were coworkers in the League:—but I was helpless in their hands and must go forward to dangers I knew not of; for behind me were <s>piercing</s> bayonets.—Life had but few attractions for me that day. There was nothing around me that appeared encouraging.—No friend that dared speak in my favor, if once I was found guilty of the Charges. Those, whom I knew to be</p>
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<p>tauntingly—“Enough to have you shot.” I was fearful that the testimony of my witnesses, would have but little weight with a per se rebel Court, who believed from what they had already heard that I was Union and that my witnesses were coworkers in the League:—but I was helpless in their hands and must go forward to dangers I knew not of; for behind me were <s>piercing</s> bayonets.—Life had but few attractions for me that day. There was nothing around me that appeared encouraging.—No friend that dared speak in my favor, if once I was found guilty of the Charges. Those, whom I knew to be</p>
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<p>my friends, were of necessity silent and unconcerned. It is doubtless true, that nature tunes our hearts to meet the inevitable calamities of life. So I sat with invincible gravity wrapped in stoic solitude forgetful of every tie of love and relationship, that binds man to this world. About 10 A.M. I was brought before the Court and the Charge and specifycations <s>were</s> was read—, <i>Charge—Mutiny. Specifycation 1st—That on or about the 10th of April 1863, Private John H. Woods assigned to Co K. 36th Ala. organize a Secret Society, known as the “Home Circle” among the soldiers of the 36th, 38th and 18th Ala. Reg. Vols. for the express and wicked purpose of breaking up the Confederate Army of Mobile; + +</i></p>
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<p>my friends, were of necessity silent and unconcerned. It is doubtless true, that nature tunes our hearts to meet the inevitable calamities of life. So I sat with invincible gravity wrapped in stoic solitude forgetful of every tie of love and relationship, that binds man to this world. About 10 A.M. I was brought before the Court and the Charge and specifycations <s>were</s> was read—, <i>Charge—Mutiny. Specifycation 1st—That on or about the 10th of April 1863, Private John H. Woods assigned to Co K. 36th Ala. organize a Secret Society, known as the “Home Circle” among the soldiers of the 36th, 38th and 18th Ala. Reg. Vols. for the express and wicked purpose of breaking up the Confederate Army of Mobile; + +</i></p>
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<p><i>+ all this at or near the city of Mobile Ala. + + + + + Specifycation 2d—That, private John H Woods Co. K. 36 Ala Regt Vols. on or about the 10th Apri. 1863, was accessory to, and knew of an intended Mutiny among the Soldiers of the 36th 38th and 18th Ala Regts. + + + and did not report the same to the proper officers and legal authorities which the intended Mutiny was designed to overthrow. + + at or near + Mobile Ala.—</i>Woodruff Col. 36 Ala Reg. Capt. Derby Lt Mosely " Fox }witnesses <i>According to the best of my recollection the above is the substance of the charge and</i></p>
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<p><i>+ all this at or near the city of Mobile Ala. + + + + + Specifycation 2d—That, private John H Woods Co. K. 36 Ala Regt Vols. on or about the 10th Apri. 1863, was accessory to, and knew of an intended Mutiny among the Soldiers of the 36th 38th and 18th Ala Regts. + + + and did not report the same to the proper officers and legal authorities which the intended Mutiny was designed to overthrow. + + at or near + Mobile Ala.—</i>Woodruff Col. 36 Ala Reg. Capt. Derby Lt Mosely " Fox }witnesses <i>According to the best of my recollection the above is the substance of the charge and</i></p>
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<p><i>Specifycations preferred against me. An official Copy of the Charge and Specifycations was handed me while in confinement at Wartrace Tenn. but in my flight from Atlanta Ga. in Aug. 1864, I left nearly all my papers behind and hence must write from memory and a very brief Diary which I brought through with me.</i> —The Charge and Specifycations were read to me by the Judge advocate. I plead <u>not guilty</u>.—</p>
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<p><i>Specifycations preferred against me. An official Copy of the Charge and Specifycations was handed me while in confinement at Wartrace Tenn. but in my flight from Atlanta Ga. in Aug. 1864, I left nearly all my papers behind and hence must write from memory and a very brief Diary which I brought through with me.</i> —The Charge and Specifycations were read to me by the Judge advocate. I plead <u>not guilty</u>.—<div class='tooltip' title='A legal term, onus probandi means “the burden of proof,” or in this case, it was up to the prosecuting side to prove their allegations against him.'>Onus Probandi</div> was therefore upon the <u>prosecution</u>, and I flattered myself that they would not be able with one witness (for they had but one who knew) to establish the Charge <s>clearly to the num</s> beyond a shadow of doubt</p>
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<p>to the minds of the Court. Woodruff, being called up on the Court, gave testimony concerning the dissatisfaction among the soldiers at Mobile during the Spring of 1863.—He stated that the men gathered nightly in groups on the parade ground for several weeks,—that soon afterward they becme more insolent and disobedient.—The officers observing these signs, believed that some secret disloyalty to the Confederate Cause was at work among the conscripts [text underneath: soldiers]. 2dly Capt.—Derby testified to the truth of what Col. Woodruff had said. He had witnessed the same mysterious movements among the soldiers</p>
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<p>to the minds of the Court. Woodruff, being called up on the Court, gave testimony concerning the dissatisfaction among the soldiers at Mobile during the Spring of 1863.—He stated that the men gathered nightly in groups on the parade ground for several weeks,—that soon afterward they becme more insolent and disobedient.—The officers observing these signs, believed that some secret disloyalty to the Confederate Cause was at work among the conscripts [text underneath: soldiers]. 2dly Capt.—Derby testified to the truth of what Col. Woodruff had said. He had witnessed the same mysterious movements among the soldiers</p>
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<p>and thought the dissatisfactions mostly confined to the Conscripts. He believed there was a Union sympathy at the bottom of it. He also testified that he had met in Council with other officers to consult about the impending danger and to institute some means of finding it out fully,—that Lt. Mosely was used as an instrument to accomplish this.—Further this witness disposeth not. 3dly.—Fox testified that while on a scout to Pascagoula, about the 10th Apr. he heard the prisoner, advise and encourage disobedience among the soldiers. + + + + + +</p>
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<p>and thought the dissatisfactions mostly confined to the Conscripts. He believed there was a Union sympathy at the bottom of it. He also testified that he had met in Council with other officers to consult about the impending danger and to institute some means of finding it out fully,—that Lt. Mosely was used as an instrument to accomplish this.—Further this witness disposeth not. 3dly.—Fox testified that while on a scout to Pascagoula, about the 10th Apr. he heard the prisoner, advise and encourage disobedience among the soldiers. + + + + + +</p>
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<p>Then <s>Lt.</s> Silas Mosely was sworn: <s>And to my surprise</s> He had his statement written upon severl sheets of</p>
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<p>, which had evidently been thouroughly examined already by the Court, and other officers.—I gathered this idea from the way the Court spoke of the contents of the document and their carless manner of listening to its reading. The prisoner objected to the reading process, but was overruled. Mosely read, that in February and March 1863, he thought he could discover a growing discontent among the soldiers of the 36th 38th and 18th Ala Regts then stationed</p>
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<p>Then <s>Lt.</s> Silas Mosely was sworn: <s>And to my surprise</s> He had his statement written upon severl sheets of <div class='tooltip' title='Foolscap (also known as foolscap folio) is a size of paper cut to about 8 x 13 inches that was commonly used for writing prior to the widespread acceptance of 8.5 x 11 letter size now used in the US. This paper was called “foolscap” due to a watermark of a fool’s cap that marked the paper.'>foolcap [Foolscap]</div>, which had evidently been thouroughly examined already by the Court, and other officers.—I gathered this idea from the way the Court spoke of the contents of the document and their carless manner of listening to its reading. The prisoner objected to the reading process, but was overruled. Mosely read, that in February and March 1863, he thought he could discover a growing discontent among the soldiers of the 36th 38th and 18th Ala Regts then stationed</p>
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<p>near Mobile Ala.—that he could see this discontent depicted in their countenances He concluded that there must be some cause for it: and being deeply “patriotic” and loving the good of the Confederate cause, he made known his discovery and beliefs to the commanding officers—with the opinion that something <s>scheme</s> was brewing which might if not checked injure the Southern cause. The other officers then endeavored to learn something by watching and eves-dropping the soldiers at night.—They soon became convinced that Lt. Mosely’s fears were well-founded. But all their efforts to learn something definite</p>
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<p>near Mobile Ala.—that he could see this discontent depicted in their countenances He concluded that there must be some cause for it: and being deeply “patriotic” and loving the good of the Confederate cause, he made known his discovery and beliefs to the commanding officers—with the opinion that something <s>scheme</s> was brewing which might if not checked injure the Southern cause. The other officers then endeavored to learn something by watching and eves-dropping the soldiers at night.—They soon became convinced that Lt. Mosely’s fears were well-founded. But all their efforts to learn something definite</p>
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<p>proved abortive, until in <s>about</s> March (1863) the officers in Council at Mobile appointed him (the witness) to find out definitely if possible, the cause of the dissatisfaction among the soldiers, and report accordingly. He was to recieve full protections by the officers against my danger or accusation which might threaten him. By a feint he was put under arrest—his sword taken from him and he was then honor bound to remain in a certain limit.—Thus he was able to mingle freely among the men—often complaining to them of the unjust treatment he had recieved at the hands of the field-officers +c. He</p>
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<p>proved abortive, until in <s>about</s> March (1863) the officers in Council at Mobile appointed him (the witness) to find out definitely if possible, the cause of the dissatisfaction among the soldiers, and report accordingly. He was to recieve full protections by the officers against my danger or accusation which might threaten him. By a feint he was put under arrest—his sword taken from him and he was then honor bound to remain in a certain limit.—Thus he was able to mingle freely among the men—often complaining to them of the unjust treatment he had recieved at the hands of the field-officers +c. He</p>
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<p>stated that the men soon became very familiar with him and <s>threw out</s> expressed some of their <s>views, and</s> opinions, which showed the grounds of their discontent—<s>and as</s> It all <s>showed</s> revealed to him a fixed principle in their hearts against the Confederacy, he therefore readily agreed with them, saying that he, himself did not like the Confederate movement, but that he was afraid to let his feelings be known, for he did not know that any others believed <s>like</s> as he did. He said such a course gained the full confidence of the men, who assured him that there were a great number of them who did not intend to do the Confederacy any good, but all the harm</p>
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<p>stated that the men soon became very familiar with him and <s>threw out</s> expressed some of their <s>views, and</s> opinions, which showed the grounds of their discontent—<s>and as</s> It all <s>showed</s> revealed to him a fixed principle in their hearts against the Confederacy, he therefore readily agreed with them, saying that he, himself did not like the Confederate movement, but that he was afraid to let his feelings be known, for he did not know that any others believed <s>like</s> as he did. He said such a course gained the full confidence of the men, who assured him that there were a great number of them who did not intend to do the Confederacy any good, but all the harm</p>
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<p>possible—He told them “that was right—go it, but be careful.” He says that one _________ then asked him if he thought any kind of a “secret organization could be gotten up among those who felt as he did, which would or might work their liberation from this Confederate bondage—this military despotism?” He answered that he thought such a thing could be done + and he would be very glad if he could get some smart man among them to help him organize a secret society for that purpose; but then some one thought that such a society would be crushed unless they had some place to fly for help + + adding that</p>
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<p>possible—He told them “that was right—go it, but be careful.” He says that one _________ then asked him if he thought any kind of a “secret organization could be gotten up among those who felt as he did, which would or might work their liberation from this Confederate bondage—this military despotism?” He answered that he thought such a thing could be done + and he would be very glad if he could get some smart man among them to help him organize a secret society for that purpose; but then some one thought that such a society would be crushed unless they had some place to fly for help + + adding that</p>
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<p>they might have to go to the Union army to save their lives if they were to undertake it—He replied that as for him he had rather go to the Union army anyhow as to remain in the Confederate service, but here he says he cautioned them to keep their conversation a profound secret,—that he would be hung if the officers were to find out that he had been talking so against the Confederacy. This was all he could learn for some days, but at least one _____ ______ came to him and told him he believed there was a League already among the soldiers and that he thought quite a number who believed the</p>
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<p>they might have to go to the Union army to save their lives if they were to undertake it—He replied that as for him he had rather go to the Union army anyhow as to remain in the Confederate service, but here he says he cautioned them to keep their conversation a profound secret,—that he would be hung if the officers were to find out that he had been talking so against the Confederacy. This was all he could learn for some days, but at least one _____ ______ came to him and told him he believed there was a League already among the soldiers and that he thought quite a number who believed the</p>
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<p>Confederacy was unjust and oppressive, belonged to it— The witness says he affected to be very glad to hear that a secret society against “this Southern oppression” had already been formed, promising too that if he could find the place where they initiate new members, he would join and do all he possible could to help it.—He says he was soon taken where there was a group of men, strangers to him, and introduced to them in these words—“Here’s Lt Mosely—he’s all right”—Some one said—“do you want to ruin the blockade Lieut.?”—A few more expressions were passed and he was initiated into a League,</p>
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<p>Confederacy was unjust and oppressive, belonged to it— The witness says he affected to be very glad to hear that a secret society against “this Southern oppression” had already been formed, promising too that if he could find the place where they initiate new members, he would join and do all he possible could to help it.—He says he was soon taken where there was a group of men, strangers to him, and introduced to them in these words—“Here’s Lt Mosely—he’s all right”—Some one said—“do you want to ruin the blockade Lieut.?”—A few more expressions were passed and he was initiated into a League,</p>
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<p>called the “Home Circle” He worked faithfully with the Leaguers several days, marking report of his discoveries to Genl. Cumming and to the Colonels of the regiments. He says he ascertained the objects of the “Home Circle” “to be for the Union and against the Confederacy.” His next purpose was then to ascertain who was the originator of the League. He adds that in pursuit of this purpose—now being able to give all the secret signs of the League, he passed freely among all the “Directories” of it, and found out as well as he could the total strength.</p>
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<p>called the “Home Circle” He worked faithfully with the Leaguers several days, marking report of his discoveries to Genl. Cumming and to the Colonels of the regiments. He says he ascertained the objects of the “Home Circle” “to be for the Union and against the Confederacy.” His next purpose was then to ascertain who was the originator of the League. He adds that in pursuit of this purpose—now being able to give all the secret signs of the League, he passed freely among all the “Directories” of it, and found out as well as he could the total strength.</p>
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<p>He states further, that when plans or dificult questions were introduced they were referred to the prisoner, <i>now before this court,</i> and that he had been frequently, himself directed to the <i>prisoner, here present,</i> for information concerning the origin of the Circle, and concerning the plans of operation. He could never find out positively who originated the League; but he said the <u>“prisoner”</u> invariably gave him the impression that it was introduced from Virginia-Tenn. or N.C. + + + + —He had held some long and secret conversations with, J.H. Woods</p>
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<p>He states further, that when plans or dificult questions were introduced they were referred to the prisoner, <i>now before this court,</i> and that he had been frequently, himself directed to the <i>prisoner, here present,</i> for information concerning the origin of the Circle, and concerning the plans of operation. He could never find out positively who originated the League; but he said the <u>“prisoner”</u> invariably gave him the impression that it was introduced from Virginia-Tenn. or N.C. + + + + —He had held some long and secret conversations with, J.H. Woods</p>
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<p>the prisoner, concerning the principles, plans, and expectations of the “Home Circle” and in his possession (the prisoner’s) he (the witness) had seen copies of the Constitution, resolutions +c of the League.—that in his (the prisoner’s) hands he at one time saw a long list of names and resolutions,—“written in some kind of an outlandish handwriting, that no body could read” but the prisoner—That he had heard the prisoner instruct and lecture the members upon the principles and chances of the League.—He believed that whoever might have originated the organization</p>
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<p>the prisoner, concerning the principles, plans, and expectations of the “Home Circle” and in his possession (the prisoner’s) he (the witness) had seen copies of the Constitution, resolutions +c of the League.—that in his (the prisoner’s) hands he at one time saw a long list of names and resolutions,—“written in some kind of an outlandish handwriting, that no body could read” but the prisoner—That he had heard the prisoner instruct and lecture the members upon the principles and chances of the League.—He believed that whoever might have originated the organization</p>
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<p>(108) no one was so competent to propagate it and to lay its plans with success, as J.H. Woods the prisoner; whom he had heard say that he “had rather die and have the League succeed than to live and know his children must live under the Confederate usurpation” This Mosely further testifies that about eh 1st of Apr “/63, the Officers at Mobile acting upon the information which he had given concerning the progress of the league, thought it wise to scatter the troops, speedily and secretly as possible. Accordingly one regiment (18th Ala.) was ordered to cross the Bay to Pollard; and on the 7-8th of Apr. “/63, part of the 36th and 38th Ala. were sent</p>
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<p>(108) no one was so competent to propagate it and to lay its plans with success, as J.H. Woods the prisoner; whom he had heard say that he “had rather die and have the League succeed than to live and know his children must live under the Confederate usurpation” This Mosely further testifies that about eh 1st of Apr “/63, the Officers at Mobile acting upon the information which he had given concerning the progress of the league, thought it wise to scatter the troops, speedily and secretly as possible. Accordingly one regiment (18th Ala.) was ordered to cross the Bay to Pollard; and on the 7-8th of Apr. “/63, part of the 36th and 38th Ala. were sent</p>
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<p>on a pretended scout toward Pascagoula, and the other part left at the camps.—He thinks the purposes of the League were thus delayed— —The prisoner was among the number who were on the scout, and by keeping up a correspondence between him and other Leaguers who had for various causes been left at Camps, I (Mosely) fou found out more fully the plans of the “Home Circle” viz—They were to meet soon in a general Convention to elect officers to lead them in action and to decide upon the day for the same.—They intended at a given signal to capture or kill the officers of the different regiments: the soldiers then</p>
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<p>on a pretended scout toward Pascagoula, and the other part left at the camps.—He thinks the purposes of the League were thus delayed— —The prisoner was among the number who were on the scout, and by keeping up a correspondence between him and other Leaguers who had for various causes been left at Camps, I (Mosely) fou found out more fully the plans of the “Home Circle” viz—They were to meet soon in a general Convention to elect officers to lead them in action and to decide upon the day for the same.—They intended at a given signal to capture or kill the officers of the different regiments: the soldiers then</p>
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<p>without commanders, were to be invited to join the League and help fight their way through to North Ala. where they had sent the organization, hence expected some recruits, as they <s>should</s> travers<s>ed</s> by ways to escape interception—They expected to capture arms and ammunition at Mobile and move rappidly northward—They even talked of pressing boats at Mobile and cars at Selma—intercepting communication and do much damage to the Confederacy and finally reach the Union lines, where they would offer their service, to the Federal government.—Another plan of the League says Mosely was to select a few trusty members to murder the officers</p>
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<p>without commanders, were to be invited to join the League and help fight their way through to North Ala. where they had sent the organization, hence expected some recruits, as they <s>should</s> travers<s>ed</s> by ways to escape interception—They expected to capture arms and ammunition at Mobile and move rappidly northward—They even talked of pressing boats at Mobile and cars at Selma—intercepting communication and do much damage to the Confederacy and finally reach the Union lines, where they would offer their service, to the Federal government.—Another plan of the League says Mosely was to select a few trusty members to murder the officers</p>
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<p>of the different regiments simultaneously—previously every Leaguer was to have his musket loaded—soon as the officers were dispatched a well known signal was to be sounded, which would rally the whole League force—They intended then to march triumphantly to the Gulf and signal the Union Fleet, before Confederate force could be brought against them. —While—Mosely was giving all this terrible testimony against me, the reader must not forget that I (the prisoner) sat near the Judge Advocate (for it was his duty to see that I had fair play), and a guard with fixed bayonet stood just behind me.</p>
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<p>of the different regiments simultaneously—previously every Leaguer was to have his musket loaded—soon as the officers were dispatched a well known signal was to be sounded, which would rally the whole League force—They intended then to march triumphantly to the Gulf and signal the Union Fleet, before Confederate force could be brought against them. —While—Mosely was giving all this terrible testimony against me, the reader must not forget that I (the prisoner) sat near the Judge Advocate (for it was his duty to see that I had fair play), and a guard with fixed bayonet stood just behind me.</p>
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<p>I heard all that was witnessed against me, with apparent astonishment, and as though I thought it too incredible to be believed. Now as the danger is overpassed, I must confess, at that very hour of trial, I felt inward delight at the thought that our League had already given the rebels some trouble.—They</p>
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<p>—They knew neither the strength nor the extent of its influence. My blood leaped with secret pride through my veins, as the proceedings of the trial unfolded to my view, that the Still, small voice of the League had made traitors feel that they were hairhung over the gibbet of loyalty.</p>
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<p>I heard all that was witnessed against me, with apparent astonishment, and as though I thought it too incredible to be believed. Now as the danger is overpassed, I must confess, at that very hour of trial, I felt inward delight at the thought that our League had already given the rebels some trouble.—They <div class='tooltip' title='This is a quote from the Bible, in John, Chapter 3, verse 8: “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”'>“knew not from whence it came nor whither it goeth”</div>—They knew neither the strength nor the extent of its influence. My blood leaped with secret pride through my veins, as the proceedings of the trial unfolded to my view, that the Still, small voice of the League had made traitors feel that they were hairhung over the gibbet of loyalty.</p>
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<p><s>which might stand forth to avenge the wrongs of their injustice.</s> —Mosely testified still further that while on the Scout to Pascagoula, the prisoner, one night did actually go toward the Colonel’s tent, with an ax in hand to <s>do the deed</s> dispatch the Colonel. He closed his testimony by refference to my arrest in Mobile on Apr. 14th 1863. The evidence against me <s>me</s> being given and recorded, the Court adjourned ‘till the next day. At which time I came before the Court, at an early hour.—All present as on preceding day.— I was allowed to cross examine the witnesses <s>agains</s></p>
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<p><s>which might stand forth to avenge the wrongs of their injustice.</s> —Mosely testified still further that while on the Scout to Pascagoula, the prisoner, one night did actually go toward the Colonel’s tent, with an ax in hand to <s>do the deed</s> dispatch the Colonel. He closed his testimony by refference to my arrest in Mobile on Apr. 14th 1863. The evidence against me <s>me</s> being given and recorded, the Court adjourned ‘till the next day. At which time I came before the Court, at an early hour.—All present as on preceding day.— I was allowed to cross examine the witnesses <s>agains</s></p>
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<p>who had testified against me. Capt. Derby <s>acknow</s> testified to <s>my</s> the prisoner’s good moral character and added that he had never had any trouble with <s>me</s> him—that <s>I</s> he had always obeyed his commands +c. On Cross Examination Mosely acknowledged that the officers had, employed him by promises of protection and perhaps of promotion, to obtain these statements which he had made against me. —Also that he had influenced some of the men to say things against the Confederacy which they would not have said otherwise. I insisted too that Mosely aught to be able to show some of the papers and writings</p>
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<p>who had testified against me. Capt. Derby <s>acknow</s> testified to <s>my</s> the prisoner’s good moral character and added that he had never had any trouble with <s>me</s> him—that <s>I</s> he had always obeyed his commands +c. On Cross Examination Mosely acknowledged that the officers had, employed him by promises of protection and perhaps of promotion, to obtain these statements which he had made against me. —Also that he had influenced some of the men to say things against the Confederacy which they would not have said otherwise. I insisted too that Mosely aught to be able to show some of the papers and writings</p>
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<p>which he testifies he saw in my hands, or not being able to do, I contended that, <s>that and other items</s> his testimony was false. After this cross examination my witnesses were separately interrogated. The first never had known anything about a Secret Society at Mobile, except who he had heard since the prisoner’s arrest. Another had never known of the prisoner using any “disloyal language”, or of his encouraging disobedience among the Soldiers Others acknowledged that there was a Society gotten up among the soldiers in which select friends joined together</p>
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<p>which he testifies he saw in my hands, or not being able to do, I contended that, <s>that and other items</s> his testimony was false. After this cross examination my witnesses were separately interrogated. The first never had known anything about a Secret Society at Mobile, except who he had heard since the prisoner’s arrest. Another had never known of the prisoner using any “disloyal language”, or of his encouraging disobedience among the Soldiers Others acknowledged that there was a Society gotten up among the soldiers in which select friends joined together</p>
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<p>to read and sing, and to encourage good moral habits, amid the wicked temptations of Camp-life, <s>which they were desirous of cultivating until they should again reach the social hoys of Home.</s> They witnessed that the Society had no<s>thing</s> object except cultivation of Social and moral sentiment among its members.—That it was called the “Home Circle” in <s>memory of their Homes, where the virtues, they seek to cheerish by this “friendly Society” will one day flourish with out such caution</s>.—That it was secret “to give its obligations an air of importance The prisoner was one of the most <s>virtueous and </s>zealous</p>
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<p>to read and sing, and to encourage good moral habits, amid the wicked temptations of Camp-life, <s>which they were desirous of cultivating until they should again reach the social hoys of Home.</s> They witnessed that the Society had no<s>thing</s> object except cultivation of Social and moral sentiment among its members.—That it was called the “Home Circle” in <s>memory of their Homes, where the virtues, they seek to cheerish by this “friendly Society” will one day flourish with out such caution</s>.—That it was secret “to give its obligations an air of importance The prisoner was one of the most <s>virtueous and </s>zealous</p>
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<p>of all the members said the witness, and at one of the meetings offered the following resolution in Substance which will prove the object of the Society. <i>“Resolved—That we, of the “Home Circle” lovers here, well as at our home of virtue, morality and benevolence, consider it our duty to minister to the wants of any sick member of this Society, and to counsel any <s>brother</s> member as though he were a brother.”</i> My witnesses testified that this same Lt Mosely had cause all the dissatisfaction, with which I was charged and that he had tried to stir the men up to mutiny prior to the date upon which the officers had engaged him to spie into the mattar.</p>
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<p>of all the members said the witness, and at one of the meetings offered the following resolution in Substance which will prove the object of the Society. <i>“Resolved—That we, of the “Home Circle” lovers here, well as at our home of virtue, morality and benevolence, consider it our duty to minister to the wants of any sick member of this Society, and to counsel any <s>brother</s> member as though he were a brother.”</i> My witnesses testified that this same Lt Mosely had cause all the dissatisfaction, with which I was charged and that he had tried to stir the men up to mutiny prior to the date upon which the officers had engaged him to spie into the mattar.</p>
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<p>I argued that Mosely was the guilty man, and that the evidence proved that he had himself endeavored to excite a Mutiny, and failing in his diabolical designs, had sought to save himself by making an exaggerated and false statement to the officers getting them honor bound at the same time to protect him in his hypocracy and finally to promote him for his selfish duplicity. My Defense further was that I had been confined an unlawful length of time.—That illegality had marked the whole proceeding—that “hear-say evidence” and “hired evidence” was all that was arrayed against me. I contended that Mosely</p>
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<p>I argued that Mosely was the guilty man, and that the evidence proved that he had himself endeavored to excite a Mutiny, and failing in his diabolical designs, had sought to save himself by making an exaggerated and false statement to the officers getting them honor bound at the same time to protect him in his hypocracy and finally to promote him for his selfish duplicity. My Defense further was that I had been confined an unlawful length of time.—That illegality had marked the whole proceeding—that “hear-say evidence” and “hired evidence” was all that was arrayed against me. I contended that Mosely</p>
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<p>had endeavored to fasten the charge upon me, becaused he had so made the bargain for honor and promotion that he must needs fix it upon some one, and that one must be of some ability and originality or else his grand falsehood might not be more easily detected. All the witnesses deposed and my address closed and then a few moments pause was observed by the <s>whole</s> court as if in reflection upon what had been transacted. The court eyed me from head to foot.—(I supposed after four months’ imprisonment in ragged, dirty clothes I presented a very worthless aspect to the proud aristocracy of hopeful rebeldom.)</p>
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<p>had endeavored to fasten the charge upon me, becaused he had so made the bargain for honor and promotion that he must needs fix it upon some one, and that one must be of some ability and originality or else his grand falsehood might not be more easily detected. All the witnesses deposed and my address closed and then a few moments pause was observed by the <s>whole</s> court as if in reflection upon what had been transacted. The court eyed me from head to foot.—(I supposed after four months’ imprisonment in ragged, dirty clothes I presented a very worthless aspect to the proud aristocracy of hopeful rebeldom.)</p>
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<p>I feigned to be anxious to know the de verdict of the Court, as though I were confident of acquittal. I know that one’s actions and face on such occasions will have their bearings upon a jury and upon spectators. I was then delivered over by the Court to Provost Martial Reed—Rev. Reed!!! in whose hands I suffered at Wartrace Tenn. some months before; but now (Aug. 19th/63) at Tyner Station. I was to be detained there under guard to await my sentence. No doubt, in the minds of the officials a few more days and my earthly pilgrimage would end,—from some, the expression was heard—“he’ll be dropped into an ignominious grave by a</p>
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<p>I feigned to be anxious to know the de verdict of the Court, as though I were confident of acquittal. I know that one’s actions and face on such occasions will have their bearings upon a jury and upon spectators. I was then delivered over by the Court to Provost Martial Reed—Rev. Reed!!! in whose hands I suffered at Wartrace Tenn. some months before; but now (Aug. 19th/63) at Tyner Station. I was to be detained there under guard to await my sentence. No doubt, in the minds of the officials a few more days and my earthly pilgrimage would end,—from some, the expression was heard—“he’ll be dropped into an ignominious grave by a</p>
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<p>voley of twelve.” I could see plainly what was in the winds of officers concerning me. I carefully noticed the manner, in which they talked to me and occasionally I could overhear remarks and instructions to the guards,—to “watch that man closely, he’s under sentence of death.”—Hence it was that the other prisoners there were allowed many privileges which were denied to me.</p>
<p>I was guarded in a little cabin with a few others—When I reflected upon my critical situation, I could remember and fully appreciate the sad condition of those, whom I had seen under the sentence of death at Chattanooga.—I looked upon</p>
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<p>voley of twelve.” I could see plainly what was in the winds of officers concerning me. I carefully noticed the manner, in which they talked to me and occasionally I could overhear remarks and instructions to the guards,—to “watch that man closely, he’s under sentence of death.”—Hence it was that the other prisoners there were allowed many privileges which were denied to me.</p>
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<p>their forlorn faces a few weeks before and thank God that I was not so helpless as they. But now, behold! Their execution is past, and I am virtuely where they were! These thoghts unbidden came, as if to paint my short existence and horrible end more vividly before my mind.—There was no gentle eye to look pity on me, and no lovely voice like a dove’s spirit to light upon my soul. Weary days rolled on, and dark dreamy nights, like some spectral gloom dragged away, with no animation bubt the dead monotony of military camps when armies <s>soldiers</s> are at <s>rest</s> bay. Providentially for me, on the 1863, the lumbering of Rosecrans’ artillery was heard, which</p>
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<p>their forlorn faces a few weeks before and thank God that I was not so helpless as they. But now, behold! Their execution is past, and I am virtuely where they were! These thoghts unbidden came, as if to paint my short existence and horrible end more vividly before my mind.—There was no gentle eye to look pity on me, and no lovely voice like a dove’s spirit to light upon my soul. Weary days rolled on, and dark dreamy nights, like some spectral gloom dragged away, with no animation bubt the dead monotony of military camps when armies <s>soldiers</s> are at <s>rest</s> bay. Providentially for me, on the 1863, the lumbering of Rosecrans’ artillery was heard, which</p>
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<p>suddenly startled Bragg and set his ashy columns in motion up and down the Tennessee. Now a kind of dreamy hope sprang in my mind, and I held my breath that I might hear the battle approaching nearer. The time had been when my heart was tender—when the shedding of human blood would have sickened me, but at that hour of suspense I could have cheerfully smiled at the sudden destruction of the “Confederate army,”—Could pestilence, earthquake, inundation, storm or utter annihilation at that instant everwhelmed Bragg’s volunteer army, I would joyfully have sung songs of thanks over their dying groans: not because I value my life above ten thousand, but because I desire greatly to see the triumph of</p>
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<p>suddenly startled Bragg and set his ashy columns in motion up and down the Tennessee. Now a kind of dreamy hope sprang in my mind, and I held my breath that I might hear the battle approaching nearer. The time had been when my heart was tender—when the shedding of human blood would have sickened me, but at that hour of suspense I could have cheerfully smiled at the sudden destruction of the “Confederate army,”—Could pestilence, earthquake, inundation, storm or utter annihilation at that instant everwhelmed Bragg’s volunteer army, I would joyfully have sung songs of thanks over their dying groans: not because I value my life above ten thousand, but because I desire greatly to see the triumph of</p>
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<p>the Union ‘ere I should leave the world:—I could scarcely be resigned to die without the sight. I was doomed to undergo further trial, physical, and mental. Many other prisoners were released because of the need of their help. I was sent under strong guard to Chickamauga (5—8 miles) to be conveyed from thence by rail to Atlanta. My heart began to faint within me, as I was gain, forced from the approaching colums, of which I hoped might deliver me. Late in the evening we arrived at Chickamauga, and I was “turned over” to the Provost Marshal there—He evidently was curious to converse some with “the man who had endeavored to ecite [incite] a mutiny in the Southern</p>
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<p>the Union ‘ere I should leave the world:—I could scarcely be resigned to die without the sight. I was doomed to undergo further trial, physical, and mental. Many other prisoners were released because of the need of their help. I was sent under strong guard to Chickamauga (5—8 miles) to be conveyed from thence by rail to Atlanta. My heart began to faint within me, as I was gain, forced from the approaching colums, of which I hoped might deliver me. Late in the evening we arrived at Chickamauga, and I was “turned over” to the Provost Marshal there—He evidently was curious to converse some with “the man who had endeavored to ecite [incite] a mutiny in the Southern</p>
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<p>ranks” for he came to me and asked me many questions.—He asked me if I had heard of the execution of a certain Captain who had been found guilty of some crime against the Confederacy. I told him I had, but at the same time I affected to be unconcerned about the subject, for I anticipated his design to find ou whether or not I knew of my own sentence. (It seemes that all the officers had instructions not to let me know my sentence lest I might endeavor to elude them.) He wondering, said, “I don’t see what induces men to commit these enormous crimes against the Confederacy:—there is something about it, I can’t understand.” I was then left to myself, to</p>
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<p>ranks” for he came to me and asked me many questions.—He asked me if I had heard of the execution of a certain Captain who had been found guilty of some crime against the Confederacy. I told him I had, but at the same time I affected to be unconcerned about the subject, for I anticipated his design to find ou whether or not I knew of my own sentence. (It seemes that all the officers had instructions not to let me know my sentence lest I might endeavor to elude them.) He wondering, said, “I don’t see what induces men to commit these enormous crimes against the Confederacy:—there is something about it, I can’t understand.” I was then left to myself, to</p>
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<p>take another mights reflection. From the side remarks of that Provost Marshal I was fully convinced that my sentence was death: but I did not know when it was to come. The next morning it was ascertained that <s>a great</s> the Union army was still advancing, and that probably a great battle would be fought near Chicamauga. Then I was placed aboard the train to be conveyed to Atlanta for “safe keeping” again. I was there locked in the Atlanta prison, where I found a very large number of others, consisting of Conscripts, deserters from the rebel ranks, and Union men from nearly every Southern State: about 900 in all. There were also some Federal prisoners there.</p>
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<p>take another mights reflection. From the side remarks of that Provost Marshal I was fully convinced that my sentence was death: but I did not know when it was to come. The next morning it was ascertained that <s>a great</s> the Union army was still advancing, and that probably a great battle would be fought near Chicamauga. Then I was placed aboard the train to be conveyed to Atlanta for “safe keeping” again. I was there locked in the Atlanta prison, where I found a very large number of others, consisting of Conscripts, deserters from the rebel ranks, and Union men from nearly every Southern State: about 900 in all. There were also some Federal prisoners there.</p>
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<p>The rebel authorities and the slavers holders throughout the South were on tiptoe of excitement to know the results of the movements at Chickamauga. When the wires flashed the news of the <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-70-battle-of-chickamauga" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 70, Battle of Chickamauga footnote" rel="noopener">Chicamauga battle (Sept 19-21 ’63)</a> throughout the South, claiming it as a decided victory for the South, wild exultations went forth from every rebel assembly and I did hear a few of the prisoners shouting over it; why they did I never cold tell. My heart was sad for I had fondly hoped that fruitful victory would perch upon the Union standard. But I had met with reverses ‘till I had leared [learned] well the scriptureal adage—</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="This is a quote from the Bible in Second Corinthians, Chapter 5, verse 20: “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”">“By ye reconciled.”</div>
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<p>The rebel authorities and the slavers holders throughout the South were on tiptoe of excitement to know the results of the movements at Chickamauga. When the wires flashed the news of the <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-70-battle-of-chickamauga' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 70, Battle of Chickamauga footnote'>Chicamauga battle (Sept 19-21 ’63)</a> throughout the South, claiming it as a decided victory for the South, wild exultations went forth from every rebel assembly and I did hear a few of the prisoners shouting over it; why they did I never cold tell. My heart was sad for I had fondly hoped that fruitful victory would perch upon the Union standard. But I had met with reverses ‘till I had leared [learned] well the scriptureal adage—<div class='tooltip' title='This is a quote from the Bible in Second Corinthians, Chapter 5, verse 20: “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”'>“By ye reconciled.”</div> I still waited + hoped to see</p>
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<p>light + power <s>the light and power which should</s> break forth from the North to and burst asunder the chains, that bound us in dismal suspense <s>solitude.</s> About the 1st of Oct. “/63, I was called for, ironed and taken to Missionary Ridge (5-6 miles from Chattanooga), to be executed before</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="The Brigade that Woods is talking about here is the brigade to which he belonged, including the 18th, 36th, and 38th Alabama and the 1st Arkansas Battery. While Woods was correct on the name of the Brigade and Division, these regiments belonged to Buckner’s, rather than Breckinridge’s Corps.">“Clayton’s Brigade, Stweart’s Division, Breckenridge’s Corpse, Bragg’s Army.”</div>
<p>Clayton and all his subordinate officers were bitter against me because, it was among their, duped soldiery that I had endeavored to “excite a mutiny.” Then it is easily discerned that I had not only death in that dreadful form to meet, but also all the sharp and mocking taunts which bitter rebels alone are capable of giving to a dying man. <s>My</s> All this, my friendless condition—utter helpless as</p>
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<p>light + power <s>the light and power which should</s> break forth from the North to and burst asunder the chains, that bound us in dismal suspense <s>solitude.</s> About the 1st of Oct. “/63, I was called for, ironed and taken to Missionary Ridge (5-6 miles from Chattanooga), to be executed before <div class='tooltip' title='The Brigade that Woods is talking about here is the brigade to which he belonged, including the 18th, 36th, and 38th Alabama and the 1st Arkansas Battery. While Woods was correct on the name of the Brigade and Division, these regiments belonged to Buckner’s, rather than Breckinridge’s Corps.'>“Clayton’s Brigade, Stweart’s Division, Breckenridge’s Corpse, Bragg’s Army.”</div> Clayton and all his subordinate officers were bitter against me because, it was among their, duped soldiery that I had endeavored to “excite a mutiny.” Then it is easily discerned that I had not only death in that dreadful form to meet, but also all the sharp and mocking taunts which bitter rebels alone are capable of giving to a dying man. <s>My</s> All this, my friendless condition—utter helpless as</p>
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<p>a sparrow in the deadly Coya’s [coyote’s?] unrelenting power,—a few intruding thoughts of my relatives whom I had left in Missouri 6 years before,—And a few unbidden thoughts of wife and children <s>flitted</s> who were ignorant of my condition;—My <s>l</s> unnumbered grave, filled with my mangled and worthless clay, All lay outspread before my mind like a map well studied. But then it was imagination yet, and I frowned and threw it off, as doth a beast, when his fellow is slaughtered first. The officers at Atlanta had no doubt contracted some sympathy for me, as all keeps do for their obedient prisoners—Such a sympathy as a man has for a horse or an ox long possessed. So it was, that as a Lt. Bates fastened the irons upon my wrists</p>
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<p>a sparrow in the deadly Coya’s [coyote’s?] unrelenting power,—a few intruding thoughts of my relatives whom I had left in Missouri 6 years before,—And a few unbidden thoughts of wife and children <s>flitted</s> who were ignorant of my condition;—My <s>l</s> unnumbered grave, filled with my mangled and worthless clay, All lay outspread before my mind like a map well studied. But then it was imagination yet, and I frowned and threw it off, as doth a beast, when his fellow is slaughtered first. The officers at Atlanta had no doubt contracted some sympathy for me, as all keeps do for their obedient prisoners—Such a sympathy as a man has for a horse or an ox long possessed. So it was, that as a Lt. Bates fastened the irons upon my wrists</p>
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<p>he said—“This is hard, is n’t Woods?”—“but” he added, “I am obliged to do it. It is the order and I must obey.” I remarked carelessly with a compressed lip, that it did not hurt me much—that I thought the day would come when those who were thus treating me would suffer more than I. (For I verily believed then that the government of the United States would one day avenge the innocent blood of her true friends) I was thus thinking and the irons were fastened, when a boisterous, self-important Lieutenant of Tenn. Giles Co. (?) walked up with a guard to take charge of me on the way to “Mission Ridge” via Chickamauga train, (Chickamauga was the terminus of the road at that time) The guard, a man whom I knew an Alabamian—(Mr. Goss) was ordered</p>
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<p>he said—“This is hard, is n’t Woods?”—“but” he added, “I am obliged to do it. It is the order and I must obey.” I remarked carelessly with a compressed lip, that it did not hurt me much—that I thought the day would come when those who were thus treating me would suffer more than I. (For I verily believed then that the government of the United States would one day avenge the innocent blood of her true friends) I was thus thinking and the irons were fastened, when a boisterous, self-important Lieutenant of Tenn. Giles Co. (?) walked up with a guard to take charge of me on the way to “Mission Ridge” via Chickamauga train, (Chickamauga was the terminus of the road at that time) The guard, a man whom I knew an Alabamian—(Mr. Goss) was ordered</p>
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<p>by the Lt to keep his eyes upon me. There were about 20 others prisoners taken at the same time, but they were to be released upon their arival at the army, for they had mostly agreed to be good soldiers if the authorities would but release them. When ordered to keep me close, Mr. Goss ventured to say to the Lieutenant that he was personally acquanited with the prisoner and that he had no fears of him attempting to escape, The Lieutenant haughtily answered <s>that he was not and did not</s> “I am not and do not wish to be.” Godd was very much affected to meet me under such circumstances:—he procured some whisky and drank it, I suppose to drown his kind<s>ly</s> feelings and</p>
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<p>by the Lt to keep his eyes upon me. There were about 20 others prisoners taken at the same time, but they were to be released upon their arival at the army, for they had mostly agreed to be good soldiers if the authorities would but release them. When ordered to keep me close, Mr. Goss ventured to say to the Lieutenant that he was personally acquanited with the prisoner and that he had no fears of him attempting to escape, The Lieutenant haughtily answered <s>that he was not and did not</s> “I am not and do not wish to be.” Godd was very much affected to meet me under such circumstances:—he procured some whisky and drank it, I suppose to drown his kind<s>ly</s> feelings and</p>
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<p>thus fit him for any emergency; for he knew his place as a soldier. (My readers must bear in mind that military is the same absolute despotism whether in defense of the right or in the enforcement of the wrong). My Guard said to me after we were seated on the train—“Now Woods, I love you like a brother, but if you attempt to escape, I will shoot you.” I said, “make yourself easy Goss, I have nothing to fear. But he knew my sentence that I was <s>was</s> to be shot; so he watched me vigilantly.—We were on the cars all night and till the next evening when we were landed at Chickamauga, and turned over to the provost Marshal of that place, who confined us during the night in a</p>
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<p>thus fit him for any emergency; for he knew his place as a soldier. (My readers must bear in mind that military is the same absolute despotism whether in defense of the right or in the enforcement of the wrong). My Guard said to me after we were seated on the train—“Now Woods, I love you like a brother, but if you attempt to escape, I will shoot you.” I said, “make yourself easy Goss, I have nothing to fear. But he knew my sentence that I was <s>was</s> to be shot; so he watched me vigilantly.—We were on the cars all night and till the next evening when we were landed at Chickamauga, and turned over to the provost Marshal of that place, who confined us during the night in a</p>
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<p>guard house, with the others. We were <s>cheer</s> received of course with the salutations, which one hardened prisoner usually gives another. We were to be forwarded the next morning to Missionary Ridge. They had, had my case on hand a long time and all concerned desired to get me “shoved through.” During the night I was assisted by one of our noble Union <s>prisoners</s> prisoners, <s>“dreped</s> in blue” just “fresh from the Union side,” to remove the cuffs from my hands. For the benefit of any good person who may in the future fall into <s>im</s>prison I state, that the prisoners formed a circle around me while our “Yankee” took the cuffs off and some danced and laughed that the guards might not hear the</p>
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<p>guard house, with the others. We were <s>cheer</s> received of course with the salutations, which one hardened prisoner usually gives another. We were to be forwarded the next morning to Missionary Ridge. They had, had my case on hand a long time and all concerned desired to get me “shoved through.” During the night I was assisted by one of our noble Union <s>prisoners</s> prisoners, <s>“dreped</s> in blue” just “fresh from the Union side,” to remove the cuffs from my hands. For the benefit of any good person who may in the future fall into <s>im</s>prison I state, that the prisoners formed a circle around me while our “Yankee” took the cuffs off and some danced and laughed that the guards might not hear the</p>
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<p>noise, as the cuffs must needs be bent by heavy strokes ‘ere it could be removed. I thanked the crowd and after eating some “Ga. cow peas” for supper we lay down in the mud and took a very refreshing sleep. When I was called the next morning, I was sharply reprimanded by the officers for be taking off my cuffs. They said <s>asked</s> <s>if</s> some one had assisted me, in taking them off and demanded, who it was. I told them I did it of my own accord, for I well know the punishment which would be inflicted upon a Union prisoner for such a thing. I told the officers that I had no desire to escape, and that I only wanted to show them that I could remain <s>stay</s> without irons on. (This was one of the times, when</p>
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<p>noise, as the cuffs must needs be bent by heavy strokes ‘ere it could be removed. I thanked the crowd and after eating some “Ga. cow peas” for supper we lay down in the mud and took a very refreshing sleep. When I was called the next morning, I was sharply reprimanded by the officers for be taking off my cuffs. They said <s>asked</s> <s>if</s> some one had assisted me, in taking them off and demanded, who it was. I told them I did it of my own accord, for I well know the punishment which would be inflicted upon a Union prisoner for such a thing. I told the officers that I had no desire to escape, and that I only wanted to show them that I could remain <s>stay</s> without irons on. (This was one of the times, when</p>
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<p>I thought it <s>religiously</s> right to tell a lie). Before they had time to reply to my reason I invited them to put them on again, and I am confident that my apparent indifference in the matter induced them to pur the same pair on again. I was glad of that for I knew I could, if opportunity was offered, pull them off <s>again.</s> <s>So my friends you see, I could have a little spark of gladness even at the idea of being ironed by the same pair, for I expected something worse.</s> In charge of another officer and guard I was sent afoot with others to the Ridge, about 6-8 miles from Chickamauga I had my rations and my clothes and blankets to carry, and having both hands fastened before me, I</p>
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<p>I thought it <s>religiously</s> right to tell a lie). Before they had time to reply to my reason I invited them to put them on again, and I am confident that my apparent indifference in the matter induced them to pur the same pair on again. I was glad of that for I knew I could, if opportunity was offered, pull them off <s>again.</s> <s>So my friends you see, I could have a little spark of gladness even at the idea of being ironed by the same pair, for I expected something worse.</s> In charge of another officer and guard I was sent afoot with others to the Ridge, about 6-8 miles from Chickamauga I had my rations and my clothes and blankets to carry, and having both hands fastened before me, I</p>
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<p><s>remember</s> it was no light task. It is here proper, that I should give you an idea of the “situation.”—The rebel army under Bragg, and the best officered and organized of any they ever had except perhaps the army of Lee around Richmond, was in line of battle behind their works, along the foot of Lookout Mountain and Mission’ Ridge Gen. Grant had recently been placed in command of the Union forces then holding the city of Chattanooga and the North of Tennessee river against the attempted siege of Bragg. <s>O</s> To guide, to plan and execute for the good of the Union, may be mentioned <s>Grant</s>,</p>
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<p><s>remember</s> it was no light task. It is here proper, that I should give you an idea of the “situation.”—The rebel army under Bragg, and the best officered and organized of any they ever had except perhaps the army of Lee around Richmond, was in line of battle behind their works, along the foot of Lookout Mountain and Mission’ Ridge Gen. Grant had recently been placed in command of the Union forces then holding the city of Chattanooga and the North of Tennessee river against the attempted siege of Bragg. <s>O</s> To guide, to plan and execute for the good of the Union, may be mentioned <s>Grant</s>, <div class='tooltip' title='Joseph Hooker (1814-1879) was a usually confident and competent general, although now he is remembered for his massive failure at Chancellorsville. Following this defeat, he and the XI and XII Corps of the Army of the Potomac were reassigned further west to Rosecrans’ Army of the Cumberland where he played a large role in the eventual Union victory at Chattanooga.'>Hooker</div> Sherman, <div class='tooltip' title='George H. Thomas (1816-1870) also proved his worth in battle, earning the nickname the “Rock of Chickamauga” after holding his position even through the Union disaster at Chickamauga. Despite his impressive military record, Thomas is largely forgotten in popular history of the war.>Thomas</div> and others, who were ready and waiting for Grant to say Onward!</p>
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<p>On the rebel side of the line may bee mentioned <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-80-confederate-generals" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 80, Confederate Generals" rel="noopener">Hardee, Hood, Polk Longstreet</a> and others under Bragg, who were considered the “big guns” of the South. From this <s>consise</s> statement any soldier can call <s>awake to in his mind</s> the appearance of two vast armies like angry thunder storms settling down for a moment <s>before each other</s> ready to burst with dreadful vengence <s>against</s> upon each other. <s>And</s> A soldier can easily recall the emotions which filled his breast when looking over the wide spread wings of and closing front of eager, threatening chafing armies. Such was the transcendent scene, and such were the emotions I enjoyed, though a fettered prisoner, when I was marched to the top of</p>
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<p>On the rebel side of the line may bee mentioned <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-80-confederate-generals' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 80, Confederate Generals'>Hardee, Hood, Polk Longstreet</a> and others under Bragg, who were considered the “big guns” of the South. From this <s>consise</s> statement any soldier can call <s>awake to in his mind</s> the appearance of two vast armies like angry thunder storms settling down for a moment <s>before each other</s> ready to burst with dreadful vengence <s>against</s> upon each other. <s>And</s> A soldier can easily recall the emotions which filled his breast when looking over the wide spread wings of and closing front of eager, threatening chafing armies. Such was the transcendent scene, and such were the emotions I enjoyed, though a fettered prisoner, when I was marched to the top of</p>
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<p>Missionary Ridge, and halted for a rest. I cast my wishful eyes to the city of Chattanooga with hills covered with white tents—her streets and suburbs made dark by the solid columns of freemen keeping step to national Airs, beneath the waving banner of our country. You who were under its folds every hour did not appreciate as I did. Oh! I could not get to the city—but distance lends enchantment to the view. When I could see in the distance, the Union armies marching—the artilery shining—and when I thought of the loaves there in store I forgot me and lived awhile in joyous hope—<s>Then like the prodigal son at his father’s feet, I</s></p>
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<p>Missionary Ridge, and halted for a rest. I cast my wishful eyes to the city of Chattanooga with hills covered with white tents—her streets and suburbs made dark by the solid columns of freemen keeping step to national Airs, beneath the waving banner of our country. You who were under its folds every hour did not appreciate as I did. Oh! I could not get to the city—but distance lends enchantment to the view. When I could see in the distance, the Union armies marching—the artilery shining—and when I thought of the loaves there in store I forgot me and lived awhile in joyous hope—<s>Then like the prodigal son at his father’s feet, I</s></p>
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<p>I would fain have knelt <s>at the foot of</s> to honor the Stars and Stripes. Yes, had I the power at that moment, gladly would I have heaved that mighty mountain from its base to roll its crushing debris over the rebel host at its foot, and would have then quickly walked upon the rising current of their mingled groans to embrace the emblems of my country. These I know are swelling words—and those were swelling emotions I entertained—“Mine was an urgent pressing case”—Not that I valued my own worthless life so highly, but to rejoice in complete victory with the true of my country was my absorbing desire. + + But when night came and</p>
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<p>I would fain have knelt <s>at the foot of</s> to honor the Stars and Stripes. Yes, had I the power at that moment, gladly would I have heaved that mighty mountain from its base to roll its crushing debris over the rebel host at its foot, and would have then quickly walked upon the rising current of their mingled groans to embrace the emblems of my country. These I know are swelling words—and those were swelling emotions I entertained—“Mine was an urgent pressing case”—Not that I valued my own worthless life so highly, but to rejoice in complete victory with the true of my country was my absorbing desire. + + But when night came and</p>
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<p>I must lay me down on a bed of rocks at the feet of that infamous Lt. Baker who had charge of me when I broke guard at Tyner’s Station, and who, I was conscious, wanted me shot, was humiliating indeed. In irons—in beating rain,—with double guard over me, and with the vast army of Bragg, between me and my country and it in sight, was like starving when friends and victuals were in reach, or like clinging in despair to a board in mid ocean while the Ship is drifting out of sight. Realize friends, realize if you can. But sleep will come with its dreams. And while in pattering rain and the constant tramp of the sentinels for company, I pillowed</p>
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<p>I must lay me down on a bed of rocks at the feet of that infamous Lt. Baker who had charge of me when I broke guard at Tyner’s Station, and who, I was conscious, wanted me shot, was humiliating indeed. In irons—in beating rain,—with double guard over me, and with the vast army of Bragg, between me and my country and it in sight, was like starving when friends and victuals were in reach, or like clinging in despair to a board in mid ocean while the Ship is drifting out of sight. Realize friends, realize if you can. But sleep will come with its dreams. And while in pattering rain and the constant tramp of the sentinels for company, I pillowed</p>
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<p>my head upon a rock and dreamed of security. Security for myself for my country and for my friends and innocently thought I was in some peaceful district teaching school. I was retained under guard at the foot of Mission Ridge <s>fasing</s> facing toward Look-Out Mountain and Chattanooga—A splendid situation for <s>note</s>—a <s>taking</s> reporter. The Rebel Army under Bragg was intrenched just out from the foot of the Ridge + accross the Vally to Look Out Mountain. The Union Army, under Grant, was in Chattanooga and in the Valley: alternately menacing and being menaced.— Seventeen days and nights thus passed and on the eve of the 16th of 1863 3 P.M. I was <s>dele</s> notified by the Provost Marshal that the edict had gone forth that I was to be shot</p>
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<p>my head upon a rock and dreamed of security. Security for myself for my country and for my friends and innocently thought I was in some peaceful district teaching school. I was retained under guard at the foot of Mission Ridge <s>fasing</s> facing toward Look-Out Mountain and Chattanooga—A splendid situation for <s>note</s>—a <s>taking</s> reporter. The Rebel Army under Bragg was intrenched just out from the foot of the Ridge + accross the Vally to Look Out Mountain. The Union Army, under Grant, was in Chattanooga and in the Valley: alternately menacing and being menaced.— Seventeen days and nights thus passed and on the eve of the 16th of 1863 3 P.M. I was <s>dele</s> notified by the Provost Marshal that the edict had gone forth that I was to be shot</p>
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<p>on the morrow at 2 P.M. according to the sentence of the Court Martial before which I had been assigned. This was the first official intimation of my sentence, although I prejudged that death would be the sentence. I felt a flush through my system, upon the announcement to me, similar in feeling to that of an electric current from a Galvanic battery.—The Marshal <s>said</s> addressed me thus:—“Woods, it has now been proclaimed before the 36, 18 + 17 Ala. Regs. that you will be shot before then tomorrow a [at] 2 o’clock and I am ordered to so inform you: and here are two ministers (pointing to two men who had approached) to talk with you.” I answered rather earnestly, that it was very unjust, to give me such a short notice: for I believed, under the very law they pretended to respect, that I was entitled to a new trial before a Higher Court and that right I claimed</p>
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<p>on the morrow at 2 P.M. according to the sentence of the Court Martial before which I had been assigned. This was the first official intimation of my sentence, although I prejudged that death would be the sentence. I felt a flush through my system, upon the announcement to me, similar in feeling to that of an electric current from a Galvanic battery.—The Marshal <s>said</s> addressed me thus:—“Woods, it has now been proclaimed before the 36, 18 + 17 Ala. Regs. that you will be shot before then tomorrow a [at] 2 o’clock and I am ordered to so inform you: and here are two ministers (pointing to two men who had approached) to talk with you.” I answered rather earnestly, that it was very unjust, to give me such a short notice: for I believed, under the very law they pretended to respect, that I was entitled to a new trial before a Higher Court and that right I claimed</p>
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<p>and enjoined upon him as the proper officer to so inform the Authorities.—He said nonsense—too late to talk about a new hearing. He would not interest himself any further in my behalf but gave me in charge of a guard to go aside with the Ministers “to make preparations for Eternity and to leave my last requests.” The ministers were <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-86-john-willoughby" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 86, John Willoughby footnote" rel="noopener">Rev. JH Willoughby</a> + Rev. ________, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, now in the Army. The former stated very seriously that they “had heard of my sentence and had come to counsel with me and to pray for me in my dying hour. That my time on Earth was about to close + that prepared or unprepared I must in all human probability die on tomorrow at 2 P.M. according to the sentence under the law.” He then began an series of questions to ascertain my age, standing, family relationship, whether a church member, married or single +c+c.</p>
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<p>and enjoined upon him as the proper officer to so inform the Authorities.—He said nonsense—too late to talk about a new hearing. He would not interest himself any further in my behalf but gave me in charge of a guard to go aside with the Ministers “to make preparations for Eternity and to leave my last requests.” The ministers were <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-86-john-willoughby' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 86, John Willoughby footnote'>Rev. JH Willoughby</a> + Rev. ________, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, now in the Army. The former stated very seriously that they “had heard of my sentence and had come to counsel with me and to pray for me in my dying hour. That my time on Earth was about to close + that prepared or unprepared I must in all human probability die on tomorrow at 2 P.M. according to the sentence under the law.” He then began an series of questions to ascertain my age, standing, family relationship, whether a church member, married or single +c+c.</p>
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<p>All of which I answered patiently. —His sympathy evidently increased for me, in my condition, <s>rapidly</s>, when he learned that I was a member of the same church, that I had attended the Cumberland University at Lebanon Tenn. and that I had respectable relatives, some of whom, owned slaves, I told him I felt prepared to die whenever the proper authority should call for me,—that I thought God’s power <s>in my case was</s> is above the power of the Southern Confederacy, and that, notwithstanding the apparent certainty of my pending execution, I believed he would provide means for my escape. The ministers were surprised at my hope of escape from this sentence and said I should not trust in my shadow of hope, but should prepare for the <s>worst</s> dissolution. They then desired to pray with me, I told them I had no need of nor confidence in their prayers:—that it they</p>
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<p>All of which I answered patiently. —His sympathy evidently increased for me, in my condition, <s>rapidly</s>, when he learned that I was a member of the same church, that I had attended the Cumberland University at Lebanon Tenn. and that I had respectable relatives, some of whom, owned slaves, I told him I felt prepared to die whenever the proper authority should call for me,—that I thought God’s power <s>in my case was</s> is above the power of the Southern Confederacy, and that, notwithstanding the apparent certainty of my pending execution, I believed he would provide means for my escape. The ministers were surprised at my hope of escape from this sentence and said I should not trust in my shadow of hope, but should prepare for the <s>worst</s> dissolution. They then desired to pray with me, I told them I had no need of nor confidence in their prayers:—that it they</p>
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<p>would go to Gen. A.P. Stewart, (whose Head Quarters were <s>no </s>in sight) and <s>tell</s> request him to come to see me I would take it as a favor. They assented and soon returned in company with Genl. Stewart, who on approaching recognized me and shook my hand affectionately.</p>
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<p>had been my professor in Mathematics at the University before the war, and appeared glad to meet me, but expressed astonishment and sorrow when he saw the shackles upon my wrists and considered the doom to which I was to meet on the tomorrow. I requested him to give me audience and I could relieve his mind in regard to my condition and in regard to crime the <s>crime charge</s> for which I was arrested, tried + condemned. —I told him I had no fears of the execution of the sentence, if he or some other officer would only on see that I have a justice done to me:—that an undue prejudice was exercised against me</p>
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<p>would go to Gen. A.P. Stewart, (whose Head Quarters were <s>no </s>in sight) and <s>tell</s> request him to come to see me I would take it as a favor. They assented and soon returned in company with Genl. Stewart, who on approaching recognized me and shook my hand affectionately. <div class='tooltip' title='General Alexander P. Stewart was a Major General who had previously been a professor of mathematics and experimental philosophy at Cumberland University before the war, joining the Confederate Army reluctantly. He was wounded shortly before this meeting with Woods at the Battle of Chickamauga.'>General Stewart</div> had been my professor in Mathematics at the University before the war, and appeared glad to meet me, but expressed astonishment and sorrow when he saw the shackles upon my wrists and considered the doom to which I was to meet on the tomorrow. I requested him to give me audience and I could relieve his mind in regard to my condition and in regard to crime the <s>crime charge</s> for which I was arrested, tried + condemned. —I told him I had no fears of the execution of the sentence, if he or some other officer would only on see that I have a justice done to me:—that an undue prejudice was exercised against me</p>
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<p>simply because, <s>acr</s> an act had been committed by someone, and I had been accused of that act.—that I was innocent of crime and that if he would examine the evidence adduced on trial he would find <s>th</s> nothing <s>positive</s> against me except the evidence given by one Lt Mosely, the rest of the witnesses testifying in my favor except that Col. Woodruff, Cap. Derby and Sergt. Fox had testified that the act (the organizing of a Union League) had been accomplished by some one but they did not know by whom. I told him I denied the charges against me, that I had been treated cruelly through the prejudices of inconsiderate men; that I had been in prison a long time without any investigation; that being a conscript and a stranger I was not at any time during my imprisonment treated with any degree of respect, + was given no unbiased investigation, but that</p>
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<p>simply because, <s>acr</s> an act had been committed by someone, and I had been accused of that act.—that I was innocent of crime and that if he would examine the evidence adduced on trial he would find <s>th</s> nothing <s>positive</s> against me except the evidence given by one Lt Mosely, the rest of the witnesses testifying in my favor except that Col. Woodruff, Cap. Derby and Sergt. Fox had testified that the act (the organizing of a Union League) had been accomplished by some one but they did not know by whom. I told him I denied the charges against me, that I had been treated cruelly through the prejudices of inconsiderate men; that I had been in prison a long time without any investigation; that being a conscript and a stranger I was not at any time during my imprisonment treated with any degree of respect, + was given no unbiased investigation, but that</p>
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<p>after all this unjust and unlawfull process against an innocent men, the Court finally decided that it would not be giving credence to the oath and testimony of a Commissioned Confederate Officer, if they did not condemn me upon Mosely’s testimony; for my witnesses were only privates and for ought they knew were in the <s>Union</s> League with me,—The court further asserted that this great crime against the Confederacy had been committed by some one, and consequently an example must be made of some one to deter the <s>enemies</s> conscripts + others from committing further offense against the South.—In this brief relation I was affected just enough, and requested Gen. Stewart to act as my friend—that time to work is short,—that he knew me at College —knew my relatives in Tenn. (I refered him to a Grand Uncle—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-90-james-haynes" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 90, James Haynes footnote" rel="noopener">James Haynes and to his sons,—Milton + Amos who were now officers in the Confederate Army</a>)—He remembered all and how he had</p>
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<p>after all this unjust and unlawfull process against an innocent men, the Court finally decided that it would not be giving credence to the oath and testimony of a Commissioned Confederate Officer, if they did not condemn me upon Mosely’s testimony; for my witnesses were only privates and for ought they knew were in the <s>Union</s> League with me,—The court further asserted that this great crime against the Confederacy had been committed by some one, and consequently an example must be made of some one to deter the <s>enemies</s> conscripts + others from committing further offense against the South.—In this brief relation I was affected just enough, and requested Gen. Stewart to act as my friend—that time to work is short,—that he knew me at College —knew my relatives in Tenn. (I refered him to a Grand Uncle—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-90-james-haynes' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 90, James Haynes footnote'>James Haynes and to his sons,—Milton + Amos who were now officers in the Confederate Army</a>)—He remembered all and how he had</p>
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<p>met with me <s>and</s> those relatives of mine in College, in Sabbath School, in <s>the</s> the public worship and perchance in some other most fraternal assemblies, Turning with moistened eye to the preachers he said, “Brethren, I know this young man knew him at College—He stood high. I know his relatives and friends—They are true to the South and don’t know anything of his condition. He will not die; He has been accused hastily by strangers.—Then turning to leave he said, “Woods, I will see what I can do for you: but it is almost a helpless case,—time is so short—no chance I fear to secure you a new trial,—and perhaps it would then only be the same scene repeated—the only chance is to try for a reprieve. He then bade me not to confide in him or in anything he could do—that military law was severe and unrelenting:—prepare yourself to meet the sentence, and it will only be a pleasing disappointment if I can be able to accomplish anything in your favor.” A parting word and he was gone.</p>
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<p>met with me <s>and</s> those relatives of mine in College, in Sabbath School, in <s>the</s> the public worship and perchance in some other most fraternal assemblies, Turning with moistened eye to the preachers he said, “Brethren, I know this young man knew him at College—He stood high. I know his relatives and friends—They are true to the South and don’t know anything of his condition. He will not die; He has been accused hastily by strangers.—Then turning to leave he said, “Woods, I will see what I can do for you: but it is almost a helpless case,—time is so short—no chance I fear to secure you a new trial,—and perhaps it would then only be the same scene repeated—the only chance is to try for a reprieve. He then bade me not to confide in him or in anything he could do—that military law was severe and unrelenting:—prepare yourself to meet the sentence, and it will only be a pleasing disappointment if I can be able to accomplish anything in your favor.” A parting word and he was gone.</p>
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<p>The ministers now began anew and with much more friendship, to condole with <s>me</s> me. They congratulated me on the respectability of my family relationship—not doubting but what there might be some hope for me if some of those influential relations of mine were here, but adding that Gen. Stewart stands very high and can accomplish perhaps as much as any man. They then exhorted me to put no confidence in man. I answered that I had not, except as a means through which work might be done. Before they should depart they desired to pray—it could do no harm and I did not wish to offend any one just then, so I consented.—Willoughby prayed—that if this young man sho was guilty of the terrible crime of which he was charged and for which he is in all probability to so soon to be sent <s>in</s> to eternity, that <s>in</s> even now pardon might be granted—but if</p>
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<p>The ministers now began anew and with much more friendship, to condole with <s>me</s> me. They congratulated me on the respectability of my family relationship—not doubting but what there might be some hope for me if some of those influential relations of mine were here, but adding that Gen. Stewart stands very high and can accomplish perhaps as much as any man. They then exhorted me to put no confidence in man. I answered that I had not, except as a means through which work might be done. Before they should depart they desired to pray—it could do no harm and I did not wish to offend any one just then, so I consented.—Willoughby prayed—that if this young man sho was guilty of the terrible crime of which he was charged and for which he is in all probability to so soon to be sent <s>in</s> to eternity, that <s>in</s> even now pardon might be granted—but if</p>
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<p>as he says, he is not guilty of crime may some Providence intervene for his life—May in this case, he be spared the ignominious death pronounced against him.—May his parents, brothers, sisters, and especially his wife be rejoiced to hear of his safety instead of his death. + + +” + + + + <s>Then</s> Prayer being over, they desired me to trust them as friends. They would attend to my last requests I might have to leave for wife, parents or others—They again earnestly exhorted me to make no count on anything being done for my relief: And Willoughby now turns to me asking me to leave with him, to console my wife, and as a last request to my two little boys, “that if <s>they sl</s> this war should continue 20 yrs I desire them to engage in it to fight the hated Yankees.”—At this utterance I could scarcely restrain my wrath—Had I not been in the critical condition</p>
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<p>as he says, he is not guilty of crime may some Providence intervene for his life—May in this case, he be spared the ignominious death pronounced against him.—May his parents, brothers, sisters, and especially his wife be rejoiced to hear of his safety instead of his death. + + +” + + + + <s>Then</s> Prayer being over, they desired me to trust them as friends. They would attend to my last requests I might have to leave for wife, parents or others—They again earnestly exhorted me to make no count on anything being done for my relief: And Willoughby now turns to me asking me to leave with him, to console my wife, and as a last request to my two little boys, “that if <s>they sl</s> this war should continue 20 yrs I desire them to engage in it to fight the hated Yankees.”—At this utterance I could scarcely restrain my wrath—Had I not been in the critical condition</p>
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<p>I should most certainly have been justified in dealing the rebel preacher a <s>stunning</s> blow—But my hands were doubly tied. I must accept the situation and even give him a modest answer, which was that I did not desire to trammel the minds of my family by any such request—that I was very willing to leave the <s>direction</s> education of my children to their Ma.—<s>I however wrote a farewell letter</s> The preachers then left with an appointment to see me again before the execution.—I was taken back by the guard to where the other prisoners were—I prevailed <s>that</s> upon the Provost to take off the Shackles from my hands to allow me to write my “Farewell Letter”—I wrote this following: viz.</p>
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<p>I should most certainly have been justified in dealing the rebel preacher a <s>stunning</s> blow—But my hands were doubly tied. I must accept the situation and even give him a modest answer, which was that I did not desire to trammel the minds of my family by any such request—that I was very willing to leave the <s>direction</s> education of my children to their Ma.—<s>I however wrote a farewell letter</s> The preachers then left with an appointment to see me again before the execution.—I was taken back by the guard to where the other prisoners were—I prevailed <s>that</s> upon the Provost to take off the Shackles from my hands to allow me to write my “Farewell Letter”—I wrote this following: viz.</p>
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<p>That evening + next morning I sold off my blankets, clothing +c and placed the money for the same, with <s>other me</s> my Bible, pen, knife + other mementoes in the hands of</p>
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<p>That evening + next morning I sold off my blankets, clothing +c and placed the money for the same, with <s>other me</s> my Bible, pen, knife + other mementoes in the hands of</p>
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<p>Rev. Willoughby (of Ala.) to convey them to my wife. Late this evening I was handkuffed again and a double guard placed over me for the night. I then lay down, pillowed my head upon a rock, and slept very sweetly; dreaming as I slept of future scenes, and enjoyments with my family at my old “Missouri Home”—Thought I was there, teaching School, riding horses, planning buildings; farms +c, and taking active part in the business of life. One most beautiful scene I witnessed this night in my dreams,—I thought I was alone traveler, going westwardly, viewing landscape, mountains, rives, everything, and dangers appeared to be mingled therewith—The day passed, the sun went down, a murky river rolled before me;—I plunged its tide, I went through it, came out safely on the other shore; and stood over</p>
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<p>Rev. Willoughby (of Ala.) to convey them to my wife. Late this evening I was handkuffed again and a double guard placed over me for the night. I then lay down, pillowed my head upon a rock, and slept very sweetly; dreaming as I slept of future scenes, and enjoyments with my family at my old “Missouri Home”—Thought I was there, teaching School, riding horses, planning buildings; farms +c, and taking active part in the business of life. One most beautiful scene I witnessed this night in my dreams,—I thought I was alone traveler, going westwardly, viewing landscape, mountains, rives, everything, and dangers appeared to be mingled therewith—The day passed, the sun went down, a murky river rolled before me;—I plunged its tide, I went through it, came out safely on the other shore; and stood over</p>
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<p>upon a sunlit mountain, which arose with me in mid air, above all danger + confusion of Earth, from which lofty and happy eminence I took a birds-eye-view of the past and present—I was in an ecstasy.—But I awoke to find it all a dream, that I was in chains, guarded, hooted at by owls, <s>and</s> could distinctly hear men talking hoarsely and occasionally could hear <s>the</s> sound as of a pick striking rock, as if they were digging my grave.— Soon morning came. Its heavy fogs hung with sable sadness arround “Look Out Mountain and “Mission Ridge”—I felt somewhat refreshed by the nights’ sleep. I looked upon Camp and army routine, with indifference There was but little stir along the battle line of either army this day (the of October 1863)—Suspension prevailed.— over</p>
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<p>upon a sunlit mountain, which arose with me in mid air, above all danger + confusion of Earth, from which lofty and happy eminence I took a birds-eye-view of the past and present—I was in an ecstasy.—But I awoke to find it all a dream, that I was in chains, guarded, hooted at by owls, <s>and</s> could distinctly hear men talking hoarsely and occasionally could hear <s>the</s> sound as of a pick striking rock, as if they were digging my grave.— Soon morning came. Its heavy fogs hung with sable sadness arround “Look Out Mountain and “Mission Ridge”—I felt somewhat refreshed by the nights’ sleep. I looked upon Camp and army routine, with indifference There was but little stir along the battle line of either army this day (the of October 1863)—Suspension prevailed.— over</p>
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<p>Some of the guards who had [?] in charge were considerably affected at the thoughts of my expected execution, which was hourly looked for.—One man, Mr. when aside with me wept bitterly and said he had rather be shot himself than to assist in shooting me.—I thus ascertained that he was on the detail for execution—He told me every preparation was made and he felt there was no further hope for me. The day wore away, I ate my usual “piece” and bathed and drank from a beautiful spring near by. I desired the <u>provost</u> to unloose my hands ‘till I could finish my Farewell Letter, but he only remarked, “he would attend to that in time.”— At 12 ½ P.M. a courier galloped up, bearing a paper to the Provost who read the same and then coming to where I was under guard, said;—“Woods, your over</p>
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<p>Some of the guards who had [?] in charge were considerably affected at the thoughts of my expected execution, which was hourly looked for.—One man, Mr. when aside with me wept bitterly and said he had rather be shot himself than to assist in shooting me.—I thus ascertained that he was on the detail for execution—He told me every preparation was made and he felt there was no further hope for me. The day wore away, I ate my usual “piece” and bathed and drank from a beautiful spring near by. I desired the <u>provost</u> to unloose my hands ‘till I could finish my Farewell Letter, but he only remarked, “he would attend to that in time.”— At 12 ½ P.M. a courier galloped up, bearing a paper to the Provost who read the same and then coming to where I was under guard, said;—“Woods, your over</p>
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<p>execution is suspended until further orders;—and you may thank General Stewart for it, as well as your God.” I replied, that I was very thoughtful to all who had interceded in my behalf.—He continued, that if I would conduct myself properly there was some hope for me. The preachers (Willoughby + ) called 1 P.M. and encouraged me some.— My friends among the soldiers sought every opportunity to encourage me:—among them I can mention <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-99-woods-friends" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 99, Wood’ Friends" rel="noopener">J.D. Sasser, Ed Adderhalt, Jno. Rutledge, Ben. Wade, Smith, Abbott, Brown,—Goosby, Henry Sasser, Tom Curry</a> and many others of 36th Ala. Reg. C.A.S.A. and Hill—</p>
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<p>and others of 38th 18th Ala. Regs. C.S.A. into which Regts. they with mysel had been conscripted in fall of 1862.—</p>
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<p>execution is suspended until further orders;—and you may thank General Stewart for it, as well as your God.” I replied, that I was very thoughtful to all who had interceded in my behalf.—He continued, that if I would conduct myself properly there was some hope for me. The preachers (Willoughby + ) called 1 P.M. and encouraged me some.— My friends among the soldiers sought every opportunity to encourage me:—among them I can mention <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-99-woods-friends' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 99, Wood’ Friends'>J.D. Sasser, Ed Adderhalt, Jno. Rutledge, Ben. Wade, Smith, Abbott, Brown,—Goosby, Henry Sasser, Tom Curry</a> and many others of 36th Ala. Reg. C.A.S.A. and Hill—<div class='tooltip' title='This likely refers to J.H. Brickhouse, a private in the 38th Alabama. His service record reveals very little about his experience during the Civil War other than he was in service during the second half of 1863.'>Brickhouse</div> and others of 38th 18th Ala. Regs. C.S.A. into which Regts. they with mysel had been conscripted in fall of 1862.—</p>
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<p>From this date forward I was cared for with more tenderness, I spent my time in reading and in making notes of observation around me; especially the situation of the Rebel lines— We (the prisoners) were moved in a day or two from the foot of the Ridge to near the top, near Bragg’s Hd. Qrs, and toward Chicamauga. but This move gave me a commanding view of Chatanooga, the valley below, of Look Out Mountain +c— I took a landscape Sketch with my pen + pencil, as it appeared from our prison quarters:—thus:</p>
<p>[This page includes a drawing of the Confederate position and surrounding landscape as Woods saw it].</p>
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<p>From this date forward I was cared for with more tenderness, I spent my time in reading and in making notes of observation around me; especially the situation of the Rebel lines— We (the prisoners) were moved in a day or two from the foot of the Ridge to near the top, near Bragg’s Hd. Qrs, and toward Chicamauga. but This move gave me a commanding view of Chatanooga, the valley below, of Look Out Mountain +c— I took a landscape Sketch with my pen + pencil, as it appeared from our prison quarters:—thus:</p>
<p>[This page includes a drawing of the Confederate position and surrounding landscape as Woods saw it].</p>
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<p>Active demonstrations began along both lines, soon after our removal up Missionary Ridge, On the of 1863,</p>
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<p>was fought. It was the grandest scene I ever witnessed (of mens’ doings) The Union troops in solid phalanx from direction of Chatanooga, came to the foot of the mountain, and as they ascended it seemed that the very earth heaved them toward the top, as the clouds of heaven bowed down to kiss the flag they carried. —Very soon the retreating rebels, like a stream of ashes and lava came pouring down on the side of the Mountain toward Mission’ Ridge My heart was uplifted, and joyous in the hope that I might that night fall into the hands of my advancing friends. The shell + Shot came thick and fast and soon Bragg’s Head Quarters retreated;—the whole rebel army was in full retreat. They took as in flight</p>
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<p>Active demonstrations began along both lines, soon after our removal up Missionary Ridge, On the of 1863, <div class='tooltip' title='The Battle of Look Out Mountain took place on November 24, 1863 in the final days of the Chattanooga Campaign. This battle began when Union general Joseph Hooker attacked high ground held by Braxton Bragg and resulted in a Union victory when Hooker succeeded in forcing Bragg to retreat back toward Missionary Ridge.'>the battle of Look Out Mountains</div> was fought. It was the grandest scene I ever witnessed (of mens’ doings) The Union troops in solid phalanx from direction of Chatanooga, came to the foot of the mountain, and as they ascended it seemed that the very earth heaved them toward the top, as the clouds of heaven bowed down to kiss the flag they carried. —Very soon the retreating rebels, like a stream of ashes and lava came pouring down on the side of the Mountain toward Mission’ Ridge My heart was uplifted, and joyous in the hope that I might that night fall into the hands of my advancing friends. The shell + Shot came thick and fast and soon Bragg’s Head Quarters retreated;—the whole rebel army was in full retreat. They took as in flight</p>
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<p>back to Chicamauga, where we arrived about midnight. On this retreat I saw the clerk of the Court Martial (Mr ) before which I was tried + condemned. He said the Court <s>were</s> labored under much difficulty in passing sentence against me: on account of the testamony of the witnesses in my favor;—but said he, “they finally decided to condemn you, because a commissioned officer of the Confederacy had sworn positively <s>against</s> against you.”—They thought it would lower the dignity of the Confederacy not to give full credence to the testmony of its commissioned officers.— We arrived at Chicamuaga about <s>mor</s> dark and were soon set to work loading cars with bacon, hard tack +c to be shiped southward from danger of capture.</p>
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<p>back to Chicamauga, where we arrived about midnight. On this retreat I saw the clerk of the Court Martial (Mr ) before which I was tried + condemned. He said the Court <s>were</s> labored under much difficulty in passing sentence against me: on account of the testamony of the witnesses in my favor;—but said he, “they finally decided to condemn you, because a commissioned officer of the Confederacy had sworn positively <s>against</s> against you.”—They thought it would lower the dignity of the Confederacy not to give full credence to the testmony of its commissioned officers.— We arrived at Chicamuaga about <s>mor</s> dark and were soon set to work loading cars with bacon, hard tack +c to be shiped southward from danger of capture.</p>
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<p>We were thus afforded an opportunity of getting something to eat.—I had in the meantime gotten my irons off. About midnight we were <s>ord</s> ordered afoot under strong guard Southward along the Atlanta Rail Road—Two or three hundred of the bravest of the Union Soldiers who rushed up Missionary Ridge, were cut off from their Cumrades, and were borne <s>back off</s> off prisoners by the rebel ride. These prisoners were also with us. We marched under bayonet, from the fierce roar of conflict. Nothing exciting took place with us, as we passed the long line of stations along this road back to Atlanta. I made our feeble attempt on the way to excite a mutiny against the guards, but failed, because the Colonel of the Union troops, thought they might incur danger, and failing might, cause their exchange to be delayed</p>
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<p>We were thus afforded an opportunity of getting something to eat.—I had in the meantime gotten my irons off. About midnight we were <s>ord</s> ordered afoot under strong guard Southward along the Atlanta Rail Road—Two or three hundred of the bravest of the Union Soldiers who rushed up Missionary Ridge, were cut off from their Cumrades, and were borne <s>back off</s> off prisoners by the rebel ride. These prisoners were also with us. We marched under bayonet, from the fierce roar of conflict. Nothing exciting took place with us, as we passed the long line of stations along this road back to Atlanta. I made our feeble attempt on the way to excite a mutiny against the guards, but failed, because the Colonel of the Union troops, thought they might incur danger, and failing might, cause their exchange to be delayed</p>
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<p>At Kingston we were put aboard the cars and taken to Atlanta for safe keeping. I sighed heavily as I entered the prison enclosure, lying towards Peach Tree Creek, from the Atlanta Depot. I had been here several times <s>before</s> during my already long imprisonment. Here I had been almost starved for food and water.—Here I had lain on the mud sick and helpless without attendance The place had no attractions for me: but here I must remain indefinitely. Daily ingress and egress <s>was</s> went on with other prisoners, but I was destined to remain till winter, till the next Spring, yea till the next summer. In about two weeks, I was notified that I would be executed at the end of three weeks, unless I could secure the clemency of Jefferson Davis by petition. Upon receipt of this notice I wrote to Gen. A.P. Stewart C.S.A.</p>
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<p>At Kingston we were put aboard the cars and taken to Atlanta for safe keeping. I sighed heavily as I entered the prison enclosure, lying towards Peach Tree Creek, from the Atlanta Depot. I had been here several times <s>before</s> during my already long imprisonment. Here I had been almost starved for food and water.—Here I had lain on the mud sick and helpless without attendance The place had no attractions for me: but here I must remain indefinitely. Daily ingress and egress <s>was</s> went on with other prisoners, but I was destined to remain till winter, till the next Spring, yea till the next summer. In about two weeks, I was notified that I would be executed at the end of three weeks, unless I could secure the clemency of Jefferson Davis by petition. Upon receipt of this notice I wrote to Gen. A.P. Stewart C.S.A.</p>
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<p>Asking his further intercessions, and sent the letter through the prison Gate. I wrote also to my wife’s Father (Samuel Caldwell of Oxford Ala.) who very kindly and energetically got a petition for my reprieve, largely signed by my acquaintances where I had taught School. He went to Richmond himself to <s>car b carry</s> lay the petition before Mr. Davis (Pres. CSA) He passed on his way by Atlanta and gained admittance to converse with me 15 minutes. He brought me some clothes, butter, cake +c sent by my wife all of which was quite a luxury. Mr Caldwell hurried forward to Richmond, and by convenience of rail road speed, and arrived there without delay. He obtained the additional help of <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-105-james-curry" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 105, James Curry footnote" rel="noopener">James Curry (of the Confederate Congress)</a> in gaining an audience with the Rebel Chief.—</p>
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<p>Asking his further intercessions, and sent the letter through the prison Gate. I wrote also to my wife’s Father (Samuel Caldwell of Oxford Ala.) who very kindly and energetically got a petition for my reprieve, largely signed by my acquaintances where I had taught School. He went to Richmond himself to <s>car b carry</s> lay the petition before Mr. Davis (Pres. CSA) He passed on his way by Atlanta and gained admittance to converse with me 15 minutes. He brought me some clothes, butter, cake +c sent by my wife all of which was quite a luxury. Mr Caldwell hurried forward to Richmond, and by convenience of rail road speed, and arrived there without delay. He obtained the additional help of <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-105-james-curry' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 105, James Curry footnote'>James Curry (of the Confederate Congress)</a> in gaining an audience with the Rebel Chief.—</p>
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<p>After some days of postponement and consideration the Mr Davis til gave his a favorable reply, and telegraphed to the Commander at Atlanta, 1863, that “the execution of JH Woods is pusponed until further orders. I felt that this suspension would be final, as my case had now been transfered to Richmond and the war coil of the Union were drawing more closely around the vital parts of the Confederacy. I did not think Davis would have time to look after me, so I expected to be safe from the dangers of the battlefield until I might get escape.— I wrote a letter to Gen. Stewart thanking him for any efforts he had made for me, and received his reply as follows:</p>
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<p>After some days of postponement and consideration the Mr Davis til gave his a favorable reply, and telegraphed to the Commander at Atlanta, 1863, that “the execution of JH Woods is pusponed until further orders. I felt that this suspension would be final, as my case had now been transfered to Richmond and the war coil of the Union were drawing more closely around the vital parts of the Confederacy. I did not think Davis would have time to look after me, so I expected to be safe from the dangers of the battlefield until I might get escape.— I wrote a letter to Gen. Stewart thanking him for any efforts he had made for me, and received his reply as follows:</p>
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<p>During this winter (of “63 + “64) the there was a great deal of cold rain and as we had no shelter, for the great or part of the time, we were much exposed. Sickness was the consequence: Many of us contracted colds, coughs and other ailments from which we will probably never fully recover. I was so hoarse that I could not speak above a whisper for a month. Small Pox and other loathesome diseases were among the prisoners. Spring came and I we were still a prisoner. I was permitted to see a friend of mine, (Jas. Crow) at the gate, and through him could hear from my family occasionally. I planted a garden inside the “Dead Line” of the prison, by permission of the officers.—Hence spent much of my time watching plants grow. Planted peach trees, melons, corn + tomatoes.—</p>
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<p>During this winter (of “63 + “64) the there was a great deal of cold rain and as we had no shelter, for the great or part of the time, we were much exposed. Sickness was the consequence: Many of us contracted colds, coughs and other ailments from which we will probably never fully recover. I was so hoarse that I could not speak above a whisper for a month. Small Pox and other loathesome diseases were among the prisoners. Spring came and I we were still a prisoner. I was permitted to see a friend of mine, (Jas. Crow) at the gate, and through him could hear from my family occasionally. I planted a garden inside the “Dead Line” of the prison, by permission of the officers.—Hence spent much of my time watching plants grow. Planted peach trees, melons, corn + tomatoes.—</p>
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<p>The 4th of July came, my 30th birthday, which brought to mind many reminiscences of past celebrations and enjoyments with friends.— I celebrated the day by reading, singing and thinking. I had ripe tomatoes from my prison garden upon this day: my corn was silking, and my melons looked promising. The approach of the Union Army under Sherman had been gradual, and the thunder of distant battle could now be daily heard. My heart revived again at the sound for I know it spoke of victory for the Union. Polk of the rebel army, was brou brought into the city dead from the battle of</p>
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<p>The 4th of July came, my 30th birthday, which brought to mind many reminiscences of past celebrations and enjoyments with friends.— I celebrated the day by reading, singing and thinking. I had ripe tomatoes from my prison garden upon this day: my corn was silking, and my melons looked promising. The approach of the Union Army under Sherman had been gradual, and the thunder of distant battle could now be daily heard. My heart revived again at the sound for I know it spoke of victory for the Union. Polk of the rebel army, was brou brought into the city dead from the battle of <div class='tooltip' title='The Battle of Lost Mountain occurred in June of 1864 immediately prior to the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain of July 27, 1864. As Woods mentions here, Confederate general Leonidas Polk was killed during this battle and the battle resulted in another Confederate retreat towards Atlanta.'>Lost Mountain</div> and many such evidences I had of the victories of the Union. <s>On the 10th of July/64, a proclamation was made</s> I witnessed many cruelties to prisoners <s>wh</s> during this winter, Spring and summer.</p>
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<p>On one occasion a Union Spie was placed in “stacks” and kept there until he fainted in the hot sun. He was under the name of John Moran. (Spies often go by fictitious names).—Another under the name of Hiram Smith, whose proper name was Hiram Glazier, was kept chained in a dark cell, and poorly fed. I was at this time allowed the privilege of the Stockade, and I was thus able secretly to do many kindness for three Union Spies.— I well remember two others, Cole, and Cobb, held as spies.</p>
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<p>, a Union man who had been conscripted into the rebel services and who escaped <s>afterwar</s> to the Union lines, was afterwards caught and hung by the rebels. I was permitted to <s>go</s> write his farewell letter to his wife, just before he was taken out of his the cell to the scaffold near the prison. He died as did many others a martyr for his country. The children of such aught to</p>
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<p>On one occasion a Union Spie was placed in “stacks” and kept there until he fainted in the hot sun. He was under the name of John Moran. (Spies often go by fictitious names).—Another under the name of Hiram Smith, whose proper name was Hiram Glazier, was kept chained in a dark cell, and poorly fed. I was at this time allowed the privilege of the Stockade, and I was thus able secretly to do many kindness for three Union Spies.— I well remember two others, Cole, and Cobb, held as spies. <div class='tooltip' title='No records can be found for this man or for any of the men listed above.'>Pleasant M Smallwood</div>, a Union man who had been conscripted into the rebel services and who escaped <s>afterwar</s> to the Union lines, was afterwards caught and hung by the rebels. I was permitted to <s>go</s> write his farewell letter to his wife, just before he was taken out of his the cell to the scaffold near the prison. He died as did many others a martyr for his country. The children of such aught to</p>
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<p>be pensioned by our government, but these like the Union men of the South generally (to this date [1814?]) <s>have</s> have not been appreciated nor rewarded in any way. On the 10th July 1864, A proclamation was made to the prisoners in the Atlanta Prison, that if they would agree to work, in the fortifycations around the city, they would be taken out of the prison and would be better fed. Several hundreds of us went out under that proclamation on the 11th of July.— Old Uncle John Stansil of Tenn. was too firm a Union man tho’ even to go out under this offer. He thought it looked like volunteering to do service for the rebelion: I reasoned with him that our government could excuse us for <s>avas</s> taking this means of escape, but he was firm and I bade him good bye.</p>
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<p>be pensioned by our government, but these like the Union men of the South generally (to this date [1814?]) <s>have</s> have not been appreciated nor rewarded in any way. On the 10th July 1864, A proclamation was made to the prisoners in the Atlanta Prison, that if they would agree to work, in the fortifycations around the city, they would be taken out of the prison and would be better fed. Several hundreds of us went out under that proclamation on the 11th of July.— Old Uncle John Stansil of Tenn. was too firm a Union man tho’ even to go out under this offer. He thought it looked like volunteering to do service for the rebelion: I reasoned with him that our government could excuse us for <s>avas</s> taking this means of escape, but he was firm and I bade him good bye.</p>
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<p>On the 11th of July 1864, I went out of the Atlanta Prison, but was not yet free. I was taken to the Regiment in which I had been place at Mobile. The Regiments (36th Ala. C.S.A.) was now a wreck, a mere remnant, so much had it been depleted by desertion and some by casualties in battle. What was <s>is</s> true of the whole Confederacy at that –A wreck, demoralized and forlorn. I was glad to see affairs thus, consequently enjoyed myself finely making observations. The Rebel lines were drawn in South of the Chatahoochee, forming a circle 7 miles out from the city. Battles were now being fought every day: and the scenes I witness could not be written in a large volume. I with the working squad, as</p>
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<p>On the 11th of July 1864, I went out of the Atlanta Prison, but was not yet free. I was taken to the Regiment in which I had been place at Mobile. The Regiments (36th Ala. C.S.A.) was now a wreck, a mere remnant, so much had it been depleted by desertion and some by casualties in battle. What was <s>is</s> true of the whole Confederacy at that –A wreck, demoralized and forlorn. I was glad to see affairs thus, consequently enjoyed myself finely making observations. The Rebel lines were drawn in South of the Chatahoochee, forming a circle 7 miles out from the city. Battles were now being fought every day: and the scenes I witness could not be written in a large volume. I with the working squad, as</p>
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<p>they called us, were put to work in places between the battle lines—of extreme danger and the pickets were our guards and the Commanders our master. We worked of course, just as we were compelled. We were kept on the picket lines, digging new lines of Rifle Pits as the Rebel lines were <s>chan</s> changed from time to time. I became familiar with everything along the rebel lines, and as the Union lines were near (75 to 100 yds) at many, points I could learn many things concerning the Union Situation.—On the <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-113-after-the-war" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 3, Page 113, After the War footnote" rel="noopener">11th Aug. 1864</a> by <s>By</s> a secret understanding between a number of us, who were thus inside the rebel lines and some of the Union troops an armistice was partially obtained</p>
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<p>they called us, were put to work in places between the battle lines—of extreme danger and the pickets were our guards and the Commanders our master. We worked of course, just as we were compelled. We were kept on the picket lines, digging new lines of Rifle Pits as the Rebel lines were <s>chan</s> changed from time to time. I became familiar with everything along the rebel lines, and as the Union lines were near (75 to 100 yds) at many, points I could learn many things concerning the Union Situation.—On the <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/3-113-after-the-war' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 3, Page 113, After the War footnote'>11th Aug. 1864</a> by <s>By</s> a secret understanding between a number of us, who were thus inside the rebel lines and some of the Union troops an armistice was partially obtained</p>
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This collection includes three memoir volumes and three diaries written by John Henning Woods, a Southern Unionist, Confederate conscript, and Civil War memoirist. Woods was born in Tennessee on July 4, 1834. After spending his childhood in Missouri, Woods married Mary Emma Caldwell, the daughter of a wealthy slaveholder and planter from Alabama in 1860. In 1861, Woods moved to Lebanon, Tennessee, to pursue his law degree at Cumberland University. Despite his ties to the South, Woods hated slavery and strongly supported the Union. Following the war's beginning and interruption of his education, he returned home to farm and teach.
Due to his support for the Union, Woods chose to remain at home throughout the beginning of the war until his conscription into the Confederate army in October of 1862. While at first Woods fought to remain at home, the threat of imprisonment eventually sparked him to report to the army, where he was drafted into the 36th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company K. As a part of this regiment, Woods was trained at Talladega and then posted around Mobile, Alabama.
While at Mobile, Woods and a few fellow Unionist conscripts formed a secret Unionist organization called the Home Circle and planned a mutiny. Unfortunately, Woods was discovered prior to their planned mutiny and imprisoned to be tried. While awaiting his court martial, Woods was transported behind the army, following them through the Tullahoma Campaign and was then sent to Atlanta. His trial resulted in a sentence of death by firing squad; however, his execution was delayed due to the interference of a sympathetic general who had been his professor before the war. Woods saw the Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga while imprisoned by the Confederate Army until he was once again sent to Atlanta following a stay of execution, furnished at the last minute from Jefferson Davis. He was then sent to work building trenches around Atlanta until he finally escaped Confederate officials on August 11, 1864, and made his way into Union lines.
Following his escape, Woods made his way to Buffalo, New York, where he enlisted in the 93rd New York Infantry Regiment. He served out the rest of the war as a clerk for the Union Army until his discharge on May 11, 1865. Following the war, Woods returned home and continued to teach, moving to Lawrence County, Missouri sometime before 1885. In 1885, his wife Mary died and in 1889, he married Mae Laverall of Pennsylvania. Woods died on March 5, 1901, and is buried alongside both of his wives and his daughter in the Woodland Cemetery near Springfield, Missouri.
The three volumes of Woods' memoir make up the largest portion of the collection. These three books focus on the years 1861-1864, describing his experiences of sectionalism, his opposition to secession and conscription, the process of forming an underground Unionist society in a Confederate regiment, his arrest for inciting a mutiny, and the resulting imprisonment and trial.
The three journals cover a much broader range of topics and years, including genealogy, religion, marriage, slavery, and Woods' childhood. These three journals serve to contextualize the journals, as Woods referenced them during the writing process. Besides this, these journals also contain highly detailed drawings done by Woods during his imprisonment and a number of short entries in Pitman shorthand.
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This final volume of Woods' memoir describes his imprisonment, trial, sentence, postponement of punishment, and his final stay of execution furnished from Jefferson Davis.
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<p>My Services at Mobile. Although <s>nominally in the rebel army,</s> my name was by force of conscription placed upon the Rebel Muster rolls, I was virtually serving the Union. This was my sincere <s>intention</s> + desires, whatever the results. I very much deprecated the fact that I and other loyal men, were forced into the rebel drill camps <s>ranks</s>. Stationed at the city of Mobile as we were for [drice?] + <s>to do</s> post duty, the awkwardness of our condition did not as <s>so</s> plainly appear, as I knew it would, when <s>were</s> we should be ordered <s>sent</s> to active service in the field. While <s>I knew, so long as I were</s> on post, garrison, or <s>rear</s> Guard duty, I could render my services worse than a blank to the rebel cause, for I could have ample opportunity to overbalanse, every service, that</p>
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<p>My Services at Mobile. Although <s>nominally in the rebel army,</s> my name was by force of conscription placed upon the Rebel Muster rolls, I was virtually serving the Union. This was my sincere <s>intention</s> + desires, whatever the results. I very much deprecated the fact that I and other loyal men, were forced into the rebel drill camps <s>ranks</s>. Stationed at the city of Mobile as we were for [drice?] + <s>to do</s> post duty, the awkwardness of our condition did not as <s>so</s> plainly appear, as I knew it would, when <s>were</s> we should be ordered <s>sent</s> to active service in the field. While <s>I knew, so long as I were</s> on post, garrison, or <s>rear</s> Guard duty, I could render my services worse than a blank to the rebel cause, for I could have ample opportunity to overbalanse, every service, that</p>
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<p>Our names had, without our consent, been placed upon the Confederate Rolls; but union, men should not be less esteemed for this: especially if it can be shown that they were, while in this servilance, really serving the Union Cause by planning and organizing secretly for the demoralizing and the overthrow of the Rebel <s>author</s> powers. These things we attempted to do, after we ascertained that conscripts were nearly all Union men. Hence I concieved the idea of organizing the loyal element in the South, for self-protection and of for the reclaming of their most sacred rights; which were being wrested from them by the rebelious Slave aristocracy. I should be forced to render, by some counter influence, which would in the finale, cost the rebel cause more than such forced service could be worth to them. How? In what way or ways? Well, in the course of a few weeks observations among the soldiers, I found that a great number, perhaps a majority of them were originally, and until now (Nov. “/62) really opposed to secession; consequently to the “Confederacy.”—Pres. Lincoln, although never in the midst of the Southrons during the war, believed the same fact, for he says—“There is much reason to believe that the Union men are the majority in many, if not in every one of the so-called seceded States.” Hence, I concieved the idea that all this loyal class had as</p>
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<p>Our names had, without our consent, been placed upon the Confederate Rolls; but union, men should not be less esteemed for this: especially if it can be shown that they were, while in this servilance, really serving the Union Cause by planning and organizing secretly for the demoralizing and the overthrow of the Rebel <s>author</s> powers. These things we attempted to do, after we ascertained that conscripts were nearly all Union men. Hence I concieved the idea of organizing the loyal element in the South, for self-protection and of for the reclaming of their most sacred rights; which were being wrested from them by the rebelious Slave aristocracy. I should be forced to render, by some counter influence, which would in the finale, cost the rebel cause more than such forced service could be worth to them. How? In what way or ways? Well, in the course of a few weeks observations among the soldiers, I found that a great number, perhaps a majority of them were originally, and until now (Nov. “/62) really opposed to secession; consequently to the “Confederacy.”—Pres. Lincoln, although never in the midst of the Southrons during the war, believed the same fact, for he says—“There is much reason to believe that the Union men are the majority in many, if not in every one of the so-called seceded States.” Hence, I concieved the idea that all this loyal class had as</p></td><td><p>I should be forced to render, by some counter influence, which would in the finale, cost the rebel cause more than such forced service could be worth to them. How? In what way or ways? Well, in the course of a few weeks observations among the soldiers, I found that a great number, perhaps a majority of them were originally, and until now (Nov. “/62) really opposed to secession; consequently to the “Confederacy.”—Pres. Lincoln, although never in the midst of the Southrons during the war, believed the same fact, for he says—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-2-unionists-of-confederacy' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 2, Unionists of Confederacy footnote'>“There is much reason to believe that the Union men are the majority in many, if not in every one of the so-called seceded States.”</a> Hence, I concieved the idea that all this loyal class had as </p></td>
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<p>I argued that we had committed no crime by being born in, or by emigrating to the South, and that we had as much right to our political opinions as those had who would abduct us from our allegiance. The number of loyal persons resident in the south I believed to be sufficient to [enlittle?] them to respect. We had waited patiently for some circumstance of relief from the unexpected dilema in which we were placed, and when our freedom of opinion + speech was denied us and when we, (as a class) were not even respected as men, but driven like brutes by the bayonet; what could we do but attempt by secret organization, to avoid the tyranny imposed upon us? By so doing we hoped to do valuable service for the Union at the same time. much right politically, and more in principle, to secede from, or to deny the right of the Confederate rule over them, than the dissatisfied Southerners had to secede from the Union. I believed that we, as Union men in the South, by misfortune or accident, and there abducted from our proper allegiance, were as every respectable a class in comparison with the republic of the United States. This reflection was the mother of many others on this subject. I had, too, read Lincoln’s first annual message to Congress, which assisted me in deciding to complete injustices of the secession bauble. From that message I quote—“The seceders insist that our Constitution admits of secession. They have assumed to make a</p>
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<td><p>I argued that we had committed no crime by being born in, or by emigrating to the South, and that we had as much right to our political opinions as those had who would abduct us from our allegiance. The number of loyal persons resident in the south I believed to be sufficient to [enlittle?] them to respect. We had waited patiently for some circumstance of relief from the unexpected dilema in which we were placed, and when our freedom of opinion + speech was denied us and when we, (as a class) were not even respected as men, but driven like brutes by the bayonet; what could we do but attempt by secret organization, to avoid the tyranny imposed upon us? By so doing we hoped to do valuable service for the Union at the same time. much right politically, and more in principle, to secede from, or to deny the right of the Confederate rule over them, than the dissatisfied Southerners had to secede from the Union. I believed that we, as Union men in the South, by misfortune or accident, and there abducted from our proper allegiance, were as every respectable a class in comparison with the republic of the United States. This reflection was the mother of many others on this subject. I had, too, read Lincoln’s first annual message to Congress, which assisted me in deciding to complete injustices of the secession bauble. From that message I quote—“The seceders insist that our Constitution admits of secession. They have assumed to make a</p></td><td><p>much right politically, and more in principle, to secede from, or to deny the right of the Confederate rule over them, than the dissatisfied Southerners had to secede from the Union. I believed that we, as Union men in the South, by misfortune or accident, and there abducted from our proper allegiance, were as <s>every</s> respectable a class in comparison with the republic of the United States. This reflection was the mother of many others on this subject. I had, too, read Lincoln’s first annual message to Congress, which assisted me in deciding to complete injustices of the secession bauble. From that message I quote—“The seceders insist that our Constitution admits of secession. They have assumed to make a</p></td></tr></table>
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<p>National Constitution of their own, in which of necessity, they have either discarded, or retained the right of Secession,++++. If they have discarded it, they thereby admit that on principle that it ought not to exist in ours:—if they have retained it, by their own construction of ours that shows, that to be consistent, they must secede from one another, whenever they shall find it the easiest way of settling their debts, or</p>
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<p>—But I had heard leading secessionists on the Subject of “State rights,” by which they claimed to have become independent of the Union. I Have also heard their reasons for not allowing parts of the <s>so call</s> seceded states to secede back <s>again to</s> the Union, as many East Tennesseans, and</p>
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<p>National Constitution of their own, in which of necessity, they have either discarded, or retained the right of Secession,++++. If they have discarded it, they thereby admit that on principle that it ought not to exist in ours:—if they have retained it, by their own construction of ours that shows, that to be consistent, they must secede from one another, whenever they shall find it the easiest way of settling their debts, or <div class='tooltip' title='This quote, continued from page 3, is also taken from Lincoln’s “Message to Congress in Special Session.”'>effecting any other selfish or unjust object.”</div>—But I had heard leading secessionists on the Subject of “State rights,” by which they claimed to have become independent of the Union. I Have also heard their reasons for not allowing parts of the <s>so call</s> seceded states to secede back <s>again to</s> the Union, as many East Tennesseans, and</p>
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<p>West Virginians had desired. I once asked</p>
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<p>What principle denied the right of secession <s>from</s> to a county, community, association or class of persons in any state. He answered the lack of State Sovereignty,—the want of state organizations. I soon saw clearly that the rebels would not grant peaceable secession to any of the subjects they claimed. They were not generous enough to accord to Union men the right of refusing or opposing their service: but knowing that Union men were in the rebel ranks, and there Unwillingly, my sense of duty dictated that some remedy should be tried for their relief. I believe that the number of Union men thus desiring relief was sufficient to create an extensive</p>
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<p>West Virginians had desired. I once asked <div class='tooltip' title='Abraham Caruthers was a professor and judge at Cumberland University where Woods attended law school. Alongside his brother, Robert L. Caruthers, he was an innovator in law instruction and a co-founder of the Cumberland School of Law, which was one of the first law schools in the South at the time.'>Judge Abe. Caruthers of Tenn.</div> What principle denied the right of secession <s>from</s> to a county, community, association or class of persons in any state. He answered the lack of State Sovereignty,—the want of state organizations. I soon saw clearly that the rebels would not grant peaceable secession to any of the subjects they claimed. They were not generous enough to accord to Union men the right of refusing or opposing their service: but knowing that Union men were in the rebel ranks, and there Unwillingly, my sense of duty dictated that some remedy should be tried for their relief. I believe that the number of Union men thus desiring relief was sufficient to create an extensive</p>
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<p>Secession from the rebel rule.—Call it desertion, mutiny, rebellion against the rebels, or whatever else you choose but its real object <s>character</s> must be to weaken the rebel cause and aid the Union: an object of which no loyal man will ever be ashamed. I was fully aware of the dangers and bearings in an attempt so “disloyal to the South,” but its very magnitude and the importance of the object sought prompted me to examine the premises, and finally to act.—The premises were—1st That the Union, is the government, to which Union men owe allegiance. 2ndly Union men are <s>were</s> here (in the South), and under rebel control. There were many evident difficulties, <s>rising</s> in the way to prevent the execution of the Conclusion; for the rebels, although, in an illicit and</p>
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<p>Secession from the rebel rule.—Call it desertion, mutiny, rebellion against the rebels, or whatever else you choose but its real object <s>character</s> must be to weaken the rebel cause and aid the Union: an object of which no loyal man will ever be ashamed. I was fully aware of the dangers and bearings in an attempt so “disloyal to the South,” but its very magnitude and the importance of the object sought prompted me to examine the premises, and finally to act.—The premises were—1st That the Union, is the government, to which Union men owe allegiance. 2ndly Union men are <s>were</s> here (in the South), and under rebel control. There were many evident difficulties, <s>rising</s> in the way to prevent the execution of the Conclusion; for the rebels, although, in an illicit and</p>
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<p>unjust cause were in power and had means at their command, enabling them to execute civil or military judgement [sic] against us according to their own interpretation of right, and sectional interests. <br /> The Conclusion would plainly be that loyal men should serve their country, and hinder disloyal ones from serving against it. <br /> To execute this conclusion would surely be a consideration of the highest moment; and would justify dangerous, uncertain, or even desperate measures to attain the great and commendable object.<br /> But here we were, at Mobile, surrounded by the rebels, who have both the weapons of war, and the law of the land, in their own hands; however, when Union men can by any civilized means concen—</p>
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<p>unjust cause were in power and had means at their command, enabling them to execute civil or military judgement [sic] against us according to their own interpretation of right, and sectional interests. <br />
The Conclusion would plainly be that loyal men should serve their country, and hinder disloyal ones from serving against it. <br />
To execute this conclusion would surely be a consideration of the highest moment; and would justify dangerous, uncertain, or even desperate measures to attain the great and commendable object.<br />
But here we were, at Mobile, surrounded by the rebels, who have both the weapons of war, and the law of the land, in their own hands; however, when Union men can by any civilized means concen—</p>
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<p>trate power into their own hands, it would appear unnatural in them, did they not concentrate wield that power in their rightful defense, against the usurpation that forced them from their interests. We were far from the protecting power of our country, and were we, to openly avow our purpose of fealty to it, we might easily be punished or put to death before rescue could reach us. Others in Tennessee and elsewhere, tried it thus,—we know their fate. Then this means would most likely be a failure, and our own destruction would be the consequence. The Union could not even know that loyal men had thus and here, sacrificed their lives for her, voluntarily, and without persuasion or recompense.</p>
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<p>trate power into their own hands, it would appear unnatural in them, did they not concentrate wield that power in their rightful defense, against the usurpation that forced them from their interests. We were far from the protecting power of our country, and were we, to openly avow our purpose of fealty to it, we might easily be punished or put to death before rescue could reach us. Others in Tennessee and elsewhere, tried it thus,—we know their fate. Then this means would most likely be a failure, and our own destruction would be the consequence. The Union could not even know that loyal men had thus and here, sacrificed their lives for her, voluntarily, and without persuasion or recompense.</p>
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<p>By acting alone and upon individual responsibility, by deserting or escaping from the rebel lines, loyal men, through much danger and tribulation, might render a very efficient service to their country. This means, however loses half its virtue, by its having none of the power of cooperation, nor yet leaving behind it a growing influence.—There must be unity of action and circumstances; and <s>seeds</s> sentiments of patriotism’s [muse?] planted, anew else the work will be very limited and end with the actor. When influences are disseminated among the people <s>planted in good ground</s> they grow; and though the hand that cast them, be palsied in death, they still <s>will</s> ripen into good and glory for other days. Truth trodden under foot will rise again, because as it sinks beneath a tyrant’s heel</p>
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<p>By acting alone and upon individual responsibility, by deserting or escaping from the rebel lines, loyal men, through much danger and tribulation, might render a very efficient service to their country. This means, however loses half its virtue, by its having none of the power of cooperation, nor yet leaving behind it a growing influence.—There must be unity of action and circumstances; and <s>seeds</s> sentiments of patriotism’s [muse?] planted, anew else the work will be very limited and end with the actor. When influences are disseminated among the people <s>planted in good ground</s> they grow; and though the hand that cast them, be palsied in death, they still <s>will</s> ripen into good and glory for other days. Truth trodden under foot will rise again, because as it sinks beneath a tyrant’s heel</p>
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<p>to precious seeds fall upon the virtuous inceptive heart of some stander-by and thence springs to light and life again, when the tyrant is dead or of his guard. Some secret means of concentrating the influence and advice of Union men throughout the rebel army, I believed would be a more effectual means of weakening the “Confederacy” than either “Open Avowal” or individual desertion; for it would effect all that both of these could, and be attended with many more extensive influences. This would plant a crop—diffuse influence which would spread and ripen into Union help. It would cheerish, keep alive, and cultivate the Union spirit whenever and wherever</p>
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<p>to precious seeds fall upon the virtuous inceptive heart of some stander-by and thence springs to light and life again, when the tyrant is dead or of his guard. Some secret means of concentrating the influence and advice of Union men throughout the rebel army, I believed would be a more effectual means of weakening the “Confederacy” than either “Open Avowal” or individual desertion; for it would effect all that both of these could, and be attended with many more extensive influences. This would plant a crop—diffuse influence which would spread and ripen into Union help. It would cheerish, keep alive, and cultivate the Union spirit whenever and wherever </p>
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<p>opportunity so to do, might <s>may</s> be practicable and wise. This means would at once resolve itself into a “Union League,” which would have for its object the immediate and protracted exertion of each and all of its members to work in conjunction with the Federal Union against all her enemies, especially against this unprovoked rebellion. For the consumation of this I worked from the date of my conscription (Oct. 29/62) until April 14 “/63,—(The date of my arrest by the rebels at Mobile). <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-11-alfred-cumming" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 11, Alfred Cumming footnote" rel="noopener">When I was first sent to Mobile there were about 7,000 troops there.—Genl. Cumming’s Brig. a battery and some Cavl.</a> There were also quite a number of troops in Fla. and at Fort</p>
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<p> opportunity so to do, might <s>may</s> be practicable and wise. This means would at once resolve itself into a “Union League,” which would have for its object the immediate and protracted exertion of each and all of its members to work in conjunction with the Federal Union against all her enemies, especially against this unprovoked rebellion. For the consumation of this I worked from the date of my conscription (Oct. 29/62) until April 14 “/63,—(The date of my arrest by the rebels at Mobile). <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-11-alfred-cumming' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 11, Alfred Cumming footnote'>When I was first sent to Mobile there were about 7,000 troops there.—Genl. Cumming’s Brig. a battery and some Cavl.</a> There were also quite a number of troops in Fla. and at Fort </p>
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<p>to stay the tide of blood, and sever the rebel strength, that suspends the best interests of the world: But the great difficulty to be overcome, requires caution and time, that the vantage be planned and planted wisely, lest the desired result be thwarted. Some important inquiries present themselves at this juncture of the investigation; for the <s>difficulties and</s> dangers are known, and the great results to be obtained are only seen dimly through the glass of possibility, over the tangled copses of difficulty. The means by which it is possible to aid our country in destroying this treason, must be organized, concentrated, and systemized, There must be an originator <s>undertaker</s></p>
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<p>to stay the tide of blood, and sever the rebel strength, that suspends the best interests of the world: But the great difficulty to be overcome, requires caution and time, that the vantage be planned and planted wisely, lest the desired result be thwarted. Some important inquiries present themselves at this juncture of the investigation; for the <s>difficulties and</s> dangers are known, and the great results to be obtained are only seen dimly through the glass of possibility, over the tangled copses of difficulty. The means by which it is possible to aid our country in destroying this treason, must be organized, concentrated, and systemized, There must be an originator <s>undertaker</s></p>
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<p>For such purpose there can be no public assembly, no mass meeting of Union men, and no convention to organize, decide the plan and extent thereof. This must all originate with some head, <s>and that head must be the Undertaker Originator</s> or, else, the effort for the work will never be made at all, and thus would be lost to the Union, the strength and influence of thousands, good and loyal.—Their lives would ebb out in vain. Their dead bodies would moulder unblest, beneath a Southern sky, like a golden harvest unreaped for want of laborors. These thousands of loyal<s>ty must</s> men + women live in mental prision [prison?] and die in despair, and the country must lose their</p>
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<p>For such purpose there can be no public assembly, no mass meeting of Union men, and no convention to organize, decide the plan and extent thereof. This must all originate with some head, <s>and that head must be the Undertaker Originator</s> or, else, the effort for the work will never be made at all, and thus would be lost to the Union, the strength and influence of thousands, good and loyal.—Their lives would ebb out in vain. Their dead bodies would moulder unblest, beneath a Southern sky, like a golden harvest unreaped for want of laborors. These thousands of loyal<s>ty must</s> men + women live in mental prision [prison?] and die in despair, and the country must lose their </p>
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<p>moral influence and even count their enemies, unless something be speedily done for their release. Their political and military power will be worse than lost to the Union, for the rebels are compelling them to do the blackest deeds of treason, and they must yield obedience, or give up their lives, summarily, in the midst of dismal swamps where no friend or help is nigh to know their last testament or hear their plaintful [plaintive?] lamentation. This must not, be it can not be, while a stone is left unturned and a hand untied to turn it. Some one must stake his own life for the chance of planting the seed, which once planted would grow despite the difficulty and danger, and would bring forth fruit unto the down fall of the Southern Conspiracy.</p>
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<p>moral influence and even count their enemies, unless something be speedily done for their release. Their political and military power will be worse than lost to the Union, for the rebels are compelling them to do the blackest deeds of treason, and they must yield obedience, or give up their lives, summarily, in the midst of dismal swamps where no friend or help is nigh to know their last testament or hear their plaintful [plaintive?] lamentation. This must not, be it can not be, while a stone is left unturned and a hand untied to turn it. Some one must stake his own life for the chance of planting the seed, which once planted would grow despite the difficulty and danger, and would bring forth fruit unto the down fall of the Southern Conspiracy.</p>
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<p>Who will be the undertaker? Who will boldly, yet secretly, fearlessly, yet carefully, in good faith, yet using policy, pledge his life, his fortune, and his sacred all to support, protect, and defend the Union of our Washington? I will undertake. I will be one of a few or many. I will plant the League.</p>
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<p>I’ll try the problem. I know, if my hand shall be first to plant it, my blood may be first to water the plant:—Others may live to cultivate it, while some may live to garner its fruits in the Union, lead by our noble Lincoln. What though death may menace one like a yawning fiend.—If I remain, I must bear these</p>
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<p>Who will be the undertaker? Who will boldly, yet secretly, fearlessly, yet carefully, in good faith, yet using policy, pledge his life, his fortune, and his sacred all to support, protect, and defend the Union of our Washington? I will undertake. I will be one of a few or many. I will plant the League. <div class='tooltip' title='“Deus vult” means “God wills it” in Latin. It has served as a long-time motto for Christians, originating in a statement by Saint Paul as recorded in the Bible and being used as a rallying cry for early Christian troops during the First Crusade.'>“Deus vult.”</div> I’ll try the problem. I know, if my hand shall be first to plant it, my blood may be first to water the plant:—Others may live to cultivate it, while some may live to garner its fruits in the Union, lead by our noble Lincoln. What though death may menace one like a yawning fiend.—If I remain, I must bear these</p>
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<p>chains and slavery:—Is life so sweet as to be purchased with such a price? I will meet death voluntarily rather than be forced <s>to</s> like a beast to the bloody slaughter. What, though I do die, for the Union’s sake, are there not thousands dying for the same every day by land and sea? Is life more sweet to me than to them, or is my life worth more to the world? Mine is worth but little indeed here, chained to the support of <s>wrong</s> Slavery and all its wrongs. But they (the Union soldiers) are where the government can take care and count of them. The “Stars and Stripes” floats above them. Their names are registered at Washington, and they recieve wages and honor for the dangers they bravely meet; while the government does not even know that I live. The rebels have stolen my name—Then</p>
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<p>chains and slavery:—Is life so sweet as to be purchased with such a price? I will meet death voluntarily rather than be forced <s>to</s> like a beast to the bloody slaughter. What, though I do die, for the Union’s sake, are there not thousands dying for the same every day by land and sea? Is life more sweet to me than to them, or is my life worth more to the world? Mine is worth but little indeed here, chained to the support of <s>wrong</s> Slavery and all its wrongs. But they (the Union soldiers) are where the government can take care and count of them. The “Stars and Stripes” floats above them. Their names are registered at Washington, and they recieve wages and honor for the dangers they bravely meet; while the government does not even know that I live. The rebels have stolen my name—Then</p>
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<p>shall I go down under their [frown?] when they smiles could be gained as well? Shall my name be blotted on their books with what they call disgrace, when I might as easily aspire to what they call honor? Shall I give up principle to gain rebell praise by worshiping their traitorous flag? Shall I bow down to treason that the satelites of the devil may give me favor therefore? No. Emphatically no. I will not refuse to bless in secret, just because the recipients know not whom to thank. Neither will I forget nor forsake my country though traitors chain and hide me from her protection. Let me, rather serve truth, tho’ truth know not who her servant be.—This day—Jan. 1st 1863—I will be The Undertaker!!</p>
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<p>shall I go down under their [frown?] when they smiles could be gained as well? Shall my name be blotted on their books with what they call disgrace, when I might as easily aspire to what they call honor? Shall I give up principle to gain rebell praise by worshiping their traitorous flag? Shall I bow down to treason that the satelites of the devil may give me favor therefore? No. Emphatically no. I will not refuse to bless in secret, just because the recipients know not whom to thank. Neither will I forget nor forsake my country though traitors chain and hide me from her protection. Let me, rather serve truth, tho’ truth know not who her servant be.—This day—Jan. 1st 1863—I will be The Undertaker!!</p>
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<p><i>The Union League.</i></p>
<p>If my readers have carefully considered the “Situation,” they will now be prepared to appreciate the condition of the Writer at the date of the Organization of the Union League, at the city of Mobile Ala. Jan. and Feb.—1863. The undertaking was as difficult as the marshalling of a might host on the eve of decided battle. Before proposing an organization, I thought it proper to diffuse a few insinuating lessons among some of my most confidential friends; which I did in conversations and by writings Camp life gives good opportunities for extensive and repeated conversations.</p>
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<p><i>The Union League.</i></p>
<p> If my readers have carefully considered the “Situation,” they will now be prepared to appreciate the condition of the Writer at the date of the Organization of the Union League, at the city of Mobile Ala. Jan. and Feb.—1863. The undertaking was as difficult as the marshalling of a might host on the eve of decided battle. Before proposing an organization, I thought it proper to diffuse a few insinuating lessons among some of my most confidential friends; which I did in conversations and by writings Camp life gives good opportunities for extensive and repeated conversations.</p>
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<p>It is well known by most persons that a larger proportion of the men who were in the rebel army, could neither read nor write. These necessarily employed some one to write for them. (Soldiers will write to their Dear ones at home, and generally write more affectionately than they appear when there.) I availed myself extensively of these two means of gaining friends, and of finding out what men really thought. I always shaped the conversation so as to induce inquiry in the mind. viz How came the war? What for? By whom? What is proposed by it? What will be the gain, and loss +c +c. When I wrote to their friends I always worded the missive so</p>
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<p>It is well known by most persons that a larger proportion of the men who were in the rebel army, could neither read nor write. These necessarily employed some one to write for them. (Soldiers will write to their Dear ones at home, and generally write more affectionately than they appear when there.) I availed myself extensively of these two means of gaining friends, and of finding out what men really thought. I always shaped the conversation so as to induce inquiry in the mind. viz How came the war? What for? By whom? What is proposed by it? What will be the gain, and loss +c +c. When I wrote to their friends I always worded the missive so</p>
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<p>that it touched the hearts, and showed up the unjust cruelty of the sad partings. I wrote so that I did not openly avow the Union cause, but it was exceedingly convenient to draw out serious reflections about our once “happy country.” During Jan. and Feb. 1863, I wrote a few unpresuming pieces of poetry—had them printed on slips and circulated them among the soldiers in camp. There was not a political word in them, but they were so socially sentimented [sentimental?] that I hoped to increase the distaste for soldiering in such a cause, and generate in the mind the idea that nothing but ill continually, would come from all this war.—I had read somewhere that Thoughts slumber in the brain—</p>
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<p> that it touched the hearts, and showed up the unjust cruelty of the sad partings. I wrote so that I did not openly avow the Union cause, but it was exceedingly convenient to draw out serious reflections about our once “happy country.” During Jan. and Feb. 1863, I wrote a few unpresuming pieces of poetry—had them printed on slips and circulated them among the soldiers in camp. There was not a political word in them, but they were so socially sentimented [sentimental?] that I hoped to increase the distaste for soldiering in such a cause, and generate in the mind the idea that nothing but ill continually, would come from all this war.—I had read somewhere that Thoughts slumber in the brain—</p>
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<p>“awake but one And lo! what myriads rise” Human nature is such, that thoughts and reflections come up by association, and the actions do follow them.—g Those pieces were <s>first</s>, “Sweet Home”—“Wife’s Soliloquy”—“My Love”—“Oh Where is He” <s>+c</s>. They were read with pleasure and each soldier inclosed a copy to his “Dear Wife”—He read “Home” and cried and She read “Oh where is he.” and cried.—Every one, both he and she heartily wished the Confederacy and all its Officers, [?] in Hades.—In all the hundreds of letters I wrote to the “Dear Wives” I never penned a good word for the Confederacy, but her palpable wrongs I showed up in impressive style.</p>
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<p>“awake but one And lo! what myriads rise” Human nature is such, that thoughts and reflections come up by association, and the actions do follow them.—g Those pieces were <s>first</s>, “Sweet Home”—“Wife’s Soliloquy”—“My Love”—“Oh Where is He” <s>+c</s>. They were read with pleasure and each soldier inclosed a copy to his “Dear Wife”—He read “Home” and cried and She read “Oh where is he.” and cried.—Every one, both he and she heartily wished the Confederacy and all its Officers, [?] in Hades.—In all the hundreds of letters I wrote to the “Dear Wives” I never penned a good word for the Confederacy, but her palpable wrongs I showed up in impressive style.</p>
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<p>Most of the men approved of my style and would always remark—“That is just what I wanted”—“You can word it better than I can tell” you.—That’s just right” +c. The world is made of sand the ocean of drops, so is every great result brought about by the friction of small causes. The way prepared—the plans reviewed—the crisis came—the League must be organized and help attained. <s>In Feb. or March 1863 (I don’t remember the day—the rebels took my diary when I was arrested)</s>. I wrote a preamble, declarations and resolutions as a basis for a Union League. <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-23-phonography" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 23, Phonography footnote" rel="noopener">It was written in Phonetics and phonotopy</a>—none could read it but I. I submitted the whole matter</p>
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<p>Most of the men approved of my style and would always remark—“That is just what I wanted”—“You can word it better than I can tell” you.—That’s just right” +c. The world is made of sand the ocean of drops, so is every great result brought about by the friction of small causes. The way prepared—the plans reviewed—the crisis came—the League must be organized and help attained. <s>In Feb. or March 1863 (I don’t remember the day—the rebels took my diary when I was arrested)</s>. I wrote a preamble, declarations and resolutions as a basis for a Union League. <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-23-phonography' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 23, Phonography footnote'>It was written in Phonetics and phonotopy</a>—none could read it but I. I submitted the whole matter </p>
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<p>to my friend <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-24-woods-and-abbott" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 24, Woods and Abbott footnote" rel="noopener">Hyram Woods.</a> He and I associated with us a Rev. Mr. Abbott. We took muted counsel together and assumed the title of “Directory.” I and the preacher were conscripts.—My friend H—W— was a volunteer but under circumstances that he could not well resist. Our preacher was by nature enthusiastic and zealous in whatever he believed to be right. He believed the Union to be right, and Secession wrong. He evaded the conscript law and preached Union to the people in the mountains of North Ala. He was finally conscripted and ordered to report—He disobeyed the order, and told them the Confederacy had no jurisdiction over him. He was arrested</p>
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<p>to my friend <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-24-woods-and-abbott' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 24, Woods and Abbott footnote'>Hyram Woods.</a> He and I associated with us a Rev. Mr. Abbott. We took muted counsel together and assumed the title of “Directory.” I and the preacher were conscripts.—My friend H—W— was a volunteer but under circumstances that he could not well resist. Our preacher was by nature enthusiastic and zealous in whatever he believed to be right. He believed the Union to be right, and Secession wrong. He evaded the conscript law and preached Union to the people in the mountains of North Ala. He was finally conscripted and ordered to report—He disobeyed the order, and told them the Confederacy had no jurisdiction over him. He was arrested</p>
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<p>and confined in jail: Afterwards To avoid cruel treatment he asked to be assigned to some Regt. and was came to sent accordingly to Mobile; chained to another conscript—He was scarcely ever able to do any kind of “duty”—His health was always very bad, when the rebels wished him to do service—They did not make him pay well—and he was proud of it <s>it</s>. I sought opportunity to see my friends frequently and to make new ones,—drilling and going to the city on “duty” gave me such opportunity—(<s>So</s> I did not get sick every time they wanted me). My friend H—W— was nearly always indisposed, and inhabited the hospital frequently: but a more Jealous man in the pursuit of what he undertook could scarcely be found. He was a good</p>
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<p>and confined in jail: Afterwards To avoid cruel treatment he asked to be assigned to some Regt. and was came to sent accordingly to Mobile; chained to another conscript—He was scarcely ever able to do any kind of “duty”—His health was always very bad, when the rebels wished him to do service—They did not make him pay well—and he was proud of it <s>it</s>. I sought opportunity to see my friends frequently and to make new ones,—drilling and going to the city on “duty” gave me such opportunity—(<s>So</s> I did not get sick every time they wanted me). My friend H—W— was nearly always indisposed, and inhabited the hospital frequently: but a more Jealous man in the pursuit of what he undertook could scarcely be found. He was a good</p>
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<p>We three composed the embryo League and the Directory. We were dependent upon our own guidance for <s>our own</s> success. An Organization with an object so important, deserved the ministration of men of profundity and more sagacity at its <s>birth</s> origin. We could boast of no qualifycation except that of Zeal: <s>and</s> We knew, it hath been said that Zeal is the blind leader of the will. Looking to God for <s>the</s> wisdom, we hoped victory would “burst to light through the darkness of our control.” We mutually agreed upon a method of conducting the meetings of the League,—of receiving members, and defined the object and the extent to which we desired to</p>
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<p>We three composed the embryo League and the Directory. We were dependent upon our own guidance for <s>our own</s> success. An Organization with an object so important, deserved the ministration of men of profundity and more sagacity at its <s>birth</s> origin. We could boast of no qualifycation except that of Zeal: <s>and</s> We knew, it hath been said that Zeal is the blind leader of the will. Looking to God for <s>the</s> wisdom, we hoped victory would “burst to light through the darkness of our control.” We mutually agreed upon a method of conducting the meetings of the League,—of receiving members, and defined the object and the extent to which we desired to</p>
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<p>prosecute our cause. We thought to disguise the character of the League by its name, “The Home Circle” by which we hoped to feign (if betrayed) that the Society had no object further than that of social<s>ity</s> intercourse and friendship—to cultivate good habits—care for each other in sickness +c. This was the character under which we always introduced the League to candidates for admission. in the process of the introduction we could find out whether the applicant was “all right” politically. None, even of the members knew the origin of the “Secret Society”—The original Directory gave out from the beginning that</p>
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<p>prosecute our cause. We thought to disguise the character of the League by its name, “The Home Circle” by which we hoped to feign (if betrayed) that the Society had no object further than that of social<s>ity</s> intercourse and friendship—to cultivate good habits—care for each other in sickness +c. This was the character under which we always introduced the League to candidates for admission. in the process of the introduction we could find out whether the applicant was “all right” politically. None, even of the members knew the origin of the “Secret Society”—The original Directory gave out from the beginning that</p>
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<p>it was an exotic. It was hailed with delight by the Union men. The intense interest with which they listened to the “Private lectures” when initiated proved the spell that blessed <s>bound</s> their souls with buoyant hope. Their spontaneous exclamations advertised the new delight that swelled their longing hearts.—“This is just what we have been wanting”—“I’m glad it’s started”—“How long has it been on hand” “How many belong to it” “push it on—let’s have all the Union men in it.”—“I want to shake the hand of the man who originated it”—“We’ll not go cowering under these rebel boasters <s>Slavers</s> much longer.” One in his gladness said he “could kiss the man’s feet who started it.” Another said—“I am so glad—I feel</p>
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<p>it was an exotic. It was hailed with delight by the Union men. The intense interest with which they listened to the “Private lectures” when initiated proved the spell that blessed <s>bound</s> their souls with buoyant hope. Their spontaneous exclamations advertised the new delight that swelled their longing hearts.—“This is just what we have been wanting”—“I’m glad it’s started”—“How long has it been on hand” “How many belong to it” “push it on—let’s have all the Union men in it.”—“I want to shake the hand of the man who originated it”—“We’ll not go cowering under these rebel boasters <s>Slavers</s> much longer.” One in his gladness said he “could kiss the man’s feet who started it.” Another said—“I am so glad—I feel</p>
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<p>like I did when I first got religion” These exclamations were <s>as</s> straws which showed the way the wind was blowing.</p>
<p>Organization of the Home Circle at Mobile Ala. Jan. + Feb. 1863 When in the course of events secession and treason, engendered by the institution of slavery, <s>has</s> have involved our country in dreadful war, <u>and whereas</u>, disunion—Slave-holders hold the reigns of power, in these Southern States, and by that power are forceably depriving Union men of the South, of their rights and citizenship under the United States, by arbitrary laws, compelling them to the support of the treasonable ef-</p>
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<p>like I did when I first got religion” These exclamations were <s>as</s> straws which showed the way the wind was blowing.</p>
<p>Organization of the Home Circle at Mobile Ala. Jan. + Feb. 1863 When in the course of events secession and treason, engendered by the institution of slavery, <s>has</s> have involved our country in dreadful war, <u>and whereas</u>, disunion—Slave-holders hold the reigns of power, in these Southern States, and by that power are forceably depriving Union men of the South, of their rights and citizenship under the United States, by arbitrary laws, compelling them to the support of the treasonable ef- </p>
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<p>fort to establish a Southern Confederacy it therefore becomes necessary for all Union men thus oppressed to unite <s>join themselves together</s> in a Secret League for self-defense, and for the execution of design in concert. The Design is that Union men by concert of action, upon their own responsibility and moved by principles of patriotism, may cooperate with the Government of the United States, in her effort <s>duty and design of</s> to suppressing this unprovoked rebellion. Declaration. We, Union men of the South, whose homes <s>by chance, fell</s> have fallen to us in the rebel-</p>
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<p>fort to establish a Southern Confederacy it therefore becomes necessary for all Union men thus oppressed to unite <s>join themselves together</s> in a Secret League for self-defense, and for the execution of design in concert. The Design is that Union men by concert of action, upon their own responsibility and moved by principles of patriotism, may cooperate with the Government of the United States, in her effort <s>duty and design of</s> to suppressing this unprovoked rebellion. Declaration. We, Union men of the South, whose homes <s>by chance, fell</s> have fallen to us in the rebel-</p>
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<p>lious States, do declare that we ever have and still claim allegiance to the Union of our forefathers; and we now and henceforth disavow, any voluntary connection with this traitorous effort to establish a Southern Confederacy. The rebels have been reminded from time to time, by our words and actions, that we were unwilling to serve them in their unjust attempt against our country and interests, and we do refuse to recognize the “so called Confederacy” as a <s>lawful</s> government, but look upon it as usurpation and treason. We have given attention to “State rights,” but have failed to see that any rights of the South were</p>
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<p>lious States, do declare that we ever have and still claim allegiance to the Union of our forefathers; and we now and henceforth disavow, any voluntary connection with this traitorous effort to establish a Southern Confederacy. The rebels have been reminded from time to time, by our words and actions, that we were unwilling to serve them in their unjust attempt against our country and interests, and we do refuse to recognize the “so called Confederacy” as a <s>lawful</s> government, but look upon it as usurpation and treason. We have given attention to “State rights,” but have failed to see that any rights of the South were</p>
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<p>either “trampled upon” or menaced by the general government of the U.S. Hence we declare that non-slave holders, have not even a pretext towards justifying or influencing them to take part with Slave-holders in this wicked rebellion; <s>then we must consider it blindest fully in them so to do.</s> We are not interested for the perpetuation of Slavery and and do not desire it: therefore we will not fight with secessionists for it; but we do sincerely hope that this rebellion maybe turned back like a destructive <s>upon itself treasonous</s> viper upon itself to the sudden abolition of Slavery, by God and the government; that these precipitate rebels may see that in their blind disloyalty they wrought their own humiliation.</p>
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<p>either “trampled upon” or menaced by the general government of the U.S. Hence we declare that non-slave holders, have not even a pretext towards justifying or influencing them to take part with Slave-holders in this wicked rebellion; <s>then we must consider it blindest fully in them so to do.</s> We are not interested for the perpetuation of Slavery and and do not desire it: therefore we will not fight with secessionists for it; but we do sincerely hope that this rebellion maybe turned back like a destructive <s>upon itself treasonous</s> viper upon itself to the sudden abolition of Slavery, by God and the government; that these precipitate rebels may see that in their blind disloyalty they wrought their own humiliation.</p>
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<p>We are under no obligations to the “Confederacy,” and will not voluntarily fight its battles or otherwise serve it. We owe allegiance to the Union and <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-33-support-protect-defend" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 33, Support Protect Defend footnote" rel="noopener">“will support, protect and defend”</a> her in every possible and practicable manner even to the imminent peril of our lives. The determination of the “Confederacy to force Union men into her service, to aid in perpetuating Slaver, in which we <s>they</s> hold no interest, <s>but rather see it abolished, than pr continued,</s> is virtuely reducing us to object slavery ourselves. To constrain us to bear arms against the flag we love, is to force us to sley our friends and save our enemies, which is</p>
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<p>We are under no obligations to the “Confederacy,” and will not voluntarily fight its battles or otherwise serve it. We owe allegiance to the Union and <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-33-support-protect-defend' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 33, Support Protect Defend footnote'>“will support, protect and defend”</a> her in every possible and practicable manner even to the imminent peril of our lives. The determination of the “Confederacy to force Union men into her service, to aid in perpetuating Slaver, in which we <s>they</s> hold no interest, <s>but rather see it abolished, than pr continued,</s> is virtuely reducing us to object slavery ourselves. To constrain us to bear arms against the flag we love, is to force us to sley our friends and save our enemies, which is</p>
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<p>as unnatural as it is unjust. Union men for the love of their country have been abused in divers ways,—hunted from their homes with dogs,—ironed and driven like beasts to the field of Slaughter,—hung and their families insulted by the rebel authorities: We do therefore most solemnly resolve that we will beat lasting hate against the “Southern Confederacy”, but we will never entertain any sympathy for it or for any <s>person or</s> measure in support thereof. We will fight against the “Confederacy” secretly:—to injure it—to weaken it,—to bring it into disrepute among its own deciples. We do this in self defense.</p>
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<p>as unnatural as it is unjust. Union men for the love of their country have been abused in divers ways,—hunted from their homes with dogs,—ironed and driven like beasts to the field of Slaughter,—hung and their families insulted by the rebel authorities: We do therefore most solemnly resolve that we will beat lasting hate against the “Southern Confederacy”, but we will never entertain any sympathy for it or for any <s>person or</s> measure in support thereof. We will fight against the “Confederacy” secretly:—to injure it—to weaken it,—to bring it into disrepute among its own deciples. We do this in self defense.</p>
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<p>to aid our country what we can, though she knows not our will, but we hoping she may approve, we, with steady faith and free bent minds, launch our lives in this uncertain peril, trusting in God for wisdom to guide us. (Parenthetical <i>My Readers will please remember that I word these writings from memory, as the rebels took all my papers Diary +c, which I did not myself destroy when I was arrested Apr. 14 1863. So these brief instruments of the Secret Society are not verbatim of the original, but they contain the spirit fully and the words as far as I can remember them I will not give the names of men who joined with me in the League fearing that it might by some possibility</i></p>
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<p>to aid our country what we can, though she knows not our will, but we hoping she may approve, we, with steady faith and free bent minds, launch our lives in this uncertain peril, trusting in God for wisdom to guide us. (Parenthetical <i>My Readers will please remember that I word these writings from memory, as the rebels took all my papers Diary +c, which I did not myself destroy when I was arrested Apr. 14 1863. So these brief instruments of the Secret Society are not verbatim of the original, but they contain the spirit fully and the words as far as I can remember them I will not give the names of men who joined with me in the League fearing that it might by some possibility</i></p>
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<p><i>bring them in to danger, as many of the paroled rebels are yet no better than vile assassins.)</i></p>
<p>The Home Circle <i>Articles of agreement.</i> We, the members of this Secret Circle, are Union men who believe that the “so called Confederacy” is wrong and treasonable, and know it to be tyrrannical: We therefore owe it no service and will give it non voluntarily. We will use every secret means in our power, to injure the Confederate cause and to aid the Union. (We can not do it openly—). If forced into battle by the rebels, we will not fire upon our friends, the Union Soldiers, but into the</p>
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<p><i>bring them in to danger, as many of the paroled rebels are yet no better than vile assassins.)</i></p>
<p>The Home Circle <i>Articles of agreement.</i> We, the members of this Secret Circle, are Union men who believe that the “so called Confederacy” is wrong and treasonable, and know it to be tyrrannical: We therefore owe it no service and will give it non voluntarily. We will use every secret means in our power, to injure the Confederate cause and to aid the Union. (We can not do it openly—). If forced into battle by the rebels, we will not fire upon our friends, the Union Soldiers, but into the</p>
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<p>ground or otherwise <s>for a blind</s>. We will encourage desertion from the rebel lines, and any disobedience which will give trouble to the “Confederacy” and annoy and dishearten rebel citizens. From henceforth, we consider ourselves secret Soldiers of the United States. We assume this honor in good faith because we are cut off from correspondence with our government; nevertheless we will only do those acts and things which we believe our government will, one day, approve. We make these agreements secretly, mutually, and intelligently, knowing that we are proposing to meet great dangers without <s>assurance of</s> pay, honor</p>
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<p>ground or otherwise <s>for a blind</s>. We will encourage desertion from the rebel lines, and any disobedience which will give trouble to the “Confederacy” and annoy and dishearten rebel citizens. From henceforth, we consider ourselves secret Soldiers of the United States. We assume this honor in good faith because we are cut off from correspondence with our government; nevertheless we will only do those acts and things which we believe our government will, one day, approve. We make these agreements secretly, mutually, and intelligently, knowing that we are proposing to meet great dangers without <s>assurance of</s> pay, honor</p>
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<p>or protection, but feeling that a clear conscience and the smiles of heaven will be our reward. We unite in this League to stand by each other when and the principles we profess, when danger threatens or rebel frowns lower darly [darkly] on us.—Here we plight our faith in pursuance of right <s>as God has given us as understand to see that right.</s></p>
<p>Initiation—Oath. <i>Each candidate for admition [admission] into this Secret Circle must take the following oath.</i> We solemnly pledge upon our honor as men moved by a common necessity, withe our hands upon the Holy Bible before each other, and in the sight of God, that we will</p>
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<p>or protection, but feeling that a clear conscience and the smiles of heaven will be our reward. We unite in this League to stand by each other when and the principles we profess, when danger threatens or rebel frowns lower darly [darkly] on us.—Here we plight our faith in pursuance of right <s>as God has given us as understand to see that right.</s></p>
<p> Initiation—Oath. <i>Each candidate for admition [admission] into this Secret Circle must take the following oath.</i> We solemnly pledge upon our honor as men moved by a common necessity, withe our hands upon the Holy Bible before each other, and in the sight of God, that we will</p>
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<p>keep profoundly secret all the proceedings, designs, signs and passwords of <s>of</s> this League known as the Home Circle. —That we will individually, and collectively, labor zealously for the consumation of the designs and purposes of this League, and that we will never divulge any member’s name so long as danger may menace therefor. For the Support of this League the resolutions and Declaration We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred all. So help me God.</p>
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<p>keep profoundly secret all the proceedings, designs, signs and passwords of <s>of</s> this League known as the Home Circle. —That we will individually, and collectively, labor zealously for the consumation of the designs and purposes of this League, and that we will never divulge any member’s name so long as danger may menace therefor. For the Support of this League the resolutions and Declaration We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred all. So help me God.</p>
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<p>By Laws— The power of the Home Circle shall be vested in Directories which shall consist of three men in each Directory, whose duty it shall be to direct the meetings and proceedings of the respective Circle to which they belong; and to initiate members. The different Directories shall meet in general Convention to decide upon general plans of action. Every meeting must be so conducted that no large assembly shall be brought together at <s>the</s> one place. It shall be the duty of every member to be watchful of danger and to solicit all his well known Union friends and no others to become members. No new member shall <s>not</s></p>
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<p>By Laws— The power of the Home Circle shall be vested in Directories which shall consist of three men in each Directory, whose duty it shall be to direct the meetings and proceedings of the respective Circle to which they belong; and to initiate members. The different Directories shall meet in general Convention to decide upon general plans of action. Every meeting must be so conducted that no large assembly shall be brought together at <s>the</s> one place. It shall be the duty of every member to be watchful of danger and to solicit all his well known Union friends and no others to become members. No new member shall <s>not</s></p>
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<p>be admitted, <s>who is</s> unless he is well known by one or more of the well known and intelligent members of the Circle where the initiation is proposed. When a meeting is being held all business must be immediately suspended on the approach of any individual, and some light conversation taken up; but if the person approaching gives the signs of the Circle he may be admitted, and if no doubt remains, the business of the Circle may be resumed. One or more of a Directory may with other members initiate new members anywhere and at any time when the instructions can be given without detection. New Directories of three, of congenial sentiments, may be</p>
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<p>be admitted, <s>who is</s> unless he is well known by one or more of the well known and intelligent members of the Circle where the initiation is proposed. When a meeting is being held all business must be immediately suspended on the approach of any individual, and some light conversation taken up; but if the person approaching gives the signs of the Circle he may be admitted, and if no doubt remains, the business of the Circle may be resumed. One or more of a Directory may with other members initiate new members anywhere and at any time when the instructions can be given without detection. New Directories of three, of congenial sentiments, may be</p>
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<p>formed by an older Directory wherever there is opportunity of receiving new members. No names of members, pass-signs or pass-words shall be written; neither shall any of the proceedings or writings of the Circle be written or drawn off,—except such a careful number of the Constitution, Declaration, resolutions and Oath as are actually necessary to spread the organization: which are then to be given in parts and destroyed. An estimate of the number of members initiated must be kept by the Directories Other rules may be introduced according to necessities, but the strictest secrecy must be preserved.</p>
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<p>formed by an older Directory wherever there is opportunity of receiving new members. No names of members, pass-signs or pass-words shall be written; neither shall any of the proceedings or writings of the Circle be written or drawn off,—except such a careful number of the Constitution, Declaration, resolutions and Oath as are actually necessary to spread the organization: which are then to be given in parts and destroyed. An estimate of the number of members initiated must be kept by the Directories Other rules may be introduced according to necessities, but the strictest secrecy must be preserved.</p>
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<p>The Work of initiating members into the Home Circle was facilitated by the extensive dissatisfaction which existed among the men; and Secrecy was made sure by the mutual and self-interest of the dissatisfied. Each Union man felt oppressed and sighing for relief he was anxious to take hold of any scheme that promised it. It is an old adage that “misery loves company” Rebel oppression induced Union men to make inquiry for a common <s>mean</s> means, to secure a common relief. <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-43-camp-beulah" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 43, Camp Beulah footnote" rel="noopener">Four miles from Mobile in “Camp Beula,”</a> We were in “Winter quarters”—divided into “messes” of ten., Each “mess” having a little house or tent for quarters.</p>
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<p>The Work of initiating members into the Home Circle was facilitated by the extensive dissatisfaction which existed among the men; and Secrecy was made sure by the mutual and self-interest of the dissatisfied. Each Union man felt oppressed and sighing for relief he was anxious to take hold of any scheme that promised it. It is an old adage that “misery loves company” Rebel oppression induced Union men to make inquiry for a common <s>mean</s> means, to secure a common relief. <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-43-camp-beulah' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 43, Camp Beulah footnote'>Four miles from Mobile in “Camp Beula,”</a> We were in “Winter quarters”—divided into “messes” of ten., Each “mess” having a little house or tent for quarters.</p>
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<p>The “quarters” were nicely laid out with streets like a village—polieced [policed] thoughorly and a broad “parade ground” alongside. It is a fine, sandy, level, sweet-potatoe country down among the Alabama pines. There were broad <s>leve</s> fields for drilling and reviewing. The rebel authorities were building military prisons and fortifying the “Bay City” as if they expected some day, to see yonder “Yankee fleet” come sailing up the bay. They were planting torpedoes—building gun-boats and mounting “siege pieces.” Every soldier is acquainted with the “Duty” to be done at a Camp like this.—A detail for guard—a detail for work—drilling—parades and reviews. All to take up the time, yet you</p>
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<p>The “quarters” were nicely laid out with streets like a village—polieced [policed] thoughorly and a broad “parade ground” alongside. It is a fine, sandy, level, sweet-potatoe country down among the Alabama pines. There were broad <s>leve</s> fields for drilling and reviewing. The rebel authorities were building military prisons and fortifying the “Bay City” as if they expected some day, to see yonder “Yankee fleet” come sailing up the bay. They were planting torpedoes—building gun-boats and mounting “siege pieces.” Every soldier is acquainted with the “Duty” to be done at a Camp like this.—A detail for guard—a detail for work—drilling—parades and reviews. All to take up the time, yet you</p>
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<p>may find a great deal of leasure for reading—writing—attending preaching and mingling with friends, or if you be of a contrary turn of mind you may find leasure for playing cards,</p>
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<p>A man <s>of short reflection</s>, whose mind did not reach out into the future, could endure all this Camp life and even enjoy it. But thinking men—men who have aspiration, conscience, and ambition become restless and unhappy. Taking it all together Camp life is an excellent condition to make acquaintances. Each man soon has a number of confidential friends and each confidential has his. Then, as meetings are free</p>
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<p>may find a great deal of leasure for reading—writing—attending preaching and mingling with friends, or if you be of a contrary turn of mind you may find leasure for playing cards, <div class='tooltip' title='Taken from the common phrase “pressed into service,” this is likely a reference to some soldiers’ practice of stealing goods, including chickens, from locals, with the claim that it was necessary for the good of the Confederate army or cause. “Trafficking” in this context also likely refers to trading in banned goods in a dishonest manner.'><s>stealing</s> “pressing chickens,” +c and for trafficing.</div> A man <s>of short reflection</s>, whose mind did not reach out into the future, could endure all this Camp life and even enjoy it. But thinking men—men who have aspiration, conscience, and ambition become restless and unhappy. Taking it all together Camp life is an excellent condition to make acquaintances. Each man soon has a number of confidential friends and each confidential has his. Then, as meetings are free</p>
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<p>and frequent among friends, there is no better place for secret combinations to grow and flourish. True, as military is stripped of that spirit of compromise and leniency, which belongs to civil law, it is dangerous to subject one’s self to the mercy of its courts: but it is, also true, that those who would attempt to excite a mutiny or secret combination to overthrow the power that binds and oppresses them, Stake their lives upon the success of the effort: They choose death, rather than bear submissively, the galling chains of Slavery. In this desire, I entertained of planting an influenced which perchance might trouble the Confederate imposition, even</p>
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<p>and frequent among friends, there is no better place for secret combinations to grow and flourish. True, as military is stripped of that spirit of compromise and leniency, which belongs to civil law, it is dangerous to subject one’s self to the mercy of its courts: but it is, also true, that those who would attempt to excite a mutiny or secret combination to overthrow the power that binds and oppresses them, Stake their lives upon the success of the effort: They choose death, rather than bear submissively, the galling chains of Slavery. In this desire, I entertained of planting an influenced which perchance might trouble the Confederate imposition, even</p>
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<p>more than regiments of armed men, I determined to give up my life if needs be, as a voluntary sacrifice upon the alter of the Union. I knew there was a possibility of accomplishing my designs and of saving my life too, but I was fully persuaded that the probabilities were against me. I devoutly asked the light and guidance of God in the undertaking; and I believe there is virtue in asking. We at first held our meetings very cautiously; frequently in some of the little houses where the “Mess” were members, but generally on the “parade ground.” We assembled in small numbers at different places on the parade ground about dark.</p>
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<p>more than regiments of armed men, I determined to give up my life if needs be, as a voluntary sacrifice upon the alter of the Union. I knew there was a possibility of accomplishing my designs and of saving my life too, but I was fully persuaded that the probabilities were against me. I devoutly asked the light and guidance of God in the undertaking; and I believe there is virtue in asking. We at first held our meetings very cautiously; frequently in some of the little houses where the “Mess” were members, but generally on the “parade ground.” We assembled in small numbers at different places on the parade ground about dark.</p>
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<p>Forming small Circles of those present, the Directory and candidates for admission in the center, the initiations were performed, the instructions given and the meeting dispersed; perhaps to meet again at some other point in five or ten <s>m</s> minutes afterwards. In this way as many as twenty or thirty would be and were often instructed in a very short time. We frequently held meetings and initiated members in day-light even while <s>and the</s> officers were in sight. There was very soon a Directory in nearly every Company in two or three regiments. (38 and 36 Ala.) We sent the organization by a citizen, (whose sons were at Mobile and members). to North</p>
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<p>Forming small Circles of those present, the Directory and candidates for admission in the center, the initiations were performed, the instructions given and the meeting dispersed; perhaps to meet again at some other point in five or ten <s>m</s> minutes afterwards. In this way as many as twenty or thirty would be and were often instructed in a very short time. We frequently held meetings and initiated members in day-light even while <s>and the</s> officers were in sight. There was very soon a Directory in nearly every Company in two or three regiments. (38 and 36 Ala.) We sent the organization by a citizen, (whose sons were at Mobile and members). to North</p>
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<p>Alabama; and also by furloughed soldiers and letters to different parts of the rebel armies—to Va. N.C. Ga. +c. We never learned directly what success the League ever meet with other parts to which it was sent. I have heard it spoken of frequently by North Carolinians and North Georgians. I met a few of the members in prison at Atlanta a year after the organization at Mobile. These told me that the League to which they belonged was known by a different name and that they read the Second chapter of Joshua for encouragement. (Reader please see 2<sup>d</sup> Chap. Josh.). many of us did truely “bind the line of scarlet thread in</p>
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<p>Alabama; and also by furloughed soldiers and letters to different parts of the rebel armies—to Va. N.C. Ga. +c. We never learned directly what success the League ever meet with other parts to which it was sent. I have heard it spoken of frequently by North Carolinians and North Georgians. I met a few of the members in prison at Atlanta a year after the organization at Mobile. These told me that the League to which they belonged was known by a different name and that they read the Second chapter of Joshua for encouragement. (Reader please see 2<sup>d</sup> Chap. Josh.). many of us did truely “bind the line of scarlet thread in</p>
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<p><a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-50-bible-quotation" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 50, Bible Quotation footnote" rel="noopener">the window”</a> for Lincoln’s spies as a sign. There was I am informed a mutiny among the rebel soldiers at Fort Jackson, below New Orleans, which <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-50-fort-jackson" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 50, Fort Jackson footnote" rel="noopener">gave the Union forces an easy victory on the 24th of Apr. 1862;</a> but I have never heard of any <s>League</s> Union League of earlier date than ours at Mobile. According to the best information I have, there was some organizations of the <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-50-union-leagues" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 50, Union Leagues footnote" rel="noopener">Union League in New York and other northern States</a> <s>about</s> in the summer of 1863. I do not know what occasion gave rise to the idea in the North, but I am of the impression that the influence first planted at</p>
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<p><a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-50-bible-quotation' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 50, Bible Quotation footnote'>the window”</a> for Lincoln’s spies as a sign. There was I am informed a mutiny among the rebel soldiers at Fort Jackson, below New Orleans, which <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-50-fort-jackson' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 50, Fort Jackson footnote'>gave the Union forces an easy victory on the 24th of Apr. 1862;</a> but I have never heard of any <s>League</s> Union League of earlier date than ours at Mobile. According to the best information I have, there was some organizations of the <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-50-union-leagues' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 50, Union Leagues footnote'>Union League in New York and other northern States</a> <s>about</s> in the summer of 1863. I do not know what occasion gave rise to the idea in the North, but I am of the impression that the influence first planted at</p>
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<p>the South by the necessities of which I have spoken and then for mutual advantage transmitted by some member to some of the earliest captured Union soldiers, who upon their exchange carried the idea to the North from E. Tenn. or Va. We worked zealously and uninterruptedly in the Home Circle until about the 1st of Apr. “/63, when the rebel officers became aware that some extraordinary subject engrossed the minds of the men. The officers used many cunning devices to discover, what was to them a mystery. On several occasions the Leaguers had tried their alarm signals, to ascertain what</p>
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<p>the South by the necessities of which I have spoken and then for mutual advantage transmitted by some member to some of the earliest captured Union soldiers, who upon their exchange carried the idea to the North from E. Tenn. or Va. We worked zealously and uninterruptedly in the Home Circle until about the 1st of Apr. “/63, when the rebel officers became aware that some extraordinary subject engrossed the minds of the men. The officers used many cunning devices to discover, what was to them a mystery. On several occasions the Leaguers had tried their alarm signals, to ascertain what</p>
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<p>force they could quickly rally. One night at 8 P.M.—the signal was given—the members gathered on the parade ground like portentous clouds before a storm. Some evidently thought active operations were about to begin,—as defiant shouts were raised by the more enthusiastic. A few of the officers were seen skulking about in disguise, to see what they might see.—They may have supposed that actual hostilities had commenced. “On or about” the 5th Apr. the rebel officers held a “war council” to determine for their own safety. They said the men had become impudent and discontented;—that they collected in bands at night and “[run?] the guard” and that they were unreliable to do guard</p>
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<p>force they could quickly rally. One night at 8 P.M.—the signal was given—the members gathered on the parade ground like portentous clouds before a storm. Some evidently thought active operations were about to begin,—as defiant shouts were raised by the more enthusiastic. A few of the officers were seen skulking about in disguise, to see what they might see.—They may have supposed that actual hostilities had commenced. “On or about” the 5th Apr. the rebel officers held a “war council” to determine for their own safety. They said the men had become impudent and discontented;—that they collected in bands at night and “[run?] the guard” and that they were unreliable to do guard</p>
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<p>duty, as they would let prisoners escape. Planters too were laying in complaints about their chickens and pigs being stolen. Some of the speculative planters in their wrath swore that they had as</p>
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<p>have the “Yankee Soldiers” there at once. (I thought I had rather). The officers regretted this state of affairs very much indeed They decided that their safety lay in scattering the companies <s>troops</s>. But to leave Mobile with all the pleasures they had there been enjoying almost col cooled their ardor in the “Southern cause” and one Colonel (36th Ala.) did actually resign, rather than leave his “Dear Wife” and negroes to fight in the inglorious cause of Slavery. Oh how their unpatriotic hearts swelled with desire to</p>
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<p>duty, as they would let prisoners escape. Planters too were laying in complaints about their chickens and pigs being stolen. Some of the speculative planters in their wrath swore that they had as <div class='tooltip' title='“Lief” is an old-fashioned word for “gladly or willingly.” Originally from Old English and particularly popular in the early 1800’s, “lief” saw a resurgence in use around 1861 that may explain Woods’ use of it here.'>lief</div> have the “Yankee Soldiers” there at once. (I thought I had rather). The officers regretted this state of affairs very much indeed They decided that their safety lay in scattering the companies <s>troops</s>. But to leave Mobile with all the pleasures they had there been enjoying almost col cooled their ardor in the “Southern cause” and one Colonel (36th Ala.) did actually resign, rather than leave his “Dear Wife” and negroes to fight in the inglorious cause of Slavery. Oh how their unpatriotic hearts swelled with desire to</p>
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<p>enjoy their salaries at their homes. The soldiers had long since become enviously sick of the happiness the officers were enjoying with their accomplished wives and fair daughters. Oft they rose in close proximity past the “lines” on the review grounds, rustling their gaudy silks as if to mock the chafings of the men forced from home <s>soldier’s broken and longing heart.</s> These venial temptations may light up cheerfulness to some, but they only vex the lonely senseativeness of him whose imagination flies like swift-winged fancy. One dry, sultry day—“Camp Beula” Mobile—there was a general review of all the companies <s>troops</s>. I managed to be “excused”—then I placed me where spectators thronged. The officers were in self important style—their fine</p>
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<p>enjoy their salaries at their homes. The soldiers had long since become enviously sick of the happiness the officers were enjoying with their accomplished wives and fair daughters. Oft they rose in close proximity past the “lines” on the review grounds, rustling their gaudy silks as if to mock the chafings of the men forced from home <s>soldier’s broken and longing heart.</s> These venial temptations may light up cheerfulness to some, but they only vex the lonely senseativeness of him whose imagination flies like swift-winged fancy. One dry, sultry day—“Camp Beula” Mobile—there was a general review of all the companies <s>troops</s>. I managed to be “excused”—then I placed me where spectators thronged. The officers were in self important style—their fine</p>
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<p>chargers prancing to the treasonable tune of Dixie and the soldiers murmuringly biding their time.—Wealthy ladies from the city and “fancies” from St. Michael Street in glittering</p>
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<p>were gathered on the common At length the wily Buckner, <s>with</s> came with all his puffed <s>up</s> retinue.—The evolutions began and progressed untill the men were tired and faint. They were “double quicked” for miles to please the vain curiosity of spectators and the ambition of officials.—From some cause we had been given no rations of meat for three days. In the course of the review my attention was called to a conversation between some ladies and an officer. They seemed to be talk-</p>
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<p>chargers prancing to the treasonable tune of Dixie and the soldiers murmuringly biding their time.—Wealthy ladies from the city and “fancies” from St. Michael Street in glittering <div class='tooltip' title='The barouche was a kind of horse-drawn carriage used for leisurely travel mainly in the summer. These carriages had an open top and two bench-style seats inside made to seat four people.'>barouches</div> were gathered on the common At length the wily Buckner, <s>with</s> came with all his puffed <s>up</s> retinue.—The evolutions began and progressed untill the men were tired and faint. They were “double quicked” for miles to please the vain curiosity of spectators and the ambition of officials.—From some cause we had been given no rations of meat for three days. In the course of the review my attention was called to a conversation between some ladies and an officer. They seemed to be talk-</p>
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<p>ing lightly about the hardships, which soldiers have to bear.—One exclaimed—“See them double-quick” “How they come dow [down?].” “Ha, ha ha—one <s>soldier</s> fell.” The ladies seemed to be recieving great pleasure <s>from</s> by the fatiguing and vexing labors of the men in drilling <s>men</s>—The officer spoke saying—“I don’t think they ought to run them quite so much, for I understand they have had nothing to eat for several days but bread.”—The lady replied—“Then they ought not to run those fellows to death.”—Thus the disrespect and coldness of feeling, the wealthy ladies and officers entertained for the "rank and file.” I have seen them, on the field and passing through <s>in</s> prisons, and in hospitals, laugh at the poor soldiers lonely trouble</p>
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<p>ing lightly about the hardships, which soldiers have to bear.—One exclaimed—“See them double-quick” “How they come dow [down?].” “Ha, ha ha—one <s>soldier</s> fell.” The ladies seemed to be recieving great pleasure <s>from</s> by the fatiguing and vexing labors of the men in drilling <s>men</s>—The officer spoke saying—“I don’t think they ought to run them quite so much, for I understand they have had nothing to eat for several days but bread.”—The lady replied—“Then they ought not to run those fellows to death.”—Thus the disrespect and coldness of feeling, the wealthy ladies and officers entertained for the "rank and file.” I have seen them, on the field and passing through <s>in</s> prisons, and in hospitals, laugh at the poor soldiers lonely trouble</p>
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<p>and mock at his feverish pain. A few men can read the cruel indifference of a “marble heart” to another’s woes, and ply the punitive mien it well deserves. On the 8th of Apr. 1863, the troops were, upon short notice, ordered to march—some in one direction, some in another. Men excited and officers in doubt, confusion ensured. The men <s>soldiers</s> had not been paid for some time, hence they used this as a pretext for their discontent. It was rumored in camps that the men were not going to leave Mobile without their wages were first paid.—Eleven dollars ($11.) per month was not much but then Confederate script was nearly at par. The chaplin came around</p>
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<p>and mock at his feverish pain. A few men can read the cruel indifference of a “marble heart” to another’s woes, and ply the punitive mien it well deserves. On the 8th of Apr. 1863, the troops were, upon short notice, ordered to march—some in one direction, some in another. Men excited and officers in doubt, confusion ensured. The men <s>soldiers</s> had not been paid for some time, hence they used this as a pretext for their discontent. It was rumored in camps that the men were not going to leave Mobile without their wages were first paid.—Eleven dollars ($11.) per month was not much but then Confederate script was nearly at par. The chaplin came around</p>
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<p>among the men <s>soldiers</s> to persuade them to obey the orders. He told them that he was aware they needed their money to send to their families, but that it could not be attended to at that time—he said “we must all bear these ills for the good of our country” (meaning the Confederacy). The “Home Circle” had not fully completed its work and we, did not want to divide our strength without making an attack. In our last meetings we had decided upon a plan of action—We had determined for every member of the League to load his piece secretly for dress parade—then when the officers closed in line and marched to the Colonel for instructions, the signal was to be given. Then, quickly every member of the Circle with loaded</p>
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<p>among the men <s>soldiers</s> to persuade them to obey the orders. He told them that he was aware they needed their money to send to their families, but that it could not be attended to at that time—he said “we must all bear these ills for the good of our country” (meaning the Confederacy). The “Home Circle” had not fully completed its work and we, did not want to divide our strength without making an attack. In our last meetings we had decided upon a plan of action—We had determined for every member of the League to load his piece secretly for dress parade—then when the officers closed in line and marched to the Colonel for instructions, the signal was to be given. Then, quickly every member of the Circle with loaded</p>
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<p>gun was to rush forward and closing up around the affrighted officers, our Captain was to demand their surrender. In the event, they refused <s>our</s> our bayonets being set, a fight would have followed. This was to take place simultaneously in several Regts. If the officers could thus have been captured or killed, complete disorganization <s>would</s> of the regiments would have followed <s>in quick succession.</s> The League in perfect discipline and understanding would have remained in working order. A general invitation from our officers then would have secured to us the majority, probably of those <s>rem</s> uninitiated. The balance could have been captured or conquered ‘ere other rebel soldiers could be brought from a distance. The idea was to right for the Union</p>
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<p>gun was to rush forward and closing up around the affrighted officers, our Captain was to demand their surrender. In the event, they refused <s>our</s> our bayonets being set, a fight would have followed. This was to take place simultaneously in several Regts. If the officers could thus have been captured or killed, complete disorganization <s>would</s> of the regiments would have followed <s>in quick succession.</s> The League in perfect discipline and understanding would have remained in working order. A general invitation from our officers then would have secured to us the majority, probably of those <s>rem</s> uninitiated. The balance could have been captured or conquered ‘ere other rebel soldiers could be brought from a distance. The idea was to right for the Union</p>
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<p>and we intended to fight the first battle <s>right</s> there, bury our dead and march with our prisoners to the <s>Union</s> coast near Pascagoula—there signal the Union fleet—turn over our prisoners and offer our services regularly to the Federal commander. This plan was decided upon but no time appointed. Now by the order to march our plan was about to be thwarted.—<s>Our action was to have be simultaneous in all the regiments.</s> We now became apprehensive that the rebel officers had a spie in our ranks to betray us, and that this order to scatter the troops by marching them to different <s>poin</s> points, was only a stratigem to destroy our strength or to bring new troops to Mobile, to ar-</p>
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<p>and we intended to fight the first battle <s>right</s> there, bury our dead and march with our prisoners to the <s>Union</s> coast near Pascagoula—there signal the Union fleet—turn over our prisoners and offer our services regularly to the Federal commander. This plan was decided upon but no time appointed. Now by the order to march our plan was about to be thwarted.—<s>Our action was to have be simultaneous in all the regiments.</s> We now became apprehensive that the rebel officers had a spie in our ranks to betray us, and that this order to scatter the troops by marching them to different <s>poin</s> points, was only a stratigem to destroy our strength or to bring new troops to Mobile, to ar-</p>
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<p>rest or displace us, hence the excitement on the morning of the 8th, but through the efforts of the chaplin of the 36th Ala. and the treacherous spie in our ranks with the promise of the officers that we would all be come back in a few days and then be paid, we acquiesced, as we <s>thought</s> hoped only to get a better opportunity. A part of the troops were left in camps as if to insure our return. We were marched beyond Dog-river toward Pascagoula I was a private, but on account of my qualifycations I was assigned a position as a clerk to make out Muster and Payrolls and some of the officers had solicited me to accept a position in the ordinance department. I stood fair among</p>
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<p>rest or displace us, hence the excitement on the morning of the 8th, but through the efforts of the chaplin of the 36th Ala. and the treacherous spie in our ranks with the promise of the officers that we would all be come back in a few days and then be paid, we acquiesced, as we <s>thought</s> hoped only to get a better opportunity. A part of the troops were left in camps as if to insure our return. We were marched beyond Dog-river toward Pascagoula I was a private, but on account of my qualifycations I was assigned a position as a clerk to make out Muster and Payrolls and some of the officers had solicited me to accept a position in the ordinance department. I stood fair among</p>
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<p>the officers and knew many of their plans, and up to this time I did not believe they knew the cause of the dissatisfaction among the men. We initiated a few new members on the march toward Pascagoula, and those remaining at Camps worked zealously while we were gone. I was very much interested in the march for I thought it had gained friends to the Circle. We hoped we had a majority in two regiments—Some in others. We delayed action, in order to gain strength. Our delay was fatal. The rebel officers had taken advantage of it <s>our delay</s>, to scatter the troops and to bring new ones to Mobile. On the evening of the 13th Apr. we returned and camped</p>
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<p>the officers and knew many of their plans, and up to this time I did not believe they knew the cause of the dissatisfaction among the men. We initiated a few new members on the march toward Pascagoula, and those remaining at Camps worked zealously while we were gone. I was very much interested in the march for I thought it had gained friends to the Circle. We hoped we had a majority in two regiments—Some in others. We delayed action, in order to gain strength. Our delay was fatal. The rebel officers had taken advantage of it <s>our delay</s>, to scatter the troops and to bring new ones to Mobile. On the evening of the 13th Apr. we returned and camped</p>
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<p>near <s>the old</s> Our winter quarters. On the morning of the 14th. Some of our Directories met for consultation and decided that action must not be delayed much longer; And while we were yet hoping to concentrate our strength in action, an order came for all to be ready to take ship, accross Mobile Bay to Bpollard, thence by rail to the seat of war at Tulahoma Tenn. Again excitement ran high and there was signs of precipitation. I was busily consulting with the Directories, when a Lt Silas Mosely, a pretended friends, but in reality the <i>Spie in our midst,</i> treacherously invited me and <u>my friend</u> H.W—to go with him to the City, where he</p>
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<p>near <s>the old</s> Our winter quarters. On the morning of the 14th. Some of our Directories met for consultation and decided that action must not be delayed much longer; And while we were yet hoping to concentrate our strength in action, an order came for all to be ready to take ship, accross Mobile Bay to Bpollard, thence by rail to the seat of war at Tulahoma Tenn. Again excitement ran high and there was signs of precipitation. I was busily consulting with the Directories, when a Lt Silas Mosely, a pretended friends, but in reality the <i>Spie in our midst,</i> treacherously invited me and <u>my friend</u> H.W—to go with him to the City, where he</p>
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<p>pretended some of our confidential friends were waiting to see us. I hesitated, I yielded, I went.—On the way as we neared the depot on Dauphin St. I felt as though some dark-winged augur hovered over me. The hand that Judas-like <s>sh should</s> would soon betray me was at my side and I knew it not. We went on to the Post Office where after some little purposed delays of our disguised enemy, guards and officer approached and informed me and my friend H—W—<s>Hiram Woods</s> that we were prisoners. We were taken down the street, below the Battle House to the military prison, at 11 A.M. Apr. 14, 1863.</p>
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<p>pretended some of our confidential friends were waiting to see us. I hesitated, I yielded, I went.—On the way as we neared the depot on Dauphin St. I felt as though some dark-winged augur hovered over me. The hand that Judas-like <s>sh should</s> would soon betray me was at my side and I knew it not. We went on to the Post Office where after some little purposed delays of our disguised enemy, guards and officer approached and informed me and my friend H—W—<s>Hiram Woods</s> that we were prisoners. We were taken down the street, below the Battle House to the military prison, at 11 A.M. Apr. 14, 1863.</p>
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<p>My Imprisonment at Mobile Many of my readers, doubless know by experience, what imprisonment means. In every army, whether its aims be good or bad, there are those <s>from</s> who from some cause give offense to the military power over them. They are sought, arrested imprisoned, <s>and</s> tried and punished. All good people everywhere will agree, that insubordination to or desertion from a good cause is a crime; but few if any can decide that desertion from a bad cause is a crime. It should rather be considered a virtue to forsake the Service of the evil and unjust. It is no disgrace to be imprisoned for conscience’s sake, by the hands of the evil. Since this cruel rebellion many</p>
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<p>My Imprisonment at Mobile Many of my readers, doubless know by experience, what imprisonment means. In every army, whether its aims be good or bad, there are those <s>from</s> who from some cause give offense to the military power over them. They are sought, arrested imprisoned, <s>and</s> tried and punished. All good people everywhere will agree, that insubordination to or desertion from a good cause is a crime; but few if any can decide that desertion from a bad cause is a crime. It should rather be considered a virtue to forsake the Service of the evil and unjust. It is no disgrace to be imprisoned for conscience’s sake, by the hands of the evil. Since this cruel rebellion many</p>
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<p>thousands of our best and loyal citizens have been imprisoned, condemned, and punished by the rebel authorities; for alleged opposition to the “Confederacy.” Their arrest, imprisonment, and punishment, was advertised by the rebels as being ignominious. I wish hear to impress upon the minds of all, that military crimes even in a good cause are quite different from civil crimes.—Murder, theft, fraud +c are crimes per se, and their disgrace can never be effaced from the culprits character in any just and intelligent community. But “military necessity” makes things right in time of war, which are wrong in time of war, which are wrong in times of peace, and vice versa.—for instance in time of war it becomes a virtue in</p>
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<p>thousands of our best and loyal citizens have been imprisoned, condemned, and punished by the rebel authorities; for alleged opposition to the “Confederacy.” Their arrest, imprisonment, and punishment, was advertised by the rebels as being ignominious. I wish hear to impress upon the minds of all, that military crimes even in a good cause are quite different from civil crimes.—Murder, theft, fraud +c are crimes per se, and their disgrace can never be effaced from the culprits character in any just and intelligent community. But “military necessity” makes things right in time of war, which are wrong in time of war, which are wrong in times of peace, and vice versa.—for instance in time of war it becomes a virtue in</p>
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<p>a man to leave his wife and home to the charities of the people, to enter the military service as a volunteer in a good cause. In time of peace it would be a crime to leave one’s family unprovided for. In times of war, desertion and mutiny are the higest crimes and are punishable with death.—Yet there may be circumstances and times which would justify both of these military crimes. In forced Service—draft and conscription there are often domestic obligations and claims of conscience, which the mutineer or deserter may plead in bar against punishment. Those pleas might give self justifycation, yet be rejected by the courts-martial.</p>
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<p>a man to leave his wife and home to the charities of the people, to enter the military service as a volunteer in a good cause. In time of peace it would be a crime to leave one’s family unprovided for. In times of war, desertion and mutiny are the higest crimes and are punishable with death.—Yet there may be circumstances and times which would justify both of these military crimes. In forced Service—draft and conscription there are often domestic obligations and claims of conscience, which the mutineer or deserter may plead in bar against punishment. Those pleas might give self justifycation, yet be rejected by the courts-martial.</p>
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<p>Thus, often in military, he, who feels justified and innocent of any crime, is actually accused imprisoned, tried and punished in the most ignomminious manner. This is heart rending to the friends and relatives of the quasi criminal but the accused person himself when he feels justified, can bear his punishment with much more patience than he, who feels himself guilty of real crime: yet I have heard many a prisoner say that if he was quilty, he could bear the punishment better. In the case of our own soldiers who have by military authority been wrongfully accused and punished, or where there were sufficient mitigations connected with the crime of which they have been accused, as far as the</p>
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<p>Thus, often in military, he, who feels justified and innocent of any crime, is actually accused imprisoned, tried and punished in the most ignomminious manner. This is heart rending to the friends and relatives of the quasi criminal but the accused person himself when he feels justified, can bear his punishment with much more patience than he, who feels himself guilty of real crime: yet I have heard many a prisoner say that if he was quilty, he could bear the punishment better. In the case of our own soldiers who have by military authority been wrongfully accused and punished, or where there were sufficient mitigations connected with the crime of which they have been accused, as far as the</p>
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<p>people or the government can discern such cases imputed disgrace should be removed, and they should be honored as though they had suffered in the execution of the most meritorious commands. For it is only by the toleration and cultivation of this desire to act according to conviction of duty, that moral responsibility can be secured to man. Yet while I hold these exceptions to general rules, I believe in the main all should acquiese in the power over them, even against conscience, especially when acquiescence would result in less evil<s>l</s> than disobedience. In voluntary service the presumtion for acquiescence is stronger, or even obligatory. I do not desire that one word</p>
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<p>people or the government can discern such cases imputed disgrace should be removed, and they should be honored as though they had suffered in the execution of the most meritorious commands. For it is only by the toleration and cultivation of this desire to act according to conviction of duty, that moral responsibility can be secured to man. Yet while I hold these exceptions to general rules, I believe in the main all should acquiese in the power over them, even against conscience, especially when acquiescence would result in less evil<s>l</s> than disobedience. In voluntary service the presumtion for acquiescence is stronger, or even obligatory. I do not desire that one word</p>
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<p>I say shall be construed in favor of deserters from a good cause into which they volunteered, but I do desire to encourage an<s>d</s> inclination in the American people to discern between willful crime civil or military, and those offenses <s>wh</s> against regulations, in which the mitigations may outweigh the offense itself. In this war against the rebellion, every true loyal person has hailed desertion from the rebel army as a virtue, and would readily honor the deserter there from. On the other hand he woul decide it a great crime to deserte from the Union ranks. So I decide it. In this narrative I must consider that to disobey the</p>
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<p>I say shall be construed in favor of deserters from a good cause into which they volunteered, but I do desire to encourage an<s>d</s> inclination in the American people to discern between willful crime civil or military, and those offenses <s>wh</s> against regulations, in which the mitigations may outweigh the offense itself. In this war against the rebellion, every true loyal person has hailed desertion from the rebel army as a virtue, and would readily honor the deserter there from. On the other hand he woul decide it a great crime to deserte from the Union ranks. So I decide it. In this narrative I must consider that to disobey the</p>
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<p>confederate laws was a virtue yet I suppose most of the people who were caught in the Confederate bounds, considered obedience there to a virtue. Hence those there, who disobeyed against Confederate authority were the victims of the execrations of the rebels; and the victim if overtaken and imprisoned was sure to suffer the full expiation for his offence. So it was with us in the Mobile prison, we were subjected to many abuses and cruelties at the hands of officers and guards in charge of the prison. Prior to my imprisonment I had been compelled to stand guard a few times around this</p>
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<p>confederate laws was a virtue yet I suppose most of the people who were caught in the Confederate bounds, considered obedience there to a virtue. Hence those there, who disobeyed against Confederate authority were the victims of the execrations of the rebels; and the victim if overtaken and imprisoned was sure to suffer the full expiation for his offence. So it was with us in the Mobile prison, we were subjected to many abuses and cruelties at the hands of officers and guards in charge of the prison. Prior to my imprisonment I had been compelled to stand guard a few times around this</p>
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<p>same prison house, but my sympathy was for the inmates rather than their keepers. Many of the prisoners were vicious and unworthy men, but I sympathized with them because I knew full well that every trouble to the rebel cause was doing service for the Union. I don’t mean by this that the government of the United States should feel under obligations to that class north or South, who unintentionally injured and weakened the Confederate cause; for many of these I suppose would have committed the same offenses against the Union, had they been in her armies. But I do hold that the United States does owe a modest respect to those, who in the South, pressed by every</p>
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<p>same prison house, but my sympathy was for the inmates rather than their keepers. Many of the prisoners were vicious and unworthy men, but I sympathized with them because I knew full well that every trouble to the rebel cause was doing service for the Union. I don’t mean by this that the government of the United States should feel under obligations to that class north or South, who unintentionally injured and weakened the Confederate cause; for many of these I suppose would have committed the same offenses against the Union, had they been in her armies. But I do hold that the United States does owe a modest respect to those, who in the South, pressed by every</p>
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<p>rebel influence, were yet firm for the Union, and voluntarily with an intelligent eye to ther the good of the Union, <s>sought and</s> gave trouble to the Confederacy. Having these reflections, I felt proud of my imprisonment. I felt proud of the character with which the rebels thought to disgrace me. I was a prisoner charged with disloyalty to the Southern Confederacy. I was proud of the charge, but I <s>thou</s> thought it best policy not to let my real feelings be known openly. I consoled many worthy prisoners by arguing this question with them—telling them that a crime against the Confederacy was only a local crime and a local disgrace at worst:—that our actions would one</p>
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<p>rebel influence, were yet firm for the Union, and voluntarily with an intelligent eye to ther the good of the Union, <s>sought and</s> gave trouble to the Confederacy. Having these reflections, I felt proud of my imprisonment. I felt proud of the character with which the rebels thought to disgrace me. I was a prisoner charged with disloyalty to the Southern Confederacy. I was proud of the charge, but I <s>thou</s> thought it best policy not to let my real feelings be known openly. I consoled many worthy prisoners by arguing this question with them—telling them that a crime against the Confederacy was only a local crime and a local disgrace at worst:—that our actions would one</p>
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<p>day be honorable among the great majority of the American people. Believing that my imprisonment would result in good to myself and enable me to extend my thread of influence for the Union, I resolved to content myself the best I could. When Capt.____ arrested us, he marched us directly to the military prison between the Battle House and the depot on the Second Street from the Bay.—Mosely, also who betrayed us, was with us and the Capt.___ pretended to arrest him too in order to deieve us—that we might not divine from whence our betrayal came: and Mosely supposed that if by</p>
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<p>day be honorable among the great majority of the American people. Believing that my imprisonment would result in good to myself and enable me to extend my thread of influence for the Union, I resolved to content myself the best I could. When Capt.____ arrested us, he marched us directly to the military prison between the Battle House and the depot on the Second Street from the Bay.—Mosely, also who betrayed us, was with us and the Capt.___ pretended to arrest him too in order to deieve us—that we might not divine from whence our betrayal came: and Mosely supposed that if by</p>
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<p>any chance the members of the League become aware that he was the traitor his own life might not be safe any where. When we were brought into the prison office—I and my friend were taken up to the second story. As we were ordered out of the office the Captain remarked that Mosely was a commissioned officer and must be taken to another place. We immediately saw the ruse, and agreed that we were “sold.” I resolved forthwith to be calm and unconcerned as though I apprehended no danger. My friend was much alarmed, but I told him to be calm and we would “play off”</p>
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<p>any chance the members of the League become aware that he was the traitor his own life might not be safe any where. When we were brought into the prison office—I and my friend were taken up to the second story. As we were ordered out of the office the Captain remarked that Mosely was a commissioned officer and must be taken to another place. We immediately saw the ruse, and agreed that we were “sold.” I resolved forthwith to be calm and unconcerned as though I apprehended no danger. My friend was much alarmed, but I told him to be calm and we would “play off”</p>
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<p>on them yet. We found quite a number of prisoners in the room to <s>wh</s> which we were taken. They hailed us with the prisoner’s <s>exclamation</s> salutation—“Fresh fish.” Some of the prisoners were asleep others were eating Soup,—some were reading and some were playing vards. They did not gather around us as is common for prisoners to do when new ones are brought in <s>in</s> Immediately after the officer and guard disappeared below the stairs, I told my friends that <s>on</s> we must destroy all papers and writings about us which might be taken from us and used as evidence against us; for we both had a copy of the Declaration +c of</p>
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<p>on them yet. We found quite a number of prisoners in the room to <s>wh</s> which we were taken. They hailed us with the prisoner’s <s>exclamation</s> salutation—“Fresh fish.” Some of the prisoners were asleep others were eating Soup,—some were reading and some were playing vards. They did not gather around us as is common for prisoners to do when new ones are brought in <s>in</s> Immediately after the officer and guard disappeared below the stairs, I told my friends that <s>on</s> we must destroy all papers and writings about us which might be taken from us and used as evidence against us; for we both had a copy of the Declaration +c of</p>
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<p>the “Home Circle” and I had a memorandum of the number of members of the League. There was a little blaze on the hearth where some of the prisoners had been lighting their pipes, so we burned our papers quickly. The ashes were still blazing in the hearth when an officer and a guard opened our door and called for the two men who had just been “put in” <s>a few minutes ago.</s> We were then taken down to the prison Office where we were to searched from head to foot by order of the Provost Martial, who wished to see all our papers and writings; for this Mosely had repared to the Provist’s office.</p>
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<p>the “Home Circle” and I had a memorandum of the number of members of the League. There was a little blaze on the hearth where some of the prisoners had been lighting their pipes, so we burned our papers quickly. The ashes were still blazing in the hearth when an officer and a guard opened our door and called for the two men who had just been “put in” <s>a few minutes ago.</s> We were then taken down to the prison Office where we were to searched from head to foot by order of the Provost Martial, who wished to see all our papers and writings; for this Mosely had repared to the Provist’s office.</p>
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<p>to immediately after our confinement, to talk over his brilliant exploit, and told that we had papers. no doubt We were stripped and searched thoroughly. They took my Diary, an account book and two or three of my wife’s letters which I chanced to have in my pocket. Every thing in our possession was taken. We were then both hand-cuffed and taken to the third story of the prison and consigned to a room where there were a number of other prisoners in irons.—The door was locked and we were left to the first musings of prison life. My friend and I congratulated ourselves that we had burned our papers so opportunely. Prisoners will assist each</p>
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<p>to immediately after our confinement, to talk over his brilliant exploit, and told that we had papers. no doubt We were stripped and searched thoroughly. They took my Diary, an account book and two or three of my wife’s letters which I chanced to have in my pocket. Every thing in our possession was taken. We were then both hand-cuffed and taken to the third story of the prison and consigned to a room where there were a number of other prisoners in irons.—The door was locked and we were left to the first musings of prison life. My friend and I congratulated ourselves that we had burned our papers so opportunely. Prisoners will assist each</p>
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<p>each other when they can without danger of rendering their own condition worse <s>more intolerable excruciating.</s> It happened that my friend was acquanited with one of the prisoners in the room. He was a young man who from some cause had deserted the Confederate service very soon after he entered <s>got into it</s>, but being caught he was tried, and condemned to be shot, but his sentence was commuted to thirty nine lashes and imprisonment during the war. He had been in this prison six or seven months and had of course learned “the ropes” of prison life. He was glad to see my</p>
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<p>each other when they can without danger of rendering their own condition worse <s>more intolerable excruciating.</s> It happened that my friend was acquanited with one of the prisoners in the room. He was a young man who from some cause had deserted the Confederate service very soon after he entered <s>got into it</s>, but being caught he was tried, and condemned to be shot, but his sentence was commuted to thirty nine lashes and imprisonment during the war. He had been in this prison six or seven months and had of course learned “the ropes” of prison life. He was glad to see my</p>
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<p>friend and to make my acquaintance, and very soon informed us that he could take our irons off without a key. He showed us how he could take his own off and then replace them when he heard the officers or guard approaching. He said he and the other prisoners were going to keep the officer ignorant of their arts untill they might have some chance to escape. With his help we took our cuffs off, for it is very vexatious indeed to eat, rest, or sleep with handcuffs on. When a prisoner is ironed it is evidence that a heavy charge stands against him which if sustained</p>
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<p>friend and to make my acquaintance, and very soon informed us that he could take our irons off without a key. He showed us how he could take his own off and then replace them when he heard the officers or guard approaching. He said he and the other prisoners were going to keep the officer ignorant of their arts untill they might have some chance to escape. With his help we took our cuffs off, for it is very vexatious indeed to eat, rest, or sleep with handcuffs on. When a prisoner is ironed it is evidence that a heavy charge stands against him which if sustained</p>
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<p>may cost him his life. This thought kept constantly before the mind by the irons on the hands causes <s>the our</s> one’s condition when ironed, to be doubly painful. We were given bread and coffee, made of parched meal, for supper; and then we laid us down upon the floor, (for we had no bed nor blanket). Most of the prisoners had become used to this kind of life and thought it very good fare. I and my friends slept but little that night. We turned often and in <s>sighings</s> thinking we passed the hours away. The morning light brought us relief, for the darkness of the night seemes to mark the line that bade our most sanguin hopes an eternal</p>
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<p>may cost him his life. This thought kept constantly before the mind by the irons on the hands causes <s>the our</s> one’s condition when ironed, to be doubly painful. We were given bread and coffee, made of parched meal, for supper; and then we laid us down upon the floor, (for we had no bed nor blanket). Most of the prisoners had become used to this kind of life and thought it very good fare. I and my friends slept but little that night. We turned often and in <s>sighings</s> thinking we passed the hours away. The morning light brought us relief, for the darkness of the night seemes to mark the line that bade our most sanguin hopes an eternal</p>
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<p>farewell; and the mid-night hour is when the troubled mind can see spectral visions of future despair in all its hopeless forms. While we shut our eyes to invite unconsciouness, in halfway dreams unseemly imps of evil birth, assayed to discourage us, but then, anon their mocking shades were dispersed by bright spirits of friends that whispered in our ears—hope,—faith and all that catalogue of consolation, which keeps the christian alive. We arose early in the morning <s>of the morning</s> (15th Apr.) and looked out from our prison hight upon the noble river as she wends her way to the Sea. In prision —</p>
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<p>farewell; and the mid-night hour is when the troubled mind can see spectral visions of future despair in all its hopeless forms. While we shut our eyes to invite unconsciouness, in halfway dreams unseemly imps of evil birth, assayed to discourage us, but then, anon their mocking shades were dispersed by bright spirits of friends that whispered in our ears—hope,—faith and all that catalogue of consolation, which keeps the christian alive. We arose early in the morning <s>of the morning</s> (15th Apr.) and looked out from our prison hight upon the noble river as she wends her way to the Sea. In prision —<div class='tooltip' title='This is a quote from the Bible, Genesis chapter 1, verse 5: “And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.rdquo;'>“the evening and the morning were the first day.”</div></p>
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<p><i>Reflections in prison—Mobile.</i> I looked about me awhile to become capable of appreciating my situation as a prisoner. Then I tried to turn my thoughts into a channel suitable to my condition. With pencil and paper I began my prison diary. I noted where I was.—The prison building was <i>a three Story brick-high and commodious.</i> It had in former year been used as a negro market by Southern planters and negro-traders. It fronted toward the river eastward. From the windows of the third Story we could <s>have</s> have a fine view of the city, River Bay, and of the steamers plying between Selma and Mobile. It was not far from one of the Hospitals. The depot, wharf, <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-83-the-battle-house" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 83, Battle House footnote" rel="noopener">Battle-House,</a> and Dauphin and St. Michael Sts. were all in sight. So we had a view of nearly every</p>
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<p><i>Reflections in prison—Mobile.</i> I looked about me awhile to become capable of appreciating my situation as a prisoner. Then I tried to turn my thoughts into a channel suitable to my condition. With pencil and paper I began my prison diary. I noted where I was.—The prison building was <i>a three Story brick-high and commodious.</i> It had in former year been used as a negro market by Southern planters and negro-traders. It fronted toward the river eastward. From the windows of the third Story we could <s>have</s> have a fine view of the city, River Bay, and of the steamers plying between Selma and Mobile. It was not far from one of the Hospitals. The depot, wharf, <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-83-the-battle-house' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 83, Battle House footnote'>Battle-House,</a> and Dauphin and St. Michael Sts. were all in sight. So we had a view of nearly every</p>
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<p>grand movement about the City.—Our position would have been a good one for a correspondent of some M.S. or Phila. paper. Dauphin Street is the most business part of the city and Saint-Michael is where “fast men” and rebel officers used to resort to find <i>fancy, painted angels.</i> The wharf was day and night thronged with steamers and gun-bo boats. Vast amounts of Sugar, grain +c. were piled about the landings: And Mobile’s bricked-walled presses were stored with great quantities of ammunition. Shot and Shell.<i>—The Confederacy was “inexhaustable” then—her script was almost at par, and Ala. Notes signed by <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-84-john-gill-shorter" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 84, John Gill Shorter footnote" rel="noopener">Jno. Gill Shorter</a> were nearly good as gold.</i> Jeff. Davis had many friends there; and</p>
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<p>grand movement about the City.—Our position would have been a good one for a correspondent of some M.S. or Phila. paper. Dauphin Street is the most business part of the city and Saint-Michael is where “fast men” and rebel officers used to resort to find <i>fancy, painted angels.</i> The wharf was day and night thronged with steamers and gun-bo boats. Vast amounts of Sugar, grain +c. were piled about the landings: And Mobile’s bricked-walled presses were stored with great quantities of ammunition. Shot and Shell.<i>—The Confederacy was “inexhaustable” then—her script was almost at par, and Ala. Notes signed by <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-84-john-gill-shorter' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 84, John Gill Shorter footnote'>Jno. Gill Shorter</a> were nearly good as gold.</i> Jeff. Davis had many friends there; and <div class='tooltip' title='Sterling Price (1809-1867) was the 11th governor of Missouri and a Confederate general. While largely successful as a governor, he is now remembered for his failure at the Battles of Pea Ridge and Westport in the Western theater during the war. It is unclear what Woods means in this sentence.'>Sterling Price</div> was there to see the future prospects.</p>
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<p>Officers in disgusting profusion met at the Battle-House, and discoursed of the delectable future of the new born Confederacy. While I scanned the scenes around, from my lofty seat in that Historic window, I was impressed with the strength of the monster I had offended: but I should not waste my time in useless sighs over what I could not change for the better. I must call in my winged mind from the sense and hopes of youth and center it where the shades appoint my fate. A friends on the 16th brought our clothes, books +c which we left at the Camps. We learned a few outside items from him. The prisoners were assembled every morning in the walled yard for “roll-call.” The hand-cuffs were</p>
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<p>Officers in disgusting profusion met at the Battle-House, and discoursed of the delectable future of the new born Confederacy. While I scanned the scenes around, from my lofty seat in that Historic window, I was impressed with the strength of the monster I had offended: but I should not waste my time in useless sighs over what I could not change for the better. I must call in my winged mind from the sense and hopes of youth and center it where the shades appoint my fate. A friends on the 16th brought our clothes, books +c which we left at the Camps. We learned a few outside items from him. The prisoners were assembled every morning in the walled yard for “roll-call.” The hand-cuffs were</p>
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<p>not fastened upon me and my friend any more, for the officers became favorably impressed toward us, and the Regiment to which we were held responsible was was gone to Tennessee. In the yard was a good pump at which we could wash and get water, by asking the officer or guard. We were fed three times per day—breakfast, corn bread and meal-coffee;—dinner, corn-bread beef, and rice-soup;—Supper, cornbread and meal-coffee. Every day the same and usually plenty of it. I had now my Bible and songbook, writing paper +c. There is nothing so well <s>to aff</s> suited to afford a prisoner comfort as a <i>Bible and Song-book.</i> It seemed I could find richer</p>
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<p>not fastened upon me and my friend any more, for the officers became favorably impressed toward us, and the Regiment to which we were held responsible was was gone to Tennessee. In the yard was a good pump at which we could wash and get water, by asking the officer or guard. We were fed three times per day—breakfast, corn bread and meal-coffee;—dinner, corn-bread beef, and rice-soup;—Supper, cornbread and meal-coffee. Every day the same and usually plenty of it. I had now my Bible and songbook, writing paper +c. There is nothing so well <s>to aff</s> suited to afford a prisoner comfort as a <i>Bible and Song-book.</i> It seemed I could find richer</p>
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<p>pasture in the Bible and make to myself sweeter notes than ever before. I read my Bible with such avidity that the early sun found me reading, and the last lingering twilight left me studying of Paul Silas, and John. There were at this time and place about 80 prisoners, mostly for desertion from the rebel service;—a few Union prisoners captured off the Gulf coast. There was an old gentleman, Cowdry—from N.Y. State and one Brown, from Tenn. with whom I had many conversations—Mr. Cowdry was held as a spie. He was a thourough Union man and ought to be rewarded for his patriotism. The rebels (I think) had conscripted Brown at Chattanooga, but be it said to his credit he was</p>
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<p>pasture in the Bible and make to myself sweeter notes than ever before. I read my Bible with such avidity that the early sun found me reading, and the last lingering twilight left me studying of Paul Silas, and John. There were at this time and place about 80 prisoners, mostly for desertion from the rebel service;—a few Union prisoners captured off the Gulf coast. There was an old gentleman, Cowdry—from N.Y. State and one Brown, from Tenn. with whom I had many conversations—Mr. Cowdry was held as a spie. He was a thourough Union man and ought to be rewarded for his patriotism. The rebels (I think) had conscripted Brown at Chattanooga, but be it said to his credit he was</p>
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<p>making them pay for all the Service they got out of him. <s>He was my</s> Many of the prisoners escaped,—those who remained would assist those who wished to risk an effort to escape. I have known the more daring to descend from on the outside from the upper windows by ropes made of strips of their blankets. They have often gone down in the dark by near the guards without being seen:—sometimes the guards were bribed If a prisoner attempts to escape and does not succeed, it only subjects him to closer confinement and makes new proof to sustain charges against him: Hence not more than one out of every twenty ever try to escape: for most prisoners feel more safe to remain quiet, stand a trial and risk the pun-</p>
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<p>making them pay for all the Service they got out of him. <s>He was my</s> Many of the prisoners escaped,—those who remained would assist those who wished to risk an effort to escape. I have known the more daring to descend from on the outside from the upper windows by ropes made of strips of their blankets. They have often gone down in the dark by near the guards without being seen:—sometimes the guards were bribed If a prisoner attempts to escape and does not succeed, it only subjects him to closer confinement and makes new proof to sustain charges against him: Hence not more than one out of every twenty ever try to escape: for most prisoners feel more safe to remain quiet, stand a trial and risk the pun-</p>
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<p>punishment, than to make an effort to get away and run the risk of being recaptured. And in a country like the South during the war, where officers and conscripting scouts were in all parts it is extremely difficult to evade recapture. It was the business of these conscripting scouts to catch deserters and other Union men. In prison some men by their flexible character suit themselves to their condition;—</p>
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<p>My education was limited, but it was life and comfort to me in prison. It was company indeed. Those whose thoughts welled up like a spring of life in their own soulds found solace, while the ignorant could see</p>
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<p>punishment, than to make an effort to get away and run the risk of being recaptured. And in a country like the South during the war, where officers and conscripting scouts were in all parts it is extremely difficult to evade recapture. It was the business of these conscripting scouts to catch deserters and other Union men. In prison some men by their flexible character suit themselves to their condition;—<div class='tooltip' title='This appears to be a quote from Rufus Sage’s poem from 1843 called “The Wanderer’s Grave.” The poem is a response to Sage’s experience in finding the spot where a previous frontiersman had died 11 years before his visit and is a reflection on the empty nature of the wilderness. The exact line that this quote is taken from is in the second stanza: “And sickness prey’d upon his frame/ And told its tale of woe/ While sorrow mark’d his pallid cheeks/ And sank his spirit low.” For a complete version of this poem, click <a href="https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/wanderers-grave"> here</a>.'>‘till “sorrow marks their pallied cheeks” for death.</div> My education was limited, but it was life and comfort to me in prison. It was company indeed. Those whose thoughts welled up like a spring of life in their own soulds found solace, while the ignorant could see</p>
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<p>naught but present gloom. Confinement, (with a student) sharpens sensibility and cultivates hope patience and the imagination. The lonely prisoner feels that if a sister’s, mother’s, or wife’s soft hand could press his cheek he could bear his deprivations better. But these tender friends hundreds of miles away, know not that he peeps through prison barrs to see the light of day. The enchanting distance and the prisoner’s condition transforms his wife into an angel of light, and a sister or parent into the joy of loving kindness. The imagination with almost incredible facility reviews the whole of life.—“All I’ve thought, wished or known.” As in each a dream I saw my</p>
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<p>naught but present gloom. Confinement, (with a student) sharpens sensibility and cultivates hope patience and the imagination. The lonely prisoner feels that if a sister’s, mother’s, or wife’s soft hand could press his cheek he could bear his deprivations better. But these tender friends hundreds of miles away, know not that he peeps through prison barrs to see the light of day. The enchanting distance and the prisoner’s condition transforms his wife into an angel of light, and a sister or parent into the joy of loving kindness. The imagination with almost incredible facility reviews the whole of life.—“All I’ve thought, wished or known.” As in each a dream I saw my</p>
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<p>childhood, singing joyfully along my accustomed walks, or my youthful days, when I lustily drove with louder sound the panting team. In my mind, these fond memories of field, prarie, and woods, were decorated anew with celestial charmes. As in a glass, I saw myself, fourteen years before, as I appeared at “Spring River Academy” reciting on the Map of Ala. the site of Mobile.—Then, little did I think, that in 1863, I should sit, a prisoner, in this iron-barred window, and view the city and watch the rolling-river bear onward her foaming floods to rock the Union fleet on yonder Gulf. In unsuspecting youth, I read of wars and prison chains; but now, for myself, I behold the</p>
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<p>childhood, singing joyfully along my accustomed walks, or my youthful days, when I lustily drove with louder sound the panting team. In my mind, these fond memories of field, prarie, and woods, were decorated anew with celestial charmes. As in a glass, I saw myself, fourteen years before, as I appeared at “Spring River Academy” reciting on the Map of Ala. the site of Mobile.—Then, little did I think, that in 1863, I should sit, a prisoner, in this iron-barred window, and view the city and watch the rolling-river bear onward her foaming floods to rock the Union fleet on yonder Gulf. In unsuspecting youth, I read of wars and prison chains; but now, for myself, I behold the</p>
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<p>gathering wrecks of the former, and feel and hear the clankings of the latter. I had read animated, historic narration, of “Weary Wanderers,” unfortunate adventures, of prisoned martyrs and lost loved ones, who were “Away from home <s>and</s> away from friends, And all the heart holds dear,” <s>Were</s> In sea-girt isles or dismal fens, Or prisons dark and drear; Naked, and sick <s>hungry</s> and <s>sick</s> hungry too —No hand to save was near, Nor voices kind from loved one’s lips</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="While the first two lines of this poem are from Sage’s “The Wanderer’s Grave,” the rest appears to be Woods’ own writing.">To soothe the aching heart.</div>
<p>—And behold, it was my future-self of whom I read.—Thus were my reveries—thus were my prison dreams. A prisoner will reflect too about the probable punishments</p>
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<p>gathering wrecks of the former, and feel and hear the clankings of the latter. I had read animated, historic narration, of “Weary Wanderers,” unfortunate adventures, of prisoned martyrs and lost loved ones, who were “Away from home <s>and</s> away from friends, And all the heart holds dear,” <s>Were</s> In sea-girt isles or dismal fens, Or prisons dark and drear; Naked, and sick <s>hungry</s> and <s>sick</s> hungry too —No hand to save was near, Nor voices kind from loved one’s lips <div class='tooltip' title='While the first two lines of this poem are from Sage’s “The Wanderer’s Grave,” the rest appears to be Woods’ own writing.'>To soothe the aching heart.</div> —And behold, it was my future-self of whom I read.—Thus were my reveries—thus were my prison dreams. A prisoner will reflect too about the probable punishments</p>
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<p>which a court may adjudge him to suffer.—Up to this date (Apr 1863) I had not seen any one shot or hung, but a few weeks before my imprisonment, I witnessed a heart-rending sight. viz— Three men had deserted the rebel service. <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-93-desertion" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 93, Desertion footnote" rel="noopener">They were caught, brought to trial and sentenced to be <i>whipped, three times,—Six (?) days intervening,—thirty nine (39) lashes each tim [time] on the naked back—,then to have their heads shaved—to be branded with the letter D on the hip,—then imprisonment with ball and chain at hard labor.</i></a> On the day of the execution of the sentence—the troops about Mobile, were marched to the parade ground, and formed into a hollow square to witness the tragic scene.</p>
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<p>which a court may adjudge him to suffer.—Up to this date (Apr 1863) I had not seen any one shot or hung, but a few weeks before my imprisonment, I witnessed a heart-rending sight. viz— Three men had deserted the rebel service. <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-93-desertion' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 93, Desertion footnote'>They were caught, brought to trial and sentenced to be <i>whipped, three times,—Six (?) days intervening,—thirty nine (39) lashes each tim [time] on the naked back—,then to have their heads shaved—to be branded with the letter D on the hip,—then imprisonment with ball and chain at hard labor.</i></a> On the day of the execution of the sentence—the troops about Mobile, were marched to the parade ground, and formed into a hollow square to witness the tragic scene.</p>
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<p>Our League friends talked much about rescuing the victims and waging a general fight against the rebel officers; but our organization was not perfect, and we had to bear the sight. The three were taken, singly tied to a stock in the center of the square, with the hands overhead. They were stripped and given thirty nine (39) lashes each with a forked raw-hide whip, by a stout drummer, who (I was told) recieved $125 to do it. The blood ran in streames down the hips and the flesh lay open like slices of beef-steak. The men hollowed and prayed most piteously, but the officers seemed to glory in it as did Southern masters in whipping their negroes.</p>
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<p>Our League friends talked much about rescuing the victims and waging a general fight against the rebel officers; but our organization was not perfect, and we had to bear the sight. The three were taken, singly tied to a stock in the center of the square, with the hands overhead. They were stripped and given thirty nine (39) lashes each with a forked raw-hide whip, by a stout drummer, who (I was told) recieved $125 to do it. The blood ran in streames down the hips and the flesh lay open like slices of beef-steak. The men hollowed and prayed most piteously, but the officers seemed to glory in it as did Southern masters in whipping their negroes.</p>
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<p>It was very common for the rebels to brand deserters with a red-hot iron. This was done by binding the victim, face downward, upon a table; then the red-hot iron is firmly pressed to the naked hip until it burns the letter D in the flesh. Having witnessed such <s>scen</s> scenes of punishment, my prison reflections, that similar or worse ones would be my own, created unpleasant feelings I assure you: but In my darkest hour, the bright star of hope beamed upon my way. The 19th Apr. “/63 was my first Sabbath in prison. The church and Sabbath bells rang invitingly through the city; but I <s>cou</s> didn’t (couldn’t) go.—Others in style, <s>and</s> with friends, arm in arm, pressed</p>
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<p>It was very common for the rebels to brand deserters with a red-hot iron. This was done by binding the victim, face downward, upon a table; then the red-hot iron is firmly pressed to the naked hip until it burns the letter D in the flesh. Having witnessed such <s>scen</s> scenes of punishment, my prison reflections, that similar or worse ones would be my own, created unpleasant feelings I assure you: but In my darkest hour, the bright star of hope beamed upon my way. The 19th Apr. “/63 was my first Sabbath in prison. The church and Sabbath bells rang invitingly through the city; but I <s>cou</s> didn’t (couldn’t) go.—Others in style, <s>and</s> with friends, arm in arm, pressed</p>
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<p>hard by our prison, on their way to church.—As for me my Bible was my preacher (and much better than the rebel preachers), and I was the congregation. I believe that God was with me rather than with the proud city. I sang, read, and wrote a few verses entitled <i>“My first Sabbath in prison.”</i> In a similar manner I passed many subsequent Sabbaths, weeks, and months. By our quiet demeanor, I and my friend were appointed <i>prison Cooks,</i> which position we readily accepted, as we would be allowed more liberties, better victuals, and some authority about the yard and cook-house. When prisoners are kept, <s>for</s> successive weeks at a prison they are apt to form an attachment</p>
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<p>hard by our prison, on their way to church.—As for me my Bible was my preacher (and much better than the rebel preachers), and I was the congregation. I believe that God was with me rather than with the proud city. I sang, read, and wrote a few verses entitled <i>“My first Sabbath in prison.”</i> In a similar manner I passed many subsequent Sabbaths, weeks, and months. By our quiet demeanor, I and my friend were appointed <i>prison Cooks,</i> which position we readily accepted, as we would be allowed more liberties, better victuals, and some authority about the yard and cook-house. When prisoners are kept, <s>for</s> successive weeks at a prison they are apt to form an attachment</p>
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<p>for that prison above others and for the officers. They accumulate many little conveniences about the corner where they sleep which they regret to leave, when they are only to be transferred to some other prison.—We feared to fall into the hands of strange officers and guards; but my experience has proven to me that prisoners are oftener benefited by change, than injured. Change of prison and officers gives many useful lessons of experience:—observations—new scenes,—acquaintances,—and protects the health of diverting the mind. A man need not fail to treasure materials of thinking and knowledge just because <s>just becau</s> he is a prisoner—for, even though he be put to death</p>
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<p>for that prison above others and for the officers. They accumulate many little conveniences about the corner where they sleep which they regret to leave, when they are only to be transferred to some other prison.—We feared to fall into the hands of strange officers and guards; but my experience has proven to me that prisoners are oftener benefited by change, than injured. Change of prison and officers gives many useful lessons of experience:—observations—new scenes,—acquaintances,—and protects the health of diverting the mind. A man need not fail to treasure materials of thinking and knowledge just because <s>just becau</s> he is a prisoner—for, even though he be put to death</p>
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<p>or disgrace; his experience written in a book may be way-marks for <i>his own children</i> in subsequent years. I have seen officers and guards abuse prisoners one day—the next day they were prisoners themselves among those whom they abused. How do you suppose they were treated then by the other prisoners? I have seen their lacerated faces and pounded bodies pay for the abuses they had given when in authority. Let this be a lesson to <s>precipitant</s> inconsiderate people everywhere. I was kept in the Mobile prison about six weeks. In the latter part of May, <s>my Diary</s> <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-98-dabney-maury" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 98, Dabney Maury footnote" rel="noopener">Genl. Maury (Comds Mobile)</a> ordered that my friend, three others and</p>
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<p>or disgrace; his experience written in a book may be way-marks for <i>his own children</i> in subsequent years. I have seen officers and guards abuse prisoners one day—the next day they were prisoners themselves among those whom they abused. How do you suppose they were treated then by the other prisoners? I have seen their lacerated faces and pounded bodies pay for the abuses they had given when in authority. Let this be a lesson to <s>precipitant</s> inconsiderate people everywhere. I was kept in the Mobile prison about six weeks. In the latter part of May, <s>my Diary</s> <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-98-dabney-maury' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 98, Dabney Maury footnote'>Genl. Maury (Comds Mobile)</a> ordered that my friend, three others and</p>
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<p>(P. 80) myself should be sent to our the commands in Tennessee to which we were assigned. We did not know whether we were to be released or tried: but all the same, whatever our wishes, we had to go. We were marched aboard of a Steamer, to cross Mobile Bay for Pollard <s>on the Fla. side:</s>—thence to take the cards, via of Montgomery, Atlanta, Chattanooga, to Tulahoma Tenn. The Ride was tedious but was at the expense of the rebel authorities; and we tried to stamp improvement upon the wings of passing events. Our little party of five prisoners bade goodbye to Mobile and our prison friends. We were soon aboard <s>of</s></p>
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<p>(P. 80) myself should be sent to our the commands in Tennessee to which we were assigned. We did not know whether we were to be released or tried: but all the same, whatever our wishes, we had to go. We were marched aboard of a Steamer, to cross Mobile Bay for Pollard <s>on the Fla. side:</s>—thence to take the cards, via of Montgomery, Atlanta, Chattanooga, to Tulahoma Tenn. The Ride was tedious but was at the expense of the rebel authorities; and we tried to stamp improvement upon the wings of passing events. Our little party of five prisoners bade goodbye to Mobile and our prison friends. We were soon aboard <s>of</s></p>
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<p><s>a Steamer</s> plowing accross the isle-studded-Bay <s>for Pollard.</s> The guards allowed us more privileges than we expected. We walked about the boat wherever we could get a fine view. I cast my eyes wishfully toward the Gulf; as if perchance I might catch a glimpse of the Stars and Stripes, floating patiently beyond Fort Morgan; but my vision was too short. I then consoled myself that I was only going nearer the Union lines in the other direction Two of our party—G and F were shrewd young fellows, and evidently had learned many city arts in New Orleans and other cities. By their cunning they manipulated about $5.000 on the way to Montgomery. As they were “pressing” it from a drunken rebel editor</p>
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<p><s>a Steamer</s> plowing accross the isle-studded-Bay <s>for Pollard.</s> The guards allowed us more privileges than we expected. We walked about the boat wherever we could get a fine view. I cast my eyes wishfully toward the Gulf; as if perchance I might catch a glimpse of the Stars and Stripes, floating patiently beyond Fort Morgan; but my vision was too short. I then consoled myself that I was only going nearer the Union lines in the other direction Two of our party—G and F were shrewd young fellows, and evidently had learned many city arts in New Orleans and other cities. By their cunning they manipulated about $5.000 on the way to Montgomery. As they were “pressing” it from a drunken rebel editor</p>
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<p>I thought it my religious duty to let them alone. <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-101-benjamin-dill" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 101, Benjamin Dill footnote" rel="noopener">The Confederacy had felt this editor’s helping hand in many a high sounding Editorial in the “Memphis Appeal.”</a>—Hence as those two boys were prisoners I believed it would be <s>pretty good</s> operating against the Confederacy for the boys to “press” the Editor’s full ($6.000) six thousand dollars undisturbed (for he had exhibited that amount to them). The “boys” then having plenty of money were very liberal and the whole party fared sumptuously, on cakes fruit +c. At Pollard they secured a new supply of whisky for the Editor and against dark, he and a portion of the guard were real drunk. We were now rattling toward</p>
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<p>I thought it my religious duty to let them alone. <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-101-benjamin-dill' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 101, Benjamin Dill footnote'>The Confederacy had felt this editor’s helping hand in many a high sounding Editorial in the “Memphis Appeal.”</a>—Hence as those two boys were prisoners I believed it would be <s>pretty good</s> operating against the Confederacy for the boys to “press” the Editor’s full ($6.000) six thousand dollars undisturbed (for he had exhibited that amount to them). The “boys” then having plenty of money were very liberal and the whole party fared sumptuously, on cakes fruit +c. At Pollard they secured a new supply of whisky for the Editor and against dark, he and a portion of the guard were real drunk. We were now rattling toward</p>
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<p>Montgomery fast as steam could take us—The boys <s>want</s> “Went through” the Editor and then leaping off of the cars escaped from the guard. Our prison party was now reduced to three: and we desired to escape too, but we thought best to wait till we should get nearer the Union army. At day-light next morning we found ourselves in Montgomery. We had in one day and night left all of the <s>sha</s> orange shades and “green-bay-trees”—(and this was congenial as the sight of those tropic scenes was only a vexation to us, who could not enjoy them) In Montgomery, by the lights early dawn I had a distant view of the edifice which the first rebel</p>
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<p>Montgomery fast as steam could take us—The boys <s>want</s> “Went through” the Editor and then leaping off of the cars escaped from the guard. Our prison party was now reduced to three: and we desired to escape too, but we thought best to wait till we should get nearer the Union army. At day-light next morning we found ourselves in Montgomery. We had in one day and night left all of the <s>sha</s> orange shades and “green-bay-trees”—(and this was congenial as the sight of those tropic scenes was only a vexation to us, who could not enjoy them) In Montgomery, by the lights early dawn I had a distant view of the edifice which the first rebel</p>
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<p>Congress desecrated by their <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-103-confederate-congress" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 103, Confederate Congress footnote" rel="noopener">treasonable broodings</a> When we arrived in Atlanta new scenes oppened to our view, but I shall defer my description of those scenes until my return thither from Tenn: <s>w</s> We were only kept in Atlanta prison three days and then sent forward to Chattanooga where we were kept a week. I shall also leave a description of the cruel and inhuman fare which prisoners recieved at this city, for passing notice on my return. I met with many good Union men, prisoners, from Tennessee and other places, both at Atlanta and Chattanooga. I always sought to advise with these prisoners, to learn the news from</p>
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<p>Congress desecrated by their <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-103-confederate-congress' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 103, Confederate Congress footnote'>treasonable broodings</a> When we arrived in Atlanta new scenes oppened to our view, but I shall defer my description of those scenes until my return thither from Tenn: <s>w</s> We were only kept in Atlanta prison three days and then sent forward to Chattanooga where we were kept a week. I shall also leave a description of the cruel and inhuman fare which prisoners recieved at this city, for passing notice on my return. I met with many good Union men, prisoners, from Tennessee and other places, both at Atlanta and Chattanooga. I always sought to advise with these prisoners, to learn the news from</p>
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<p>different quarters. On the 2d of June 1863 I found myself at Tulahoma, The rebel</p>
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<p>and his army of “Southern chivalry” were in this section of country: And here I began to see more of the works of rebel power. On the 3d of June, I was taken to Wartrace about 30 miles towards Murfreesboro.’ Wartrace was at this time to me, an unseemly place, perhaps the more so because of my critical and unpleasant situation. I was barred up here with about fifty other prisoners in an old frame on the <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-104-wartrace-alabama" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 104, Wartrace Alabama footnote" rel="noopener">north east side of the depot.</a> It was in the immediate vicinity</p>
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<p>of the “front” and the rebel authorities were doing great things throughout the hilly country round about. The courts-martial was in Session nearby and many a deserter was getting sentence of death at their hands. A few new made mounds marked the spots where some of these victims had very recently been shot.—Bragg’s army was fortified at Shelbyville, and other points only eight or ten miles around, to oppose the advance of <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-105-rosecrans-and-hardee" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 105, Rosecrans and Hardee footnote" rel="noopener">Genl. Rosecrans</a> from Murfreesboro.’ <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-105-rosecrans-and-hardee" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 105, Rosecrans and Hardee footnote" rel="noopener">Rebel Genl. Hardee’s</a> Head Quarters were a few miles north-east of Wartrace and during the days of “quiet” along the lines, he made details of his soldiers to harvest the people’s wheat,</p>
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<p>of the “front” and the rebel authorities were doing great things throughout the hilly country round about. The courts-martial was in Session nearby and many a deserter was getting sentence of death at their hands. A few new made mounds marked the spots where some of these victims had very recently been shot.—Bragg’s army was fortified at Shelbyville, and other points only eight or ten miles around, to oppose the advance of <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-105-rosecrans-and-hardee' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 105, Rosecrans and Hardee footnote'>Genl. Rosecrans</a> from Murfreesboro.’ <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-105-rosecrans-and-hardee' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 105, Rosecrans and Hardee footnote'>Rebel Genl. Hardee’s</a> Head Quarters were a few miles north-east of Wartrace and during the days of “quiet” along the lines, he made details of his soldiers to harvest the people’s wheat,</p>
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<p>but he had not supposed that Genl. Rosecrans would come along in time to trash it. The Guard-House was strictly guarded, so there was but little chance for our escape. We suffered much from hunger, thirst and abuse while in prison at Wartrace.—We were allowed to go one at a time to the spring for water, with an escort of two guards. Hence our supply of water was always deficient. One for every ten was allowed to go out near by to cook, but lack of vesels to cook in and confusion in issuing rations to us always kept us hungry. We were so closely confined without exercise or pure air that it was quite deleterious to</p>
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<p>but he had not supposed that Genl. Rosecrans would come along in time to trash it. The Guard-House was strictly guarded, so there was but little chance for our escape. We suffered much from hunger, thirst and abuse while in prison at Wartrace.—We were allowed to go one at a time to the spring for water, with an escort of two guards. Hence our supply of water was always deficient. One for every ten was allowed to go out near by to cook, but lack of vesels to cook in and confusion in issuing rations to us always kept us hungry. We were so closely confined without exercise or pure air that it was quite deleterious to</p>
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<p>our health: and <s>the</s> our condition was fitted to demoralize all the graces of human nature. We could hear canonading distinctly toward Murfreesboro’ and we would have been inexpressably glad any hour for Rosecrans to have moved forward to our relief. But during the intervil of quiet Bragg was instituting a reign of terror among the deserters from the rebel lines who were so unfortunate as to be caught. There were several of them in prison under sentence of death. One was a tall graceful young man. No friends were there to mitigate the solemn loneliness of the suspended hours of death, by words of kindness or acts of gentleness.</p>
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<p>our health: and <s>the</s> our condition was fitted to demoralize all the graces of human nature. We could hear canonading distinctly toward Murfreesboro’ and we would have been inexpressably glad any hour for Rosecrans to have moved forward to our relief. But during the intervil of quiet Bragg was instituting a reign of terror among the deserters from the rebel lines who were so unfortunate as to be caught. There were several of them in prison under sentence of death. One was a tall graceful young man. No friends were there to mitigate the solemn loneliness of the suspended hours of death, by words of kindness or acts of gentleness.</p>
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<p>Others, prisoners and guards, hardened by bloody scenes of war, were laughing at his silent tears and heavy heart. Late one evening a rebel chaplin came to pray with the sentenced young man,—to advise him to give up all hope of life in this world and look beyond the tomb. The preacher informed the young man that he would be shot the next day—that all the preparations were made and no hope of life was left him—that he had violated the interests of the Southern <s>his country, the</s> Confederacy, and must die ignominiously therefor. That night that young man <s>with</s> and a number of others put <s>his</s> their trust in knives by which they cut through the floor and</p>
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<p>Others, prisoners and guards, hardened by bloody scenes of war, were laughing at his silent tears and heavy heart. Late one evening a rebel chaplin came to pray with the sentenced young man,—to advise him to give up all hope of life in this world and look beyond the tomb. The preacher informed the young man that he would be shot the next day—that all the preparations were made and no hope of life was left him—that he had violated the interests of the Southern <s>his country, the</s> Confederacy, and must die ignominiously therefor. That night that young man <s>with</s> and a number of others put <s>his</s> their trust in knives by which they cut through the floor and</p>
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<p>escaped.—I hope he reached the Union lines safely. His escape however was quite a disappointment to the rebel officials and especially to the Provost Martial, Colonel Reed, a Cumberland Presbyterian preacher!!! I laughed with gladness at their disappointment, but I knew by actual experience that those of us remaining [text underneath: the balance of] us would have to suffer for the escaped. Chafed by their escape <s>of some of the prisoners,</s> the preacher Provost <s>Martial</s> determined to have revenge upon those <s>of us who</s> remained. He accordingly transferred us to another house,—a brick and gave more stringent orders concerning us. One evening</p>
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<p>escaped.—I hope he reached the Union lines safely. His escape however was quite a disappointment to the rebel officials and especially to the Provost Martial, Colonel Reed, a Cumberland Presbyterian preacher!!! I laughed with gladness at their disappointment, but I knew by actual experience that those of us remaining [text underneath: the balance of] us would have to suffer for the escaped. Chafed by their escape <s>of some of the prisoners,</s> the preacher Provost <s>Martial</s> determined to have revenge upon those <s>of us who</s> remained. He accordingly transferred us to another house,—a brick and gave more stringent orders concerning us. One evening</p>
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<p>this same Provost Martial came into the prison, his face all ablaze with wicked anger;—he wrested a musket from one of the guards and struck me a blow in the breast because I was near a window, where I had gone to get fresh air. He then ordered the prisoners to lie down (at dusk), and commanded the guards that “if a man (prisoner) moves blow a ball through his head or drive your bayonets through his heart.” Fitting language indeed for a preacher of the Gospel of peace. My faithful friend who was arrested with me at Mobile, being overcome by hard fare and continued anxiety, took sick here and was sent to the hospital.</p>
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<p>this same Provost Martial came into the prison, his face all ablaze with wicked anger;—he wrested a musket from one of the guards and struck me a blow in the breast because I was near a window, where I had gone to get fresh air. He then ordered the prisoners to lie down (at dusk), and commanded the guards that “if a man (prisoner) moves blow a ball through his head or drive your bayonets through his heart.” Fitting language indeed for a preacher of the Gospel of peace. My faithful friend who was arrested with me at Mobile, being overcome by hard fare and continued anxiety, took sick here and was sent to the hospital.</p>
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<p>On the 22d of June 1863 Provost Martial Reed, handed me a copy of the Charge preferred against me by the <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-111-lewis-woodruff" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 2, Page 111, Lewis Woodruff footnote" rel="noopener">Colonel Woodruff of the 36th Ala. Regt.</a> to which I had been assigned at Mobile. <i>I state heare that it has been my intention to insert her all the official proceedings in my case, but the copy of the charges against me, I left behind when I made my escape—The proceedings of the court, testimony against me +c I have never obtained. Hence I shall just give the import of these things from memory.</i> “Charge—Mutiny Specifycation—1st—That <s>Private</s> J.H.Woods, <s>Co K 36th Ala. Regt. C.S.A.</s> did on or about the 10th of Apr. 1863 organize</p>
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<p>On the 22d of June 1863 Provost Martial Reed, handed me a copy of the Charge preferred against me by the <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/2-111-lewis-woodruff' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 2, Page 111, Lewis Woodruff footnote'>Colonel Woodruff of the 36th Ala. Regt.</a> to which I had been assigned at Mobile. <i>I state heare that it has been my intention to insert her all the official proceedings in my case, but the copy of the charges against me, I left behind when I made my escape—The proceedings of the court, testimony against me +c I have never obtained. Hence I shall just give the import of these things from memory.</i> “Charge—Mutiny Specifycation—1st—That <s>Private</s> J.H.Woods, <s>Co K 36th Ala. Regt. C.S.A.</s> did on or about the 10th of Apr. 1863 organize</p>
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<p>a Secret Society, known as the Home Circle for the express and wicked purpose of breaking up the Confederate army of Mobile ++++ + + + All this at and near Mobile “Specifycation 2d.—That sd. Prvt. JHWoods knew of an intended Mutiny at or near Mobile, and did not report the same to the officers.+ + + + + —Woodruff Col. 36th Ala. Regt.</p>
<p>Lt Silas Mosely Capt A J Derly Edwin Fox } witnesses + + + A few days afterwards I was taken before the Court Martial near Hardee’s Hd.Qr’s. but my trial was postponed.</p>
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<p>a Secret Society, known as the Home Circle for the express and wicked purpose of breaking up the Confederate army of Mobile ++++ + + + All this at and near Mobile “Specifycation 2d.—That sd. Prvt. JHWoods knew of an intended Mutiny at or near Mobile, and did not report the same to the officers.+ + + + + —Woodruff Col. 36th Ala. Regt. </p>
<p>Lt Silas Mosely Capt A J Derly Edwin Fox } witnesses + + + A few days afterwards I was taken before the Court Martial near Hardee’s Hd.Qr’s. but my trial was postponed.</p>
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This collection includes three memoir volumes and three diaries written by John Henning Woods, a Southern Unionist, Confederate conscript, and Civil War memoirist. Woods was born in Tennessee on July 4, 1834. After spending his childhood in Missouri, Woods married Mary Emma Caldwell, the daughter of a wealthy slaveholder and planter from Alabama in 1860. In 1861, Woods moved to Lebanon, Tennessee, to pursue his law degree at Cumberland University. Despite his ties to the South, Woods hated slavery and strongly supported the Union. Following the war's beginning and interruption of his education, he returned home to farm and teach.
Due to his support for the Union, Woods chose to remain at home throughout the beginning of the war until his conscription into the Confederate army in October of 1862. While at first Woods fought to remain at home, the threat of imprisonment eventually sparked him to report to the army, where he was drafted into the 36th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company K. As a part of this regiment, Woods was trained at Talladega and then posted around Mobile, Alabama.
While at Mobile, Woods and a few fellow Unionist conscripts formed a secret Unionist organization called the Home Circle and planned a mutiny. Unfortunately, Woods was discovered prior to their planned mutiny and imprisoned to be tried. While awaiting his court martial, Woods was transported behind the army, following them through the Tullahoma Campaign and was then sent to Atlanta. His trial resulted in a sentence of death by firing squad; however, his execution was delayed due to the interference of a sympathetic general who had been his professor before the war. Woods saw the Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga while imprisoned by the Confederate Army until he was once again sent to Atlanta following a stay of execution, furnished at the last minute from Jefferson Davis. He was then sent to work building trenches around Atlanta until he finally escaped Confederate officials on August 11, 1864, and made his way into Union lines.
Following his escape, Woods made his way to Buffalo, New York, where he enlisted in the 93rd New York Infantry Regiment. He served out the rest of the war as a clerk for the Union Army until his discharge on May 11, 1865. Following the war, Woods returned home and continued to teach, moving to Lawrence County, Missouri sometime before 1885. In 1885, his wife Mary died and in 1889, he married Mae Laverall of Pennsylvania. Woods died on March 5, 1901, and is buried alongside both of his wives and his daughter in the Woodland Cemetery near Springfield, Missouri.
The three volumes of Woods' memoir make up the largest portion of the collection. These three books focus on the years 1861-1864, describing his experiences of sectionalism, his opposition to secession and conscription, the process of forming an underground Unionist society in a Confederate regiment, his arrest for inciting a mutiny, and the resulting imprisonment and trial.
The three journals cover a much broader range of topics and years, including genealogy, religion, marriage, slavery, and Woods' childhood. These three journals serve to contextualize the journals, as Woods referenced them during the writing process. Besides this, these journals also contain highly detailed drawings done by Woods during his imprisonment and a number of short entries in Pitman shorthand.
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The second of Woods' three memoir volumes covers his early service with the 36th Alabama, the creation of the "Home Circle," and his discovery and imprisonment.
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<p>Woods’ Defense or The Union Man’s Plea before a Secession Court</p>
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John Henning Woods<br />
Mt. Vernon, Mo.</p>
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<p>By<br /> John Henning Woods<br /> Mt. Vernon, Mo.</p>
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<td><p>Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865<br />By John Henning Woods In the Clerk’s Office of the District court of the District of _____</p></td><td><p>Preface</p>
<p>This work is original true, and purely American,—and makes no other claim to merit. <br />
I have undertaken the Production reluctantly, after many solicitations of friends; hoping to propagate some truths not published heretofore;—and <div class='tooltip' title='This is a direct quote from Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address given shortly before the end of hostilities: “With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right” For a complete version of this speech, click <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres32.html"> here</a>.'>that it may encourage firmness in the right</div>—Add to the useful lessons of the <u>war</u>—Confirm in the ways of Independence, virtue and patience.<br />
I doubt not that the sentiment herein expressed will meet the experience and approval of those who have been subjected to like trials with myself. <br />
Holding up the claim of true patriotism, I submit to the investigation of <br />
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<p>This work is original true, and purely American,—and makes no other claim to merit. <br /> I have undertaken the Production reluctantly, after many solicitations of friends; hoping to propagate some truths not published heretofore;—and</p>
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<p>—Add to the useful lessons of the <u>war</u>—Confirm in the ways of Independence, virtue and patience.<br /> I doubt not that the sentiment herein expressed will meet the experience and approval of those who have been subjected to like trials with myself. <br /> Holding up the claim of true patriotism, I submit to the investigation of</p>
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<p>candid people.<br />
—Autobiographical in its character,—yet it is marked by that earnestness and frankness which needs no apology <br />
I hope none will be so unmindful of the circumstances of its origin as to attribute a spirit of self importance to its humble Author. <br />
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<p>candid people.<br /> —Autobiographical in its character,—yet it is marked by that earnestness and frankness which needs no apology <br /> I hope none will be so unmindful of the circumstances of its origin as to attribute a spirit of self importance to its humble Author. </p>
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<p>Dedication</p>
<p>Mt Vernon Mo.<br />
July 4th 1865<br />
To <i>The Union people of the Rebellious States of the Union</i> [text underneath: Andrew Johnson President of the United States of America,] who stood firm for the Union in the very midst of the contagious mania of secession—who were [text underneath: was] persecuted and calumniated by Southern demagogues,—<s>and</s> “sneered at” and hated by Northern <div class='tooltip' title='“Copperheads” was slang term for anti-war Democrats residing in the North during the war.'> “Copperheads”</div>—this Book is most respectfully dedicated by the Author<br />
John H. Woods<br />
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<p>Mt Vernon Mo.<br /> July 4th 1865<br /> To <i>The Union people of the Rebellious States of the Union</i> [text underneath: Andrew Johnson President of the United States of America,] who stood firm for the Union in the very midst of the contagious mania of secession—who were [text underneath: was] persecuted and calumniated by Southern demagogues,—<s>and</s> “sneered at” and hated by Northern</p>
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<p>—this Book is most respectfully dedicated by the Author<br /> John H. Woods</p>
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<p>Introduction</p>
<p>That the facts herein related may be understood, and the spirit of the Composition, appreciated I give a brief</p>
<p>Autobiography of the Author.</p>
<p>John H. Woods was born on the 4th of July 1834 in Madison [text underneath: Haywood] Co. <s>West</s> Tennessee,—<br /> —Removed to South West Missouri, in 1836—where his mind received its impress until he went to Lebanon Tenn. in 1857, where he entered the Literary Department of “Cumberland University”—But his limited means being exhausted, he went to “White Plains” Alabama in 1859, and taught at “Chosey Spring Academy” until the summer of 1860—He was joined in Matrimony with</p>
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<p>Autobiography of the Author.</p>
<p> John H. Woods was born on the 4th of July 1834 in Madison [text underneath: Haywood] Co. <s>West</s> Tennessee,—<br />
—Removed to South West Missouri, in 1836—where his mind received its impress until he went to Lebanon Tenn. in 1857, where he entered the Literary Department of “Cumberland University”—But his limited means being exhausted, he went to “White Plains” Alabama in 1859, and taught at “Chosey Spring Academy” until the summer of 1860—He was joined in Matrimony with<br />
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<p>Miss Mary Emma Caldwell—the daughter of an Alabama “planter,” on the 1st day of January 1860, at 2 P.M.— <br /> Five months after his marriage, he returned to Lebanon Tenn. and entered the Law Department of the University—in which he graduated and received Diploma a few days after the battle of Fort Sumpter, Apr. 14th 1861. <br /> On the 7th of May 1861 he again arrived in Ala. for the purpose of removing to his home in Mo.—But the excitement consequent upon the War, forbade. <br /> He taught at Oxford Ala. until the 29th of October 1862—was then conscripted and sent to Mobile Ala.—where he arrived on the 7th of November, and was assigned to the 36th Ala Vols. 8th November to serve in the “Confederate Army”—(A </p>
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<p>Miss Mary Emma Caldwell—the daughter of an Alabama “planter,” on the 1st day of January 1860, at 2 P.M.— <br />
Five months after his marriage, he returned to Lebanon Tenn. and entered the Law Department of the University—in which he graduated and received Diploma a few days after the battle of Fort Sumpter, Apr. 14th 1861. <br />
On the 7th of May 1861 he again arrived in Ala. for the purpose of removing to his home in Mo.—But the excitement consequent upon the War, forbade. <br />
He taught at Oxford Ala. until the 29th of October 1862—was then conscripted and sent to Mobile Ala.—where he arrived on the 7th of November, and was assigned to the 36th Ala Vols. 8th November to serve in the “Confederate Army”—(A <br />
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<p>(A contingency too repugnant to his feelings, to need comment here)<br /> On the 14th day of April 1863 at 11 A.M.—he with his friend</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="Hiram Woods was also a Private in Company K of the 36th Alabama. According to his service record, he enlisted as a volunteer in May of 1861 and served as a nurse at a nearby hospital during the summer of 1862. The pension application of his widow, Nancy E. Woods, shows that he survived the war and died on August 25, 1877."><s>Hiram Woods</s> of Ala.</div>
<p>was arrested and impprisoned at Mobile, (through the treachery of</p>
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<p>) for Organizing a Union Legue, among the Confederate soldiers and citizens.—<br /> ++ After six weeks incarceration, he was transferred to Tulahoma Tenn. for trial—but on the approach of the Union forces—Our <u>Prisoner</u> was sent to the rear—to Atlanta Ga.<br /> About the 1st of August 1863 he was sent up to Tyner Station,—12 miles from Chattanooga, for trial—and was brought before the General Court Martial sitting at that place, and tried for <u>Mutiny</u>, and</p>
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<p>(A contingency too repugnant to his feelings, to need comment here)<br />
<p> On the 14th day of April 1863 at 11 A.M.—he with his friend <div class='tooltip' title='Hiram Woods was also a Private in Company K of the 36th Alabama. According to his service record, he enlisted as a volunteer in May of 1861 and served as a nurse at a nearby hospital during the summer of 1862. The pension application of his widow, Nancy E. Woods, shows that he survived the war and died on August 25, 1877.'><s>Hiram Woods</s> of Ala.</div> was arrested and impprisoned at Mobile, (through the treachery of <div class='tooltip' title='Silas Moseley enlisted in the 36th Alabama in May of 1862. His service record reveals that he was asked to testify against Hiram Woods in August 1863; however, John Henning Woods is not mentioned. Following his testimony, Moseley was captured at Nashville in December of 1864 and then released after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the US in January 1865.'>Lt. Silas Mosby</div>) for Organizing a Union Legue, among the Confederate soldiers and citizens.—<br /></p>
++ After six weeks incarceration, he was transferred to Tulahoma Tenn. for trial—but on the approach of the Union forces—Our <u>Prisoner</u> was sent to the rear—to Atlanta Ga.<br />
About the 1st of August 1863 he was sent up to Tyner Station,—12 miles from Chattanooga, for trial—and was brought before the General Court Martial sitting at that place, and tried for <u>Mutiny</u>, and <br />
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<p>disloyalty to the South, on the 17th and 18th of August 1863<br /> —He was held some days at the Station for sentence, but Genl. Rosencrans came thundering upon Bragg from the opposite side of the Tennessee + and the <u>Mutineer</u> was again sent to Atlanta for “Safe keeping,” just before the battle of Chicamauga, Septr. 19th-21st 1863.<br /> In the first part of October, he was called for at the Atlanta prison—ironed and taken to Missionary Ridge, 5 miles from Chattanooga Tenn. to be executed, by being shot before Bragg’s army on the 17th day of October 1863, at 2 P.M. +++<br /> ++ The execution of the sentence was suspended through the intercessions of <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-7-alexander-stewart" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 7, Alexander P. Stewart footnote" rel="noopener">Genl. Alex. P. Stewart,</a> “until further orders”—</p>
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<p>disloyalty to the South, on the 17th and 18th of August 1863<br />
—He was held some days at the Station for sentence, but Genl. Rosencrans came thundering upon Bragg from the opposite side of the Tennessee + and the <u>Mutineer</u> was again sent to Atlanta for “Safe keeping,” just before the battle of Chicamauga, Septr. 19th-21st 1863.<br />
In the first part of October, he was called for at the Atlanta prison—ironed and taken to Missionary Ridge, 5 miles from Chattanooga Tenn. to be executed, by being shot before Bragg’s army on the 17th day of October 1863, at 2 P.M. +++<br />
++ The execution of the sentence was suspended through the intercessions of <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-7-alexander-stewart" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 7, Alexander P. Stewart footnote">Genl. Alex. P. Stewart,</a> “until further orders”—<br />
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<p>Bragg was driven from Mission’ Ridge on the 25th of November 1863—and the <u>Suspended Mutineer</u>, was once more sent to Atlanta for safe keeping—where he lingered in prison until an amnesty proclamation by Gen. Joseph E. Johnson, released him, from the dreadful <u>Suspense</u> of seven months of the 11th of July 1864—to report to the Regt to which he was assigned in 1862 <br /> ++ The whole of the Confederate Army under, Joe E. Johnson had been driven by Gen. Sherman, to the South side of the Chattahoochie, near Atlanta +++<br /> On the 11th of August 1864, at 3 P.M. Our <u>Conscript</u> escaped from the Rebel lines 3 miles below Atlanta, to Gen. Sherman’s protection; where friends congratulated him and bade him God<s>’s</s> speed.</p>
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<p>Bragg was driven from Mission’ Ridge on the 25th of November 1863—and the <u>Suspended Mutineer</u>, was once more sent to Atlanta for safe keeping—where he lingered in prison until an amnesty proclamation by Gen. Joseph E. Johnson, released him, from the dreadful <u>Suspense</u> of seven months of the 11th of July 1864—to report to the Regt to which he was assigned in 1862 <br />
++ The whole of the Confederate Army under, Joe E. Johnson had been driven by Gen. Sherman, to the South side of the Chattahoochie, near Atlanta +++<br />
On the 11th of August 1864, at 3 P.M. Our <u>Conscript</u> escaped from the Rebel lines 3 miles below Atlanta, to Gen. Sherman’s protection; where friends congratulated him and bade him God<s>’s</s> speed.<br />
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<p>On the 28th of August 1864, he reached Nashville Tenn. where he took the Oath of Allegiance, to the U.S.—(A contingency very compatible with his conscience)<br /> He went from Nashville to Buffalo N.Y. where he enlisted in the United States Service, on the 2 September 1864.—from thence to Elmira N.Y.—where he was very soon assigned to duty as a Clerk—and <s>he</s> continued there until discharged from the United States’ Service on the 11th of May 1865, “by direction of the Secretary of of War—dated Apr. 30, 1865. ++ <br /> +++Now the war for the Union is brought to a favorable conclusion—Our Soldier no more a prisoner in the dungeons of the South—and no longer a voluntary servant in the service of his country—with </p>
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<p>On the 28th of August 1864, he reached Nashville Tenn. where he took the Oath of Allegiance, to the U.S.—(A contingency very compatible with his conscience)<br />
He went from Nashville to Buffalo N.Y. where he enlisted in the United States Service, on the 2 September 1864.—from thence to Elmira N.Y.—where he was very soon assigned to duty as a Clerk—and <s>he</s> continued there until discharged from the United States’ Service on the 11th of May 1865, “by direction of the Secretary of of War—dated Apr. 30, 1865. ++ <br />
+++Now the war for the Union is brought to a favorable conclusion—Our Soldier no more a prisoner in the dungeons of the South—and no longer a voluntary servant in the service of his country—with <br />
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<p>swelling thoughts of meeting friends bids military labors adieu:—<br /> —Meets kind friends in conversation awhile—lingers a moment there, regretting to part—then leaves for Missouri on the 22d. of May 1865 via N.Y. city on the 29th of May at 9 A.M. And arrives safely at his old home in Lawrence Co Mo.—at his father’s, on the 3d of June 1865 at 3 P.M.,—After an absence of nearly eight years of Collegiate duties, travels, pleasures, dangers and <s>de</s> deprivations.—but now the smiles of friends, the surrounding beauties,—the reign of peace, and the promises of returning prosperity, repay the ills of life and call forth the best emotions of the soul ++<br /> +++</p>
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<p>swelling thoughts of meeting friends bids military labors adieu:—<br />
—Meets kind friends in conversation awhile—lingers a moment there, regretting to part—then leaves for Missouri on the 22d. of May 1865 via N.Y. city on the 29th of May at 9 A.M. And arrives safely at his old home in Lawrence Co Mo.—at his father’s, on the 3d of June 1865 at 3 P.M.,—After an absence of nearly eight years of Collegiate duties, travels, pleasures, dangers and <s>de</s> deprivations.—but now the smiles of friends, the surrounding beauties,—the reign of peace, and the promises of returning prosperity, repay the ills of life and call forth the best emotions of the soul ++<br />
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<p>—Then here the heart must swell</p>
<p>To think of safety giv’n;</p>
<p>The face does oft unbidden tell</p>
<p>This sweet foretaste of Heav’n.</p>
<p></p>
<p>This love shall n’er grow dull,</p>
<p>While beauty’s scenes appear;</p>
<p>To Show God’s grace replete and full</p>
<p>In this propitious year.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Sing, now ye friends of my youth</p>
<p>For I’ve come home again,</p>
<p>—I stood contending for the truth,</p>
<p>In a malicious land—.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Praise Him who taketh care,</p>
<p>And shields his chosen one</p>
<p>He knows our good and will prepare</p>
<p>A way to reach our home.—</p>
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<p><i>Written from Notes of Diaries + Mt. Vernon Mo. June 12/65</i> J.H.—</p>
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<p>—Then here the heart must swell</p><p> To think of safety giv’n;</p><p> The face does oft unbidden tell </p><p>This sweet foretaste of Heav’n.</p>
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<p>This love shall n’er grow dull,</p><p> While beauty’s scenes appear;</p><p> To Show God’s grace replete and full</p><p> In this propitious year.</p>
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<p>Sing, now ye friends of my youth</p><p> For I’ve come home again,</p><p> —I stood contending for the truth,</p><p> In a malicious land—.</p>
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<p>Praise Him who taketh care,</p><p> And shields his chosen one</p><p> He knows our good and will prepare</p><p> A way to reach our home.—</p>
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<p><i>Written from Notes of Diaries + Mt. Vernon Mo. June 12/65</i> J.H.— </p>
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<p>The War for the Union.</p>
<p>I shall preamble this chapter with the Statement of a few general principles, which may lead the reader’s mind to appreciate more fully the condition of Our Country at the beginning of the War in 1861. <br /> In the world there has always been a</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="This is a quote from John Quincy Adams’ inaugural address in March of 1825 in his discussion of the state of the Union following the War of 1812 and French Revolution. For a complete version of the speech, click <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres22.html"> here</a>.">“Baneful weed of party strife”</div>
<p>—the fruits of which have been exhibited in all ages;—by domestic discord;—by diverse community interests,—by social disagreements,—by dishonesty which avarice prompts,—by intolerance, which over-zeal in religion begets,—And by political contentions, revolutions, Wars, secessions, coertions [coercions]</p>
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<p>The War for the Union.</p>
<p>I shall preamble this chapter with the Statement of a few general principles, which may lead the reader’s mind to appreciate more fully the condition of Our Country at the beginning of the War in 1861. <br />
In the world there has always been a <div class='tooltip' title='This is a quote from John Quincy Adams’ inaugural address in March of 1825 in his discussion of the state of the Union following the War of 1812 and French Revolution. For a complete version of the speech, click <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres22.html"> here</a>.'>“Baneful weed of party strife”</div>—the fruits of which have been exhibited in all ages;—by domestic discord;—by diverse community interests,—by social disagreements,—by dishonesty which avarice prompts,—by intolerance, which over-zeal in religion begets,—And by political contentions, revolutions, Wars, secessions, coertions [coercions]</p>
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<p>and dire desolations, which the varied interests and teachings of a wide extended country produce.<br /> In every Organized power there is a Subduing force, which implies, that there is, also, a rebellious force, ever waiting for concentration of its counterparts to subvert the Organized power. <br /> In the Civil War, just concluded, the government of the United States is the organized power. The Free States with the loyal of the other states was the Subduing force. The Slave States with their counterpart in the Free States, was the rebellious force. <br /> The United States had assurance of friendship from foreign nations—The fretful distemper of the South, believed also, that they had sympathy abroad. To considerable degree both realized their anticipations,</p>
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<p>and dire desolations, which the varied interests and teachings of a wide extended country produce.<br />
In every Organized power there is a Subduing force, which implies, that there is, also, a rebellious force, ever waiting for concentration of its counterparts to subvert the Organized power. <br />
In the Civil War, just concluded, the government of the United States is the organized power. The Free States with the loyal of the other states was the Subduing force. The Slave States with their counterpart in the Free States, was the rebellious force. <br />
The United States had assurance of friendship from foreign nations—The fretful distemper of the South, believed also, that they had sympathy abroad. To considerable degree both realized their anticipations,</p>
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<p>but neither fully.<br /> Slavery.<br /> Four scores and nine year ago “our fathers brought forth upon this Continent a new nation, (US) concieved [sic] in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition, that all men are created free and equal.” The institution of Slavery was recieved [sic] into the organic laws of the nation, with other conditions found in the Original Colonies. It has ever been a Sore bone of Contention in the country, interrupting the peace and harmony of the States.<br /> Those most devoted to the national interests, seeing this cause of disturbance and believing it, intrinsically, al [a] blot upon the national escutcheon, sought some remedy.—They sought by social and moral suasion to eradicate the</p>
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<p>but neither fully.<br />
Slavery.<br />
Four scores and nine year ago “our fathers brought forth upon this Continent a new nation, (US) concieved [sic] in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition, that all men are created free and equal.” The institution of Slavery was recieved [sic] into the organic laws of the nation, with other conditions found in the Original Colonies. It has ever been a Sore bone of Contention in the country, interrupting the peace and harmony of the States.<br />
Those most devoted to the national interests, seeing this cause of disturbance and believing it, intrinsically, al [a] blot upon the national escutcheon, sought some remedy.—They sought by social and moral suasion to eradicate the<br />
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<p>bitter roots of Slavery.—This mode, however, proved slow and inefficient—Legislation on the subject, was frequently spoken of as a better means to free the country of the</p>
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<p>But Legislation on the Subject, was extremely dificult and was resorted to with great caution, by the legislative and executive powers:—yet when on the 6th of Novem. 1860, Abraham Lincoln was chosen to the executive chair,—it being known to the devotees of Slavery, that he was opposed to its extension and even to its existence, they who loved the Union less and Slavery more, declared it a sufficient cause of War, secession, and subversion.—They looked at the steady growth of Abolitionism and Northern improvement, through the exaggerating glasses of</p>
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<style>div.a {font-size: 12px;}</style><p>bitter roots of Slavery.—This mode, however, proved slow and inefficient—Legislation on the subject, was frequently spoken of as a better means to free the country of the <div class='tooltip' title='This language appears is a variety of places from the time. It is most likely that Woods is quoting it from Lincoln’s speech at the Bloomington Convention in Bloomington, Illinois, May 29, 1856. For a full version of the speech, click <a href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln3/1:10?rgn=div1;view=fulltext"> here</a>.'><div class="a">“Social, moral, and political evil.”</div></div> <div class="a">But Legislation on the Subject, was extremely dificult and was resorted to with great caution, by the legislative and executive powers:—yet when on the 6th of Novem. 1860, Abraham Lincoln was chosen to the executive chair,—it being known to the devotees of Slavery, that he was opposed to its extension and even to its existence, they who loved the Union less and Slavery more, declared it a sufficient cause of War, secession, and subversion.—They looked at the steady growth of Abolitionism and Northern improvement, through the exaggerating glasses of</div></p>
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<p>Southern bigotry.—They could no longer contain their jealous fears.—<br /> All over the South political and religious leaders sought to array those States against the general government.—They <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-17-fired-the-southern-heart" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 17, ‘Fired the Southern Heart’ footnote" rel="noopener">“fired the Southern heart”</a> until, anon, secession brought them to a new and responsible atitude. <br /> —They were now originating the base design of a Southern Confederacy, founded upon the corrupting institution of Slavery.<br /> This spirit grew until on the 21st of Apr. 1861 Jefferson Davis, representing the “so called Southern Confederacy” stood upon the platform of his Usurpation, at Montgomery Ala.—hoisted the traitorous flag, and proposed to his dupes to march as a conqueror to Washington. He thought it not wicked to crush out</p>
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<p>Southern bigotry.—They could no longer contain their jealous fears.—<br />
All over the South political and religious leaders sought to array those States against the general government.—They <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-17-fired-the-southern-heart" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 17, ‘Fired the Southern Heart’ footnote">“fired the Southern heart”</a> until, anon, secession brought them to a new and responsible atitude. <br />
—They were now originating the base design of a Southern Confederacy, founded upon the corrupting institution of Slavery.<br />
This spirit grew until on the 21st of Apr. 1861 Jefferson Davis, representing the “so called Southern Confederacy” stood upon the platform of his Usurpation, at Montgomery Ala.—hoisted the traitorous flag, and proposed to his dupes to march as a conqueror to Washington. He thought it not wicked to crush out</p>
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<p>the Union fires which still<s>e</s> burned in some of the Southern hearts. He thought it not tyranny to force Union men to fight against their conscience and their country<br /> —Soon the South was blinded by the God of Slavery duped, decieved, committed, lost. Many mourned their error and would return, but willful traitors held the balance of power, and would not let them go. for they, themselves were at a point where </p>
<div class="tooltip" title="It is unclear what Woods is quoting here.">“Destiny marked them for glory or despair.”</div>
<p><br /> If they failed they would be a hiss and a by-word, and a continual reproach to themselves.—If they should succeed they hoped to become the ruling power of the Continent,—extending their government and Slavery, even</p>
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<p>the Union fires which still<s>e</s> burned in some of the Southern hearts. He thought it not tyranny to force Union men to fight against their conscience and their country<br />
—Soon the South was blinded by the God of Slavery duped, decieved, committed, lost. Many mourned their error and would return, but willful traitors held the balance of power, and would not let them go. for they, themselves were at a point where <br />
<div class='tooltip' title='It is unclear what Woods is quoting here.'>“Destiny marked them for glory or despair.”</div><br />
If they failed they would be a hiss and a by-word, and a continual reproach to themselves.—If they should succeed they hoped to become the ruling power of the Continent,—extending their government and Slavery, even</p>
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<p>to the Northern states.—<br /> <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-19-william-yancey" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 19, William L. Yancey footnote" rel="noopener">Yancy</a> told them that Cotton was king, and that all nations must bow down to him. He told them that France and England would soon be their allies and even the Indian tribes. Their preachers taught them churches that God was on the side of the South, and that Slavery was of Divine Appointment. <br /> Davis taught the people <s>of the South</s> that the resources of the South were inexhaustible and that the valor of Southern men was unequaled. He called to his aid the wealth <s>of</s> the South, piled up for a hundred years by the blood of slaves.—Wealth has its influence, and sycophants were bought. Then whole armies arrayed themselves against the Federal Union.</p>
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<p>to the Northern states.—<br />
<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-19-william-yancey' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 19, William L. Yancey footnote'>Yancy</a> told them that Cotton was king, and that all nations must bow down to him. He told them that France and England would soon be their allies and even the Indian tribes. Their preachers taught them churches that God was on the side of the South, and that Slavery was of Divine Appointment. <br />
Davis taught the people <s>of the South</s> that the resources of the South were inexhaustible and that the valor of Southern men was unequaled. He called to his aid the wealth <s>of</s> the South, piled up for a hundred years by the blood of slaves.—Wealth has its influence, and sycophants were bought. Then whole armies arrayed themselves against the Federal Union.</p>
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<p>All the golden links of memory, that once bound the people to their country, were severed, by arbitrary ordinances, and peremptory orders. <br /> —The 4th of July was ignored and the inauguration of Davis to be celebrated in its stead. <br /> The names of Washington Webster, and Jackson must lose their enchanting power, when the names of Davis, Yancy,</p>
<div class="tooltip" title=" Robert Toombs (18101885) was a Georgian proponent of slavery who resigned from service as Confederate Secretary of State to join the Confederate States Army early in the war. He served as a brigadier general, including service at Antietam, until he resigned in 1863.">Toombs,</div>
<div class="tooltip" title=" Robert Rhett (1800-1876) was also a supporter of slavery from South Carolina who served in the Confederate Congress through the end of the war. He was also a newspaper editor, publishing the <i>Charleston Mercury</i> throughout the war.">Rhett</div>
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<p>are emblazoned on secession’s scroll; for they thought it no crime to tear down the ensigns of our glorious heritage, nor to trample its emblems beneath their unhallowed feet. The<s>y</s> influence they <s>brou</s> brought to bear was insubordination and rebellion. They produced that stormcloud in the South, that waked us by its dreadful shock of arms. The political horizon</p>
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<p>All the golden links of memory, that once bound the people to their country, were severed, by arbitrary ordinances, and peremptory orders. <br />
—The 4th of July was ignored and the inauguration of Davis to be celebrated in its stead. <br />
The names of Washington Webster, and Jackson must lose their enchanting power, when the names of Davis, <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-19-william-yancey' target='_blank' title='click to view William L. Yancey footnote'>Yancy</a>, <div class='tooltip' title='Robert Toombs (18101885) was a Georgian proponent of slavery who resigned from service as Confederate Secretary of State to join the Confederate States Army early in the war. He served as a brigadier general, including service at Antietam, until he resigned in 1863.'>Toombs,</div> <div class='tooltip' title=' Robert Rhett (1800-1876) was also a supporter of slavery from South Carolina who served in the Confederate Congress through the end of the war. He was also a newspaper editor, publishing the <i>Charleston Mercury</i> throughout the war.'>Rhett</div> and <div class='tooltip' title='Louis Wigfall (1816-1874) was a pro-slavery Texan who also served in the Confederate Senate and as a brigade commander in the Texas Brigade of the Confederate Army.'>Wigfall</div> are emblazoned on secession’s scroll; for they thought it no crime to tear down the ensigns of our glorious heritage, nor to trample its emblems beneath their unhallowed feet. The<s>y</s> influence they <s>brou</s> brought to bear was insubordination and rebellion. They produced that stormcloud in the South, that waked us by its dreadful shock of arms. The political horizon</p>
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<p>of the whole country was exiled in tremulous suspense. No conciliatures [conciliations?] of the North could appease the madness of the South.—In their stupendous folly the Southrons were willfully deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity, and they were wreckless of the consequences.<br /> By Sophistry, Inflamatory orations, and by defamations they lead the Southern heart into unpropitious paths. <br /> Thus the <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-21-lernaean-hydra" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 21, Lernaean Hydra footnote" rel="noopener">Hydra,</a> Secession grew until very soon the people found themselves the fettered subjects of conscription and tyranny. The project of breaking up the government was a desperate one and its deciples resorted to desperate means to accomplish it.—Christianity lost its power to sway the savage breast and intelligence became blind to the truth.</p>
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<p>of the whole country was exiled in tremulous suspense. No conciliatures [conciliations?] of the North could appease the madness of the South.—In their stupendous folly the Southrons were willfully deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity, and they were wreckless of the consequences.<br />
By Sophistry, Inflamatory orations, and by defamations they lead the Southern heart into unpropitious paths. <br />
Thus the <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-21-lernaean-hydra' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 21, Lernaean Hydra footnote'>Hydra,</a> Secession grew until very soon the people found themselves the fettered subjects of conscription and tyranny. The project of breaking up the government was a desperate one and its deciples resorted to desperate means to accomplish it.—Christianity lost its power to sway the savage breast and intelligence became blind to the truth.</p>
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<p>When the standard of rebellion is once raised, it calls to its support men of the most desperate principles, who vie with each other for notoriety, <s>by</s> in the use of dark treasonable words and acts of inhuman kind. Such, Davis made leaders of his chivalric bands.—</p>
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<div class="tooltip" title="Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) was also a commander of cavalry and rich planter who was known on both sides for his tactical ability. After the war, he became a strong supporter and member of the Ku Klux Klan.">Forrest,</div>
<div class="tooltip" title=" Earl Van Dorn (1820-1863) was a relative of Andrew Jackson and career soldier who served as a Major General in the Trans-Mississippi region. Following a successful career as both a commander and a cavalryman, he was murdered in 1863 as result of a personal problem.">Van Dorn,</div>
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<p>have all added their names to the shameful roll of crime, as proof. <br /> The Southern press advertised that the North were mercenary and cowardly, and that the Southern cavaliers could whip them ten to one. So in 1862 +1863 the whole Secession element seemed to be bouyant. Union men South were hushed. They scarcely dared to keep alive the loyal fires in their hearts.—Their only relief was in prayer; and even in this they</p>
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<p>When the standard of rebellion is once raised, it calls to its support men of the most desperate principles, who vie with each other for notoriety, <s>by</s> in the use of dark treasonable words and acts of inhuman kind. Such, Davis made leaders of his chivalric bands.—<div class='tooltip' title='Prior to the start of the war, Wade Hampton III (1818-1902) was one of the richest slave holdiers in the South. He served as a member of the South Carolina Senate and House of Representatives before joining the war effort and ultimately serving as a lieutenant general of cavalry.'>Hampton,</div> <div class='tooltip' title='Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) was also a commander of cavalry and rich planter who was known on both sides for his tactical ability. After the war, he became a strong supporter and member of the Ku Klux Klan.'>Forrest,</div> <div class='tooltip' title=' Earl Van Dorn (1820-1863) was a relative of Andrew Jackson and career soldier who served as a Major General in the Trans-Mississippi region. Following a successful career as both a commander and a cavalryman, he was murdered in 1863 as result of a personal problem.'>Van Dorn,</div> and <div class='tooltip' title='Thomas C. Hindman (1828-1868) was also a Major General during the war who was a prominent slaveholder and one of Arkansas’ loudest secessionists. After a stint in Mexico following the war, Hindman attempted to return to politics until his assassination in September of 1868.'>Hindman</div> have all added their names to the shameful roll of crime, as proof. <br />
The Southern press advertised that the North were mercenary and cowardly, and that the Southern cavaliers could whip them ten to one. So in 1862 +1863 the whole Secession element seemed to be bouyant. Union men South were hushed. They scarcely dared to keep alive the loyal fires in their hearts.—Their only relief was in prayer; and even in this they</p>
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<p>were watched by mercinary detectives until the house of worship became a den of murderers, breathing aloud their fiendish cruelties against the adherents of the Union. If a Union prayer went up, it must go up in silence there, while a loud amen must be uttered for the rebel enterprise [text underneath: theirs.]<br /> This is a tyranny, which some of our Union friends have not known. The masses at the North know comparatively nothing of the demoralizing and crushing weight of the rebellion upon the loyal at the South. They can only see it now dimly in the glass of History. <br /> The South sent her agents to foreign ports to solicit intervention and recognition—keeping at the same time seditious hirelings at home to beguile the</p>
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<td><p>were watched by mercinary detectives until the house of worship became a den of murderers, breathing aloud their fiendish cruelties against the adherents of the Union. If a Union prayer went up, it must go up in silence there, while a loud amen must be uttered for the rebel enterprise [text underneath: theirs.]<br />
This is a tyranny, which some of our Union friends have not known. The masses at the North know comparatively nothing of the demoralizing and crushing weight of the rebellion upon the loyal at the South. They can only see it now dimly in the glass of History. <br />
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<p>people from the ways of truth. A military force—sons of slaveholders, well prejudiced in the cause they had espoused, compelled acquiescence at the point of the bayonet. <br /> Thus the loyal of the South were constrained to fight against their country</p>
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<p>—They prayed for help from the beginning, but the help was slow to arrive.—Some of them died in despair as they hid themselves in the [fastnesses?] of the mountains, or languished in prison cells. Many perished at the hands of their incorrigible neighbors. A few made their escape and were rescued after they had suffered imprisonments starvation and persecution.</p>
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<p>people from the ways of truth. A military force—sons of slaveholders, well prejudiced in the cause they had espoused, compelled acquiescence at the point of the bayonet. <br />
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<p>I’ve seen them with eyes uplifted praying for relief from their tortures. I’ve seen them gaze silently toward the north, for some friendly sign of help, till their eyes grew dim, and they sank upon the ground sighing over their fate, till dull sleep only racked them for another day of deep despair. <br /> Union men + women have been hung to please the mob. They have been hunted with dogs and shot like beasts.<br /> Union Women, South, have been forced to betray their husbands and sons or be themselves <s>b</s> insulted and hung for not telling.<br /> This state of affairs fast discouraged the Union sentiment at the South, and encouraged the disloyal at the north.—Secession was jubilant over the prospects of speedily establishing a nation</p>
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<p>I’ve seen them with eyes uplifted praying for relief from their tortures. I’ve seen them gaze silently toward the north, for some friendly sign of help, till their eyes grew dim, and they sank upon the ground sighing over their fate, till dull sleep only racked them for another day of deep despair. <br />
Union men + women have been hung to please the mob. They have been hunted with dogs and shot like beasts.<br />
Union Women, South, have been forced to betray their husbands and sons or be themselves <s>b</s> insulted and hung for not telling.<br />
This state of affairs fast discouraged the Union sentiment at the South, and encouraged the disloyal at the north.—Secession was jubilant over the prospects of speedily establishing a nation</p>
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<p>whose foundation <s>would be</s> would be slavery; Their boastings and praises of the Confederacy grew louder and more suasive, until most of the Southern Women, <s>parrot-like</s> yielded their voices. They volunteered their aid to help the Southern soldier. They made him clothes. They presented him with refreshments. They smoothed his pillow and pressed his cheek with kindness in the hospital. But let no word be said against <s>wo</s> them for all this, for those were their husbands, fathers, sons [text underneath: a woman]. <br /> The South had her days of prayer and thanksgiving, on which her clergy discoursed of “Southern rights and of “Southern Chivalry”—of “Northern duplicity” and “Yankee villany”—The hoary fathers cried Amen and Amen.—While the pious mothers muttered “My daughter shall never come to labor, nor take a Yankees hand.”</p>
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<p>whose foundation <s>would be</s> would be slavery; Their boastings and praises of the Confederacy grew louder and more suasive, until most of the Southern Women, <s>parrot-like</s> yielded their voices. They volunteered their aid to help the Southern soldier. They made him clothes. They presented him with refreshments. They smoothed his pillow and pressed his cheek with kindness in the hospital. But let no word be said against <s>wo</s> them for all this, for those were their husbands, fathers, sons [text underneath: a woman]. <br />
The South had her days of prayer and thanksgiving, on which her clergy discoursed of “Southern rights and of “Southern Chivalry”—of “Northern duplicity” and “Yankee villany”—The hoary fathers cried Amen and Amen.—While the pious mothers muttered “My daughter shall never come to labor, nor take a Yankees hand.”</p>
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<p>The young cavaliers joined the Confederate army and were “off to the War”—The Young goddesses went to see them—bear off the “Stars and bars” the handy-work of their own lilly hands.—They waived their <i>white</i> handkerchiefs and saw their paramous [paramours] no more forever: for they fell they died ingloriously—<s>on the</s> retreating from “the last ditch.”<br /> For while the ship of Rebellion had her hoisted sails inflated with the winds of promise.—Now as she madly careers [careens?] on revolution’s untempered billows keep an eye on her, till she meets the breakers, she knows not of. There is a rock in the untried waters—there she will stave her timbers. <br /> —Let her rail—while we turn and counsel with, Justice, Equality, Education, Loyalty, and all the best interest of our country + humanity [text underneath: Uncle Sam].</p>
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<p>The young cavaliers joined the Confederate army and were “off to the War”—The Young goddesses went to see them—bear off the “Stars and bars” the handy-work of their own lilly hands.—They waived their <i>white</i> handkerchiefs and saw their paramous [paramours] no more forever: for they fell they died ingloriously—<s>on the</s> retreating from “the last ditch.”<br />
For while the ship of Rebellion had her hoisted sails inflated with the winds of promise.—Now as she madly careers [careens?] on revolution’s untempered billows keep an eye on her, till she meets the breakers, she knows not of. There is a rock in the untried waters—there she will stave her timbers. <br />
—Let her rail—while we turn and counsel with, Justice, Equality, Education, Loyalty, and all the best interest of our country + humanity [text underneath: Uncle Sam].</p>
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<p>The War for the Union</p>
<p>In the prosecution of this thread of History, I take it as a foregone truth</p>
<p>1st That God is just.</p>
<p>2nd That the United States is a government planted by His own almighty hand, and watered by the blood of our Washington and <s>his follow</s> of our forefathers.</p>
<p>3rd That the Declaration of Independence is sacred to every true American.</p>
<p>4th That the Union is the palladium of our liberties.</p>
<p>5th That Webster was right when he said—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-28-protective-tariff-1828" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 28, Protective Tariff of 1828 footnote" rel="noopener">“The Federal Union now and forever, one and inseparable.”</a></p>
<p>6th That Andrew Jackson was right when he defied the nullifying tories of Carolina and told them that—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-28-protective-tariff-1828" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 28, Protective Tariff of 1828 footnote" rel="noopener">“The Union, it must, it shall be preserved.”</a></p>
<p>7th That Lincoln was right when he announced to the Mayor</p>
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<p>The War for the Union</p>
<p>In the prosecution of this thread of History, I take it as a foregone truth</p><p> 1st That God is just. </p><p> 2nd That the United States is a government planted by His own almighty hand, and watered by the blood of our Washington and <s>his follow</s> of our forefathers.</p><p> 3rd That the Declaration of Independence is sacred to every true American.</p><p> 4th That the Union is the palladium of our liberties.</p><p> 5th That Webster was right when he said—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-28-protective-tariff-1828' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 28, Protective Tariff of 1828 footnote'>“The Federal Union now and forever, one and inseparable.”</a></p><p> 6th That Andrew Jackson was right when he defied the nullifying tories of Carolina and told them that—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-28-protective-tariff-1828' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 28, Protective Tariff of 1828 footnote'>“The Union, it must, it shall be preserved.”</a></p><p> 7th That Lincoln was right when he announced to the Mayor </p>
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<p>of New York City—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-29-lincoln-nyc" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 29, Lincoln in New York City footnote" rel="noopener">“There is nothing that could ever bring me to willingly consent to the destruction of this Union +++ except it be the purpose for which the Union itself was formed.”</a></p>
<p>That he was right in his “Emancipation proclamation,”</p>
<p>and in his “Amnesty proclamation”</p>
<p>That his Administration was right.</p>
<p>8th That Andrew Johnson was right in his Great Speech in Congress Feb. 6-7th 1861—in which he says—“When this Union is interred I want no more honorable winding sheet than that brave old flag, and no more glorious grave than to be interred in the tomb of the Union.” For it I have stood; for it I will continue to stand. I care not whence the blows come.”</p>
<p>That he is right now and in the right place. May Heaven help him <s>continue</s> right. +++ Then, if <s>these</s> are right, their contraries are wrong. Secession, Slavery, nullification</p>
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<p>of New York City—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-29-lincoln-nyc' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 29, Lincoln in New York City footnote'>“There is nothing that could ever bring me to willingly consent to the destruction of this Union +++ except it be the purpose for which the Union itself was formed.”</a></p><p> That he was right in his “Emancipation proclamation,” </p><p>and in his “Amnesty proclamation”</p><p> That his Administration was right.</p><p> 8th That Andrew Johnson was right in his Great Speech in Congress Feb. 6-7th 1861—in which he says—“When this Union is interred I want no more honorable winding sheet than that brave old flag, and no more glorious grave than to be interred in the tomb of the Union.” For it I have stood; for it I will continue to stand. I care not whence the blows come.”</p><p> That he is right now and in the right place. May Heaven help him <s>continue</s> right. +++ Then, if <s>these</s> are right, their contraries are wrong. Secession, Slavery, nullification</p>
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<p>And the attempted Southern Confederacy were all wrong. <br /> Yancy + Co. were wrong in “firing the Southern heart” for rebellion.<br /> Davis is a traitor for presiding over a “provisional government” to be built up on the dissolution of the Union, and a murderer in that, that he has caused the slaughter of five hundred thousand <s>human</s> of our countrymen. <br /> Nevertheless right must confront wrong.<br /> Patriotism must meet treason. <br /> Reason must oppose sophistry.<br /> The Constitution must stand against rebellion.<br /> The good must suffer with the evil. <br /> Tears and blood must flow to redeem the land (it may be) from her iniquities [text underneath: from the curse of].<br /> +++ In 1860 the Slave-holders of the Southern States were energetically advocating Secession, and maturing policies for the organiza-</p>
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<p>And the attempted Southern Confederacy were all wrong. <br />
Yancy + Co. were wrong in “firing the Southern heart” for rebellion.<br />
Davis is a traitor for presiding over a “provisional government” to be built up on the dissolution of the Union, and a murderer in that, that he has caused the slaughter of five hundred thousand <s>human</s> of our countrymen. <br />
Nevertheless right must confront wrong.<br />
Patriotism must meet treason. <br />
Reason must oppose sophistry.<br />
The Constitution must stand against rebellion.<br />
The good must suffer with the evil. <br />
Tears and blood must flow to redeem the land (it may be) from her iniquities [text underneath: from the curse of].<br />
+++ In 1860 the Slave-holders of the Southern States were energetically advocating Secession, and maturing policies for the organiza-</p>
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<p>tion of a “Southern Confederacy” and they were making preparation to support their cause by force of arms. <br /> The government of the United States was quite unprepared to meet such a contingency. <br /> The people were untaught in the arts of war and were incompetent to appreciate the horrors of a Civil Strife. The government neither had money nor arms necessary to engage successfully in a contest which would inevitably involve millions on either side. <br /> The storm of war was coming, though, and no honorable conciliation of Congress or Peace Convention was able to avert it. <br /> Worse yet, for the government;—She was under the control of a closing administration which was averse to initiating a strong policy against the insurgents.<br /> President Buchanan, either desired to shift responsibility upon the shoulders of his successor,—per</p>
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<p>tion of a “Southern Confederacy” and they were making preparation to support their cause by force of arms. <br />
The government of the United States was quite unprepared to meet such a contingency. <br />
The people were untaught in the arts of war and were incompetent to appreciate the horrors of a Civil Strife. The government neither had money nor arms necessary to engage successfully in a contest which would inevitably involve millions on either side. <br />
The storm of war was coming, though, and no honorable conciliation of Congress or Peace Convention was able to avert it. <br />
Worse yet, for the government;—She was under the control of a closing administration which was averse to initiating a strong policy against the insurgents.<br />
President Buchanan, either desired to shift responsibility upon the shoulders of his successor,—per</p>
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<p>perhaps he was blind to the true status of the country, or else he entertained a friendship for the cause of Slavery, which bedimed [bedimmed] his Union fires. Week after week his inaction gave strength and time to the rebels, which they used in taking advantage of the coming administration. <br /> The Southern States, one after another, cut themselves off from correspondence with the Government by ordinances of Secession. They, then taught the ignorant rabble to believe, that they were in a “new nation” created by the plastic designs of heaven.—They organized forces—they seized the government forts and armories. <br /> Professors in Southern schools left their high calling, to prostitute their talents, to drilling their students for <s>rebl</s> rebellion:—Political demagogues and their truckling followers, urged the people to close their ears to everything, but Secession and “Southern Independence.”—Ministers too came down</p>
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<p>perhaps he was blind to the true status of the country, or else he entertained a friendship for the cause of Slavery, which bedimed [bedimmed] his Union fires. Week after week his inaction gave strength and time to the rebels, which they used in taking advantage of the coming administration. <br />
The Southern States, one after another, cut themselves off from correspondence with the Government by ordinances of Secession. They, then taught the ignorant rabble to believe, that they were in a “new nation” created by the plastic designs of heaven.—They organized forces—they seized the government forts and armories. <br />
Professors in Southern schools left their high calling, to prostitute their talents, to drilling their students for <s>rebl</s> rebellion:—Political demagogues and their truckling followers, urged the people to close their ears to everything, but Secession and “Southern Independence.”—Ministers too came down </p>
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<p>from their sacred desks, to teach their churches in the ways of murder and lawlessness. +++<br /> +++There was an element in the South that cried—hold your traitorous hands—You are attempting to destroy the best government in the world—You will entail unthought [sic] of miseries upon yourselves,—You will lose the rights you enjoy and bring disgrace and want upon your posterity. You will bring yourselves to dishonorable graves, and your wives and daughters will go weeping and none to comfort them—.<br /> But those who taught thus were called submissionists,—abolitionists, They were abused, they were killed. <br /> Many true patriots were stired [stirred] by the threatening aspect—by the inefficient action of the government and by the madness of the South. The Crittenden resolutions were drawn up and submitted to the dissatisfied Southrons—But they would have none of it. They avowed they would not have an abolition</p>
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<p>from their sacred desks, to teach their churches in the ways of murder and lawlessness. +++<br />
+++There was an element in the South that cried—hold your traitorous hands—You are attempting to destroy the best government in the world—You will entail unthought [sic] of miseries upon yourselves,—You will lose the rights you enjoy and bring disgrace and want upon your posterity. You will bring yourselves to dishonorable graves, and your wives and daughters will go weeping and none to comfort them—.<br />
But those who taught thus were called submissionists,—abolitionists, They were abused, they were killed. <br />
Many true patriots were stired [stirred] by the threatening aspect—by the inefficient action of the government and by the madness of the South. The Crittenden resolutions were drawn up and submitted to the dissatisfied Southrons—But they would have none of it. They avowed they would not have an abolition<br />
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<p>president to rule over them. <br /> Andrew Johnson + <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-34-william-brownlow" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 34, William G. Brownlow footnote" rel="noopener">Parson Brownlow</a> explicitly showed them the follies of Secession—that the Devil was the first secessionist—and that the spirit was as wicked as it was unjust.—that there was a remedy in the Union for every real or supposed grievance and none out of it,—that they had their “Southern rights” and could only keep them by remaining loyal to the Union. But they said Johnson and Brownlow were <s>an</s> abolitionists,—and traitors to the South—and they would have hanged them <s>and</s> but they could not. ++++ <br /> Hon. Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated president of the United States on the 4th of March 1861.—He assured the people that he would only do his duty under the Constitution, and asked them to remain faithful to their allegiance. He told the<s>m</s> South plainly that if they disavowed their connection with and their obligations to the Federal Union, that he would be in duty</p>
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<p>president to rule over them. <br />
Andrew Johnson + <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-34-william-brownlow' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 34, William G. Brownlow footnote'>Parson Brownlow</a> explicitly showed them the follies of Secession—that the Devil was the first secessionist—and that the spirit was as wicked as it was unjust.—that there was a remedy in the Union for every real or supposed grievance and none out of it,—that they had their “Southern rights” and could only keep them by remaining loyal to the Union. But they said Johnson and Brownlow were <s>an</s> abolitionists,—and traitors to the South—and they would have hanged them <s>and</s> but they could not. ++++ <br />
Hon. Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated president of the United States on the 4th of March 1861.—He assured the people that he would only do his duty under the Constitution, and asked them to remain faithful to their allegiance. He told the<s>m</s> South plainly that if they disavowed their connection with and their obligations to the Federal Union, that he would be in duty</p>
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<p>bound, to shape his conduct toward them, according to the interests of the country. <br /> He was sagacious and eclectic in his character, and capacitated to meet the crisis. <br /> He announced his determination to sustain the government and enforce the laws in all the States.—In the close of his Inaugural Address he said—“That in view of the Constitution and the laws of the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed in all the states, Doing this which I deem to be a simple duty on my part, I shall perfectly perform it, so far as is practicable, unless my rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisition, or, in some authoritative manner direct the contrary.”<br /> On the 12-13th. Apr. 1861, the</p>
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<p>bound, to shape his conduct toward them, according to the interests of the country. <br />
He was sagacious and eclectic in his character, and capacitated to meet the crisis. <br />
He announced his determination to sustain the government and enforce the laws in all the States.—In the close of his Inaugural Address he said—“That in view of the Constitution and the laws of the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability, I shall take care, as the Constitution expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union shall be faithfully executed in all the states, Doing this which I deem to be a simple duty on my part, I shall perfectly perform it, so far as is practicable, unless my rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisition, or, in some authoritative manner direct the contrary.”<br />
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<p>Rebels under Beauregard, with the advise of their Congress, fired upon Fort Sumpter, off Charlston, and on the 14th the garrison under Maj Anderson U.S.A. surrendered the fort. Then and there the great drama was opened. A War fierce + long, between Slavery and its Abolition was introduced. <br /> To preserve the Union acording to the Constitution, was the bassis of the United States armies—the hope of abolishing or of weakening the institution of Slavery was a strong incentive to action, with many of the people of the Northern States. <br /> The doctrines of State rights—the name being under a republican president, and the imaginary idea that slaver was endangered thereby, and a sectional and <s>bigoted disposition</s> disobedient disposition were sufficient pretexts with the Slave-devotees to commence war against the General government. The hope of perpetuating Slavery was their</p>
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<p>Rebels under Beauregard, with the advise of their Congress, fired upon Fort Sumpter, off Charlston, and on the 14th the garrison under Maj Anderson U.S.A. surrendered the fort. Then and there the great drama was opened. A War fierce + long, between Slavery and its Abolition was introduced. <br />
To preserve the Union acording to the Constitution, was the bassis of the United States armies—the hope of abolishing or of weakening the institution of Slavery was a strong incentive to action, with many of the people of the Northern States. <br />
The doctrines of State rights—the name being under a republican president, and the imaginary idea that slaver was endangered thereby, and a sectional and <s>bigoted disposition</s> disobedient disposition were sufficient pretexts with the Slave-devotees to commence war against the General government. The hope of perpetuating Slavery was their</p>
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<p>moving pulse.—In the Northern States it was designated<br /> “The War for the Union”<br /> In the <s>Souther</s> Southern States it was called “The War for Southern rights”<br /> President Lincoln told his dissatisfied countrymen that they could have no conflict without being themselves the aggressors—that they had no oath registered in heaven to destroy this government, while he had the most solemn one to “preserve to protect and defend it.”—He told them that they should be friends, not enemies to the country. He reminded them of the <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-37-mystic-chords" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 37, “Mystic Chords of Memory” footnote" rel="noopener">“Mystic cords of memory, stretching, from every battle-field and patriot grave”</a> that should yet swell the chorus of the Union.<br /> Parties at the north and threats from the South would all have conspired to thwart the success of our Great President, but he moved on in the even tenor of his way, and</p>
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<p>moving pulse.—In the Northern States it was designated<br />
“The War for the Union”<br />
In the <s>Souther</s> Southern States it was called “The War for Southern rights”<br />
President Lincoln told his dissatisfied countrymen that they could have no conflict without being themselves the aggressors—that they had no oath registered in heaven to destroy this government, while he had the most solemn one to “preserve to protect and defend it.”—He told them that they should be friends, not enemies to the country. He reminded them of the <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-37-mystic-chords' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 37, “Mystic Chords of Memory” footnote'>“Mystic cords of memory, stretching, from every battle-field and patriot grave”</a> that should yet swell the chorus of the Union.<br />
Parties at the north and threats from the South would all have conspired to thwart the success of our Great President, but he moved on in the even tenor of his way, and</p>
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<p>gathered into his cabinet wise counsel whose light was the harbinger of success.—Wm H. Seward, Sec. of State, was considered the leading spirit of the United States, and he was hated by the rebels accordingly. <br /> —There was, and yet is, no better test of a man’s loyalty to the government, than to know that he was hated <s>and</s> maligned, tried, or sentenced by the rebels. <br /> The Southern people had overwrought ideas of their own fighting qualities, while they imputed cowardice and inability to the North. The Richmond Examiner has the following.<br /> “—++ The North has no drill their cowardly, motly crew of starving foreigners that it proposes to send South,++++ who is to drill and command the Seventy five thousand militia sheep.”—The rebels were deceiving themselves. <br /> President Lincoln found officers fully competent. He made his successive calls—1st</p>
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<p>gathered into his cabinet wise counsel whose light was the harbinger of success.—Wm H. Seward, Sec. of State, was considered the leading spirit of the United States, and he was hated by the rebels accordingly. <br />
—There was, and yet is, no better test of a man’s loyalty to the government, than to know that he was hated <s>and</s> maligned, tried, or sentenced by the rebels. <br />
The Southern people had overwrought ideas of their own fighting qualities, while they imputed cowardice and inability to the North. The Richmond Examiner has the following.<br />
“—++ The North has no drill their cowardly, motly crew of starving foreigners that it proposes to send South,++++ who is to drill and command the Seventy five thousand militia sheep.”—The rebels were deceiving themselves. <br />
President Lincoln found officers fully competent. He made his successive calls—1st </p>
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<p>Seventy five thousands men, then a hundred thousand—three hundred thousand,—five hundred thousand, until he mustered an army whose strength and discipline surpassed any military pageant of modern times. Those armies were moved too, to the calls of their country by as pure motives as ever patriots knew.—<br /> —Their valor? Where will you find nobler valor? Let Genl. Grant tell of it. Let the hundreds of battle-fields of this war tell of their valor. <br /> —Here let it be remembered that when parties are arrayed against each other, in a country wide and densely peopled, even the criminal party is always able to bring many stubborn adherents and some garbled reasonings to its support. The rebels had their armies of hundreds of thousands, raised by volunteer enlistments—by inflammatory incitements, and by sweeping conscription. <br /> Their armies were drilled and</p>
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<p>Seventy five thousands men, then a hundred thousand—three hundred thousand,—five hundred thousand, until he mustered an army whose strength and discipline surpassed any military pageant of modern times. Those armies were moved too, to the calls of their country by as pure motives as ever patriots knew.—<br />
—Their valor? Where will you find nobler valor? Let Genl. Grant tell of it. Let the hundreds of battle-fields of this war tell of their valor. <br />
—Here let it be remembered that when parties are arrayed against each other, in a country wide and densely peopled, even the criminal party is always able to bring many stubborn adherents and some garbled reasonings to its support. The rebels had their armies of hundreds of thousands, raised by volunteer enlistments—by inflammatory incitements, and by sweeping conscription. <br />
Their armies were drilled and </p>
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<p>commanded by perjured officials and disappointed politicians.—To proove this fact, let Lee and</p>
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<p>be submitted to the people.—But after all,—what power could expect to successfully contend against the armies of the Union. With <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-40-lincolns-generals" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 40, Lincoln’s Generals footnote" rel="noopener">Scott</a> to be revered and counseled,—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-40-lincolns-generals" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 40, Lincoln’s Generals footnote" rel="noopener">Freemont</a> to give impetuosity to action,—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-40-lincolns-generals" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 40, Lincoln’s Generals footnote" rel="noopener">Butler</a> to execute with rigor and firmness,—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-40-lincolns-generals" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 40, Lincoln’s Generals footnote" rel="noopener">Halleck</a> and others to lead and discipline,—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-40-lincolns-generals" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 40, Lincoln’s Generals footnote" rel="noopener">Porter, Dupont and Farragut</a> to keep watch on the high seas,—And with that unsurpassed trio of Generals,—Grant, Sherman and</p>
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<p>, who “planned to fight, and fought to win, and who dedicated every ++ energy to the service in which they were engaged,” none but a power in mad desperation would attempt to overthrow the United States.<br /> The irresistibility of our armies can never be forgotten, nor doubted by those who have marked time with them in marching, or, who</p>
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<p>commanded by perjured officials and disappointed politicians.—To proove this fact, let Lee and <div class='tooltip' title='This note refers to John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), former US Senator from Kentucky, Vice President and Confederate Brigadier General and Secretary of War.'>Breckinridge</div> be submitted to the people.—But after all,—what power could expect to successfully contend against the armies of the Union. With <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-40-lincolns-generals' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 40, Lincoln’s Generals footnote'>Scott</a> to be revered and counseled,—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-40-lincolns-generals' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 40, Lincoln’s Generals footnote'>Freemont</a> to give impetuosity to action,—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-40-lincolns-generals' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 40, Lincoln’s Generals footnote'>Butler</a> to execute with rigor and firmness,—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-40-lincolns-generals' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 40, Lincoln’s Generals footnote'>Halleck</a> and others to lead and discipline,—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-40-lincolns-generals' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 40, Lincoln’s Generals footnote'>Porter, Dupont and Farragut</a> to keep watch on the high seas,—And with that unsurpassed trio of Generals,—Grant, Sherman and <div class='tooltip' title='This references Philip Sheridan (1831-1888), Union general of cavalry and close friend of General Grant. He is particularly known for his role in burning the Shenandoah Valley during the last few months of the war and forcing Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.'>Sheridan</div>, who “planned to fight, and fought to win, and who dedicated every ++ energy to the service in which they were engaged,” none but a power in mad desperation would attempt to overthrow the United States.<br />
The irresistibility of our armies can never be forgotten, nor doubted by those who have marked time with them in marching, or, who</p>
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<p>have quickened their steps with bayonet set, in the thundering, crashing charge over the abates of the <u>despicable</u> rebels. <br /> Our Uniform of bright and symbolic blue, inspires every true soldier with new zeal for his country.—Our arms of glittering steel and our Glorious banners waving on high, gave sublime and national inspiration to those noble sons who kept time to the music of our airs. Our men, for the most part, alive with patriotic devotion, put on the blue at their country’s call, and stood beneath that honored flag with swelling joy and pride.—Some have proven false to the trust reposed in them, and have ignobly deserted the flag! Let those who did so, without mitigation, be cast out, with rebel sympathizers to have no share in the true soldier’s meed [mead?] of praise;—let loyal Southrons come, enlist, and take their places on the rolls of honor.</p>
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<p>have quickened their steps with bayonet set, in the thundering, crashing charge over the abates of the <u>despicable</u> rebels. <br />
Our Uniform of bright and symbolic blue, inspires every true soldier with new zeal for his country.—Our arms of glittering steel and our Glorious banners waving on high, gave sublime and national inspiration to those noble sons who kept time to the music of our airs. Our men, for the most part, alive with patriotic devotion, put on the blue at their country’s call, and stood beneath that honored flag with swelling joy and pride.—Some have proven false to the trust reposed in them, and have ignobly deserted the flag! Let those who did so, without mitigation, be cast out, with rebel sympathizers to have no share in the true soldier’s meed [mead?] of praise;—let loyal Southrons come, enlist, and take their places on the rolls of honor. </p>
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<p>This examination of the “signs of the times” brings us rapidly in mind to the <s>period of</s> time, when we may expect something more than legislation, and <s>and a</s> newspaper war. Every preparation is made and the <br /> War for the Union<br /> is progressing rappidly toward fiercer scenes. At first riots came like swells of discontent<s>ed winds</s> in cities where scenes of strife were little expected—at Baltimore,—St Louis and in Kentucky where the people expected to remain neutral; they were stirred by the first sights [text underneath: witnesses of the first scenes] of blood. Then skirmishing began <s>along the</s> to extende<s>d</s> the line from the Atlantic to the <s>Western</s> territories. Pickets were posted confronting each other with the missels of death. In the vicinities of encampments, military supplanted civil law. Prohibitions were put upon <s>free</s> trade and travel.—Skirmishers</p>
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<p>This examination of the “signs of the times” brings us rapidly in mind to the <s>period of</s> time, when we may expect something more than legislation, and <s>and a</s> newspaper war. Every preparation is made and the <br />
War for the Union<br />
is progressing rappidly toward fiercer scenes. At first riots came like swells of discontent<s>ed winds</s> in cities where scenes of strife were little expected—at Baltimore,—St Louis and in Kentucky where the people expected to remain neutral; they were stirred by the first sights [text underneath: witnesses of the first scenes] of blood. Then skirmishing began <s>along the</s> to extende<s>d</s> the line from the Atlantic to the <s>Western</s> territories. Pickets were posted confronting each other with the missels of death. In the vicinities of encampments, military supplanted civil law. Prohibitions were put upon <s>free</s> trade and travel.—Skirmishers </p>
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<p>are deployed and forward movements made. Defenses are being thrown up, and obstructions planted. Fighting is soon to commence, increase, and grow more intense. Columns are, already massing in threatening display along the whole disputed line.—The skirmishers are fighting—listen—a hundred guns in quick succession:—and now, and then a canon wakes the inhabitants around. A few dead and mangled bodies lie bleading on the field. Blood is running down. Some wounded on both sides are being carried to the rear.—Women at a great distance stand in dread suspense, as the skirmish is heard from afar.—“News” “What is it”—everyone. “Twenty, thirty, forty killed—“Twice the number wounded—the enemie’s loss not known—supposed to be much greater than ours.—“</p>
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<p>are deployed and forward movements made. Defenses are being thrown up, and obstructions planted. Fighting is soon to commence, increase, and grow more intense. Columns are, already massing in threatening display along the whole disputed line.—The skirmishers are fighting—listen—a hundred guns in quick succession:—and now, and then a canon wakes the inhabitants around. A few dead and mangled bodies lie bleading on the field. Blood is running down. Some wounded on both sides are being carried to the rear.—Women at a great distance stand in dread suspense, as the skirmish is heard from afar.—“News” “What is it”—everyone. “Twenty, thirty, forty killed—“Twice the number wounded—the enemie’s loss not known—supposed to be much greater than ours.—“</p>
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<p>The people cry and mourn.—O ‘tis awful now, to have the land deluged in blood.—They are not accustomed to such scenes yet.<br /> But the bands must <s>not</s> [text underneath: cannot] be loosened, now nor the Union be broken up. President Lincoln, declares the Southern ports <s>all</s> blockaded, and the land forces move forward to press the rebels to the “last ditch.”<br /> The precursors of dreadful carnage passed, <s>away,</s> and on the 21st of July 1861 we had a shock of battle, which prepared <s>the hearts of the</s> people for the worse. They said “if the worst must come let it come and [text underneath: quickly,] we’ll meet it valiantly.” + +<br /> <s>I am proud to</s> record <s>here that</s> Our government true to her ancient virtues, appointed days of thanks and supplication. Throughout the whole war there was a steady [throne?] of virtue, which continually supplicated the great source of all blessings, and brought</p>
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<p>The people cry and mourn.—O ‘tis awful now, to have the land deluged in blood.—They are not accustomed to such scenes yet.<br />
But the bands must <s>not</s> [text underneath: cannot] be loosened, now nor the Union be broken up. President Lincoln, declares the Southern ports <s>all</s> blockaded, and the land forces move forward to press the rebels to the “last ditch.”<br />
The precursors of dreadful carnage passed, <s>away,</s> and on the 21st of July 1861 we had a shock of battle, which prepared <s>the hearts of the</s> people for the worse. They said “if the worst must come let it come and [text underneath: quickly,] we’ll meet it valiantly.” + +<br />
<s>I am proud to</s> record <s>here that</s> Our government true to her ancient virtues, appointed days of thanks and supplication. Throughout the whole war there was a steady [throne?] of virtue, which continually supplicated the great source of all blessings, and brought </p>
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<p>his bounties down.<br /> War indeed is proverbially demoralizing. “It suspends the rules of moral obligation.” Crime of every grade is increased in an accelerated ratio<s>n</s>. Men become more dishonest and treacherous. Women become more libidinous and more heartless.—But still a faithful few wrestled in prayer till God forbore to destroy the country. <br /> It was perhaps never believed by loyal men, that the government was doomed to subversion or was even in very great danger of discomfiture, but it was believed that she might be like the sturdy oak in the stom [storm], shaken. I think no intilligent loyal man, supposed for one moment that our arms would not be successful in the end. <br /> —But the storm of War was not over. Almost every breze wafted to our ears the clash of contending arms. The armies were of the same blood, and</p>
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<p>his bounties down.<br />
War indeed is proverbially demoralizing. “It suspends the rules of moral obligation.” Crime of every grade is increased in an accelerated ratio<s>n</s>. Men become more dishonest and treacherous. Women become more libidinous and more heartless.—But still a faithful few wrestled in prayer till God forbore to destroy the country. <br />
It was perhaps never believed by loyal men, that the government was doomed to subversion or was even in very great danger of discomfiture, but it was believed that she might be like the sturdy oak in the stom [storm], shaken. I think no intilligent loyal man, supposed for one moment that our arms would not be successful in the end. <br />
—But the storm of War was not over. Almost every breze wafted to our ears the clash of contending arms. The armies were of the same blood, and </p>
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<p>were educated to the same stubborn determination for <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-46-victory-or-death" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 46, Victory or Death footnote" rel="noopener">victory or death.</a> It was here that steel met steel, and the Greek met the Greek—This was the tug of War. <br /> Then we could not rely for success upon our superior valor nor upon <s>their</s> the enemie’s cowardice. Valor, in a bad cause, becomes desperation or cowardice. The justice of our cause,—our numerical strength and inexhaustible resources, were the unmistakeable predications of our hope.<br /> What of conscious right the Union Soldier had to nerve him for the bloody contest, the rebel soldier balanced with sectional pride and fiendish fury.—Many, long, loud, bloody were their battles, so fiercely did they contest every inch of the ground.<br /> Peal after peal of thundering sound; roar after roar of ocean grandeur. The awful cannonading and concentrated musketry shook the solid mountains, as if an earth-</p>
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<p>were educated to the same stubborn determination for <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-46-victory-or-death' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 46, Victory or Death footnote'>victory or death.</a> It was here that steel met steel, and the Greek met the Greek—This was the tug of War. <br />
Then we could not rely for success upon our superior valor nor upon <s>their</s> the enemie’s cowardice. Valor, in a bad cause, becomes desperation or cowardice. The justice of our cause,—our numerical strength and inexhaustible resources, were the unmistakeable predications of our hope.<br />
What of conscious right the Union Soldier had to nerve him for the bloody contest, the rebel soldier balanced with sectional pride and fiendish fury.—Many, long, loud, bloody were their battles, so fiercely did they contest every inch of the ground.<br />
Peal after peal of thundering sound; roar after roar of ocean grandeur. The awful cannonading and concentrated musketry shook the solid mountains, as if an earth-</p>
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<p>quake were breaking forth from this restless depths.—Crashing the forests,—bursting the solid rocks the battles rolled on like an endless tide of destruction.—Look on ye Spectators from mid air; Look on ye nations from afar. See that mighty mass of murky cloud from America’s battle-plain rise? See the very skies lit up with the frightful glare of leaping flames that wrap cities in fire?—There is dying there!! The fields are covered with dead men’s bones; their flesh lies scattered ‘round, and the rivers run red with their blood.—Those who have escaped the blind missels of death, rush madly to and fro, as if deranged by the unearthly sounds of dying groans, and mocking at the agony of their mangled comrades, they look fiercely ‘round to drive their dripping blades through the hearts of other victims.—Oh, Woman, gather yourselves on you mountain hight and gaze with keen</p>
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<p>quake were breaking forth from this restless depths.—Crashing the forests,—bursting the solid rocks the battles rolled on like an endless tide of destruction.—Look on ye Spectators from mid air; Look on ye nations from afar. See that mighty mass of murky cloud from America’s battle-plain rise? See the very skies lit up with the frightful glare of leaping flames that wrap cities in fire?—There is dying there!! The fields are covered with dead men’s bones; their flesh lies scattered ‘round, and the rivers run red with their blood.—Those who have escaped the blind missels of death, rush madly to and fro, as if deranged by the unearthly sounds of dying groans, and mocking at the agony of their mangled comrades, they look fiercely ‘round to drive their dripping blades through the hearts of other victims.—Oh, Woman, gather yourselves on you mountain hight and gaze with keen</p>
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<p>vision to learn your fate; or, at your homes, when the sound of the battle cometh, close thy doors and intuitively weep over your new made widowhood; And little children, ye sit sadly musing, has some ill-augur already borne to your tender hearts the news of your orphanage? <br /> On the 25th of Feb. 1864, the date of the battle of Tunnel Hill Ga. our armies had fought over 8 eight hundred and thirty two (832) leading battles and skirmishes; and as every battle is only a repetition of the scenes above discribed, nearly every family through the whole length and bredth of the land—from the Gulf to the Lakes were drinking the bitter dregs of bereavement. From every household a father, husband, son, a brother, or friend had fallen a victim to war’s ruthless rage. Every where, we were met with the hopeless <s>ejaculation</s> interogations —O where is he? Where may his body be found?</p>
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<p>vision to learn your fate; or, at your homes, when the sound of the battle cometh, close thy doors and intuitively weep over your new made widowhood; And little children, ye sit sadly musing, has some ill-augur already borne to your tender hearts the news of your orphanage? <br />
On the 25th of Feb. 1864, the date of the battle of Tunnel Hill Ga. our armies had fought over 8 eight hundred and thirty two (832) leading battles and skirmishes; and as every battle is only a repetition of the scenes above discribed, nearly every family through the whole length and bredth of the land—from the Gulf to the Lakes were drinking the bitter dregs of bereavement. From every household a father, husband, son, a brother, or friend had fallen a victim to war’s ruthless rage. Every where, we were met with the hopeless <s>ejaculation</s> interogations —O where is he? Where may his body be found?</p>
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<p>Thousands will wait, watch and pray And ask, O where is he?<br /> Look to their honored graves, to their patriotic devotion; look to the warm gratitude of a grateful nation, recording in history as an everlasting monument to their memories. Look to these and to the [text underneath: children (of?) the] father’s <s>very</s> image. You have these left, look to them and be consoled<br /> <u>President Lincoln</u><br /> Administered with wisdom and firmness, and the success of his policies, gained for him friends, even among his former enemies<br /> The strong holds of secession were being broken up. Vicksburg Chattanooga, and Atlanta all fell into the hands of their rightful masters,—The United States’ Authorities.—They are smitten monuments of their departed worth. <br /> President Lincoln proclaimed that the Slaves, henceforth were free, and one hundred and thirty thousand of them made their</p>
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<p>Thousands will wait, watch and pray And ask, O where is he?<br />
Look to their honored graves, to their patriotic devotion; look to the warm gratitude of a grateful nation, recording in history as an everlasting monument to their memories. Look to these and to the [text underneath: children (of?) the] father’s <s>very</s> image. You have these left, look to them and be consoled<br />
<u>President Lincoln</u><br />
Administered with wisdom and firmness, and the success of his policies, gained for him friends, even among his former enemies<br />
The strong holds of secession were being broken up. Vicksburg Chattanooga, and Atlanta all fell into the hands of their rightful masters,—The United States’ Authorities.—They are smitten monuments of their departed worth. <br />
President Lincoln proclaimed that the Slaves, henceforth were free, and one hundred and thirty thousand of them made their</p>
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<p>made their escape from the land of bondage, to do service in the Union cause. They fought, and fought bravely, hand to hand against <s>with</s> the very masters who had bound them with chains and hunted them with dogs.—They fought for their lives.—They fought for their liberties. Let the <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-50-battle-of-port-hudson" target="_blank" title="clcik to view Memoir 1, Page 50, Battle of Port Hudson footnote" rel="noopener">battles of Port Hudson</a> tell it.—Let them have their liberties.<br /> The rebel armies became demoralized and disheartened, and desolved [dissolved] before our invincible hosts, like rotten banks before the rolling flood. <br /> The executive abilities of Mr. Lincoln, put to silence and confusion the boasted plans of Jeff. Davis. <br /> The Davis conspiracy was “playing out” The rebel leaders found themselves suddenly in a very dependant condition. They neither had bread for their clamoring subjects nor men to <s>fill</s> recruit their depleted ranks. <br /> Thousands of the Union</p>
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<p>made their escape from the land of bondage, to do service in the Union cause. They fought, and fought bravely, hand to hand against <s>with</s> the very masters who had bound them with chains and hunted them with dogs.—They fought for their lives.—They fought for their liberties. Let the <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-50-battle-of-port-hudson' target='_blank' title='clcik to view Memoir 1, Page 50, Battle of Port Hudson footnote'>battles of Port Hudson</a> tell it.—Let them have their liberties.<br />
The rebel armies became demoralized and disheartened, and desolved [dissolved] before our invincible hosts, like rotten banks before the rolling flood. <br />
The executive abilities of Mr. Lincoln, put to silence and confusion the boasted plans of Jeff. Davis. <br />
The Davis conspiracy was “playing out” The rebel leaders found themselves suddenly in a very dependant condition. They neither had bread for their clamoring subjects nor men to <s>fill</s> recruit their depleted ranks. <br />
Thousands of the Union</p>
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<p>men, whom they had held in duress so long, were escaping, and giving the benefit of their experience and observations to the government they loved. These facts enraged the rebel leaders. (But still we left them, and their curses, and threats have died in harmless invectives). <br /> On the 4th of April 1864 President Lincoln speaks on this wise<br /> ++ “I attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now at the end of three years struggle the nation’s condition is not what either party + devised or expected. God alone can claim it. <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-51-lincoln-on-slavery" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 51, Lincoln on Slavery footnote" rel="noopener">If he now wills the removal of a great wrong (slavery) and wills also that we of the North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find therein, new cause to attest and revere, the justice and goodness of God.”</a></p>
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<p>men, whom they had held in duress so long, were escaping, and giving the benefit of their experience and observations to the government they loved. These facts enraged the rebel leaders. (But still we left them, and their curses, and threats have died in harmless invectives). <br />
On the 4th of April 1864 President Lincoln speaks on this wise<br />
++ “I attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now at the end of three years struggle the nation’s condition is not what either party + devised or expected. God alone can claim it. <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-51-lincoln-on-slavery' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 51, Lincoln on Slavery footnote'>If he now wills the removal of a great wrong (slavery) and wills also that we of the North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find therein, new cause to attest and revere, the justice and goodness of God.”</a></p>
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<p>So it was that often, when our armies felt most assurance they failed: yet success crowned their unparalleled march, from Dalton to Savannah, and from Charleston to Richmond, cutting in their course every rebel resource. <br /> Mr. Lincoln’s administration was fraught with consequences so encouraging, that the people determined upon his reelection, and accordingly in November 1864 he was reelected by an overwhelming majority, over Genl. MClellen.—There were now new political parties viz.—Radical and conservatives. The Radical party <s>were</s> embraced those who were of for unconditional Union and crushing measures against the rebellion. <s>The Conservative</s> Lincoln was the candidate of this party. The Conservative party included all those who were for respecting the Southern Confederacy, for compromising with the rebellion and for using gentle</p>
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<p>So it was that often, when our armies felt most assurance they failed: yet success crowned their unparalleled march, from Dalton to Savannah, and from Charleston to Richmond, cutting in their course every rebel resource. <br />
Mr. Lincoln’s administration was fraught with consequences so encouraging, that the people determined upon his reelection, and accordingly in November 1864 he was reelected by an overwhelming majority, over Genl. MClellen.—There were now new political parties viz.—Radical and conservatives. The Radical party <s>were</s> embraced those who were of for unconditional Union and crushing measures against the rebellion. <s>The Conservative</s> Lincoln was the candidate of this party. The Conservative party included all those who were for respecting the Southern Confederacy, for compromising with the rebellion and for using gentle</p>
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<p>means toward rebellion and slavery. By this party, Genl. McClellen had allowed himself to be brought out as a Candidate for the Presidency.<br /> —But the reelection of Lincoln cut off the last hope the rebels entertained of their recognition as an independant nation. <br /> Their actions now as belligerants assumed a spirit of despair and desperation. They had long contemplated the burning of Northern cities and the assassination of President Lincoln. <br /> <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-53-confederate-plots" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 53, Confederate Plots footnote" rel="noopener">In 1863 there was standing advertisement in the rebel papers, for Ten or Thirty thousand brave Southrons (sons of slave holders) to go in disguise, to the Northern States, “to carry the torch” to the Northern man’s house “that he might see <s>taste</s> the fruits of abolitionism in the flames of his own burning dwelling.”</a><br /> Mr. Lincoln took the presidential chair for the second term March 1865. He was now able to rest a little from the extreme labors</p>
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<p>means toward rebellion and slavery. By this party, Genl. McClellen had allowed himself to be brought out as a Candidate for the Presidency.<br />
—But the reelection of Lincoln cut off the last hope the rebels entertained of their recognition as an independant nation. <br />
Their actions now as belligerants assumed a spirit of despair and desperation. They had long contemplated the burning of Northern cities and the assassination of President Lincoln. <br />
<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-53-confederate-plots' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 53, Confederate Plots footnote'>In 1863 there was standing advertisement in the rebel papers, for Ten or Thirty thousand brave Southrons (sons of slave holders) to go in disguise, to the Northern States, “to carry the torch” to the Northern man’s house “that he might see <s>taste</s> the fruits of abolitionism in the flames of his own burning dwelling.”</a><br />
Mr. Lincoln took the presidential chair for the second term March 1865. He was now able to rest a little from the extreme labors</p>
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<td><p>He calmly uttered his second Inaugural in the close of which he said—“With malice toward none, with good will for all let us strive to know the right” and bring our country through God, to fill the high purpose for which it was made.</p></td><td><p>and anxieties of his first Administration; for the rebel power was nearly subdued. Richmond was occupied by the Union forces in April and every indication pointed to a speedy overthrow of the last of the Confederate armies. Mr. Lincoln was just lifting his grateful heart to heaven for the great blessings vouch-safed to our Country, when on the 14th of Apr. 1865 he fell by the assassin’s accursed hand. <br />
++ Every one mourns for him as for a dear relative. His whole life Administration, and death are without analogy. Rising from + humble yet most honorable origin, he climed the golden ladder of truth and usefulness, till on its sun-lit top he stood gazing up into Heaven.—God permitted him to step from this world all covered with political and social glory. His name, his memory shall be eternally embalmed in the bosom of the American people.</p></td>
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<p>Mrs. Lincoln, may be described in all the attractions of a devoted companion of the late president, now, a widow, standing at the head of that long line of sad and weeping widows of this war. ++ —Their prayers go up like sweet incense for our bereaved country.<br /> Our whole nation is draped in the habiliments of deep grief, yet we must look beyond, God bids us hear his voice through his Providences.<br /> Like the children of Israel who mourned thirty days for Moses, we mourn for Lincoln. But as they turned again to Joshua as the instrument of God to lead them onto Canaan, so must we turn to Andrew Johnson, who will lead us through the closing scenes of The War for the Union.</p>
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<p>Mrs. Lincoln, may be described in all the attractions of a devoted companion of the late president, now, a widow, standing at the head of that long line of sad and weeping widows of this war. ++ —Their prayers go up like sweet incense for our bereaved country.<br />
Our whole nation is draped in the habiliments of deep grief, yet we must look beyond, God bids us hear his voice through his Providences.<br />
Like the children of Israel who mourned thirty days for Moses, we mourn for Lincoln. But as they turned again to Joshua as the instrument of God to lead them onto Canaan, so must we turn to Andrew Johnson, who will lead us through the closing scenes of The War for the Union.</p>
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<p>Andrew Johnson<br /> Succeeded to the presidency, on the 15th Apr. 1865. He comes to the high trust not only with abilities, firmness, and patriotism rarely equaled, but also, individually schooled for the very crisis. He is fully sensible of his responsibility. It is not dificult to see the exactness that must be practiced, and the nice discriminations, which must be made, in the closing scenes of the War. <br /> President Lincoln had established policies which must be carried to completion, else disappointment and dissatisfaction would ensue. The War had virtuely borne the expected and desired fruits of victory, before Lincoln’s departure, and it now remains for Johnson to follow up the victory and husband the fruits thereof. <br /> 1st The Assassins of the [Comented?] Lincoln, must be apprehended,</p>
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Succeeded to the presidency, on the 15th Apr. 1865. He comes to the high trust not only with abilities, firmness, and patriotism rarely equaled, but also, individually schooled for the very crisis. He is fully sensible of his responsibility. It is not dificult to see the exactness that must be practiced, and the nice discriminations, which must be made, in the closing scenes of the War. <br />
President Lincoln had established policies which must be carried to completion, else disappointment and dissatisfaction would ensue. The War had virtuely borne the expected and desired fruits of victory, before Lincoln’s departure, and it now remains for Johnson to follow up the victory and husband the fruits thereof. <br />
1st The Assassins of the [Comented?] Lincoln, must be apprehended,</p>
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<p>tried, and doomed. <br /> 2nd The Rebel Armies must all be overcome, and compelled to yield to the Constitution and to the ensigns of the Union.—They must be dispersed. <br /> 3rd Treason must be made adious [arduous?], and willful traitors must attone with their own blood, for the blood they have shed. <br /> These must be done or the claims of justice will remain unrequited. <br /> The rebellious people of the <s>Slave</s> Southern states are subdued, and the loyal there are anxious to resume their duties as citizens under the government, from which they had been so cruelly cut off, but it is necessary to restore them cautiously. <br /> Those who were slaves and property at the beginning of the War, are now free citizens; but they must needs be educated to appreciate their</p>
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<p>tried, and doomed. <br />
2nd The Rebel Armies must all be overcome, and compelled to yield to the Constitution and to the ensigns of the Union.—They must be dispersed. <br />
3rd Treason must be made adious [arduous?], and willful traitors must attone with their own blood, for the blood they have shed. <br />
These must be done or the claims of justice will remain unrequited. <br />
The rebellious people of the <s>Slave</s> Southern states are subdued, and the loyal there are anxious to resume their duties as citizens under the government, from which they had been so cruelly cut off, but it is necessary to restore them cautiously. <br />
Those who were slaves and property at the beginning of the War, are now free citizens; but they must needs be educated to appreciate their</p>
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<p>sudden transitiation [transition] from darkness and slavery to light and liberty. <br /> Loyal Southrons have been abducted from their allegiance by the rebel despotism. They have been shut up in prisons and in irons, where their government <s>can</s> could neither know their condition at the time, the cause thereof, nor appreciate their desires.—Some of them fell martyrs to the Union. Their families are in want. Many driven from their homes are now, unable to return. <br /> These must be heard and relieved in the extremity to which their patriotism induced them. Soldiers who have fought and fallen in the battles of the Union must have preferences shown them in the bestowal of the honors and trust of the Country.—Their families must be loved and protected. The<s>y</s> loyal must be <s>p</s> respected and the disloyal must be watched. The Nation’s</p>
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<p>sudden transitiation [transition] from darkness and slavery to light and liberty. <br />
Loyal Southrons have been abducted from their allegiance by the rebel despotism. They have been shut up in prisons and in irons, where their government <s>can</s> could neither know their condition at the time, the cause thereof, nor appreciate their desires.—Some of them fell martyrs to the Union. Their families are in want. Many driven from their homes are now, unable to return. <br />
These must be heard and relieved in the extremity to which their patriotism induced them. Soldiers who have fought and fallen in the battles of the Union must have preferences shown them in the bestowal of the honors and trust of the Country.—Their families must be loved and protected. The<s>y</s> loyal must be <s>p</s> respected and the disloyal must be watched. The Nation’s</p>
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<p>great sacrifice of blood and treasure upon the altar of Liberty must not be lost.<br /> To save the fruits of four hundred bloody battle fields, and to requite the demands of Justice, is the arduous duty claiming the attention of our government. <br /> Lee had surrendered to Genl. Grant on the 9th of Apr. 1865. From this date Jeff. Davis fell from his usurped seat, and became a cringing criminal. <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-59-capture-of-jeff-davis" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 59, Capture of Jeff Davis footnote" rel="noopener">On the 10th of May 1865 the skulking traitor was overtaken by Col. Prichard and conveyed to Ft. Monroe</a>, where he was safely ensconced in the casemate, and where it is sincerely hoped he may be racked with lively visions of “Andersonville” “Libby,” and “Castle Thunder” Atlanta Prison and then in addition, be tortured with the ghastly pictures of the mangled bodies and the dangling corpses of the five thousand whose death sentence he aproved.</p>
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<p>great sacrifice of blood and treasure upon the altar of Liberty must not be lost.<br />
To save the fruits of four hundred bloody battle fields, and to requite the demands of Justice, is the arduous duty claiming the attention of our government. <br />
Lee had surrendered to Genl. Grant on the 9th of Apr. 1865. From this date Jeff. Davis fell from his usurped seat, and became a cringing criminal. <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-59-capture-of-jeff-davis' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 59, Capture of Jeff Davis footnote'>On the 10th of May 1865 the skulking traitor was overtaken by Col. Prichard and conveyed to Ft. Monroe</a>, where he was safely ensconced in the casemate, and where it is sincerely hoped he may be racked with lively visions of “Andersonville” “Libby,” and “Castle Thunder” Atlanta Prison and then in addition, be tortured with the ghastly pictures of the mangled bodies and the dangling corpses of the five thousand whose death sentence he aproved.</p>
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<p>Now let him quaff the bitter cup that he filled for so many thousand innocent souls. <br /> Let him now see the throbbing heart and quivering lips of wives mothers and sisters, whose petitions for the lifes of their sentenced husbands, sons and brothers, his officials rejected with scorn. <br /> Let his own wife feel what others have felt, and bear in her aristocratic heart, what others have borne in humility. <br /> <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-60-the-confederate-surrender" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 60, Confederate Surrender footnote" rel="noopener">On the 26th of May 1865 the last army of the “so called <s>Confederacy</s> Southern Confederacy” surrendered.</a>—Proud day for America. Our flag waves again from the lakes to the gulf, and from the Atlantic to the far off Pacific. The assassins are arraigned, and many of the [bading?] traitors are awaiting trial and sentence. <br /> The So called Southern Confederacy is played out, and its “Treasury Notes” are a</p>
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<p>Now let him quaff the bitter cup that he filled for so many thousand innocent souls. <br />
Let him now see the throbbing heart and quivering lips of wives mothers and sisters, whose petitions for the lifes of their sentenced husbands, sons and brothers, his officials rejected with scorn. <br />
Let his own wife feel what others have felt, and bear in her aristocratic heart, what others have borne in humility. <br />
<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-60-the-confederate-surrender' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 60, Confederate Surrender footnote'>On the 26th of May 1865 the last army of the “so called <s>Confederacy</s> Southern Confederacy” surrendered.</a>—Proud day for America. Our flag waves again from the lakes to the gulf, and from the Atlantic to the far off Pacific. The assassins are arraigned, and many of the [bading?] traitors are awaiting trial and sentence. <br />
The So called Southern Confederacy is played out, and its “Treasury Notes” are a</p>
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<p>“dead beat.” The fool that said in his heart “there is no Union” may learn his error soon at Washington. <br /> The Union is safe. Her Ship of State is anchored in the harbor, with her loyal freight aboard and her “Green-backs are good.”<br /> Once more we enjoy “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”<br /> The Victory is ours, and fairly won; after four year of dreadful conflict.<br /> The United States is known and respected by all nations, and recieves in every department the fruitful smiles of heaven. Her mighty ships and significant ensigns are careering over the curling waves of every ocean. The Voice of her eloquent sons is heard throughout the world’s wide domain. <br /> The great principles of political and religious liberty, are firmly secured upon the</p>
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<p>“dead beat.” The fool that said in his heart “there is no Union” may learn his error soon at Washington. <br />
The Union is safe. Her Ship of State is anchored in the harbor, with her loyal freight aboard and her “Green-backs are good.”<br />
Once more we enjoy “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”<br />
The Victory is ours, and fairly won; after four year of dreadful conflict.<br />
The United States is known and respected by all nations, and recieves in every department the fruitful smiles of heaven. Her mighty ships and significant ensigns are careering over the curling waves of every ocean. The Voice of her eloquent sons is heard throughout the world’s wide domain. <br />
The great principles of political and religious liberty, are firmly secured upon the</p>
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<p>rocks of truth and equity.<br /> —But, all these great blessings have been bought with a price, and our rejoicings must be tempered with the <s>deep</s> loss we feel. <br /> The perpetuation of the experiment of republican government, has cost us billions of dollars. Five hundred thousand men have watered the tree of liberty with their blood, and three hundred thousand more</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="This is a quote from General Ulysses S. Grant’s congratulatory address General Orders No. 108 to the Federal armies on June 2, 1865. For a complete version of this address, click <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1865/06/05/news/lieut-general-our-armies-grant-armies-united-states-their-gloriousservices.html "> here</a>.">“of our gallant comrades have fallen and sealed the precious legacy with their lives.”</div>
<p><br /> <a http:="" digitalsc="" lib="" vt="" edu="" exhibits="" show="" john-henning-woods="" 1-62-civil-war-lyrics="" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 62, Civil War Lyrics footnote" rel="noopener">Their bones lie mouldering in unmarked graves</a> or bleaching on the battle-field’s lonely glades.—But O weeping wives, mothers sisters, dry up your tears,—your sorrowing cannot ransom them from <a http:="" digitalsc="" lib="" vt="" edu="" exhibits="" show="" john-henning-woods="" 1-62-civil-war-lyrics="" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 62, Civil War Lyrics footnote" rel="noopener">“the cold, cold ground.”</a> Be consoled that they died their country to save. Remember “the tears of a grateful country will</p>
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<p>rocks of truth and equity.<br />
—But, all these great blessings have been bought with a price, and our rejoicings must be tempered with the <s>deep</s> loss we feel. <br />
The perpetuation of the experiment of republican government, has cost us billions of dollars. Five hundred thousand men have watered the tree of liberty with their blood, and three hundred thousand more <div class='tooltip' title='This is a quote from General Ulysses S. Grant’s congratulatory address General Orders No. 108 to the Federal armies on June 2, 1865. For a complete version of this address, click <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1865/06/05/news/lieut-general-our-armies-grant-armies-united-states-their-gloriousservices.html "> here</a>.'>“of our gallant comrades have fallen and sealed the precious legacy with their lives.”</div><br />
<a href=''http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-62-civil-war-lyrics' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 62, Civil War Lyrics footnote'>Their bones lie mouldering in unmarked graves</a> or bleaching on the battle-field’s lonely glades.—But O weeping wives, mothers sisters, dry up your tears,—your sorrowing cannot ransom them from <a href=''http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-62-civil-war-lyrics' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 62, Civil War Lyrics footnote'>“the cold, cold ground.”</a> Be consoled that they died their country to save. Remember “the tears of a grateful country will</p>
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<p>Your tears and throes are <s>but</s> that part of the price the Women of America have paid for the blessings we enjoy.<br /> Those of us, who remain alive must show ourselves worthy of the blessings, purchased with such a great price:—the tears of our beloved women and the blood of our patriot men. <br /> Women do you value that river of shed blood? Men do you appreciate that sacred fountain of flowing tears?—Then reciprocally smile—You are copartners in the nation’s glory.—By love, intelligence and virtue you can lead society on until you bask together in the bright essence of perfection.—Hark! What sound is that? Our soldiers are coming home!!!</p>
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<p><div class='tooltip' title='This quote, continued from page 63, comes from General Grant’s congratulatory address of June 2, 1865, found <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1865/06/05/news/lieut-general-our-armies-grant-armies-united-states-their-gloriousservices.html"> here</a>.'>bedew their memories, and a great people will ever cheerish and support their stricken families.”</div> Your tears and throes are <s>but</s> that part of the price the Women of America have paid for the blessings we enjoy.<br />
Those of us, who remain alive must show ourselves worthy of the blessings, purchased with such a great price:—the tears of our beloved women and the blood of our patriot men. <br />
Women do you value that river of shed blood? Men do you appreciate that sacred fountain of flowing tears?—Then reciprocally smile—You are copartners in the nation’s glory.—By love, intelligence and virtue you can lead society on until you bask together in the bright essence of perfection.—Hark! What sound is that? Our soldiers are coming home!!!</p>
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<p>Coming Home.<br /> The soldiers now are marching back,<br /> To homes of peace and love;<br /> God bless the wounded in his track<br /> With blue coat stained with blood.</p>
<p>Our banner floats, Our armies shout,<br /> We drove the rebel host;<br /> We drove them from their bastions out,<br /> And laid their strongholds waste.</p>
<p>They boasted once, like braggarts do,<br /> —They’d beat the Union arms;<br /> But to their words and ways untrue,<br /> Their fate,—folly, conforms.</p>
<p>For they had bound in error’s chain<br /> A race of darkened minds;<br /> On whom they’d fix the slavery ban,<br /> Of lasting, cruel kind.</p>
<p>But wisdom speaks through glorious light<br /> Abasement to the foe;<br /> The wrong must yield unto the right,<br /> Before they further go.</p>
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<p>Coming Home.<br />
The soldiers now are marching back,<br />
To homes of peace and love;<br />
God bless the wounded in his track<br />
With blue coat stained with blood.</p>
<p>Our banner floats, Our armies shout,<br />
We drove the rebel host;<br />
We drove them from their bastions out,<br />
And laid their strongholds waste.</p>
<p>They boasted once, like braggarts do,<br />
—They’d beat the Union arms;<br />
But to their words and ways untrue,<br />
Their fate,—folly, conforms.</p>
<p>For they had bound in error’s chain<br />
A race of darkened minds;<br />
On whom they’d fix the slavery ban,<br />
Of lasting, cruel kind. </p>
<p>But wisdom speaks through glorious light<br />
Abasement to the foe;<br />
The wrong must yield unto the right,<br />
Before they further go. </p>
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<p>Our country’s free, and slaves no more<br /> Shall pander wicked lust;<br /> As Slavery did “in days of yore,”<br /> —Set hearts in jealous trust.</p>
<p>(Their indolence must ebb out soon<br /> As amalgamation’s done<br /> Then go to work you “grey” buffoon<br /> Your Southern rights you’ve <u>won</u>.)</p>
<p>Our nation now must rise anew,<br /> Above the ills gone by;<br /> With well-earned promise in her view<br /> Base traitors she’ll e’er defy.</p>
<p>Here are the braves, the country’s pride<br /> —In dangers oft they’ve been;<br /> In smoke, and fire, the battle tide,<br /> There’s where they oft’ were seen.</p>
<p>Then haste to grasp those hard, brown hands<br /> And feel them press your own;<br /> They’ve battered down, the strength of him,<br /> Who thought to build a throne.</p>
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<p>Our country’s free, and slaves no more<br />
Shall pander wicked lust;<br/>
As Slavery did “in days of yore,”<br />
—Set hearts in jealous trust.</p>
<p>(Their indolence must ebb out soon<br />
As amalgamation’s done<br />
Then go to work you “grey” buffoon<br />
Your Southern rights you’ve <u>won</u>.)</p>
<p>Our nation now must rise anew,<br />
Above the ills gone by;<br />
With well-earned promise in her view<br />
Base traitors she’ll e’er defy.</p>
<p>Here are the braves, the country’s pride<br />
—In dangers oft they’ve been;<br />
In smoke, and fire, the battle tide,<br />
There’s where they oft’ were seen.</p>
<p>Then haste to grasp those hard, brown hands<br />
And feel them press your own;<br />
They’ve battered down, the strength of him,<br />
Who thought to build a throne.<br />
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<p>Woods’ Defense<br /> My Character, Education and Political Views<br /> Mt Vernon Mo. <br /> July 4th 1865</p>
<p>Friends and Countrymen;<br /> Give attention, while I make a brief Defense of my course of life, <s>so far as it has been in opposition to Secession, Slavery and Rebellion.</s> <br /> —Listen, while I relate an experience which none can ever write, but I alone.—Mine is the voice of one who has seen his grave.—Of one whose coffin was ready to recieve his mangled form. I speak as one that was dead but lives again. Hark, then, while a Union man pleads before a Rebel Court. But, first allow me to recur to the events and impressions of my childhood, Youth and manhood which lead me to oppose secession, Slavery, and the “so called</p>
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<p>Woods’ Defense<br />
My Character, Education and Political Views<br />
Mt Vernon Mo. <br />
July 4th 1865</p>
<p>Friends and Countrymen;<br />
Give attention, while I make a brief Defense of my course of life, <s>so far as it has been in opposition to Secession, Slavery and Rebellion.</s> <br />
—Listen, while I relate an experience which none can ever write, but I alone.—Mine is the voice of one who has seen his grave.—Of one whose coffin was ready to recieve his mangled form. I speak as one that was dead but lives again. Hark, then, while a Union man pleads before a Rebel Court. But, first allow me to recur to the events and impressions of my childhood, Youth and manhood which lead me to oppose secession, Slavery, and the “so called<br />
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<p>Confederacy” and thus to imperil my life. <br /> It is sweet to go back to helpless innocence cradled upon the lap of love.—It is a critical moment, too, when the bud of promise unfolds its leaflets to light upon the parent stem.—The light of day will either blast it with deformity or impress it with beauty. <br /> I was born on the 4th of July—The birth day of “American Liberty.”—“Independance Day” <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-67-the-4th-of-july" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 67, The 4th of July footnote" rel="noopener">“A day whose light circulates joy through the hearts of all true Americans, and terror through the hearts of all tyrants.”</a> A day to be had in everlasting rememberance by every lover of Liberty, and to be celebrated as the day of the emancipation of mankind and the regeneration of the world. Its events are replete with consequences so beneficial to mankind that it fills every</p>
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<p>Confederacy” and thus to imperil my life. <br />
It is sweet to go back to helpless innocence cradled upon the lap of love.—It is a critical moment, too, when the bud of promise unfolds its leaflets to light upon the parent stem.—The light of day will either blast it with deformity or impress it with beauty. <br />
I was born on the 4th of July—The birth day of “American Liberty.”—“Independance Day” <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-67-the-4th-of-july" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 67, The 4th of July footnote">“A day whose light circulates joy through the hearts of all true Americans, and terror through the hearts of all tyrants.”</a> A day to be had in everlasting rememberance by every lover of Liberty, and to be celebrated as the day of the emancipation of mankind and the regeneration of the world. Its events are replete with consequences so beneficial to mankind that it fills every</p>
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<p>patriotic heart with gladness, and every loyal tongue with praises. <br /> —Since 1776, the 4th of July has been hailed annually with national delight, and patriots have basked in the sun-shine of its sacred recollections. <br /> Great and good men, on this memorable day, have dedicated their lives to the cause of Liberty. <br /> On the orations of Washington</p>
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<p>and</p>
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<p>we are taught to perpetuate this anniversary of American Independence.</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="Second president, John Adams, and third president, Thomas Jefferson, both died on July 4, 1826.">Two of our most worthy presidents have died upon this 4th of July</div>
<p>—and this gives an additional interest to the day. <br /> May I not indulge the thought, that, while on the 4th of July 1834, patriots discoursed of the deeds of our forefathers,—of the nation they had brought forth and of its perpetuity,—the tutelar spirits of</p>
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<p>or Jefferson ministered to the impress of my new life? For then it was that I came forth</p>
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<p>patriotic heart with gladness, and every loyal tongue with praises. <br />
—Since 1776, the 4th of July has been hailed annually with national delight, and patriots have basked in the sun-shine of its sacred recollections. <br />
Great and good men, on this memorable day, have dedicated their lives to the cause of Liberty. <br />
On the orations of Washington <div class='tooltip' title='Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was a Northern politician and orator who served as a Congressman, Senator, US Secretary of State, and presidential candidate for the Whig party. He played a crucial role in the debates over the Nullification Crisis in the 1830s, as well as the Compromise of 1850.'>Webster,</div> <div class='tooltip' title='A close friend of Webster and Lincoln’s role model, Henry Clay (1777-1852) was also a prominent Whig Congressman, Secretary of State, and presidential candidate from Kentucky. Clay had a hand in many of the great events of the early 19th century, including America’s entrance into and ultimate resolution of the War of 1812, the Nullifications Crisis, and Missouri Compromise.'>Clay</div> and <div class='tooltip' title='Edward Everett (1794-1865) was a Northern orator, pastor, and politician who is now largely remembered for speaking at the dedication of the Gettysburg Soldiers’ Cemetery alongside Lincoln in 1863. Outside of his career as an orator, Everett also served as the governor of Massachusetts, a Congressman, and diplomat to England.'>Everett,</div> we are taught to perpetuate this anniversary of American Independence. <div class='tooltip' title='Second president, John Adams, and third president, Thomas Jefferson, both died on July 4, 1826.'>Two of our most worthy presidents have died upon this 4th of July</div>—and this gives an additional interest to the day. <br />
May I not indulge the thought, that, while on the 4th of July 1834, patriots discoursed of the deeds of our forefathers,—of the nation they had brought forth and of its perpetuity,—the tutelar spirits of <div class='tooltip' title='John Jay was a Founding Father of the United States from New York. He was the second governor of New York and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was also an abolitionist and author of <i>The Federalist</i> papers alongside Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.> Jay</div> or Jefferson ministered to the impress of my new life? For then it was that I came forth </p>
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<p>to be rocked in the cradle of liberty.—Is it vain to fancy that the spirit of patriotism breathed upon me? But, then, my infancy knew nothing of the glorious day, nor of what its celebration signalized to coming generations, far down the stream of time. Yet, anon in youth I learned to sing—<br /> “My country ‘tis of thee,<br /> Sweet land of liberty,<br /> Of thee I sing.”</p>
<p><i>Of my Youth.</i><br /> Independence Day with all its sacred reminiscences, was my volume of political inspiration. I studied with interest the history of liberty. The discovery of the Western Continent (in 1492-1539),—the Settlement of Jamestown (in 1607),—the landing of the Pilgrim fathers (1620),—the Confederation of the Colonies, and the organization of the Federal Union, (in 1776-88), the American Revolution,—Washington’s Administration—</p>
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<p>to be rocked in the cradle of liberty.—Is it vain to fancy that the spirit of patriotism breathed upon me? But, then, my infancy knew nothing of the glorious day, nor of what its celebration signalized to coming generations, far down the stream of time. Yet, anon in youth I learned to sing—<br />
“My country ‘tis of thee,<br />
Sweet land of liberty,<br />
Of thee I sing.”</p>
<p><i>Of my Youth.</i><br />
Independence Day with all its sacred reminiscences, was my volume of political inspiration. I studied with interest the history of liberty. The discovery of the Western Continent (in 1492-1539),—the Settlement of Jamestown (in 1607),—the landing of the Pilgrim fathers (1620),—the Confederation of the Colonies, and the organization of the Federal Union, (in 1776-88), the American Revolution,—Washington’s Administration—</p>
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<p><a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-70-burrs-conspiracy" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 70, Burr’s Conspiracy footnote" rel="noopener">Burr’s Conspiracy (,1806),</a>—the War of 1812,—the State of the Country,—the War with Mexico, and then peace—All these events attracted my attention, and moulded my character to venerate and love our moddle government, to which I never had but one objection, viz—its toleration of African slavery.</p>
<p><i>Of my Manhood.</i><br /> I have cultivated an intense desire to know and see for myself I have ever desired to be useful but, then, I looked upon my abilities with distrust. I could scarcely hope to rise above mediocrity. I knew too, that mediocrity of talents well employed would generally insure respectability. Intiutively, I have been lead to believe that a genius <s>was</s> is only necessary to teach a genius, and that a common mind is by far best suited to instruct the masses of mankind. <br /> To love religion and my country</p>
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<p><a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-70-burrs-conspiracy' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 70, Burr’s Conspiracy footnote'>Burr’s Conspiracy (,1806),</a>—the War of 1812,—the State of the Country,—the War with Mexico, and then peace—All these events attracted my attention, and moulded my character to venerate and love our moddle government, to which I never had but one objection, viz—its toleration of African slavery. </p>
<p><i>Of my Manhood.</i><br />
I have cultivated an intense desire to know and see for myself I have ever desired to be useful but, then, I looked upon my abilities with distrust. I could scarcely hope to rise above mediocrity. I knew too, that mediocrity of talents well employed would generally insure respectability. Intiutively, I have been lead to believe that a genius <s>was</s> is only necessary to teach a genius, and that a common mind is by far best suited to instruct the masses of mankind. <br />
To love religion and my country</p>
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<p>became a passion with me.—To obey and practice the virtues of my parental discipline was a daily duty with me. <br /> I had employed my earlier years upon my father’s farm, but in 1855, I chose the exalted position of an humble school teacher, hoping thereby to improve my own knowledge and to be useful to society at the same time. <br /> I had neither glittering wealth, not illustrious ancestry to introduce me to the halls of fame;—then I must be content to seek some secluded spot,—some sequestered vale, where I might do daily unassuming good, which is felt but never makes its author known. +++<br /> Once while I thought of History past, present and future—of usefulness and idleness—of honor and disgrace,—of patriotism and treason,—of exaultation and humility,—of happiness and sorrow,—of citizenship and imprisonment,</p>
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<p>became a passion with me.—To obey and practice the virtues of my parental discipline was a daily duty with me. <br />
I had employed my earlier years upon my father’s farm, but in 1855, I chose the exalted position of an humble school teacher, hoping thereby to improve my own knowledge and to be useful to society at the same time. <br />
I had neither glittering wealth, not illustrious ancestry to introduce me to the halls of fame;—then I must be content to seek some secluded spot,—some sequestered vale, where I might do daily unassuming good, which is felt but never makes its author known. +++<br />
Once while I thought of History past, present and future—of usefulness and idleness—of honor and disgrace,—of patriotism and treason,—of exaultation and humility,—of happiness and sorrow,—of citizenship and imprisonment,</p>
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<p>—of duty and wickedness,—of right and wrong, and liberty and bondage—I fell asleep in a reverie and <br /> Dreamed<br /> that I saw myself standing on some bright elevation, taking notes of passing events. I was alone. All the world, besides, was detached from me. I saw mankind in every condition—The high—the low.—the rich the poor,—the free, the bond,— <br /> I saw mountains gigantic rise<br /> And vales outspread in loveliness lay,<br /> With war’s dreaded confusion nigh,<br /> And arms in battle array.<br /> I saw the glittering blades of steel,<br /> And heard the cannon’s terrific roar;<br /> My eyes looked upon it all—<br /> My heart beat faster than before. <br /> Then in my dream a letter was handed me from above. I tooke the letter—the hand that gave it disappeared. I opened its white folds,</p>
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<p>—of duty and wickedness,—of right and wrong, and liberty and bondage—I fell asleep in a reverie and <br />
Dreamed<br />
that I saw myself standing on some bright elevation, taking notes of passing events. I was alone. All the world, besides, was detached from me. I saw mankind in every condition—The high—the low.—the rich the poor,—the free, the bond,— <br />
I saw mountains gigantic rise<br />
And vales outspread in loveliness lay,<br />
With war’s dreaded confusion nigh,<br />
And arms in battle array.<br />
I saw the glittering blades of steel,<br />
And heard the cannon’s terrific roar;<br />
My eyes looked upon it all—<br />
My heart beat faster than before. <br />
Then in my dream a letter was handed me from above. I tooke the letter—the hand that gave it disappeared. I opened its white folds,</p>
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<p>and read<br /> “Remember that fame will be they downfall.”+++<br /> +++ However superstitious the recital of dreams may appear to some—I regarded this one as a lesson to me, and looked forward for time to interprit it.<br /> Time passed on. I left the scenes of my youth and childhood, in 1857. I lauched [launched] my hopeful boat, upon the rolling sea of time. <br /> At the University, at Lebanon Tenn. I extended my knowledge of the world—of literature,—politics and human nature. I learned to love the “stars and stripes”—I had seen no other flag—and under its waving folds, I was want to walk in the gardens of the Union. <br /> It is written in the Constitution, that “the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privaleges and immunities of citizens in the several states” (Sec 2, art. 4)</p>
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<p>and read<br />
“Remember that fame will be they downfall.”+++<br />
+++ However superstitious the recital of dreams may appear to some—I regarded this one as a lesson to me, and looked forward for time to interprit it.<br />
Time passed on. I left the scenes of my youth and childhood, in 1857. I lauched [launched] my hopeful boat, upon the rolling sea of time. <br />
At the University, at Lebanon Tenn. I extended my knowledge of the world—of literature,—politics and human nature. I learned to love the “stars and stripes”—I had seen no other flag—and under its waving folds, I was want to walk in the gardens of the Union. <br />
It is written in the Constitution, that “the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privaleges and immunities of citizens in the several states” (Sec 2, art. 4)<br />
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<p>By this is specified a right to travel from state to state without relinquishing our citizenship in the Union.<br /> Again, it is written—“No state shall enter into any treaty alliance or Confederation; grant letters of marque or reprisal, coin money, emit bills of credit, make anything but gold and silver coin a legit tender in payment of debts, pass any bill of attainder, expost facto law, or law imparing the obligations of contacts ++++<br /> No state + without the consent of Congress ++ shall keep troops or ships of war in times of peace—enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such iminent danger as will not admit of delay.” (Sec 10 Art. 1st.)—These are wise and just <s>and wise</s> provisions of our Constitution—The whole people are interested in each state. It is plain that</p>
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<p>By this is specified a right to travel from state to state without relinquishing our citizenship in the Union.<br />
Again, it is written—“No state shall enter into any treaty alliance or Confederation; grant letters of marque or reprisal, coin money, emit bills of credit, make anything but gold and silver coin a legit tender in payment of debts, pass any bill of attainder, expost facto law, or law imparing the obligations of contacts ++++<br />
No state + without the consent of Congress ++ shall keep troops or ships of war in times of peace—enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such iminent danger as will not admit of delay.” (Sec 10 Art. 1st.)—These are wise and just <s>and wise</s> provisions of our Constitution—The whole people are interested in each state. It is plain that<br />
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<p>the general government, has reserved to itself an interest in the State organizations. State Sovereignty only exists to a limited extent—A State bears a like relation to the Union, that a county does to a State, and has her geographical limits, and state government granted by the <s>Federal</s> United States Constitution for the more convenient and just legislation, adjudication and execution of the interests of the peoples. He who impartially studies the organization and principles of our government can but entertain the highest estimation of its wise, equitable, and eclectic character. <br /> The power of our nation is <s>a</s> threefold <s>word</s> and not easily broken—The Legislative, judicial and executive departments all supporting, correcting and justifying each other. These compose a Union worthy of perpetuation. <br /> Each state and part thereof</p>
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<p>the general government, has reserved to itself an interest in the State organizations. State Sovereignty only exists to a limited extent—A State bears a like relation to the Union, that a county does to a State, and has her geographical limits, and state government granted by the <s>Federal</s> United States Constitution for the more convenient and just legislation, adjudication and execution of the interests of the peoples. He who impartially studies the organization and principles of our government can but entertain the highest estimation of its wise, equitable, and eclectic character. <br />
The power of our nation is <s>a</s> threefold <s>word</s> and not easily broken—The Legislative, judicial and executive departments all supporting, correcting and justifying each other. These compose a Union worthy of perpetuation. <br />
Each state and part thereof</p>
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<p>is represented in the Federal Head by citizens of that particular state or part, chosen by the majority thereof, whose interests under the constitution, those chosen representatives, swear (or affirm) to protect and improve. <br /> True, sometimes a county of a state must forego the preference of its majority to acquiesce in the will of the State majority.—So, often, a State must give up her measure or man, to acquiesce in the will of the Union. Perchance, it may be that the same state which gains the majority victory over her own county, must yield that same victory into the hands of the majority of all the States, which may be equivalent to a victory in favor of the defeated county.—But this possible result <s>can</s> of a state minority superseding a state <s>maj</s> majority, can only be when the election is upon some national issue.</p>
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<p>is represented in the Federal Head by citizens of that particular state or part, chosen by the majority thereof, whose interests under the constitution, those chosen representatives, swear (or affirm) to protect and improve. <br />
True, sometimes a county of a state must forego the preference of its majority to acquiesce in the will of the State majority.—So, often, a State must give up her measure or man, to acquiesce in the will of the Union. Perchance, it may be that the same state which gains the majority victory over her own county, must yield that same victory into the hands of the majority of all the States, which may be equivalent to a victory in favor of the defeated county.—But this possible result <s>can</s> of a state minority superseding a state <s>maj</s> majority, can only be when the election is upon some national issue.</p>
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<p>Prudence dictates to us that <s>a</s> the best government the world has ever known, should not be subverted, for small and occasional imperfections. How, and where could you hope to find a government nearer perfect than this Union? Its equal has not even been concieved in the most profound statesman’s imagination. A pure democracy is only fit for a very small colony, and can never be successfully applied to a vast, imposing nation whose domains spread from ocean to ocean. Petty nations in juxtaposition increase<s>s</s> parties and competition which inevitably breaks forth in war; hence a large nation with identity of interests, and with but few of no rivals is best suited to the peace of the world. <br /> <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-77-lincoln-in-philadelphia" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 77, Lincoln in Philadelphia footnote" rel="noopener">Every political feeling I have entertained sprang from the Declaration of Independence,</a> and when in 1860—I, Congressmen</p>
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<p>Prudence dictates to us that <s>a</s> the best government the world has ever known, should not be subverted, for small and occasional imperfections. How, and where could you hope to find a government nearer perfect than this Union? Its equal has not even been concieved in the most profound statesman’s imagination. A pure democracy is only fit for a very small colony, and can never be successfully applied to a vast, imposing nation whose domains spread from ocean to ocean. Petty nations in juxtaposition increase<s>s</s> parties and competition which inevitably breaks forth in war; hence a large nation with identity of interests, and with but few of no rivals is best suited to the peace of the world. <br />
<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-77-lincoln-in-philadelphia' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 77, Lincoln in Philadelphia footnote'>Every political feeling I have entertained sprang from the Declaration of Independence,</a> and when in 1860—I, Congressmen</p>
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<p>and Cabinet members of the Slave states plotted treason by night at Washington, and while usurping assemblies at the South, planned the complete overthrow of the government, I was unconditionally for the American Union. I was no party <s>lover</s> man. I voted for <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-78-the-1856-election" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 78, 1856 Election footnote" rel="noopener">Filmore in 1857,</a> and never before nor since have I cast a political vote. I was conscientiously for Hon. Abraham Lincoln in 1860, but <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-78-the-1856-election" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 78, 1856 Election footnote" rel="noopener">I was in a locality where a Republican scarcely dared to express himself by vote or word.</a> I was then a student at Lebanon Tenn. surrounded by a great number of young unfledged fire-eaters from the Gulf States<br /> I had many warm discussions with these sectional and boastful scions of slavery.—They often called me an abolitionist,—a Yankee—and untrue to the South. These names were given and considered as insults by Slave-holders and generally, if a man who happened</p>
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<p>and Cabinet members of the Slave states plotted treason by night at Washington, and while usurping assemblies at the South, planned the complete overthrow of the government, I was unconditionally for the American Union. I was no party <s>lover</s> man. I voted for <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-78-the-1856-election' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 78, 1856 Election footnote'>Filmore in 1857,</a> and never before nor since have I cast a political vote. I was conscientiously for Hon. Abraham Lincoln in 1860, but <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-78-the-1856-election' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 78, 1856 Election footnote'>I was in a locality where a Republican scarcely dared to express himself by vote or word.</a> I was then a student at Lebanon Tenn. surrounded by a great number of young unfledged fire-eaters from the Gulf States<br />
I had many warm discussions with these sectional and boastful scions of slavery.—They often called me an abolitionist,—a Yankee—and untrue to the South. These names were given and considered as insults by Slave-holders and generally, if a man who happened</p>
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<p>to be at the South, did not resent such appellations, he would soon be subjected to a kind of mob ordeal by a <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-79-election-of-1860" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 79 Election of 1860 footnote" rel="noopener">Vigilance Committee,</a> <s>who would generally give him orders to be gone quickly or.</s> <br /><a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-79-election-of-1860" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 79 Election of 1860 footnote" rel="noopener">The presidential Canvass, between Lincoln, Douglas, Bell and Breckinridge,</a> was exciting and angry. <s>and very</s> There were complex and vital questions in agitation, so that well-designing men scarcely knew which course to pursue. To act under the excitement of the hour they were liable to throw the weight of their character against the interests of their country, for all parties sought to impress that they were right. To stand still was to see the game of treason played before our eyes without remonstrance. This being the case, thousands at the South put on the traitors garb, and thus covered their loyal heart; not knowing it when they did it. They</p>
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<p>to be at the South, did not resent such appellations, he would soon be subjected to a kind of mob ordeal by a <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-79-election-of-1860' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 79 Election of 1860 footnote'>Vigilance Committee,</a> <s>who would generally give him orders to be gone quickly or.</s> <br /><a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-79-election-of-1860' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 79 Election of 1860 footnote'>The presidential Canvass, between Lincoln, Douglas, Bell and Breckinridge,</a> was exciting and angry. <s>and very</s> There were complex and vital questions in agitation, so that well-designing men scarcely knew which course to pursue. To act under the excitement of the hour they were liable to throw the weight of their character against the interests of their country, for all parties sought to impress that they were right. To stand still was to see the game of treason played before our eyes without remonstrance. This being the case, thousands at the South put on the traitors garb, and thus covered their loyal heart; not knowing it when they did it. They</p>
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<p>did it ignorantly, not willfully. I verily believe I have seen some men in the South, enlist in the rebel cause, who really thought that the county or state they lived in was their country. Such are to be pittied and pardoned. <br /> In this dark hour of confusion, I resolved to stand or fall upon the side of the Union: And true to that resolution I have always rejoiced over the Union’s victories and wept over her defeats.—But surrounded as I was by secessionists, I was compelled to rejoice and weep in secret.<br /> I listened with pain and anxiety, at Lebanon and Nashville to the fierce storm of contention which menaced the Union, and afterwards broke forth in such distressing streams of blood of men and tears of women. <br /> Stephen A Douglas and a few other patriots endeavored through the South <s>th</s> to <s>hush</s> stay</p>
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<p>did it ignorantly, not willfully. I verily believe I have seen some men in the South, enlist in the rebel cause, who really thought that the county or state they lived in was their country. Such are to be pittied and pardoned. <br />
In this dark hour of confusion, I resolved to stand or fall upon the side of the Union: And true to that resolution I have always rejoiced over the Union’s victories and wept over her defeats.—But surrounded as I was by secessionists, I was compelled to rejoice and weep in secret.<br />
I listened with pain and anxiety, at Lebanon and Nashville to the fierce storm of contention which menaced the Union, and afterwards broke forth in such distressing streams of blood of men and tears of women. <br />
Stephen A Douglas and a few other patriots endeavored through the South <s>th</s> to <s>hush</s> stay</p>
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<p>the unfounded discontent of Slavery-worshippers: but at the same time Wm L Yancy and others of the infernal clique of Slavery, were prowling through the states, even some of the “Free States,” breathing secession and treason, which they decietfully covered with seductive sophistry.<br /> Tennessee was in commotion She was the battle-ground of the contending spirits. Soon, alas, some of her sons who were at first for the Union, began to fall under the blasting breath of treason. R. L Caruthers, at first advised the South to wait and see if Lincoln would <s>disobey</s> violate the Constitution—(just on his return from the Peace Convention).<br /> <s>About</s> only a few months before that Gus. A. Henry had delivered a great Union speech.—Robt. Hatton <s>was</s> just returned from the United States congress, was so intensely Union, that the Southern Students at Lebanon insulted him and his family at his own door.—Andrew Ewing of Nashville said if</p>
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<p>the unfounded discontent of Slavery-worshippers: but at the same time Wm L Yancy and others of the infernal clique of Slavery, were prowling through the states, even some of the “Free States,” breathing secession and treason, which they decietfully covered with seductive sophistry.<br />
Tennessee was in commotion She was the battle-ground of the contending spirits. Soon, alas, some of her sons who were at first for the Union, began to fall under the blasting breath of treason. R. L Caruthers, at first advised the South to wait and see if Lincoln would <s>disobey</s> violate the Constitution—(just on his return from the Peace Convention).<br />
<s>About</s> only a few months before that Gus. A. Henry had delivered a great Union speech.—Robt. Hatton <s>was</s> just returned from the United States congress, was so intensely Union, that the Southern Students at Lebanon insulted him and his family at his own door.—Andrew Ewing of Nashville said if</p>
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<p>the Union were desolved he would retire to private life, like a stricken deer to the water-side.—And Foote,—Yes, Henry S Foote, in Nashville met Yancy manfully, and proved him a traitor and called him a traitor. (I suppose his speech on that occasion was not published for it was <s>about</s> delivered near midnight). <br /> Then, judge what was my surprise, when more than a year afterwards, I looked out from my imprisonment far down South, to see who of Tennessee’s statesmen, had stood against the storm of treason—But none of these, I’ve mentioned were able to stand,—they fell and becam satelites of Jeff. Davis + Co.—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-82-confederate-loyalties" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 82, Confederate Loyalties footnote" rel="noopener">Foote, Henry and Ewing, were in the rebel congress—Hatton was a General in the rebel army, and the Hon. RL Caruthers,</a> consented to be elected governor or Tennessee, circumscribed to the fortified limits of Chattanooga under Bragg—(Andrew Johnson was the loyal governor and occupied Nashville at the time). <s>under Bragg</s></p>
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<p>the Union were desolved he would retire to private life, like a stricken deer to the water-side.—And Foote,—Yes, Henry S Foote, in Nashville met Yancy manfully, and proved him a traitor and called him a traitor. (I suppose his speech on that occasion was not published for it was <s>about</s> delivered near midnight). <br />
Then, judge what was my surprise, when more than a year afterwards, I looked out from my imprisonment far down South, to see who of Tennessee’s statesmen, had stood against the storm of treason—But none of these, I’ve mentioned were able to stand,—they fell and becam satelites of Jeff. Davis + Co.—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-82-confederate-loyalties' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 82, Confederate Loyalties footnote'>Foote, Henry and Ewing, were in the rebel congress—Hatton was a General in the rebel army, and the Hon. RL Caruthers,</a> consented to be elected governor or Tennessee, circumscribed to the fortified limits of Chattanooga under Bragg—(Andrew Johnson was the loyal governor and occupied Nashville at the time). <s>under Bragg</s></p>
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<p>In all the Southern States, when the haggard forms of secession, and rebellion, <s>and treason</s> began to rear their destroying visages in our happy country; Union men, stood, as it were, dum-founded, at the brazen face of treason, as it stalked through respectable society in the hateful garb of secession, perfumed with the nauseating malaria of Slavery and “Southern rights”<br /> Loyal men everywhere <s>They</s> hesitated, whether to approach treason <s>it</s> with reason + compromise, or to strike it down at once with fire and sword.</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="At the beginning of the war, John C. Fremont was appointed as the general in command of the Department of the West; however he was demoted by Lincoln following his declaration of martial law and forced emancipation in Missouri at the beginning of the war.">Freemont desired to strike it with the blow of extermination.</div>
<p>Lincoln wished to strike a moderate blow. (Jeff. Davis did not want treason struck at all, and he even had men put to death for opposing it.) Lincoln’s influence, under the vairious opposing circumstances, was the only power, that would strike successfully <s>at all.</s> <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-83-james-buchanan" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 83, James Buchanan footnote" rel="noopener">Buchanan did nothing against treason because he listened to Davis.</a></p>
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<p>In all the Southern States, when the haggard forms of secession, and rebellion, <s>and treason</s> began to rear their destroying visages in our happy country; Union men, stood, as it were, dum-founded, at the brazen face of treason, as it stalked through respectable society in the hateful garb of secession, perfumed with the nauseating malaria of Slavery and “Southern rights”<br />
Loyal men everywhere <s>They</s> hesitated, whether to approach treason <s>it</s> with reason + compromise, or to strike it down at once with fire and sword. <div class='tooltip' title='At the beginning of the war, John C. Fremont was appointed as the general in command of the Department of the West; however he was demoted by Lincoln following his declaration of martial law and forced emancipation in Missouri at the beginning of the war.'>Freemont desired to strike it with the blow of extermination.</div> Lincoln wished to strike a moderate blow. (Jeff. Davis did not want treason struck at all, and he even had men put to death for opposing it.) Lincoln’s influence, under the vairious opposing circumstances, was the only power, that would strike successfully <s>at all.</s> <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-83-james-buchanan' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 83, James Buchanan footnote'>Buchanan did nothing against treason because he listened to Davis.</a></p>
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<p>Freemont could not have turned his exterminating strokes upon <s>treason</s> it, because the people were not ready to emancipate the slaves<br /> As the people decided on the 6th of Nov. 1860 that Lincoln <s>was</s> should be their president and as he saw <s>that the</s> on the 4th of March 1861, that the people would best support him in the execution of moderate measures against the rebellion, he inaugurated that policy which would insure the cooperation of the greatest strength against the South. <br /> It is not meet nor my intention, to tax <s>your</s> the patience of the reader here, by citing history which may be found in other books, but I will hasten my narrative, just by the statements of facts, and allusions to incidents which may prepare the reader’s mind to appreciate <s>a</s> the Condition of a Union man far in the interior of the rebel States, with the liberty of</p>
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<p>Freemont could not have turned his exterminating strokes upon <s>treason</s> it, because the people were not ready to emancipate the slaves<br />
As the people decided on the 6th of Nov. 1860 that Lincoln <s>was</s> should be their president and as he saw <s>that the</s> on the 4th of March 1861, that the people would best support him in the execution of moderate measures against the rebellion, he inaugurated that policy which would insure the cooperation of the greatest strength against the South. <br />
It is not meet nor my intention, to tax <s>your</s> the patience of the reader here, by citing history which may be found in other books, but I will hasten my narrative, just by the statements of facts, and allusions to incidents which may prepare the reader’s mind to appreciate <s>a</s> the Condition of a Union man far in the interior of the rebel States, with the liberty of</p>
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<p>speech and press denied him, <s>not</s> with not even the privilege of praying publicly for his country. <br /> In this intolerant crisis of the country South Carolina rebels opened actual hostilities to the government by firing upon fort Sumpter. The fort was surrendered to the Confederate (rebel) authorities. It was a victory for the rebels—a defeat for the Union.—Traitors rejoiced and praised Southern chivalry and the consumit [consummate] skill of Gen. Beauregard. They looked not to, they thought not of the consequences ahead. But they regailed themselves according to the shortsighted instincts which slavery always begets in the hearts of its disciples. <br /> Saddened by contemplation of the dark cloud of war, which was lowering over our <s>po</s> national horizon, I took<s>e</s> my leave of Tennessee, in May 1861, to go to Alabama to remove my little family to my home in Missouri</p>
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<p>speech and press denied him, <s>not</s> with not even the privilege of praying publicly for his country. <br />
In this intolerant crisis of the country South Carolina rebels opened actual hostilities to the government by firing upon fort Sumpter. The fort was surrendered to the Confederate (rebel) authorities. It was a victory for the rebels—a defeat for the Union.—Traitors rejoiced and praised Southern chivalry and the consumit [consummate] skill of Gen. Beauregard. They looked not to, they thought not of the consequences ahead. But they regailed themselves according to the shortsighted instincts which slavery always begets in the hearts of its disciples. <br />
Saddened by contemplation of the dark cloud of war, which was lowering over our <s>po</s> national horizon, I took<s>e</s> my leave of Tennessee, in May 1861, to go to Alabama to remove my little family to my home in Missouri</p>
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<p>for I hoped Mo. would remain loyal to the Union. <br /> By way of Nashville—Chattanooga—Dalton and Rome Ga. I sped on my way Southward. <br /> I heard the boasting voices of treason at every depot.—Union men were to be hanged, or otherwise suppressed.—The rebels were organizing and drilling their “Southern Chivalry” to wipe out the “Union Shriekers ” as they called loyal men.—Often they called them “tories” or “traitors to the South”<br /> Down in the cotton States slave-holders held the reigns of power, and Union men were constrained to close their mouths for no claims but “Southern rights” could be advocated there. <br /> <s>Every way</s> Whichsoever way I turned, I saw there, the detestable secession flag flaunting in the breeze. This and the continual<s>ly</s> niggardly boastings of secessionists, to which I was doomed</p>
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<p>for I hoped Mo. would remain loyal to the Union. <br />
By way of Nashville—Chattanooga—Dalton and Rome Ga. I sped on my way Southward. <br />
I heard the boasting voices of treason at every depot.—Union men were to be hanged, or otherwise suppressed.—The rebels were organizing and drilling their “Southern Chivalry” to wipe out the “Union Shriekers ” as they called loyal men.—Often they called them “tories” or “traitors to the South”<br />
Down in the cotton States slave-holders held the reigns of power, and Union men were constrained to close their mouths for no claims but “Southern rights” could be advocated there. <br />
<s>Every way</s> Whichsoever way I turned, I saw there, the detestable secession flag flaunting in the breeze. This and the continual<s>ly</s> niggardly boastings of secessionists, to which I was doomed</p>
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<p>to listen, increased if possible the <s>my</s> Union fires upon the altar of my heart. As my Union feelings were sharpened, so<s>n</s> my inveterate hatred of the whole Confederate scheme, increased in the same ratio.—But what could I do? I was only a private individual in a strange <s>land</s> community, and to me the enemies land, where I was neither known nor feared. <br /> Oh, then, how I longed for the character and inspiration of Moses, that I might lead the Union people out of secession bondage, as he did the children of Israel from Egyptian darkness.—Everywhere I could see and find Union people with their eyes vacantly gazing, and their hearts sad. They looked like sentenced inmates of some awful penitentiary.—Despondingly, hundreds were every day giving up to become the half-willing tools of treason. <br /> I arrived in Alabama on the 7th of May 1861, just when, a</p>
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<p>to listen, increased if possible the <s>my</s> Union fires upon the altar of my heart. As my Union feelings were sharpened, so<s>n</s> my inveterate hatred of the whole Confederate scheme, increased in the same ratio.—But what could I do? I was only a private individual in a strange <s>land</s> community, and to me the enemies land, where I was neither known nor feared. <br />
Oh, then, how I longed for the character and inspiration of Moses, that I might lead the Union people out of secession bondage, as he did the children of Israel from Egyptian darkness.—Everywhere I could see and find Union people with their eyes vacantly gazing, and their hearts sad. They looked like sentenced inmates of some awful penitentiary.—Despondingly, hundreds were every day giving up to become the half-willing tools of treason. <br />
I arrived in Alabama on the 7th of May 1861, just when, a</p>
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<p>full tide of selfishness, and apparent success was bearing the rebel government on to unjust and dangerous grounds against the Federal Union. <br /> There design was to send their volunteers to Virginia to resist the Union forces, and if possible to draw the border Slave states into their fate. <br /> I looked in vain for the justice of their cause. I could never even see a shadow, of reason for their declaration of war upon the Union. <br /> All their actions evinced their design to establish an independent Confederacy at the South which would bind each state thereof forever to perpetuate slavery. Every act,—every resolution of their Provisional Congress [fist?] at Montgomery, then at Richmond looked to this consumation.<br /> They made but little alteration in the Constitution of the United States except on the subject of Slavery. Doing this they tooke the <s>same</s></p>
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<p>full tide of selfishness, and apparent success was bearing the rebel government on to unjust and dangerous grounds against the Federal Union. <br />
There design was to send their volunteers to Virginia to resist the Union forces, and if possible to draw the border Slave states into their fate. <br />
I looked in vain for the justice of their cause. I could never even see a shadow, of reason for their declaration of war upon the Union. <br />
All their actions evinced their design to establish an independent Confederacy at the South which would bind each state thereof forever to perpetuate slavery. Every act,—every resolution of their Provisional Congress [fist?] at Montgomery, then at Richmond looked to this consumation.<br />
They made but little alteration in the Constitution of the United States except on the subject of Slavery. Doing this they tooke the <s>same</s></p>
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<p>old Constitution of our father’s.<br /> I had an abiding faith that the whole Confederate plot would come to naught and disgrace in the end. The rebellion was almost wholy confined to slave-holders. No others could at first see any <s>grounds</s> sufficient causes of war<br /> The poor people, the laboring class of the South never would have gotten up a rebellion. They loved the sacred recollections of the past as well as northern men. <s>I</s><br /> I began my observations immediately, for I was cut off from the privilege of removing to Missouri. Obstacles were thrown in my way, and the mere fact of a man preparing to go north was almost sure to excite a mob against him. <br /> I finally contented myself there as best I could. I said but little, but watched narrowly what went on around me:</p>
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<p>old Constitution of our father’s.<br />
I had an abiding faith that the whole Confederate plot would come to naught and disgrace in the end. The rebellion was almost wholy confined to slave-holders. No others could at first see any <s>grounds</s> sufficient causes of war<br />
The poor people, the laboring class of the South never would have gotten up a rebellion. They loved the sacred recollections of the past as well as northern men. <s>I</s><br />
I began my observations immediately, for I was cut off from the privilege of removing to Missouri. Obstacles were thrown in my way, and the mere fact of a man preparing to go north was almost sure to excite a mob against him. <br />
I finally contented myself there as best I could. I said but little, but watched narrowly what went on around me:</p>
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<p>hoping that by some good chance I might be thrown into the Union lines and then, I supposed that the information<s>s</s>, which I could get might be of some benefit to the government. The crisis was rappidly closing in. <br /> There were now established Union lines and Confederate lines, and this to some extent fixed a Union man’s fate in the South: for rebel leaders were <s>making</s> calculating <s>about</s> their fighting and agricultural forces<br /> Every able bodied white man within their military lines was counted in that fighting force; and every negro and the poor families of whites were enumerated in the agricultural forces. The whole Southern country was at that time bountifully supplied with the necessaries of life and ease. They had their manufactures, <s>from</s> and luxuries from foreign ports—The consequences of a blockade had not entered into their thoughts. <br /> But they were so important in</p>
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<p>hoping that by some good chance I might be thrown into the Union lines and then, I supposed that the information<s>s</s>, which I could get might be of some benefit to the government. The crisis was rappidly closing in. <br />
There were now established Union lines and Confederate lines, and this to some extent fixed a Union man’s fate in the South: for rebel leaders were <s>making</s> calculating <s>about</s> their fighting and agricultural forces<br />
Every able bodied white man within their military lines was counted in that fighting force; and every negro and the poor families of whites were enumerated in the agricultural forces. The whole Southern country was at that time bountifully supplied with the necessaries of life and ease. They had their manufactures, <s>from</s> and luxuries from foreign ports—The consequences of a blockade had not entered into their thoughts. <br />
But they were so important in</p>
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<p>in their own estimation that they supposed the whole world would accede to their behests, like slaves upon their plantations.</p>
<p><i>My Observations, and Views— <br /> On the Situation—South.</i> <br /> In 1859 I visited Alabama to teach school. The Southern States were in a happy case. They were prosperous. Although, the sparks of jealous discontent, against the Abolitionists of the North, had been irritating the body politic, yet, they had not burst forth into flames of revolution. <br /> Socially, I found a high degree of enjoyment among the people.—The rich were rolling in the arms of luxurious ease, while the poor were reclinging [reclining?], on the lap of plenty. The slaves were very well contented with their condition—they took no thought for the ‘morrow. Property was valuable, money plentiful and business brisk. Education and religion received considerable attention. No one far or near interrupted the people in the administration of their</p>
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<p>in their own estimation that they supposed the whole world would accede to their behests, like slaves upon their plantations. </p>
<p><i>My Observations, and Views— <br />
On the Situation—South.</i> <br />
In 1859 I visited Alabama to teach school. The Southern States were in a happy case. They were prosperous. Although, the sparks of jealous discontent, against the Abolitionists of the North, had been irritating the body politic, yet, they had not burst forth into flames of revolution. <br />
Socially, I found a high degree of enjoyment among the people.—The rich were rolling in the arms of luxurious ease, while the poor were reclinging [reclining?], on the lap of plenty. The slaves were very well contented with their condition—they took no thought for the ‘morrow. Property was valuable, money plentiful and business brisk. Education and religion received considerable attention. No one far or near interrupted the people in the administration of their</p>
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<p>state affairs. No menacing armies with fife and drum played the dead or battle march in all the land. Peace and correspondence was perfect with all the world. The people even loved their country some, for they celebrated the 4th of July 1859 and 1860, at both of which celebrations near White Plains Ala. I had the pleasure of reading the Declaration of Independence, to a large and interested audience. To my feelings there were some unbecoming exhibitions of joy over the hanging of John Brown<br /> —In 1861 when I returned to the South from Tenn. how changed the scene. The Southrons are a jealous people, and the election of Lincoln a republican, to the presidency of the United States, caused their wicked jealousy to kindle illbegotten sparks of discontent into bloody flames of revolution. Politicians, preachers and planters with unparalleled madness and fanaticism rushed headlong into destructive measures, drawing in their train what they could of power</p>
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<p>state affairs. No menacing armies with fife and drum played the dead or battle march in all the land. Peace and correspondence was perfect with all the world. The people even loved their country some, for they celebrated the 4th of July 1859 and 1860, at both of which celebrations near White Plains Ala. I had the pleasure of reading the Declaration of Independence, to a large and interested audience. To my feelings there were some unbecoming exhibitions of joy over the hanging of John Brown<br />
—In 1861 when I returned to the South from Tenn. how changed the scene. The Southrons are a jealous people, and the election of Lincoln a republican, to the presidency of the United States, caused their wicked jealousy to kindle illbegotten sparks of discontent into bloody flames of revolution. Politicians, preachers and planters with unparalleled madness and fanaticism rushed headlong into destructive measures, drawing in their train what they could of power</p>
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<p>and wealth. The calm peace of the Sabbath had flown. Schools were broken up. The men were rallying around a strange flag, and the women lost the beauty of their faces, for “The Dove of Peace had felt a traitor’s dart.”<br /> I sought to find the true cause of the gathering storm, which threatened the whole country with blood and woe. I looked to the North—I looked to the South—to the East, and to the West. I found that<br /> Slavery<br /> , the American Abomination, was the direct cause of the wicked conspiracy against our glorious Union.<br /> Abolitionism was only a remote cause of this Southern jealousy. Slavery was the Mother of <s>Ab</s> whole progeny of black-evils, and abolitionism was born of a white parent to repel these black-evils from decent society. <br /> Slavery was the cause of the rebellion, for without slavery, there is</p>
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<p>and wealth. The calm peace of the Sabbath had flown. Schools were broken up. The men were rallying around a strange flag, and the women lost the beauty of their faces, for “The Dove of Peace had felt a traitor’s dart.”<br />
I sought to find the true cause of the gathering storm, which threatened the whole country with blood and woe. I looked to the North—I looked to the South—to the East, and to the West. I found that<br />
Slavery<br />
, the American Abomination, was the direct cause of the wicked conspiracy against our glorious Union.<br />
Abolitionism was only a remote cause of this Southern jealousy. Slavery was the Mother of <s>Ab</s> whole progeny of black-evils, and abolitionism was born of a white parent to repel these black-evils from decent society. <br />
Slavery was the cause of the rebellion, for without slavery, there is</p>
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<p>no sufficient proof that a rebellion would have been. <br /> Lincoln’s election was the pretext of jealous and disappointed demagogues to begin hostilities against the government. <br /> By this kind of men, supported by the slave-holders generally, the Southern States were declared out of the Union, and independant of the Northern States, by ordinances of secession. The two sections—North and South, were, in reality dependent upon each other. The North was interested in getting the rice, cotton and sugar of the South. The South was interested in the North, for the very</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="It is unclear what Woods is quoting here.">“kives [knives] and combs in the Southern man’s pocket,—the hat upon his head,—the shoes upon his feet—the clothes upon his back—the razor with which he shaved”</div>
<p>—his household furniture,—his table ware and implements of husbandry came principally from the North. Even where there are manufacturing establishments in the South, they are, nevertheless the creatures</p>
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<p>no sufficient proof that a rebellion would have been. <br />
Lincoln’s election was the pretext of jealous and disappointed demagogues to begin hostilities against the government. <br />
By this kind of men, supported by the slave-holders generally, the Southern States were declared out of the Union, and independant of the Northern States, by ordinances of secession. The two sections—North and South, were, in reality dependent upon each other. The North was interested in getting the rice, cotton and sugar of the South. The South was interested in the North, for the very <div class='tooltip' title='It is unclear what Woods is quoting here.'>“kives [knives] and combs in the Southern man’s pocket,—the hat upon his head,—the shoes upon his feet—the clothes upon his back—the razor with which he shaved”</div>—his household furniture,—his table ware and implements of husbandry came principally from the North. Even where there are manufacturing establishments in the South, they are, nevertheless the creatures</p>
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<p>of Northern skill, impelled by Northern machinery and worked by Northern men or men who acquired the necessary instruction at the north. The very types by which the <s>South</s> rebel papers published their slanderous epithets against the North, came from there and the textbooks of the schools were the handy-work of republicans. Hence secession would <s>dr</s> entail loss upon both sections for a while, and conclude in humility to the South. <br /> The way<s>s</s> of the transgressor is hard and the rebel leaders found it so, for some of the people had Union in their heads—a few had “Union forever” in their hearts and even the indispensable gold and silver coin was impressed with the “Stars and Stripes” E pluribus unum. <br /> The dificulties, which secession invited, were more fully shown to them in the winter of 1860—1, by the sudden fall in the price of property <s>and</s> the rise in provisions and the scarcity of money in the Southern states. Negroes and land went</p>
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<p>of Northern skill, impelled by Northern machinery and worked by Northern men or men who acquired the necessary instruction at the north. The very types by which the <s>South</s> rebel papers published their slanderous epithets against the North, came from there and the textbooks of the schools were the handy-work of republicans. Hence secession would <s>dr</s> entail loss upon both sections for a while, and conclude in humility to the South. <br />
The way<s>s</s> of the transgressor is hard and the rebel leaders found it so, for some of the people had Union in their heads—a few had “Union forever” in their hearts and even the indispensable gold and silver coin was impressed with the “Stars and Stripes” E pluribus unum. <br />
The dificulties, which secession invited, were more fully shown to them in the winter of 1860—1, by the sudden fall in the price of property <s>and</s> the rise in provisions and the scarcity of money in the Southern states. Negroes and land went</p>
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<p>down to one third their usual value. Gold and silver were hidden and the banks suspended specie payments. Anarchy, demoralization blood and desolation were the inevitable offspring of Secession, but slave-holders could not see it; for it seemed that</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="This is a quote from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 2, Page 5) in Antony’s famous speech “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” Antony’s original line reads “O judgement! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,/ And men have lost their reason.” For a complete version of this speech and play, click <a href="http://shakespeare.mit.edu/julius_caesar/full.html"> here</a>.">“truth had fled to brutish beasts, and men had lost their reason.”</div>
<p>—Against all justice and right and with no reasonable chance of success they (the rebels) determined to go out of the Union, into their rickety boats of “State rights” and hoist their <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-96-william-brownlow" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 96, William Brownlow footnote" rel="noopener">“miserable cabbage leaf of a palmetto flag.”</a>—They were exhorted by good men—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-96-william-brownlow" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 96, William Brownlow footnote" rel="noopener">“Except ye<s>a</s> abide in the ship ye earned be saved.”</a><br /> Now there are always two parties where the people are accustomed to acquiesce in the vote of the majority. So, there were two parties at the South,—the rich and the poor. The wealthy were the secessionists—the poor were the more loyal party. In this division property—especially slaves, became the test: a test, so far as I know,</p>
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<p>down to one third their usual value. Gold and silver were hidden and the banks suspended specie payments. Anarchy, demoralization blood and desolation were the inevitable offspring of Secession, but slave-holders could not see it; for it seemed that <div class='tooltip' title='This is a quote from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 2, Page 5) in Antony’s famous speech “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” Antony’s original line reads “O judgement! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,/ And men have lost their reason.” For a complete version of this speech and play, click <a href="http://shakespeare.mit.edu/julius_caesar/full.html"> here</a>.'>“truth had fled to brutish beasts, and men had lost their reason.”</div>—Against all justice and right and with no reasonable chance of success they (the rebels) determined to go out of the Union, into their rickety boats of “State rights” and hoist their <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-96-william-brownlow' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 96, William Brownlow footnote'>“miserable cabbage leaf of a palmetto flag.”</a>—They were exhorted by good men—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-96-william-brownlow' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 96, William Brownlow footnote'>“Except ye<s>a</s> abide in the ship ye earned be saved.”</a><br />
Now there are always two parties where the people are accustomed to acquiesce in the vote of the majority. So, there were two parties at the South,—the rich and the poor. The wealthy were the secessionists—the poor were the more loyal party. In this division property—especially slaves, became the test: a test, so far as I know,</p>
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<p>which never marked party distinction before in this country;—Socially, at the South, more than elsewhere, property has for more than half a century, marked a distinction in society. <br /> The wealthy have long considered themselves, by nature, better than the poor, and to my surprise the poor learned to recognize the imposition as a truth. Thus, partly by their own lethargy, they were assigned a social position but little superior to that of the Slave. Politically, for the most part they had equality with the wealthy, but even that power was often wielded against themselves The wealthy held the offices—the poor voted for them, and abode their decissions. <br /> True, the rich and the poor attended the same churches—so did the slaves, but the wealthy lady much preferred that her children should sit by an odoriferous nurse, than that they should sit by the poor. <br /> The poor took back seats—the negroes (except the nurses) took a</p>
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<p>which never marked party distinction before in this country;—Socially, at the South, more than elsewhere, property has for more than half a century, marked a distinction in society. <br />
The wealthy have long considered themselves, by nature, better than the poor, and to my surprise the poor learned to recognize the imposition as a truth. Thus, partly by their own lethargy, they were assigned a social position but little superior to that of the Slave. Politically, for the most part they had equality with the wealthy, but even that power was often wielded against themselves The wealthy held the offices—the poor voted for them, and abode their decissions. <br />
True, the rich and the poor attended the same churches—so did the slaves, but the wealthy lady much preferred that her children should sit by an odoriferous nurse, than that they should sit by the poor. <br />
The poor took back seats—the negroes (except the nurses) took a</p>
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<p>seats behind the doors or peeped through the windows from the outside. The wealthy possessed the advantages of education over the poor—thus they had a reasonable pretext to be the political and social advisers. <br /> They claimed and expected obedience from their slaves and to a limited extent from the poor. <br /> I desired no sudden revolution on this Social situation for all were happy in the place which they verily believed God had assigned them. <br /> But now we see that this social and political condition at the south, afforded the rebel leaders a pliable mass, upon whom to <s>intru</s> impose their fabric of treason in 1861. <br /> They planned, they boasted, they dragged the poor into their ruin. The Slave-holders were and are responsible for the horrors of this dreadful war. Many of the poor on account of relationship were willful supporters of the rebellion,</p>
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<p>seats behind the doors or peeped through the windows from the outside. The wealthy possessed the advantages of education over the poor—thus they had a reasonable pretext to be the political and social advisers. <br />
They claimed and expected obedience from their slaves and to a limited extent from the poor. <br />
I desired no sudden revolution on this Social situation for all were happy in the place which they verily believed God had assigned them. <br />
But now we see that this social and political condition at the south, afforded the rebel leaders a pliable mass, upon whom to <s>intru</s> impose their fabric of treason in 1861. <br />
They planned, they boasted, they dragged the poor into their ruin. The Slave-holders were and are responsible for the horrors of this dreadful war. Many of the poor on account of relationship were willful supporters of the rebellion,</p>
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<p>but the majority of the non-slaveholders, are clear of the blood of this desolation—They had trials to bear and temptations to stand against, which the loyal North can only see dimly through the glass of history. I was there. I know a thing or two. I know what I say. Hear me through. Then I stood and now I stand upon the doctrine set forth by Pres. Lincoln in his Inaugural—that</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="This is a quote from Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address. For a complete version of the speech, click <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres31.html"> here</a>.">“in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken.”</div>
<p><br /> Jeff Davis thought that the Ordinances of secession had desolved the Union,—that “there is no Union.” He said, <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-99-bloodless-revolution" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 99, Bloodless Revolution footnote" rel="noopener">“When the South says she will secede and become a distinct nationality, the North will be glad to let us go and that peaceably. It will be a bloodless revolution.”</a> The rebels repeatedly avered that they would</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="While it is unclear what Woods is quoting here, the phrase “fight ‘till the last man is killed” is a very common one among sources from the period. The term “black republican” refers to abolitionist Republicans (also known as Radical Republicans) and was first used in the build up toward the Election of 1860, particularly in Stephen Douglas’ debates with Lincoln.">“fight ‘till the last man is killed before they would submit to a black republican president.”</div>
<p><br /> The blockade of the ports of S.C. Ga. Fla. Miss. La.</p>
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<p>but the majority of the non-slaveholders, are clear of the blood of this desolation—They had trials to bear and temptations to stand against, which the loyal North can only see dimly through the glass of history. I was there. I know a thing or two. I know what I say. Hear me through. Then I stood and now I stand upon the doctrine set forth by Pres. Lincoln in his Inaugural—that <div class='tooltip' title='This is a quote from Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address. For a complete version of the speech, click <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres31.html"> here</a>.'>“in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken.”</div><br />
Jeff Davis thought that the Ordinances of secession had desolved the Union,—that “there is no Union.” He said, <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-99-bloodless-revolution' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 99, Bloodless Revolution footnote'>“When the South says she will secede and become a distinct nationality, the North will be glad to let us go and that peaceably. It will be a bloodless revolution.”</a> The rebels repeatedly avered that they would <div class='tooltip' title='While it is unclear what Woods is quoting here, the phrase “fight ‘till the last man is killed” is a very common one among sources from the period. The term “black republican” refers to abolitionist Republicans (also known as Radical Republicans) and was first used in the build up toward the Election of 1860, particularly in Stephen Douglas’ debates with Lincoln.'>“fight ‘till the last man is killed before they would submit to a black republican president.”</div><br />
The blockade of the ports of S.C. Ga. Fla. Miss. La.</p>
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<p>and Tex. was declared on the 19th of Apr. 1861, and the mail facilities, throughout the South became interrupted on the passages of the Secession Ordinances.<br /> Secessionists generally mistook the darkness of Jeff. Davis for light, and like him believed that the North would not fight. They laughed at President Lincoln’s first calls for troops, and hissed at his command to <s>for</s> the</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="This is a quote from Lincoln’s Declaration calling for 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion, April 15, 1861. Rather than suppress the rebellion, this request for volunteers is part of what prompted the last four states, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas to secede. For a complete version of this proclamation, click<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Lincoln%27s_75,000_volunteers"> here</a>.">“insurgent combinations of “the Southern States to disperse and retire to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date”</div>
<p>(15th Apr 1861.)<br /> They called his Inaugural a</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="It is unclear what Woods is quoting here.">“vile piece of Duplicity,”</div>
<p>and lost no time in organizing their armies.</p>
<p><i>Rebel Volunteers</i><br /> Were of the wealthy and their dupes.—Ho for Charleston, Richmond, or Pensacola was their cry. They were rallied to their standard very easily, at first, for they supposed</p>
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<p>and Tex. was declared on the 19th of Apr. 1861, and the mail facilities, throughout the South became interrupted on the passages of the Secession Ordinances.<br />
Secessionists generally mistook the darkness of Jeff. Davis for light, and like him believed that the North would not fight. They laughed at President Lincoln’s first calls for troops, and hissed at his command to <s>for</s> the <div class='tooltip' title='This is a quote from Lincoln’s Declaration calling for 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion, April 15, 1861. Rather than suppress the rebellion, this request for volunteers is part of what prompted the last four states, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas to secede. For a complete version of this proclamation, click<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Lincoln%27s_75,000_volunteers"> here</a>.'>“insurgent combinations of “the Southern States to disperse and retire to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date”</div> (15th Apr 1861.)<br />
They called his Inaugural a <div class='tooltip' title='It is unclear what Woods is quoting here.'>“vile piece of Duplicity,”</div> and lost no time in organizing their armies.</p>
<p><i>Rebel Volunteers</i><br />
Were of the wealthy and their dupes.—Ho for Charleston, Richmond, or Pensacola was their cry. They were rallied to their standard very easily, at first, for they supposed</p>
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<p>that only a pleasure excursion lay out before them, and that they would soon return with their brows decked with the laurels of victory over the “Yankee Nation.” <br /> On their return they expected to recieve the approving smiles of the ladies fair, and hear the applaudits [plaudits] of welcom, from an everlasting slave-aristocracy.<br /> Many of the poor, gulled by the excitement, imagined they owned slaves too, for I have often heard persons who never owned <s>were worthe the</s> a negro, say—“We are going to fight for our Southern rights—the Yankees want to free our negroes” (Some of this kind made the worst guerrillas and bushwhackers—they were rebels had were devoid of principle, and war was their pretext for robbery.) <br /> None <s>went without an</s> were overlooked. All were solicited to join the “holy crusade” against the government of our fathers.<br /> I was solicited, even to take a commission: but I posatively refused: And my wife, be it to</p>
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<p>that only a pleasure excursion lay out before them, and that they would soon return with their brows decked with the laurels of victory over the “Yankee Nation.” <br />
On their return they expected to recieve the approving smiles of the ladies fair, and hear the applaudits [plaudits] of welcom, from an everlasting slave-aristocracy.<br />
Many of the poor, gulled by the excitement, imagined they owned slaves too, for I have often heard persons who never owned <s>were worthe the</s> a negro, say—“We are going to fight for our Southern rights—the Yankees want to free our negroes” (Some of this kind made the worst guerrillas and bushwhackers—they were rebels had were devoid of principle, and war was their pretext for robbery.) <br />
None <s>went without an</s> were overlooked. All were solicited to join the “holy crusade” against the government of our fathers.<br />
I was solicited, even to take a commission: but I posatively refused: And my wife, be it to</p>
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<p>her honor, although a native Southern lady, sustained me in my opposition to the rebellion, and urged me never to volunteer into their service. She deserves a eulogy for her firmness in the right. <br /> Most of the ladies of leading families decoyed more hesitating young men <s>to</s> into the rebel ranks, than the politicians themselves.—It was often said by them—“volunteer, or you need not try to marry here.”<br /> After the Provisional rebel Congress was organized and Jeff Davis appointed president—the leaders considered it a fixed fact that they had a new and powerful nation, and they acted accordingly. <br /> When in the course of events the rebels became aware, that “the government at Washington” was making ample preparations to defend her sacred interests, against their usurpations, they called their most infatuated heads together in conclave at Richmond to invent</p>
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<p>her honor, although a native Southern lady, sustained me in my opposition to the rebellion, and urged me never to volunteer into their service. She deserves a eulogy for her firmness in the right. <br />
Most of the ladies of leading families decoyed more hesitating young men <s>to</s> into the rebel ranks, than the politicians themselves.—It was often said by them—“volunteer, or you need not try to marry here.”<br />
After the Provisional rebel Congress was organized and Jeff Davis appointed president—the leaders considered it a fixed fact that they had a new and powerful nation, and they acted accordingly. <br />
When in the course of events the rebels became aware, that “the government at Washington” was making ample preparations to defend her sacred interests, against their usurpations, they called their most infatuated heads together in conclave at Richmond to invent</p>
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<p>material for their own army. <br /> Repeated calls for Volunteers were made, and every new call was accompanied by the promulgation of new sophistries, to convince the poor that they had vital interests in the “Confederacy” <br /> They were told that it was a disgrace for the South to submit to Abe. Lincoln,</p>
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<p>—that the “Independance of the South” was now a foregone conclusion,—that those who did not enter the holy cause of the Confederacy volunteerly, must, surely live hereafter in disgrace.<br /> They were bullied, taunted, flattered and threatened.<br /> The rebels thought the pride of the South forbid that they <s>rebels</s> (the Southerners) should be staggered at the hosts of “blue coats” mustering in the North to subjugate them. The fact was they</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="This is very common language for the time. It is unclear what exactly Woods is quoting here.">“could not be subjugated nor whipped”</div>
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<p>material for their own army. <br />
Repeated calls for Volunteers were made, and every new call was accompanied by the promulgation of new sophistries, to convince the poor that they had vital interests in the “Confederacy” <br />
They were told that it was a disgrace for the South to submit to Abe. Lincoln, <div class='tooltip' title='While some saw Lincoln’s humble beginnings as a merit, others saw it as evidence of his lack of qualifications for office. Many of those who saw Lincoln for the first time were struck by his ungainly appearance and awkward manner. As a result, descriptions such as the one that Woods includes here were quite common.'>“a black republican, and an awkward rail-splitter,”</div>—that the “Independance of the South” was now a foregone conclusion,—that those who did not enter the holy cause of the Confederacy volunteerly, must, surely live hereafter in disgrace.<br />
They were bullied, taunted, flattered and threatened.<br />
The rebels thought the pride of the South forbid that they <s>rebels</s> (the Southerners) should be staggered at the hosts of “blue coats” mustering in the North to subjugate them. The fact was they <div class='tooltip' title='This is very common language for the time. It is unclear what exactly Woods is quoting here.'>“could not be subjugated nor whipped”</div><br />
These were some of the sophistries imposed upon a</p>
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<p>class of the Southern population who held no interest in Slavery. <br /> Great efforts were made to convince them that they were as much interested in the <s>negro</s> perpetuation of Slavery as the slave-holders were, but to sensible men it was useless effort. <br /> Recruiting agents, approached every man as though he were a secessionist<s>s</s>, telling him that he was the property of the “Southern Confederacy”—that he must volunteer and help <s>to</s> drive back the “abolition hordes” that were being precipitated upon the South—that these “hordes” were coming to free the negros to make them equal with the whites,—that the negroes would marry and intermarry with them!!—This is a phase of the dark picture which drove many from their Union hold. <br /> While the rebels were thuse [thus] decieving thousands, I could look around there, and find the worst of negro equality in the very places</p>
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<p>class of the Southern population who held no interest in Slavery. <br />
Great efforts were made to convince them that they were as much interested in the <s>negro</s> perpetuation of Slavery as the slave-holders were, but to sensible men it was useless effort. <br />
Recruiting agents, approached every man as though he were a secessionist<s>s</s>, telling him that he was the property of the “Southern Confederacy”—that he must volunteer and help <s>to</s> drive back the “abolition hordes” that were being precipitated upon the South—that these “hordes” were coming to free the negros to make them equal with the whites,—that the negroes would marry and intermarry with them!!—This is a phase of the dark picture which drove many from their Union hold. <br />
While the rebels were thuse [thus] decieving thousands, I could look around there, and find the worst of negro equality in the very places</p>
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<p>where slavery existed. There they had their own children, half brothers and half-sisters in bondage. The most abominable amalgamation and negro equality that ever did or will exist was on the slave states, and with and by the slaveholders. <br /> I was there, though, and must endure what I saw + heard, for it was accounted sacrilege to say a word against the “Southern institution” or in favor of the Union. <br /> I heard my country abused, and her sacred memories mocked. I have heard the rebels pray in their churches, that the hoofs of their horses, might trample the flesh of Union men into the earth,—that the flesh of Union men might be devoured on the battlefields by vultures—that their blood might enrichen the Southern soil, to raise cotton upon by slave-labor—finally that the Union armies might by well aimed shot and shell from Southern guns, be sent howling back in dismay to their dreary Northern homes. </p>
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<p>where slavery existed. There they had their own children, half brothers and half-sisters in bondage. The most abominable amalgamation and negro equality that ever did or will exist was on the slave states, and with and by the slaveholders. <br />
I was there, though, and must endure what I saw + heard, for it was accounted sacrilege to say a word against the “Southern institution” or in favor of the Union. <br />
I heard my country abused, and her sacred memories mocked. I have heard the rebels pray in their churches, that the hoofs of their horses, might trample the flesh of Union men into the earth,—that the flesh of Union men might be devoured on the battlefields by vultures—that their blood might enrichen the Southern soil, to raise cotton upon by slave-labor—finally that the Union armies might by well aimed shot and shell from Southern guns, be sent howling back in dismay to their dreary Northern homes. <br />
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<p>They prayed with many loud Amens, for the bright exaltation of the “righteous Confederacy,” and for the signal overthrow of the “vile despotism at Washington.”<br /> These hateful proceedings tried my reins. What should I do? What could I do? Reader, what would you have done? I did this—I fell to praying too, but silently for the Union—and whenever the rebels prayed against the country, and for the “Confederacy” +c—I prayed the Lord not to answer their prayers.—I really believe I prayed with faith enough to overbalance a whole rebel congregation at a time. So my friends if prayers, faithful and sincere, were any service to the Union, I did my full share during the two years that my soul and body was imprisoned among the rebels.—Now you can just think as you please about this method of fighting the rebels with prayer, but I think it a very good method</p>
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<p>They prayed with many loud Amens, for the bright exaltation of the “righteous Confederacy,” and for the signal overthrow of the “vile despotism at Washington.”<br />
These hateful proceedings tried my reins. What should I do? What could I do? Reader, what would you have done? I did this—I fell to praying too, but silently for the Union—and whenever the rebels prayed against the country, and for the “Confederacy” +c—I prayed the Lord not to answer their prayers.—I really believe I prayed with faith enough to overbalance a whole rebel congregation at a time. So my friends if prayers, faithful and sincere, were any service to the Union, I did my full share during the two years that my soul and body was imprisoned among the rebels.—Now you can just think as you please about this method of fighting the rebels with prayer, but I think it a very good method</p>
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<p>when one is chained hadnd and foot. <s>We can bre</s> I could breathe a prayer when I could not strike with a sword or <s>speak</s> wield my pen for my country. <br /> With the aid of all those abducted from their allegiance by undue influence, the rebels were able to do a staving business for they now, were able to rally to their standard about two thirds of the southern populations. (This does not apply to Mo. Ky. and Md.)—A full ti<s>e</s>de of success seemed to roll forward in their favor. They sang their songs of rejoicings and talked of the miraculous favor of God upon the “Southern Confederacy” which had so suddenly become a mighty nation, whose Bonds were at a premium in England +c.—Every streak of good luck they had, it was accounted the smile of heaven upon their “glorious cause.”—They even made very good secessionists of some of the Slaves. They rejoiced that</p>
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<p>when one is chained hadnd and foot. <s>We can bre</s> I could breathe a prayer when I could not strike with a sword or <s>speak</s> wield my pen for my country. <br />
With the aid of all those abducted from their allegiance by undue influence, the rebels were able to do a staving business for they now, were able to rally to their standard about two thirds of the southern populations. (This does not apply to Mo. Ky. and Md.)—A full ti<s>e</s>de of success seemed to roll forward in their favor. They sang their songs of rejoicings and talked of the miraculous favor of God upon the “Southern Confederacy” which had so suddenly become a mighty nation, whose Bonds were at a premium in England +c.—Every streak of good luck they had, it was accounted the smile of heaven upon their “glorious cause.”—They even made very good secessionists of some of the Slaves. They rejoiced that</p>
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<p>they had very nearly crushed the Union feeling in the South. They had abused Lincoln, Brownlow, and Andy. Johnson, and they were really thankful to God, that they had gotten so many of the wool-hats (poor) to enlist during the war, for they verily believed that the wealthy ought to remain at home to make the negroes work. They noticed, also, narrowly what happened to the Union forces—if their trains came in collision if their cities got burned or a ship went down, it was forthwith published as an<s>d</s> evidence of God’s displeasure against the Union: and they wondered that the Northern people were so dull that they could not see it too.—But all their braggadocio and hypocritical ejaculating did not weaken my faith, neither did it <s>stop</s> compromise Lincoln’s</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="This language is also common throughout the period and cannot be traced back with certainty to a particular document that Woods would have quoted from.">“vigorous prosecution of the War.”</div>
<p><br /> <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-108-fort-henry" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 108, Fort Henry footnote" rel="noopener">The rebel general who surrendered Fort Henry Tenn.</a> made a very frank acknowledgement</p>
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<p>they had very nearly crushed the Union feeling in the South. They had abused Lincoln, Brownlow, and Andy. Johnson, and they were really thankful to God, that they had gotten so many of the wool-hats (poor) to enlist during the war, for they verily believed that the wealthy ought to remain at home to make the negroes work. They noticed, also, narrowly what happened to the Union forces—if their trains came in collision if their cities got burned or a ship went down, it was forthwith published as an<s>d</s> evidence of God’s displeasure against the Union: and they wondered that the Northern people were so dull that they could not see it too.—But all their braggadocio and hypocritical ejaculating did not weaken my faith, neither did it <s>stop</s> compromise Lincoln’s <div class='tooltip' title='This language is also common throughout the period and cannot be traced back with certainty to a particular document that Woods would have quoted from.'>“vigorous prosecution of the War.”</div><br />
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<p>in his official report of that Surrender—viz—That he could not hold out against the floods of Heaven and the Yankee force both. A few other such acknowledgements were made by leading rebels, but the great majority of them, pretended to believe, even when the tide of battle turned against them in the last year of the war, that God was on the side of slavery and would never let it be abolished. <br /> In 1862 it was thought necessary by the rebel Congress then at Richmond, to institute some new method of recruiting their <s>ranks</s> depleted volunteer ranks,<br /> Thus far, in the war, a large part of the poor of the South had stood aloof from the contest, to the great annoyance of the wealthy who had sons or relatives already volunteers in the service. Some of their friends—the first volunteers, who went off in such glee and blind contempt for truth,</p>
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<p>in his official report of that Surrender—viz—That he could not hold out against the floods of Heaven and the Yankee force both. A few other such acknowledgements were made by leading rebels, but the great majority of them, pretended to believe, even when the tide of battle turned against them in the last year of the war, that God was on the side of slavery and would never let it be abolished. <br />
In 1862 it was thought necessary by the rebel Congress then at Richmond, to institute some new method of recruiting their <s>ranks</s> depleted volunteer ranks,<br />
Thus far, in the war, a large part of the poor of the South had stood aloof from the contest, to the great annoyance of the wealthy who had sons or relatives already volunteers in the service. Some of their friends—the first volunteers, who went off in such glee and blind contempt for truth,</p>
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<p>were now dead, without the joy of seeing the Union desolved, or of seeing the “Confederacy recognized <s>established</s>”—These premature graves, gave the surviving rebels new interest in their cause—Avenge their blood was their cry. If any man in the South heretofore, said they, cheerished any desire for “reconstruction with the Abolition government” let them no longer cheerish such desire. It would be an insult, said they, to the noble blood of our boys, “who <s>w</s>have fallen in deffense of the rights of their homes and firesides”<br /> That blood was shed, and they did not wish that it should prove in vain, hence others must go and sacrifice their lives upon the altar of Slavery,—if one was lost all must be lost; so that a few old grey headed rebels, a few maimed rebel solders and a host of weeping women and children and slaves without end might thereby enjoy the ineffable delights of “Southern rights.”</p>
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<p>were now dead, without the joy of seeing the Union desolved, or of seeing the “Confederacy recognized <s>established</s>”—These premature graves, gave the surviving rebels new interest in their cause—Avenge their blood was their cry. If any man in the South heretofore, said they, cheerished any desire for “reconstruction with the Abolition government” let them no longer cheerish such desire. It would be an insult, said they, to the noble blood of our boys, “who <s>w</s>have fallen in deffense of the rights of their homes and firesides”<br />
That blood was shed, and they did not wish that it should prove in vain, hence others must go and sacrifice their lives upon the altar of Slavery,—if one was lost all must be lost; so that a few old grey headed rebels, a few maimed rebel solders and a host of weeping women and children and slaves without end might thereby enjoy the ineffable delights of “Southern rights.”</p>
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<p>—Oh “Southern rights.” What are they—Why, the right to perpetuate slavery—The right to abuse slavery—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-111-lincolns-second-inaugura" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 111, Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address footnote" rel="noopener">The right to eat bread in the sweat of the negroe’s face</a>—The right to slash—pull teeth—drown—catch with dogs or any other cruelty which would secure implicit obedience of the slaves—the right to cut off every avenue of education from slaves—the right to disavow the sacredness of the matrimonial tie or parental, and filial affection and responsibility among the slaves, in the continual trafic which separates husband, wife,—parent and child unconditionally,—The right to limit or forbid the negroe’s worship of God, by placing patrols of young masters around their congregations, to cause them to disperse to their quarters at certain hours,—the right of <s>patrolling</s> “Young masters” to patrol negro quarters on Sabbath days to find negroes, men and women, without passes, to whip during the Holy Sabbath hours,—the right to bind them naked and mock at the men’s howling, and laugh at the women’s</p>
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<p>—Oh “Southern rights.” What are they—Why, the right to perpetuate slavery—The right to abuse slavery—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-111-lincolns-second-inaugura' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 111, Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address footnote'>The right to eat bread in the sweat of the negroe’s face</a>—The right to slash—pull teeth—drown—catch with dogs or any other cruelty which would secure implicit obedience of the slaves—the right to cut off every avenue of education from slaves—the right to disavow the sacredness of the matrimonial tie or parental, and filial affection and responsibility among the slaves, in the continual trafic which separates husband, wife,—parent and child unconditionally,—The right to limit or forbid the negroe’s worship of God, by placing patrols of young masters around their congregations, to cause them to disperse to their quarters at certain hours,—the right of <s>patrolling</s> “Young masters” to patrol negro quarters on Sabbath days to find negroes, men and women, without passes, to whip during the Holy Sabbath hours,—the right to bind them naked and mock at the men’s howling, and laugh at the women’s</p>
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<p>nude squirmings beneath the “strap”—Yea, the concentrated right of concentrated abomination of multiplying slaves by raising mulattoes, including this right of having one’s own half-blooded children in bondage with the exquisite right of inheriting half brothers and sisters as property. Oh Planters are you not proud of this bill of Southern rights? You know this is what you claimed viz the perpetuation of Slavery as it was at the beginning of the war. Every “right” I have mentioned above is included in the single phrase, “perpetuation of Slavery.” Ye rebels, you desired to establish a government whose obligations would be to perpetuate slavery and thus all these subordinate “rights” under it and inseperable from it. <br /> You wished a government, who would brand as a crime, any word or speech or legislation against the perpetuation of slavery, or any of these rights under it or connected with it. Oh heirs, <s>you</s> who had slave property in expectancy, did you look with pride to the day when you should inherit</p>
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<p>nude squirmings beneath the “strap”—Yea, the concentrated right of concentrated abomination of multiplying slaves by raising mulattoes, including this right of having one’s own half-blooded children in bondage with the exquisite right of inheriting half brothers and sisters as property. Oh Planters are you not proud of this bill of Southern rights? You know this is what you claimed viz the perpetuation of Slavery as it was at the beginning of the war. Every “right” I have mentioned above is included in the single phrase, “perpetuation of Slavery.” Ye rebels, you desired to establish a government whose obligations would be to perpetuate slavery and thus all these subordinate “rights” under it and inseperable from it. <br />
You wished a government, who would brand as a crime, any word or speech or legislation against the perpetuation of slavery, or any of these rights under it or connected with it. Oh heirs, <s>you</s> who had slave property in expectancy, did you look with pride to the day when you should inherit</p>
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<p>a dozen mulattoes, half-brothers and sisters and neighbors children—: dont blush for nothing young Southern lady—it is so, you know it too,—I have seen you refuse the wealthy young planter because he was about to inherit as property, quite too large a number of his own dear relatives. I am no fanatic when I write these truths, it is the very time to strike the abomination of Slavery a final blow. Ye heirs and you, ye, planters, who wanted me to volunteer, who wanted the poor of the South to volunteer to defend these glorious Southern rights of yours—who begged us to forget the glory of the sacred past,—who taunted us <s>to</s> as “croakers”, “tories”, and “Lincolnites” becaused we loved the Union, and would not volunteer into your hell-born and hell-bound ranks—I say hide your faces for utter shame when ye blindly talked of <s>nor</s> Abolitionists, and negro equality—Oh couldn’t you see, that you were the very manufacturers of</p>
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<p>a dozen mulattoes, half-brothers and sisters and neighbors children—: dont blush for nothing young Southern lady—it is so, you know it too,—I have seen you refuse the wealthy young planter because he was about to inherit as property, quite too large a number of his own dear relatives. I am no fanatic when I write these truths, it is the very time to strike the abomination of Slavery a final blow. Ye heirs and you, ye, planters, who wanted me to volunteer, who wanted the poor of the South to volunteer to defend these glorious Southern rights of yours—who begged us to forget the glory of the sacred past,—who taunted us <s>to</s> as “croakers”, “tories”, and “Lincolnites” becaused we loved the Union, and would not volunteer into your hell-born and hell-bound ranks—I say hide your faces for utter shame when ye blindly talked of <s>nor</s> Abolitionists, and negro equality—Oh couldn’t you see, that you were the very manufacturers of</p>
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<p>the most degrading negro equality,—and you wished me, Union men poor men to volunteer to help you perpetuate your signally doomed curse. You claim that you had other Southern rights, but I know whatsoever questions you entertained of others rights, they were all covered over in the blackness of Slavery. <br /> The intoxicated man lays him down upon the beach and knows not that danger is nigh or waking he madly rushes on to destruction and disgrace, so it was that the Southrons, intoxicated by the insinuating and stupefying odors of Slavery lay down in imagined wealth, and security, ‘till its virus, in poisonous throes waked them to war and disgrace—Thank heaven, I was not ingulfed with them I did not, I would not Volunteer.—That new move of recruiting,—that kingly way of rasing armies by <br /> <i>Conscription</i><br /> was hit upon by the rebel government. The first Conscript law (1862)</p>
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<p>the most degrading negro equality,—and you wished me, Union men poor men to volunteer to help you perpetuate your signally doomed curse. You claim that you had other Southern rights, but I know whatsoever questions you entertained of others rights, they were all covered over in the blackness of Slavery. <br />
The intoxicated man lays him down upon the beach and knows not that danger is nigh or waking he madly rushes on to destruction and disgrace, so it was that the Southrons, intoxicated by the insinuating and stupefying odors of Slavery lay down in imagined wealth, and security, ‘till its virus, in poisonous throes waked them to war and disgrace—Thank heaven, I was not ingulfed with them I did not, I would not Volunteer.—That new move of recruiting,—that kingly way of rasing armies by <br />
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<p>required that every ablebodied man between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years, within the “Confederate States” should be enrolled for military service in the “Confederate Army” <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-115-first-conscript-law" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 115, First Conscript Law footnote" rel="noopener">There were a few exemptions.</a> (The States of Mo. Ky Tenn. and West Va. were counted by the rebels at that time to be in the ‘Confederacy’). <br /> This law appeared unjust and very arbitrary to what few Union men there were, who had stood manfully against every other rebel seduction and imposition. The secessionists-slaveholders were, however, much elated at the passage of the Conscript law, for they had become quite uneasy because a class of the poor refused to volunteer—They thought this conscript law fully carried into effect would <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-115-terrapins" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 115, Terrapins footnote" rel="noopener">make the “tarripins [terrapins] walk.”</a><br /> Now, (May 1862) I was to be forced into the rebel service. How should or could I avoid it. Others, <s>now</s> who had firmly refused ‘till now, were volunteering to avoid the inconvenience (with rebels disgrace) of</p>
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<p>required that every ablebodied man between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years, within the “Confederate States” should be enrolled for military service in the “Confederate Army” <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-115-first-conscript-law' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 115, First Conscript Law footnote'>There were a few exemptions.</a> (The States of Mo. Ky Tenn. and West Va. were counted by the rebels at that time to be in the ‘Confederacy’). <br />
This law appeared unjust and very arbitrary to what few Union men there were, who had stood manfully against every other rebel seduction and imposition. The secessionists-slaveholders were, however, much elated at the passage of the Conscript law, for they had become quite uneasy because a class of the poor refused to volunteer—They thought this conscript law fully carried into effect would <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-115-terrapins' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 115, Terrapins footnote'>make the “tarripins [terrapins] walk.”</a><br />
Now, (May 1862) I was to be forced into the rebel service. How should or could I avoid it. Others, <s>now</s> who had firmly refused ‘till now, were volunteering to avoid the inconvenience (with rebels disgrace) of</p>
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<p>being forced into the rebel service without choice of officers or command.—this was the provision of the law that conscripts should be sent, where ever recruits were wanting to fill the depleted ranks. <br /> Conscripts were coaxed, driven and dragged to the various conscript camps. <br /> With much regret for myself and all Union men I saw, that our firmness was about to be in vain and that we were about to be forced to bear arms against our country our friends and brethren. <br /> I did not, I could not regard the “Confederacy” as my country nor secessionists as my friends. I viewed them as my enemies and the enemies and the enemies of my country. I looked upon the “Confederacy” as a vile conspiracy against the very best interests of the world. To be forced into this wicked, unprovoked conspiracy, to put on the black, detestable garments of treason—to walk beneath the flaunting rebel flag</p>
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<p>being forced into the rebel service without choice of officers or command.—this was the provision of the law that conscripts should be sent, where ever recruits were wanting to fill the depleted ranks. <br />
Conscripts were coaxed, driven and dragged to the various conscript camps. <br />
With much regret for myself and all Union men I saw, that our firmness was about to be in vain and that we were about to be forced to bear arms against our country our friends and brethren. <br />
I did not, I could not regard the “Confederacy” as my country nor secessionists as my friends. I viewed them as my enemies and the enemies and the enemies of my country. I looked upon the “Confederacy” as a vile conspiracy against the very best interests of the world. To be forced into this wicked, unprovoked conspiracy, to put on the black, detestable garments of treason—to walk beneath the flaunting rebel flag<br />
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<p>—to be held there by military heartlessness while my own friends, proudly, dutifuly marching under the Stars and Stripe, must of needcessity fire upon me,—to be compelled to endure all this and more beyond expression, in the service of a rotten, Ulcerated negro Confederacy, was almost enough to drive a man of conscientiousness into desperation. <br /> I am only one of thousands, thus treated. What I say of my self applies to all under like circumstances.<br /> This Conscript injustice operated upon the Union man, not upon the slave-holder.—I make this explanation.—In the border slave states there were many of the Slave holders who were Union and now and then a slave-holder in the Gulf States who was a Union man. I heard one in Alabama say, that he would gladly free his negroes to sustain the Union. I am informed that another in Tenn. said </p>
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<p>—to be held there by military heartlessness while my own friends, proudly, dutifuly marching under the Stars and Stripe, must of needcessity fire upon me,—to be compelled to endure all this and more beyond expression, in the service of a rotten, Ulcerated negro Confederacy, was almost enough to drive a man of conscientiousness into desperation. <br />
I am only one of thousands, thus treated. What I say of my self applies to all under like circumstances.<br />
This Conscript injustice operated upon the Union man, not upon the slave-holder.—I make this explanation.—In the border slave states there were many of the Slave holders who were Union and now and then a slave-holder in the Gulf States who was a Union man. I heard one in Alabama say, that he would gladly free his negroes to sustain the Union. I am informed that another in Tenn. said <br />
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<p>he would gladly send his negro men to fight in the Union army rather than see the <s>Conf</s> secession cause succeed. If such were not Union men I don’t know where to find them among slave-holders. Then ex-Slave-holders who were and are Union, will not be offended at me for exposing <s>the</s> to a very small extent the debasing influences of Slavery, and I feel sure that I shall sooner or later recieve the approbation of every intelligent Union man, for my opposition to the rebel cause: when they see plainly that Slavery was the foundation of the rebellion,—<a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-118-slaveholding-stats" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 118, Slaveholding Stats footnote" rel="noopener">that not over one third of the Southern population were directly interested in Slaves,</a> pecuniarly, and that morally all were injured by the presence of the institution. <br /> I do not and did not in all my actions and feelings against the secessionists, desire their political sympathy or good will, es-</p>
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<p>he would gladly send his negro men to fight in the Union army rather than see the <s>Conf</s> secession cause succeed. If such were not Union men I don’t know where to find them among slave-holders. Then ex-Slave-holders who were and are Union, will not be offended at me for exposing <s>the</s> to a very small extent the debasing influences of Slavery, and I feel sure that I shall sooner or later recieve the approbation of every intelligent Union man, for my opposition to the rebel cause: when they see plainly that Slavery was the foundation of the rebellion,—<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-118-slaveholding-stats' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 118, Slaveholding Stats footnote'>that not over one third of the Southern population were directly interested in Slaves,</a> pecuniarly, and that morally all were injured by the presence of the institution. <br />
I do not and did not in all my actions and feelings against the secessionists, desire their political sympathy or good will, es-<br />
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<p>pecially, when I saw that to secure that good will I must compromise between truth and falsehood, and between loyalty and treason. <br /> Under the exigencies by which I was surrounded in Ala. in 1862 I looked upon myself, <s>as a party</s> and who were Union with me, as a party against the “Confederacy” and its conscription. <br /> To justify myself in a semi-secret policy against the rebels, I studied carefully the policy of the Children of Israel, when <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-119-bible-quotations" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 119, Bible Quotations footnote" rel="noopener">“they borrowed of the Egyptians, jewels of silver + gold and raiment”</a> + <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-119-bible-quotations" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 119, Bible Quotations footnote" rel="noopener">“They spoiled the Egyptians.”</a>—I studied the policy of Abraham when he denied his wife before Abimelech, <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-119-bible-quotations" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 119, Bible Quotations footnote" rel="noopener">“because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place.”</a><br /> The rebels did slay men for their principle’s sake. I thought to decieve them as to the full extent of my desire against them.—I informed them, that I was not of a military turn,—and that it was </p>
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<p>pecially, when I saw that to secure that good will I must compromise between truth and falsehood, and between loyalty and treason. <br />
Under the exigencies by which I was surrounded in Ala. in 1862 I looked upon myself, <s>as a party</s> and who were Union with me, as a party against the “Confederacy” and its conscription. <br />
To justify myself in a semi-secret policy against the rebels, I studied carefully the policy of the Children of Israel, when <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-119-bible-quotations' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 119, Bible Quotations footnote'>“they borrowed of the Egyptians, jewels of silver + gold and raiment”</a> + <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-119-bible-quotations' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 119, Bible Quotations footnote'>“They spoiled the Egyptians.”</a>—I studied the policy of Abraham when he denied his wife before Abimelech, <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-119-bible-quotations' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 119, Bible Quotations footnote'>“because I thought, surely the fear of God is not in this place.”</a><br />
The rebels did slay men for their principle’s sake. I thought to decieve them as to the full extent of my desire against them.—I informed them, that I was not of a military turn,—and that it was <br />
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<p>not my calling. I sought a business <s>that would neith</s> in which I might neither assist the secession cause directly no indirectly and one wh which would at the same time exempt me from Conscription. <br /> I taught school at Oxford Ala. (teachers were exempt for awhile) I thought myself lucky in being a teacher, and my wife was rejoiced and said—“Your education has saved you at last.” for I had revealed my mind and determination fully to her, and to her only. <br /> I had to teach school under much embarrassment for there was a prejudice in the minds of the wealthy against any ablebodied man who had not volunteered. I obtained my school with the requisite number of pupils by proposing very liberal terms, viz. giving tuition gratis or at half price to children of widows and poor people. <br /> I, thus evaded Conscription</p>
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<p>not my calling. I sought a business <s>that would neith</s> in which I might neither assist the secession cause directly no indirectly and one wh which would at the same time exempt me from Conscription. <br />
I taught school at Oxford Ala. (teachers were exempt for awhile) I thought myself lucky in being a teacher, and my wife was rejoiced and said—“Your education has saved you at last.” for I had revealed my mind and determination fully to her, and to her only. <br />
I had to teach school under much embarrassment for there was a prejudice in the minds of the wealthy against any ablebodied man who had not volunteered. I obtained my school with the requisite number of pupils by proposing very liberal terms, viz. giving tuition gratis or at half price to children of widows and poor people. <br />
I, thus evaded Conscription<br />
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<p>several months despite their prejudices and influences, and I hope I influenced some others to evade conscription too. <br /> <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-121-alien-enemies-act" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 121, Alien Enemies Act footnote" rel="noopener">Now there had been a space of forty days, prior to the passage of the Conscription Act, in which “Alien enemies” (Union men) might leave the “Confederate States”</a> but this merciful law, was almost a nullity except to those who were near the lines. The poor who were principally interested in getting away, possessed not the means—they had neither wagon nor teams. There being also danger of interruption and detention on the way, many good Union men far in the interior, were cut off from the benefit thus offered. If a man should attempt, And fail to get out within the forty days, then his attempt would be a public advertisement, which would subject a man him to many abuses and insults from the Secession community.</p>
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<p>several months despite their prejudices and influences, and I hope I influenced some others to evade conscription too. <br />
<a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-121-alien-enemies-act' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 121, Alien Enemies Act footnote'>Now there had been a space of forty days, prior to the passage of the Conscription Act, in which “Alien enemies” (Union men) might leave the “Confederate States”</a> but this merciful law, was almost a nullity except to those who were near the lines. The poor who were principally interested in getting away, possessed not the means—they had neither wagon nor teams. There being also danger of interruption and detention on the way, many good Union men far in the interior, were cut off from the benefit thus offered. If a man should attempt, And fail to get out within the forty days, then his attempt would be a public advertisement, which would subject a man him to many abuses and insults from the Secession community.<br />
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<p>Yet had I, or had the Union men generally known that <s>Cons.</s> sweeping Conscription was going to be the order of the day, or that the rebellion was going to assume such gigantic and cruel proportions, we would have risked more, and made more vigorous efforts to escape from the impending bondage and ruin. <br /> Personally I entertained a very great desire to be where I could Volunteer into the Union Service, to help avenge the insults I had already heard and seen heaped up against this country of our fathers.<br /> But so it was—perhaps</p>
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<p><br /> I shall not here enter into any lengthy disquision [discussion?], running back through history, Blackstone and the Bible to show to which I, under all circumstances, owed allegiance the Union or the <s>when</s> rebel intended Confederacy. I shall only </p>
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<p>Yet had I, or had the Union men generally known that <s>Cons.</s> sweeping Conscription was going to be the order of the day, or that the rebellion was going to assume such gigantic and cruel proportions, we would have risked more, and made more vigorous efforts to escape from the impending bondage and ruin. <br />
Personally I entertained a very great desire to be where I could Volunteer into the Union Service, to help avenge the insults I had already heard and seen heaped up against this country of our fathers.<br />
But so it was—perhaps <div class='tooltip' title='This is also a quote from the Bible, Genesis Chapter 50, Verse 20: “But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” This particular verse is spoken by Joseph within his decision to forgive his brothers following their attempt to murder him.'>“God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day.”</div><br />
I shall not here enter into any lengthy disquision [discussion?], running back through history, Blackstone and the Bible to show to which I, under all circumstances, owed allegiance the Union or the <s>when</s> rebel intended Confederacy. I shall only <br />
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<p>slightly trace the events of a few latter years that decided me, which to serve. Union or Slavery. <br /> Loyal men could not recognize the right of the rebels to enact Conscription or any other laws to force men to support the enemies of their own country. And when such law was passed its fell like galling oppression upon those whose sense of patriotism and duty had restrained them from volunteering into the rebel service. <br /> I would gladly recommend citizens who were thus oppressed to the kind favor of the government. If a man was a victim of the Conscript law it is prime facie evidence <s>that he was</s> of his loyalty to the Union. The rebels themselves so considered it, hence they looked with distrust upon all the conscripts and subjected them to many unnatural insults and flatteries. </p>
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<p>slightly trace the events of a few latter years that decided me, which to serve. Union or Slavery. <br />
Loyal men could not recognize the right of the rebels to enact Conscription or any other laws to force men to support the enemies of their own country. And when such law was passed its fell like galling oppression upon those whose sense of patriotism and duty had restrained them from volunteering into the rebel service. <br />
I would gladly recommend citizens who were thus oppressed to the kind favor of the government. If a man was a victim of the Conscript law it is prime facie evidence <s>that he was</s> of his loyalty to the Union. The rebels themselves so considered it, hence they looked with distrust upon all the conscripts and subjected them to many unnatural insults and flatteries. <br />
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<p>There were very many interesting quearies [queries] suggested to the unfortunate Conscripts, by their dependent and forlorn situation. <br /> They were driven, bound with chains or otherwise, like herds of cattle <s>for</s> to the slaughterfield. <br /> When a man through conscience volunteers to meet danger or death, he can do it with more cheerfulness than he who is forced into danger or death contrary to his conscience. Hence it was that at first conscripts were not supposed by the rebels to be capable of doing valiant battle on the Confederate side, but this war has proved that white men, free Americans, can be yoked down to obedience like a mule or negro,<br /> Now what should a man do in such a case. Suppose he falls, by no fault of his into the hands of a band of murderers who clame his most obedient service or his blood? Must he</p>
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<p>There were very many interesting quearies [queries] suggested to the unfortunate Conscripts, by their dependent and forlorn situation. <br />
They were driven, bound with chains or otherwise, like herds of cattle <s>for</s> to the slaughterfield. <br />
When a man through conscience volunteers to meet danger or death, he can do it with more cheerfulness than he who is forced into danger or death contrary to his conscience. Hence it was that at first conscripts were not supposed by the rebels to be capable of doing valiant battle on the Confederate side, but this war has proved that white men, free Americans, can be yoked down to obedience like a mule or negro,<br />
Now what should a man do in such a case. Suppose he falls, by no fault of his into the hands of a band of murderers who clame his most obedient service or his blood? Must he<br />
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<p>lightly throw away his life or must he obey for policy’s sake? An hour of escape may come, then all reason dictates, to obey, decieve, and finally escape. <br /> Thus I have stood at the depot and watched the conscripts as they sullenly left their families with only a hoarse good bye—their wives and children weeping in agony of dispair, evidently believing it the last glimse they would ever catch of husband and father. Here for the information of such as never thought of it before, I make mention, that the sorrowing of the poor, at their sad partings was mu<s>t</s>ch more pungent and intense than such partings of the wealthy. <br /> I pronounce positively, that the “Confederacy” was nothing more nor less than a gigantic Clan of willful murderers, to whose usurped power their victims were under no moral obligations whatever. </p>
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<p>lightly throw away his life or must he obey for policy’s sake? An hour of escape may come, then all reason dictates, to obey, decieve, and finally escape. <br />
Thus I have stood at the depot and watched the conscripts as they sullenly left their families with only a hoarse good bye—their wives and children weeping in agony of dispair, evidently believing it the last glimse they would ever catch of husband and father. Here for the information of such as never thought of it before, I make mention, that the sorrowing of the poor, at their sad partings was mu<s>t</s>ch more pungent and intense than such partings of the wealthy. <br />
I pronounce positively, that the “Confederacy” was nothing more nor less than a gigantic Clan of willful murderers, to whose usurped power their victims were under no moral obligations whatever. <br />
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<p>—With the same propriety, <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-126-murrell-and-joaquin" target="_blank" title="click to view Memoir 1, Page 126, Murrell and Joaquin footnote" rel="noopener">Murrell or Joaquin</a> might have compelled honest men to perform their bloody deeds, or treat them as “traitors and tories” for not doing them. Politically, on account of numbers and wealth the rebels forced an acknowledgment of the rights of belligerents. <br /> At the same time the government could not and would not recognize the “So called Confederacy” as a nation. All loyal men North or South claimed that the “Constitution of the United States was the Supreme law of the land” any secession law to the contrary notwithstanding.—If the rebels were no nation, then they were only banded outlaws of a nation: as such I was justifyable in decieving them, in disobeying their mandates, and in <s>poisoning</s> gathering influence and strength for the Union. I was voluntarily and gratuitously in </p>
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<p>—With the same propriety, <a href='http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-126-murrell-and-joaquin' target='_blank' title='click to view Memoir 1, Page 126, Murrell and Joaquin footnote'>Murrell or Joaquin</a> might have compelled honest men to perform their bloody deeds, or treat them as “traitors and tories” for not doing them. Politically, on account of numbers and wealth the rebels forced an acknowledgment of the rights of belligerents. <br />
At the same time the government could not and would not recognize the “So called Confederacy” as a nation. All loyal men North or South claimed that the “Constitution of the United States was the Supreme law of the land” any secession law to the contrary notwithstanding.—If the rebels were no nation, then they were only banded outlaws of a nation: as such I was justifyable in decieving them, in disobeying their mandates, and in <s>poisoning</s> gathering influence and strength for the Union. I was voluntarily and gratuitously in <br />
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<p>in the service of my country, in So doing. <br /> I have now written of a series of thoughts, suggested to my mind, from the passage of the Conscript Act until I was myself<br /> Conscripted<br /> on the 29th of October 1862, at my school house in Oxford Ala. (Conscription consists in taking one’s Descriptive list)<br /> I was ordered, at the time, to report at the depot, in Oxford, on the next Monday at 8 A.M. to take the train with others for Taladega. (thirty miles away <s>further South)</s>. <br /> I spent the Saturday previous, in preparing to leave my family. I filed my papers and put away my books.—My school lacked three days of being out, but I <s>had</s> was given no time to finish or to make out my school record<br /> I spent the Sabbath in silent</p>
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<p>in the service of my country, in So doing. <br />
I have now written of a series of thoughts, suggested to my mind, from the passage of the Conscript Act until I was myself<br />
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I was ordered, at the time, to report at the depot, in Oxford, on the next Monday at 8 A.M. to take the train with others for Taladega. (thirty miles away <s>further South)</s>. <br />
I spent the Saturday previous, in preparing to leave my family. I filed my papers and put away my books.—My school lacked three days of being out, but I <s>had</s> was given no time to finish or to make out my school record<br />
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<p>thought. Our parting on Monday morning, the 3rd of November 1862, was attended with no great sensation, for our minds and hearts had been prepared by degrees to bear it silently. And then, in such partings, the star of hope, always comes in as a mollifier of grief, and whispers in her ear “–He’ll come back again.” To strengthen that hope, of my speedy return, I made no preparations for a long journy —taking only one suit of apparel and my winter shawl.—My pencil and diary were in my pocket, and my thoughts were in my head. <br /> I et in haste my breakfast, and while she wept <s>up</s> above stairs I “reported” at the depot. <br /> With her eyes fixed upon that star of hope Emma soliloquizes—He may get back in a few weeks or months at most. Perhaps he may be pronounced unfit for or exempt from <s>service</s> military service: but I know</p>
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<p>thought. Our parting on Monday morning, the 3rd of November 1862, was attended with no great sensation, for our minds and hearts had been prepared by degrees to bear it silently. And then, in such partings, the star of hope, always comes in as a mollifier of grief, and whispers in her ear “–He’ll come back again.” To strengthen that hope, of my speedy return, I made no preparations for a long journy —taking only one suit of apparel and my winter shawl.—My pencil and diary were in my pocket, and my thoughts were in my head. <br />
I et in haste my breakfast, and while she wept <s>up</s> above stairs I “reported” at the depot. <br />
With her eyes fixed upon that star of hope Emma soliloquizes—He may get back in a few weeks or months at most. Perhaps he may be pronounced unfit for or exempt from <s>service</s> military service: but I know </p>
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<p>the chances are against me, for he is to go to war against his conscience, to be constrained to bear arms against his friends.—Will he do it, or will he subject himself, rather, to imprisonment and death by refusing? Danger is his lot, whether he obeys or disobeys “these laws.” If he obey he may recieve honor awhile,—if he disobey, the wrath of the Confederacy will be against him. <br /> —If he obey he must enter the uncertain battlefield, and the incidents of Camp life. If he disobey he will suffer imprisonment, trial and punishment, or if he attempts escape to the Union lines danger encompass him on every side.—But then I’ll try to have faith—I’ll pray—I hope he will.—I must trust him in the hands of providence—he told me to—I will. <br /> All Aboard, is heard at the depot—I step upon the passenger train, with apparent</p>
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<p>the chances are against me, for he is to go to war against his conscience, to be constrained to bear arms against his friends.—Will he do it, or will he subject himself, rather, to imprisonment and death by refusing? Danger is his lot, whether he obeys or disobeys “these laws.” If he obey he may recieve honor awhile,—if he disobey, the wrath of the Confederacy will be against him. <br />
—If he obey he must enter the uncertain battlefield, and the incidents of Camp life. If he disobey he will suffer imprisonment, trial and punishment, or if he attempts escape to the Union lines danger encompass him on every side.—But then I’ll try to have faith—I’ll pray—I hope he will.—I must trust him in the hands of providence—he told me to—I will. <br />
All Aboard, is heard at the depot—I step upon the passenger train, with apparent </p>
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<p>alacrity—(none shall know that I care) and anon we are speeding involuntarily, from our homes, with an “agent” to carry the “rolls” and to take care of us as though we were so many mules of negroes for the Mobile market. <br /> —Nearly out of sight of our late homes—with rattling, thundering sound the trains heaves on faster.—I step quickly to the platform of the rear car—quickly, one more glance—one more sight of that face in tears, watching from that curtained window. Yes ‘tis the last lingering glance.<br /> —Shall that friendly smile never more beam upon me?—Hat in mid air waves the distant goodbye.—The white handkerchief <s>wet</s> bedewed with precious tears, most gracefully responds, in gentleness as it reclines upon that warm, devoted heart. Then, again soliloquizing and weeping alone,—He is gone! He’s gone! She, relenting says <s>No more sh</s> all <s>I hear</s></p>
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<p>alacrity—(none shall know that I care) and anon we are speeding involuntarily, from our homes, with an “agent” to carry the “rolls” and to take care of us as though we were so many mules of negroes for the Mobile market. <br />
—Nearly out of sight of our late homes—with rattling, thundering sound the trains heaves on faster.—I step quickly to the platform of the rear car—quickly, one more glance—one more sight of that face in tears, watching from that curtained window. Yes ‘tis the last lingering glance.<br />
—Shall that friendly smile never more beam upon me?—Hat in mid air waves the distant goodbye.—The white handkerchief <s>wet</s> bedewed with precious tears, most gracefully responds, in gentleness as it reclines upon that warm, devoted heart. Then, again soliloquizing and weeping alone,—He is gone! He’s gone! She, relenting says <s>No more sh</s> all <s>I hear</s></p>
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<p><i>Shall I hear no more, the kind sound of his voice?<br /> —No more to me, his cheering smiles of love appear?<br /> Then, I can only weep, while others may rejoice. <br /> —Forgetful I’ll pine, ‘till he again is here.</i> <br /> —While she<s>e</s> weeps , for relief, she buries her face in the pillow’s white folds, and there in sighing visions beguiles her heart in sightless sleep. In alluring dreams, recounting bliss that’s gone, she sighs away the night, only to ‘wake to the sad loneliness of many consecutive days. <br /> Week after week,—year after year rolls slowly and cruelly on but from then (1862) ‘till now (1865)”he has not come back again.”<br /> Oh, those cruel cars don’t bring him, when they are coming,<br /> And to see them swiftly going <s>re</s>minds me,—how they took him. <br /> “How changed all things around since he went away—When he comes, he’ll scacely [scarcely] know me, And these he’ll not know.”</p>
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<p><i>Shall I hear no more, the kind sound of his voice?<br />
—No more to me, his cheering smiles of love appear?<br />
Then, I can only weep, while others may rejoice. <br />
—Forgetful I’ll pine, ‘till he again is here.</i> <br />
—While she<s>e</s> weeps , for relief, she buries her face in the pillow’s white folds, and there in sighing visions beguiles her heart in sightless sleep. In alluring dreams, recounting bliss that’s gone, she sighs away the night, only to ‘wake to the sad loneliness of many consecutive days. <br />
Week after week,—year after year rolls slowly and cruelly on but from then (1862) ‘till now (1865)”he has not come back again.”<br />
Oh, those cruel cars don’t bring him, when they are coming,<br />
And to see them swiftly going <s>re</s>minds me,—how they took him. <br />
“How changed all things around since he went away—When he comes, he’ll scacely [scarcely] know me, And these he’ll not know.”</p>
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<p><i>From Oxford to Mobile.</i><br /> In times of war, and danger,—in times of loss and sorrow,—and times of cruel partings; men are oft stern and heartless, shedding not a tear at woman’s most plaintive cries;—It may be proper for these are critical times when unfeeling coolness must nerve to action and keep alive some executive power. <br /> So very soon after the parting I let lose <s>the</s> my thoughts of home, and turned my attention to political and military scenes, that might learn the chances of the “Confederacy” both pro and con. <br /> We arrived at Taladega about 10 AM. Here I beheld “Confederate Officers,” very many—dressed finely—with plenty of money. They expressed themselves very glad to see the Conscripts coming in—They thought if these Conscripts would only make good fighters, they could soon have an army sufficient to stand against all</p>
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<p><i>From Oxford to Mobile.</i><br />
In times of war, and danger,—in times of loss and sorrow,—and times of cruel partings; men are oft stern and heartless, shedding not a tear at woman’s most plaintive cries;—It may be proper for these are critical times when unfeeling coolness must nerve to action and keep alive some executive power. <br />
So very soon after the parting I let lose <s>the</s> my thoughts of home, and turned my attention to political and military scenes, that might learn the chances of the “Confederacy” both pro and con. <br />
We arrived at Taladega about 10 AM. Here I beheld “Confederate Officers,” very many—dressed finely—with plenty of money. They expressed themselves very glad to see the Conscripts coming in—They thought if these Conscripts would only make good fighters, they could soon have an army sufficient to stand against all</p>
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<p>the forces Lincoln could bring against them. They thought, <s>they</s> (the conscripts) might be induced to fight if they were carefully assigned to fighting regiments. <br /> Well these were trying moments, to hear ourselves talked of as if we were cattle. And it was very hard indeed to give implicit obedience to the impertinent orders of those half-fledged rebel imps, <s>who</s> of bigotry, placed in command over us. <br /> Now I wish it distinctly understood that I can meet danger fearlessly in a good cause, and obey any reasonable order of superiors, or bear any sufferable inconveniences, in and under right and legal authority for the sake of order, Then it was not the dangers nor the humiliation that hurt me, for that I could have, and have cheerfully borne under the “Stars and Stripes”, but to bear it all against my will, in treason’s cause by compulsion, it touched</p>
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<p>the forces Lincoln could bring against them. They thought, <s>they</s> (the conscripts) might be induced to fight if they were carefully assigned to fighting regiments. <br />
Well these were trying moments, to hear ourselves talked of as if we were cattle. And it was very hard indeed to give implicit obedience to the impertinent orders of those half-fledged rebel imps, <s>who</s> of bigotry, placed in command over us. <br />
Now I wish it distinctly understood that I can meet danger fearlessly in a good cause, and obey any reasonable order of superiors, or bear any sufferable inconveniences, in and under right and legal authority for the sake of order, Then it was not the dangers nor the humiliation that hurt me, for that I could have, and have cheerfully borne under the “Stars and Stripes”, but to bear it all against my will, in treason’s cause by compulsion, it touched </p>
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<p>beyond my physical powers. </p>
<div class="tooltip" title="Modern records show us that Woods was taken to Camp Buckner, a conscript and instruction camp in Talladega, Alabama. This camp was commanded by Major William J. Walthall and was located around the site of what is now Wren Manor, currently along Sloan Avenue and the grounds of the Talladega Municipal Golf Course.">We were taken to the “Conscript Camps.” nearby, where we were examined by a kind of mock medical board, who pronounced us fit for military service, and sent us to the Commander’s ( ) Headquarters;</div>
<p>where were were called separately, and our names registered in Alphabetical order, with the descriptive list, in large <s>ledger</s> Record books. <br /> It was published in rebel papers that these Records were to be carefully preserved for ages to come, by the “Confederate Government” for refferences in, by which record children to the third and forth generation should feel the dishonor that their father was a Conscript, <s>or the honor</s> The records of volunteers were to be sacredly preserved too, but it was to be sung as an honor, far down the course of time by coming generations that “my, forefathers were volunteers in the “Glorious Confederate Army.”</p>
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<p>beyond my physical powers. <br />
<div class='tooltip' title='Modern records show us that Woods was taken to Camp Buckner, a conscript and instruction camp in Talladega, Alabama. This camp was commanded by Major William J. Walthall and was located around the site of what is now Wren Manor, currently along Sloan Avenue and the grounds of the Talladega Municipal Golf Course.'>We were taken to the “Conscript Camps.” nearby, where we were examined by a kind of mock medical board, who pronounced us fit for military service, and sent us to the Commander’s ( ) Headquarters;</div> where were were called separately, and our names registered in Alphabetical order, with the descriptive list, in large <s>ledger</s> Record books. <br />
It was published in rebel papers that these Records were to be carefully preserved for ages to come, by the “Confederate Government” for refferences in, by which record children to the third and forth generation should feel the dishonor that their father was a Conscript, <s>or the honor</s> The records of volunteers were to be sacredly preserved too, but it was to be sung as an honor, far down the course of time by coming generations that “my, forefathers were volunteers in the “Glorious Confederate Army.”</p>
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<p>By the glass of reason, I then thought I could see how these records of honor and dishonor were to be preserved, and what would in future be accounted honor. <br /> But these glimpses of the future did not shine with lustre enough to drive away the actual crisis of that present moment.—Death may force a convulsive groan although the Christian<s>s</s> sees the elysian plains beyond. <br /> After the “Record” was satisfied, we were distributed to different Companies, in charge of cadets from Tuscaloosa and other places. There were already thousands of conscripts in the Camp being drilled for regiments in the field. <br /> Late in the evening we had the insult of being compelled to eat “Confederate rations,” but use and needcessity soon made us<s>e</s> willing to accept “rations” whenever and wherever we could get them, without the liberty, to question</p>
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<p>By the glass of reason, I then thought I could see how these records of honor and dishonor were to be preserved, and what would in future be accounted honor. <br />
But these glimpses of the future did not shine with lustre enough to drive away the actual crisis of that present moment.—Death may force a convulsive groan although the Christian<s>s</s> sees the elysian plains beyond. <br />
After the “Record” was satisfied, we were distributed to different Companies, in charge of cadets from Tuscaloosa and other places. There were already thousands of conscripts in the Camp being drilled for regiments in the field. <br />
Late in the evening we had the insult of being compelled to eat “Confederate rations,” but use and needcessity soon made us<s>e</s> willing to accept “rations” whenever and wherever we could get them, without the liberty, to question</p>
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<p>either the quantity, quality or justice thereof. <br /> We were in companies, did our cooking and washing, and “piled up” in tents at night. There was a guard kept around the whole encampment lest some conscript might depart to report no more. <br /> On the 4th (Nov /62) we were drilled and ordered around most unmercifully.—We could and would have borne it all cheerfully in a good cause, with a good end in view. <br /> —That night some of the men undertook to find comfort in an old fashioned prayer meeting, but very soon “Officers” came and broke it up, for they said they did not like these noisy meetings—that it put the devil in the men and that some of them escaped nearly every night during the meetings.<br /> On the morning of the 5th, while I was sitting on the ground thoughtfully musing, with no paper, or book to read and no friend with whom</p>
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<p>either the quantity, quality or justice thereof. <br />
We were in companies, did our cooking and washing, and “piled up” in tents at night. There was a guard kept around the whole encampment lest some conscript might depart to report no more. <br />
On the 4th (Nov /62) we were drilled and ordered around most unmercifully.—We could and would have borne it all cheerfully in a good cause, with a good end in view. <br />
—That night some of the men undertook to find comfort in an old fashioned prayer meeting, but very soon “Officers” came and broke it up, for they said they did not like these noisy meetings—that it put the devil in the men and that some of them escaped nearly every night during the meetings.<br />
On the morning of the 5th, while I was sitting on the ground thoughtfully musing, with no paper, or book to read and no friend with whom</p>
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<p>to converse, contrasting in my mind my condition then with what it had been in other years, we were all <s>startl</s> greeted with the order—“Company—fall into line”<br /> When in lines, we were told that an order for two hundred men had come to be sent to Mobile to the 40th and 36th Ala. Regts.—These were to be obtained from certain companies. Those wishing to go were allowed to step five paces in front. Some stept forward,—they were hence forthe to have the privileges of volunteers by this act. <br /> I desired to get away from this dirt Camp. I had read of Mobile though and thet dark, dismal swamps of Dog river below,<br /> I knew too, that even conscripts fared better after they were regularly in a regiment, but I could not step forward, not withstanding all that, for I did not wish to do a single voluntary act in the “Confederate cause”</p>
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<p>to converse, contrasting in my mind my condition then with what it had been in other years, we were all <s>startl</s> greeted with the order—“Company—fall into line”<br />
When in lines, we were told that an order for two hundred men had come to be sent to Mobile to the 40th and 36th Ala. Regts.—These were to be obtained from certain companies. Those wishing to go were allowed to step five paces in front. Some stept forward,—they were hence forthe to have the privileges of volunteers by this act. <br />
I desired to get away from this dirt Camp. I had read of Mobile though and thet dark, dismal swamps of Dog river below,<br />
I knew too, that even conscripts fared better after they were regularly in a regiment, but I could not step forward, not withstanding all that, for I did not wish to do a single voluntary act in the “Confederate cause”</p>
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<p>So I stood still with eyes right and left, to see who was going next for the Officer says come now, there’s only one more wanting—just one, and he walks up to me, from some cause, and says, you—step out. Then I was Conscripted again. I did not wait so see what the consequence, might if I <s>refuse</s> should refuse, but yielding to his jentle pressure, I stepped—.<br /> The two hundred were marched to the depot, where we were put aboard the train for Selma. <br /> Quickly the cars sped away with their sullen freight from thence unwept, unhonored and unsung. At Selma, late at night—take rations for the morrow. <br /> On the morning of the 6th just before the breake of day, we were ordered aboard the beautiful Steamer ( ) bound for Mobile. As she floated down the Alabama, she proudly</p>
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<p>So I stood still with eyes right and left, to see who was going next for the Officer says come now, there’s only one more wanting—just one, and he walks up to me, from some cause, and says, you—step out. Then I was Conscripted again. I did not wait so see what the consequence, might if I <s>refuse</s> should refuse, but yielding to his jentle pressure, I stepped—.<br />
The two hundred were marched to the depot, where we were put aboard the train for Selma. <br />
Quickly the cars sped away with their sullen freight from thence unwept, unhonored and unsung. At Selma, late at night—take rations for the morrow. <br />
On the morning of the 6th just before the breake of day, we were ordered aboard the beautiful Steamer ( ) bound for Mobile. As she floated down the Alabama, she proudly </p>
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<p>played “Dixie’s Land”, just as though Jeff Davis’ resources were inexhaustable.—“Dixie’s Land” possessed no charms for a Conscript, for we had but little music in our souls. <br /> Without being wrecked or rationed we landed at the Mobile wharf about 8 P.M. Nov. 7 “/65, and after being brought gently to terrafirma, by our keepers we were secured during the night, within the brick walls of an ancient cotton press. <br /> <i>My Assignment to the 36th Ala Regt.</i> <br /> The 8th of Nov. 1862, is long to be remembered by me, as the day of my assignment to a rebel regiment<br /> The regiment was only doing camp or garrison duty and drilling for more active service. <s>in the field when called upon.</s> <br /> Early in the morning we were marched from the cotton press on the bay, up Dauphin Street, to the Brigade Camps,</p>
<div class="tooltip" title="Based on the information that Woods has written here, it is likely that he was held in a cotton warehouse along what is now Water Street in modern Mobile along the Mobile River.">four miles westward of the city of Mobile.</div>
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<p>played “Dixie’s Land”, just as though Jeff Davis’ resources were inexhaustable.—“Dixie’s Land” possessed no charms for a Conscript, for we had but little music in our souls. <br />
Without being wrecked or rationed we landed at the Mobile wharf about 8 P.M. Nov. 7 “/65, and after being brought gently to terrafirma, by our keepers we were secured during the night, within the brick walls of an ancient cotton press. <br />
<i>My Assignment to the 36th Ala Regt.</i> <br />
The 8th of Nov. 1862, is long to be remembered by me, as the day of my assignment to a rebel regiment<br />
The regiment was only doing camp or garrison duty and drilling for more active service. <s>in the field when called upon.</s> <br />
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<p>We were marched in line and halted before the Head Quarters of the</p>
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<p>—The Captains came and took from among the Two Hundred, 1 each the number to fill out his company. I with about twenty others were chosen into “Co K 36 Ala Reg. Vol. C.S.A.</p>
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<p>”—in which Co. we were given quarters. <br /> There, then, was to be our home during the war, and wherever the Co. should go, there we should be also. We felt very much relieved for we now knew, that we had a permanent military locality and we must make the best of it. <br /> The Co. Commissary, weighed us out some rations, and prepared us a very palatable repast of beef and sweet potatoes, which we consumed with a gusto, that becometh hungry men. <br /> We soon became acquainted with the “volunteers” and found that the majority of them not only, valued conscripts at par, but even thought they (conscripts) had acted</p>
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<p>We were marched in line and halted before the Head Quarters of the <div class='tooltip' title='This references Colonel Robert H. Smith and Captain Andrew J. Derby of the 36th Alabama. Smith was appointed as Colonel of the regiment on May 13, 1862 remaining in this capacity until his resignation on March 16, 1863.'>Colonel (Smith) of the 36th Ala.</div>—The Captains came and took from among the Two Hundred, 1 each the number to fill out his company. I with about twenty others were chosen into “Co K 36 Ala Reg. Vol. C.S.A. <div class='tooltip' title='Captain Andrew J. Derby of the 36th Alabama was elected captain in May, 1862 when the regiment was formed. He stayed in this capacity until his resignation on November 5, 1864 following the decline of his regiment and period of illness.'>Capt Derby</div>”—in which Co. we were given quarters. <br />
There, then, was to be our home during the war, and wherever the Co. should go, there we should be also. We felt very much relieved for we now knew, that we had a permanent military locality and we must make the best of it. <br />
The Co. Commissary, weighed us out some rations, and prepared us a very palatable repast of beef and sweet potatoes, which we consumed with a gusto, that becometh hungry men. <br />
We soon became acquainted with the “volunteers” and found that the majority of them not only, valued conscripts at par, but even thought they (conscripts) had acted</p>
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<p>more wisely than volunteers had for they said they too might have remained at home a year longer, had they not been so easily persuaded. They consider they had <s>now</s> been deprived of the enjoyment of their homes for no good whatever. They could see no good being accomplished or likely to be by <s>then</s> all this military bustle. But they <s>we</s> are <s>all</s> told by leaders who ought to know, that there is a great incalculable good to grow out of all this. The “Confederacy” will be recognized sure if we will but keep fighting; and let <s>get</s> it once be recognized among the nations of the Earth, And we will have a government that will amply reward us for the blood and tears of all our friends shed during the war [text underneath: interval.]<br /> The men’s minds were unsettled—sometimes regretting, and then again looking upon the whole crisis as unavoidable. <br /> In those days the [page torn]</p>
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<p>more wisely than volunteers had for they said they too might have remained at home a year longer, had they not been so easily persuaded. They consider they had <s>now</s> been deprived of the enjoyment of their homes for no good whatever. They could see no good being accomplished or likely to be by <s>then</s> all this military bustle. But they <s>we</s> are <s>all</s> told by leaders who ought to know, that there is a great incalculable good to grow out of all this. The “Confederacy” will be recognized sure if we will but keep fighting; and let <s>get</s> it once be recognized among the nations of the Earth, And we will have a government that will amply reward us for the blood and tears of all our friends shed during the war [text underneath: interval.]<br />
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<p>“so called Confederacy,” enjoyed its <s>strongest days</s> highest glory. <br /> There was no want for provision clothing, or munitions of war: but notwithstanding all this there was dissatisfaction in the minds of the soldiers, and I determined to increase that dissatisfaction to some practical use against the rebellion and in favor of the Union. <br /> I could see no sure chance for the recognition of the “Southern Confederacy” and I did not see any good to accrue from it as a nation, even if it should be recognized; so it was to me all folly, vanity and a wicked humbug. <br /> To exert my little mite of influence against the success of the rebellion was my daily burden but I knew I must do it, if at all, in some insinuating manner, to save [page torn] If and the fruits of my efforts… sudden suppression <s>capitation</s> by the military authority; to this end I bent all my energies.</p>
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<p>“so called Confederacy,” enjoyed its <s>strongest days</s> highest glory. <br />
There was no want for provision clothing, or munitions of war: but notwithstanding all this there was dissatisfaction in the minds of the soldiers, and I determined to increase that dissatisfaction to some practical use against the rebellion and in favor of the Union. <br />
I could see no sure chance for the recognition of the “Southern Confederacy” and I did not see any good to accrue from it as a nation, even if it should be recognized; so it was to me all folly, vanity and a wicked humbug. <br />
To exert my little mite of influence against the success of the rebellion was my daily burden but I knew I must do it, if at all, in some insinuating manner, to save [page torn] If and the fruits of my efforts… sudden suppression <s>capitation</s> by the military authority; to this end I bent all my energies. </p>
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<p>Mary Woods</p>
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<p>Mary Wood</p>
<p>Mary Wood</p>
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John Henning Woods Papers, 1856-1873 (Ms2017-030)
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Civil War
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This collection includes three memoir volumes and three diaries written by John Henning Woods, a Southern Unionist, Confederate conscript, and Civil War memoirist. Woods was born in Tennessee on July 4, 1834. After spending his childhood in Missouri, Woods married Mary Emma Caldwell, the daughter of a wealthy slaveholder and planter from Alabama in 1860. In 1861, Woods moved to Lebanon, Tennessee, to pursue his law degree at Cumberland University. Despite his ties to the South, Woods hated slavery and strongly supported the Union. Following the war's beginning and interruption of his education, he returned home to farm and teach.
Due to his support for the Union, Woods chose to remain at home throughout the beginning of the war until his conscription into the Confederate army in October of 1862. While at first Woods fought to remain at home, the threat of imprisonment eventually sparked him to report to the army, where he was drafted into the 36th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company K. As a part of this regiment, Woods was trained at Talladega and then posted around Mobile, Alabama.
While at Mobile, Woods and a few fellow Unionist conscripts formed a secret Unionist organization called the Home Circle and planned a mutiny. Unfortunately, Woods was discovered prior to their planned mutiny and imprisoned to be tried. While awaiting his court martial, Woods was transported behind the army, following them through the Tullahoma Campaign and was then sent to Atlanta. His trial resulted in a sentence of death by firing squad; however, his execution was delayed due to the interference of a sympathetic general who had been his professor before the war. Woods saw the Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga while imprisoned by the Confederate Army until he was once again sent to Atlanta following a stay of execution, furnished at the last minute from Jefferson Davis. He was then sent to work building trenches around Atlanta until he finally escaped Confederate officials on August 11, 1864, and made his way into Union lines.
Following his escape, Woods made his way to Buffalo, New York, where he enlisted in the 93rd New York Infantry Regiment. He served out the rest of the war as a clerk for the Union Army until his discharge on May 11, 1865. Following the war, Woods returned home and continued to teach, moving to Lawrence County, Missouri sometime before 1885. In 1885, his wife Mary died and in 1889, he married Mae Laverall of Pennsylvania. Woods died on March 5, 1901, and is buried alongside both of his wives and his daughter in the Woodland Cemetery near Springfield, Missouri.
The three volumes of Woods' memoir make up the largest portion of the collection. These three books focus on the years 1861-1864, describing his experiences of sectionalism, his opposition to secession and conscription, the process of forming an underground Unionist society in a Confederate regiment, his arrest for inciting a mutiny, and the resulting imprisonment and trial.
The three journals cover a much broader range of topics and years, including genealogy, religion, marriage, slavery, and Woods' childhood. These three journals serve to contextualize the journals, as Woods referenced them during the writing process. Besides this, these journals also contain highly detailed drawings done by Woods during his imprisonment and a number of short entries in Pitman shorthand.
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Woods, John Henning, 1834-1901
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1856/1873
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Ms2017-030
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Memoir Volume 1, John Henning Woods, c. 1865 (Ms2017-030)
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Civil War
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Woods, John Henning, 1834-1901
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The first of three memoir volumes begins with an overview of Woods' life and political opinions prior to and during the beginning stages of the war, ending with his conscription and forced assignment into the Confederate army.
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Harriet Eliza Lathrop Reminiscences, c.1937 (1988-011)
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Tazewell County (Va.)
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Harriet Eliza Lathrop was born in New York, moved to Tazewell County, Virginia, with her husband, a mining engineer, in 1881 when he was sent to open up the Pocahontas Coal Field by the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. The collection includes a photocopy of reminiscences recounting her experiences in Virginia from 1881 until her return to New York in 1885, the formation of the Pocahontas Coal Field and the town of Pocahontas, Virginia, and the explosion of the coal mines in March 1884. Includes a forward written by her daughter, Helen Lathrop Thompson.
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Lathrop, Harriet Eliza
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c.1937
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Memoirs
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Ms1988-011
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<td><I>The
Blanch referred to in this diary is his wife and my mother, I was not
born at that time. Baby Wendell referred to as “B.W” was
my brother</I></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><I>Diary
of Jeffery T. Wilson our beloved father. Mrs Blanche Wilson Bridge.</I></P><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt">May
this year be unto thee one bright golden jubilee!</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 1</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Beautiful
crisp day. The parade in honor of the day, or the event of it was
poor. <span class='tooltip' title='Throughout the diary, Wilson will often abbreviate his
mention of a teacher’s meeting as T.M. They are typically held on Wednesday
evenings.'> Teachers meeting</span> at night, re-elected supt. for 35th time. God be praised — J. Harris & Stella Small married. — 50th anniversary of emancipation.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Are
you keeping your resolutions—and a diary?</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 2</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Another
pretty day clear and crisp. — Blanche and Wendell are well, and
so am I. We are making no new resolutions but trying to keep the old
ones. Yes keeping a “Diary”</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td><i>The
Blanch referred to in this diary is his wife and my mother, I was not
born at that time. Baby Wendell referred to as “B.W” was
my brother</i></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><i>Diary
of Jeffery T. Wilson our beloved father. Mrs Blanche Wilson Bridge.</i></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">May
this year be unto thee one bright golden jubilee!</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 1</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Beautiful
crisp day. The parade in honor of the day, or the event of it was
poor. <span class="tooltip" title="Throughout the diary, Wilson will often abbreviate his mention of a teacher’s meeting as T.M. They are typically held on Wednesday evenings."> Teachers meeting</span> at night, re-elected supt. for 35th time. God be praised — J. Harris & Stella Small married. — 50th anniversary of emancipation.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Are
you keeping your resolutions—and a diary?</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 2</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Another
pretty day clear and crisp. — Blanche and Wendell are well, and
so am I. We are making no new resolutions but trying to keep the old
ones. Yes keeping a “Diary”</p></td></tr></table>
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<td><p>1st <U>Con</U> —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Fifty-<STRIKE>three</STRIKE> five years ago I was hired out for the first time in my life, and <span class='tooltip' title='Note: census lists him as F. W. Lemosey'>F.W. Lemosy</span> was my new master, he was mean, his wife was meaner, the children were the same. The mulatto nurse and the irish cook was no better and caused <U>me</U> to do what I would not have done had I realized the enormity of it, to get clear of them. I got clear of them alright. They gave me stale victuals worked me hard in the garden, which was about two hundred
feet deep by 60 or 75. [?] had to rise before day and got cuffs and kicks if I didn’t. He lived not far from where I live now. The place has gone into other hands now, and I don’t know where he is in heaven or hell. I don’t see<U> any</U> of his children, but they are settled men, if living. Lemosy himself to his credit turned republican after the Civil War. I think he was Northern man anyway, but N. or S. he made it torrid for this son of “[?] Mary.”</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT COLOR="#3b3b3b"><FONT SIZE=2>All
generalizations are unsafe—including this one</FONT></FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT COLOR="#3b3b3b">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 3</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT COLOR="#3b3b3b">Warm. Wind high. Babe is well and cute — Official Board. — The year has started very propitiously. God bless Blanche and Wendell, yes and all, then me. — The new year has many ills to meet us. </FONT>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT COLOR="#3b3b3b"><FONT SIZE=2>Give
to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you</FONT></FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT COLOR="#3b3b3b">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 4</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The Lord is in
his holy Temple” Weather cold. Wendell is happy. still sucking. — The babe get the best here, all hands waits on him, but when I am gone and he is grown, he will wait on Blanch. Yes.
</P></td></tr></table>
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</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">Fifty-<strike>three</strike> five years ago I was hired out for the first time in my life, and <span class="tooltip" title="Note: census lists him as F. W. Lemosey">F.W. Lemosy</span> was my new master, he was mean, his wife was meaner, the children were the same. The mulatto nurse and the irish cook was no better and caused me to do what I would not have done had I realized the enormity of it, to get clear of them. I got clear of them alright. They gave me stale victuals worked me hard in the garden, which was about two hundred
feet deep by 60 or 75. [?] had to rise before day and got cuffs and kicks if I didn’t. He lived not far from where I live now. The place has gone into other hands now, and I don’t know where he is in heaven or hell. I don’t see any of his children, but they are settled men, if living. Lemosy himself to his credit turned republican after the Civil War. I think he was Northern man anyway, but N. or S. he made it torrid for this son of “[?] Mary.”</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">All
generalizations are unsafe—including this one</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 3</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Warm. Wind high. Babe is well and cute — Official Board. — The year has started very propitiously. God bless Blanche and Wendell, yes and all, then me. — The new year has many ills to meet us.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Give
to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 4</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The Lord is in
his holy Temple” Weather cold. Wendell is happy. still sucking. — The babe get the best here, all hands waits on him, but when I am gone and he is grown, he will wait on Blanch. Yes.
</p></td></tr></table>
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">4th con.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Twenty-four years ago today I was installed as supt of our SS under the pastorate of the Rev. W.H. Hunter, and has been in without intermission ever since “tho” I had served several years before but this is the toughest year I ever had not excusing J.H. Offer's pastorate. in my 1st years I then had nothing to do but conduct affairs Sundays the pastor had no say, about who should be supt. he had to take what the teachers gave him, but since the general Conference has legislated for everything in sight, the pastor has a say who all the officers shall be. I don’t question the good judgment if it was the result of [J.J.?]. —</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Example
is best when it isn’t ninety-nine per cent. precept</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 5</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Who is on the
Lord’s side?” Usual services. Wendell was out in his new carriage for 1st time. I have a heavy cold. Home pleasant Ducats meager. — Forty-three years ago to day I married Imogen<STRIKE>e</STRIKE> Peace to her ashes.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Never
waste time on gunpowder that has been once shot off</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 6</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Yet warm. don’t need any fire. Babe Well and growing Powder is no good after it is shot off. “Dead <U>men</U> tells no tales.” — I found myself unable to buy a Diary like I wanted, therefore, I had to utilize this obsolete one changing days & dates. it was given me by Blanche.
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">4th con.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Twenty-four years ago today I was installed as supt of our SS under the pastorate of the Rev. W.H. Hunter, and has been in without intermission ever since “tho” I had served several years before but this is the toughest year I ever had not excusing J.H. Offer's pastorate. in my 1st years I then had nothing to do but conduct affairs Sundays the pastor had no say, about who should be supt. he had to take what the teachers gave him, but since the general Conference has legislated for everything in sight, the pastor has a say who all the officers shall be. I don’t question the good judgment if it was the result of [J.J.?]. —</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Example
is best when it isn’t ninety-nine per cent. precept</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 5</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Who is on the
Lord’s side?” Usual services. Wendell was out in his new carriage for 1st time. I have a heavy cold. Home pleasant Ducats meager. — Forty-three years ago to day I married Imogen<strike>e</strike> Peace to her ashes.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Never
waste time on gunpowder that has been once shot off</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 6</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Yet warm. don’t need any fire. Babe Well and growing Powder is no good after it is shot off. “Dead men tells no tales.” — I found myself unable to buy a Diary like I wanted, therefore, I had to utilize this obsolete one changing days & dates. it was given me by Blanche.
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1913-01-08
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
singer passes, but the song lives on</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 7</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Rissen for my
dead cold brow? No.” Yet warm. my cold is holding me yet — Rain
colder. B.W. is our joy — The works we do survive us, either to
bless or curse let us do our singing now. — This day forty-three
years ago I was a young <span class='tooltip' title='Benedict - a newly married man who has long been a bachelor'>“benedict.”</span>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Guard
your table manner most of all when hungry</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 8</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Teachers meeting — Prayer
meeting. Week of prayer — The little family circle without Wendell would be incomplete, in my declining years — The church is holding the prayer meeting in the audience room. —</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
singer passes, but the song lives on</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 7</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Rissen for my
dead cold brow? No.” Yet warm. my cold is holding me yet — Rain
colder. B.W. is our joy — The works we do survive us, either to
bless or curse let us do our singing now. — This day forty-three
years ago I was a young <span class="tooltip" title="Benedict - a newly married man who has long been a bachelor">“benedict.”</span>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Guard
your table manner most of all when hungry</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 8</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Teachers meeting — Prayer
meeting. Week of prayer — The little family circle without Wendell would be incomplete, in my declining years — The church is holding the prayer meeting in the audience room. —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-01-09
1913-01-10
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">8th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">105th year
of my mothers birth. “Tho” she went to heaven 24 years
ago, and<U> I</U> miss her even now, and <U>I</U> have reached old
age. —</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Time
ages us less than do our failings</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 9</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Cold a little snow. I
am a little better. Blanche and Babe Wendell went to Mt. Harmoni — Spent evening home. — I am aged by time — Colden Wright died in Norfolk. — Yesterday was the <STRIKE>103rd</STRIKE> 105th anniversary of my mother birth.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Bearded
men should eat soft eggs more gingerly than the beardless</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 10</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Take
heed to thy ways” — Partly cloudy and cold.
Office — West gone to Atlanta to carry prisoners — I was a
little late this a.m. getting to the Office — I had a boiled egg
for breakfast — Warmer at 1:p.m. <span class='tooltip' title='Throughout the diary, Wilson uses the abbreviation “O.B.” to stand for “Official Board.” The Official Board is the administrative body of each individual African Methodist Episcopal Church. The pastor of the church serves as the Chairperson of this Board, and all other persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the church are members.'>O.B.</span> opened at 8:50, and staid until 10:15. — S.S. Armstrong Sr. died.
</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">8th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">105th year
of my mothers birth. “Tho” she went to heaven 24 years
ago, and I miss her even now, and I have reached old
age. —</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Time
ages us less than do our failings</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 9</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Cold a little snow. I
am a little better. Blanche and Babe Wendell went to Mt. Harmoni — Spent evening home. — I am aged by time — Colden Wright died in Norfolk. — Yesterday was the <strike>103rd</strike> 105th anniversary of my mother birth.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Bearded
men should eat soft eggs more gingerly than the beardless</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 10</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Take
heed to thy ways” — Partly cloudy and cold.
Office — West gone to Atlanta to carry prisoners — I was a
little late this a.m. getting to the Office — I had a boiled egg
for breakfast — Warmer at 1:p.m. <span class="tooltip" title="Throughout the diary, Wilson uses the abbreviation “O.B.” to stand for “Official Board.” The Official Board is the administrative body of each individual African Methodist Episcopal Church. The pastor of the church serves as the Chairperson of this Board, and all other persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the church are members.">O.B.</span> opened at 8:50, and staid until 10:15. — S.S. Armstrong Sr. died.
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1913-01-11
1913-01-12
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">10th Con.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thirty-six years ago I moved to King street above Chestnut. it was then a part of Norfolk Co. Allen was born soon after. I didn’t stay there long. the environments didn’t suit me. I turned a chick out, and before I could carry an armful of firewood up stairs — as we lived on the second floor. — the chicken disappeared. I don’t say that my chicken was stolen, but it “came <U>back</U> directly <U>no</U> <U>more</U>” after that I moved to North street and staid there until the death of my wife Imogene. “Altho” T.G. and his wife tried to keep me from renting the house, after the death of my aunt Rachel.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Figures
talk and a well-corseted one is a megaphone</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 11</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The Lord said
unto my Lord.” — Cloudy and warm. Office — Rested
fairly last night. — “B.W.” seemed to be well also
his mother. — This cold is holding me down. Rain a drizzly
kind. — I retired before 9: — I am not troubled about the
outcome of the cold I have. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
poorest rule is the one that won’t work either way</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And beside this
give all diligence” Cloudy and warm. Attended <span class='tooltip' title='Throughout the diary, Wilson will often abbreviate Sunday School as “SS.” Here “SS & c” refers to “Sunday School and church.”'>SS & c</span> 11:am. Cold made me stay home, it still hold me. The above quotation part of morning text. The Lord is ever with his people. This day thirty years ago was a sad time at my humble home.</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thirty-six years ago I moved to King street above Chestnut. it was then a part of Norfolk Co. Allen was born soon after. I didn’t stay there long. the environments didn’t suit me. I turned a chick out, and before I could carry an armful of firewood up stairs — as we lived on the second floor. — the chicken disappeared. I don’t say that my chicken was stolen, but it “came back directly no more” after that I moved to North street and staid there until the death of my wife Imogene. “Altho” T.G. and his wife tried to keep me from renting the house, after the death of my aunt Rachel.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Figures
talk and a well-corseted one is a megaphone</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 11</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The Lord said
unto my Lord.” — Cloudy and warm. Office — Rested
fairly last night. — “B.W.” seemed to be well also
his mother. — This cold is holding me down. Rain a drizzly
kind. — I retired before 9: — I am not troubled about the
outcome of the cold I have. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
poorest rule is the one that won’t work either way</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 12</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And beside this
give all diligence” Cloudy and warm. Attended <span class="tooltip" title="Throughout the diary, Wilson will often abbreviate Sunday School as “SS.” Here “SS & c” refers to “Sunday School and church.”">SS & c</span> 11:am. Cold made me stay home, it still hold me. The above quotation part of morning text. The Lord is ever with his people. This day thirty years ago was a sad time at my humble home.</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-01-13
1913-01-14
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>More
men are waiting for their ships to come in than ever have sent ships
out</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 13</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And they shall
be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia.” — Cloudy and cold.
Court slated. I am yet suffering with that cold — Wife would kept
me home, but I said no. — B.W. need spanking. — At court
until 6. didn’t go to class. Went to bed at 9. not feeling
well. — Slight rain.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>An
army travels on it stomach and stomach travels on the cook</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 14</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Peter therefore
was kept in prison:” Clear and cold. Court. That cold
tenaciously holds me, but I thank the Lord it is no worse — At
court until near 6 o’clock. I did some writing before retiring — Wendell and his mother seems well, praise the Lord.
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">More
men are waiting for their ships to come in than ever have sent ships
out</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 13</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And they shall
be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia.” — Cloudy and cold.
Court slated. I am yet suffering with that cold — Wife would kept
me home, but I said no. — B.W. need spanking. — At court
until 6. didn’t go to class. Went to bed at 9. not feeling
well. — Slight rain.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">An
army travels on it stomach and stomach travels on the cook</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 14</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Peter therefore
was kept in prison:” Clear and cold. Court. That cold
tenaciously holds me, but I thank the Lord it is no worse — At
court until near 6 o’clock. I did some writing before retiring — Wendell and his mother seems well, praise the Lord.
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1913-01-15
1913-01-16
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Our
life, what is it but a little shelf of Diaries!</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 15</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Now Joshua was
old and stricken in years:” — I remained home in bed. Cold
got me. La grippe. I guess. Thank the Lord it is no worse. — Blanche
and “B.W” is not so well. — Our Church work could be
improved on along all lines —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Riches
take wings, and aeroplanes take riches</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 16</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Praise ye the
Lord.”—</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Clear and warm. I would pull out and go to court. no worse by it, as I see. — [Burton?]case yet on. — Gov Mann says the <span class='tooltip' title='This is a reference to Floyd and Claude Allen of Hillsville courthouse murder of VA Attorney William Foster'>Allen must die to-morrow. — I guess I was premature in writing the above concerning the Allens. They are martyrs (?) —</span></P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Our
life, what is it but a little shelf of Diaries!</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 15</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Now Joshua was
old and stricken in years:” — I remained home in bed. Cold
got me. La grippe. I guess. Thank the Lord it is no worse. — Blanche
and “B.W” is not so well. — Our Church work could be
improved on along all lines —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Riches
take wings, and aeroplanes take riches</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 16</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Praise ye the
Lord.”—</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Clear and warm. I would pull out and go to court. no worse by it, as I see. — [Burton?]case yet on. — Gov Mann says the <span class="tooltip" title="This is a reference to Floyd and Claude Allen of Hillsville courthouse murder of VA Attorney William Foster">Allen must die to-morrow. — I guess I was premature in writing the above concerning the Allens. They are martyrs (?) —</span></p></td></tr></table>
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1913-01-17
1913-01-18
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Happily,
the vacuum plan of cleaning has not yet reached pocketbooks</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 17</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“None of <U>them</U>
can by any means redeem his brother.” — Wendell is better. Blanche seems to be. I don’t know how I am. — Court, and I am on duty — Blanche lost $1.00 — O.B. usual lateness. — “B.W.” was sleeping when I reached home I haven’t any $s to lose, and a <U>very</U> few to keep.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Every
choir has one man who cannot sing and says he can</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 18</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Cloudy, yet warm. Court. — “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart.” “B.W” is well, or was, when I left home in the early part of this day. — My rest was fair last night. — The babes smile is a beacon to me. — Danl Brownley died he was a
Navy Yard quartermaster.
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the vacuum plan of cleaning has not yet reached pocketbooks</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 17</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“None of them
can by any means redeem his brother.” — Wendell is better. Blanche seems to be. I don’t know how I am. — Court, and I am on duty — Blanche lost $1.00 — O.B. usual lateness. — “B.W.” was sleeping when I reached home I haven’t any $s to lose, and a very few to keep.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Every
choir has one man who cannot sing and says he can</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 18</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Cloudy, yet warm. Court. — “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart.” “B.W” is well, or was, when I left home in the early part of this day. — My rest was fair last night. — The babes smile is a beacon to me. — Danl Brownley died he was a
Navy Yard quartermaster.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A
good head keep a wise man and a pin from going too far</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 19</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Whosoever committieth sin is the servant of sin.” Clear and warm. 4th quarterly meeting Jimmerson preached at each service. L.F. at 3.p.m. — Blanche in bed all day. B.W. is not so well. — She is not serious just a slight cold. — The quotation at top is worthy of consideration.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Life
is a lighted candle in the wind</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 20</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible and who can abide it?” I amfeeling better. Blanche and B.W. seems better. praise the Lord. — Court, and I am on duty. — Evening home on q.c. report — This life is not all, and it should be born in mind
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A
good head keep a wise man and a pin from going too far</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 19</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Whosoever committieth sin is the servant of sin.” Clear and warm. 4th quarterly meeting Jimmerson preached at each service. L.F. at 3.p.m. — Blanche in bed all day. B.W. is not so well. — She is not serious just a slight cold. — The quotation at top is worthy of consideration.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Life
is a lighted candle in the wind</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 20</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible and who can abide it?” I amfeeling better. Blanche and B.W. seems better. praise the Lord. — Court, and I am on duty. — Evening home on q.c. report — This life is not all, and it should be born in mind
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A cat is the only mouse-trap that doesn’t have to be set</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 21</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“I waited patiently for the Lord: and he inclined unto me.” — Rain cooler. Court. feeling brighter. — 4th quarterly conference, but I style it Jimmersons “swan song” until near 11:o’clock. Fire on Columbia street. — I don’t want my sons to come and look on my dead body.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Musical
comedies are not written, but re-written</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 22</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And the Word of the Lord came unto me.” Clear and crisp. — I rested well last night. Blanche “B.W.” and unworthy me are well, and I am at court. — I learned this am of the death of Julia Bracey-[Borne?] that were she died in June 1912 — Card from G.A. Melvin. he is in Ohio. <span class='tooltip' title='John R. Cannon is listed in the 1913 Norfolk/Portsmouth City Directory as a fireman with a residence in Portsmouth at 1508 High.'>John R. Cannon</span> dead. — T.M. good. Card — Postal from G.A. Melvin —
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A cat is the only mouse-trap that doesn’t have to be set</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 21</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“I waited patiently for the Lord: and he inclined unto me.” — Rain cooler. Court. feeling brighter. — 4th quarterly conference, but I style it Jimmersons “swan song” until near 11:o’clock. Fire on Columbia street. — I don’t want my sons to come and look on my dead body.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Musical
comedies are not written, but re-written</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 22</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And the Word of the Lord came unto me.” Clear and crisp. — I rested well last night. Blanche “B.W.” and unworthy me are well, and I am at court. — I learned this am of the death of Julia Bracey-[Borne?] that were she died in June 1912 — Card from G.A. Melvin. he is in Ohio. <span class="tooltip" title="John R. Cannon is listed in the 1913 Norfolk/Portsmouth City Directory as a fireman with a residence in Portsmouth at 1508 High.">John R. Cannon</span> dead. — T.M. good. Card — Postal from G.A. Melvin —
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
accurate water drop drills a hole through adamant</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 23</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Him that is weak in the faith receive ye.” Inclined to cloudiness mild. “B.W.” gave me the smile that cheers. — Court. I am feeling better Thank the Lord. — Helen Gould married yesterday. — <span class='tooltip' title='Fannie Jackson (Coppin) died in Philadelphia on 21 January 1913. Born a slave in Washington DC in 1837, she became free when her aunt purchased her freedom when she was 12. In 1860 she enrolled in Oberlin College and later, at the end of the Civil War, established a school in Oberlin to educate freed slaves. In 1881, she married Rev. Levi Jenkins Coppin, then a minister in the AME Church. In 1900, Rev. Copping became the 30th Bishop of the church. From 1902 to 1912, the couple did missionary work in South Africa, founding the Bethel Institute.'>Mrs. Fannie Jackson Coppin</span> died. — The bishop’s wife. — Evening home. — Card to Frank. —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Civilization leans on commerce, and commerce on the compass, and the compass on the Pole</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 24</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And Jesus arose and followed him.” Rain warm. Court. “B.W” smiled on me. — Heavy rain during greater part of day. — Official Board, Privett, there with cemetery matter. — I think it is 30 years to day since Imogene went to heaven. Peace to her ashes
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
accurate water drop drills a hole through adamant</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 23</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Him that is weak in the faith receive ye.” Inclined to cloudiness mild. “B.W.” gave me the smile that cheers. — Court. I am feeling better Thank the Lord. — Helen Gould married yesterday. — <span class="tooltip" title="Fannie Jackson (Coppin) died in Philadelphia on 21 January 1913. Born a slave in Washington DC in 1837, she became free when her aunt purchased her freedom when she was 12. In 1860 she enrolled in Oberlin College and later, at the end of the Civil War, established a school in Oberlin to educate freed slaves. In 1881, she married Rev. Levi Jenkins Coppin, then a minister in the AME Church. In 1900, Rev. Copping became the 30th Bishop of the church. From 1902 to 1912, the couple did missionary work in South Africa, founding the Bethel Institute.">Mrs. Fannie Jackson Coppin</span> died. — The bishop’s wife. — Evening home. — Card to Frank. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Civilization leans on commerce, and commerce on the compass, and the compass on the Pole</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 24</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And Jesus arose and followed him.” Rain warm. Court. “B.W” smiled on me. — Heavy rain during greater part of day. — Official Board, Privett, there with cemetery matter. — I think it is 30 years to day since Imogene went to heaven. Peace to her ashes
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Individuality counts, even when two persons do the same thing</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 25</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Why art thou cast down, O my soul?” Cloudy and pleasant, atmospherically. Court. — “B.W” has a breaking out a kind of skin disease. — Court adjourned Judge gone — I am too old now to look for another job, but this democratic administration —to
be— disregards age</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Why
don’t you look where you’re going, and also go where you
are looking?</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY
JANUARY 26</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Add to your faith Virtue and to your Virtue Knowledge.” — Weather fine I attended usual services feeling like, “Richard am himself again.” “B.W.” attended church and would not behave. — The pastor preached at 11: the above was a part of his text. he left for Philad. at night. T. Davis officiates at 7,30</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Individuality counts, even when two persons do the same thing</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 25</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Why art thou cast down, O my soul?” Cloudy and pleasant, atmospherically. Court. — “B.W” has a breaking out a kind of skin disease. — Court adjourned Judge gone — I am too old now to look for another job, but this democratic administration —to
be— disregards age</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Why
don’t you look where you’re going, and also go where you
are looking?</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY
JANUARY 26</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Add to your faith Virtue and to your Virtue Knowledge.” — Weather fine I attended usual services feeling like, “Richard am himself again.” “B.W.” attended church and would not behave. — The pastor preached at 11: the above was a part of his text. he left for Philad. at night. T. Davis officiates at 7,30</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“<FONT SIZE=2>Joy and temperance and repose slam the door on the doctor’s nose”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 27</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“What have they seen in thine house?” Rain and aplenty of it out of doors and in at my house. — Office. I am well. “B.W.” B and me. — <span class='tooltip' title='See note for January 23rd'>Mrs. Coppins</span> funeral in Philadelphia —. Church. — Cooler rain ceased at night. — Mr. West gave me a Fountain Pen. — I haven’t heard from Allen since December, 1st week. Charles [Moodey?] died —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>You can call him, though, when you are sick, and if he doesn’t come, you kick.</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 28</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“My people are destroyed for lack of Knowledge” Cloudy and cold. — Office. — We are well — Clearing at noon. — “Come holy spirit.” — Wendell is a lusty kid. — Clear at 3: p.m. Evening home Writing. — Bought a nursing bottle for “B.W.” and he repudiated it. — Fifty one years ago I was in <span class='tooltip' title='Fifty years prior, in 1863, Wilson was likely with Alexander Grice and Cohoon's Battalion near Seward's Pt. and Ft. Monroe.'>Monroe Va.</span> against my will, but I was contented.</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 27</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“What have they seen in thine house?” Rain and aplenty of it out of doors and in at my house. — Office. I am well. “B.W.” B and me. — <span class="tooltip" title="See note for January 23rd">Mrs. Coppins</span> funeral in Philadelphia —. Church. — Cooler rain ceased at night. — Mr. West gave me a Fountain Pen. — I haven’t heard from Allen since December, 1st week. Charles [Moodey?] died —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">You can call him, though, when you are sick, and if he doesn’t come, you kick.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 28</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“My people are destroyed for lack of Knowledge” Cloudy and cold. — Office. — We are well — Clearing at noon. — “Come holy spirit.” — Wendell is a lusty kid. — Clear at 3: p.m. Evening home Writing. — Bought a nursing bottle for “B.W.” and he repudiated it. — Fifty one years ago I was in <span class="tooltip" title="Fifty years prior, in 1863, Wilson was likely with Alexander Grice and Cohoon">Monroe Va.</span> against my will, but I was contented.</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>It isn’t hopping the high hedges that hurts the horse’s hoofs</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 29</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Take ye heed. Watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.” — Frost. Clear. Office. — We are well. B, B.W. and me. — Cloudy at intervals — Teachers meeting. good, small attendance pastor present. — Pastor preached Moseley’s funeral to day. — Bought wood. Credit —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The man who is on time starts the day with a balance in his favor</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 30</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Amos 2:3 (KJV) And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.'>“And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof.”</span> — Clear and frost. Office. B, “B.W.” and unworthy me are well. — At home evening — Every member of “Free Virginia” Lodge 963 <span class='tooltip' title='G.U.O. of OFs is the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows'>G.U.O. of OFs</span> save one, that assisted in Peter [Joyners?] funeral, are dead, that one is [Daniel?] Graham, and he is blind. —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 29</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Take ye heed. Watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.” — Frost. Clear. Office. — We are well. B, B.W. and me. — Cloudy at intervals — Teachers meeting. good, small attendance pastor present. — Pastor preached Moseley’s funeral to day. — Bought wood. Credit —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The man who is on time starts the day with a balance in his favor</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 30</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Amos 2:3 (KJV) And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.">“And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof.”</span> — Clear and frost. Office. B, “B.W.” and unworthy me are well. — At home evening — Every member of “Free Virginia” Lodge 963 <span class="tooltip" title="G.U.O. of OFs is the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows">G.U.O. of OFs</span> save one, that assisted in Peter [Joyners?] funeral, are dead, that one is [Daniel?] Graham, and he is blind. —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A man is never good for much for a year before his marriage</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JANUARY 31</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Blessed art thou O Lord.” — Partly cloudy, not cold. Court. Rested good last night. B, “B.W.” and old me are well, thank the Lord. — Cleared up at 4, after a shower, then clouded up again and the rain came down in torrents. Our house stopped leaking, and it just poured in. —O.B— Card congratulatory to Allen 36th b.d.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JANUARY 31</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Blessed art thou O Lord.” — Partly cloudy, not cold. Court. Rested good last night. B, “B.W.” and old me are well, thank the Lord. — Cleared up at 4, after a shower, then clouded up again and the rain came down in torrents. Our house stopped leaking, and it just poured in. —O.B— Card congratulatory to Allen 36th b.d.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>If you want to get up with the lark, turn in with the goose at dark</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 1</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Whither shall I go from thy spirit?” Clear and crisp. rested fair last night. — I received a sample bottle of “Pepsin” last
night. B. “B.W.” and no account old me are well, thank my Lord. — Court. — Paid off to day. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>You can’t sit up with the midnight owl and then turn out with the barn-yard fowl</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 2</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The wages of sin is death.” Clear all day. <span class='tooltip' title='Groundhog Day'>“G H” Day</span>. Cloudy at night — Usual services, and sacrament “B.W.” not so well. B & Me, unworthy me are. — Sam Wilson was in the Lodge, 963, which I had forgotten</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 1</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Whither shall I go from thy spirit?” Clear and crisp. rested fair last night. — I received a sample bottle of “Pepsin” last
night. B. “B.W.” and no account old me are well, thank my Lord. — Court. — Paid off to day. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">You can’t sit up with the midnight owl and then turn out with the barn-yard fowl</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 2</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The wages of sin is death.” Clear all day. <span class="tooltip" title="Groundhog Day">“G H” Day</span>. Cloudy at night — Usual services, and sacrament “B.W.” not so well. B & Me, unworthy me are. — Sam Wilson was in the Lodge, 963, which I had forgotten</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The man who has a thing to sell don’t go and whisper down a well</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 3</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly” Cloudy, rain early. Warm. — Office — B. “B.W.” and u.w. me keeping along — I am busy giving out money to its owners — Interest on loan. — Letter from Frank Whiting. — Class, no members present. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A dreamer lives forever, and a toiler dies in a day</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 4</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And spared not the old world but saved Noah.” — Clear and cold. Rested good last night. — B. “B.W.” and me are as well as we deserve. — Office again — Card from Frank. —Sylvia, Went to “St. Vincent” to be operated on. — I.S. Mullen is not dead as reported last year. —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 3</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly” Cloudy, rain early. Warm. — Office — B. “B.W.” and u.w. me keeping along — I am busy giving out money to its owners — Interest on loan. — Letter from Frank Whiting. — Class, no members present. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A dreamer lives forever, and a toiler dies in a day</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 4</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And spared not the old world but saved Noah.” — Clear and cold. Rested good last night. — B. “B.W.” and me are as well as we deserve. — Office again — Card from Frank. —Sylvia, Went to “St. Vincent” to be operated on. — I.S. Mullen is not dead as reported last year. —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Better sermons are gotten out of life than out of libraries</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 5</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Gird ye on every man his sword.” Clear and crisp, frost. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. Office. — Card to Frank. —Teachers meeting, small attendance. — Blanche anxious about her sister Sylvia. — who is in the hospital. — Our lives are sermons to some one, if Christ is in our lives —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Twice exercise cogitabundity before speaking once</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 6</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Psalm 124'>“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say:”</span> Clear and crisp. I am well, rested good. B. & “B.W.” also. — Bought coal, to exclusion of shoes. — Office as usual. — My heart was touched this a.m. at the sight of a young womans funeral coming over the ferry. — W.H. Peters Jr. died — Letter from Joe. — <span class='tooltip' title='According to the 1913 City Directory, Wm. H. Peters is a manager living at 43 Court and Wm. R is an agent (agt) whose home is at 314 North, both in Portsmouth.'>W.R. instead of W.H. Peters</span> an error of mine</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Better sermons are gotten out of life than out of libraries</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 5</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Gird ye on every man his sword.” Clear and crisp, frost. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. Office. — Card to Frank. —Teachers meeting, small attendance. — Blanche anxious about her sister Sylvia. — who is in the hospital. — Our lives are sermons to some one, if Christ is in our lives —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Twice exercise cogitabundity before speaking once</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 6</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Psalm 124">“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say:”</span> Clear and crisp. I am well, rested good. B. & “B.W.” also. — Bought coal, to exclusion of shoes. — Office as usual. — My heart was touched this a.m. at the sight of a young womans funeral coming over the ferry. — W.H. Peters Jr. died — Letter from Joe. — <span class="tooltip" title="According to the 1913 City Directory, Wm. H. Peters is a manager living at 43 Court and Wm. R is an agent (agt) whose home is at 314 North, both in Portsmouth.">W.R. instead of W.H. Peters</span> an error of mine</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Instead of telling a man he’s too big for his breeches, just criticize their small cut.</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 7</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“That prepareth his heart to seek God” Clear in part, cold. — Rested good last night. — We are well. — Office for me. — “We are crossing the mystic river one by one.” — I answered Joe’s letter. — This is lenten season. — Official Board. — In that case his <span class='tooltip' title='breeches'>Bs</span> are too small for him. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A drowning man grasps at the last straw that broke the camel’s back</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY, FEBRUARY 8</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Daniel 12:13 (King James Version): But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.'>“But go thy way till the end be.”</span> Cloudy a.m. in part, and cold. — Office. — Rest good, last night. This a.m. we, B. “B.W” & u.w. me are well praise the Lord. — The 2 oclock office hour ought to be abolished, it is not observed. — Left at 2.20 p.m. Mrs. Laura Reid, <span class='tooltip' title='1913 City Directory lists Clarence Reid, laborer, residing at 809 Glasgow in Portsmouth. The 1910 census show that he was 38 years old and a laborer at the Navy Yard. His wife, Laura, was 36 at the time.'>Clarence’s wife — died —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 7</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“That prepareth his heart to seek God” Clear in part, cold. — Rested good last night. — We are well. — Office for me. — “We are crossing the mystic river one by one.” — I answered Joe’s letter. — This is lenten season. — Official Board. — In that case his <span class="tooltip" title="breeches">Bs</span> are too small for him. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A drowning man grasps at the last straw that broke the camel’s back</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY, FEBRUARY 8</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Daniel 12:13 (King James Version): But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.">“But go thy way till the end be.”</span> Cloudy a.m. in part, and cold. — Office. — Rest good, last night. This a.m. we, B. “B.W” & u.w. me are well praise the Lord. — The 2 oclock office hour ought to be abolished, it is not observed. — Left at 2.20 p.m. Mrs. Laura Reid, <span class="tooltip" title="1913 City Directory lists Clarence Reid, laborer, residing at 809 Glasgow in Portsmouth. The 1910 census show that he was 38 years old and a laborer at the Navy Yard. His wife, Laura, was 36 at the time.">Clarence’s wife — died —</span></p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The tactful barber who nicks you remarks that milk-drinking makes blood</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 9</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“I say then, ‘Hath God cast away his people?’” Clear and crisp. Church as usual, and other services. <span class='tooltip' title='Young People’s Department of the Allen Christian Endeavor League, an educational organization formed in 1900 to serve the youth of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.'>Y.P.D A.C.E.L</span> high day Wilson L. Todd-infant, died. — Blanche went to see Sylvia at St Vincent — I pledged $5.00 to Hospital fund. — B. “B.W.” and me at service.
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The man who isn’t let smoke at home can’t be blamed for smoking in a car</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 10</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.” Clear, partly cold, but not severe. — Office and Well. — Rested good, last night. — B. “B.W.” and me well. — Class #3. — I learned that my 2nd son has returned to California — I smoke home, and seldom ride on street cars.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 9</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“I say then, ‘Hath God cast away his people?’” Clear and crisp. Church as usual, and other services. <span class="tooltip" title="Young People’s Department of the Allen Christian Endeavor League, an educational organization formed in 1900 to serve the youth of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.">Y.P.D A.C.E.L</span> high day Wilson L. Todd-infant, died. — Blanche went to see Sylvia at St Vincent — I pledged $5.00 to Hospital fund. — B. “B.W.” and me at service.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The man who isn’t let smoke at home can’t be blamed for smoking in a car</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 10</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.” Clear, partly cold, but not severe. — Office and Well. — Rested good, last night. — B. “B.W.” and me well. — Class #3. — I learned that my 2nd son has returned to California — I smoke home, and seldom ride on street cars.
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1913-02-12
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The wise man finding a clam in his chowder keeps mum, lest the waiter take it</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 11</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Prepare to meet thy God. O Israel.” B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. — Office as usual. — Rain, not cold. — The democrats are begining to show their teeth. — Cloudy all day — Rain at night. — Spent evening home, writing. — Sylvia not so well to day — I am ashamed that I haven’t called to see <span class='tooltip' title='Charles Langley is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a barber whose home is at 706 London in Portsmouth.'>Charles Langley</span>, who is sick. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>“He
raised his hands not to strike but in benediction”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“In the beginning was the word.” Clear and cold, a.m. — Rested well last night. We are well, and <U>I</U> am at the office — Blanche had our babe’s photo taken to day in Norfolk. — Teachers meeting. Colder. good attendance. — Judge Terry spoke at Zion Church, occasion Lincoln’s birthday, a little premature, I think it is the 14th</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 11</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Prepare to meet thy God. O Israel.” B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. — Office as usual. — Rain, not cold. — The democrats are begining to show their teeth. — Cloudy all day — Rain at night. — Spent evening home, writing. — Sylvia not so well to day — I am ashamed that I haven’t called to see <span class="tooltip" title="Charles Langley is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a barber whose home is at 706 London in Portsmouth.">Charles Langley</span>, who is sick. —</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“He
raised his hands not to strike but in benediction”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 12</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“In the beginning was the word.” Clear and cold, a.m. — Rested well last night. We are well, and I am at the office — Blanche had our babe’s photo taken to day in Norfolk. — Teachers meeting. Colder. good attendance. — Judge Terry spoke at Zion Church, occasion Lincoln’s birthday, a little premature, I think it is the 14th</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-02-14
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
people who don’t live glass houses don’t chuck enough stones to be expert</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY, FEBRUARY 13</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Avenge the children of Israel.” Cold, clear, freezing, snow, cloudy and all before 10 a.m. — Office — We are well. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me. — Rested good last night. — It looks like snow. Evening home, writing. — The hospital fund grows. — I would as soon live in a glass house if didn’t leak.</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>“Love me, and the world is mine,” would make fairish valentine</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 14</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“He that hath an ear, let him hear” Snow, and a plenty of it. Rested fairly last night. At office, and well, B. “B.W.” and u.w. me. Met my former contractor and [?]apped him. Cashed checks for B. and got proof of “B.W.”’s photo. — Rain at 11: a.m. O.B. — The [$50.000?] has been raised or assured. —</P></td></tr></table>
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people who don’t live glass houses don’t chuck enough stones to be expert</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY, FEBRUARY 13</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Avenge the children of Israel.” Cold, clear, freezing, snow, cloudy and all before 10 a.m. — Office — We are well. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me. — Rested good last night. — It looks like snow. Evening home, writing. — The hospital fund grows. — I would as soon live in a glass house if didn’t leak.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Love me, and the world is mine,” would make fairish valentine</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 14</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“He that hath an ear, let him hear” Snow, and a plenty of it. Rested fairly last night. At office, and well, B. “B.W.” and u.w. me. Met my former contractor and [?]apped him. Cashed checks for B. and got proof of “B.W.”’s photo. — Rain at 11: a.m. O.B. — The [$50.000?] has been raised or assured. —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>There’s
not a halo going that’s worth a cornless cob, compared with that concerning “the other fellow’s job”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY, FEBRUARY 15</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Bear ye one anothers burden.” Clearing and cold. I rested fairly last night. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well, and old me is at the office. Praise the Lord. — I bought a pair of spectacles, on the run for 25¢. — Went home at 2.20 p.m. — I would like to be paid for this one —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Worry is a dog yapping at a fellow’s heels and then not biting</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY, FEBRUARY 16</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“I will guide thee with mine eye” Clear and pleasant. Usual services. the pastor, praised himself at each service — forty, or more [?] read in. Blanche went to see Sylvia. She, B. “B.W.” and u.w. me, are well. — Gilliam reviewed. S.S lesson. he did splendidly. Called [?] 12:20 [for?] Langley —</P></td></tr></table>
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not a halo going that’s worth a cornless cob, compared with that concerning “the other fellow’s job”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY, FEBRUARY 15</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Bear ye one anothers burden.” Clearing and cold. I rested fairly last night. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well, and old me is at the office. Praise the Lord. — I bought a pair of spectacles, on the run for 25¢. — Went home at 2.20 p.m. — I would like to be paid for this one —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Worry is a dog yapping at a fellow’s heels and then not biting</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY, FEBRUARY 16</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“I will guide thee with mine eye” Clear and pleasant. Usual services. the pastor, praised himself at each service — forty, or more [?] read in. Blanche went to see Sylvia. She, B. “B.W.” and u.w. me, are well. — Gilliam reviewed. S.S lesson. he did splendidly. Called [?] 12:20 [for?] Langley —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A
good watch not only marks time but saves it</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY, FEBRUARY 17</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The Lord is my rock, and my fortress.” Cloudy a.m. not so cold. Office and well, uw me, B. and “B.W.” praise the Lord. — I rested good last night. — Rain at 12.20. m. — Clear again at 1.30. p.m. I led class #26 a pastor is not a class leader. that is a laymans job, and he should have it. </P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Time and labor change mulberry leaves to satin</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY, FEBRUARY 18</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“But God raised Him from the dead.” Clear and cold. — Court, special grand jury. — Rested good last night. the babe, mother and u.w. me are well, thank the Lord. — At court until 6.30. pm. remainder evening home. — But don’t change a negro hater into a negro lover.
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good watch not only marks time but saves it</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY, FEBRUARY 17</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The Lord is my rock, and my fortress.” Cloudy a.m. not so cold. Office and well, uw me, B. and “B.W.” praise the Lord. — I rested good last night. — Rain at 12.20. m. — Clear again at 1.30. p.m. I led class #26 a pastor is not a class leader. that is a laymans job, and he should have it. </p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Time and labor change mulberry leaves to satin</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY, FEBRUARY 18</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“But God raised Him from the dead.” Clear and cold. — Court, special grand jury. — Rested good last night. the babe, mother and u.w. me are well, thank the Lord. — At court until 6.30. pm. remainder evening home. — But don’t change a negro hater into a negro lover.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>If you have a friend to dine, give him something extra fine</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY, FEBRUARY 19</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“He became sin for us.” — Clear and crisp. Court, special grand jury. — B. “B.W.” and worthless me, are well, praise the Lord. — Teachers meeting pastor present, good meeting. — Rain at night. — Spent evening home. error. I am not immune from errors —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>If a crowd drops in to lunch, your second-best will do the bunch</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY, FEBRUARY 20</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Woe to them that are at ease in Zion” Clear and pleasant. — Rested good last night. — This a.m. B. “B.W.” and <span class='tooltip' title='Possibly “good fo nothing”'>g.f.n.</span> me are well thank the Master — Court and I am <U>There</U>. — Spent evening home. Rain. — “There is no place like home” if you have an agreeable wife, and that is my blessing
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">If you have a friend to dine, give him something extra fine</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY, FEBRUARY 19</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“He became sin for us.” — Clear and crisp. Court, special grand jury. — B. “B.W.” and worthless me, are well, praise the Lord. — Teachers meeting pastor present, good meeting. — Rain at night. — Spent evening home. error. I am not immune from errors —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">If a crowd drops in to lunch, your second-best will do the bunch</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY, FEBRUARY 20</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Woe to them that are at ease in Zion” Clear and pleasant. — Rested good last night. — This a.m. B. “B.W.” and <span class="tooltip" title="Possibly “good fo nothing”">g.f.n.</span> me are well thank the Master — Court and I am There. — Spent evening home. Rain. — “There is no place like home” if you have an agreeable wife, and that is my blessing
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>No boy chops wood voluntarily, but history tells of one exception</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY, FEBRUARY 21</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Judges 15:18: And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?'>“And he was sore athirst.”</span> — Clearing and warm. “B.W.”s 5th month in this sinful world. — Court. I am home. — We are well. Thank the Lord. — The R.D.P is no friend to “Sambo.” and that goes without saying — Rested good last night. — O.B. paid me one month</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>“Hats off to Uncle George!”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY, FEBRUARY 22</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Blessed is he that considereth the poor” Cloudy and warm. Court. We, B. “B.W.” and me, are well. — National holiday and I don’t get it. — Rested good last night. — Blessed of the Lord. — Only half holiday. — Fifty-five years ago I witnessed the unveiling of Washingtons equestrian statue at Richmond amid great pomp and military display
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">No boy chops wood voluntarily, but history tells of one exception</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY, FEBRUARY 21</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Judges 15:18: And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?">“And he was sore athirst.”</span> — Clearing and warm. “B.W.”s 5th month in this sinful world. — Court. I am home. — We are well. Thank the Lord. — The R.D.P is no friend to “Sambo.” and that goes without saying — Rested good last night. — O.B. paid me one month</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Hats off to Uncle George!”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY, FEBRUARY 22</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Blessed is he that considereth the poor” Cloudy and warm. Court. We, B. “B.W.” and me, are well. — National holiday and I don’t get it. — Rested good last night. — Blessed of the Lord. — Only half holiday. — Fifty-five years ago I witnessed the unveiling of Washingtons equestrian statue at Richmond amid great pomp and military display
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
wise chauffeur carries a worthless old watch to bail himself out</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 23</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“In the begining
was the word” Clear and pleasant. Usual services <span class='tooltip' title='Probably Charles Ransom of Portsmouth, listed as a preacher in 1910 census.'>Rev Ransom</span> at 11:a.m. Mrs. Isadore Graham died in New Haven Conn. White boy killed
by automobile on Court st. — Ex President Madero of Mexico, Killed. —
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
optimist will get sunshine out of the cucumbers that are cramping him</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 24</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Behold what
manner of love.” Court. I guess. — Rested well last night. B. “B.W.” and old me are well. — Began to snow about 2.45p.m. but did not last long — Lecture by D<SUP><U>r.</U></SUP> Ransom, and it was rich. — Colder. — Wrote to Frank, enclosing [Noah’s?] Bill. —</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
wise chauffeur carries a worthless old watch to bail himself out</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 23</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“In the begining
was the word” Clear and pleasant. Usual services <span class="tooltip" title="Probably Charles Ransom of Portsmouth, listed as a preacher in 1910 census.">Rev Ransom</span> at 11:a.m. Mrs. Isadore Graham died in New Haven Conn. White boy killed
by automobile on Court st. — Ex President Madero of Mexico, Killed. —
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
optimist will get sunshine out of the cucumbers that are cramping him</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 24</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Behold what
manner of love.” Court. I guess. — Rested well last night. B. “B.W.” and old me are well. — Began to snow about 2.45p.m. but did not last long — Lecture by D<sup>r.</sup> Ransom, and it was rich. — Colder. — Wrote to Frank, enclosing [Noah’s?] Bill. —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
sweetest thoughts we ever know, we plagiarize from long ago</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 25</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Thy men shall fall by the sword” Clear and cold. — Rested good and B. “B.W.” and u.w. me, are well, praise the Lord. Court. grand jury yet investigating. — Got “BWs” photos. Sylvia improving. Ella Todd & <span class='tooltip' title='Alexina Sanford is listed in the 1910 census as 24 years old; a laundress, at home; daughter of Sarah Sanford, 54 and widowed; and residing with her mother in the Western Branch District of Norfolk Co.'>Alexina Sanford</span> took supper with us. — Major Grice was a kind master. — But —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Two
birds of a feather may be hit with one stone when they flock together</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 26</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“For behold the day cometh.” — Cloudy and cold, and the same dog bit me last night, but I got “thru” alright. “B.W.” and us are well. — Court, and I am “on the job.” Looks like snow. — But it didn’t. Cleared — Grand jury finished, brought in many indictments. — T.M. — Blanche [in?]
her wedding robes. Went to Drew's <span class='tooltip' title='Probably Linwood Nicholson, a machinist at the Navy Yard, 36 years old in 1910.'>L. Nicholson</span> killed in elevator
at <span class='tooltip' title='Hawks-Maupin Co., listed in 1913 City Directory at 715-717 Crawford, seller of sash, doors and blinds, paints, oils and glass, hardware, cabinet mantels and tiling, gas and electric fixtures.'>Hawks Maupin. Co.</span> — Rain at night
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sweetest thoughts we ever know, we plagiarize from long ago</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 25</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Thy men shall fall by the sword” Clear and cold. — Rested good and B. “B.W.” and u.w. me, are well, praise the Lord. Court. grand jury yet investigating. — Got “BWs” photos. Sylvia improving. Ella Todd & <span class="tooltip" title="Alexina Sanford is listed in the 1910 census as 24 years old; a laundress, at home; daughter of Sarah Sanford, 54 and widowed; and residing with her mother in the Western Branch District of Norfolk Co.">Alexina Sanford</span> took supper with us. — Major Grice was a kind master. — But —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Two
birds of a feather may be hit with one stone when they flock together</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 26</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“For behold the day cometh.” — Cloudy and cold, and the same dog bit me last night, but I got “thru” alright. “B.W.” and us are well. — Court, and I am “on the job.” Looks like snow. — But it didn’t. Cleared — Grand jury finished, brought in many indictments. — T.M. — Blanche [in?]
her wedding robes. Went to Drew's <span class="tooltip" title="Probably Linwood Nicholson, a machinist at the Navy Yard, 36 years old in 1910.">L. Nicholson</span> killed in elevator
at <span class="tooltip" title="Hawks-Maupin Co., listed in 1913 City Directory at 715-717 Crawford, seller of sash, doors and blinds, paints, oils and glass, hardware, cabinet mantels and tiling, gas and electric fixtures.">Hawks Maupin. Co.</span> — Rain at night
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>There’s this to be said of adversity: It never swelled a head</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 27</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Isaiah 51:18 (KJV) There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.'>“There is none to guide her.”</span> Rain, mild, last day of Court. — <span class='tooltip' title='A Wm. R. Thoroughgood, a mail carrier, is listed in the 1913 City Directory, residing at 417 Powell, Norfolk.'>W.R. Thorogood</span> lost out as he deserved in Norfolk. — Judge adjourned court and gone to Richmond — Home all the evening, writing. — Bills coming in. — Fifty years ago this month I was a waiter in Exchange hotel & Ballard House Richmond
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
pleasure of doing good is about the only one that never wears out</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
FEBRUARY 28</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='2 Timothy 4:14 (KJV) Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.'>“Alexander the Coppersmith did me much evil”</span> —There are many of them now — Clear and warm. a.m. — Rested well. “B.W.” B & u.w. me are well. — Happiness is a stranger where we think it exists. — Office. me. — <span class='tooltip' title='1913 City Directory shows Hattie L and Martha R. Douglass, both teachers, living at 1019 Florida Ave., Mt Hermon, in Portsmouth. The 1910 census shows these two sisters, ages 23 and 20 respectively, daughters of Walter E. and Martha M. Douglas, living at 1019 Florida Ave. in the Western Branch District. Martha is noted as a schoolteacher.'> Mrs. Martha Douglass</span> and <span class='tooltip' title='1913 City Directory shows Clifford Connor, a laborer, living at 625 Columbia in Portsmouth.'>Clifford Connor</span> died. — O.B.</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 27</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Isaiah 51:18 (KJV) There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.">“There is none to guide her.”</span> Rain, mild, last day of Court. — <span class="tooltip" title="A Wm. R. Thoroughgood, a mail carrier, is listed in the 1913 City Directory, residing at 417 Powell, Norfolk.">W.R. Thorogood</span> lost out as he deserved in Norfolk. — Judge adjourned court and gone to Richmond — Home all the evening, writing. — Bills coming in. — Fifty years ago this month I was a waiter in Exchange hotel & Ballard House Richmond
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
pleasure of doing good is about the only one that never wears out</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
FEBRUARY 28</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="2 Timothy 4:14 (KJV) Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.">“Alexander the Coppersmith did me much evil”</span> —There are many of them now — Clear and warm. a.m. — Rested well. “B.W.” B &amp u.w. me are well. — Happiness is a stranger where we think it exists. — Office. me. — <span class="tooltip" title="1913 City Directory shows Hattie L and Martha R. Douglass, both teachers, living at 1019 Florida Ave., Mt Hermon, in Portsmouth. The 1910 census shows these two sisters, ages 23 and 20 respectively, daughters of Walter E. and Martha M. Douglas, living at 1019 Florida Ave. in the Western Branch District. Martha is noted as a schoolteacher."> Mrs. Martha Douglass</span> and <span class="tooltip" title="1913 City Directory shows Clifford Connor, a laborer, living at 625 Columbia in Portsmouth.">Clifford Connor</span> died. — O.B.</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Better
walk eleven miles than write a letter</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 1</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Ecclesiastes 9:4 (KJV) For to him that is joined to all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.'>“For a live dog is better than a dead lion.”</span> Rain. Warm. — Rested well last night, and at the office. B. “B.W.” and u.w. <u>me</u> are well — Left office at 2 p.m. spent the evening home. — Getting ready for S.S. sixty seven years ago, <span class='tooltip' title='From the <i>Norfolk Landmark</i> (August 19, 1879): The great storm of 1846, known in all this section as “The Great Gust” commenced at 8 o’clock on the night of Sunday, March 1st of that year.'>“the great March Gust.”</span></P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
boy that pokes hornets’ nests must expect to be concentrated on</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 2</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And in every place incense shall be offered unto my name.” — Clear and cold. Usual services. Sacrament at night. C Connors funeral. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me, are well, praise the Lord. — Another white boy killed on suburbs, flying kite. —</P></td></tr></table>
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walk eleven miles than write a letter</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
MARCH 1</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Ecclesiastes 9:4 (KJV) For to him that is joined to all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.">“For a live dog is better than a dead lion.”</span> Rain. Warm. — Rested well last night, and at the office. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well — Left office at 2 p.m. spent the evening home. — Getting ready for S.S. sixty seven years ago, <span class="tooltip" title="From the <i>Norfolk Landmark</i> (August 19, 1879): The great storm of 1846, known in all this section as “The Great Gust” commenced at 8 o’clock on the night of Sunday, March 1st of that year.">“the great March Gust.”</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
boy that pokes hornets’ nests must expect to be concentrated on</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
MARCH 2</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And in every place incense shall be offered unto my name.” — Clear and cold. Usual services. Sacrament at night. C Connors funeral. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me, are well, praise the Lord. — Another white boy killed on suburbs, flying kite. —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Don’t take your flannels off in spring because you hear one robin sing</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 3</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And the multitude said, This is Jesus” Clear and cold. rested well last night, and. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well, thank the Lord. — Office to day. — Our people dont take religion
seriously. — I have had sweet communion with Jesus to day. — Class
good. — Class meeting poorly attended
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
well-dressed man can afford to cut the price tag off his suit</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 4</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Behold the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land.” Partly cloudy, mild. — The last day of republican rule. — Office and well. Rested good last night — B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. — Demmys take charge of gov’t. — Evening home writing — They can take my job, but they cannot take Jesus from me.</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Don’t take your flannels off in spring because you hear one robin sing</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
MARCH 3</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And the multitude said, This is Jesus” Clear and cold. rested well last night, and. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well, thank the Lord. — Office to day. — Our people dont take religion
seriously. — I have had sweet communion with Jesus to day. — Class
good. — Class meeting poorly attended
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
well-dressed man can afford to cut the price tag off his suit</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
MARCH 4</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Behold the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land.” Partly cloudy, mild. — The last day of republican rule. — Office and well. Rested good last night — B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. — Demmys take charge of gov’t. — Evening home writing — They can take my job, but they cannot take Jesus from me.</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
life of every man is writ upon the parchment of his brow</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 5</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Now ye are the body of Christ.” Clear in part, not cold.—Rested well
last night night, and B. “B.W.” and U.W. me are in good
shape thank the Lord.—Office again—I went to bed too soon
last night—Teachers’ meeting fair attendance—Rain
at midnight—</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“<FONT SIZE=2>A
broken egg cannot be mended.” — A. Lincoln</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 6</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Ecclesiastes 8:8 (KJV) There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war, neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.'>“And there is no discharge in that war”</span> Clear and cool a.m. My rest was disturbed last night, by horrid dreams. We are well this a.m. B. “B.W.” and n.a. me. — Office as usual — Colder. Wind high. spent evening home as usual. — Neglected parents cannot be apologized to after they fall asleep</P></td></tr></table>
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life of every man is writ upon the parchment of his brow</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
MARCH 5</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Now ye are the body of Christ.” Clear in part, not cold.—Rested well
last night night, and B. “B.W.” and U.W. me are in good
shape thank the Lord.—Office again—I went to bed too soon
last night—Teachers’ meeting fair attendance—Rain
at midnight—</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“A
broken egg cannot be mended.” — A. Lincoln</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
MARCH 6</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Ecclesiastes 8:8 (KJV) There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war, neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.">“And there is no discharge in that war”</span> Clear and cool a.m. My rest was disturbed last night, by horrid dreams. We are well this a.m. B. “B.W.” and n.a. me. — Office as usual — Colder. Wind high. spent evening home as usual. — Neglected parents cannot be apologized to after they fall asleep</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A
horse is no better than his feet; a man is little better</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 7</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And I looked and
behold a pale horse, and his rider was death.” Clear and quite cold. — We are well, B. “B.W.” and u.w. me. — Office as usual. — Pretty fair rest last night. — Received my meager salary from a magnanimous government — O.B. — <span class='tooltip' title='There are two John Winslows listed in the 1913 City Directory, both African-American and both in Norfolk. The first is a fireman who resides at 611 Alleghany in the Berkeley ward, the latter is a laborer whose home is at 430 Powell.'>John Winslow</span>, sick and penitent</P>
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</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Any
man can be a man; only a great man can be an epoch</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 8</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The Son of man come to seek and save.” Cloudy a.m. and cold. — Rested good last night. — B. “B.W.” and me are well and I am at the office — Put away 1/4 ton of coal. got another watch from Jones. — Left office on time — Divided my few <span class='tooltip' title='Slang for dollars'>“Simoleons.”</span>
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horse is no better than his feet; a man is little better</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
MARCH 7</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And I looked and
behold a pale horse, and his rider was death.” Clear and quite cold. — We are well, B. “B.W.” and u.w. me. — Office as usual. — Pretty fair rest last night. — Received my meager salary from a magnanimous government — O.B. — <span class="tooltip" title="There are two John Winslows listed in the 1913 City Directory, both African-American and both in Norfolk. The first is a fireman who resides at 611 Alleghany in the Berkeley ward, the latter is a laborer whose home is at 430 Powell.">John Winslow</span>, sick and penitent</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Any
man can be a man; only a great man can be an epoch</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
MARCH 8</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The Son of man come to seek and save.” Cloudy a.m. and cold. — Rested good last night. — B. “B.W.” and me are well and I am at the office — Put away 1/4 ton of coal. got another watch from Jones. — Left office on time — Divided my few <span class="tooltip" title="Slang for dollars">“Simoleons.”</span>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Loss
of wealth is loss of dirt; but don’t be too sanitary</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 9</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Mark 8:36'>“What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul.”</span> Clear and warm. Usual services. B. “B.W.” and me, attended both services. Bishop Coppin at 7.30. Stewards called on him in pastor’s interest. — Big sinners’ funeral. I had no time to spare on dead sinners
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Back
to the wind, face to your coffin</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 10</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='John 3:8 (KJV) The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.'>“The wind bloweth where it listeth.”</span> Warm, and cloudy. Rested well last night. B. “B.W.” and n.g. me are well. — Praise the Lord. — At office — Cooler at eve. — Called to see two sick ones.
Winslow & Langley the latter in “extremis.”
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of wealth is loss of dirt; but don’t be too sanitary</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
MARCH 9</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Mark 8:36">“What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul.”</span> Clear and warm. Usual services. B. “B.W.” and me, attended both services. Bishop Coppin at 7.30. Stewards called on him in pastor’s interest. — Big sinners’ funeral. I had no time to spare on dead sinners
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Back
to the wind, face to your coffin</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
MARCH 10</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="John 3:8 (KJV) The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.">“The wind bloweth where it listeth.”</span> Warm, and cloudy. Rested well last night. B. “B.W.” and n.g. me are well. — Praise the Lord. — At office — Cooler at eve. — Called to see two sick ones.
Winslow & Langley the latter in “extremis.”
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>There’s no excuse for idleness when it’s so much fun to work</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 11</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Luke 14:18, The Parable of the Banquet (KJV) And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.'>“<U>And</U> <U>they</U>
<U>all</U> began making excuses”</span> Cloudy and warm. Rested fair last night. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well, thank the Lord. — Office again — Rain in forenoon. — Home writing. — None of us are alone in our little worries, others are so. —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“<FONT SIZE=2>Don’t mind the tatters, boy; don’t heed buffoons — youthful Abe Lincoln wore patched pantaloons!”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And David said to Saul let no man’s heart fail because of him” Cloudy and cool. — My rest was good last night, and I am at the office. — B. “B.W” and u.w. me are well — Clear at 3.p.m. This the mildest weather I have ever seen for winter. Chas Langley died. — T.M. — All the young men who enlist in U.S.N. in 1867 with me, I alone remain. there were eleven of us.
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">There’s no excuse for idleness when it’s so much fun to work</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
MARCH 11</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Luke 14:18, The Parable of the Banquet (KJV) And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.">“And they
all began making excuses”</span> Cloudy and warm. Rested fair last night. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well, thank the Lord. — Office again — Rain in forenoon. — Home writing. — None of us are alone in our little worries, others are so. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Don’t mind the tatters, boy; don’t heed buffoons — youthful Abe Lincoln wore patched pantaloons!”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
MARCH 12</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And David said to Saul let no man’s heart fail because of him” Cloudy and cool. — My rest was good last night, and I am at the office. — B. “B.W” and u.w. me are well — Clear at 3.p.m. This the mildest weather I have ever seen for winter. Chas Langley died. — T.M. — All the young men who enlist in U.S.N. in 1867 with me, I alone remain. there were eleven of us.
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">On or about this date
51 years ago I witness the killing of a chum, by another chum, and I
was detained as a star witness for the prosecution.—</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Pay
as you enter, and you’ll be sure to pay as you go</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 13</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Pay that thou owest me.” Cloudy and mild. Rested fairly last night. — B. ”B.W” and old me are well. — Office, as usual. — Blanche has began to discipline Wendell. — Blanche went out to club supper, and I staid home. — Mother-in law sick.
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</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>What
can I do to-day to make some one else happier?</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 14</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Am I my brothers keeper.? Cloudy and warm. Office and warm. — Rested well. — B. & “B.W” and <U>me</U>. — Rain later. — The men that came over in 1872. are very much unconcerned about the Lord’s House, sorry to say it. — Jas A. Miller died. — O.B. — wrote charge against Mary L. Jones of #9 Class. ex officio. specification [G.J. ?] etc
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">On or about this date
51 years ago I witness the killing of a chum, by another chum, and I
was detained as a star witness for the prosecution.—</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Pay
as you enter, and you’ll be sure to pay as you go</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
MARCH 13</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Pay that thou owest me.” Cloudy and mild. Rested fairly last night. — B. ”B.W” and old me are well. — Office, as usual. — Blanche has began to discipline Wendell. — Blanche went out to club supper, and I staid home. — Mother-in law sick.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">What
can I do to-day to make some one else happier?</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
MARCH 14</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Am I my brothers keeper.? Cloudy and warm. Office and warm. — Rested well. — B. & “B.W” and me. — Rain later. — The men that came over in 1872. are very much unconcerned about the Lord’s House, sorry to say it. — Jas A. Miller died. — O.B. — wrote charge against Mary L. Jones of #9 Class. ex officio. specification [G.J. ?] etc
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>How
many folks can pronounce aright the beautiful valley of Yosemite?</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 15</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Judges 12:6 (KJV) Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.'>“Say Sibboleth.”</span> —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Rain and Warm. — Office as usual. — Rested good last night. — B. “B.W” and u. w. me. are well. praise the Lord. — Man slugged and robbed in broad day light of $200.17. a cashier S.A.L Incessant rain. — God bless our home.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>It’s lucky for America that she has Europe to lay all her troubles to</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 16</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Adam “where art thou. ” Usual services, and Langleys funeral. I attended. Weather clear & pleasant, but cool. rain early. Pastor preached three times, and denounced Sunday funerals. so do I. — The sec of the Y.M.C.A. disappointed me. — The sermon at night: “Emptiness of things under the Sun” was strong, and all should have heard
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many folks can pronounce aright the beautiful valley of Yosemite?</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
MARCH 15</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Judges 12:6 (KJV) Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.">“Say Sibboleth.”</span> —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Rain and Warm. — Office as usual. — Rested good last night. — B. “B.W” and u. w. me. are well. praise the Lord. — Man slugged and robbed in broad day light of $200.17. a cashier S.A.L Incessant rain. — God bless our home.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">It’s lucky for America that she has Europe to lay all her troubles to</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
MARCH 16</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Adam “where art thou. ” Usual services, and Langleys funeral. I attended. Weather clear & pleasant, but cool. rain early. Pastor preached three times, and denounced Sunday funerals. so do I. — The sec of the Y.M.C.A. disappointed me. — The sermon at night: “Emptiness of things under the Sun” was strong, and all should have heard
it. —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>“Green for remembrance, Alanna!”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 17</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Remember me, when thou comest in thy Kingdom” Clear and cold. Court, slated. Rested fair. This a.m. We are well. B. “B.W” and old me.— Mother Mintia still sick. — Our pastor loves money for the church, all right. — “St. Patrick’s Day. — Class.
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>You
can practice what you preach, but you won’t have a large practice</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 18</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Let your light so shine.” Clear and crisp. — Court. — Rested good last night. — B. “B.W” and sinful self, are well, praise the Lord. — Evening home writing. Blanche attended W.M[?], — This world is full of deceit — Ordered S.S. supplies — Practice anyhow.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
MARCH 17</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Remember me, when thou comest in thy Kingdom” Clear and cold. Court, slated. Rested fair. This a.m. We are well. B. “B.W” and old me.— Mother Mintia still sick. — Our pastor loves money for the church, all right. — “St. Patrick’s Day. — Class.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">You
can practice what you preach, but you won’t have a large practice</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
MARCH 18</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Let your light so shine.” Clear and crisp. — Court. — Rested good last night. — B. “B.W” and sinful self, are well, praise the Lord. — Evening home writing. Blanche attended W.M[?], — This world is full of deceit — Ordered S.S. supplies — Practice anyhow.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>No one has ever seen a vampire</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 19</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satan. Whence comest thou?. Clear and warm. — Court. Rested good last night. — B. ”B.W.” and old n.a. me are well, thank the Lord. — 12.m. inclined to cloudiness — Passion Week. — T.M. pastor Hunt and me. — Rain. — Called to see M. Blake she is yet sick — King George of Greece assassinated —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>He who starts something and runs away will live to start something another day</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 20</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Jonah 1:3 (KJV) But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.'>“But Jonah rose up to flee “to Tarshish”</span> Cloudy and warm. — Rested well. after bailing, and wiping, up water from the heavy rain at midnight. We are well, B. “B.W” and o.m. — Court still on — Clear p.m. “tho” rain promised — but it did not come — here — Evening home —
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
MARCH 19</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satan. Whence comest thou?. Clear and warm. — Court. Rested good last night. — B. ”B.W.” and old n.a. me are well, thank the Lord. — 12.m. inclined to cloudiness — Passion Week. — T.M. pastor Hunt and me. — Rain. — Called to see M. Blake she is yet sick — King George of Greece assassinated —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">He who starts something and runs away will live to start something another day</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
MARCH 20</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Jonah 1:3 (KJV) But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.">“But Jonah rose up to flee “to Tarshish”</span> Cloudy and warm. — Rested well. after bailing, and wiping, up water from the heavy rain at midnight. We are well, B. “B.W” and o.m. — Court still on — Clear p.m. “tho” rain promised — but it did not come — here — Evening home —
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The up-to-date bird of spirit prefers to do its own tail-salting</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 21</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The Birds of the air have nests.” but the son of Man hath not where to lay his head”
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Partly cloudy and warm. — Court again to day. Wendell, six months old. he is well, also his mother and daddy. rest well last night. — Rain at 3.15.p.m. heavy. — O.B. and S.S. entertainment. — When will men stop praising men?.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Try to be nice with your enemies, you don’t have to try with the rest</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 22</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Love your enemies.” — Clear and cooler. — Court again. Rested fair last night. B. “B.W.” and u. me are well. — The entertainment was good last night. — Went from office at 2.p.m. — Mother Blake on the mend. — also Sylvia — All of them.</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
MARCH 21</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The Birds of the air have nests.” but the son of Man hath not where to lay his head”
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Partly cloudy and warm. — Court again to day. Wendell, six months old. he is well, also his mother and daddy. rest well last night. — Rain at 3.15.p.m. heavy. — O.B. and S.S. entertainment. — When will men stop praising men?.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Try to be nice with your enemies, you don’t have to try with the rest</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
MARCH 22</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Love your enemies.” — Clear and cooler. — Court again. Rested fair last night. B. “B.W.” and u. me are well. — The entertainment was good last night. — Went from office at 2.p.m. — Mother Blake on the mend. — also Sylvia — All of them.</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A man is like a piano — he must have some action</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 23</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“He is risen. He is not here” A glorious Easter service. I attended each, as did B. & “B.W”. — two of them. Weather fine. good attendance and fair collections — Useless to say we are well, after the above statements. — The S.S. exercises at 3.p.m. Were good. —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Fire don’t crack a pot that is full</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 24</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Luke 24:25 (KJV) Then he said unto them, “O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken”'>“O fools and slow of heart.”</span> Clear and warm. Office. — Rested good last night. — B. “B.W.” and o.m. are well — Inclined to cloudiness at 1.p.m. — Class, two besides me. — Drew
check from S.S. Tr. for 2nd gr supplies — <span class='tooltip' title='Moses Buckingham Salter, born 13 February 1841 in Charleston, SC, was elected 21st Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 1892. Died at his home in Charleston after retiring in May 1912.'>Bishop Moses B. Salter</span> died —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
MARCH 23</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“He is risen. He is not here” A glorious Easter service. I attended each, as did B. & “B.W”. — two of them. Weather fine. good attendance and fair collections — Useless to say we are well, after the above statements. — The S.S. exercises at 3.p.m. Were good. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fire don’t crack a pot that is full</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
MARCH 24</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Luke 24:25 (KJV) Then he said unto them, “O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken”">“O fools and slow of heart.”</span> Clear and warm. Office. — Rested good last night. — B. “B.W.” and o.m. are well — Inclined to cloudiness at 1.p.m. — Class, two besides me. — Drew
check from S.S. Tr. for 2nd gr supplies — <span class="tooltip" title="Moses Buckingham Salter, born 13 February 1841 in Charleston, SC, was elected 21st Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 1892. Died at his home in Charleston after retiring in May 1912.">Bishop Moses B. Salter</span> died —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>No baby is admired as much as its mother would like</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 25</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“When he arose and took the young child, and his mother” Cloudy. a.m. and warm. rested good last night, and B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. I am at the office. — Sent P.O. order to S.S. union for supplies — I am not well at 3.p.m. — Sylvia out hospital. Mother Mintia convalescent.
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>People are never so busy that crowd doesn’t gather if a horse falls
down</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 26</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Genesis 3:12 (KJV) And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'>“The woman thou gavest me”</span> Clear in part. a.m. and warm. Rested well. B. “B.W.” and o.u.w. me are well. — Court again — Cloudy at 2.p.m. rain. Teachers meeting. Johana getting to be a kicker, and she don’t know how The weather is unprecedented, ie in my day. —</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">No baby is admired as much as its mother would like</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
MARCH 25</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“When he arose and took the young child, and his mother” Cloudy. a.m. and warm. rested good last night, and B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. I am at the office. — Sent P.O. order to S.S. union for supplies — I am not well at 3.p.m. — Sylvia out hospital. Mother Mintia convalescent.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">People are never so busy that crowd doesn’t gather if a horse falls
down</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
MARCH 26</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Genesis 3:12 (KJV) And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.">“The woman thou gavest me”</span> Clear in part. a.m. and warm. Rested well. B. “B.W.” and o.u.w. me are well. — Court again — Cloudy at 2.p.m. rain. Teachers meeting. Johana getting to be a kicker, and she don’t know how The weather is unprecedented, ie in my day. —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-03-27
1913-03-28
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Be cautious about promises, unless you are fine at excuses</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 27</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Proverbs 14:12 (KJV): There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof <i>are</i> the ways of death.'>“There is a way that seemeth right”</span> Wind high, and warm. — Court again — I rested well last night. B. ”B.W.” and u.w. me are well. I praise the Lord. — Heavy rain during much of the afternoon. — Cooler. — <span class='tooltip' title='Venus Lynch, wife of Peter Lynch. Both are 51 years old in 1910. Peter is a fisherman with the Seaboard Market. The 1913 City Directory shows that they live at 723 Carroll in Portsmouth.'>Venus Lynch</span> ill. — Judge gone to Richmond. — Evening home —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Individuality is the charm that gives pucker to a persimmon</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 28</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='John 5:39 (KJV): Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.'>“Search the scriptures.”</span> True scrip — Clear and cold. — B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. I rested well last night and to day. I am at the office, a little blue, but it don’t help matters. &mdash <span class='tooltip' title='Floyd and Claude Allen of Carroll Co. Va., found guilty of murder committed at the County Courthouse 14 March 1912.'><U>Allens</U> <U>electrocuted</U></span>. Official Board. — <span class='tooltip' title='Norfolk newspaper from 1906 to 1916, became the Norfolk Ledger-dispatch from 1916 to 1955.'>Ledger Dispatch</span> Plant. gutted by fire late to night. —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
MARCH 27</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Proverbs 14:12 (KJV): There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof <i>are</i> the ways of death.">“There is a way that seemeth right”</span> Wind high, and warm. — Court again — I rested well last night. B. ”B.W.” and u.w. me are well. I praise the Lord. — Heavy rain during much of the afternoon. — Cooler. — <span class="tooltip" title="Venus Lynch, wife of Peter Lynch. Both are 51 years old in 1910. Peter is a fisherman with the Seaboard Market. The 1913 City Directory shows that they live at 723 Carroll in Portsmouth.">Venus Lynch</span> ill. — Judge gone to Richmond. — Evening home —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Individuality is the charm that gives pucker to a persimmon</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
MARCH 28</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="John 5:39 (KJV): Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.">“Search the scriptures.”</span> True scrip — Clear and cold. — B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. I rested well last night and to day. I am at the office, a little blue, but it don’t help matters. — <span class="tooltip" title="Floyd and Claude Allen of Carroll Co. Va., found guilty of murder committed at the County Courthouse 14 March 1912.">Allens electrocuted</span>. Official Board. — <span class="tooltip" title="Norfolk newspaper from 1906 to 1916, became the Norfolk Ledger-dispatch from 1916 to 1955.">Ledger Dispatch</span> Plant. gutted by fire late to night. —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-03-29
1913-03-30
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Sympathy doesn’t amount to a drop of laudanum for a toothache</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 29</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Come unto me, all ye that labor” Clear and cold rested good last night. B. “B.W.” and me, are well. at the office. — Frost last night — Left office at 1.50p.m. Man stopped leake on roof of our house. I am waiting now for rain to see how it will act. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>“Go at life by the day, and not by the job”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 30</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“If I perish. I perish.” Clear and pleasant. usual services good music at 7.30. large [modied?] crowd. — Rested good last night, and it is evident, we are well. i.e. B. “B.W.” and me. — The jail services were good. Life is noble if we make it so. —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
MARCH 29</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Come unto me, all ye that labor” Clear and cold rested good last night. B. “B.W.” and me, are well. at the office. — Frost last night — Left office at 1.50p.m. Man stopped leake on roof of our house. I am waiting now for rain to see how it will act. —</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Go at life by the day, and not by the job”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
MARCH 30</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“If I perish. I perish.” Clear and pleasant. usual services good music at 7.30. large [modied?] crowd. — Rested good last night, and it is evident, we are well. i.e. B. “B.W.” and me. — The jail services were good. Life is noble if we make it so. —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-03-31
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Good manners are not an expense; they may be a revenue</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
MARCH 31</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Corinthians 15:33 (KJV): Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.'>“Evil communication corrupt good manners”</span> — Clear and warm — Rested good last night Mintia spent the night. B “B.W.” and old me are well. — I am at the office — My wife is my ideal. — J. Pierpont Morgan died. — Class #s 24& amp; 27. All must die the rich and poor</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
MARCH 31</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Corinthians 15:33 (KJV): Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.">“Evil communication corrupt good manners”</span> — Clear and warm — Rested good last night Mintia spent the night. B “B.W.” and old me are well. — I am at the office — My wife is my ideal. — J. Pierpont Morgan died. — Class #s 24& amp; 27. All must die the rich and poor</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-04-01
1913-04-02
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“<FONT SIZE=2>Don’t marry an automobile wife on a wheelbarrow salary”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
April 1</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The fool hath said in his heart there is no God.” — Clear and crisp — Rested good last night. — B & “BW” and u.w. me are well praise the Lord. — Office yet — Home p.m. Bernard & Spentz called. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A good egg is not only good in parts, but all over</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
April 2</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Be ye perfect, as your Master” Clear and pleasant. — Rested good last night. B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. — At the office. — Teachers meeting, good. — April fool.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
April 1</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The fool hath said in his heart there is no God.” — Clear and crisp — Rested good last night. — B & “BW” and u.w. me are well praise the Lord. — Office yet — Home p.m. Bernard & Spentz called. —</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A good egg is not only good in parts, but all over</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
April 2</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Be ye perfect, as your Master” Clear and pleasant. — Rested good last night. B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. — At the office. — Teachers meeting, good. — April fool.
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1913-04-03
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">2– Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Forty-seven years ago the colored folks of Norfolk and Portsmouth celebrated the passage of the "Civil Rights Bill" by Congress. and we all gathered in the city of Norfolk. had a big parade of civic societies, and discharge colored soldiers speaking out on the suburbs. The poor whites "sicked on" doubtless, by the upper class, interfered with us. tried to break us up. a riot ensued and several whites were killed. I was unhurt. Who killed the parties was never known, but several colored men left the city for fear of arrest, and have never returned. The organizations from Portsmouth after the riot was over marched unmolested down town and took the ferry home, but I was tremulous, excepting every minute that our ranks would be fired
into, but I didn’t show the white feather. My organization was the [I.S.L. ?]all young men, five of us are alive to day.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>No man limps for another’s hurts</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
April 3</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And their priests teach for hire.” Clear and warm. rested good last night. B “BW” and u.w. me are well. I am at the office — Paid off for <STRIKE>Feby </STRIKE> March. — Evening home. — Secretary of U.S.N. visited the Navy Yard. — Some people say, they disbelieve in hell. i.e. there is none. old hell
is there just the same. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>He that hath patience sees his revenge</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
April 4</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“In your patience posess ye your souls.” — Clear and warm. Wind high. Rested good last night, and B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. I am at the office. — I am a little Blue to day. The O.B. met, out fairly early. — This day 21 years ago was a sad day at my home.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Forty-seven years ago the colored folks of Norfolk and Portsmouth celebrated the passage of the "Civil Rights Bill" by Congress. and we all gathered in the city of Norfolk. had a big parade of civic societies, and discharge colored soldiers speaking out on the suburbs. The poor whites "sicked on" doubtless, by the upper class, interfered with us. tried to break us up. a riot ensued and several whites were killed. I was unhurt. Who killed the parties was never known, but several colored men left the city for fear of arrest, and have never returned. The organizations from Portsmouth after the riot was over marched unmolested down town and took the ferry home, but I was tremulous, excepting every minute that our ranks would be fired
into, but I didn’t show the white feather. My organization was the [I.S.L. ?]all young men, five of us are alive to day.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">No man limps for another’s hurts</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
April 3</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And their priests teach for hire.” Clear and warm. rested good last night. B “BW” and u.w. me are well. I am at the office — Paid off for <strike>Feby </strike> March. — Evening home. — Secretary of U.S.N. visited the Navy Yard. — Some people say, they disbelieve in hell. i.e. there is none. old hell
is there just the same. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">He that hath patience sees his revenge</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
April 4</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“In your patience posess ye your souls.” — Clear and warm. Wind high. Rested good last night, and B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. I am at the office. — I am a little Blue to day. The O.B. met, out fairly early. — This day 21 years ago was a sad day at my home.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A
man with one-fourth as much as others want to borrow of him is tolerably fixed</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
April 5</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The Borrower is servant of the lender.” Rain early. a little cooler. — Rested good last night. B “BW” and n.g. me are well. — Office. — Spent the afternoon and evening home. — I look around me, and the many dear friends of my
childhood have slumbered for years in their graves. —
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>However
fine the dinner, leave room for a nibble of cheese</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
April 6</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 4:3 (KJV): And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.'>“If thou be the Son of God command these stones be made bread.”</span> — Clear & cold. attended usual services. Sacrament at night. I rested well. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. India Myers
Sr sick. — Blanche and me, attended Sacrament. — He is the Son of God, but no slight of hand artist.
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man with one-fourth as much as others want to borrow of him is tolerably fixed</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
April 5</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The Borrower is servant of the lender.” Rain early. a little cooler. — Rested good last night. B “BW” and n.g. me are well. — Office. — Spent the afternoon and evening home. — I look around me, and the many dear friends of my
childhood have slumbered for years in their graves. —
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">However
fine the dinner, leave room for a nibble of cheese</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
April 6</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 4:3 (KJV): And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.">“If thou be the Son of God command these stones be made bread.”</span> — Clear & cold. attended usual services. Sacrament at night. I rested well. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. India Myers
Sr sick. — Blanche and me, attended Sacrament. — He is the Son of God, but no slight of hand artist.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>In saving up for a rainy day, don’t be fooled by the first sprinkling cart</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
April 7</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Lay by in store as the Lord hath prospered you.” — Clear and cold. office — Rested well last night. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. — Congress, the 63rd meets to day, and
the democrats will begin to dig their grave. — Class. Jesus, one other and u.w. me. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A
good mother hears no dance music when her children cry</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
April 8</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“But thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah.” — Clear and cold. my dreams last night was terrible and harrowing, but I am well, also Blanche and the babe. I am at the office, yet. — I wrote a letter
for <span class='tooltip' title='Edmund P. Waddill Jr., Judge US District Court, appears in 1913 City Directory in listings for Norfolk, though home is shown to be Richmond. 1910 census shows Edmund Waddill, age 54, a judge in US Court, residing in Richmond with wife Alma and family at 924 Park Ave.'>Judge Waddill</span>, and put it in my drawer, but I think it will be sent. —</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">In saving up for a rainy day, don’t be fooled by the first sprinkling cart</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
April 7</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Lay by in store as the Lord hath prospered you.” — Clear and cold. office — Rested well last night. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. — Congress, the 63rd meets to day, and
the democrats will begin to dig their grave. — Class. Jesus, one other and u.w. me. —</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A
good mother hears no dance music when her children cry</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
April 8</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“But thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah.” — Clear and cold. my dreams last night was terrible and harrowing, but I am well, also Blanche and the babe. I am at the office, yet. — I wrote a letter
for <span class="tooltip" title="Edmund P. Waddill Jr., Judge US District Court, appears in 1913 City Directory in listings for Norfolk, though home is shown to be Richmond. 1910 census shows Edmund Waddill, age 54, a judge in US Court, residing in Richmond with wife Alma and family at 924 Park Ave.">Judge Waddill</span>, and put it in my drawer, but I think it will be sent. —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-04-09
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>We
all like to hit the high places; we all forget the hollows</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
April 9</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“What therefore God hath joined together let not man put asunder” — Clear and cool, a.m. awful dreams last night but I am well, this a.m. also B & “BW” — Office again Forwarded letter to Judge Waddill — A.H. Butt, and India Wilson married — T.M. small attendance. J.A. Persons died —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Blessed
be drudgery; for nobody really likes it</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
April 10</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Blessed are the meek.” — Cloudy, partly, yet chilly. I rested fairly last night, and B. “BW.” and u.w. me are well. I am at my usual place of vocation, yet. — Borrowed 50¢ from West to have my [shoes?] fixed — Blanche went to Court street Bp church, revival services.
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">We
all like to hit the high places; we all forget the hollows</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
April 9</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“What therefore God hath joined together let not man put asunder” — Clear and cool, a.m. awful dreams last night but I am well, this a.m. also B & “BW” — Office again Forwarded letter to Judge Waddill — A.H. Butt, and India Wilson married — T.M. small attendance. J.A. Persons died —</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Blessed
be drudgery; for nobody really likes it</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
April 10</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Blessed are the meek.” — Cloudy, partly, yet chilly. I rested fairly last night, and B. “BW.” and u.w. me are well. I am at my usual place of vocation, yet. — Borrowed 50¢ from West to have my [shoes?] fixed — Blanche went to Court street Bp church, revival services.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>’Tis cruel to tell a laughable tale to a man with a split lip</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
April 11</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“On that night could not the king sleep.” Clear and warmer. I was much disturbed in my sleep, but I am well also, B. & “BW.” — Office as usual. — Letter from Judge Waddill in answer. — Sam P. Wigg. died. — O.B. — Mrs Mary Files died. — Paid off. by O.B. Edward Wiersdorf died —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Don’t waste your time cutting specks from rotten apples</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
April 12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Belshazzar the king made a feast.” Rain early. warm. Rested sweetly last night. B. “BW” and me are well. Office as usual. — Blanche went to market before I got out of bed. — Mrs Ann Arrington died — There are numbers of men like the impious king, occupying high places —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
April 11</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“On that night could not the king sleep.” Clear and warmer. I was much disturbed in my sleep, but I am well also, B. & “BW.” — Office as usual. — Letter from Judge Waddill in answer. — Sam P. Wigg. died. — O.B. — Mrs Mary Files died. — Paid off. by O.B. Edward Wiersdorf died —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Don’t waste your time cutting specks from rotten apples</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
April 12</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Belshazzar the king made a feast.” Rain early. warm. Rested sweetly last night. B. “BW” and me are well. Office as usual. — Blanche went to market before I got out of bed. — Mrs Ann Arrington died — There are numbers of men like the impious king, occupying high places —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The boy without a playground becomes the man without a job</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
April 13</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The child Jesus tarried behind” Clear and warm, attended usual services, and closing up conference year. — Rested good last night. B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. all attended 11 a.m. services — The holy spirit manifest. — Wm Thorogood letter carrier, Norfolk. died —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The liar is sooner caught than a cripple</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
April 14</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Revelation 21:8 (KJV): But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.'>“All liars shall have their part.”</span> Clear and warm. Office — West gone to Atlanta — Class #13. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well, praise the Lord. — Letter to Bishop Coppin — — It is a wonder that my sons are not “caught” or made a “cripple” yet I don’t desire it. —</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The boy without a playground becomes the man without a job</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
April 13</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The child Jesus tarried behind” Clear and warm, attended usual services, and closing up conference year. — Rested good last night. B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. all attended 11 a.m. services — The holy spirit manifest. — Wm Thorogood letter carrier, Norfolk. died —</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The liar is sooner caught than a cripple</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
April 14</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Revelation 21:8 (KJV): But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.">“All liars shall have their part.”</span> Clear and warm. Office — West gone to Atlanta — Class #13. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well, praise the Lord. — Letter to Bishop Coppin — — It is a wonder that my sons are not “caught” or made a “cripple” yet I don’t desire it. —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-04-16
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Never eat with your knife, lest you scratch your tonsils</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
April 15</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And I saw a new heaven.” Clear a.m. and pleasant. Office as usual. — I rested well last night B. “BW” and u.w. me are well, thank the Lord. — Card to <span class='tooltip' title='Chauncey I. Withrow, reverend and pastor of the John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church appears in the 1913 Norfolk City Directory. The church is located on Goff at the corner of Griffin in that city. His residence is shown as at 906 Cumberland. He is approximately 56 in 1913. Previously, he was pastor of Augusta Street M. E. Church in Staunton.'>Rev. Withrow</span>. — Cooler — Home during evening Blanche attended Nite Missionary.
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Leave
your business cares on the mat before you enter your home</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
April 16</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Take no thought of what ye shall eat.” Rain. Cooler. Office. Rest was not so good last night. This a.m. we are well. “B.W” is saying “Da Da.” I leave my business cares to God. — Teachers meeting — Ex. Mayor <span class='tooltip' title='Born 1 August 1854, Johnston was mayor from 1898 to 1901. He resigned the office on 14 May 1901 to become vice-president and general manager of the Norfolk Railway & Light Company. See <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=53793416" target="_blank">this page</a> for an image of Johnston.'>C Brooks Johnston</span> of Norfolk died. —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
April 15</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And I saw a new heaven.” Clear a.m. and pleasant. Office as usual. — I rested well last night B. “BW” and u.w. me are well, thank the Lord. — Card to <span class="tooltip" title="Chauncey I. Withrow, reverend and pastor of the John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church appears in the 1913 Norfolk City Directory. The church is located on Goff at the corner of Griffin in that city. His residence is shown as at 906 Cumberland. He is approximately 56 in 1913. Previously, he was pastor of Augusta Street M. E. Church in Staunton.">Rev. Withrow</span>. — Cooler — Home during evening Blanche attended Nite Missionary.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Leave
your business cares on the mat before you enter your home</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
April 16</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Take no thought of what ye shall eat.” Rain. Cooler. Office. Rest was not so good last night. This a.m. we are well. “B.W” is saying “Da Da.” I leave my business cares to God. — Teachers meeting — Ex. Mayor <span class="tooltip" title="Born 1 August 1854, Johnston was mayor from 1898 to 1901. He resigned the office on 14 May 1901 to become vice-president and general manager of the Norfolk Railway & Light Company. See <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=53793416" target="_blank">this page</a> for an image of Johnston.">C Brooks Johnston</span> of Norfolk died. —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-04-18
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Many
a fine figure comes from the shears</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
April 17</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Ecclesiastes 1:2'>“Vanity of vanities all is vanity.”</span> Clear and pleasant. Office. West returned — Rested good last night. We are well, B. “B.W.” and u.w. me. — Home during evening “BW” and me. — <span class='tooltip' title='23rd bishop of the A. M. E. Church, was born in Antiqua, West Indies, on July 27, 1843. He joined St. John church, Norfolk, Va. in 1864 and was first licensed to preach in Norfolk. In 1896 he was elected bishop at Wilmington and served in that capacity for nearly 17 years, as bishop of the eighth, first, third and fifteenth Episcopal districts. See <a href="http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/wright/ill83.html" target="_blank">this page</a> for an image of Derrick.'>Bishop W.B. Derrick</span> dead so reported — He is dead alright
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Every
blade of grass has its own drop of dew</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
April 18</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Consider the Lilies, they neither sow nor spin.” — Clear and warm. Office. — B. “BW” and u.w. me are well, thank the Lord. — I said a bad word to day under the stress of excitement. I prayed to the Lord, and he forgave me. — O.B. Miller presided, pastor at conference.
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a fine figure comes from the shears</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
April 17</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Ecclesiastes 1:2">“Vanity of vanities all is vanity.”</span> Clear and pleasant. Office. West returned — Rested good last night. We are well, B. “B.W.” and u.w. me. — Home during evening “BW” and me. — <span class="tooltip" title="23rd bishop of the A. M. E. Church, was born in Antiqua, West Indies, on July 27, 1843. He joined St. John church, Norfolk, Va. in 1864 and was first licensed to preach in Norfolk. In 1896 he was elected bishop at Wilmington and served in that capacity for nearly 17 years, as bishop of the eighth, first, third and fifteenth Episcopal districts. See <a href="http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/wright/ill83.html" target="_blank">this page</a> for an image of Derrick.">Bishop W.B. Derrick</span> dead so reported — He is dead alright
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Every
blade of grass has its own drop of dew</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
April 18</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Consider the Lilies, they neither sow nor spin.” — Clear and warm. Office. — B. “BW” and u.w. me are well, thank the Lord. — I said a bad word to day under the stress of excitement. I prayed to the Lord, and he forgave me. — O.B. Miller presided, pastor at conference.
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1913-04-19
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Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thirty nine years ago, this month <span class='tooltip' title='Offer served as Pastor of Emanuel A.M.E. Church on North Street in Portsmouth from 1871-1877. He died in 1902. See <a href="http://sacredgroundsacredhistory.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">this page</a> for image of Offer.'>Rev. John H. Offer</span>, was appointed pastor of Immanuel, and soon after he appointed me class leader. #20. but he did it for sinster motives, and as soon as I shewed a manhood spirit. he removed me, and put a wife beater in my stead. The man want a w.b
then. but he became one afterwards beat her in the street. on a Sabbath day. of course the pastor re<U>mov</U>ed him. but soon restored him. thereby justifying the act. of wife beating he is old now and reaping what he sowed. , but I think he is ignorant of it. The appointee. Offer. went crazy and died 12 or 13 years ago. —</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>One
stomach knows better what it wants than ten dyspeptic men can tell it</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
April 19</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Psalm 2:1 (KJV): Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?'>“Why do the heathen rage.”?</span> Clear and warm. Office — Rested good last night. B. “B.W” and u.w. me are well, and the Lord has forgiven me I feel. — Left office at 1.50. p.m. — There is many heathens here and they can read books too. Lord awaken them —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Farming
is only one of the businesses that every man could run a little better</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
April 20</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Be ye kind to one another” Clear and cold. Usual Services. Rev H.M. Maloy preached at 11:a.m. Rev T. Davis at 730.p.m. B. “B.W” and u.w. me are well thank the Lord. — The day was spent in an acceptable manner.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thirty nine years ago, this month <span class="tooltip" title="Offer served as Pastor of Emanuel A.M.E. Church on North Street in Portsmouth from 1871-1877. He died in 1902. See <a href="http://sacredgroundsacredhistory.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">this page</a> for image of Offer.">Rev. John H. Offer</span>, was appointed pastor of Immanuel, and soon after he appointed me class leader. #20. but he did it for sinster motives, and as soon as I shewed a manhood spirit. he removed me, and put a wife beater in my stead. The man want a w.b
then. but he became one afterwards beat her in the street. on a Sabbath day. of course the pastor removed him. but soon restored him. thereby justifying the act. of wife beating he is old now and reaping what he sowed. , but I think he is ignorant of it. The appointee. Offer. went crazy and died 12 or 13 years ago. —</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">One
stomach knows better what it wants than ten dyspeptic men can tell it</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
April 19</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Psalm 2:1 (KJV): Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?">“Why do the heathen rage.”?</span> Clear and warm. Office — Rested good last night. B. “B.W” and u.w. me are well, and the Lord has forgiven me I feel. — Left office at 1.50. p.m. — There is many heathens here and they can read books too. Lord awaken them —</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Farming
is only one of the businesses that every man could run a little better</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
April 20</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Be ye kind to one another” Clear and cold. Usual Services. Rev H.M. Maloy preached at 11:a.m. Rev T. Davis at 730.p.m. B. “B.W” and u.w. me are well thank the Lord. — The day was spent in an acceptable manner.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Cultivate
a graceful poise, even over a wash-tub — if you think of it</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
April 21</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The Lord hath need of him” Clear and cold. Office. Rested well last night. B. “B.W.” u.w. me are well. — Received a photo from G.A. Melvin — Class none of my members present pastor and one of his. he is here for another year by appointment. — God bless him</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
fourth dimension has been discovered; so the dimensions of Ann’s age had better watch out</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
April 22</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“How old art thou?” Clear and pleasant. Rested good last night. at the office this day. B. “B.W” and pessimistic me are well. wrote a card in acknowledgement to G.A.M. — Spent evening home. — Wendell has a cold I hope not serious —
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a graceful poise, even over a wash-tub — if you think of it</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
April 21</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The Lord hath need of him” Clear and cold. Office. Rested well last night. B. “B.W.” u.w. me are well. — Received a photo from G.A. Melvin — Class none of my members present pastor and one of his. he is here for another year by appointment. — God bless him</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
fourth dimension has been discovered; so the dimensions of Ann’s age had better watch out</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
April 22</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“How old art thou?” Clear and pleasant. Rested good last night. at the office this day. B. “B.W” and pessimistic me are well. wrote a card in acknowledgement to G.A.M. — Spent evening home. — Wendell has a cold I hope not serious —
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Like
unto ships far out at sea outward or homeward bound are we.</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
April 23</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Jonah 1:3 (KJV): But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.'>“And went down to Joppa: and found a ship.”</span> — Party clear. and warm. — I did not rest so well last night. Wendell coughed a great deal. B. & u.w. me are well. I think. I am at the office yet. — Teachers monthly meeting — Blanche and “BW” went to Mt. Hermon & her mother. — Mrs. Clarine Elliott. died. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Never
dispute a pathway with a goat; better kindly pass the “butter”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
April 24</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Agree with thine adversary.” Clear and warm. Rested fairly last night. “B.W.” gives me concern B. is well. so am I. and the office claims me. — Borrowed three $ from West. to patch out. — Evening home. — The Lord is dealing with me better than I deserve. —
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unto ships far out at sea outward or homeward bound are we.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
April 23</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Jonah 1:3 (KJV): But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.">“And went down to Joppa: and found a ship.”</span> — Party clear. and warm. — I did not rest so well last night. Wendell coughed a great deal. B. & u.w. me are well. I think. I am at the office yet. — Teachers monthly meeting — Blanche and “BW” went to Mt. Hermon & her mother. — Mrs. Clarine Elliott. died. —</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Never
dispute a pathway with a goat; better kindly pass the “butter”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
April 24</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Agree with thine adversary.” Clear and warm. Rested fairly last night. “B.W.” gives me concern B. is well. so am I. and the office claims me. — Borrowed three $ from West. to patch out. — Evening home. — The Lord is dealing with me better than I deserve. —
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>It
is curious that frogs themselves are rarely troubled with “frog in the throat”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
April 25</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.” — Clear and warm. Office. Rested fairly last night. “B.W”’s cold bothered him. and me. Blanche too. — I am well. thank the Lord. — I am yet “On the Lords side.” — Official Board pastor wants more salary. — so do I. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Better
live within your income than within some one else’s</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
April 26</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Nahum 3:14 (KJV): Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.'>“Make strong the brickiln.”</span> — Clear and warm. — Rested well last night. “B.W.” seemed to rest well. B & me u.w. me are well. — Office as customary — Glasses found. I was premature in saying what I did — <span class='tooltip' title='Peter Shorts: bailiff at US District Court since 1898, dies 2 May 1913.'>Peter Shorts</span> paralized at Richmond. he is Bailiff, there US [D?] Court.
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is curious that frogs themselves are rarely troubled with “frog in the throat”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
April 25</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.” — Clear and warm. Office. Rested fairly last night. “B.W”’s cold bothered him. and me. Blanche too. — I am well. thank the Lord. — I am yet “On the Lords side.” — Official Board pastor wants more salary. — so do I. —</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Better
live within your income than within some one else’s</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
April 26</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Nahum 3:14 (KJV): Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.">“Make strong the brickiln.”</span> — Clear and warm. — Rested well last night. “B.W.” seemed to rest well. B & me u.w. me are well. — Office as customary — Glasses found. I was premature in saying what I did — <span class="tooltip" title="Peter Shorts: bailiff at US District Court since 1898, dies 2 May 1913.">Peter Shorts</span> paralized at Richmond. he is Bailiff, there US [D?] Court.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
silent organ loudest chants the master’s requiem</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
April 27</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Love Envieth not.” — Rain at 8. a.m. warm. — 1st quarterly meeting P.E. preached at 2 services. Love Feast at 3 p.m. Cooler at night. — Mrs. Elliotts funeral. — We rested good last night B. “BW” and u.w. me are well but oh! Babe has a cold. — They leave for Cary N.C. Monday —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>What
is really best for us lies always in our reach</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
April 28</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The Lord Knoweth the way of the righteous” Cloudy and cool. B. & “BW” left for Cary N.C. this a.m. I didnt sleep much last night on account of it. at office and some miscreant stole my long sight glasses in the P.O. Norfolk. Home at night. Jesus and me
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silent organ loudest chants the master’s requiem</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
April 27</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Love Envieth not.” — Rain at 8. a.m. warm. — 1st quarterly meeting P.E. preached at 2 services. Love Feast at 3 p.m. Cooler at night. — Mrs. Elliotts funeral. — We rested good last night B. “BW” and u.w. me are well but oh! Babe has a cold. — They leave for Cary N.C. Monday —</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">What
is really best for us lies always in our reach</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
April 28</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The Lord Knoweth the way of the righteous” Cloudy and cool. B. & “BW” left for Cary N.C. this a.m. I didnt sleep much last night on account of it. at office and some miscreant stole my long sight glasses in the P.O. Norfolk. Home at night. Jesus and me
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cat may look at a king, but would rather eye a canary</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
April 29</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“He is a King over all the children.” Partly cloudy and cool. Office as usual. I rested serenely last night. B. & “B.W.” in N.C. but Jesus was there. I am well. — Geo Williams. called at office — Rain at 12. m. — 1st quarterly conference — Dull around home I tell you.</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>That
is not love which goes out of the window</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
April 30</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Thou shalt love thy neighbor.” Clear and cool. — Office as usual — I slept well last night. — Received postal from Blanche, she and B.W. are well. answered by letter. — Teachers meeting, after which I had a talk with the pastor for near one hour. I then went home. —
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cat may look at a king, but would rather eye a canary</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
April 29</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“He is a King over all the children.” Partly cloudy and cool. Office as usual. I rested serenely last night. B. & “B.W.” in N.C. but Jesus was there. I am well. — Geo Williams. called at office — Rain at 12. m. — 1st quarterly conference — Dull around home I tell you.</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">That
is not love which goes out of the window</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
April 30</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Thou shalt love thy neighbor.” Clear and cool. — Office as usual — I slept well last night. — Received postal from Blanche, she and B.W. are well. answered by letter. — Teachers meeting, after which I had a talk with the pastor for near one hour. I then went home. —
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Margaret Grice my 2nd daughter was born 34 years ago this month. she died a few day after her mother aged 4 years, lacking of a few months. — This month I just dont remember the exact date. I was a delegate from our home city. forty six years ago to the first republican state convention. Which met in Richmond in the old first Baptist Church. It was “thru” the influence of the late <span class='tooltip' title='Teamoh was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1867 and the Senate of Virginia from 1869 until 1871. He was born a slave in Portsmouth, where he lived the early part of his life. See his grave marker <a href="http://www.markerhistory.com/george-teamoh-q-8-x/" target="_blank">here</a>.'>Geo Teamoh</span>, that I went. — It is common expression — but an untrue one — that “majorities rule” We have a president and congress who represents a minority, but it is law, and we have to submit to it, but it not only so in that case, but every southern state is dominated by a bourbon minority.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A
swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY, May 1</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“But the just shall live by his faith” — Clear and pleasant. I rested well last night. me, — B & “B.W” I hope for. — At the office as usual. — The prospects for money is poor.— Card from Wendell. — Evening home.
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Inspiration without perspiration is a dried-up sort of genius</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY, May 2</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Job 3:8 (KJV): But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.'>“The Inspiration of the almighty giveth them understanding”</span> — Clear and warm. Office as usual and [Bkopt?] — Letter from Blanche, and card to “B.W” Rested good. — Official Board. Peter
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Margaret Grice my 2nd daughter was born 34 years ago this month. she died a few day after her mother aged 4 years, lacking of a few months. — This month I just dont remember the exact date. I was a delegate from our home city. forty six years ago to the first republican state convention. Which met in Richmond in the old first Baptist Church. It was “thru” the influence of the late <span class="tooltip" title="Teamoh was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1867 and the Senate of Virginia from 1869 until 1871. He was born a slave in Portsmouth, where he lived the early part of his life. See his grave marker <a href="http://www.markerhistory.com/george-teamoh-q-8-x/" target="_blank">here</a>.">Geo Teamoh</span>, that I went. — It is common expression — but an untrue one — that “majorities rule” We have a president and congress who represents a minority, but it is law, and we have to submit to it, but it not only so in that case, but every southern state is dominated by a bourbon minority.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A
swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY, May 1</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“But the just shall live by his faith” — Clear and pleasant. I rested well last night. me, — B & “B.W” I hope for. — At the office as usual. — The prospects for money is poor.— Card from Wendell. — Evening home.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Inspiration without perspiration is a dried-up sort of genius</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY, May 2</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Job 3:8 (KJV): But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.">“The Inspiration of the almighty giveth them understanding”</span> — Clear and warm. Office as usual and [Bkopt?] — Letter from Blanche, and card to “B.W” Rested good. — Official Board. Peter
Shorts died — Bailiff</p></td></tr></table>
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">May 1st Con.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thirty seven years ago this day the Virginia Guards, the first militia
company ever organized in the city, was mustered in by Capt John Gibson, Jas. E. Manning was Captain. <span class='tooltip' title='Wilson’s military career: 1st Lieutenant, Virginia Guard, Virginia Volunteers, November 9, 1875; 1st Lieutenant and Commissary, 2nd Battalion, Virginia Volunteers, June 14, 1881; Captain, Company B, 2nd Battalion, Virginia Volunteers, June 15, 1883. Honorably discharged May 7 1888, by disbandment of company.
All of the men named in this entry are listed among the “colored” ranks of officers in <i>Roster Commissioned Officers Virginia Volunteers, 1871-1920</i>.'>I was 1st Lieut</span>, and Geo W. Gordon, was 2nd. It was an auspicious day with aunt H[?]’s [?] we had a banquet that night at our armory, and speech. [?]king I had the nerve. to think I could make a speech and really tried. no one would tell me whither I succeeded or not. they had respect for my fine feelings, but I think I failed. but I have made many since. — I should have said it was the first co. composed
of colored men —</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Only a fussy bachelor would take more than one hot bag to bed</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY, May 3</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='1 Peter 1:24 (KJV): For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.'>“For all flesh is as grass.”</span> Clear and warm. Rested in His embrace last night. arose at 6.10. Went to market and took breakfast at <span class='tooltip' title='Possibility: The Norfolk/Portsmouth 1913 City directory lists, under Eating Houses, Driver David, 222 County'>Drivers</span> — It is almost time for “B. & BW.” to return. — At office as usual. — Bought partly, a cooked dinner — Walked over across town at night —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The trouble with to-morrow is that it may be a day too late</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY, May 4</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 6:34 (KJV): Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.'>“Take no thought of to-morrow.”</span> Clear and warm. Usual services. Sacrament at 8. p.m. — God bless B & “BW.” — and u.w. me. — I rested good last night — I dined alone at home. — I am thinking of my loved ones. — Our jail work is encouraging.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thirty seven years ago this day the Virginia Guards, the first militia
company ever organized in the city, was mustered in by Capt John Gibson, Jas. E. Manning was Captain. <span class="tooltip" title="Wilson’s military career: 1st Lieutenant, Virginia Guard, Virginia Volunteers, November 9, 1875; 1st Lieutenant and Commissary, 2nd Battalion, Virginia Volunteers, June 14, 1881; Captain, Company B, 2nd Battalion, Virginia Volunteers, June 15, 1883. Honorably discharged May 7 1888, by disbandment of company. All of the men named in this entry are listed among the “colored” ranks of officers in <i>Roster Commissioned Officers Virginia Volunteers, 1871-1920</i>.">I was 1st Lieut</span>, and Geo W. Gordon, was 2nd. It was an auspicious day with aunt H[?]’s [?] we had a banquet that night at our armory, and speech. [?]king I had the nerve. to think I could make a speech and really tried. no one would tell me whither I succeeded or not. they had respect for my fine feelings, but I think I failed. but I have made many since. — I should have said it was the first co. composed
of colored men —</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Only a fussy bachelor would take more than one hot bag to bed</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY, May 3</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="1 Peter 1:24 (KJV): For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.">“For all flesh is as grass.”</span> Clear and warm. Rested in His embrace last night. arose at 6.10. Went to market and took breakfast at <span class="tooltip" title="Possibility: The Norfolk/Portsmouth 1913 City directory lists, under Eating Houses, Driver David, 222 County">Drivers</span> — It is almost time for “B. & BW.” to return. — At office as usual. — Bought partly, a cooked dinner — Walked over across town at night —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The trouble with to-morrow is that it may be a day too late</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY, May 4</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 6:34 (KJV): Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.">“Take no thought of to-morrow.”</span> Clear and warm. Usual services. Sacrament at 8. p.m. — God bless B & “BW.” — and u.w. me. — I rested good last night — I dined alone at home. — I am thinking of my loved ones. — Our jail work is encouraging.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>It takes a heaping dish of crout to upholster the creases out of a hungry man</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY, May 5</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord.” Clear and warm. Court. criminal term — Rested well last night. — Class #26 led it. — I bought two pairs of socks — <span class='tooltip' title='The 1910 census lists Lewis Dawley as 74 years old and living in Norfolk with two nieces and one nephew. The 1913 City Directory (also listing his name as Lewis) shows his residence in Norfolk as 711 Wide.'>Louis Dawley</span>, Norfolk. died — he was one of the old landmarks
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Simple fare is best, but who doesn’t love to sit down to a real “gouter”?</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
May 6</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Mark 1:40–42 (KJV) And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will, be thou clean. And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.'>“And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him”</span> — Clear and warm. my rest was good last night. — Card from Blanche. “BW” “OK” — Court jury — I am well. better than I
deserve. — The Marshal back at last. — Yet battling without my loved ones.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY, May 5</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord.” Clear and warm. Court. criminal term — Rested well last night. — Class #26 led it. — I bought two pairs of socks — <span class="tooltip" title="The 1910 census lists Lewis Dawley as 74 years old and living in Norfolk with two nieces and one nephew. The 1913 City Directory (also listing his name as Lewis) shows his residence in Norfolk as 711 Wide.">Louis Dawley</span>, Norfolk. died — he was one of the old landmarks
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Simple fare is best, but who doesn’t love to sit down to a real “gouter”?</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
May 6</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Mark 1:40–42 (KJV) And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will, be thou clean. And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.">“And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him”</span> — Clear and warm. my rest was good last night. — Card from Blanche. “BW” “OK” — Court jury — I am well. better than I
deserve. — The Marshal back at last. — Yet battling without my loved ones.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The disgrace is not in failing, but in failing to use failure as a stepping-stone</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY, May 7</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And if I perish. I perish.” Decidedly cooler, and clear. My rest was none of the best. but I am well this p.m. — Court. — No tidings from B & “B.W” strange. I thought she would
have returned ere this. — It is not good to be alone and God knows. it is.
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Some men tire so easily that they are tired of getting up</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY, May 8</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“God came from Teman. the holy one from mount Paran.” — Clear and cool. — Court. and jury — Rested well last night. I am well. no tidings of B & “BW.” hope they are well. — Home all evening — I did not think Blanche was going away to stay until Wendell is grown.
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The disgrace is not in failing, but in failing to use failure as a stepping-stone</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY, May 7</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And if I perish. I perish.” Decidedly cooler, and clear. My rest was none of the best. but I am well this p.m. — Court. — No tidings from B & “B.W” strange. I thought she would
have returned ere this. — It is not good to be alone and God knows. it is.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Some men tire so easily that they are tired of getting up</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY, May 8</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“God came from Teman. the holy one from mount Paran.” — Clear and cool. — Court. and jury — Rested well last night. I am well. no tidings of B & “BW.” hope they are well. — Home all evening — I did not think Blanche was going away to stay until Wendell is grown.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Wealth was made to wander</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri</FONT><STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY, May 9</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Jeremiah 13:23 (KJV) Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.'>“Can the Ethiopian change his skin?”</span> Cloudy in part. and warmer. I rested fairly last night. — Court again to day. I received a letter from Blanche. she and “BW” are well. I dont see any assurance of her return soon. — O.B. Rain at midnight cooler—God bless B & “BW”
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>All are needed by each one</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>day, May 10</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God” Cloudy and cold. rested well last night and well this a.m. 70th anniversary. Card from the best woman. — I went to the market. and breakfasted at <span class='tooltip' title='Again, possibly the eating house of David Driver; see May 3rd entry.'>Davids</span>. — — Court. — left Norfolk at 4.10pm.— — God bless B & “BW” for Jesus sake.
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wealth was made to wander</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY, May 9</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Jeremiah 13:23 (KJV) Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.">“Can the Ethiopian change his skin?”</span> Cloudy in part. and warmer. I rested fairly last night. — Court again to day. I received a letter from Blanche. she and “BW” are well. I dont see any assurance of her return soon. — O.B. Rain at midnight cooler—God bless B & “BW”
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">All are needed by each one</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>day, May 10</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God” Cloudy and cold. rested well last night and well this a.m. 70th anniversary. Card from the best woman. — I went to the market. and breakfasted at <span class="tooltip" title="Again, possibly the eating house of David Driver; see May 3rd entry.">Davids</span>. — — Court. — left Norfolk at 4.10pm.— — God bless B & “BW” for Jesus sake.
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">10th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">This time sixty years ago, our home on county street was broken up, my stepfather was sold. and bought by John M. Pullen in Norfolk. and we moved to that city, it was not on this date he was sold, but a little previous, but it was about this date. we moved to Norfolk, and resided on Bute street between. Catherine as it was called then — now Bank and Brewer. It didn’t take me long to get acquainted with boys of may age, or size, but don’t know of any of them living now, “tho” they may be. Forty three years ago, the first colored man was elected to the City Council of this city. Samuel Davis. was the man. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A fool for luck — until he and his money are parted </FONT>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY, May 11</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The fool hath said in his heart there is no God.” Clear and cool, usual Services. O[Fs?]. at 3.p.m. — I ate dinner alone. — “Mothers Day” — My rest was good last night, but I miss my wife and babe. — George Saunders died late to night. — Thank the Lord for this day —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The rule of three in company is that one had better get out </FONT>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY, May 12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Hear ye The word which the Lord speaketh unto you” — Clear and cool. I am well, rested good last night, and at the “temple of justice” this a.m. — Still battling alone, humanly speaking. My boys havent even congratulated me on my 70th b.d. — Class 11 & 26. — Sylvia prepared my evening meal.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">This time sixty years ago, our home on county street was broken up, my stepfather was sold. and bought by John M. Pullen in Norfolk. and we moved to that city, it was not on this date he was sold, but a little previous, but it was about this date. we moved to Norfolk, and resided on Bute street between. Catherine as it was called then — now Bank and Brewer. It didn’t take me long to get acquainted with boys of may age, or size, but don’t know of any of them living now, “tho” they may be. Forty three years ago, the first colored man was elected to the City Council of this city. Samuel Davis. was the man. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A fool for luck — until he and his money are parted
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY, May 11</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The fool hath said in his heart there is no God.” Clear and cool, usual Services. O[Fs?]. at 3.p.m. — I ate dinner alone. — “Mothers Day” — My rest was good last night, but I miss my wife and babe. — George Saunders died late to night. — Thank the Lord for this day —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The rule of three in company is that one had better get out
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY, May 12</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Hear ye The word which the Lord speaketh unto you” — Clear and cool. I am well, rested good last night, and at the “temple of justice” this a.m. — Still battling alone, humanly speaking. My boys havent even congratulated me on my 70th b.d. — Class 11 & 26. — Sylvia prepared my evening meal.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>There’s hardly a joy like life in a tent — but how about when it rains?</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY, May 13</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Rejoice and be exceeding glad.” Clear and warmer, rested good last night. — To day at Court — I am well hope my loved ones are. B. & “BW.” especially. Richard Drew. met me in class last night. God forgive him for the evil he did me. I do. — <span class='tooltip' title='John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913). Represented Virginia in Congress, 1883-85.'>John S. Wise</span> died yesterday. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Sing at your work, but not so well as to distract others</FONT>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY, May 14</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Sing aloud unto God our strength.” Clear and Warm. Court “Graft” case still on. — I slept good last night I am well. Card to B & “BW” in reply to one received yesterday. Teachers Meeting. Signed Deed of Trust for Blanche. — <span class='tooltip' title='In the 1910 census, Henry F. A. Buff is listed as 40 years old and a pharmacist at a drugstore.'>Henry Buff</span> died this a.m.
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">There’s hardly a joy like life in a tent — but how about when it rains?</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY, May 13</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Rejoice and be exceeding glad.” Clear and warmer, rested good last night. — To day at Court — I am well hope my loved ones are. B. & “BW.” especially. Richard Drew. met me in class last night. God forgive him for the evil he did me. I do. — <span class="tooltip" title="John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913). Represented Virginia in Congress, 1883-85.">John S. Wise</span> died yesterday. —</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sing at your work, but not so well as to distract others
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY, May 14</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Sing aloud unto God our strength.” Clear and Warm. Court “Graft” case still on. — I slept good last night I am well. Card to B & “BW” in reply to one received yesterday. Teachers Meeting. Signed Deed of Trust for Blanche. — <span class="tooltip" title="In the 1910 census, Henry F. A. Buff is listed as 40 years old and a pharmacist at a drugstore.">Henry Buff</span> died this a.m.
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">13. Con.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thirty two years ago to day Mr. Frank was born. and I was sick with cramps. my mother thought I was going to die. but I was not thinking of such a great blessing. was coming to me. — Fifty one years ago I was a body servant for A. P. Grice. who was an officer in <span class='tooltip' title='Cohoon’s was a mixed battalion of four companies, some from Virginia, some from North Carolina, under the command of Lt. Col. John T. P. Cohoon. The unit was disbanded and the men either reassigned or discharged in mid July 1862.'>Cohoon’s Battalion C.S.A.</span> encamped on <span class='tooltip' title='Dunn’s Hill was north of the Appomattox River, overlooking Petersburg, and is also known as Oak Hill, among other names.'>“Dunn’s Hill,”</span> near Petersburg. I had just been released from the Richmond City Jail, Where I had been confined two months. held as a witness in a murder case and that kept me out of the U. S. Army, Where probably I would have been killed. or wounded. I guess I am best off the Lord “Hath done all things well.” — Where now stands the “Seaboard Block.” I fell overboard from <span class='tooltip' title='Gosport Shipyard, located on the Elizabeth River adjoining Portsmouth, was the largest naval station in the country prior to the Civil War. After Union forces took control of the yard, the name was changed to the Norfolk Navy Yard. The bridge may have been one of several small bridges between Gosport and Portsmouth shown in an 1891 “Birds eye view of Norfolk, Portsmouth. . .”(<a href="http://www.loc.gov/resource/g3884n.pm009590" target="_blank">See this page</a>) “Seaboard Block” may refer to the headquarters of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.'>“Gosport Bridge”</span> being about three years old. my sister was my attendant. but she was <STRIKE>a</STRIKE> not as careful as Miriam.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Some men would begrudge the cost of a bushel measure to hide their candles under</FONT>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY, May 15</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Let your light so shine before men” Clear and warm. Court graft cases still on. — <span class='tooltip' title='Ritte Simonson, wife of Edward, a longshoreman from Norfolk.'>Rittie Simonson</span> and daughter under arrest in Fed. Court they beat up Grace Cooper. Bailey Rain at 11.p.m. only a shower. No tidings from my loved ones to day.
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>No man is intellectually greater than his own memory</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY, May 16</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 22: 34-40 (KJV): But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.'>Master. Which is the great commandment?</span> Clear and warm. Court. Graft case. still on. Rested good last night. I could, or would feel better. No tidings from B & “BW” this a.m. Grafters acquitted — Rain O.B. Card from B & “BW” I hope she well let me see him before 1935. — <span class='tooltip' title='Richard Van Pelt of Portsmouth, an upholsterer, 84 years old in 1910, as listed in census'>R. Van Pelt</span> died Wednesday the old bell ringer at Navy Yard years ago</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thirty two years ago to day Mr. Frank was born. and I was sick with cramps. my mother thought I was going to die. but I was not thinking of such a great blessing. was coming to me. — Fifty one years ago I was a body servant for A. P. Grice. who was an officer in <span class="tooltip" title="Cohoon’s was a mixed battalion of four companies, some from Virginia, some from North Carolina, under the command of Lt. Col. John T. P. Cohoon. The unit was disbanded and the men either reassigned or discharged in mid July 1862.">Cohoon’s Battalion C.S.A.</span> encamped on <span class="tooltip" title="Dunn’s Hill was north of the Appomattox River, overlooking Petersburg, and is also known as Oak Hill, among other names.">“Dunn’s Hill,”</span> near Petersburg. I had just been released from the Richmond City Jail, Where I had been confined two months. held as a witness in a murder case and that kept me out of the U. S. Army, Where probably I would have been killed. or wounded. I guess I am best off the Lord “Hath done all things well.” — Where now stands the “Seaboard Block.” I fell overboard from <span class="tooltip" title="Gosport Shipyard, located on the Elizabeth River adjoining Portsmouth, was the largest naval station in the country prior to the Civil War. After Union forces took control of the yard, the name was changed to the Norfolk Navy Yard. The bridge may have been one of several small bridges between Gosport and Portsmouth shown in an 1891 “Birds eye view of Norfolk, Portsmouth. . .”(<a href="http://www.loc.gov/resource/g3884n.pm009590" target="_blank">See this page</a>) “Seaboard Block” may refer to the headquarters of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.">“Gosport Bridge”</span> being about three years old. my sister was my attendant. but she was <strike>a</strike> not as careful as Miriam.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Some men would begrudge the cost of a bushel measure to hide their candles under
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY, May 15</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Let your light so shine before men” Clear and warm. Court graft cases still on. — <span class="tooltip" title="Ritte Simonson, wife of Edward, a longshoreman from Norfolk.">Rittie Simonson</span> and daughter under arrest in Fed. Court they beat up Grace Cooper. Bailey Rain at 11.p.m. only a shower. No tidings from my loved ones to day.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">No man is intellectually greater than his own memory</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY, May 16</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 22: 34-40 (KJV): But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.">Master. Which is the great commandment?</span> Clear and warm. Court. Graft case. still on. Rested good last night. I could, or would feel better. No tidings from B & “BW” this a.m. Grafters acquitted — Rain O.B. Card from B & “BW” I hope she well let me see him before 1935. — <span class="tooltip" title="Richard Van Pelt of Portsmouth, an upholsterer, 84 years old in 1910, as listed in census">R. Van Pelt</span> died Wednesday the old bell ringer at Navy Yard years ago</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A cook that lacks decision licks his fingers many times</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY, May 17</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The earth is the Lords’” Cloudy and warm. No court to day. Rested good last night my general heath is good. — <U>But</U> — Answered card to B & “BW” and put concisely. — Rain at 11. am. or thereabout — Henry Buff. died. Yesterday was buried</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Never try to talk over a back fence with a mouth full of clothes-pins</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY, May 18</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Whatsoever a man soweth. that he shall also reap.” — Usual services but the pastor did not preach at 11. nor any one else. Weather clear and pleasant <span class='tooltip' title='Revelation 4:4 (KJV): And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.'>“4 & 20 Elders”</span> Worshipped at night — I slept well last night. B & “BW” I hope are well. BPH. of Bs. Worshipped at 3 Dinner home and alone. —</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A cook that lacks decision licks his fingers many times</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY, May 17</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The earth is the Lords’” Cloudy and warm. No court to day. Rested good last night my general heath is good. — But — Answered card to B & “BW” and put concisely. — Rain at 11. am. or thereabout — Henry Buff. died. Yesterday was buried</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Never try to talk over a back fence with a mouth full of clothes-pins</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY, May 18</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Whatsoever a man soweth. that he shall also reap.” — Usual services but the pastor did not preach at 11. nor any one else. Weather clear and pleasant <span class="tooltip" title="Revelation 4:4 (KJV): And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.">“4 & 20 Elders”</span> Worshipped at night — I slept well last night. B & “BW” I hope are well. BPH. of Bs. Worshipped at 3 Dinner home and alone. —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Some men are ninety-nine per cent. start, and one per cent. finish </FONT>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY, May 19</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And his name shall be called Wonderful” Clear and warm. Court again. I rested well last night only two of us in the shack. Jesus and u.w. me. B & “BW” needed. Class 26. Wm. Staton one of its members died. I am yet battling. for Christ — His name is <span class='tooltip' title='Earl H. Staton is listed in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory, a laborer residing at 622 Columbia. William Staton is also listed, also as a laborer with a residence at 601 North.'>Erle Staton</span>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Sleep with your head to the north — though this is not easy in church</FONT>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY, May 20</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“O the hope of Israel. The Savior” Cloudy in part. and cooler. Court yet on, I slept good last night. and well this a.m. hope B & “BW” are. in N.C. No letter or card at this time. — 10: a.m. and none during the day. Well she will Write When she pleases. I
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY, May 19</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And his name shall be called Wonderful” Clear and warm. Court again. I rested well last night only two of us in the shack. Jesus and u.w. me. B & “BW” needed. Class 26. Wm. Staton one of its members died. I am yet battling. for Christ — His name is <span class="tooltip" title="Earl H. Staton is listed in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory, a laborer residing at 622 Columbia. William Staton is also listed, also as a laborer with a residence at 601 North.">Erle Staton</span>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sleep with your head to the north — though this is not easy in church
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY, May 20</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“O the hope of Israel. The Savior” Cloudy in part. and cooler. Court yet on, I slept good last night. and well this a.m. hope B & “BW” are. in N.C. No letter or card at this time. — 10: a.m. and none during the day. Well she will Write When she pleases. I
opine. </p></td></tr></table>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">This month fifty one years ago I then being 19 years old. and just out
of Richmond City jail. Where I had been held as a witness in that murder case. — My stepfather, the late Moses Taylor. — gave me a sound thrashing. I took it, but gave him to understand that him nor any other man should ever whip me again, and they havent. —</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A doughnut is a more dignified from of cruller </FONT>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY, May 21</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The hope of the righteous shall be gladness” Clear and warm. — I slept good last night and is well this a.m. and at court. — No letter this a.m. I hope the are well. <span class='tooltip' title='Rachel was the wife of the Biblical patriarch Jacob and died while giving birth to her son Benjamin, who was the last of Jacob’s twelve sons, all of which would go on to form the twelve tribes of Israel.'><U>Rachel</U> and “Benjamin”</span> She is not dead. a live. Rachel, Jesus was with me thru the night and kept me. — Teachers meeting. —
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>There are fifty thunders for one thunderbolt </FONT>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY, May 22</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Even so come Lord Jesus” Partly cloudy and warm. — Rested good last night. — Card from Blanche. Will “visit. “the “city this week.” I am opposite to sorrow. — At court again and well — I looked for my loved ones, but they did not come — Evening home
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">This month fifty one years ago I then being 19 years old. and just out
of Richmond City jail. Where I had been held as a witness in that murder case. — My stepfather, the late Moses Taylor. — gave me a sound thrashing. I took it, but gave him to understand that him nor any other man should ever whip me again, and they havent. —</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A doughnut is a more dignified from of cruller
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY, May 21</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The hope of the righteous shall be gladness” Clear and warm. — I slept good last night and is well this a.m. and at court. — No letter this a.m. I hope the are well. <span class="tooltip" title="Rachel was the wife of the Biblical patriarch Jacob and died while giving birth to her son Benjamin, who was the last of Jacob’s twelve sons, all of which would go on to form the twelve tribes of Israel.">Rachel and “Benjamin”</span> She is not dead. a live. Rachel, Jesus was with me thru the night and kept me. — Teachers meeting. —
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">There are fifty thunders for one thunderbolt
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY, May 22</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Even so come Lord Jesus” Partly cloudy and warm. — Rested good last night. — Card from Blanche. Will “visit. “the “city this week.” I am opposite to sorrow. — At court again and well — I looked for my loved ones, but they did not come — Evening home
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Forty two years ago on or about this date there was an election riot between whites and blacks several were shot. Things looked [serious?] The colored police were in a predicament. One of them Moses Scott who shot a white man had to flee. in the night. how he got out of the city I never have learned, but he went to Boston, Mass. he never returned. he died in that city. and I learn he lost his reason — <span class='tooltip' title='Philip G. Thomas was Mayor of Portsmouth in 1871 (listed as Philip J. Thomas in 1872—73 Portsmouth City Directory).'>P.G. Thomas</span> was Mayor. of the city. he was the only republican that was ever elected. as such. — This day forty three years ago, I cast my first vote and it was in Norfolk County. several colored men were
on the ticket. and the are all gone “the way of the earth.”
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A poor bush is better than an open field </FONT>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY, May 23</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“C<U>on</U>s<U>id</U>er thy way.” — Cloudy and warm. — Court again — Rested poor last night. a little sick. acted imprudent — No tidings of those dear unto me, but I hope for the best.— <span class='tooltip' title='This comment is most likely referring to President Woodrow Wilson (who had just taken office on March 4) and his reluctant response to an angry protest by the Japanese over the recent passage of the Alien Land Law in the state of California, which prohibited Japanese citizens from owning or leasing land for longer than three years. More information about the law can be found <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Alien_Land_Law_of_1913" target="_blank">here</a>'>Japan is cheeky. Because a weak man is in the W.h.</span> — O.B. long usual talk on listless ears
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>He is greatest who is what he is from nature</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY, May 24</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Thou art the Son of the living ‘God.” Rain cooler — Court, as usual. — I slept well last night. — Card from B. & “B.W” they will arrive this p.m. — I was kept in court until 530. my loved ones arrived at 6.p.m. and I am glad. they are well. — Lost my keys.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Forty two years ago on or about this date there was an election riot between whites and blacks several were shot. Things looked [serious?] The colored police were in a predicament. One of them Moses Scott who shot a white man had to flee. in the night. how he got out of the city I never have learned, but he went to Boston, Mass. he never returned. he died in that city. and I learn he lost his reason — <span class="tooltip" title="Philip G. Thomas was Mayor of Portsmouth in 1871 (listed as Philip J. Thomas in 1872—73 Portsmouth City Directory).">P.G. Thomas</span> was Mayor. of the city. he was the only republican that was ever elected. as such. — This day forty three years ago, I cast my first vote and it was in Norfolk County. several colored men were
on the ticket. and the are all gone “the way of the earth.”
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A poor bush is better than an open field
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY, May 23</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Consider thy way.” — Cloudy and warm. — Court again — Rested poor last night. a little sick. acted imprudent — No tidings of those dear unto me, but I hope for the best.— <span class="tooltip" title="This comment is most likely referring to President Woodrow Wilson (who had just taken office on March 4) and his reluctant response to an angry protest by the Japanese over the recent passage of the Alien Land Law in the state of California, which prohibited Japanese citizens from owning or leasing land for longer than three years. More information about the law can be found <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Alien_Land_Law_of_1913" target="_blank">here</a>">Japan is cheeky. Because a weak man is in the W.h.</span> — O.B. long usual talk on listless ears
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">He is greatest who is what he is from nature</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY, May 24</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Thou art the Son of the living ‘God.” Rain cooler — Court, as usual. — I slept well last night. — Card from B. & “B.W” they will arrive this p.m. — I was kept in court until 530. my loved ones arrived at 6.p.m. and I am glad. they are well. — Lost my keys.
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1913-05-25
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">24 Con.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Forty six years ago today I with <STRIKE>with</STRIKE> seven of my associates enlisted in the U.S.N. for one year in a cruise to Europe, they are all gone. and I alone remain to tell the tale of the voyage, and strange to say all the officers outside of the midshipmen are all dead, save one. — At this period I aspired for legislative honors, they materialized so slow I got tired of waiting, and if I had waited there was no assurance of success. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A very small stump will do to beat a big devil around</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY, May 25</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Let brotherly love continue” Clear and crisp. — Usual Services pastor officiated — <span class='tooltip' title='The Daughters of Isis is the female auxiliary organization to the Shriners.'>“Daughters of Isis”</span> and “Shriners,” at night. and each of the organizations, disobeyed Gods servant. St Paul. staid in church until 10.30 — I havent spent much time with my loved ones.
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>An unconscionable idler will bask in the shine of his own outworn pants</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY, May 26</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“He layeth up sound Wisdom for the righteous:” — Clear and crisp — Court. — Rested good last night and we are all here. — Forwarded $12.39 to Galesburg Piano Co. for Mrs W. — Class #26. — Wendell is not so well. — Lord bless our home. —
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Forty six years ago today I with <strike>with</strike> seven of my associates enlisted in the U.S.N. for one year in a cruise to Europe, they are all gone. and I alone remain to tell the tale of the voyage, and strange to say all the officers outside of the midshipmen are all dead, save one. — At this period I aspired for legislative honors, they materialized so slow I got tired of waiting, and if I had waited there was no assurance of success. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A very small stump will do to beat a big devil around</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY, May 25</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Let brotherly love continue” Clear and crisp. — Usual Services pastor officiated — <span class="tooltip" title="The Daughters of Isis is the female auxiliary organization to the Shriners.">“Daughters of Isis”</span> and “Shriners,” at night. and each of the organizations, disobeyed Gods servant. St Paul. staid in church until 10.30 — I havent spent much time with my loved ones.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">An unconscionable idler will bask in the shine of his own outworn pants</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY, May 26</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“He layeth up sound Wisdom for the righteous:” — Clear and crisp — Court. — Rested good last night and we are all here. — Forwarded $12.39 to Galesburg Piano Co. for Mrs W. — Class #26. — Wendell is not so well. — Lord bless our home. —
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>It costs as much to put on poor paint as good</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY, May 27</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">And “Sarai, Abrams.’ Wife bare him no children:” — Cloudy in part, not so warm. — Rested good last night. “tho” Wendell. was not so Well. — Court as usual. — 3:p.m. decidedly cooler — Rain heavy at 5.p.m. — A high fever for “BW” during night
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The harder the law, the harder its enforcement</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY, May 28</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Proverbs 22:22 )KJV): Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate.'>“Rob not the poor, because he is poor.”</span> Rain at intervals. during the day Court and the last day. jury discharged. I. rested well. or fairly last night B. & “BW” didn’t “tho” I am well. Mrs <span class='tooltip' title='Jonathan D Barnes is listed as a physician in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory. The 1920 census shows J. D. Barnes, physician, age 39, residing at the same address in Portsmouth as appears in city directory, 1039 Glasgow.'>J.D. Barnes</span> died. The Dr’s Wife — Rain. No T.M. “tho” the [?] and me were there
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY, May 27</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">And “Sarai, Abrams.’ Wife bare him no children:” — Cloudy in part, not so warm. — Rested good last night. “tho” Wendell. was not so Well. — Court as usual. — 3:p.m. decidedly cooler — Rain heavy at 5.p.m. — A high fever for “BW” during night
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The harder the law, the harder its enforcement</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY, May 28</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Proverbs 22:22 )KJV): Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate.">“Rob not the poor, because he is poor.”</span> Rain at intervals. during the day Court and the last day. jury discharged. I. rested well. or fairly last night B. & “BW” didn’t “tho” I am well. Mrs <span class="tooltip" title="Jonathan D Barnes is listed as a physician in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory. The 1920 census shows J. D. Barnes, physician, age 39, residing at the same address in Portsmouth as appears in city directory, 1039 Glasgow.">J.D. Barnes</span> died. The Dr’s Wife — Rain. No T.M. “tho” the [?] and me were there
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1913-05-29
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Hope for the best but get fixed for the next best</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY, May 29</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Lift up your eyes behold them” Clear and pleasant. Office. — Rested good last night. — Painting the office to day. — Wendell lively — Home at night. — In the afternoon went to see Dr Barnes. in his sad bereavement. he left over S.A.L with his wifes remains</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>If wars had to be paid for in spot cash, there would be fewer wars</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY, May 30</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">‘O that I had the wings of a dove” Clear and warm am. holiday. pulled up some grass in the yard. fixed stove pipe. ate lunch. Went to Mt. Hermon and just got back in time to get out of the terriffic storm that broke on us. I went to O.B. of course. and then home rested fair</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY, May 29</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Lift up your eyes behold them” Clear and pleasant. Office. — Rested good last night. — Painting the office to day. — Wendell lively — Home at night. — In the afternoon went to see Dr Barnes. in his sad bereavement. he left over S.A.L with his wifes remains</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">If wars had to be paid for in spot cash, there would be fewer wars</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY, May 30</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">‘O that I had the wings of a dove” Clear and warm am. holiday. pulled up some grass in the yard. fixed stove pipe. ate lunch. Went to Mt. Hermon and just got back in time to get out of the terriffic storm that broke on us. I went to O.B. of course. and then home rested fair</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-05-31
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>If your great toe itches, ’tis a sign of a kick on the haunch</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY, May 31</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Take heed to your way.” — Cloudy and warm. — Rested fairly. last night. B. B.W. and u.w. me are well — Office. and it is all turmoil. painting. — My babe boy is the only one of my boys that seems to love me. and he dont know any better. — Blanche’s aunt “Georgie” called this evening. at our home. —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY, May 31</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Take heed to your way.” — Cloudy and warm. — Rested fairly. last night. B. B.W. and u.w. me are well — Office. and it is all turmoil. painting. — My babe boy is the only one of my boys that seems to love me. and he dont know any better. — Blanche’s aunt “Georgie” called this evening. at our home. —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-06-02
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY, JUNE 1</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“I am Joseph. Whom ye sold.” — Clear and warm. SS. and other services — I rested good last night. and we are well. B. “BW.” and u.w. me — Rev Dr. Carr. preached at 11. a.m. Eucharist at night. —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The convenient thing about an insult is that it don’t have to be returned</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY, JUNE 2</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Zachariah 2: 4 (KJV): And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein'>“Run speak, to this young man.”</span> Rain at 5:a.m. Warm. — Rested good last night. at the office to day. all is well — Class 26. good service. “BW.” got his first spanking. it was very light. he shewed temper. his mother was out.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY, JUNE 1</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“I am Joseph. Whom ye sold.” — Clear and warm. SS. and other services — I rested good last night. and we are well. B. “BW.” and u.w. me — Rev Dr. Carr. preached at 11. a.m. Eucharist at night. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The convenient thing about an insult is that it don’t have to be returned</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY, JUNE 2</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Zachariah 2: 4 (KJV): And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein">“Run speak, to this young man.”</span> Rain at 5:a.m. Warm. — Rested good last night. at the office to day. all is well — Class 26. good service. “BW.” got his first spanking. it was very light. he shewed temper. his mother was out.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Silence
when others brawl is about the best speech of all</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 3</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And in this place, Will I give peace” Cloudy and warm. — Rested good last night. We are,apparently, Well. — Office, as usual. — Clearing later. — Shower at 2:p.m. amid sunshine — I am not conceited, but “I believe God” — These people in the office desecrated Gods word, the bible.
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>“To
some American minds, George Washington is a steel engraving”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 4</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“What wilt thou have me to do.” Rain early, only a shower. — I rested well considering the state of my mind — We are well — Received check this a.m. and I am cut out of [F. day?], it is hard to work overtime and not get paid for time [?], — Rain at 12.m. and continued until night T.M meager attendance — <span class='tooltip' title='The 1913 Portsmouth City Directory list Sykes as, Engineer in charge of Portsmouth City Water Commission. He resides at 310 North in Portsmouth. In 1910, he was 52 years old.'>Boscom Sykes</span> died. — yesterday
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when others brawl is about the best speech of all</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JUNE 3</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And in this place, Will I give peace” Cloudy and warm. — Rested good last night. We are,apparently, Well. — Office, as usual. — Clearing later. — Shower at 2:p.m. amid sunshine — I am not conceited, but “I believe God” — These people in the office desecrated Gods word, the bible.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“To
some American minds, George Washington is a steel engraving”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JUNE 4</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“What wilt thou have me to do.” Rain early, only a shower. — I rested well considering the state of my mind — We are well — Received check this a.m. and I am cut out of [F. day?], it is hard to work overtime and not get paid for time [?], — Rain at 12.m. and continued until night T.M meager attendance — <span class="tooltip" title="The 1913 Portsmouth City Directory list Sykes as, Engineer in charge of Portsmouth City Water Commission. He resides at 310 North in Portsmouth. In 1910, he was 52 years old.">Boscom Sykes</span> died. — yesterday
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>To
be sure of a laugh for your story, tell it to a girl with a dimple</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 5</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Isaiah 53:1 (KJV): Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?'>“Who hath believed our report?”</span> Cloudy in part and pleasant. — I slept well last night. B. “BW.” and u.w. me are as well as<U> I </U>desire — Office for the <U>fun</U>. — Cooler in afternoon. — Cool at night. Blanche at church until near 11.p.m selling ice cream & eating it. —</P>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The man with least slack to his trousers comes out of a quarrel best</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 6</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“He leadeth me beside the still waters” Cloudy and pleasant. atmospherically — — Rested good last night. We are well. This a.m. I am here in the office. — for fun. — The Thurgood-Morris suit being tried in Corporation Court Norfolk. — O.B. until 10:p.m. then S.B.
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be sure of a laugh for your story, tell it to a girl with a dimple</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JUNE 5</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Isaiah 53:1 (KJV): Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?">“Who hath believed our report?”</span> Cloudy in part and pleasant. — I slept well last night. B. “BW.” and u.w. me are as well as I desire — Office for the fun. — Cooler in afternoon. — Cool at night. Blanche at church until near 11.p.m selling ice cream & eating it. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The man with least slack to his trousers comes out of a quarrel best</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JUNE 6</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“He leadeth me beside the still waters” Cloudy and pleasant. atmospherically — — Rested good last night. We are well. This a.m. I am here in the office. — for fun. — The Thurgood-Morris suit being tried in Corporation Court Norfolk. — O.B. until 10:p.m. then S.B.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>No
man is free of care — except the one who “don’t care two hoots in Kansas”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 7</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“O, give thanks unto the Lord” Clear and warm. — Rested good last night, and we are as well as we deserve this a.m. — At the office for fun. — What is “Two Hoots in Kansas”? — Rain Rain. just got my shoes in time. — Put on thin underwear. —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A hair from a horse’s tail is no proof that the horse can trot</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 8</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“We like sheep had gone astray” Rain very near all day few at S.S. and less at 11.a.m. Childrens Day post postponed. — Rev Ponton preached at night. cool. — Blanche and “BW.” staid home. both has a cold. — Put on heavy u.w. again.
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">No
man is free of care — except the one who “don’t care two hoots in Kansas”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
JUNE 7</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“O, give thanks unto the Lord” Clear and warm. — Rested good last night, and we are as well as we deserve this a.m. — At the office for fun. — What is “Two Hoots in Kansas”? — Rain Rain. just got my shoes in time. — Put on thin underwear. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A hair from a horse’s tail is no proof that the horse can trot</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
JUNE 8</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“We like sheep had gone astray” Rain very near all day few at S.S. and less at 11.a.m. Childrens Day post postponed. — Rev Ponton preached at night. cool. — Blanche and “BW.” staid home. both has a cold. — Put on heavy u.w. again.
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1913-06-09
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">8th Con
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">This month forty five years ago I returned hom from Annapolis where I was discharged from the U.S. Navy, and after a visit to Richmond, I came home and soon after met, and after a strenuous campaign, I won my first bride. the boys gave me a hard chase but I out distanced them and bagged my game. She was the mother of my grown up sons Who don’t love me. maybe I dont deserve their love. —</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Shorten
your breakfast to reduce your weight — you can make it up at dinner</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY, JUNE 9</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Touch not my anointed” Rain early, cool. — Rested well last night — Office as usual — I put on my winter under wear again this a.m. and not yesterday. — West back from Atlanta. — To day is the coldest June day for a long time —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Sleep with your bedstead nor’ by east, and ’twill be a long time ere you’re deceased</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 10</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Psalm 3 (KJV): Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.'>“Lord, how are they increased that troubled me!”</span> — Class 26. last night — Rest well. partly cloudy and cold this a.m. and at office. We are well, as <U>I</U> deserve if <U>I</U> deserve any blessing. Painters on P.O. building going ahead — Trustees, church elected. I was absent —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">This month forty five years ago I returned hom from Annapolis where I was discharged from the U.S. Navy, and after a visit to Richmond, I came home and soon after met, and after a strenuous campaign, I won my first bride. the boys gave me a hard chase but I out distanced them and bagged my game. She was the mother of my grown up sons Who don’t love me. maybe I dont deserve their love. —</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Shorten
your breakfast to reduce your weight — you can make it up at dinner</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY, JUNE 9</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Touch not my anointed” Rain early, cool. — Rested well last night — Office as usual — I put on my winter under wear again this a.m. and not yesterday. — West back from Atlanta. — To day is the coldest June day for a long time —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sleep with your bedstead nor’ by east, and ’twill be a long time ere you’re deceased</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JUNE 10</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Psalm 3 (KJV): Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.">“Lord, how are they increased that troubled me!”</span> — Class 26. last night — Rest well. partly cloudy and cold this a.m. and at office. We are well, as I deserve if I deserve any blessing. Painters on P.O. building going ahead — Trustees, church elected. I was absent —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-06-11
1913-06-12
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
banks of a river are always barren</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 11</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And Saul said unto David. thou art not able.” — Cloudy and cold yet. a.m. — Office. for fun. — A Negro life in Portsmouth is valued at 28lbs cheese. one was killed yesterday for the alleged theft of one. — Rain at 3.40 p.m. Teachers meeting, few there. — Rain a little —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Better an honest spark from an anvil than a dozen from a pinwheel</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And he called his name JESUS.” Cloudy and cool. Office — for fun — Rested good last night. We are well — Rain again at 12:m. — Rain at night. early — Home writing. — [Dora?] spent part evening with us. — Letter from Capt Robt Dorsey <span class='tooltip' title='Patriotic Instructor, Grand Army of the Republic. The PI or Pat. Ins. was one of the elected or appointed officers of a G.A.R. post.'>P.I. G.A.R.</span></P></td></tr></table>
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banks of a river are always barren</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JUNE 11</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And Saul said unto David. thou art not able.” — Cloudy and cold yet. a.m. — Office. for fun. — A Negro life in Portsmouth is valued at 28lbs cheese. one was killed yesterday for the alleged theft of one. — Rain at 3.40 p.m. Teachers meeting, few there. — Rain a little —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Better an honest spark from an anvil than a dozen from a pinwheel</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JUNE 12</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And he called his name JESUS.” Cloudy and cool. Office — for fun — Rested good last night. We are well — Rain again at 12:m. — Rain at night. early — Home writing. — [Dora?] spent part evening with us. — Letter from Capt Robt Dorsey <span class="tooltip" title="Patriotic Instructor, Grand Army of the Republic. The PI or Pat. Ins. was one of the elected or appointed officers of a G.A.R. post.">P.I. G.A.R.</span></p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>There are lots of wise old saws that wouldn’t cut ice</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 13</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“I am the true vine” — Cloudy in part. Warmer. Rested good last night. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. — Office. — for fun — Card in answer to Capt Dorsey. — Rain again at 2:p.m. — Sunshine at 4.30. — O.B, few in attendance. — Nothing serious on this 13th — Bold robbery —</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>You can joke with a monkey, but don’t monkey with his tail</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 14</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Song of Solomon 6:4 _KJV): Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.'>“Thou art beautiful. O my love.”</span> Clear and warm. Rested well last night — Office this a.m. — “As Tirzah.” — O Ye democrats — Left office at 1.50. p.m. — The babe spent day at Grandmas’. “Flag Day” — “<STRIKE>St. Swithin’s Day” near at hand </STRIKE>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">There are lots of wise old saws that wouldn’t cut ice</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JUNE 13</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“I am the true vine” — Cloudy in part. Warmer. Rested good last night. B. “B.W.” and u.w. me are well. — Office. — for fun — Card in answer to Capt Dorsey. — Rain again at 2:p.m. — Sunshine at 4.30. — O.B, few in attendance. — Nothing serious on this 13th — Bold robbery —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">You can joke with a monkey, but don’t monkey with his tail</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
JUNE 14</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Song of Solomon 6:4 _KJV): Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.">“Thou art beautiful. O my love.”</span> Clear and warm. Rested well last night — Office this a.m. — “As Tirzah.” — O Ye democrats — Left office at 1.50. p.m. — The babe spent day at Grandmas’. “Flag Day” — “<strike>St. Swithin’s Day” near at hand </strike>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The perfect word is as hard to hit as a squirrel</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 15</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” Clear and very warm. Usual services. and county jail — Pastor preached a.m. & p.m — I rested good last night. B & “BW.” are not so well, but at S.S. and 11:a.m. services —<STRIKE>I think this is “St Swithin’s” Day”</STRIKE></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“<FONT SIZE=2>Oh yes; her hair is golden and her eyes are fairest blue, but can she sew on buttons and construct an Irish stew?”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 16</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And wiped them with her hair” Clear and very warm. — Court slated — Slept good last night. B & “BW” seems to be fairly well, and also. uw. me. — Judge commen[ce?] at 4: and kept at it until 6 30 — Flag presentation, postponed. no crowd. —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
JUNE 15</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” Clear and very warm. Usual services. and county jail — Pastor preached a.m. & p.m — I rested good last night. B & “BW.” are not so well, but at S.S. and 11:a.m. services —<strike>I think this is “St Swithin’s” Day”</strike></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Oh yes; her hair is golden and her eyes are fairest blue, but can she sew on buttons and construct an Irish stew?”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
JUNE 16</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And wiped them with her hair” Clear and very warm. — Court slated — Slept good last night. B & “BW” seems to be fairly well, and also. uw. me. — Judge commen[ce?] at 4: and kept at it until 6 30 — Flag presentation, postponed. no crowd. —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A good occupation is better than a golden girdle</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 17</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">By “the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.” — Clear and warm. Court. 81 degrees in the room. Heat interfered with my rest last night. I worry. We are well B “BW” and u.w. me. — Evening home. — Court adjourned early —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Fretting and worry drop away from the man who knows they are not worth while</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">SUNDAY,
JUNE 18</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Fret not thyself because of evil doers.” — Clear and cooler. — Court. — Rested good last night. We are well, B “BW” and u.w. me — School exercises at Church, but no teachers meeting — Men should not trifle with Gods Word. — the Bible —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JUNE 17</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">By “the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.” — Clear and warm. Court. 81 degrees in the room. Heat interfered with my rest last night. I worry. We are well B “BW” and u.w. me. — Evening home. — Court adjourned early —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fretting and worry drop away from the man who knows they are not worth while</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">SUNDAY,
JUNE 18</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Fret not thyself because of evil doers.” — Clear and cooler. — Court. — Rested good last night. We are well, B “BW” and u.w. me — School exercises at Church, but no teachers meeting — Men should not trifle with Gods Word. — the Bible —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-06-19
1913-06-20
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Two watermelons will not go under one arm</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">FriThurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 19</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And great multitudes followed him.” — Cloudy partly, and pleasant — Court again to day — I rested good last night. B “BW” and u.w. me are well. — Evening home — Signs tell something. — My grown up sons still neglecting me. —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
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<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The dog that eats plaster of Paris and drinks water must expect to die hard</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 20</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The soul that sins shall die” Partly cloudy and warm. — Rested good last night. — B. “BW.” and u.w. me. are well. praise the Lord. — At Court. — O.B. small attendance but collection fair — These people here talks well, and it mostly talk.
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">FriThurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JUNE 19</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And great multitudes followed him.” — Cloudy partly, and pleasant — Court again to day — I rested good last night. B “BW” and u.w. me are well. — Evening home — Signs tell something. — My grown up sons still neglecting me. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The dog that eats plaster of Paris and drinks water must expect to die hard</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JUNE 20</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The soul that sins shall die” Partly cloudy and warm. — Rested good last night. — B. “BW.” and u.w. me. are well. praise the Lord. — At Court. — O.B. small attendance but collection fair — These people here talks well, and it mostly talk.
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>No prince is poor that has rich subjects</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 21</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The Prince of Peace.” — Clear and warm. — Court Judge in Chambers — Rested good last night. — We are well thank the Lord. — Charles Wright. died. in Providence R.I. — A few drops of rain at night
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Let the wretched hope, and prosperous be watchful</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 22</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The wicked shall be turned into hell” Clear and warm. — Usual services pastor preached at each & [to “BU”?] at 3:p.m Silk flag presented to S.S. by Capt Dorsey. — Matthew Council, dead. — For over two hundred years we suffered the horrors slavery. in this and other countries, and, why?</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">No prince is poor that has rich subjects</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
JUNE 21</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The Prince of Peace.” — Clear and warm. — Court Judge in Chambers — Rested good last night. — We are well thank the Lord. — Charles Wright. died. in Providence R.I. — A few drops of rain at night
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Let the wretched hope, and prosperous be watchful</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
JUNE 22</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The wicked shall be turned into hell” Clear and warm. — Usual services pastor preached at each & [to “BU”?] at 3:p.m Silk flag presented to S.S. by Capt Dorsey. — Matthew Council, dead. — For over two hundred years we suffered the horrors slavery. in this and other countries, and, why?</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-06-24
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 23</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Thou shalt love thy neighbor.” Cloudy. Warm. — Office. Marshal here. — Rested good last night. my loved ones and u.w. me are well. praise the Lord — Class 26. — John T. King and John Griswold dead. — <span class='tooltip' title='This appears to have been added later by Wilson to indicate, that the comment about King and Griswold, which appear in different color ink, should have been entered on a different day.'>this should have been in 25th items</span>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Grit makes the man; the want of it, the chump; the men who win lay hold, hang on and hump!</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 24</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Lay not up treasures on earth” Cloudy and warm. — Office. for .O. Rested well last night, barring a very unpleasant dream. — We are well as usual praise the Lord. — Heavy rain at night, early. I went to Church, and no meeting as scheduled.
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
JUNE 23</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Thou shalt love thy neighbor.” Cloudy. Warm. — Office. Marshal here. — Rested good last night. my loved ones and u.w. me are well. praise the Lord — Class 26. — John T. King and John Griswold dead. — <span class="tooltip" title="This appears to have been added later by Wilson to indicate, that the comment about King and Griswold, which appear in different color ink, should have been entered on a different day.">this should have been in 25th items</span>
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Grit makes the man; the want of it, the chump; the men who win lay hold, hang on and hump!</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JUNE 24</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Lay not up treasures on earth” Cloudy and warm. — Office. for .O. Rested well last night, barring a very unpleasant dream. — We are well as usual praise the Lord. — Heavy rain at night, early. I went to Church, and no meeting as scheduled.
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1913-06-25
1913-06-26
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">24th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">This day. — or thereabout — twenty four years ago, Mother went to heaven. “How I miss her tender care.” — St. John’s. P.E. Church was first built on Court st near corner of London. it was sold to Dr U.G. Culpepper, who had it torn down, and had erected a block of residences his own included. but he died sudden, soon after. — Negroes. at one time resided on every street in the city this side of So Portsmouth, but now there is practically, a very few east of Green, if I except. East Glasgow. Columbia and Bart. yes King. It is Segregation without law. — Twenty years ago I lived in Norfolk County. — more or less — and I aspired for legislative honors, but the Boss said no, and I lost out. and my successful competitor, won the nomination, and lost the election. Well. I would been glad to have seen my party win, but had no tears to shed for the defeat. of the schemers, “tho” they were so-called republicans.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">’<FONT SIZE=2>Tis
hard to shoe a running horse</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 25</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.” — Clear and warm — Slept well and dreamed. — We are well this a.m. — Office — for fun. — Wrote for S.S. supplies — Teacher’s meeting. few attended — A few drops of rain —Woman’s Confederatin in session.</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Put a statue on a pedestal; and that is the end of it</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 26</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” — I slept good last night, and we are well ie B. “BW” and u.w. me. — At the office — for fun — “G.O.P not dead.” says former <span class='tooltip' title='Charles W. Fairbanks, Vice President of the U. S., Republican, from 1905 to 1909 under Theodore Roosevelt.'>Vice president Fairbanks</span>. — Evening home. writing —</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">This day. — or thereabout — twenty four years ago, Mother went to heaven. “How I miss her tender care.” — St. John’s. P.E. Church was first built on Court st near corner of London. it was sold to Dr U.G. Culpepper, who had it torn down, and had erected a block of residences his own included. but he died sudden, soon after. — Negroes. at one time resided on every street in the city this side of So Portsmouth, but now there is practically, a very few east of Green, if I except. East Glasgow. Columbia and Bart. yes King. It is Segregation without law. — Twenty years ago I lived in Norfolk County. — more or less — and I aspired for legislative honors, but the Boss said no, and I lost out. and my successful competitor, won the nomination, and lost the election. Well. I would been glad to have seen my party win, but had no tears to shed for the defeat. of the schemers, “tho” they were so-called republicans.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">’Tis
hard to shoe a running horse</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JUNE 25</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.” — Clear and warm — Slept well and dreamed. — We are well this a.m. — Office — for fun. — Wrote for S.S. supplies — Teacher’s meeting. few attended — A few drops of rain —Woman’s Confederatin in session.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Put a statue on a pedestal; and that is the end of it</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JUNE 26</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” — I slept good last night, and we are well ie B. “BW” and u.w. me. — At the office — for fun — “G.O.P not dead.” says former <span class="tooltip" title="Charles W. Fairbanks, Vice President of the U. S., Republican, from 1905 to 1909 under Theodore Roosevelt.">Vice president Fairbanks</span>. — Evening home. writing —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-06-27
1913-06-28
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
hardest thing in charity is charity to the uncharitable</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 27</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Charity is not
puffed up” Clear and warm. — Slept good last night, easy
shoe on my feet. <U>We</U> are well. — At the office —
Sent <span class='tooltip' title='Post Office Money Order'>P.O.M.O</span> to
Bryant for S.S. supplies. 3rd quarter — O.B.
out soon. comparatively — — O! If men would give God
credit.!
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
inventor is not the man who first makes a thing, but he who first
makes it work</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 28</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Sitting on
thrones Judging” Clear and warm. — Rested good. good.
last night we are well. — This a.m. at the office — Fire
on Green street at grocery, after closing — — A very few
old ex-slaves left the govt should pension them. they wont be here
much longer. —</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
hardest thing in charity is charity to the uncharitable</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JUNE 27</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Charity is not
puffed up” Clear and warm. — Slept good last night, easy
shoe on my feet. We are well. — At the office —
Sent <span class="tooltip" title="Post Office Money Order">P.O.M.O</span> to
Bryant for S.S. supplies. 3rd quarter — O.B.
out soon. comparatively — — O! If men would give God
credit.!
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
inventor is not the man who first makes a thing, but he who first
makes it work</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
JUNE 28</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Sitting on
thrones Judging” Clear and warm. — Rested good. good.
last night we are well. — This a.m. at the office — Fire
on Green street at grocery, after closing — — A very few
old ex-slaves left the govt should pension them. they wont be here
much longer. —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-06-30
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>It’s
fun to set folks guessing at the sort of thing you’re messing
at</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 29</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Come thou and
all thine house” Clear and pleasant. — Rested good —
Wendell had a bad night of it thereby bringing the same on his mother
— We attended usual services. quarterly review. pastor at 11. &
8. Childrens Day Services 3.p.m. — Mark the perfect man.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
worst of hard work is the time it takes to tell others all about it</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
JUNE 30</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Thou shalt not
bear false witness” Clear, in part, pleasant. — Rested
good except a mean dream. — We are well — Office. —
for. fun — Mr R.N. Groner gave me a thin coat. for which I am
thankful — Pastor sick, and I again led #26. class, then home —
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">It’s
fun to set folks guessing at the sort of thing you’re messing
at</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
JUNE 29</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Come thou and
all thine house” Clear and pleasant. — Rested good —
Wendell had a bad night of it thereby bringing the same on his mother
— We attended usual services. quarterly review. pastor at 11. &
8. Childrens Day Services 3.p.m. — Mark the perfect man.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
worst of hard work is the time it takes to tell others all about it</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
JUNE 30</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Thou shalt not
bear false witness” Clear, in part, pleasant. — Rested
good except a mean dream. — We are well — Office. —
for. fun — Mr R.N. Groner gave me a thin coat. for which I am
thankful — Pastor sick, and I again led #26. class, then home —
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><FONT SIZE=2>A swarm of bees in July is not
worth a fly.</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY, JULY 1</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Thou shalt not kill.” —
Clear and warm. — My rest was good last night. B & “BW”
not so good, but we are well, except this cold — Office —
for fun. — Home evening. The hot wave still on.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A rolling stone gathers no moss,
which is no good to a stone anyhow</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE></FONT>DAY,
JULY 2</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; padding-bottom: 0.01in;">
“I am the God of Abraham.” Clear
and warm. — Rested fair last night. warm. we are well. —
At the office — for fun. — this is a magnanimous gov’t.
(?) — I am glad to be living —</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A swarm of bees in July is not
worth a fly.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY, JULY 1</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Thou shalt not kill.” —
Clear and warm. — My rest was good last night. B & “BW”
not so good, but we are well, except this cold — Office —
for fun. — Home evening. The hot wave still on.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A rolling stone gathers no moss,
which is no good to a stone anyhow</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JULY 2</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;padding-bottom:.01in;">
“I am the God of Abraham.” Clear
and warm. — Rested fair last night. warm. we are well. —
At the office — for fun. — this is a magnanimous gov’t.
(?) — I am glad to be living —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-07-04
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>The cry for a noiseless Fourth is
vain; to be a real Fourth it must not be sane</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 3</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“I am about a great work” Partly
cloudy and warm. — I rested fairly after the rain. last night.
We are well to day and at office — for fun — “BW”
happy, also his mother. I am trying to be. — Evening home
writing — I will try sanity for the 4th inst.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“<FONT SIZE=2>The day we mutilate”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 4</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; padding-bottom: 0.01in;">
“Let everything that hath breath praise
the Lord.” — Clear and warm. spent day quietly. B “BW”
and me went out in the afternoon late. — Official Board at
night — Haynes cut by <span class='tooltip' title='Possibly Victor Small, of 817 Carroll, Portsmouth, a wagon driver, listed in the 1910 census as 26 years old.'>V. Small</span>.
— Cutting is getting to be very common now
</P></td></tr></table>
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The cry for a noiseless Fourth is
vain; to be a real Fourth it must not be sane</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JULY 3</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“I am about a great work” Partly
cloudy and warm. — I rested fairly after the rain. last night.
We are well to day and at office — for fun — “BW”
happy, also his mother. I am trying to be. — Evening home
writing — I will try sanity for the 4th inst.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“The day we mutilate”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JULY 4</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;padding-bottom:.01in;">
“Let everything that hath breath praise
the Lord.” — Clear and warm. spent day quietly. B “BW”
and me went out in the afternoon late. — Official Board at
night — Haynes cut by <span class="tooltip" title="Possibly Victor Small, of 817 Carroll, Portsmouth, a wagon driver, listed in the 1910 census as 26 years old.">V. Small</span>.
— Cutting is getting to be very common now
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A lot of good food is spoiled in
being fussed over into salads</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 5</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Look not upon the wine.” Clear and
warm. — Rested good last night. — Office this a.m. —
fun. — — We are well — Rained heavy at midnight to
my discomfiture — The heat was intense, yet I could suffer it —
The poor don’t get much to spoil
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>An auto-water-wagon for
near-joy-rides might be a hit</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sunday<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 6</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='1 John 3:2 (KJV): Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.'>“Beloved, now are we the sons God”</span>
Clear and very warm. — Attended usual services. <span class='tooltip' title='Arthur A. Sensabaugh is listed as a minister of the Baptist Church, 50 years old, and a resident of Portsmouth (600 Shell Rd.) in the 1920 census. In 1910, he is listed in his home state of Alabama as a retail grocer.'>Rev A.A. Sensebaugh</span> preached
at 11. Sacrament at night. Blanche and “BW” there.
Service is an uplift. — Barrooms are a disgrace to any
community —</P></td></tr></table>
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A lot of good food is spoiled in
being fussed over into salads</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
JULY 5</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Look not upon the wine.” Clear and
warm. — Rested good last night. — Office this a.m. —
fun. — — We are well — Rained heavy at midnight to
my discomfiture — The heat was intense, yet I could suffer it —
The poor don’t get much to spoil
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
An auto-water-wagon for
near-joy-rides might be a hit</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sunday<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
JULY 6</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="1 John 3:2 (KJV): Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.">“Beloved, now are we the sons God”</span>
Clear and very warm. — Attended usual services. <span class="tooltip" title="Arthur A. Sensabaugh is listed as a minister of the Baptist Church, 50 years old, and a resident of Portsmouth (600 Shell Rd.) in the 1920 census. In 1910, he is listed in his home state of Alabama as a retail grocer.">Rev A.A. Sensebaugh</span> preached
at 11. Sacrament at night. Blanche and “BW” there.
Service is an uplift. — Barrooms are a disgrace to any
community —</p></td></tr></table>
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><FONT SIZE=2>There’s nothing so forgiving
as forgetting</FONT></P><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 7</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Because ye are Christ’s.”
Clear and warm, but a decided improvement on yesterday. —
Office as usual. — Diley Hooker wifes aunt here. — We are
well. — Class #26 — Decidedly cooler. — Card from
G.A. Melvin. a paper also. —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>If ignorance is really blissful,
what folly to put folks wise!</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 8</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“The fool hath said in his heart, there
is no God.” — Clear and pleasant. — Rested good
last night. — We are well B. “BW” and u.w. me. —
Office — for fun. — Mrs. Georgia Thomas B’s aunt,
and Wash Person, or Percy, called and Wendell. Was very cross, sick
perhaps.
</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">There’s nothing so forgiving
as forgetting</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
JULY 7</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Because ye are Christ’s.”
Clear and warm, but a decided improvement on yesterday. —
Office as usual. — Diley Hooker wifes aunt here. — We are
well. — Class #26 — Decidedly cooler. — Card from
G.A. Melvin. a paper also. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
If ignorance is really blissful,
what folly to put folks wise!</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JULY 8</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“The fool hath said in his heart, there
is no God.” — Clear and pleasant. — Rested good
last night. — We are well B. “BW” and u.w. me. —
Office — for fun. — Mrs. Georgia Thomas B’s aunt,
and Wash Person, or Percy, called and Wendell. Was very cross, sick
perhaps.
</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-07-09
1913-07-10
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Only a rattled curate would say: “Is it kistomary to cuss the bride?”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 9</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='2 Timothy 2:3 (KJV) Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.'>“Thou therefore endure hardness”</span>
Clear and pleasant. Had to get up just at daylight to assist about
“B.W.” nevertheless my rest was good. I left him sleeping
— Office — for a joke — Must “endure.”
— No pay as yet and I should have been paid off a week ago. —
Paid Jarvis. — overpaid —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Too many wines will cross the best
feet</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 10</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Silver and gold have I none”
Pleasant. partly Cloudy. — Rested good last night after
attending Teachers meeting. — Office. — fun — I and
my loved ones are well. — Did it rain?. I am sure it did, and
that was not all. — Let wine alone.
</P></td></tr></table>
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Only a rattled curate would say: “Is it kistomary to cuss the bride?”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JULY 9</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="2 Timothy 2:3 (KJV) Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.">“Thou therefore endure hardness”</span>
Clear and pleasant. Had to get up just at daylight to assist about
“B.W.” nevertheless my rest was good. I left him sleeping
— Office — for a joke — Must “endure.”
— No pay as yet and I should have been paid off a week ago. —
Paid Jarvis. — overpaid —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Too many wines will cross the best
feet</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JULY 10</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Silver and gold have I none”
Pleasant. partly Cloudy. — Rested good last night after
attending Teachers meeting. — Office. — fun — I and
my loved ones are well. — Did it rain?. I am sure it did, and
that was not all. — Let wine alone.
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1913-07-11
1913-07-12
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>It is a poor flea that isn’t
good for one jump</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 11</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Zechariah 12:1 (KJV) On that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.'>“On that day there shall be a fountain opened in the house of David”</span>
— Rain early and warm. Office — Rested the best I could,
last night, amid the din of thunder and flash of lightning. and I
prayed until it was over. — Nettie Colthrop died — O.B.
Rain
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>The man compelled to mind his own
business feels entitled to some sympathy</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Thou shalt not steal” — Some
miscreant stole my umbrella yesterday. — Rain a little a.m. —
Rested good until Blanche announced herself sick, but we are all well
this a.m. and I am at the office — for fun. — Jarvis gave
me my money back. — I had to go from office. by viole[. . . ?]
—
</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">It is a poor flea that isn’t good for one jump</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Fri<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">TUES</span>DAY, JULY 11</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Zechariah 12:1 (KJV) On that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.">“On that day there shall be a fountain opened in the house of David”</span> — Rain early and warm. Office — Rested the best I could, last night, amid the din of thunder and flash of lightning. and I prayed until it was over. — Nettie Colthrop died — O.B. Rain</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;"><br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">The man compelled to mind his own business feels entitled to some sympathy</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Satur<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">WEDNES</span>DAY, JULY 12</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">“Thou shalt not steal” — Some miscreant stole my umbrella yesterday. — Rain a little a.m. — Rested good until Blanche announced herself sick, but we are all well this a.m. and I am at the office — for fun. — Jarvis gave me my money back. — I had to go from office. by viole[. . . ?] —</p>
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1913-07-14
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>“He did his share” is a better epitaph than “He got his share”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 13</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Blessed are the meek.” Clear and
warm. 2nd quarterly meeting and Lovefeast P.E. gave two good sermons.
— Blanche is not so robust, but “B.W” is —
<span class='tooltip' title='Thomas Dunham is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a laborer and resident of Portsmouth residing at 800 Carroll. The 1910 census lists him as 35 years old and married.'>Thos Dunham</span> was
cut yesterday — I slept good last night. — Moses was
Meekest
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>It is nervy of a prodigal son to
complain of the cooking of the veal.</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 14</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Thou shalt not comit adultery”
Clear and warm. — Rested good last night. — Court to day
— for fun — The pastor will take a vacation he calls it.
— Number three class & 26 I led both, in the formers room.
— Had to slip away from the office —</P></td></tr></table>
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“He did his share” is a better epitaph than “He got his share”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
JULY 13</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Blessed are the meek.” Clear and
warm. 2nd quarterly meeting and Lovefeast P.E. gave two good sermons.
— Blanche is not so robust, but “B.W” is —
<span class="tooltip" title="Thomas Dunham is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a laborer and resident of Portsmouth residing at 800 Carroll. The 1910 census lists him as 35 years old and married.">Thos Dunham</span> was
cut yesterday — I slept good last night. — Moses was
Meekest
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
It is nervy of a prodigal son to
complain of the cooking of the veal.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
JULY 14</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Thou shalt not comit adultery”
Clear and warm. — Rested good last night. — Court to day
— for fun — The pastor will take a vacation he calls it.
— Number three class & 26 I led both, in the formers room.
— Had to slip away from the office —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-07-15
1913-07-16
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<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Don’t put money in a mine
just because it’s in a far-off country</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 15</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Living water shall go forth” —
Rain at 10:a.m. Warm. Court. I am here, for fun. — Rested good
last night. We are well. B. “BW’ and u.w. me — I
have the holy spirit with me to day — Rain heavy in the
afternoon. quarterly conference. — St. Swithin’s Day”</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Perhaps the hook-worm explains why
so many play hookey from church</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 16</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“I was glad when they said unto me let us
go up to the house of the Lord” Clear and warm. — Rested
good last night, and we are well. B. “BW” and n.a. me —
Court. — Steve Blake wife and babe at our home last evening —
Teachers meeting. good <span class='tooltip' title='The 1913 City Directory lists Franklin D. Gill as a resident of Portsmouth, residing at 116 Middle. The 1910 census list his age as 55 and his occupation as “merchant.”'>Franklin D. Gill</span> died
</P></td></tr></table>
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Don’t put money in a mine
just because it’s in a far-off country</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JULY 15</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Living water shall go forth” —
Rain at 10:a.m. Warm. Court. I am here, for fun. — Rested good
last night. We are well. B. “BW’ and u.w. me — I
have the holy spirit with me to day — Rain heavy in the
afternoon. quarterly conference. — St. Swithin’s Day”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Perhaps the hook-worm explains why
so many play hookey from church</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JULY 16</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“I was glad when they said unto me let us
go up to the house of the Lord” Clear and warm. — Rested
good last night, and we are well. B. “BW” and n.a. me —
Court. — Steve Blake wife and babe at our home last evening —
Teachers meeting. good <span class="tooltip" title="The 1913 City Directory lists Franklin D. Gill as a resident of Portsmouth, residing at 116 Middle. The 1910 census list his age as 55 and his occupation as “merchant.”">Franklin D. Gill</span> died
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</tr>
<tr>
<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Scoundrels are frequently due to ill health</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 17</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Blessed are the pure in heart.”
Cloudy partly, and pleasant. — I slept good last night, and I
am well and my household. — At the office — for fun —
The rain didnt materialize. Yesterday — Evening home, writing.
— Rain at a late hour. very near day. — Marshal on leave.
also <span class='tooltip' title='Robert N. Groner, Deputy U.S. Marshall, who is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a resident of Norfolk, residing at 401 Botetourt.'>Depty Groner</span> —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Napoleon was forty-two in class at military school</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 18</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Exodus 3 (KJV) Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.'>“Moses kept the flock of Jethro.”</span>
Heavy rain early. — Cloudy and warm. my rest was poor, on
account of rain. We are well. — At the office for fun — B
& “BW” seems well, and me Official Board. pastor
absent, on vacation — exceedingly warm. —
</P></td></tr></table>
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Scoundrels are frequently due to ill health</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JULY 17</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Blessed are the pure in heart.”
Cloudy partly, and pleasant. — I slept good last night, and I
am well and my household. — At the office — for fun —
The rain didnt materialize. Yesterday — Evening home, writing.
— Rain at a late hour. very near day. — Marshal on leave.
also <span class="tooltip" title="Robert N. Groner, Deputy U.S. Marshall, who is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a resident of Norfolk, residing at 401 Botetourt.">Depty Groner</span> —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Napoleon was forty-two in class at military school</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JULY 18</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Exodus 3 (KJV) Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.">“Moses kept the flock of Jethro.”</span>
Heavy rain early. — Cloudy and warm. my rest was poor, on
account of rain. We are well. — At the office for fun — B
& “BW” seems well, and me Official Board. pastor
absent, on vacation — exceedingly warm. —
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1913-07-20
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<tr>
<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Journalistic ease of writing comes of using soft pencils</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 19</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Man of God, the king says come down”
Partly cloudy, and warm. — My rest was good last night. We are
well. B “BW” and u.w. me. — At the office —
for fun — A thunder storm is promised for to day, hope it will
miss connection — R.P. gave me a bunch of cigars. — Rain,
copiously at night. —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Some form of diary is necessary to
self-realization</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 20</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Blessed are the pure in heart.”
Clear, in part. Warm, not exceedingly. We attended usual Services.
Rev J.E. Bowens preached at 11. a.m. — I rested well last
night, after the rain ceased. “BW’ made a lot of noise.
Cooing in church. Pastor preached at night —</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Journalistic ease of writing comes of using soft pencils</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
JULY 19</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Man of God, the king says come down”
Partly cloudy, and warm. — My rest was good last night. We are
well. B “BW” and u.w. me. — At the office —
for fun — A thunder storm is promised for to day, hope it will
miss connection — R.P. gave me a bunch of cigars. — Rain,
copiously at night. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Some form of diary is necessary to
self-realization</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
JULY 20</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Blessed are the pure in heart.”
Clear, in part. Warm, not exceedingly. We attended usual Services.
Rev J.E. Bowens preached at 11. a.m. — I rested well last
night, after the rain ceased. “BW’ made a lot of noise.
Cooing in church. Pastor preached at night —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-07-20
1913-07-21
1913-07-22
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<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
20th Con
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Forty six years ago this day I was in Cherbourg
France, a lousy sailor in the US Navy; no one didnt <STRIKE>know</STRIKE> I
was lousy “tho,” — Jas H. Platt was our
representative in congress from this district, Republican of course.
We thought then, that it would be so to the end of time, but while we
were wrangling, over the spoils, the democrats were scheming, and now
we are out for good — our own, fault — And just as we
wrangled then, and lost out, the republican party, repeated the game
last year; and lost out, and if they keep at it democrats will stay
in — Fifty two years ago this country was stirred by a cruel
war between the states, and the south said they would soon drive the
“Yankees” back and have a confederacy whose bedrock would
be Negro slavery, but God, who is greater than man decreed otherwise,
and they were taught a lesson which will not be forgotten, “tho”
they may try to forget. They may have their re-unions etc. recount
their deeds of valor in a lost cause, nevertheless, the lesson stands
and looms up once in a while and whispers, “What fools these
mortals are”
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Some men never clean their shoes, save by sticking ’em out in a car aisle.</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 21</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“From the rising of the sun to the going
down of the same, my name shall be great, among the gentiles” —
Clear a.m. and warm, not hot. rested well last night. B. “B.W”
and me, are well, and I am at the office. — Class #26. —
I left office at 4.10.p.m. — Got my watch from <span class='tooltip' title='Possibly Stephen W. Jones, listed in the 1913 City Directory as a watchmaker. His shop appears to have been at 703 High and his home at 1233 King, both in Portsmouth.'>Jones</span></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>After all, the best limericks are the denatured ones that don’t rhyme</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 22</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“For I am a great king, saith the Lord of
hosts.” — Clear in part and warm. — Rested good
last night, we, and fairly well this a.m. and at the office —
for fun — no fault to find, have I? — The evening spent
writing. I am too far advanced in years to do more than I am doing —
</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
20th Con
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Forty six years ago this day I was in Cherbourg
France, a lousy sailor in the US Navy; no one didnt <strike>know</strike> I
was lousy “tho,” — Jas H. Platt was our
representative in congress from this district, Republican of course.
We thought then, that it would be so to the end of time, but while we
were wrangling, over the spoils, the democrats were scheming, and now
we are out for good — our own, fault — And just as we
wrangled then, and lost out, the republican party, repeated the game
last year; and lost out, and if they keep at it democrats will stay
in — Fifty two years ago this country was stirred by a cruel
war between the states, and the south said they would soon drive the
“Yankees” back and have a confederacy whose bedrock would
be Negro slavery, but God, who is greater than man decreed otherwise,
and they were taught a lesson which will not be forgotten, “tho”
they may try to forget. They may have their re-unions etc. recount
their deeds of valor in a lost cause, nevertheless, the lesson stands
and looms up once in a while and whispers, “What fools these
mortals are”
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Some men never clean their shoes, save by sticking ’em out in a car aisle.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
JULY 21</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“From the rising of the sun to the going
down of the same, my name shall be great, among the gentiles” —
Clear a.m. and warm, not hot. rested well last night. B. “B.W”
and me, are well, and I am at the office. — Class #26. —
I left office at 4.10.p.m. — Got my watch from <span class="tooltip" title="Possibly Stephen W. Jones, listed in the 1913 City Directory as a watchmaker. His shop appears to have been at 703 High and his home at 1233 King, both in Portsmouth.">Jones</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
After all, the best limericks are the denatured ones that don’t rhyme</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JULY 22</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“For I am a great king, saith the Lord of
hosts.” — Clear in part and warm. — Rested good
last night, we, and fairly well this a.m. and at the office —
for fun — no fault to find, have I? — The evening spent
writing. I am too far advanced in years to do more than I am doing —
</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-07-21
1913-07-23
1913-07-24
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</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
21st Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fifty two years ago the battle of Bull run or 1st Manassas was fought, and the Yanks “skedaddled” to
Washington, to my regret. — There were about 500 prisoners brought to Richmond, where I lived being a hired out slave boy, at
the corner of Franklin and 17th sts. to Dr. J.W. Garlick, a fairly kind man. he died the next year. The confeds were in high feather over their victory, and if they had pushed it, the result of the Civil War would have been entirely different, but they did not see their opportunity, and God be praised for it. — Forty years ago colored policemen patroled our streets, and one was murdered in cold blood, John F. Wilson. his funeral was held at our church. four white men and four colored acted as pall bearers. I was one. The interment, was in the White Cemetery. I am the only survivor of the pall bearers. This funeral was in Nov. 1871. but I record it here because it connects my history. —</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A bird may be snared that won’t be shot</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 23</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 8:20 (KJV) And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.'>“The birds of the air have nests”</span>
Cloudy and pleasant. — I rested good last night. This a.m. we
are well. B. “BW” and u.w. me. I am at the office —
for fun — a little blue, but it wont be so always — Sent
$5.00 draft for Blanche to Ward & Co. T.M. — Letter from
Joe, did me harm.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A broken apothecary, a new doctor</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 24</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Honor thy father and thy mother”
Clear and warm, and I am feeling unpleasant. —My rest was good
last night. B.”BW” and u.w. me, are well. — I am at
the office — fun — It is said <span class='tooltip' title='City Directory for 1913 lists Joseph S. Wainwright, U.S.N., residing at 1319 London, Portsmouth. He may be Joseph Wainwright, the 33 year-old wagon driver and Portsmouth resident, listed in the 1910 census, shown as a lodger, also on London St.'>J.S. Wainwright</span> was
drowned while out fishing, with a woman — Rain —</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
21st Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fifty two years ago the battle of Bull run or 1st Manassas was fought, and the Yanks “skedaddled” to
Washington, to my regret. — There were about 500 prisoners brought to Richmond, where I lived being a hired out slave boy, at
the corner of Franklin and 17th sts. to Dr. J.W. Garlick, a fairly kind man. he died the next year. The confeds were in high feather over their victory, and if they had pushed it, the result of the Civil War would have been entirely different, but they did not see their opportunity, and God be praised for it. — Forty years ago colored policemen patroled our streets, and one was murdered in cold blood, John F. Wilson. his funeral was held at our church. four white men and four colored acted as pall bearers. I was one. The interment, was in the White Cemetery. I am the only survivor of the pall bearers. This funeral was in Nov. 1871. but I record it here because it connects my history. —</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A bird may be snared that won’t be shot</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JULY 23</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 8:20 (KJV) And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.">“The birds of the air have nests”</span>
Cloudy and pleasant. — I rested good last night. This a.m. we
are well. B. “BW” and u.w. me. I am at the office —
for fun — a little blue, but it wont be so always — Sent
$5.00 draft for Blanche to Ward & Co. T.M. — Letter from
Joe, did me harm.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A broken apothecary, a new doctor</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JULY 24</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Honor thy father and thy mother”
Clear and warm, and I am feeling unpleasant. —My rest was good
last night. B.”BW” and u.w. me, are well. — I am at
the office — fun — It is said <span class="tooltip" title="City Directory for 1913 lists Joseph S. Wainwright, U.S.N., residing at 1319 London, Portsmouth. He may be Joseph Wainwright, the 33 year-old wagon driver and Portsmouth resident, listed in the 1910 census, shown as a lodger, also on London St.">J.S. Wainwright</span> was
drowned while out fishing, with a woman — Rain —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-07-24
1913-07-25
1913-07-26
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<table>
<tr>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
24th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
The residences now occupied. and owned by <span class='tooltip' title='Israel C. Norcom is listed in the 1913 City Directory as Principal of the Third District School, with a home at 206 N. Green. The 1910 census shows him at the same address, 52 years old, and married to Josephine W. and with a son, Israel C. Jr. , age 14.'>I.C.
Norcom</span>. and the estate of the late <span class='tooltip' title='The 1900 census lists a Thomas Colding, a barber, 54 years old, living on Green St. in Portsmouth. His wife, Rachel, is 46 at the time. They have two sons and two daughters, ages a through 20. Israel Norcum, a nephew, age 5, is also living with them. The 1905 City Directory lists Thomas R. Colding, a barber, living on Green St. in Portsmouth.'>T.R Colding</span>.
on north Green street. were once owned by prominent white families. Also the premises that the O.F.H. and O.A. are <U>tr</U>y<U>in</U>g to secure, that was the home of <span class='tooltip' title='The 1870 census shows Henry V. Niemeyer, age 25 and a railroad ticket agent, son of William A. Niemeyer, 54, a Commission Merchant, both of Portsmouth. The 1872—73 City Directory lists Henry Neimayer, a merchant, living on Green, near North, in Portsmouth. In 1880, William, 64, is listed as a retired merchant. Henry V. apparently died in 1883 (his will is produced in Court Sept. 4th of that year “late of Norfolk County”), perhaps in a residential fire. (<a href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=740-1883-011" target="_blank">View record here</a>) The 1900 census lists a widow, Marie Niemeyer, with several children, including Henrietta V., born 1886.?'>H.V. Niemeyer</span>, a retired merchant. This is history. — Less than forty years
ago, to get to Zion Baptist Church from High street, it would be
necessary to cross a small bridge — Lots were being sold in
Washington street between county and High streets for $25.00 and
buyers were scare. And the few Negroes that did buy is all gone,
except one. They lost out. some sold out, others died out & their
heirs soon divided it out. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 25</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul
liveth there is but a step between me and death” Rain early,
and it is yet cloudy but warm. my rest was disturbed last night by
the water, running in. — I am well, at office, and the rest are
well. — Rain again at 12.m. — O.B. Rain late hour
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A child is better unborn than untaught</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 26</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Train up a child in the way he should go.” Cloudy after early rain, then I slept. — Office —
fun — We are well, B ‘BW” and u.w. me — Rain.
drizzle — all day near. — Rev R.H. Bowling. pastor at
Bute Street Bpt Ch. Norfolk died — Mrs Peter Ruffin, Norfolk,
died. — as we all must, some day —</P></td></tr></table>
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24th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The residences now occupied. and owned by <span class="tooltip" title="Israel C. Norcom is listed in the 1913 City Directory as Principal of the Third District School, with a home at 206 N. Green. The 1910 census shows him at the same address, 52 years old, and married to Josephine W. and with a son, Israel C. Jr. , age 14.">I.C.
Norcom</span>. and the estate of the late <span class="tooltip" title="The 1900 census lists a Thomas Colding, a barber, 54 years old, living on Green St. in Portsmouth. His wife, Rachel, is 46 at the time. They have two sons and two daughters, ages a through 20. Israel Norcum, a nephew, age 5, is also living with them. The 1905 City Directory lists Thomas R. Colding, a barber, living on Green St. in Portsmouth.">T.R Colding</span>.
on north Green street. were once owned by prominent white families. Also the premises that the O.F.H. and O.A. are trying to secure, that was the home of <span class="tooltip" title="The 1870 census shows Henry V. Niemeyer, age 25 and a railroad ticket agent, son of William A. Niemeyer, 54, a Commission Merchant, both of Portsmouth. The 1872—73 City Directory lists Henry Neimayer, a merchant, living on Green, near North, in Portsmouth. In 1880, William, 64, is listed as a retired merchant. Henry V. apparently died in 1883 (his will is produced in Court Sept. 4th of that year “late of Norfolk County”), perhaps in a residential fire. (<a href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=740-1883-011" target="_blank">View record here</a>) The 1900 census lists a widow, Marie Niemeyer, with several children, including Henrietta V., born 1886.?">H.V. Niemeyer</span>, a retired merchant. This is history. — Less than forty years
ago, to get to Zion Baptist Church from High street, it would be
necessary to cross a small bridge — Lots were being sold in
Washington street between county and High streets for $25.00 and
buyers were scare. And the few Negroes that did buy is all gone,
except one. They lost out. some sold out, others died out & their
heirs soon divided it out. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
JULY 25</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul
liveth there is but a step between me and death” Rain early,
and it is yet cloudy but warm. my rest was disturbed last night by
the water, running in. — I am well, at office, and the rest are
well. — Rain again at 12.m. — O.B. Rain late hour
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A child is better unborn than untaught</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
JULY 26</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Train up a child in the way he should go.” Cloudy after early rain, then I slept. — Office —
fun — We are well, B ‘BW” and u.w. me — Rain.
drizzle — all day near. — Rev R.H. Bowling. pastor at
Bute Street Bpt Ch. Norfolk died — Mrs Peter Ruffin, Norfolk,
died. — as we all must, some day —</p></td></tr></table>
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26th Con.</P>
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Fifty seven years ago, my dear old Mother, outwitted J.M. Pullen and Frank Pierce. he, old Pullen, had done
sneaked in, and had my stepfather put in jail. Came back and did the
same to mother. they then searched the house for the old folks money,
which they had, but Pullen and Pierce, never found it. Mother had
secured it so, that they couldn’t, and that same money $700.00
I think, in gold and silver, was used to buy my stepfathers freedom.
he died many years afterwards. — [s.f ?] — and said he was
going to hell, but P. & P. had preceded him several years,
doubtless. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A cough will stick longer by a
horse than a peck of oats</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 27</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='John 1:17 (KJV): For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.'>“The law was given by Moses.”</span>
Clear and warm. Attended usual services. David Wilson, preached at
11.am. services. the above quotation was part of his text. an angel
touched him — <span class='tooltip' title='See entry for 24 July.'>J.S. Wainwrights body found</span>.
— We are well at home, B “B.W” and n.a. me —
Services at night, good.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>The actor who wisely weds is
always sure of some audience</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mond<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 28</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“But grace and truth came by Jesus
Christ.” To day is clear, partly. and warm. I rested good last
night. B. “BW” and O. me are yet striving. — At the
office — fun. — Class 26, few out. — I am waiting
awhile before I answer Joes letter. — Wife bought a bed for
Wendell, and he wont sleep in it. —</P></td></tr></table>
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26th Con.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fifty seven years ago, my dear old Mother, outwitted J.M. Pullen and Frank Pierce. he, old Pullen, had done
sneaked in, and had my stepfather put in jail. Came back and did the
same to mother. they then searched the house for the old folks money,
which they had, but Pullen and Pierce, never found it. Mother had
secured it so, that they couldn’t, and that same money $700.00
I think, in gold and silver, was used to buy my stepfathers freedom.
he died many years afterwards. — [s.f ?] — and said he was
going to hell, but P. & P. had preceded him several years,
doubtless. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A cough will stick longer by a
horse than a peck of oats</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JULY 27</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="John 1:17 (KJV): For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.">“The law was given by Moses.”</span>
Clear and warm. Attended usual services. David Wilson, preached at
11.am. services. the above quotation was part of his text. an angel
touched him — <span class="tooltip" title="See entry for 24 July.">J.S. Wainwrights body found</span>.
— We are well at home, B “B.W” and n.a. me —
Services at night, good.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The actor who wisely weds is
always sure of some audience</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mond<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
JULY 28</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“But grace and truth came by Jesus
Christ.” To day is clear, partly. and warm. I rested good last
night. B. “BW” and O. me are yet striving. — At the
office — fun. — Class 26, few out. — I am waiting
awhile before I answer Joes letter. — Wife bought a bed for
Wendell, and he wont sleep in it. —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-07-29
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28th Con —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
It seems as if I am to be the daddy of babes
all my life, from present indications. Well, if the Lord says so his
Will be done, not mine —</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A day to come shows longer than a
year that’s gone</FONT></P>
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Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 29</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Will a man rob God.?” The weather
is exceedingly torrid, yet clear. — I rested good however
B.“BW” and u.w. me, are well, and I am at the office —
fun — Yes many of us “Rob God” Merciful Father, is
it I.?. — <span class='tooltip' title='Rev. Richard H. Bowling is listed in the 1913 City Directory as Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Norfolk. (See entry for July 26.) His home address is shown as 520 Cumberland. The 1910 census shows him to be 46 years old; married to Grace, age 31 (they had been married three years); and living with three sons and two daughters, ages 3 through 19.'>Rev Bowling’s</span> funeral
held to day. — Evening home — Marshall returned from
vacation
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A hungry dog is made fat in two
meals</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 30</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“But we say, Wherein have we robbed
thee?” The weather is clear and warm. — We slept well
last night. I did. my shoes dont hurt my feet. I love the Lord, and
had “a eat” a m. — At the office — B “BW”
o. me well. answered Joes note — Signs mean something —
T.M. — All fools are not dead yet
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28th Con —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
It seems as if I am to be the daddy of babes
all my life, from present indications. Well, if the Lord says so his
Will be done, not mine —</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A day to come shows longer than a
year that’s gone</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
JULY 29</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Will a man rob God.?” The weather
is exceedingly torrid, yet clear. — I rested good however
B.“BW” and u.w. me, are well, and I am at the office —
fun — Yes many of us “Rob God” Merciful Father, is
it I.?. — <span class="tooltip" title="Rev. Richard H. Bowling is listed in the 1913 City Directory as Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Norfolk. (See entry for July 26.) His home address is shown as 520 Cumberland. The 1910 census shows him to be 46 years old; married to Grace, age 31 (they had been married three years); and living with three sons and two daughters, ages 3 through 19.">Rev Bowling’s</span> funeral
held to day. — Evening home — Marshall returned from
vacation
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A hungry dog is made fat in two
meals</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
JULY 30</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“But we say, Wherein have we robbed
thee?” The weather is clear and warm. — We slept well
last night. I did. my shoes dont hurt my feet. I love the Lord, and
had “a eat” a m. — At the office — B “BW”
o. me well. answered Joes note — Signs mean something —
T.M. — All fools are not dead yet
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<FONT SIZE=2>A good bark year makes a good
wheat year</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
JULY 31</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“And they shall be mine, saith the Lord
of hosts” — Clear, and exceedingly warm. Could hardly
sleep last night, but we are well. B “BW” and u.w. me. At
office — fun — Heavy [firing?] last night at Ft Monroe. —
Terrific storm in Washington D.C. yesterday — B. “BW”
and me, after office hours, at <span class='tooltip' title='Maria Miller is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a laundress residing at 308 Green in Portsmouth. NOTE: Wilson’s address is given in the same directory as 638 Carroll.'>Maria Millers</span> I
ate my evening meal there —</P></td></tr></table>
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A good bark year makes a good
wheat year</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
JULY 31</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“And they shall be mine, saith the Lord
of hosts” — Clear, and exceedingly warm. Could hardly
sleep last night, but we are well. B “BW” and u.w. me. At
office — fun — Heavy [firing?] last night at Ft Monroe. —
Terrific storm in Washington D.C. yesterday — B. “BW”
and me, after office hours, at <span class="tooltip" title="Maria Miller is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a laundress residing at 308 Green in Portsmouth. NOTE: Wilson’s address is given in the same directory as 638 Carroll.">Maria Millers</span> I
ate my evening meal there —</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-08-02
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<FONT SIZE=2>A mackerel sky never holds three
days dry</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 1</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Lest I come and smite the earth with a
curse.” — These are the last words in the O.T. —
Partly cloudy and warm. rest, fair. we are well. Office. — O.B.
usual talk, we have heard for 3 years. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>More than we use is more than we
want</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 2</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“The book of the generation of Jesus
Christ” Rain at 12.40 midnight. — I rested as well as I
could. I, or we, are well. — at the office. — West gone
on leave for two weeks — I walked a great deal.
</P></td></tr></table>
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A mackerel sky never holds three
days dry</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 1</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Lest I come and smite the earth with a
curse.” — These are the last words in the O.T. —
Partly cloudy and warm. rest, fair. we are well. Office. — O.B.
usual talk, we have heard for 3 years. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
More than we use is more than we
want</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 2</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“The book of the generation of Jesus
Christ” Rain at 12.40 midnight. — I rested as well as I
could. I, or we, are well. — at the office. — West gone
on leave for two weeks — I walked a great deal.
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1913-08-03
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2. Con
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
To day doing errands for him. he is not as
liberal as Bob, or even as Raleigh. he is something of “a
tightwad” I can borrow a peice once in a while, but I pay him
alright. — The south lost out in their fight 50 years ago on
the battle field for a seperate government whose cornerstone would be
Negro slavery, but have regained more than they lost in the halls of
Congress, i.e. absolute control of the executive, also. and us. We
are the persecuted worse than Israel in Egypt in a sense and Why are
<U>We</U>?
Echo says Why? — Thirty nine years ago I was a quarterman of
laborers in the Navy Yard. — Immanuel is the oldest Colored
Church in the city. and the next oldest Church House —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>An ill boy, like a top, goes only
when his is whipped.</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 3</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“She brought forth her first born son”
Clear and warm. — Rested like a top. Well this a.m. We went up
to the house of the Lord. and heard a good sermon from <span class='tooltip' title='The 1913 City Directory lists Rev. Frank B. Mitchell of 1201 Douglas
Ave. In the 1910 census the same Frank B. Mitchell, a Baptist Church
minister, age 36, is listed in the Western Branch District of Norfolk
County.'>Rev F. P. Mitchell</span>.
Jail services, good Sacrament at night. B. & “BW” at
each — No organist. he is on vacation. Satan takes none —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Believe not all you hear; tell not all you know</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 4</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“And he called his name JESUS.”
Weather clear and warm. Slept good last night. B “BW” &
u.w. me are well — I am at the office. — There will be no
“niggers” in heaven. — Rain at night. —
Class, but few in attendance — R.N.G. returned from vacation
</P></td></tr></table>
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2. Con
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
To day doing errands for him. he is not as
liberal as Bob, or even as Raleigh. he is something of “a
tightwad” I can borrow a peice once in a while, but I pay him
alright. — The south lost out in their fight 50 years ago on
the battle field for a seperate government whose cornerstone would be
Negro slavery, but have regained more than they lost in the halls of
Congress, i.e. absolute control of the executive, also. and us. We
are the persecuted worse than Israel in Egypt in a sense and Why are
We?
Echo says Why? — Thirty nine years ago I was a quarterman of
laborers in the Navy Yard. — Immanuel is the oldest Colored
Church in the city. and the next oldest Church House —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
An ill boy, like a top, goes only
when his is whipped.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 3</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“She brought forth her first born son”
Clear and warm. — Rested like a top. Well this a.m. We went up
to the house of the Lord. and heard a good sermon from <span class="tooltip" title="The 1913 City Directory lists Rev. Frank B. Mitchell of 1201 Douglas Ave. In the 1910 census the same Frank B. Mitchell, a Baptist Church minister, age 36, is listed in the Western Branch District of Norfolk County.">Rev F. P. Mitchell</span>.
Jail services, good Sacrament at night. B. & “BW” at
each — No organist. he is on vacation. Satan takes none —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Believe not all you hear; tell not all you know</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 4</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“And he called his name JESUS.”
Weather clear and warm. Slept good last night. B “BW” &
u.w. me are well — I am at the office. — There will be no
“niggers” in heaven. — Rain at night. —
Class, but few in attendance — R.N.G. returned from vacation
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1913-08-05
1913-08-06
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
4th Con.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
The men who risked their lives in a four years
bloody war, to hold us in slavery, and got whipped and trying now to
pay honor to one whom they would still hold if they could, by
shedding Crocodile tears, and contributing rooms and [furniture?] to
commemorate them, pretending that they <U>loved</U>
them, comes in very bad grace. They remind me of the condemnation
that Our Lord, pronounced against the Jews adorning the sepulchers of
the prophets whom their fathers had killed. He called them hypocrites
— and so I call these ex confeds, that is continually being
preached to us for doing to the dead what they neglected doing to the
living. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>“The schoolboy that wants to
‘bag it’ gets a bellyache in his heel!”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 5</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Now when Jesus was born” Clear and
warm. — Slept good last night. — We are well. B. “BW”
and me. — At office — for fun. — Invitation to my
brother’s golden wedding. he is premature. he was joined in
1864 then it was contrary to God’s word, but he was ignorant. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>The devil wipes his tail on a poor
man’s pride</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 6</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Out of Egypt I have called my Son”
Cloudy in part. Warm spent evening home. last. — I rested good.
We are well, this a.m. my loved ones and u.w. me — Office —
fun. — Teachers meeting usual powwow. — D.F.D.P.Wilson
[Amos’?] son, here. — <span class='tooltip' title='Beginning in August 1882, Henry C. Hudgins commanded the Fourth Regiment of Virginia Infantry. He later became officer of Norfolk Southern
Railroad Company in Norfolk. The 1910 census lists him, age 54, as a
Railroad officer living with his family on Middle St. in Portsmouth. The
1920 census has him listed the same way at the same address, but shows
his age as 67. In the 1913 City Directory, he is shown as, general
agent, traffic dept., Norfolk Southern Railroad Co. and living in
Portsmouth.'>Col H.C. Hudgins</span> died
—
</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
4th Con.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The men who risked their lives in a four years
bloody war, to hold us in slavery, and got whipped and trying now to
pay honor to one whom they would still hold if they could, by
shedding Crocodile tears, and contributing rooms and [furniture?] to
commemorate them, pretending that they loved
them, comes in very bad grace. They remind me of the condemnation
that Our Lord, pronounced against the Jews adorning the sepulchers of
the prophets whom their fathers had killed. He called them hypocrites
— and so I call these ex confeds, that is continually being
preached to us for doing to the dead what they neglected doing to the
living. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“The schoolboy that wants to
‘bag it’ gets a bellyache in his heel!”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 5</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Now when Jesus was born” Clear and
warm. — Slept good last night. — We are well. B. “BW”
and me. — At office — for fun. — Invitation to my
brother’s golden wedding. he is premature. he was joined in
1864 then it was contrary to God’s word, but he was ignorant. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The devil wipes his tail on a poor
man’s pride</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 6</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Out of Egypt I have called my Son”
Cloudy in part. Warm spent evening home. last. — I rested good.
We are well, this a.m. my loved ones and u.w. me — Office —
fun. — Teachers meeting usual powwow. — D.F.D.P.Wilson
[Amos’?] son, here. — <span class="tooltip" title="Beginning in August 1882, Henry C. Hudgins commanded the Fourth Regiment of Virginia Infantry. He later became officer of Norfolk Southern Railroad Company in Norfolk. The 1910 census lists him, age 54, as a Railroad officer living with his family on Middle St. in Portsmouth. The 1920 census has him listed the same way at the same address, but shows his age as 67. In the 1913 City Directory, he is shown as, general agent, traffic dept., Norfolk Southern Railroad Co. and living in Portsmouth.">Col H.C. Hudgins</span> died
—
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1913-08-07
1913-08-08
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>When the maid leaves the door
open, it was the cat’s fault</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 7</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 9:24 (KJV): He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.'>“The maid’s not dead”</span>
— Rain heavy, early. at 9:a.m. clear. My rest was poor last
night on account of many things. I am fairly well. B & “BW”
also. — At office — Evening home. — <span class='tooltip' title='Probably Laymon L. Ponton of Portsmouth City Directory 1913 lists him as a laborer living at 2313 Green St., Portsmouth. The directory also lists Laymon L. Ponton Jr at the same address, also a laborer.'>Lamon Ponton</span>. died yesterday. — Pastor talks of resigning and is talk</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>The girl who seeks all men to please will seldom find one at her knees</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 8</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“He shall be called a Nazarene”
Party cloudy a.m. warm. Rested good last night, but I am Blue as
Indigo. B & “BW” seems well. At the office —
fun — I am waiting on the Lord. — Official Board. good. —
Col Hudgins buried to day. — My cousin, Mary ejected <span class='tooltip' title='Joseph F. Johnston of Alabama died on this date of pneumonia at the age of 70. He served in the Senate from 1907 until his death and had, from 1896 to 1900, been Governor of Alabama.'>U.S.
Senator Johnson</span> of Ala. died.
</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
When the maid leaves the door
open, it was the cat’s fault</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 7</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 9:24 (KJV): He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.">“The maid’s not dead”</span>
— Rain heavy, early. at 9:a.m. clear. My rest was poor last
night on account of many things. I am fairly well. B & “BW”
also. — At office — Evening home. — <span class="tooltip" title="Probably Laymon L. Ponton of Portsmouth City Directory 1913 lists him as a laborer living at 2313 Green St., Portsmouth. The directory also lists Laymon L. Ponton Jr at the same address, also a laborer.">Lamon Ponton</span>. died yesterday. — Pastor talks of resigning and is talk</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The girl who seeks all men to please will seldom find one at her knees</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 8</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“He shall be called a Nazarene”
Party cloudy a.m. warm. Rested good last night, but I am Blue as
Indigo. B & “BW” seems well. At the office —
fun — I am waiting on the Lord. — Official Board. good. —
Col Hudgins buried to day. — My cousin, Mary ejected <span class="tooltip" title="Joseph F. Johnston of Alabama died on this date of pneumonia at the age of 70. He served in the Senate from 1907 until his death and had, from 1896 to 1900, been Governor of Alabama.">U.S.
Senator Johnson</span> of Ala. died.
</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-08-09
1913-08-10
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<table>
<tr>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>It is not want but abundance, that makes avarice</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY, AUGUST 9</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“In those days came John the Baptist”
Clear and warm. Office. Rested good last night. B. “BW.”
and u.w. me are well. I am still trusting Him. A few more risings and
settings of the sun my warfare will be ended, etc — Left office
at 2: p.m. and went home. Notification from Barlow. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A bridle and spur are part of a good horse</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 10</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“The son of man came not to be ministered
to” Clear and warm. attended usual services. Rev Mitchell
preached at 11. a.m, Pontons funeral at 1.30. I did not attend that.
Mens meeting at night. — B & “B.W” attended
services. We are well. — Good services during day, but money
was the chief topic —
</P></td></tr></table>
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<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
It is not want but abundance, that makes avarice</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY, AUGUST 9</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“In those days came John the Baptist”
Clear and warm. Office. Rested good last night. B. “BW.”
and u.w. me are well. I am still trusting Him. A few more risings and
settings of the sun my warfare will be ended, etc — Left office
at 2: p.m. and went home. Notification from Barlow. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A bridle and spur are part of a good horse</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 10</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“The son of man came not to be ministered
to” Clear and warm. attended usual services. Rev Mitchell
preached at 11. a.m, Pontons funeral at 1.30. I did not attend that.
Mens meeting at night. — B & “B.W” attended
services. We are well. — Good services during day, but money
was the chief topic —
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1913-08-11
1913-08-12
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<tr>
<td></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Keep your hurry in your fist</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 11</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Go work in my Vineyard.” Clear and
warm. Office — Check very small. — Cloudy during morning.
— Pastor leaves on vacation — Card from West, appreciated
— Cooler and cloudy at 3.p;m. — Class, good. — Rain
after. — I cannot live without God.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Kings and bears oft worry their
keepers</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself
down.” — Cloudy cooler a.m. Rested good. We are well. B
“BW” and u.w. me. I am at the same place of duty —
Satan “has a hard cheek.” — Rain at 11: a.m. and
during afternoon cold rain — Evening home. —
</P>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
(over)</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Keep your hurry in your fist</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 11</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Go work in my Vineyard.” Clear and
warm. Office — Check very small. — Cloudy during morning.
— Pastor leaves on vacation — Card from West, appreciated
— Cooler and cloudy at 3.p;m. — Class, good. — Rain
after. — I cannot live without God.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Kings and bears oft worry their
keepers</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 12</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself
down.” — Cloudy cooler a.m. Rested good. We are well. B
“BW” and u.w. me. I am at the same place of duty —
Satan “has a hard cheek.” — Rain at 11: a.m. and
during afternoon cold rain — Evening home. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
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1913-08-12
1913-08-13
1913-08-14
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<table>
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<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<U>August</U> 12.
Con.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
This day 50 years ago I was a forced refugee
from here living in N.C. — The Civil War was in progress and
our Confederates were correspondingly depressed. Lee had been
defeated at Gettysburg, and the backbone of the rebellion broken, yet
it waged near two years longer against fearful odds. — I guess
Mr Negro will eventually have to do what the children of Israel did
under the leadership of Moses, i.e. leave & establish under God a
government under his direction. It looks that way, to me. — Rev
Joseph Gregory died on the 11th at Franklin. — Fifty eight
years ago this month the great epidemic, Yellow Fever, was raging in
Portsmouth and Norfolk. White people were dying by scores, and a very
few colored. I was a Drs boy and escaped it all, didnt miss a meal,
but I was scared “tho.” Mother was ill also her husband.
They recovered, strange I have been “thru” so many
epidemics unscathed. The Lord is keeping me for something. to gett
better probably. I am a long ways from. being what I ought to be.
<span class='tooltip' title='Woodis was mayor in 1853 and again in 1855. He died in office on August 16, 1855, aged 33 years, a victim of the outbreak of Yellow Fever that swept through the area.'>Hunter Woodis</span> was mayor of Norfolk.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Large trees give more shade than fruit</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 13</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Thou art inexcusable O man.”
Cloudy and moderate. — I rested well, last night. We are well,
all of us. — At the office, as usual — Rain at 2.45.p.m.
— Teachers’ meeting good. pastor absent, and out early
yet we were benefitted. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Look not for musk in a dog’s
kennel</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 14</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Stand still and see the salvation of the
Lord.” — Inclined to cloudiness, atmosphere soft. —
Our rest good last night, and B & “BW.” u.w. me are
well. I am at the office — Bp Grants [near?] relative, a
prisoner here in the cage. — Evening home. writing some —
</P>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
(over)</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
August 12.
Con.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
This day 50 years ago I was a forced refugee
from here living in N.C. — The Civil War was in progress and
our Confederates were correspondingly depressed. Lee had been
defeated at Gettysburg, and the backbone of the rebellion broken, yet
it waged near two years longer against fearful odds. — I guess
Mr Negro will eventually have to do what the children of Israel did
under the leadership of Moses, i.e. leave & establish under God a
government under his direction. It looks that way, to me. — Rev
Joseph Gregory died on the 11th at Franklin. — Fifty eight
years ago this month the great epidemic, Yellow Fever, was raging in
Portsmouth and Norfolk. White people were dying by scores, and a very
few colored. I was a Drs boy and escaped it all, didnt miss a meal,
but I was scared “tho.” Mother was ill also her husband.
They recovered, strange I have been “thru” so many
epidemics unscathed. The Lord is keeping me for something. to gett
better probably. I am a long ways from. being what I ought to be.
<span class="tooltip" title="Woodis was mayor in 1853 and again in 1855. He died in office on August 16, 1855, aged 33 years, a victim of the outbreak of Yellow Fever that swept through the area.">Hunter Woodis</span> was mayor of Norfolk.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Large trees give more shade than fruit</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 13</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Thou art inexcusable O man.”
Cloudy and moderate. — I rested well, last night. We are well,
all of us. — At the office, as usual — Rain at 2.45.p.m.
— Teachers’ meeting good. pastor absent, and out early
yet we were benefitted. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Look not for musk in a dog’s
kennel</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 14</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Stand still and see the salvation of the
Lord.” — Inclined to cloudiness, atmosphere soft. —
Our rest good last night, and B & “BW.” u.w. me are
well. I am at the office — Bp Grants [near?] relative, a
prisoner here in the cage. — Evening home. writing some —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
(over)</p></td></tr></table>
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Aug. 14th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
I have been married to Blanche two years near,
and she is the most patient woman I ever lived with. — This day
60 years ago, the writer <U>was</U>
a little slave boy living on Bermuda street in Norfolk with my dear
mother and wicked stepfather. he was a hackman, and my mother was a
laundress. — It was from there a year or two later, that old
man C.A. Grice, and his wife, came and arbitrarily carried me back to
Portsmouth, and put me at work in the garden, planting Irish
Potatoes. and it no more living with Mammie for me. I learned then
that I was indeed a slave. All of them are gone from earth. Mammie to
heaven I believe, since then, of course. — Fifty eight years
ago my brother John and me walked down to the ferry landing in
Norfolk, and he got into a boat, and boarded a vessel lying in the
stream, loaded for Boston, and made good his escape. I never seen him
again for a eleven years. That was what termed the <span class='tooltip' title='Underground Railroad'>U.G.R.R.</span> The
Yellow fever was so serious. White people had no time to look after
runaway Negroes, but after the dying whites.</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Lilies are whitest in a black
man’s hand</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY, AUGUST 15</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“And Jesus went about all Galilee”
The weather is clear and cooler. — Our rest was good last
night, and we are well, my beloved. — At the office as usual —
It looks dark from a material point of view, but I am not
disheartened in the least — <span class='tooltip' title='Horatio N. B. Ellenor, a Portsmouth grocer. The 1913 City Directory shows his shop at 808 Crawford and home at 706 Court. He is listed at the latter address, as a merchant, age 50, in the 1900 census.'>H.N.B. Ellenor</span>,
died. — O.B. out early. pastor on vacation.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Only fool and fiddlers sing at their meat</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 16</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Blessed are the merciful.” —
Clear and pleasant. — Slept good last night. — B. “BW”
and u.w. me are well. — I am at the office — Last night
one of my grand nieces — India — “Cush,”
celebrated her 16th birth day, and they sent “savory</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
(over)</P></td></tr></table>
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Aug. 14th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
I have been married to Blanche two years near,
and she is the most patient woman I ever lived with. — This day
60 years ago, the writer was
a little slave boy living on Bermuda street in Norfolk with my dear
mother and wicked stepfather. he was a hackman, and my mother was a
laundress. — It was from there a year or two later, that old
man C.A. Grice, and his wife, came and arbitrarily carried me back to
Portsmouth, and put me at work in the garden, planting Irish
Potatoes. and it no more living with Mammie for me. I learned then
that I was indeed a slave. All of them are gone from earth. Mammie to
heaven I believe, since then, of course. — Fifty eight years
ago my brother John and me walked down to the ferry landing in
Norfolk, and he got into a boat, and boarded a vessel lying in the
stream, loaded for Boston, and made good his escape. I never seen him
again for a eleven years. That was what termed the <span class="tooltip" title="Underground Railroad">U.G.R.R.</span> The
Yellow fever was so serious. White people had no time to look after
runaway Negroes, but after the dying whites.</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Lilies are whitest in a black
man’s hand</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY, AUGUST 15</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“And Jesus went about all Galilee”
The weather is clear and cooler. — Our rest was good last
night, and we are well, my beloved. — At the office as usual —
It looks dark from a material point of view, but I am not
disheartened in the least — <span class="tooltip" title="Horatio N. B. Ellenor, a Portsmouth grocer. The 1913 City Directory shows his shop at 808 Crawford and home at 706 Court. He is listed at the latter address, as a merchant, age 50, in the 1900 census.">H.N.B. Ellenor</span>,
died. — O.B. out early. pastor on vacation.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Only fool and fiddlers sing at their meat</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 16</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Blessed are the merciful.” —
Clear and pleasant. — Slept good last night. — B. “BW”
and u.w. me are well. — I am at the office — Last night
one of my grand nieces — India — “Cush,”
celebrated her 16th birth day, and they sent “savory</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
(over)</p></td></tr></table>
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16 —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
dishes.” to us, after we had gone to bed.
We arose despatched them, and again sought our virtous couches, tho
late. — My brother celebrated, — I suppose — his
Golden Wedding, — to a <span class='tooltip' title='The term grass widow typically refers to a woman who is either divorced from her husband or is an abandoned mistress. Grass probably refers to a bed of grass or hay as opposed to a real bed. This association would help explain the earliest recorded sense of the word (1528), “an unmarried woman who has lived with one or more men,” as well as the related senses “an abandoned mistress” and “the mother of an illegitimate child.” Later on, after the sense of grass had been obscured, people may have interpreted grass as equivalent to the figurative use of pasture, as in out to pasture. Hence grass widow could have developed the senses “a divorced or separated wife” or “a wife whose husband is temporarily absent.”
<i>The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Updated in 2009.</i>'>grass Widow</span>, — in San Francisco
yesterday, but he was premature, he was not married until 1864, and
in June. & how he can call it 50 years, when it is just a little
over 49. Well, let them go ahead it is no funeral of mine — I
left the office at 1.50 p.m. got home about 3, and came away no more
during the day. I found a card from the pastor. he is at Atlantic
City N.J. on vacation — I dont know what I have done to Joe,
now, he don’t answer my letter — I may be wrong, but I
believe the U.S. is am Egypt, figuratively, for the Negro. Why not
trust God and launch out. We will never succeed here in face of
prejudice. they will never cease to hate us. God havent g<U>ive</U>n,
them sufficient religion, and they have failed to cultivate enough. —
This day is Jeffrey’s 39th birthday. The Lord make him a good
boy. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Wind northeast is bad for man and
beast</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY, AUGUST 17</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“And he could there do no mighty work”
Clear and pleasant. — Attended usual Services. preaching at 11:
by <span class='tooltip' title='possibly Frank M. Jones, listed as a teacher in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory'>F.M. Jones</span>.
none at night, as the preacher didnt come, and pastor on vacation —
Jail services good — Home folks well. — Wendell noisy —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Proffered service needs a squirt of formaldehyde</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 18</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“And he marveled because of their
belief.” — Inclined to cloudiness, atmosphere, heavenly.
— Rested good last night. B “BW.” and n.g. me are
well and I am at the office — — Indications point to rain
at 1.30 — Class #26, as usual.
</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">16 —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">dishes.” to us, after we had gone to bed. We arose despatched them, and again sought our virtous couches, tho late. — My brother celebrated, — I suppose — his Golden Wedding, — to a <span class="tooltip" title="The term grass widow typically refers to a woman who is either divorced from her husband or is an abandoned mistress. Grass probably refers to a bed of grass or hay as opposed to a real bed. This association would help explain the earliest recorded sense of the word (1528), “an unmarried woman who has lived with one or more men,” as well as the related senses “an abandoned mistress” and “the mother of an illegitimate child.” Later on, after the sense of grass had been obscured, people may have interpreted grass as equivalent to the figurative use of pasture, as in out to pasture. Hence grass widow could have developed the senses “a divorced or separated wife” or “a wife whose husband is temporarily absent.” <i>The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Updated in 2009.</i>">grass Widow</span>, — in San Francisco yesterday, but he was premature, he was not married until 1864, and in June. & how he can call it 50 years, when it is just a little over 49. Well, let them go ahead it is no funeral of mine — I left the office at 1.50 p.m. got home about 3, and came away no more during the day. I found a card from the pastor. he is at Atlantic City N.J. on vacation — I dont know what I have done to Joe, now, he don’t answer my letter — I may be wrong, but I believe the U.S. is am Egypt, figuratively, for the Negro. Why not trust God and launch out. We will never succeed here in face of prejudice. they will never cease to hate us. God havent given, them sufficient religion, and they have failed to cultivate enough. — This day is Jeffrey’s 39th birthday. The Lord make him a good boy. —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Wind northeast is bad for man and beast</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Sun<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">THURS</span>DAY, AUGUST 17</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">“And he could there do no mighty work” Clear and pleasant. — Attended usual Services. preaching at 11: by <span class="tooltip" title="possibly Frank M. Jones, listed as a teacher in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory">F.M. Jones</span>. none at night, as the preacher didnt come, and pastor on vacation — Jail services good — Home folks well. — Wendell noisy —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;"><br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Proffered service needs a squirt of formaldehyde</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Mon<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">FRI</span>DAY, AUGUST 18</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">“And he marveled because of their belief.” — Inclined to cloudiness, atmosphere, heavenly. — Rested good last night. B “BW.” and n.g. me are well and I am at the office — — Indications point to rain at 1.30 — Class #26, as usual.</p>
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1913-08-19
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
18th Con
</P><P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
To day is the 34th anniversary of the great
<span class='tooltip' title='August 18, 1879 saw an extreme hurricane strike coastal Virginia, one of the worst storms ever. Sustained winds rose to 76 mph with gusts over 100. More than 6 inches of rain fell on the 18th. The Norfolk Virginian reported:
<i>“At about ten o’clock the wind had gained such strength that it was dangerous to appear on the streets, while the rain fell in such torrents that it was most disagreeable to do so… the wind swept along with prodigious strength while the rain fell in torrents, which inundated wharves, streets and the lower floors of a number of buildings. About eleven o’clock it had reached its height, and dealt destruction on every hand. Roofs were blown off houses, trees were up–rooted, wharves destroyed and other injuries to properties inflicted… Water street was inundated and boats were to be seen on the water from the western terminus to Market Square. It is almost impossible to describe the appearance of the city at that time, with its frightened inhabitants running to and fro, the debris scattered along the streets and the wind playing havoc with the signs, trees, roofs, etc.”</i>'>“August Gale.”</span>
This day has been spent in trying to serve the Lord. — <span class='tooltip' title='Harry Kendall Thaw was tried twice — in 1907 and 1908 — for the murder of architect Stanford White. The first trial ended in a hung jury, while Thaw was found not guilty by reason of insanity at the second. He escaped from the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Fishkill, NY in 1913.'>Thaw the
murderer escaped from Matteawan asylum in N.Y.</span>,
put up job — doubtless — Sent draft to Chicago, for B.
<U>19</U>th
— I get my data mixed — “Whether you be a man or
woman, you will never do anything in the world without courage. It is
the greatest quality of the mind — ”</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
19th</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
It is cloudy, but quite warm. — Rain
later Wendell sick during the night, but we thought he was only mean
but poor little fellow, he was sick. — Thaw captured but he
will fight extradition, from Canada, where he is. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Congratulations are in order to <span class='tooltip' title='Probably James C. Harris, a clerk at the Navy Yard, age 43 in 1913, married to Stella, age 36 and resided at 610 North. The 1920 census records they have a 6 year old daughter, Stella L.'>Mr & Mrs [J]ames Harris</span>.
it is a little girl, two or three days old now. — Forty years
ago <span class='tooltip' title='Edinburg G. Corprew, age 50 in 1880, resided with his wife and two children on Effingham, near London, in Portsmouth. Zion Baptist Church was located at the corner of Green and King.'>Rev E.G. Corprew</span>,
pastor of Zion Bp Church, was clerk of the market, he died in 1881. —
Fifty eight years ago <span class='tooltip' title='David D. Fiske was mayor of Portsmouth during the Yellow Fever outbreak of 1855. The epidemic cost approximately 3200 lives in Norfolk and Portsmouth.'>D.D. Fiske</span> was
mayor of Portsmouth, and Yellow Fever, was raging.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Take a man by this word, and a cow
by her horns</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 19</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“All souls are mine, the soul that sins
shall die” — Partly cloudy and warm. — I rested
fair last night. B “BW” and u.w. me are well, and I am
“on the job” <span class='ooltip' title='Possibly, Julius E. West, Deputy US Marshall.'>Deputy West</span>
returned, also Shaw. he was off yesterday — Shaw. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
’<FONT SIZE=2>Tis a risk to lick honey
through a cleft stick</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 20</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“And whosoever shall marry her that is
divorced committeth adultery” Rain at 5.30 a.m. — Our
rest was all broken up last night. “BW” was sick all
night. he is better now and I am thankful. — At the office and
feel bum from loss of sleep —
</P></td></tr></table>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">18th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">To day is the 34th anniversary of the great <span class="tooltip" title="August 18, 1879 saw an extreme hurricane strike coastal Virginia, one of the worst storms ever. Sustained winds rose to 76 mph with gusts over 100. More than 6 inches of rain fell on the 18th. The Norfolk Virginian reported: <i>“At about ten o’clock the wind had gained such strength that it was dangerous to appear on the streets, while the rain fell in such torrents that it was most disagreeable to do so… the wind swept along with prodigious strength while the rain fell in torrents, which inundated wharves, streets and the lower floors of a number of buildings. About eleven o’clock it had reached its height, and dealt destruction on every hand. Roofs were blown off houses, trees were up–rooted, wharves destroyed and other injuries to properties inflicted… Water street was inundated and boats were to be seen on the water from the western terminus to Market Square. It is almost impossible to describe the appearance of the city at that time, with its frightened inhabitants running to and fro, the debris scattered along the streets and the wind playing havoc with the signs, trees, roofs, etc.”</i>">“August Gale.”</span> This day has been spent in trying to serve the Lord. — <span class="tooltip" title="Harry Kendall Thaw was tried twice — in 1907 and 1908 — for the murder of architect Stanford White. The first trial ended in a hung jury, while Thaw was found not guilty by reason of insanity at the second. He escaped from the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Fishkill, NY in 1913.">Thaw the murderer escaped from Matteawan asylum in N.Y.</span>, put up job — doubtless — Sent draft to Chicago, for B. 19th — I get my data mixed — “Whether you be a man or woman, you will never do anything in the world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind — ”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;"> </p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">19th</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">It is cloudy, but quite warm. — Rain later Wendell sick during the night, but we thought he was only mean but poor little fellow, he was sick. — Thaw captured but he will fight extradition, from Canada, where he is. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Congratulations are in order to <span class="tooltip" title="Probably James C. Harris, a clerk at the Navy Yard, age 43 in 1913, married to Stella, age 36 and resided at 610 North. The 1920 census records they have a 6 year old daughter, Stella L.">Mr & Mrs [J]ames Harris</span>. it is a little girl, two or three days old now. — Forty years ago <span class="tooltip" title="Edinburg G. Corprew, age 50 in 1880, resided with his wife and two children on Effingham, near London, in Portsmouth. Zion Baptist Church was located at the corner of Green and King.">Rev E.G. Corprew</span>, pastor of Zion Bp Church, was clerk of the market, he died in 1881. — Fifty eight years ago <span class="tooltip" title="David D. Fiske was mayor of Portsmouth during the Yellow Fever outbreak of 1855. The epidemic cost approximately 3200 lives in Norfolk and Portsmouth.">D.D. Fiske</span> was mayor of Portsmouth, and Yellow Fever, was raging.</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Take a man by this word, and a cow by her horns</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Tues<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">SATUR</span>DAY, AUGUST 19</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">“All souls are mine, the soul that sins shall die” — Partly cloudy and warm. — I rested fair last night. B “BW” and u.w. me are well, and I am “on the job” <span class="ooltip" title="Possibly, Julius E. West, Deputy US Marshall.">Deputy West</span> returned, also Shaw. he was off yesterday — Shaw. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;"><br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">’Tis a risk to lick honey through a cleft stick</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Wednes<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">SUN</span>DAY, AUGUST 20</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">“And whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery” Rain at 5.30 a.m. — Our rest was all broken up last night. “BW” was sick all night. he is better now and I am thankful. — At the office and feel bum from loss of sleep —</p>
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1913-08-21
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
20th Con —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Yet I do not complain. thank the good Lord that
it is as well with us, as it is. Cooler as the day wears on. Card
from pastor, he is at Niagara Falls. I want him back, tho. —
Teachers’ meeting, good — My Babe is lively. —
Wendell seems much better. I repeat, and I give God the praise —
“I want to live above the world.” — I suppose, and
I believe, that the Negro, has been the most oppressed people on
earth, since the Jews in Egypt, and, are yet oppressed, and why is it
so.? The solution of it is far from my ken. We can surmise, and
sometimes surmises are inspired. I think our people try to ape the
White people too much ie partake of their sins, and rolling them
under their tongues as sweet morsels, and we should serve the Lord,
because he is the Lord, and requires our service, a single hearted
service — Twenty five years ago <span class='tooltip' title='John Cornelius Asbury was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and received an undergraduate degree in1882 from Washington and Jefferson College and a law degree from Howard University in 1885. By 1887 he was working as an attorney for Norfolk County in Virginia. There he first became involved in politics, serving as a delegate to the 1892 National Republican Convention from Virginia's Second Congressional District. In January 1897, Asbury moved to Philadelphia. In November 1920 Asbury was elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature, where he served for four years.'>John C. Asbury</span>,
was commonwealth atty. of Norfolk County the only colored man that
have ever held it. — Forty one years ago [I] was working in the
Navy Yard, and strange to say every man I worked in the “gang”
with are dead, or very near every one.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Wit bought is a sight better than
wit taught</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 21</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“But let your communication be Yea, yea,
Nay, nay.” — Atmosphere pleasant. skies clear, partly. —
I slept all night, babe didnt disturb me. he is 11 months old to day.
— We are well. I am at the office — Card from T Flynn. he
is at Niagara, too. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>“Ye’re early with your
orders,” as the bride said while wedding-marching</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 22</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“But I say unto you swear not at all.”
Very pleasant — Clear, rested well last night. We are well. B
“BW” and me. The office, my “Mecca.” My babe
is trying to talk. he is not walking alone yet. he walks around
chairs etc Blanche seems devoted to him —
</P></td></tr></table>
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20th Con —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Yet I do not complain. thank the good Lord that
it is as well with us, as it is. Cooler as the day wears on. Card
from pastor, he is at Niagara Falls. I want him back, tho. —
Teachers’ meeting, good — My Babe is lively. —
Wendell seems much better. I repeat, and I give God the praise —
“I want to live above the world.” — I suppose, and
I believe, that the Negro, has been the most oppressed people on
earth, since the Jews in Egypt, and, are yet oppressed, and why is it
so.? The solution of it is far from my ken. We can surmise, and
sometimes surmises are inspired. I think our people try to ape the
White people too much ie partake of their sins, and rolling them
under their tongues as sweet morsels, and we should serve the Lord,
because he is the Lord, and requires our service, a single hearted
service — Twenty five years ago <span class="tooltip" title="John Cornelius Asbury was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and received an undergraduate degree in1882 from Washington and Jefferson College and a law degree from Howard University in 1885. By 1887 he was working as an attorney for Norfolk County in Virginia. There he first became involved in politics, serving as a delegate to the 1892 National Republican Convention from Virginia">John C. Asbury</span>,
was commonwealth atty. of Norfolk County the only colored man that
have ever held it. — Forty one years ago [I] was working in the
Navy Yard, and strange to say every man I worked in the “gang”
with are dead, or very near every one.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wit bought is a sight better than
wit taught</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 21</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“But let your communication be Yea, yea,
Nay, nay.” — Atmosphere pleasant. skies clear, partly. —
I slept all night, babe didnt disturb me. he is 11 months old to day.
— We are well. I am at the office — Card from T Flynn. he
is at Niagara, too. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Ye’re early with your
orders,” as the bride said while wedding-marching</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 22</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“But I say unto you swear not at all.”
Very pleasant — Clear, rested well last night. We are well. B
“BW” and me. The office, my “Mecca.” My babe
is trying to talk. he is not walking alone yet. he walks around
chairs etc Blanche seems devoted to him —
</p></td></tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
21st
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
A stranger died on the ferry landing at
Portsmouth, his identity was not revealed. — Blanche sold Ice
cream to night to assist in the “Woman’s Day”
rally. I staid home, and wondered, to myself, if my wife is happy? if
poverty can make happiness, she is abundantly so. <U>“tho</U>”
I am not as poor as some others, and a long way from being as good so
I will not despair — And to day BW completes his 1st month,
“altho” It was said he would die, he is very active and
may live to preach the gospel yet, God grant it, and it is possible
that I may hear him. If I do doubtless it my be with me as Simeon of
Old, “Let now thy<STRIKE> now</STRIKE>
thy servant depart in peace.” — Since reading the morning
paper I see that the man that dropped dead at the ferry, was named
J.W. Quill, a waiter on the Baltimore boat.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
22nd</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mr West gave me the 1st & 2nd volumes of “Harpers Pictorial
History of the Great Rebellion” the books are old but valuable
they are for Wendell. — Official Board small attendance. light
rain late. — Wendell has learned to point his index finger,
dont know what he is pointing at [’tis the future?]
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A workman gets mope-eyed by too
much watching the clock</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 23</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='2 Timothy, 3: Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; (KJV)'>“Incontinent. Fierce. Heady high
minded.”</span>
— Guess I quoted it correct. — Cloudy. Warm. Well B
“B.W.” and u.w. me. — Slept well last night and on
my job this a.m. —This is the coolest August I have seen for a
number of years. Yes.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>St. Bartholomew’s brings the
cold dew</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 24</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“But he could not be hid” —
Weather rainy near all day. not withstanding, B “BW” and
me attended Services as usual and went home from 11: a.m. in the rain
— The above quotation was the text of <span class='tooltip' title='Rev. Sensebaugh is mentioned in the 6 July entry and noted.'>Rev A.A. Sensebaugh</span>
</P></td></tr></table>
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<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
21st
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A stranger died on the ferry landing at
Portsmouth, his identity was not revealed. — Blanche sold Ice
cream to night to assist in the “Woman’s Day”
rally. I staid home, and wondered, to myself, if my wife is happy? if
poverty can make happiness, she is abundantly so. “tho”
I am not as poor as some others, and a long way from being as good so
I will not despair — And to day BW completes his 1st month,
“altho” It was said he would die, he is very active and
may live to preach the gospel yet, God grant it, and it is possible
that I may hear him. If I do doubtless it my be with me as Simeon of
Old, “Let now thy<strike> now</strike>
thy servant depart in peace.” — Since reading the morning
paper I see that the man that dropped dead at the ferry, was named
J.W. Quill, a waiter on the Baltimore boat.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
22nd</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mr West gave me the 1st & 2nd volumes of “Harpers Pictorial
History of the Great Rebellion” the books are old but valuable
they are for Wendell. — Official Board small attendance. light
rain late. — Wendell has learned to point his index finger,
dont know what he is pointing at [’tis the future?]
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A workman gets mope-eyed by too
much watching the clock</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 23</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="2 Timothy, 3: Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; (KJV)">“Incontinent. Fierce. Heady high
minded.”</span>
— Guess I quoted it correct. — Cloudy. Warm. Well B
“B.W.” and u.w. me. — Slept well last night and on
my job this a.m. —This is the coolest August I have seen for a
number of years. Yes.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
St. Bartholomew’s brings the
cold dew</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 24</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“But he could not be hid” —
Weather rainy near all day. not withstanding, B “BW” and
me attended Services as usual and went home from 11: a.m. in the rain
— The above quotation was the text of <span class="tooltip" title="Rev. Sensebaugh is mentioned in the 6 July entry and noted.">Rev A.A. Sensebaugh</span>
</p></td></tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
23rd Con
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
I had a car ride to Park Place, in a menial
capacity — Wendell tried to talk this a.m. but not so, yet. —
Wendell made it warm for me while his mother went out. — I am
happier than I merit —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
24th
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
The women had charge only in part, at 8. p.m.
and they demonstrated the fact that our women are equal in mental
qualities to the men. — Wendell enjoyed the 11: a.m. Services.
he walks, but never alone. He talks but not understood. Met <span class='tooltip' title='Among the several James Halsteads listed in the Norfolk/Portsmouth city directory, is James W. Halstead of Halstead and Stewart, a wood and coal company in Norfolk. This Halstead lived at 1900 Willoughby Av. in Norfolk.'>James
Halstead</span>,
this p.m. — The jail Services were of an interesting character.
— Wendell has’n’t a toofie, yet. — Mary Susan
is sick. I hope not seriously — Our people find a great deal of
fault of the pastor. they did the same of Dr Reynolds. I will try and
put up with him. We may “swap the devil for a witch”
They, more or less, are all alike, so I decided to have no choice but
to take <span class='tooltip' title='A reference to Hobson’s choice, a “choice” that offers no real choice at all.'>“Hobson’s”</span>
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Be sure you’re right,
without being cock-sure</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 25</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“I know that my redeemer liveth”
Clear in part and warm. not torrid — Our rest was good last
night. B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. — I am on my
job, yet — I have 15¢ but there is happiness in my soul.
God owns all men and money. Praise His name —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>You can’t always judge by
the face; a face is only skin deep</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 26</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“When ye pray, say Our Father” —
Clear and heavenly. — Rested good last night. — We are
well, B. “BW” and u.w. me. — Judge Waddill here —
<span class='tooltip' title='The Allen Christian Endeavor League, a fraternal service organization of the AME Church.'>A.C.E.L.</span> state
convention meets with old Immanuel, to day — Dreams good last
night</P></td></tr></table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
23rd Con
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
I had a car ride to Park Place, in a menial
capacity — Wendell tried to talk this a.m. but not so, yet. —
Wendell made it warm for me while his mother went out. — I am
happier than I merit —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
24th
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The women had charge only in part, at 8. p.m.
and they demonstrated the fact that our women are equal in mental
qualities to the men. — Wendell enjoyed the 11: a.m. Services.
he walks, but never alone. He talks but not understood. Met <span class="tooltip" title="Among the several James Halsteads listed in the Norfolk/Portsmouth city directory, is James W. Halstead of Halstead and Stewart, a wood and coal company in Norfolk. This Halstead lived at 1900 Willoughby Av. in Norfolk.">James
Halstead</span>,
this p.m. — The jail Services were of an interesting character.
— Wendell has’n’t a toofie, yet. — Mary Susan
is sick. I hope not seriously — Our people find a great deal of
fault of the pastor. they did the same of Dr Reynolds. I will try and
put up with him. We may “swap the devil for a witch”
They, more or less, are all alike, so I decided to have no choice but
to take <span class="tooltip" title="A reference to Hobson’s choice, a “choice” that offers no real choice at all.">“Hobson’s”</span>
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Be sure you’re right,
without being cock-sure</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 25</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“I know that my redeemer liveth”
Clear in part and warm. not torrid — Our rest was good last
night. B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. — I am on my
job, yet — I have 15¢ but there is happiness in my soul.
God owns all men and money. Praise His name —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
You can’t always judge by
the face; a face is only skin deep</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 26</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“When ye pray, say Our Father” —
Clear and heavenly. — Rested good last night. — We are
well, B. “BW” and u.w. me. — Judge Waddill here —
<span class="tooltip" title="The Allen Christian Endeavor League, a fraternal service organization of the AME Church.">A.C.E.L.</span> state
convention meets with old Immanuel, to day — Dreams good last
night</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-08-26
1913-08-27
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<table>
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<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
25th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
My cousin Mary sold herself out of her home,
and now expects me, to take her in and care for her, when I am older
than her, and look after her as I would have to do. It is more than I
can do to look after B & “BW.” and then to put
another old one on Blanche — would be unjust. I dont know when
I might collapse on my young wife, so I dont see how I can double up.
— I led #26 class, last night again. They seem like mine, as
mine #24 don’t meet at all. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
26th
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Blanche went to <span class='tooltip' title='possibly, Christian Education Convention'>C.E. Convention</span> at
church and I mounted guard over “B.W” and did my writing
she returned in due season and found him sleeping, and me praying,
putting on finishing touches for the day. — Sixty years ago, if
more than three of aunt Hagars children were caught together away
from home, especially at night, their backs were whipped. —
Forty five years ago <span class='tooltip' title='John C. Underwood was born in New York, lived in Virginia prior to the Civil War, but left his adopted state because of his abolitionist views. He served as US District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1863-64 and then for the newly configured District of Virginia from 1864 to 1871, and then to the re-established Eastern District until he died in 1873. From 1867 to 1868, he served as president of the Virginia state constitutional convention, a deliberative body that included African-Americans where he proposed that the right to vote be extended to Black Americans and to women.'>Judge John C. Underwood</span> was
US District Court for this district, and the leading spirit in
framing the now defunct constitution of Va he died many years ago.
Forty one years ago Emily my 1st daughter [. . .]</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>To make one’s ends meet
nicely is the next thing to economy</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 27</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Lay not up for yourselves treasure upon
earth” The weather is clear and warm my rest was serene last
night, and B. “BW” and u.w. me, are well. — Court
again — “BW” loves cold water, which his elder
brother didnt 42 years ago. I guess he does now.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Her head deserves some flying
missile who buys thread hose and calls ’em “lisle”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 28</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 6:26 (KJV): Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?'>“Behold the fowls of the air: they sow
not.”</span>
—
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Clear and warm. Slept well last night. “BW”
is happy, has not a single care, neither had I, 70 years ago. B &
u.w. me are well I hope she is happy. — Court again —
</P></td></tr></table>
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<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
25th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
My cousin Mary sold herself out of her home,
and now expects me, to take her in and care for her, when I am older
than her, and look after her as I would have to do. It is more than I
can do to look after B & “BW.” and then to put
another old one on Blanche — would be unjust. I dont know when
I might collapse on my young wife, so I dont see how I can double up.
— I led #26 class, last night again. They seem like mine, as
mine #24 don’t meet at all. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
26th
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Blanche went to <span class="tooltip" title="possibly, Christian Education Convention">C.E. Convention</span> at
church and I mounted guard over “B.W” and did my writing
she returned in due season and found him sleeping, and me praying,
putting on finishing touches for the day. — Sixty years ago, if
more than three of aunt Hagars children were caught together away
from home, especially at night, their backs were whipped. —
Forty five years ago <span class="tooltip" title="John C. Underwood was born in New York, lived in Virginia prior to the Civil War, but left his adopted state because of his abolitionist views. He served as US District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1863-64 and then for the newly configured District of Virginia from 1864 to 1871, and then to the re-established Eastern District until he died in 1873. From 1867 to 1868, he served as president of the Virginia state constitutional convention, a deliberative body that included African-Americans where he proposed that the right to vote be extended to Black Americans and to women.">Judge John C. Underwood</span> was
US District Court for this district, and the leading spirit in
framing the now defunct constitution of Va he died many years ago.
Forty one years ago Emily my 1st daughter [. . .]</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
To make one’s ends meet
nicely is the next thing to economy</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 27</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Lay not up for yourselves treasure upon
earth” The weather is clear and warm my rest was serene last
night, and B. “BW” and u.w. me, are well. — Court
again — “BW” loves cold water, which his elder
brother didnt 42 years ago. I guess he does now.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Her head deserves some flying
missile who buys thread hose and calls ’em “lisle”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 28</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 6:26 (KJV): Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?">“Behold the fowls of the air: they sow
not.”</span>
—
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Clear and warm. Slept well last night. “BW”
is happy, has not a single care, neither had I, 70 years ago. B &
u.w. me are well I hope she is happy. — Court again —
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
27 continued.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Teachers meeting, after which, I attended
<span class='tooltip' title='Allen Christian Endeavor League. See note for 26 August.'>A.C.E.L. Convention</span>,
which was good. The annual sermon was preached by Rev A.J.
Nottingham, text Romans 12th chapter 11th verse, a very strong
sermon, and much enjoyed. Blanche was there. We greeted several whom
we had not seen for a long time. — Mary Susan will go to the
hospital I learn. Blanche was to see her to day. — The warm
weather seems as if it has a new grip on us, but I am content.
<span class='tooltip' title='There is a Clifton Bell listed in the 1913 City Directory, a bellman whose residence was 345 East Queen, Norfolk.'>[Clifton?] Bell Jr</span> is
in the hospital, having been [. . .] another fellow. he did some
cutting too. <span class='tooltip' title='Possibly Alice King, listed at 1217 Chestnut, Portsmouth in the 1913 Directory.'>Alice P. King</span>,
a raving maniac, she is in jail.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
28th</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Forty seven years ago to day I was laying off
Cherbourg France on the U.S.S Dale on her practice cruise, with
midshipmen, all of them, were boys under 21. They are now, some of
them retired near admirals, and others are dead, etc. —
Militant parade A.C.E.L. Creditable. — My mother-in law’s
— Birthday 54th or 55th had Ice Cream at our house, and it was
there the children. — those that were in the city — and
the two grand children assembled. Inez was asleep, so was “BW”
but he awoke before they left. — The convention adjourned to
night. God bless their work. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Fresh air is all right but don’t
air your troubles</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 29</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 6:29 (KJV): And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?'>“And yet, I say unto you, Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”</span>
— Clear, and warm. I slept well, when I did get to bed, and we
are well at my — our — house — I am at the office —
“BW” is happy, cant be otherwise. These are his happiest
days — “O for a faith.” —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>“One of us had to go,”
as the cat said on finishing the canary</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Saturday<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 30</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“But the judgement shall sit, and they
shall take away his dominion” Party cloudy, yet warm. rested
fairly last night, and B. “B.W” and u.w. me are well,
physically. — me — at the office — I am Quakerish
in some things if not in all.
</P></td></tr></table>
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27 continued.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Teachers meeting, after which, I attended
<span class="tooltip" title="Allen Christian Endeavor League. See note for 26 August.">A.C.E.L. Convention</span>,
which was good. The annual sermon was preached by Rev A.J.
Nottingham, text Romans 12th chapter 11th verse, a very strong
sermon, and much enjoyed. Blanche was there. We greeted several whom
we had not seen for a long time. — Mary Susan will go to the
hospital I learn. Blanche was to see her to day. — The warm
weather seems as if it has a new grip on us, but I am content.
<span class="tooltip" title="There is a Clifton Bell listed in the 1913 City Directory, a bellman whose residence was 345 East Queen, Norfolk.">[Clifton?] Bell Jr</span> is
in the hospital, having been [. . .] another fellow. he did some
cutting too. <span class="tooltip" title="Possibly Alice King, listed at 1217 Chestnut, Portsmouth in the 1913 Directory.">Alice P. King</span>,
a raving maniac, she is in jail.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
28th</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Forty seven years ago to day I was laying off
Cherbourg France on the U.S.S Dale on her practice cruise, with
midshipmen, all of them, were boys under 21. They are now, some of
them retired near admirals, and others are dead, etc. —
Militant parade A.C.E.L. Creditable. — My mother-in law’s
— Birthday 54th or 55th had Ice Cream at our house, and it was
there the children. — those that were in the city — and
the two grand children assembled. Inez was asleep, so was “BW”
but he awoke before they left. — The convention adjourned to
night. God bless their work. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fresh air is all right but don’t
air your troubles</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 29</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 6:29 (KJV): And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?">“And yet, I say unto you, Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”</span>
— Clear, and warm. I slept well, when I did get to bed, and we
are well at my — our — house — I am at the office —
“BW” is happy, cant be otherwise. These are his happiest
days — “O for a faith.” —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“One of us had to go,”
as the cat said on finishing the canary</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Saturday<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 30</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“But the judgement shall sit, and they
shall take away his dominion” Party cloudy, yet warm. rested
fairly last night, and B. “B.W” and u.w. me are well,
physically. — me — at the office — I am Quakerish
in some things if not in all.
</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-08-30
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
29th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Carelessly broke my long sight glasses, to day.
I guess I will have to abandon the things entirely. — Official
Board. Cloudy pastor present. — I am none of brightest yet I am
not cast out. — This is a test of the democratic party. They
say, or said that they were our best friends. Well if such is true,
Good Lord deliver us from our friends. But it serves us right, our
people ought to have stood by the <U>party</U>,
and not Roosevelt. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
30th</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Old man <span class='tooltip' title='John R. Ross, mail carrier, reported to be 70 years old in the 1910 census.'>Ross</span>,
the oldest letter carrier in the Norfolk P.O. forty years, was
presented a watch by his associates to day, he is white. — I
took a trip to Mt Hermon. Mary S. is quite sick. I remained about an
hour and returned home. I met Mrs Sarah Webb. at <span class='tooltip' title='Possibly referring to the home of George Lipsking, who, according to the 1913 City Directory, lived at 1116 Mt. Vernon Ave., a part of Mt. Vernon described as “North from 2770 High through Mt. Hermon and Port Norfolk.” George Lipsking’s wife is Mary S. Lipsking, according to the 1910 census. They are 56 and 47 years old, respectively, at that time.'>Lipskings</span>,
she is a guest there. — This day 50 years ago I was a slave of
Geo W. Grice living temporarily — from a military standpoint —
at Company shop N.C. R.R. Alamance Co N.C. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A bit of aesthetic china in a room
is useful to stow burnt marches in</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
AUGUST 31</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“The just shall live by his faith”
Clear and warm. each service was attended. B & “BW”
were at <span class='tooltip' title='Sunday School'>S.S.</span> 11.a.m.
and 3.p.m. a woman evangelist preached at the latter hour — We
are well, and no complaints — Mary S. went to the Protestant
Hospital. I pray for her.
</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
29th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Carelessly broke my long sight glasses, to day.
I guess I will have to abandon the things entirely. — Official
Board. Cloudy pastor present. — I am none of brightest yet I am
not cast out. — This is a test of the democratic party. They
say, or said that they were our best friends. Well if such is true,
Good Lord deliver us from our friends. But it serves us right, our
people ought to have stood by the party,
and not Roosevelt. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
30th</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Old man <span class="tooltip" title="John R. Ross, mail carrier, reported to be 70 years old in the 1910 census.">Ross</span>,
the oldest letter carrier in the Norfolk P.O. forty years, was
presented a watch by his associates to day, he is white. — I
took a trip to Mt Hermon. Mary S. is quite sick. I remained about an
hour and returned home. I met Mrs Sarah Webb. at <span class="tooltip" title="Possibly referring to the home of George Lipsking, who, according to the 1913 City Directory, lived at 1116 Mt. Vernon Ave., a part of Mt. Vernon described as “North from 2770 High through Mt. Hermon and Port Norfolk.” George Lipsking’s wife is Mary S. Lipsking, according to the 1910 census. They are 56 and 47 years old, respectively, at that time.">Lipskings</span>,
she is a guest there. — This day 50 years ago I was a slave of
Geo W. Grice living temporarily — from a military standpoint —
at Company shop N.C. R.R. Alamance Co N.C. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A bit of aesthetic china in a room
is useful to stow burnt marches in</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
AUGUST 31</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“The just shall live by his faith”
Clear and warm. each service was attended. B & “BW”
were at <span class="tooltip" title="Sunday School">S.S.</span> 11.a.m.
and 3.p.m. a woman evangelist preached at the latter hour — We
are well, and no complaints — Mary S. went to the Protestant
Hospital. I pray for her.
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1913-09-01
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31st Con
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
This day 34 years ago the Virginia Guards
return from Philadelphia where we had been on a fraternal visit, to
the “Gray Invincibles” a crack military organization of
that city. I was 1st Lieut of the Guards. The most of them that went
on that trip have long since answered the last roll call — The
usual change. I hope it will last. Our pastor seems to be trying to
redeem the time he has lost. he got out of self —apparently —
and preached too good sermons at 11.a.m. and 8:p.m. and we were not
worried by his usual harangue. This day is of special interest to me,
from the fact that <U>I</U>
can go to those who want and need <U>our</U>
help, and appreciates it. and then the Lord approves it. I refer to
the work among criminals in our local jails. <span class='tooltip' title='Possibly Elijah W. Parker of Boykins, in nearby Southampton Co. VA. He was 50 years old in 1910, living with his wife Lucy, age 41, and their ten children.'>Elijah Parker</span>.
[…] a potent factor, he never seems to weary. [. . . f?]lag
full of the holy spirit, he goes for Satan with all his might, and
there is no let up until I say amen, after we have concluded. God
bless <U>him</U>,
and others, who assist. and still some who have Brussel Carpet and
grand organ, religion, try to dissuade us but we or <U>I,</U>
dont do much else, must do something for the Master.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>September blow soft till the fruit’s in the loft!</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 1</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Let not your heart be troubled.” — Cloudy early
clear later. — “Labor Day” and I am at home helping
to keep “BW” quiet. I went out a short time in the
afternoon.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Be
not impatient for your meat at dinner if a pokey neighbor keeps
masticating his soup</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 2</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Ye believe in God, believe in me”
Cloudy early. Shower, at 12 m. We had a good rest last night B.
“B.W.” and u.w. me are well. and I am at the office —
<span class='tooltip' title='Mary S. Lipsking mentioned in entries toward the end of August and later in September.'>M.S.</span> send
us word that she feels better.
</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
31st Con
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
This day 34 years ago the Virginia Guards
return from Philadelphia where we had been on a fraternal visit, to
the “Gray Invincibles” a crack military organization of
that city. I was 1st Lieut of the Guards. The most of them that went
on that trip have long since answered the last roll call — The
usual change. I hope it will last. Our pastor seems to be trying to
redeem the time he has lost. he got out of self —apparently —
and preached too good sermons at 11.a.m. and 8:p.m. and we were not
worried by his usual harangue. This day is of special interest to me,
from the fact that I
can go to those who want and need our
help, and appreciates it. and then the Lord approves it. I refer to
the work among criminals in our local jails. <span class="tooltip" title="Possibly Elijah W. Parker of Boykins, in nearby Southampton Co. VA. He was 50 years old in 1910, living with his wife Lucy, age 41, and their ten children.">Elijah Parker</span>.
[…] a potent factor, he never seems to weary. [. . . f?]lag
full of the holy spirit, he goes for Satan with all his might, and
there is no let up until I say amen, after we have concluded. God
bless him,
and others, who assist. and still some who have Brussel Carpet and
grand organ, religion, try to dissuade us but we or I,
dont do much else, must do something for the Master.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
September blow soft till the fruit’s in the loft!</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 1</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Let not your heart be troubled.” — Cloudy early
clear later. — “Labor Day” and I am at home helping
to keep “BW” quiet. I went out a short time in the
afternoon.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Be
not impatient for your meat at dinner if a pokey neighbor keeps
masticating his soup</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 2</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Ye believe in God, believe in me”
Cloudy early. Shower, at 12 m. We had a good rest last night B.
“B.W.” and u.w. me are well. and I am at the office —
<span class="tooltip" title="Mary S. Lipsking mentioned in entries toward the end of August and later in September.">M.S.</span> send
us word that she feels better.
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Sept 1st. Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
[clas]s at night #26. pastor led. only 4 [?] present. — The
streets to day were crowded [with] people of both races “The
Buffaloes” had their usual parade with two brass bands and a
big time generally — The classes at night were poorly attended.
Our people are declining spiritually, and they seems not realize it.
[They] will, when it is too late. I have no [message?], only what the
Lord gives to every believer, and I am trying to deliver that [?]
Sabbath, in particular. I am aping no [?] “tho.” This
month and date sixty [year]s ago I was living in Norfolk, had [?]
moved — on about this date — to Bermunda st lower end.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
2nd. Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
sho?]wers and sunshine. — Evening home
we are yet hoping for M.S. I had writing to do at home, and gave the
S.S. [lesson?] a brief study — The
emancipation proclamation of Abraham Lincoln was [a] boon to the poor
whites, and original free Negroes as much as it was to us slaves. The
slaveholders, “tho” a minority dominated [ever]ything.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A good tool needs a good worker to keep it from rusting</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 3</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“All souls <U>are
mine</U> ” Rain heavy early, and
more at 9.30 a.m. atmosphere soft but wind high. for fear of leaks my
rest was poor — We are well, me u.w. me & loved ones. I am
at office for fun. “BW” was sleeping when I left
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A tactful waiter can explain a hair in ice cream by
blaming the shaved ice</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 4</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Many are the affliction of the righteous” Cloudy in part
and warm. After my experience, I slept well. We are all well this
a.m. — Office — for fun — it seems — B &
“BW” seemed happy. I hope she, is, he knows no better.
</P></td></tr></table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
Sept 1st. Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
[clas]s at night #26. pastor led. only 4 [?] present. — The
streets to day were crowded [with] people of both races “The
Buffaloes” had their usual parade with two brass bands and a
big time generally — The classes at night were poorly attended.
Our people are declining spiritually, and they seems not realize it.
[They] will, when it is too late. I have no [message?], only what the
Lord gives to every believer, and I am trying to deliver that [?]
Sabbath, in particular. I am aping no [?] “tho.” This
month and date sixty [year]s ago I was living in Norfolk, had [?]
moved — on about this date — to Bermunda st lower end.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
2nd. Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
sho?]wers and sunshine. — Evening home
we are yet hoping for M.S. I had writing to do at home, and gave the
S.S. [lesson?] a brief study — The
emancipation proclamation of Abraham Lincoln was [a] boon to the poor
whites, and original free Negroes as much as it was to us slaves. The
slaveholders, “tho” a minority dominated [ever]ything.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A good tool needs a good worker to keep it from rusting</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 3</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“All souls are
mine ” Rain heavy early, and
more at 9.30 a.m. atmosphere soft but wind high. for fear of leaks my
rest was poor — We are well, me u.w. me & loved ones. I am
at office for fun. “BW” was sleeping when I left
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A tactful waiter can explain a hair in ice cream by
blaming the shaved ice</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 4</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Many are the affliction of the righteous” Cloudy in part
and warm. After my experience, I slept well. We are all well this
a.m. — Office — for fun — it seems — B &
“BW” seemed happy. I hope she, is, he knows no better.
</p></td></tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
3<U>rd</U>
Con —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Send cards of notification, to <span class='tooltip' title='The 1913 City Directory shows Elmer H. Gordon was a barber living at 821 Carroll in Portsmouth. The 1920 census lists an Elmer Gordon, age 35, a barber in Portsmouth.'>Elmer H.
Gordon</span>,
and A Jones, to meet Official Board Friday night. They are delinquent
of church duty — It is a mystery to me why people have to be
forced to serve the Lord. it is no service at all when they are
forced to it. — This day has been exceedingly rainy it has fell
in torrents, and the wind blew a gale, but about 3.p.m. it held up
and looks as we are to have it better, the balance of the day at
least. — <span class='tooltip' title='Wilson’s oft used abbreviation for Teachers meeting.'>T.M.</span> few
present, after I went home it rained heavy for about one hour and a
half, and I emptyed two tubs of water that poured in my bed room. It
required all the religion I could muster to bear up under it, and it
is a question now, with me if I did.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
4th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Rain again at 1.30 p.m. — Where is the
white man, with moral courage enough to come out and denounce the
southern fire-eaters for their treatment of our race. Religiously,
socially, and politically? — Yet <U>I</U>
dont ask or care for social recognition — it will take a brave
man and one who dont <span class='tooltip' title='Shakespeare reference: Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4, “Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life in a pin’s fee.”'>“value his life at a pin’s fee.”</span>
— Rain in afternoon. — I spent the evening home —
Writing etc.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<STRIKE>Tues</STRIKE>DAY,
[SEPTEMBER 5] [page partially missing]</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Let the dead bury [their dead?]
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Clear partly, warm — R[?]
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
last night. We are well. and [?]
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
B. “BW” and u.w. me. he — “BW” —
[?]
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
trying to talk. he is very knowing — I
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
am at the office as usual. and
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
they dont seem to care whither I get my
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
stipend, or not.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>When a cat croons, it is all for itself</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 6</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Acts 22:25 (KJV) And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?'>“Is it lawful for you to scourge a man”</span>
Clear and warm. — My rest was good last night. We are well this
a.m. B. “BW” and u.w. me — Office and no check yet.
— The white people are blind to their material interests, and
dont seem to know it.
</P></td></tr></table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
3rd
Con —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Send cards of notification, to <span class="tooltip" title="The 1913 City Directory shows Elmer H. Gordon was a barber living at 821 Carroll in Portsmouth. The 1920 census lists an Elmer Gordon, age 35, a barber in Portsmouth.">Elmer H.
Gordon</span>,
and A Jones, to meet Official Board Friday night. They are delinquent
of church duty — It is a mystery to me why people have to be
forced to serve the Lord. it is no service at all when they are
forced to it. — This day has been exceedingly rainy it has fell
in torrents, and the wind blew a gale, but about 3.p.m. it held up
and looks as we are to have it better, the balance of the day at
least. — <span class="tooltip" title="Wilson’s oft used abbreviation for Teachers meeting.">T.M.</span> few
present, after I went home it rained heavy for about one hour and a
half, and I emptyed two tubs of water that poured in my bed room. It
required all the religion I could muster to bear up under it, and it
is a question now, with me if I did.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
4th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Rain again at 1.30 p.m. — Where is the
white man, with moral courage enough to come out and denounce the
southern fire-eaters for their treatment of our race. Religiously,
socially, and politically? — Yet I
dont ask or care for social recognition — it will take a brave
man and one who dont <span class="tooltip" title="Shakespeare reference: Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4, “Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life in a pin’s fee.”">“value his life at a pin’s fee.”</span>
— Rain in afternoon. — I spent the evening home —
Writing etc.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
<strike>Tues</strike>DAY,
[SEPTEMBER 5] [page partially missing]</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
“Let the dead bury [their dead?]
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
Clear partly, warm — R[?]
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
last night. We are well. and [?]
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
B. “BW” and u.w. me. he — “BW” —
[?]
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
trying to talk. he is very knowing — I
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
am at the office as usual. and
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
they dont seem to care whither I get my
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
stipend, or not.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
When a cat croons, it is all for itself</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 6</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Acts 22:25 (KJV) And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?">“Is it lawful for you to scourge a man”</span>
Clear and warm. — My rest was good last night. We are well this
a.m. B. “BW” and u.w. me — Office and no check yet.
— The white people are blind to their material interests, and
dont seem to know it.
</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-09-05
1913-09-06
1913-09-07
1913-09-08
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
5th
[page partially missing]</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0n; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
. . . ing it yet</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
. . . cannot</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
. . . meet in part</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
. . . have found out</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
. . . [repub]lican and a demo</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
. . . ation. the democrats</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
. . . Wilson is a monumental</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
. . . they are fearful to say it Official</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
. . . attendance, and collection meager.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
[I’]m encouraged concerning M.S. but
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Referring to Mary S. and George Lipsking'>much discouraged concerning George</span></P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
he is morally and spiritually weak, if
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
all I hear of him is true. — Rain briefly in
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
afternoon.</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
6th</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
The main thought of some people, and in this
office in particular, is filth. I am disgusted. — Left office
at 2.30. p.m. cause of delay. Marshal trying to do a weeks work in a
few hours. — Rain heavy. — <span class='tooltip' title='Malvinia Mitchell died 3 September 1913 in Providence, RI. (as noted in Providence City Directory, 1914). In 1880, Melvina Mitchell, age 34, married to Loyd Mitchell, lived in Portsmouth, Va. with their children, Isaac, Annette, Loyd, Mary, and Osmun. They were still in Portsmouth in 1895 when son Isaac died, but in Providence and widowed in 1900 with son Ossey and daughter Hattie, born in 1882. Malvina was born in Virginia and would have been about 3 years younger than Wilson.'>Mrs Melvina Mitchell</span> died
in Providence R.I. — It seems as if my light was not so bright
as it should be to R.P. Nicholas I got worried at my detention at the
office an hour later than usual of a Saturday —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Many a thing is lost in moving, and many a lost thing
turns up</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 7</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Love the Lord thy God.” —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Clear a.m. Threatening at pm Usual services. Sacrament at [2?]p.m. a
few attended. — B & “BW” at SS. and 11.a.m. he
was noisy as usual. not fretting “tho,” just happy, and
knew no better —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Leave a share of two for him that is away</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 8</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 5:34 (KJV): But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne'>‘Swear not at all.”</span> —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
The atmosphere is warm. I rested good last night, and B. “BW”
and u.w. me are well. I am at the office. — It is clear —
To day is one of my blue days, yet it should not be so. The Lord
reigns</P></td></tr></table>
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Text
<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
5th
[page partially missing]</p>
<p class="western">
. . . ing it yet</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
. . . cannot</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
. . . meet in part</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
. . . have found out</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
. . . [repub]lican and a demo</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
. . . ation. the democrats</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
. . . Wilson is a monumental</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
. . . they are fearful to say it Official</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
. . . attendance, and collection meager.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
[I’]m encouraged concerning M.S. but
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Referring to Mary S. and George Lipsking">much discouraged concerning George</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
he is morally and spiritually weak, if
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
all I hear of him is true. — Rain briefly in
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
afternoon.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
6th</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The main thought of some people, and in this
office in particular, is filth. I am disgusted. — Left office
at 2.30. p.m. cause of delay. Marshal trying to do a weeks work in a
few hours. — Rain heavy. — <span class="tooltip" title="Malvinia Mitchell died 3 September 1913 in Providence, RI. (as noted in Providence City Directory, 1914). In 1880, Melvina Mitchell, age 34, married to Loyd Mitchell, lived in Portsmouth, Va. with their children, Isaac, Annette, Loyd, Mary, and Osmun. They were still in Portsmouth in 1895 when son Isaac died, but in Providence and widowed in 1900 with son Ossey and daughter Hattie, born in 1882. Malvina was born in Virginia and would have been about 3 years younger than Wilson.">Mrs Melvina Mitchell</span> died
in Providence R.I. — It seems as if my light was not so bright
as it should be to R.P. Nicholas I got worried at my detention at the
office an hour later than usual of a Saturday —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Many a thing is lost in moving, and many a lost thing
turns up</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 7</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
“Love the Lord thy God.” —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Clear a.m. Threatening at pm Usual services. Sacrament at [2?]p.m. a
few attended. — B & “BW” at SS. and 11.a.m. he
was noisy as usual. not fretting “tho,” just happy, and
knew no better —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Leave a share of two for him that is away</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 8</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 5:34 (KJV): But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne">‘Swear not at all.”</span> —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The atmosphere is warm. I rested good last night, and B. “BW”
and u.w. me are well. I am at the office. — It is clear —
To day is one of my blue days, yet it should not be so. The Lord
reigns</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-09-08
1913-09-09
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
7th Con.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
The city jail is crowded with young men and boys, colored and our
work is great much to be done. Lord are we accomplishing anything?
They dont seem to take a hold of the promises. — It rained in
Norfolk about 7:p.m. but only a few drops in Portsmouth not enough to
wet the ground. — Shower of rain at 3:p.m. in Norfolk. —
Forty one years the great revival began at Immanuel.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
8th</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Class #s 24 & 26, few present, pastor is at District Conference,
or on the spot where it will be held. — A slight rain to day
not enough to hurt or alarm. — The people attend class
slavishly. — Fifty years ago, was the Negro’s opportunity
but he let it slip. — There have been numerous other
opportunities since, nipped in the bud and both are gone the o’s
& the n’s, “O paying up don’t make a man
religious,” how true, but he ought to pay.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>He that won’t take counsel will take the long way
around</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY.
SEPTEMBER 9</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 8:9 (KJV): For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.'>“I am a man under authority, having
soldiers under me.”</span>
— Cloudy and cooler. — My rest was none of the sweet
order. — B & “BW” are well. I dont know whither
I am hale or not, but I am at the office. <span class='toolip' title='A special election was held in Maine on 8 September 1913 to fill the vacancy for the Third congressional district. The Democratic candidate, William R. Pattangall, then State Attorney General, lost to republican John A. Peters. It was the first congressional election held after the victory of Woodrow Wilson, a democrat, in the presidential election of 1912.'>The demmys got a knock out blow in Maine</span> —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A patch is better than a hole, but the hole is more
genteel</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 10</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden” Left Norfolk
via N&W, arrived at Dendron Surry Co staid until 4. Went to
<span class='tooltip' title='Possibly referring to the Temperance Industrial and Collegiate Institute, a small African American college located in Claremont, Va., that was open between 1892 and 1928.'>Runnymede. Dist Inst</span> We had to pay extra to get there, hungry all
day. Mary Susan died —
</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
7th Con.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The city jail is crowded with young men and boys, colored and our
work is great much to be done. Lord are we accomplishing anything?
They dont seem to take a hold of the promises. — It rained in
Norfolk about 7:p.m. but only a few drops in Portsmouth not enough to
wet the ground. — Shower of rain at 3:p.m. in Norfolk. —
Forty one years the great revival began at Immanuel.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
8th</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Class #s 24 & 26, few present, pastor is at District Conference,
or on the spot where it will be held. — A slight rain to day
not enough to hurt or alarm. — The people attend class
slavishly. — Fifty years ago, was the Negro’s opportunity
but he let it slip. — There have been numerous other
opportunities since, nipped in the bud and both are gone the o’s
& the n’s, “O paying up don’t make a man
religious,” how true, but he ought to pay.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
He that won’t take counsel will take the long way
around</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY.
SEPTEMBER 9</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 8:9 (KJV): For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.">“I am a man under authority, having
soldiers under me.”</span>
— Cloudy and cooler. — My rest was none of the sweet
order. — B & “BW” are well. I dont know whither
I am hale or not, but I am at the office. <span class="toolip" title="A special election was held in Maine on 8 September 1913 to fill the vacancy for the Third congressional district. The Democratic candidate, William R. Pattangall, then State Attorney General, lost to republican John A. Peters. It was the first congressional election held after the victory of Woodrow Wilson, a democrat, in the presidential election of 1912.">The demmys got a knock out blow in Maine</span> —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A patch is better than a hole, but the hole is more
genteel</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 10</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden” Left Norfolk
via N&W, arrived at Dendron Surry Co staid until 4. Went to
<span class="tooltip" title="Possibly referring to the Temperance Industrial and Collegiate Institute, a small African American college located in Claremont, Va., that was open between 1892 and 1928.">Runnymede. Dist Inst</span> We had to pay extra to get there, hungry all
day. Mary Susan died —
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
9th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
The mock trial of the negro in Princess Anne,
Co. yesterday, was no more than a legal lynching, yet if he is guilty
he ought to be punished but the mob had just as well lynched him as
the state, only he has a little more time, and will go by the
electric route, instead of the <span class='tooltip' title='A reference to Haman of the Old Testament’s Book of Esther, who was hanged instead of Mordecai, the man he had, himself, planned to hang.'>Hamanic</span>.
if all white ravishers of colored women were given the reciprocal
dose, it would look as if the dispensers of justice (?) <U>were</U>,
just. — In this year of our Lord, Mr Negro must doff his hat in
a white man’s rum mill regardless what his business is, and as
for me I keep out of the hell holes.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
10th Con.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
We were dully assigned, and hope to have a good
time, “tho” I may live, yet I am <U>not</U> crazy to come to another S.S.
Institute soon — I am not impressed with the make up of the
assembly. They dont put Jesus enough in their prayers or expressions,
etc. — Mary Susan, my neice is dead. — “Grub”
is scarce here. — I dont get enough to eat. the way they dish
it out under the trees, and seem to be afraid some one will repeat on
them. and they issue tickets to the delegates and if you dont get to
the first table, your chances for a decent feed is slim. You would
get s<U>ome</U>thing,
but it would not amount to much. I will be glad when this meeting
closes, for good & me
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>It is a waste to make the groan heavier than the load</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MONDAY</STRIKE>,
SEPTEMBER 11</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“I am the rose of Sharon” Clear and warm — no cool,
last night was cold. Bolden and me staid at Mr. Newbies, and we were
cold all night, had a good breakfast, and went to SS. Inst. and it
was opened at 9. a.m.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>What splendid steering is often done in the minds of
those on shore!</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Say ye to the righteous it shall be well with them”
Arose at 4.50 a.m. Went to Dendron, arrived there at 6.10. and left
at 7.50 arrived at Wakefield at 10a.m. left for home on <span class='tooltip' title='The Cannon Ball was a passenger train that operated between Norfolk and New York with the Norfolk and Western line carrying it between Norfolk and Petersburg.'>“Cannon
Ball.”</span> Went to office got my</P></td></tr></table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
9th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The mock trial of the negro in Princess Anne,
Co. yesterday, was no more than a legal lynching, yet if he is guilty
he ought to be punished but the mob had just as well lynched him as
the state, only he has a little more time, and will go by the
electric route, instead of the <span class="tooltip" title="A reference to Haman of the Old Testament’s Book of Esther, who was hanged instead of Mordecai, the man he had, himself, planned to hang.">Hamanic</span>.
if all white ravishers of colored women were given the reciprocal
dose, it would look as if the dispensers of justice (?) were,
just. — In this year of our Lord, Mr Negro must doff his hat in
a white man’s rum mill regardless what his business is, and as
for me I keep out of the hell holes.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
10th Con.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
We were dully assigned, and hope to have a good
time, “tho” I may live, yet I am not crazy to come to another S.S.
Institute soon — I am not impressed with the make up of the
assembly. They dont put Jesus enough in their prayers or expressions,
etc. — Mary Susan, my neice is dead. — “Grub”
is scarce here. — I dont get enough to eat. the way they dish
it out under the trees, and seem to be afraid some one will repeat on
them. and they issue tickets to the delegates and if you dont get to
the first table, your chances for a decent feed is slim. You would
get something,
but it would not amount to much. I will be glad when this meeting
closes, for good & me
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
It is a waste to make the groan heavier than the load</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MONDAY</strike>,
SEPTEMBER 11</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“I am the rose of Sharon” Clear and warm — no cool,
last night was cold. Bolden and me staid at Mr. Newbies, and we were
cold all night, had a good breakfast, and went to SS. Inst. and it
was opened at 9. a.m.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
What splendid steering is often done in the minds of
those on shore!</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 12</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Say ye to the righteous it shall be well with them”
Arose at 4.50 a.m. Went to Dendron, arrived there at 6.10. and left
at 7.50 arrived at Wakefield at 10a.m. left for home on <span class="tooltip" title="The Cannon Ball was a passenger train that operated between Norfolk and New York with the Norfolk and Western line carrying it between Norfolk and Petersburg.">“Cannon
Ball.”</span> Went to office got my</p></td></tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
12th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
monthly check, went home, and hastily prepared
for my niece’s funeral, which was held at church 2:p.m. pastor
& Rev Mitchell conducted. I look upon it as a personal
bereavement — I attended Official Board at night. Wendell had a
fever during early part of night, J.W.H Smith, dead. —
“Children are sent to Sunday School for a part of Sunday: to
regular schools for a part of five days a week, and the rest of the
time they are forgotten, and they do as they please. It is high time
for American fathers and mothers, to have opinions on religion. You
wonder why the <span class='tooltip' title='The Turkey Trot was a popular dance move done to fast ragtime music. The basic step consisted of four hopping steps sideways with the feet well apart, first on one leg, then the other, embellished with scissor-like flicks of the feet and fast trotting actions with abrupt stops. Conservative members of society thought that the positions assumed by the dancers was offensively suggestive and promoted immorality and efforts were made to get it banned at public functions, which only served to increase its popularity. It lost favor to the Foxtrot in 1914.'>turkey-trot</span> and the slit skirt exist. I say it is
because the mothers of the country are not interested in training
their children.” <span class='tooltip' title='Thomas R. Marshall the presidential election democratic candidate was Woodrow Wilson’s vice president, and served from March 1913 through March 1921.'>Vice president, Marshall</span> said
this and I agree with him, whither he meant us or not. I take it for
granted, he is broad, and not withstanding he is a democrat — I
agree — If there is anything I have done against the Lord to
day, I beg His pardon. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>People who object to crout should remember that it is
for eating, not inhaling</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WENDES</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 13</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“My peace I leave with you” Clear
in part, pleasant, at home. Wendell seems better. — I wrote
cards to my brother and Joe, and Allen. — I am not feeling
bright to day. — Money gets away fast, it is heavier than
J.D.Rs</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>No banquet is ideal that doesn’t leave the banquet
hall strewn with vest buttons</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 14</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“And thy neighbor as thyself” Cloudy and cool, nay cold.
Wendell indisposed which detained him and his mother at home. I am
well attended usual services. pastor preached at 11.a.m. & 8.p.m.
and at 10. we were dismissed, and the
</P></td></tr></table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
12th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
monthly check, went home, and hastily prepared
for my niece’s funeral, which was held at church 2:p.m. pastor
& Rev Mitchell conducted. I look upon it as a personal
bereavement — I attended Official Board at night. Wendell had a
fever during early part of night, J.W.H Smith, dead. —
“Children are sent to Sunday School for a part of Sunday: to
regular schools for a part of five days a week, and the rest of the
time they are forgotten, and they do as they please. It is high time
for American fathers and mothers, to have opinions on religion. You
wonder why the <span class="tooltip" title="The Turkey Trot was a popular dance move done to fast ragtime music. The basic step consisted of four hopping steps sideways with the feet well apart, first on one leg, then the other, embellished with scissor-like flicks of the feet and fast trotting actions with abrupt stops. Conservative members of society thought that the positions assumed by the dancers was offensively suggestive and promoted immorality and efforts were made to get it banned at public functions, which only served to increase its popularity. It lost favor to the Foxtrot in 1914.">turkey-trot</span> and the slit skirt exist. I say it is
because the mothers of the country are not interested in training
their children.” <span class="tooltip" title="Thomas R. Marshall the presidential election democratic candidate was Woodrow Wilson’s vice president, and served from March 1913 through March 1921.">Vice president, Marshall</span> said
this and I agree with him, whither he meant us or not. I take it for
granted, he is broad, and not withstanding he is a democrat — I
agree — If there is anything I have done against the Lord to
day, I beg His pardon. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
People who object to crout should remember that it is
for eating, not inhaling</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WENDES</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 13</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“My peace I leave with you” Clear
in part, pleasant, at home. Wendell seems better. — I wrote
cards to my brother and Joe, and Allen. — I am not feeling
bright to day. — Money gets away fast, it is heavier than
J.D.Rs</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
No banquet is ideal that doesn’t leave the banquet
hall strewn with vest buttons</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 14</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“And thy neighbor as thyself” Cloudy and cool, nay cold.
Wendell indisposed which detained him and his mother at home. I am
well attended usual services. pastor preached at 11.a.m. & 8.p.m.
and at 10. we were dismissed, and the
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
13. Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
I find it hard to carry, so I get rid of it as
quick as possible. — 60 years ago, our city limits reached only
chestnut st. on the West, a little beyond North st. on the north and to the Navy Yard on
the south but now it goes out two miles, west, and about one mile
south, and as far as it can, north.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
14th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
next place for me was home, and to bed —
Paid Henry Shaw 50¢ for Baskerville at his request, or
direction, and received a receipt, for the same. later paid it to B.
himself. — our pastor spoils many good sermons by putting
<U>himself </U> in the forefront. I guess he will burn some day. — We held service
in the county jail with John Bell, a white man sentenced to die in
the electric chair for murder. he is very penitent and desired our
prayers, which don’t cost money, and he shall have them. and
salvation is as free as the prayers, and I venture to say more free.
We had no silver or gold but such as we had we gave him.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>You can tell a man’s horse-power by his gasoline
capacity</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 15</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Ecclesiastes 11:9 (KJV): Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.'>“Rejoice. O young man in thy youth”</span>
Cloudy and cold. Yes cold. I rested good. “B.W.” better.
The mother is sanguine. I am well, my vac. is over and I returned to
duty to day — I am thinking of <span class='tooltip' title='Mary S. Lipsking, Wilson’s niece, noted in several earlier entries.'>M.S.</span>
who left us to mourn <U>our</U>
loss. peace to her soul.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Your can’t be in the parade and look out of the
window</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,SEPTEMBER
16</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Saul. Saul. Why persecutest thou me?” Cloudy and cold.
to me it is cold — B & “BW” are keeping along
his cough bothers him. I am well, and at the office. — O that
men would wake up to a sense of their danger it is much easier to
keep out of sin</P></td></tr></table>
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<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
13. Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
I find it hard to carry, so I get rid of it as
quick as possible. — 60 years ago, our city limits reached only
chestnut st. on the West, a little beyond North st. on the north and to the Navy Yard on
the south but now it goes out two miles, west, and about one mile
south, and as far as it can, north.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
14th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
next place for me was home, and to bed —
Paid Henry Shaw 50¢ for Baskerville at his request, or
direction, and received a receipt, for the same. later paid it to B.
himself. — our pastor spoils many good sermons by putting
himself in the forefront. I guess he will burn some day. — We held service
in the county jail with John Bell, a white man sentenced to die in
the electric chair for murder. he is very penitent and desired our
prayers, which don’t cost money, and he shall have them. and
salvation is as free as the prayers, and I venture to say more free.
We had no silver or gold but such as we had we gave him.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
You can tell a man’s horse-power by his gasoline
capacity</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 15</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Ecclesiastes 11:9 (KJV): Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.">“Rejoice. O young man in thy youth”</span>
Cloudy and cold. Yes cold. I rested good. “B.W.” better.
The mother is sanguine. I am well, my vac. is over and I returned to
duty to day — I am thinking of <span class="tooltip" title="Mary S. Lipsking, Wilson’s niece, noted in several earlier entries.">M.S.</span>
who left us to mourn our
loss. peace to her soul.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Your can’t be in the parade and look out of the
window</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,SEPTEMBER
16</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Saul. Saul. Why persecutest thou me?” Cloudy and cold.
to me it is cold — B & “BW” are keeping along
his cough bothers him. I am well, and at the office. — O that
men would wake up to a sense of their danger it is much easier to
keep out of sin</p></td></tr></table>
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</tr>
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
15 Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
I received a souvenir card from Mr. West. who
vacating in Havana. — The pastor took charge of his class, and
I had none, to come. Their is set in my class that are paying their
way, and another set that neither pays nor hardly prays, but neither
set testifies for the Lord, hence I have none to come up to the
Lord’s House, only s<U>ome</U>times
on the Sabbath, to show themselves, and their expensive clothes. —
I had a talk with the pastor concerning the orchestra, they, or one
of them wants to have <U>his</U>
way, and the pastor is almost on the verge of reversing him self.
Many “young” men <U>are</U>
“rejoicing” in their “youth.”</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
16. Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
than to get out of it, after once we have
fallen into. I know that from experience & keep from the rivers
brink and we will never fall in. Moses was willing to give himself
for Israel[’s] salvation, like the great intercessor of Calvary
fame — Every white person I lived with or served, as a slave 60
years ago and less have long since gone the way of all the earth ie
<span class='tooltip' title='“Faded Flowers” [circa 1865] Words and Music by James Powers.<p>
<i>“The flowers I saw in the wildwood,<p>
Have since drop’d their beautiful leaves, And the many dear friends of my childhood,<p>
Have sumber’d for years in their graves. But the blooming of the flowers I remember<p>
Tho’ their smiles I may never more see, For the cold chilly winds of December,<p>
Stole my flow’rs, my companions, from me—<p>
For the cold chilly winds of December,<p>
Stole my flow’rs, my companions, from me“</i>'>They <U>have</U>
slumbered for <U>years</U>
in <U>their</U> gra[ves.”] The bloom of the flowers I remember. Th[o] their
forms I shall never more see. The [Cold] Chilly Winds of December,
stole my flow[ers] my companions from me.”</span> They
were no[t] my companions [. . . but my oppressors?]
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A man is greater than an institution, but institutions
are pretty good, too</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 17</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Who is on the Lord’s side?”
Clearing a.m. and warmer. Our rest was fair last night. B & “BW.”
are about normal. u.w. me. is on our Lords side. The office is my
“Mecca” There are disagreeable <U>things</U>,
spiritual? no, temporal. We would like to forget. Why?
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Time is measured by heart-throbs; but a watch is best to
catch trains</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 18</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Go, and lead the people.” Cloudy at 9.30. am. Warm. I
didn’t sleep good last night. Would to God that this man that
is leading this people was in Mississippi — All O.K. at home —
If people are tired of me they haven’t long to wait there is
</P></td></tr></table>
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15 Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
I received a souvenir card from Mr. West. who
vacating in Havana. — The pastor took charge of his class, and
I had none, to come. Their is set in my class that are paying their
way, and another set that neither pays nor hardly prays, but neither
set testifies for the Lord, hence I have none to come up to the
Lord’s House, only sometimes
on the Sabbath, to show themselves, and their expensive clothes. —
I had a talk with the pastor concerning the orchestra, they, or one
of them wants to have his
way, and the pastor is almost on the verge of reversing him self.
Many “young” men are
“rejoicing” in their “youth.”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
16. Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
than to get out of it, after once we have
fallen into. I know that from experience & keep from the rivers
brink and we will never fall in. Moses was willing to give himself
for Israel[’s] salvation, like the great intercessor of Calvary
fame — Every white person I lived with or served, as a slave 60
years ago and less have long since gone the way of all the earth ie
<span class="tooltip" title="“Faded Flowers” [circa 1865] Words and Music by James Powers.<p> <i>“The flowers I saw in the wildwood,<p> Have since drop’d their beautiful leaves, And the many dear friends of my childhood,<p> Have sumber’d for years in their graves. But the blooming of the flowers I remember<p> Tho’ their smiles I may never more see, For the cold chilly winds of December,<p> Stole my flow’rs, my companions, from me—<p> For the cold chilly winds of December,<p> Stole my flow’rs, my companions, from me“</i>">They have
slumbered for years
in their gra[ves.”] The bloom of the flowers I remember. Th[o] their
forms I shall never more see. The [Cold] Chilly Winds of December,
stole my flow[ers] my companions from me.”</span> They
were no[t] my companions [. . . but my oppressors?]
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A man is greater than an institution, but institutions
are pretty good, too</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 17</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Who is on the Lord’s side?”
Clearing a.m. and warmer. Our rest was fair last night. B & “BW.”
are about normal. u.w. me. is on our Lords side. The office is my
“Mecca” There are disagreeable things,
spiritual? no, temporal. We would like to forget. Why?
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Time is measured by heart-throbs; but a watch is best to
catch trains</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 18</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Go, and lead the people.” Cloudy at 9.30. am. Warm. I
didn’t sleep good last night. Would to God that this man that
is leading this people was in Mississippi — All O.K. at home —
If people are tired of me they haven’t long to wait there is
</p></td></tr></table>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
17th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
because they handicap <U>me</U>.
— Teachers Meeting few as usual. The pastor and me had a longer
talk after the meeting than it took me to teach the lesson. I am
inclined to think he is untruthful in some of his statements, and I
know he is selfish and Aaronic — A slight rain after I got home
which caused me to hustle looking for leaks, and I had no difficulty
in locating them. — It is matter of indifference to me wither I
please the people or not, if God is pleased it is all right, preacher
and people to the contrary not with standing. —</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
18 Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
only a few more risings and settings of the sun and I will be gone. I
know there is not much good in me. — Rain at night, and warm,
spent evening home. — This pastor causes me more unrest than
any we ever had. I shall certainly hail with delight the day he packs
his belongings and goes where I can not see or hear from him. he is
getting unbearable. Fifty years ago, Rev J.A. Handy was our pastor,
and Saml Davis was sec[retary] of Official Board. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Civilization would like more playgrounds and less blind
alleys</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 19</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Beware of men.” Rain early but not much. — Warm
and clearing at 9.30: a.m. it looks like more rain, “tho.”
— Office as usual and feeling out of sorts. — My boys did
not even acknowledge my card I sent informing them of Mary S’</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A full bag won’t bend — but who wants to
bend at a banquet?</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WENDES</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 20</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Thou art the Christ” — Clear and warm. —
Office until 2:p.m. I then went home and remained. — The week
closed with clear skies, and every indication of clear weather for
Sunday — — I fixed for mr. rat, after removing
</P></td></tr></table>
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17th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
because they handicap me.
— Teachers Meeting few as usual. The pastor and me had a longer
talk after the meeting than it took me to teach the lesson. I am
inclined to think he is untruthful in some of his statements, and I
know he is selfish and Aaronic — A slight rain after I got home
which caused me to hustle looking for leaks, and I had no difficulty
in locating them. — It is matter of indifference to me wither I
please the people or not, if God is pleased it is all right, preacher
and people to the contrary not with standing. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
18 Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
only a few more risings and settings of the sun and I will be gone. I
know there is not much good in me. — Rain at night, and warm,
spent evening home. — This pastor causes me more unrest than
any we ever had. I shall certainly hail with delight the day he packs
his belongings and goes where I can not see or hear from him. he is
getting unbearable. Fifty years ago, Rev J.A. Handy was our pastor,
and Saml Davis was sec[retary] of Official Board. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Civilization would like more playgrounds and less blind
alleys</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 19</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Beware of men.” Rain early but not much. — Warm
and clearing at 9.30: a.m. it looks like more rain, “tho.”
— Office as usual and feeling out of sorts. — My boys did
not even acknowledge my card I sent informing them of Mary S’</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A full bag won’t bend — but who wants to
bend at a banquet?</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WENDES</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 20</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Thou art the Christ” — Clear and warm. —
Office until 2:p.m. I then went home and remained. — The week
closed with clear skies, and every indication of clear weather for
Sunday — — I fixed for mr. rat, after removing
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1913-09-21
1913-09-22
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<table>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
19th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
death, neither did my brother well I guess an answer was not needed
from their way of thinking. — Rain, very heavy. Official Board,
brief session, for the reason the pastor had an engagement elsewhere.
— “O consistency thou art a jewel.” — I am
beginning to feel lonely. all I have to live for, outside of my
church work is B & “BW.”</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
20th</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
of a dead one — It is no disgrace to be
poor, but it <U>entails</U> so many things, you don’t need, that ye
are in disgrace because ye cannot meet them, in church and state, and
your <U>needs</U> stands
just the same. I see a place where I could use $500, but I haven’t
it, and there might not one cent go for luxury.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“B.W” B.D 1 year</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Conjurors rarely die beggars</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 21</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“And now. I beseech God.” Cloudy
warm. Office — Slept good last night. B. “BW” and
u.w. me are well. <span class='tooltip' title='Likely, Julius E. West, Deputy US Marshall.'>Depty West</span> returned
from his vacation yesterday. — I am sad over the taking away of
my niece, but it was all for the best. God knows & I bow to his
will. (This was written for Sat. but let it go now) —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Time and housecleaning bring all things to light</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 22</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Luke 12:7 Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.'>“Ye are more value than many sparrows”</span>
— Clear in part and cooler, and I am at the office. — I
attended usual services, yesterday. the rain which came down in
torrents interfered with night services. six present, or eight</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
19th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
death, neither did my brother well I guess an answer was not needed
from their way of thinking. — Rain, very heavy. Official Board,
brief session, for the reason the pastor had an engagement elsewhere.
— “O consistency thou art a jewel.” — I am
beginning to feel lonely. all I have to live for, outside of my
church work is B & “BW.”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
20th</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
of a dead one — It is no disgrace to be
poor, but it entails so many things, you don’t need, that ye
are in disgrace because ye cannot meet them, in church and state, and
your needs stands
just the same. I see a place where I could use $500, but I haven’t
it, and there might not one cent go for luxury.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“B.W” B.D 1 year</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Conjurors rarely die beggars</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 21</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“And now. I beseech God.” Cloudy
warm. Office — Slept good last night. B. “BW” and
u.w. me are well. <span class="tooltip" title="Likely, Julius E. West, Deputy US Marshall.">Depty West</span> returned
from his vacation yesterday. — I am sad over the taking away of
my niece, but it was all for the best. God knows & I bow to his
will. (This was written for Sat. but let it go now) —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Time and housecleaning bring all things to light</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 22</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Luke 12:7 Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.">“Ye are more value than many sparrows”</span>
— Clear in part and cooler, and I am at the office. — I
attended usual services, yesterday. the rain which came down in
torrents interfered with night services. six present, or eight</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-09-23
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
22. — Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
besides the pastor. he has lost prestige, with
the people by his mulish ways and hard sayings. nothing pleases him,
and he always, says he is right. Well the whole thing of it is the
people don’t know how to “cook” a pastor. they let
him lord it too much. — After the d<U>ev</U>il
tried to injure <U>me</U>
<STRIKE>me</STRIKE>,
I was assured by the very persons whose names he used, repudiated
him, and would face their traducer. What good it does to lie on
people, I don’t know. it may succeed for awhile, but will
eventually be exposed. — The democrats in Congress reminds me
of the Indian Chief, whose name, or appellation was “Young man
afraid of his horse” and they, the d’s are afraid of
their legislation — The Lord is fixing the persecutors of our
race, yet they still persecute, and so did Pharaoh, but he was
destroyed, and it is the same God. — Wendell, called “Erna”
to day, clear and distinct. — I led class #26 “tho”
there were but a faithful few present —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>For every evil under the sun there is a remedy or
there’s none</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 23</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Mark 6:5 (KJV): And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.'>“And he could there do no mighty”</span>
— Clear and crisp Court. — All seems well. B. “BW”
and u.w. me. — Sent P.O, order and letter for SS. supplies for
4th quarter. — The pastor is still being criticized I leave him
in the Lord’s hands.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>It isn’t the throne that makes the king, but the
king that makes the throne</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 24</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Isaiah 60:1 (KJV): Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.'>“Arise shine for thy light has come”</span>
I think the above quotation is correct — The weather is cool,
sky is clear and I am well, also B & “BW.” I left him
eating. — My rest was none of the serenest last night, but I
made out to pull thru till [?]</P></td></tr></table>
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22. — Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
besides the pastor. he has lost prestige, with
the people by his mulish ways and hard sayings. nothing pleases him,
and he always, says he is right. Well the whole thing of it is the
people don’t know how to “cook” a pastor. they let
him lord it too much. — After the devil
tried to injure me
<strike>me</strike>,
I was assured by the very persons whose names he used, repudiated
him, and would face their traducer. What good it does to lie on
people, I don’t know. it may succeed for awhile, but will
eventually be exposed. — The democrats in Congress reminds me
of the Indian Chief, whose name, or appellation was “Young man
afraid of his horse” and they, the d’s are afraid of
their legislation — The Lord is fixing the persecutors of our
race, yet they still persecute, and so did Pharaoh, but he was
destroyed, and it is the same God. — Wendell, called “Erna”
to day, clear and distinct. — I led class #26 “tho”
there were but a faithful few present —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
For every evil under the sun there is a remedy or
there’s none</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 23</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Mark 6:5 (KJV): And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.">“And he could there do no mighty”</span>
— Clear and crisp Court. — All seems well. B. “BW”
and u.w. me. — Sent P.O, order and letter for SS. supplies for
4th quarter. — The pastor is still being criticized I leave him
in the Lord’s hands.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
It isn’t the throne that makes the king, but the
king that makes the throne</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 24</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Isaiah 60:1 (KJV): Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.">“Arise shine for thy light has come”</span>
I think the above quotation is correct — The weather is cool,
sky is clear and I am well, also B & “BW.” I left him
eating. — My rest was none of the serenest last night, but I
made out to pull thru till [?]</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-09-24
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<table>
<tr>
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</tr>
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
23 — Con —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
I would not turn a finger to disposess a person
of their lawful honest labor under no consideration, regardless of
who they are or were unless they gave it to me, and someone was
trying to cheat me out of it, and then I would not be dragged into it
then. — “The Educational Congress” at Danville, to
day, all the big, preachers of the Virginia annual Conference, and
the bishop is there. What good it does, I don’t know. I know it
is an unneccessary expense, and a wasting a lot of good religious
time, and putting money in the Jim Crow R.R.s treasury, and making us
poorer. — I learned to night that <span class='tooltip' title='Lee Hunt is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a machinist, residing at 610 North in Portsmouth. A Lee Hunt, age 54 and married to Leonora with two children under 3 years of age, appears in the 1920 census as a laborer at the Navy Yard living on Cutherell St. in Portsmouth.'>Lee Hunt</span> was
married. I wish him joy. — Mrs. Margaret Bland died, either to
day or yesterday, she is dead “tho” funeral Thursday. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
24 Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
The democratic council has passed the
segregation ordinance. I wonder if <span class='tooltip' title='C. W. Walker, according to the 1913 City Directory, was the proprietor of the Portsmouth Steam Laundry. He lived at 500 High St. in Portsmouth. The laundry was located at 502-506 High St.'>C.W. Walker</span>
will segregate the Negroes Laundry? he is in the laundry business, he
will never segregate mine — Mrs Fannie White died. —
Teachers meeting, and it made my heart rejoice when they laid special
emphasis on the fact that there was no dissatisfaction existing which
refutes what my friend(?) said. — A jury of S.C. white men has
acquitted a negro charge with attempted assault on a white woman, and
a mob
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A hopeful nature can dance without a fiddle</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 25</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Verily, Verily. I say unto you ye must be born again” —
Clear and warm. Court. — Blanche was sick all night with
earache or Neuralgia, and I left her in bed, with “B.W”
playing. — The weather is heavenly — My taxes looms up,
too
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Some folks would spy faults if their eyes were out</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 26</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 11:23 (KJV): And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.'>“And thou Capenaum”</span> —</p><P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Clear and warm. Wife improved “B.W” alright. —
Court again — The pastor returned yesterday. — I slept
well last night, and feeling well this a.m. — My boys, except
“B.W” has gone back on me it seems.
</P></td></tr></table>
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23 — Con —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
I would not turn a finger to disposess a person
of their lawful honest labor under no consideration, regardless of
who they are or were unless they gave it to me, and someone was
trying to cheat me out of it, and then I would not be dragged into it
then. — “The Educational Congress” at Danville, to
day, all the big, preachers of the Virginia annual Conference, and
the bishop is there. What good it does, I don’t know. I know it
is an unneccessary expense, and a wasting a lot of good religious
time, and putting money in the Jim Crow R.R.s treasury, and making us
poorer. — I learned to night that <span class="tooltip" title="Lee Hunt is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a machinist, residing at 610 North in Portsmouth. A Lee Hunt, age 54 and married to Leonora with two children under 3 years of age, appears in the 1920 census as a laborer at the Navy Yard living on Cutherell St. in Portsmouth.">Lee Hunt</span> was
married. I wish him joy. — Mrs. Margaret Bland died, either to
day or yesterday, she is dead “tho” funeral Thursday. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
24 Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The democratic council has passed the
segregation ordinance. I wonder if <span class="tooltip" title="C. W. Walker, according to the 1913 City Directory, was the proprietor of the Portsmouth Steam Laundry. He lived at 500 High St. in Portsmouth. The laundry was located at 502-506 High St.">C.W. Walker</span>
will segregate the Negroes Laundry? he is in the laundry business, he
will never segregate mine — Mrs Fannie White died. —
Teachers meeting, and it made my heart rejoice when they laid special
emphasis on the fact that there was no dissatisfaction existing which
refutes what my friend(?) said. — A jury of S.C. white men has
acquitted a negro charge with attempted assault on a white woman, and
a mob
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A hopeful nature can dance without a fiddle</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 25</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Verily, Verily. I say unto you ye must be born again” —
Clear and warm. Court. — Blanche was sick all night with
earache or Neuralgia, and I left her in bed, with “B.W”
playing. — The weather is heavenly — My taxes looms up,
too
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Some folks would spy faults if their eyes were out</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 26</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 11:23 (KJV): And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.">“And thou Capenaum”</span> —</p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Clear and warm. Wife improved “B.W” alright. —
Court again — The pastor returned yesterday. — I slept
well last night, and feeling well this a.m. — My boys, except
“B.W” has gone back on me it seems.
</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-09-24
1913-09-25
1913-09-26
1913-09-27
1913-09-28
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<table>
<tr>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
24 Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
sought to lynch him. a brave sheriff, held back
the mob, and he (the negro) was legally tried and acquitted. Blow
Gabriel! Blow! a few more risings and settings of the sun and
lynching will be over. <span class='tooltip' title='Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery, member of Congress from 1910 to 1913, was best known for proposing a Constitutional amendment to outlaw interracial marriage.'>Congressman Roddenberry of GA</span> is
dead n.b.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
25th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Blanche better, thank the Lord. My Babe kissed me very fervently when
I arrived home. — Forty years ago, I was a member of the City
Council.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
26th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Official Board out soon, but the young stewards, hobnobbing and the
pastor kept us there until 10. oclock in the S.B.</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>It was a basement restaurant that offered “a cup
of coffee and two rolls downstairs, 5 cents”!</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 27</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you,
rest” Cloudy in part, atmosphere mild — Court. busier to
day than any day during the week. — Blanche not cheerful as I
desire. “B.W” is well, and u.w. me. — Sycophancy is
hateful to me, and the
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
up-to-date school-child is singing: “Woodman, conserve that
tree”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 28</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“There was a man
of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus.” — The weather is
heavenly. We attended services, “tho.” Blanche is not so
well. “BW” is happy. — The S.S. was good, if the
preacher would kill less time, it would be better he gets [?]</P></td></tr></table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
24 Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
sought to lynch him. a brave sheriff, held back
the mob, and he (the negro) was legally tried and acquitted. Blow
Gabriel! Blow! a few more risings and settings of the sun and
lynching will be over. <span class="tooltip" title="Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery, member of Congress from 1910 to 1913, was best known for proposing a Constitutional amendment to outlaw interracial marriage.">Congressman Roddenberry of GA</span> is
dead n.b.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
25th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Blanche better, thank the Lord. My Babe kissed me very fervently when
I arrived home. — Forty years ago, I was a member of the City
Council.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
26th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Official Board out soon, but the young stewards, hobnobbing and the
pastor kept us there until 10. oclock in the S.B.</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
It was a basement restaurant that offered “a cup
of coffee and two rolls downstairs, 5 cents”!</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 27</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you,
rest” Cloudy in part, atmosphere mild — Court. busier to
day than any day during the week. — Blanche not cheerful as I
desire. “B.W” is well, and u.w. me. — Sycophancy is
hateful to me, and the
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
up-to-date school-child is singing: “Woodman, conserve that
tree”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 28</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“There was a man
of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus.” — The weather is
heavenly. We attended services, “tho.” Blanche is not so
well. “BW” is happy. — The S.S. was good, if the
preacher would kill less time, it would be better he gets [?]</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-09-27
1913-09-28
1913-09-29
1913-09-30
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</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
2<STRIKE>6</STRIKE>7th
Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
sycophant equally so. I call them S’s — Mr. Negro is
always giving dollars for kicks in politics, and business. When will
they learn horse sense? Cloudy at 1.30. Court adjourned. Judge gone
to Richmond.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">28th</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">if we close on him. The
other services were good. Mrs. Rosetta Taylor sang at night two
solos. The pastor preached at each service — If some of these
religious enthusiasts, would go with us to the jails, sometimes, they
would find something to do. — I have little respect for
Brussell Carpet religion, and none for head religion —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>At
Michaelmas time, or a little before, half of an apple goes to the
core</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 29</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Isaiah 53 (KJV): Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?'>“Who
hath believed our report.”</span>
Cloudy some a little warm — I rested good last night, barring a
scared dream. — I am well and “B.W.” B. not so
well. — At the office — The last whipping my mother gave
me, I was 14 years old, she would
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Thought
depends on the stomach; but many a high brow conceals wretched one</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Mark 3:25 (KJV): And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.'>“A house divided against itself, cannot stand”</span>
— Clearing and warm. — I slept good last night. “B.W.”
seems well, also me, but my wife, seems not so well. I hope for the
best. — I am at the office — This winds up Sept —
Met an old playmate
</P></td></tr></table>
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<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">
2<strike>6</strike>7th
Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
sycophant equally so. I call them S’s — Mr. Negro is
always giving dollars for kicks in politics, and business. When will
they learn horse sense? Cloudy at 1.30. Court adjourned. Judge gone
to Richmond.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">28th</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">if we close on him. The
other services were good. Mrs. Rosetta Taylor sang at night two
solos. The pastor preached at each service — If some of these
religious enthusiasts, would go with us to the jails, sometimes, they
would find something to do. — I have little respect for
Brussell Carpet religion, and none for head religion —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">At
Michaelmas time, or a little before, half of an apple goes to the
core</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
SEPTEMBER 29</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Isaiah 53 (KJV): Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?">“Who
hath believed our report.”</span>
Cloudy some a little warm — I rested good last night, barring a
scared dream. — I am well and “B.W.” B. not so
well. — At the office — The last whipping my mother gave
me, I was 14 years old, she would
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thought
depends on the stomach; but many a high brow conceals wretched one</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Mark 3:25 (KJV): And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.">“A house divided against itself, cannot stand”</span>
— Clearing and warm. — I slept good last night. “B.W.”
seems well, also me, but my wife, seems not so well. I hope for the
best. — I am at the office — This winds up Sept —
Met an old playmate
</p></td></tr></table>
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1913-09-29
1913-09-30
1913-10-01
1913-10-02
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</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">29th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">have
been cruel to have done it after that, because I got more of it,
them, than I deserved from a cruel old mistress, but when mother gave
me the last one, I deserved it. — <span class='tooltip' title='William E. Reid, of 845 Glasgow in Portsmouth, as listed in the 1913 City Directory. The 1910 census shows him as Edward W. Reid, physician,
of the same address, age 41, married to Cornelia, with four daughters
and a son.'>Dr. Reid</span> was called in, for Blanche. Butler came and inspected the roof, and
contracted to repair on very reasonable terms, and I accepted them. —
I went to class but no one came, as usual. With song and a prayer by
me, ended the meeting. — Theaters are a menace to the church.
Our young people will flock to the former, and wont go to the latter,
only carelessly —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0">30th Con —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">this
a.m. met Richd Allen, of Norfolk. I was glad to see him, and he me,
so he said. — — I don’t feel so sanguine concerning
Blanche, but I hope I am just morose, without faith, but I ought not
be. — <span class='tooltip' title='There is a Henry B. Nichols, originally from Illinois, 68 years old in 1900, a coal and ice merchant in Norfolk.'>Capt. H.B. Nichols</span> committed
suicide. shot himself. — Evening at home. my worst fears
unrealized. I feel better for my loved ones. — The juries are
very lenient with murderers all over the country. human life is no
more than a valuable dogs’ and not as valuable, for some will
[kill?] another for a dog. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>“The woods for climate,”
said the tramp, “but the jail for company”</FONT>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 1</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 12:36 (KJV): But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.'>“But I say unto you that every word that men “say” shall speak, they shall give account thereof.”</span> — Cloudy and mild. — Office as usual. They are coming along, at home —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>He who has money will not be learned</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 2</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be
forgiven.” — Clear and pleasant. — Rested fairly.
Blanche is better. “B.W” and u.w. me are well, and I am
in the office with</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">29th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">have
been cruel to have done it after that, because I got more of it,
them, than I deserved from a cruel old mistress, but when mother gave
me the last one, I deserved it. — <span class="tooltip" title="William E. Reid, of 845 Glasgow in Portsmouth, as listed in the 1913 City Directory. The 1910 census shows him as Edward W. Reid, physician, of the same address, age 41, married to Cornelia, with four daughters and a son.">Dr. Reid</span> was called in, for Blanche. Butler came and inspected the roof, and
contracted to repair on very reasonable terms, and I accepted them. —
I went to class but no one came, as usual. With song and a prayer by
me, ended the meeting. — Theaters are a menace to the church.
Our young people will flock to the former, and wont go to the latter,
only carelessly —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">30th Con —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">this
a.m. met Richd Allen, of Norfolk. I was glad to see him, and he me,
so he said. — — I don’t feel so sanguine concerning
Blanche, but I hope I am just morose, without faith, but I ought not
be. — <span class="tooltip" title="There is a Henry B. Nichols, originally from Illinois, 68 years old in 1900, a coal and ice merchant in Norfolk.">Capt. H.B. Nichols</span> committed
suicide. shot himself. — Evening at home. my worst fears
unrealized. I feel better for my loved ones. — The juries are
very lenient with murderers all over the country. human life is no
more than a valuable dogs’ and not as valuable, for some will
[kill?] another for a dog. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“The woods for climate,”
said the tramp, “but the jail for company”
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 1</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 12:36 (KJV): But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.">“But I say unto you that every word that men “say” shall speak, they shall give account thereof.”</span> — Cloudy and mild. — Office as usual. They are coming along, at home —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
He who has money will not be learned</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 2</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be
forgiven.” — Clear and pleasant. — Rested fairly.
Blanche is better. “B.W” and u.w. me are well, and I am
in the office with</p></td>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Oct. 1st Con.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
The quotation at the head of to days doing,
impressed me this morning as I read the words of Jesus. O! that all
us, would keep that in mind, and be careful what we say. —
Harry Libby, ex congressman, died — Rained a few drops at
1.30.p.m. Clear later — Teachers meeting good, even h.n.m. had
to compliment it. — When I arrived home from Norfolk, Blanche
was all down and out. “BW” was snaking around and it
looked gloomy, but before I could get our frugal meal on the table
good she revived, and sat down with us, and I left her as lively as
ever when I went to Teachers convocation. . Praise ye the Lord. —
Thirty-eight years ago my brother and me met for the last time, and
as far as I know he is yet alive. Robt I mean, he is 72 years old.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
2nd Con —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
no marks of God’s displeasure, visible. —
I was 33 years old, married and the father of three children before I
ever seen my father, or him, me. — Rain and cooler. —
Thirty two years ago R.G.L Paige, was assistant postmaster at
Norfolk, and Capt. John Gibson, was delivery clerk, both of them were
colored — some men are babes, as soon as they lose a wife they
are helpless, ready to sell out and go. They don’t know where
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A dismal sort of man puts out the
fire he is kindling</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 3</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 12:46–50 (KJV) : While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak
with him. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren
stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said
unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And
he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my
mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father
which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.'>“<U>Who</U> is my mother?”</span>
— Rain at 9. am cool. — At the office — My rest was
good last night. Blanche is better “BW” and the o.m. is
well. — The first greeting I received on coming in the building
this morning, was, “A lazy nigger”</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Hitting the roots helps to polish
the plow</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 4</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Behold a sower went forth to sow”
Clear and crisp. — Office, and well. I wrote a card to David,
for Blanche. — — It is is more trouble and worry to get
the “two or three cents” the govt [sl . . .ily?] gives me,
than for my distinguished namesake Woodrow, to get his
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
Oct. 1st Con.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The quotation at the head of to days doing,
impressed me this morning as I read the words of Jesus. O! that all
us, would keep that in mind, and be careful what we say. —
Harry Libby, ex congressman, died — Rained a few drops at
1.30.p.m. Clear later — Teachers meeting good, even h.n.m. had
to compliment it. — When I arrived home from Norfolk, Blanche
was all down and out. “BW” was snaking around and it
looked gloomy, but before I could get our frugal meal on the table
good she revived, and sat down with us, and I left her as lively as
ever when I went to Teachers convocation. . Praise ye the Lord. —
Thirty-eight years ago my brother and me met for the last time, and
as far as I know he is yet alive. Robt I mean, he is 72 years old.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
2nd Con —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
no marks of God’s displeasure, visible. —
I was 33 years old, married and the father of three children before I
ever seen my father, or him, me. — Rain and cooler. —
Thirty two years ago R.G.L Paige, was assistant postmaster at
Norfolk, and Capt. John Gibson, was delivery clerk, both of them were
colored — some men are babes, as soon as they lose a wife they
are helpless, ready to sell out and go. They don’t know where
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A dismal sort of man puts out the
fire he is kindling</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 3</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 12:46–50 (KJV) : While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.">“Who is my mother?”</span>
— Rain at 9. am cool. — At the office — My rest was
good last night. Blanche is better “BW” and the o.m. is
well. — The first greeting I received on coming in the building
this morning, was, “A lazy nigger”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Hitting the roots helps to polish
the plow</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 4</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Behold a sower went forth to sow”
Clear and crisp. — Office, and well. I wrote a card to David,
for Blanche. — — It is is more trouble and worry to get
the “two or three cents” the govt [sl . . .ily?] gives me,
than for my distinguished namesake Woodrow, to get his
</p></td>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
3rd Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
What that poor white rum swiller had to do
with me? I don’t know. I may be “lazy” but it costs
him nothing he gets his daily rum. — To day is one of those
gloomy days. Cloudy and cold or not warm enough to perspire unless it
is from exertion — Official Board — Wendell exhibited his
first tooth. Sylvia has returned. — Blanche and Eliza gave a
literary entertainment at the church for the benefit of “Kittrell,”
it was sparsely attended. — This month 29 years ago, was as
warm as I ever seen it in even in Summer. —</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
4th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
I should have been paid yesterday and here it
is Saturday, and I have five cents — Went home at usual hour,
and enroute I gave a man some information and he gave me, 5¢,
which I didn’t charge him, which increased my treasure for the
which I <U>thank</U> the Lord. — I went to the County Trs’ office and paid by
check, Wests taxes for 1913 —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Never pick a husband by flipping a penny</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>Thurs</STRIKE>day,
October 5</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Some seed fell by the wayside” Clear and pleasant. —
We attended usual services. Sacrament at 7.30 — The pastor was
brief in each services. — To day 32 years ago was a very cold
day, just the reverse to day — I am seeking no jobs for
Sundays, and will
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Shame on the man who cocks his hat while his wife wears
a shabby bonnet!</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 6</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Husbands love your wives” Cloudy and cool. Circus day in
Norfolk. I looked at the street pageant, it was better then the
average. — Office, and well. — B & “BW.”
all right. I slept well during the night — This day thirty two
years</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
3rd Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
What that poor white rum swiller had to do
with me? I don’t know. I may be “lazy” but it costs
him nothing he gets his daily rum. — To day is one of those
gloomy days. Cloudy and cold or not warm enough to perspire unless it
is from exertion — Official Board — Wendell exhibited his
first tooth. Sylvia has returned. — Blanche and Eliza gave a
literary entertainment at the church for the benefit of “Kittrell,”
it was sparsely attended. — This month 29 years ago, was as
warm as I ever seen it in even in Summer. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
4th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
I should have been paid yesterday and here it
is Saturday, and I have five cents — Went home at usual hour,
and enroute I gave a man some information and he gave me, 5¢,
which I didn’t charge him, which increased my treasure for the
which I thank the Lord. — I went to the County Trs’ office and paid by
check, Wests taxes for 1913 —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Never pick a husband by flipping a penny</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>Thurs</strike>day,
October 5</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Some seed fell by the wayside” Clear and pleasant. —
We attended usual services. Sacrament at 7.30 — The pastor was
brief in each services. — To day 32 years ago was a very cold
day, just the reverse to day — I am seeking no jobs for
Sundays, and will
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Shame on the man who cocks his hat while his wife wears
a shabby bonnet!</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 6</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Husbands love your wives” Cloudy and cool. Circus day in
Norfolk. I looked at the street pageant, it was better then the
average. — Office, and well. — B & “BW.”
all right. I slept well during the night — This day thirty two
years</p></td>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
5. Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
accept of none. I place my church privileges
far above bread and meat, and I <U>will</U>, get that by some means. — Our work in the jail seems to be on
the drag. I wonder if I am not a bit or a big bit, — selfish.?
O Lord thou knowest, if I am. <span class='tooltip' title='1 Samuel 33–34 (KJV): Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me
Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.'>Chop “Agag to pieces,” with
the “sword of the Lord.”</span> — Twenty nine years ago this month was exceeding hot. I was
working in the Navy Yard.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
6th</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
ago my daughter, Mary Emily Ophelia, died, aged 9 years 1 month and 20. days. — X — I met class # 3. Parker was a
little late. We are co-partners, and I gave the class a few words of consolation as I was directed by the Holy spirit. We were benefitted. P. came in a little late. — I am much impressed with our S.S. lessons for the quarter. The one for next Sunday appeals to my condition very strongly. “ <U>Envy</U>,” is a cantankerous evil, and should be shunned Lord help me to. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>All the jugglers are not in vaudeville; some are in Wall
street</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 7</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Ye are not all clean.” Cloudy and mild, and on the usual
job. — B & “BW.” including u.w. me are well. My
rest was fair last night. — Forty three years ago to night, I
took the leading character in the drama of
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Some people know it all, and that’s about all they
do know</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 8</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“And she called his name Joseph.”
<span class='tooltip' title='Wilson’s eldest son'>Mr. Joes’</span> 43rd b.d. — Clear and warm, office. — I am very near paid out all. — Blanche, feeling brighter — Many more years to my 1st born. I will write a card to him — The Teachers attended meeting good
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
5. Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
accept of none. I place my church privileges
far above bread and meat, and I will, get that by some means. — Our work in the jail seems to be on
the drag. I wonder if I am not a bit or a big bit, — selfish.?
O Lord thou knowest, if I am. <span class="tooltip" title="1 Samuel 33–34 (KJV): Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.">Chop “Agag to pieces,” with
the “sword of the Lord.”</span> — Twenty nine years ago this month was exceeding hot. I was
working in the Navy Yard.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
6th</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
ago my daughter, Mary Emily Ophelia, died, aged 9 years 1 month and 20. days. — X — I met class # 3. Parker was a
little late. We are co-partners, and I gave the class a few words of consolation as I was directed by the Holy spirit. We were benefitted. P. came in a little late. — I am much impressed with our S.S. lessons for the quarter. The one for next Sunday appeals to my condition very strongly. “ Envy,” is a cantankerous evil, and should be shunned Lord help me to. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
All the jugglers are not in vaudeville; some are in Wall
street</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 7</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Ye are not all clean.” Cloudy and mild, and on the usual
job. — B & “BW.” including u.w. me are well. My
rest was fair last night. — Forty three years ago to night, I
took the leading character in the drama of
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Some people know it all, and that’s about all they
do know</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 8</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“And she called his name Joseph.”
<span class="tooltip" title="Wilson’s eldest son">Mr. Joes’</span> 43rd b.d. — Clear and warm, office. — I am very near paid out all. — Blanche, feeling brighter — Many more years to my 1st born. I will write a card to him — The Teachers attended meeting good
</p></td>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
7th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Thomas Egerton Wilks’s play, “Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover”,
or, “The Fayre Lass of Lichfield: A Romantic Original Drama in Two Acts”
(first performed, 1839)'>“The Maniac Lover” in “Michael
Erle”</span> the other members of the club are all gone the way of all the earth, as
far as I know, except Florida, and me, and that night I returned home
and found my wife in “Travail” with our first child, a
boy. That was my last appearance on the mimic stage. — Received
monthly check. — I met my recent intended of 3 years, or more
ago, E.M. Hicks, she made a slip, by marrying a man who already had a
wife, and she set him adrift, which was right. — B. not so
well. I remained home writing.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
8th Con.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
even the pastor was pleased, and that I was, needs no saying. <span class='tooltip' title='Likely Rebecca Judkins, daughter of John and Susan Judkins of 714 (or 716) County St., Portsmouth.'>Bessie Judkins</span> read a good paper on “Theatres” a negative one of course. — My spectacles was lost. How, I don’t know. I happen to always
have a pair in reserve, and I utilized them. — By unanimous consent my older sons, dont write to me, yet I pray for them, call them by their names, and their wives names, to the Lord. all of them owe me a letter as I always keep them so, I write on the receipt of one from them
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>It’s a mighty poor secret that isn’t worth
telling a little</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY, OCTOBER 9</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun.” — Cloudy and warm, rested fair last night. B. “BW” and u.w. me are on the line of health. On my job as
usual. — <span class='tooltip' title='Another reference to George and Mary S. Lipsking. Mary S., Wilson’s niece, had died the previous month.'>George sent Mary S’</span> sewing machine to Blanche for her use, and some pictures, notably</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>The tail of a dog can never be straightened</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 10</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“The son of man hath power.” Cloudy
and warm. — On the job, at the office — B. “BW.”
and u.w. me are well, some of us. — Our rest was good, mine
was, however, and I suppose the others. — The weather looks
threatening at 5 p.m.
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
7th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Thomas Egerton Wilks’s play, “Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover”, or, “The Fayre Lass of Lichfield: A Romantic Original Drama in Two Acts” (first performed, 1839)">“The Maniac Lover” in “Michael
Erle”</span> the other members of the club are all gone the way of all the earth, as
far as I know, except Florida, and me, and that night I returned home
and found my wife in “Travail” with our first child, a
boy. That was my last appearance on the mimic stage. — Received
monthly check. — I met my recent intended of 3 years, or more
ago, E.M. Hicks, she made a slip, by marrying a man who already had a
wife, and she set him adrift, which was right. — B. not so
well. I remained home writing.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
8th Con.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
even the pastor was pleased, and that I was, needs no saying. <span class="tooltip" title="Likely Rebecca Judkins, daughter of John and Susan Judkins of 714 (or 716) County St., Portsmouth.">Bessie Judkins</span> read a good paper on “Theatres” a negative one of course. — My spectacles was lost. How, I don’t know. I happen to always
have a pair in reserve, and I utilized them. — By unanimous consent my older sons, dont write to me, yet I pray for them, call them by their names, and their wives names, to the Lord. all of them owe me a letter as I always keep them so, I write on the receipt of one from them
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
It’s a mighty poor secret that isn’t worth
telling a little</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY, OCTOBER 9</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun.” — Cloudy and warm, rested fair last night. B. “BW” and u.w. me are on the line of health. On my job as
usual. — <span class="tooltip" title="Another reference to George and Mary S. Lipsking. Mary S., Wilson’s niece, had died the previous month.">George sent Mary S’</span> sewing machine to Blanche for her use, and some pictures, notably</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The tail of a dog can never be straightened</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 10</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“The son of man hath power.” Cloudy
and warm. — On the job, at the office — B. “BW.”
and u.w. me are well, some of us. — Our rest was good, mine
was, however, and I suppose the others. — The weather looks
threatening at 5 p.m.
</p></td>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
9. Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
My mother and father, which I very much
appreciate. — Found my spectacles. — Rain again —
Wendell has another tooth, and another Photo. — Rain at
intervals. Evening home writing — John Maloney died, at
<span class='tooltip' title='a charity home, typically for the elderly and indigent'>almshouse</span>.
It looks like <span class='tooltip' title='In 1913, General Victoriano Huerta took power in Mexico and instituted a bloody and authoritarian regime. Woodrow Wilson’s administration refused to recognize Huerta’s government, instead encouraging anti–Huerta forces in northern Mexico led by Venustiano Carranza. <a href="http://millercenter.org/president/wilson/essays/biography/5" target="_blank">Read more.</a>'>Woodrow is trying to pick a quarrel with Mexico</span>. Well
perhaps he knows his business or <U>thinks</U> he does. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
10th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Official Board. the pastor talked the entire
session two hours or about by meeting at 7.30 dont let us out any
earlier. — When I reached home this p.m. my cousin, Mary had
cleaned up my front yard. — Our pastor says there is no leader
among us. he may be right. When a man tries to lead and the object to
be led refuses to be led, then he is not a leader. that is my
solution, and a negro, the average negro is like a mule. you can lead
a thousand mules with one white horse, but not one mule with a mule.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>“The devil flees from a
thrashing like the devil!”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 11</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Resist the devil.” — Cloudy
and warm, and I am on the same job. — I had realistic dreams
last night. — We are well, as usual this a.m. B & “BW”
waved me good bye. — The demmys are a hungry set,
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>When one’s loin-cloth takes
fire, one must cavort and squeal</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Having obtained help from God I continue
until this day.” The forty first anniversary of my conversion.
<span class='tooltip' title='A line from the song, Amazing Grace'>“Many dangers toils and snares. I have already come.”</span>
Clear, after early rain. cool. PE Jimmesson in his 3rd
quarterly
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table>
<tbody>
<tr><th>Left Page</th><th>Right Page</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0;">9. Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">My mother and father, which I very much appreciate. — Found my spectacles. — Rain again — Wendell has another tooth, and another Photo. — Rain at intervals. Evening home writing — John Maloney died, at <span class="tooltip" title="a charity home, typically for the elderly and indigent">almshouse</span>. It looks like <span class="tooltip" title="In 1913, General Victoriano Huerta took power in Mexico and instituted a bloody and authoritarian regime. Woodrow Wilson’s administration refused to recognize Huerta’s government, instead encouraging anti–Huerta forces in northern Mexico led by Venustiano Carranza. <a href="http://millercenter.org/president/wilson/essays/biography/5" target="_blank">Read more.</a>">Woodrow is trying to pick a quarrel with Mexico</span>. Well perhaps he knows his business or thinks he does. —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;"><br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0;">10th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Official Board. the pastor talked the entire session two hours or about by meeting at 7.30 dont let us out any earlier. — When I reached home this p.m. my cousin, Mary had cleaned up my front yard. — Our pastor says there is no leader among us. he may be right. When a man tries to lead and the object to be led refuses to be led, then he is not a leader. that is my solution, and a negro, the average negro is like a mule. you can lead a thousand mules with one white horse, but not one mule with a mule.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">“The devil flees from a thrashing like the devil!”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Satur<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">WEDNES</span>DAY, OCTOBER 11</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">“Resist the devil.” — Cloudy and warm, and I am on the same job. — I had realistic dreams last night. — We are well, as usual this a.m. B & “BW” waved me good bye. — The demmys are a hungry set,</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;"><br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">When one’s loin-cloth takes fire, one must cavort and squeal</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">Sun<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">THURS</span>DAY, OCTOBER 12</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: .18in;">“Having obtained help from God I continue until this day.” The forty first anniversary of my conversion. <span class="tooltip" title="A line from the song, Amazing Grace">“Many dangers toils and snares. I have already come.”</span> Clear, after early rain. cool. PE Jimmesson in his 3rd quarterly</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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1913-10-12
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
11th Con.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
and their president is a pliant tool. Civil
service with them is nothing but they are teaching our party a
lesson. — Clearing at intervals and quite warm. — Rain
late, and cooler — It was so warm this afternoon that I felt
very uncomfortable, and at night my straw hat came in very well. the
boys said I was old and could wear what was agreeable to me.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
12</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
round I attended all usual services except
jail, breakfast instead. — I heard to day of <span class='tooltip' title='Jesse Colden is shown in the 1910 census as 54 years old, employed by the railroad, and living in the Western Branch District of Norfolk. The 1913 Portsmouth City Directory lists his residence as 2708 High St.'>Jessie Colden</span> being
paralyzed — Victoria Blake left for Raleigh this a.m. I can imagine her feelings, she, and her babe girl, has my sympathy &
prayer. — Former <span class='tooltip' title='Timothy Lester Woodruff, a New York Republican, served as Lt. Governor of that state from 1897 until 1902. During those few years, he served 3 governors, Frank S. Black, Theodore Roosevelt, and Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr.'>Lt. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff</span> of
N.Y. died. — The services to day were good, and an uplift. —
I don’t claim perfection but I am surprised at the way a great
many people live, and yet remain on the church roll.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>To find what’s in a pie, you
must lift the lid</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 13</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Give ye them, to eat.” —
Cold and clear — Office, as usual. — I rested serenely
last night. — We are well, praise the Lord. “B.W”
was sleeping when I left home. — Seven years, or rather six —
ago Annie died, but I have a good one
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Seek love, and it will shun you;
haste away, it will outrun you</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 14</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“This is my beloved son, hear him”
Beautiful weather clear and crisp, my rest was good last night. —
We, B. “BW” and u.w. me. — The Lord takes care of
us. — Jesse Colden grows weaker I learn. — The Chief
Deputy, leaves for Richmond.
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
11th Con.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
and their president is a pliant tool. Civil
service with them is nothing but they are teaching our party a
lesson. — Clearing at intervals and quite warm. — Rain
late, and cooler — It was so warm this afternoon that I felt
very uncomfortable, and at night my straw hat came in very well. the
boys said I was old and could wear what was agreeable to me.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
12</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
round I attended all usual services except
jail, breakfast instead. — I heard to day of <span class="tooltip" title="Jesse Colden is shown in the 1910 census as 54 years old, employed by the railroad, and living in the Western Branch District of Norfolk. The 1913 Portsmouth City Directory lists his residence as 2708 High St.">Jessie Colden</span> being
paralyzed — Victoria Blake left for Raleigh this a.m. I can imagine her feelings, she, and her babe girl, has my sympathy &
prayer. — Former <span class="tooltip" title="Timothy Lester Woodruff, a New York Republican, served as Lt. Governor of that state from 1897 until 1902. During those few years, he served 3 governors, Frank S. Black, Theodore Roosevelt, and Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr.">Lt. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff</span> of
N.Y. died. — The services to day were good, and an uplift. —
I don’t claim perfection but I am surprised at the way a great
many people live, and yet remain on the church roll.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
To find what’s in a pie, you
must lift the lid</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 13</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Give ye them, to eat.” —
Cold and clear — Office, as usual. — I rested serenely
last night. — We are well, praise the Lord. “B.W”
was sleeping when I left home. — Seven years, or rather six —
ago Annie died, but I have a good one
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Seek love, and it will shun you;
haste away, it will outrun you</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 14</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“This is my beloved son, hear him”
Beautiful weather clear and crisp, my rest was good last night. —
We, B. “BW” and u.w. me. — The Lord takes care of
us. — Jesse Colden grows weaker I learn. — The Chief
Deputy, leaves for Richmond.
</p></td>
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1913-10-14
1913-10-15
1913-10-16
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
13th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
in her place. — A letter from Joe, he is
very formal. — I spent the early part of the evening home
preparing Steward’s report for quarterly conference. — If
Jesus, is not the only begotten son, of God, I am a sinner, with no
hope, but he is, and any man, or set of men, that argues otherwise,
is a consummate fool, be he prince or peasant. I am a son of God.
only thru his inmacculate conception, death, resurrection, and
ascension yes, and intercession, praise His name. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
14th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
With prisoners. — I will answer Joes
letter, tho he was a little selfish. –Third quarterly
conference. Davis, pastor presided P.E. sick, adjourned at 9.45 —
<span class='tooltip' title='Robert H. Worrell is president of W. W. Marshall & Co., a building supply firm in Norfolk. The 1910 census shows him to be 61 years old and living with his wife, Cordelia, son-in-law, William W. Marshall, and Marshall’s family.'>Robert Worrell</span>
paralyzed. — If I have sorrows it is assurance of the Lords
approval, says my pastor, but Jesus said before him and I believe the
Lord, and Davis too — Robert is 72 years old to day, may he
have many returns a woman’s life is of very little value in
Norfolk, even if she is white, and a wife.
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>The maid of twenty–two wooers will
come out “twenty–three”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 15</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“Jesus went unto them, walking on the
sea” — The atmosphere is soft, skies clear, day heavenly
— I rested serenely last night. — B “BW” and
u.w. me are well. — When the fool killer visited the Unitarian
church he neglected his duty, that is true
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>The overwise man keeps his bullock
idle that it may eat the less</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 16</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Job 14:1 (KJV): Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.'>“Man born of Woman is of a few days”</span>
— The weather this a.m. is heavenly — clear and mild —
I am at the usual stand Rested well last night. Blanche and Wendell
seems to be well so am I, thank the good Lord
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
13th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
in her place. — A letter from Joe, he is
very formal. — I spent the early part of the evening home
preparing Steward’s report for quarterly conference. — If
Jesus, is not the only begotten son, of God, I am a sinner, with no
hope, but he is, and any man, or set of men, that argues otherwise,
is a consummate fool, be he prince or peasant. I am a son of God.
only thru his inmacculate conception, death, resurrection, and
ascension yes, and intercession, praise His name. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
14th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
With prisoners. — I will answer Joes
letter, tho he was a little selfish. –Third quarterly
conference. Davis, pastor presided P.E. sick, adjourned at 9.45 —
<span class="tooltip" title="Robert H. Worrell is president of W. W. Marshall & Co., a building supply firm in Norfolk. The 1910 census shows him to be 61 years old and living with his wife, Cordelia, son-in-law, William W. Marshall, and Marshall’s family.">Robert Worrell</span>
paralyzed. — If I have sorrows it is assurance of the Lords
approval, says my pastor, but Jesus said before him and I believe the
Lord, and Davis too — Robert is 72 years old to day, may he
have many returns a woman’s life is of very little value in
Norfolk, even if she is white, and a wife.
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The maid of twenty–two wooers will
come out “twenty–three”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 15</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“Jesus went unto them, walking on the
sea” — The atmosphere is soft, skies clear, day heavenly
— I rested serenely last night. — B “BW” and
u.w. me are well. — When the fool killer visited the Unitarian
church he neglected his duty, that is true
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The overwise man keeps his bullock
idle that it may eat the less</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 16</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Job 14:1 (KJV): Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.">“Man born of Woman is of a few days”</span>
— The weather this a.m. is heavenly — clear and mild —
I am at the usual stand Rested well last night. Blanche and Wendell
seems to be well so am I, thank the good Lord
</p></td>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
15. Con
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
I get more light on God’s word every day,
not because I am so good, however. — <span class='tooltip' title='Theophilus Gould Steward (1843—1924), author of several books, including, <i>Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry from 1864 to 1914: Twenty–seven Years in the Pastorate, Sixteen Years’ Active Service as Chaplain in the U.S. Army, Seven Years Professor in Wilberforce University, Two Trips to Europe, A trip in Mexico.</i> (1921?). He was the chaplain of the 25th U.S. Colored Infantry from 1891 until 1907.'>Dr. T.G. Steward</span> V.P. of our Wilberforce, lectured. I held teachers meeting, and a few were
in attendance — I then went home, after a talk with A. Gordon,
and Joseph Chapman. — This month 25 years ago. I visited <span class='tooltip' title='Fitzhugh Lee was governor of Virginia from 1 January 1886 to 1 January 1890. He was a nephew of Robert E. Lee.'>Gov. Lee</span>, at Richmond, trying to hold my company but we failed for lack of material</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
16th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Had a plenty to do at home until 10. p.m. Geo Lipsking, thinks I should come to see him, so do I, but 10¢
pieces don’t come that way, and he came not to me, and in fact I don’t know if either of them, attended Annie’s funeral,
“tho” he may not have been home, but be that as it may,
he is aware where I live, and my opportunities, etc. — <span class='tooltip' title='William Sulzer was Governor or New York from 1 January 1913 to 17 October 1913. A Democrat and a reformer, he was impeached for financial misconduct, found guilty, and removed from office.'>Gov. Sulzer is found guilty. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>The ox when weariest does surest
treading</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 17</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Ezekiel 1:10 (KJV): As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.'>“And they four had the face of an Ox, on the left side”</span> — Lovely weather. — Our rest was good last night. —
We are well, ie B. “BW” and u.w. me — At Marshal’s
office. — The venerable <span class='tooltip' title='Daniel Graham, 87 years old in 1910, lived at 643 Carroll St. in 1913, according to the City Directory.'>Daniel Graham</span> said to be in “extremis.”</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>A good marksman can afford to miss now and then</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY, OCTOBER 18</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Mark 7:27 (KJV): But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.'>“It is not meet to take the children’s
bread and to cast it to the dogs”</span>
It is inclined to cloudiness, yet the atmosphere is mild. —
“BW” was a bad boy last night, or very early this morning
he cried incessantly. I felt like spanking
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
15. Con
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
I get more light on God’s word every day,
not because I am so good, however. — <span class="tooltip" title="Theophilus Gould Steward (1843—1924), author of several books, including, <i>Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry from 1864 to 1914: Twenty–seven Years in the Pastorate, Sixteen Years’ Active Service as Chaplain in the U.S. Army, Seven Years Professor in Wilberforce University, Two Trips to Europe, A trip in Mexico.</i> (1921?). He was the chaplain of the 25th U.S. Colored Infantry from 1891 until 1907.">Dr. T.G. Steward</span> V.P. of our Wilberforce, lectured. I held teachers meeting, and a few were
in attendance — I then went home, after a talk with A. Gordon,
and Joseph Chapman. — This month 25 years ago. I visited <span class="tooltip" title="Fitzhugh Lee was governor of Virginia from 1 January 1886 to 1 January 1890. He was a nephew of Robert E. Lee.">Gov. Lee</span>, at Richmond, trying to hold my company but we failed for lack of material</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
16th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Had a plenty to do at home until 10. p.m. Geo Lipsking, thinks I should come to see him, so do I, but 10¢
pieces don’t come that way, and he came not to me, and in fact I don’t know if either of them, attended Annie’s funeral,
“tho” he may not have been home, but be that as it may,
he is aware where I live, and my opportunities, etc. — <span class="tooltip" title="William Sulzer was Governor or New York from 1 January 1913 to 17 October 1913. A Democrat and a reformer, he was impeached for financial misconduct, found guilty, and removed from office.">Gov. Sulzer is found guilty. —
</span></p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
The ox when weariest does surest
treading</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 17</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Ezekiel 1:10 (KJV): As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.">“And they four had the face of an Ox, on the left side”</span> — Lovely weather. — Our rest was good last night. —
We are well, ie B. “BW” and u.w. me — At Marshal’s
office. — The venerable <span class="tooltip" title="Daniel Graham, 87 years old in 1910, lived at 643 Carroll St. in 1913, according to the City Directory.">Daniel Graham</span> said to be in “extremis.”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
A good marksman can afford to miss now and then</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY, OCTOBER 18</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Mark 7:27 (KJV): But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children">“It is not meet to take the children’s
bread and to cast it to the dogs”</span>
It is inclined to cloudiness, yet the atmosphere is mild. —
“BW” was a bad boy last night, or very early this morning
he cried incessantly. I felt like spanking
</p></td>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
17th Con. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Pauline brought “BW” a cap, pair of
shoes and stockings, and Bibb last night — OB.
out so early it took our breath nearly. The attendance was poor and
collection the same, poor — yet our meeting was pleasant —
Some people claim to know it all, but they know nothing when the
pinch comes. —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
18th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
him. We are well, and u.w. me “on the
job.” Cloudy, and threatening, p.m. — Spent evening home,
except a few minutes at D Grahams.
— I think if Allen could see the letter he wrote me one year
ago, to day, he would be like Tom Payne, about the “Age of
Reason.”
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Many a man has got to heaven
because his wife was a good cook</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 19</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<span class='tooltip' title='Ephesians 5:25(KJV): Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it'>“Husbands love your wives.”</span>
Whither is good, or bad cook. We had usual services, to day not with
standing the rain, which fell in torrents, during the afternoon and
interfered with night services Mrs & Mr W.P. Wilson attended SS
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<FONT SIZE=2>Society holds that the six o’clock
whistle is the dead line for evening clothes”</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
Mon<STRIKE>WENDES</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 20</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
“I pray for those thou hast given me.”
— Clearing, after rain early this morning, atmosphere warm. —
“On the job” — We have no fault, to find. B. “BW”
and u.w. me, are safe. “Thru” Jesus — not with
standing, a pain in my
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
17th Con. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Pauline brought “BW” a cap, pair of
shoes and stockings, and Bibb last night — OB.
out so early it took our breath nearly. The attendance was poor and
collection the same, poor — yet our meeting was pleasant —
Some people claim to know it all, but they know nothing when the
pinch comes. —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
18th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
him. We are well, and u.w. me “on the
job.” Cloudy, and threatening, p.m. — Spent evening home,
except a few minutes at D Grahams.
— I think if Allen could see the letter he wrote me one year
ago, to day, he would be like Tom Payne, about the “Age of
Reason.”
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Many a man has got to heaven
because his wife was a good cook</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 19</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<span class="tooltip" title="Ephesians 5:25(KJV): Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it">“Husbands love your wives.”</span>
Whither is good, or bad cook. We had usual services, to day not with
standing the rain, which fell in torrents, during the afternoon and
interfered with night services Mrs & Mr W.P. Wilson attended SS
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Society holds that the six o’clock
whistle is the dead line for evening clothes”</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
Mon<strike>WENDES</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 20</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
“I pray for those thou hast given me.”
— Clearing, after rain early this morning, atmosphere warm. —
“On the job” — We have no fault, to find. B. “BW”
and u.w. me, are safe. “Thru” Jesus — not with
standing, a pain in my
</p></td>
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1913-10-20
1913-10-21
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
19th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
and 11. a.m. services. I attended each as
usual. The pastor preached at 11. a.m. and 7.30. p.m. nothing of note
transpired. Lucress gave a good review of S.S. lesson — <span class='tooltip' title='References to speeches made by Bishops Cleland Nelson of Atlanta and Thomas F. Gailor of Tennessee at the triennial general convention of the Episcopal Church held at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, on 19 October 1913.'>The
Episcopal bishops says that “The Negro’s need is Moral
Progress.” That he was in no condition for the ballott when it
was forced upon them, — universally</span> —
I have always thought so. They didn’t know what to do with it,
and some don’t know now.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
<BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
20th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">
abdominal regions. — Cooler at 11. a.m. —
and it is really cold with high winds cloudy also. — The pastor
in his sermon said wonderful things about our Race, yesterday. They
may have been on the spur of the moment, or Divinely inspired, but be
as it may, it will be the cause of making our enemies “set up
and take notice” — Class #26, the attendance was slim. I
gave them advice as it was given to me by the great teacher. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Buckwheat
cakes want to be syruped individually; it is bad etiquette to syrup
the whole stack at once</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 21</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='2Kings 2:11–12 (KJV): As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven. Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.'>“My father! my
father! The chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof”</span>
Last night was exceedingly cold it is not warm this morning, it is
clear. the wind is not as high, as on yesterday. — “BW”
thirteen months old, yet he wont walk alone. I am</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Many
a man looks daggers who would fear to handle one</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 22</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Thou art the
Christ. The Son of the Living God.” — The day is an ideal
one. Clear and crisp. I am on my usual job. Wendell was a bad boy
last night, he cried a good part of the night. — Blanche is
cheerful, “tho” she spanked him</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
19th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
and 11. a.m. services. I attended each as
usual. The pastor preached at 11. a.m. and 7.30. p.m. nothing of note
transpired. Lucress gave a good review of S.S. lesson — <span class="tooltip" title="References to speeches made by Bishops Cleland Nelson of Atlanta and Thomas F. Gailor of Tennessee at the triennial general convention of the Episcopal Church held at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, on 19 October 1913.">The
Episcopal bishops says that “The Negro’s need is Moral
Progress.” That he was in no condition for the ballott when it
was forced upon them, — universally</span> —
I have always thought so. They didn’t know what to do with it,
and some don’t know now.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
<br /><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0;">
20th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">
abdominal regions. — Cooler at 11. a.m. —
and it is really cold with high winds cloudy also. — The pastor
in his sermon said wonderful things about our Race, yesterday. They
may have been on the spur of the moment, or Divinely inspired, but be
as it may, it will be the cause of making our enemies “set up
and take notice” — Class #26, the attendance was slim. I
gave them advice as it was given to me by the great teacher. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Buckwheat
cakes want to be syruped individually; it is bad etiquette to syrup
the whole stack at once</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 21</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="2Kings 2:11–12 (KJV): As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven. Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.">“My father! my
father! The chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof”</span>
Last night was exceedingly cold it is not warm this morning, it is
clear. the wind is not as high, as on yesterday. — “BW”
thirteen months old, yet he wont walk alone. I am</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Many
a man looks daggers who would fear to handle one</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 22</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Thou art the
Christ. The Son of the Living God.” — The day is an ideal
one. Clear and crisp. I am on my usual job. Wendell was a bad boy
last night, he cried a good part of the night. — Blanche is
cheerful, “tho” she spanked him</p></td>
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1913-10-23
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">21. Con —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">well and at my usual
place. Blanche complaining with [page torn/missing]
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>You
can tell an American holiday from Sunday by consulting the calendar</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 23</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 16:23 (KJV): But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.'>“Get thee behind me satan”</span>
The weather this morning fine and I am at the usual place but
suffering with a pain in my back. — B & “BW”
are well. — “I am on the Lord’s side” —
My sleep was pretty good last night —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>What
doesn’t get begun doesn’t get done</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 24</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“For the Son of
man shall come in the glory of his Father” — Warmer rain.
— Court. We are well. — Last night I was terrorized by
dreams — B & “BW” are well. u.w. me also —
I am dollarless, but not forsaken.
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">21. Con —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">well and at my usual
place. Blanche complaining with [page torn/missing]
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">You
can tell an American holiday from Sunday by consulting the calendar</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 23</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 16:23 (KJV): But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.">“Get thee behind me satan”</span>
The weather this morning fine and I am at the usual place but
suffering with a pain in my back. — B & “BW”
are well. — “I am on the Lord’s side” —
My sleep was pretty good last night —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">What
doesn’t get begun doesn’t get done</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 24</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“For the Son of
man shall come in the glory of his Father” — Warmer rain.
— Court. We are well. — Last night I was terrorized by
dreams — B & “BW” are well. u.w. me also —
I am dollarless, but not forsaken.
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">23. Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Yes and thank
God for it too.” He is so good to me, and I love Him. — I
find myself to day dollarless, that is my own coinage — the
word — This month 36 years ago, our military company of which I
was 1st Lt. had just returned from Lynchburg Va where we participated
in a competetive drill. The late U.S. Senator <span class='tooltip' title='John Warwick Daniel, from Lynchburg, served as U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1887 until his death in 1910.'>John W. Daniel</span> & <span class='tooltip' title='John Randolph Tucker, from Winchester, served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia from 1875 to 1887.'>J Randolph. Tucker</span>,
were prominent factors, but didn’t it rain? — My wife
brought in some additional furniture and it was accepted. Warmer —
O.B. rain and plenty. on 24th
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">24th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">The above item should
have been here as to O.B. — This month forty five years ago I
enlisted on the US Coast Survey Steamer Bibb, for one year. That is
the time I went to Florida and Havana Cuba
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>He
who has a trade has his fortune made</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>FriWENDES</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 25</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The Lord is my
light.” — Rain and yet warm — My rest was fair. —
B “BW” and u.w. me are well. — I trusting in Lord.
— Rained all night — Got home at 7:oclock, and did not go
out again — The
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Not
every man who wears a spur is able to mount a horse</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 26</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 11:12 (KJV): And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.'>“The Kingdom of
heaven suffereth violence”</span>
Beautiful day usual Services. <span class='tooltip' title='L. B. Moore of Howard University is sometimes described as the Dean of the Teachers’ College or as the Dean of the Department of Education at that institution.'>“Dean” L.B. Moore</span>
at 4. a.m. — The services to day were good. — “B.W”
walked up stairs twice, and now it will take a lot of his mothers time
</P></td>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">23. Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Yes and thank
God for it too.” He is so good to me, and I love Him. — I
find myself to day dollarless, that is my own coinage — the
word — This month 36 years ago, our military company of which I
was 1st Lt. had just returned from Lynchburg Va where we participated
in a competetive drill. The late U.S. Senator <span class="tooltip" title="John Warwick Daniel, from Lynchburg, served as U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1887 until his death in 1910.">John W. Daniel</span> & <span class="tooltip" title="John Randolph Tucker, from Winchester, served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia from 1875 to 1887.">J Randolph. Tucker</span>,
were prominent factors, but didn’t it rain? — My wife
brought in some additional furniture and it was accepted. Warmer —
O.B. rain and plenty. on 24th
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">24th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">The above item should
have been here as to O.B. — This month forty five years ago I
enlisted on the US Coast Survey Steamer Bibb, for one year. That is
the time I went to Florida and Havana Cuba
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">He
who has a trade has his fortune made</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>FriWENDES</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 25</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The Lord is my
light.” — Rain and yet warm — My rest was fair. —
B “BW” and u.w. me are well. — I trusting in Lord.
— Rained all night — Got home at 7:oclock, and did not go
out again — The
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Not
every man who wears a spur is able to mount a horse</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 26</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 11:12 (KJV): And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.">“The Kingdom of
heaven suffereth violence”</span>
Beautiful day usual Services. <span class="tooltip" title="L. B. Moore of Howard University is sometimes described as the Dean of the Teachers’ College or as the Dean of the Department of Education at that institution.">“Dean” L.B. Moore</span>
at 4. a.m. — The services to day were good. — “B.W”
walked up stairs twice, and now it will take a lot of his mothers time
</p></td>
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">25</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">more I think on Gods
word the deeper I am impressed with mans sinfulness Forty seven years
ago my only sister was [ . . . ] the small pox, and an epidemic of
cholera was in the city also. I was sick, but with neither of the
above mentioned diseases, and it was thought that I would die. My
trouble was chills and fevers, and I had no hope, and mother prayed.
That saved me.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">26 Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">watching him to keep
him from falling to the bottom. — Lawson Bracey was buried from
our church. — I hear to day of the death of D.W. Davis,
inadvertently I recorded it on the 22nd he was then ill. — Our
church services closed before 9:o’clock to night as they did
last Sunday night, and doubtless will do next Sunday, and why not
every time. There is as much necessity for late meetings now, as
ever, and I fail to see it for any ,time. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Bride-cakes
and shrouds fall from the clouds</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 27</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Amos 4:11–12 (KJV): I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning, yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel, and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.'>“Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel”</span>
The weather is lovely. The court is still on. — I slept well
last night. Blanche complains of “gastritis” Wendell is
well. I gave him a kiss this a.m. and he gave it back, to his mother.
— I am well
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The
cat that has stolen the fish will come back to lick the dish</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 28</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“The son of man
came to seek and save” — Rain early, it is yet warm. —
Court yet on. — Our rest was good last night. B & “BW”
“So So” I have a cold. — There are no mark, of
God’s displeasure. I praise Him — The babe was asleep
when I
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">25</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">more I think on Gods
word the deeper I am impressed with mans sinfulness Forty seven years
ago my only sister was [ . . . ] the small pox, and an epidemic of
cholera was in the city also. I was sick, but with neither of the
above mentioned diseases, and it was thought that I would die. My
trouble was chills and fevers, and I had no hope, and mother prayed.
That saved me.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">26 Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">watching him to keep
him from falling to the bottom. — Lawson Bracey was buried from
our church. — I hear to day of the death of D.W. Davis,
inadvertently I recorded it on the 22nd he was then ill. — Our
church services closed before 9:o’clock to night as they did
last Sunday night, and doubtless will do next Sunday, and why not
every time. There is as much necessity for late meetings now, as
ever, and I fail to see it for any ,time. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Bride-cakes
and shrouds fall from the clouds</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 27</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Amos 4:11–12 (KJV): I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning, yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel, and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.">“Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel”</span>
The weather is lovely. The court is still on. — I slept well
last night. Blanche complains of “gastritis” Wendell is
well. I gave him a kiss this a.m. and he gave it back, to his mother.
— I am well
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
cat that has stolen the fish will come back to lick the dish</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 28</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“The son of man
came to seek and save” — Rain early, it is yet warm. —
Court yet on. — Our rest was good last night. B & “BW”
“So So” I have a cold. — There are no mark, of
God’s displeasure. I praise Him — The babe was asleep
when I
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">27. Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">I didn’t go to
class, because I was late at court, and the lecture absorbed the
class [ . . .] home with “Kitty and the babe” and spent
part of the evening writing preparatory to having full scope for my
part in Thursday evenings meeting, for soul saving — Three
years ago, my son Jeffrey went to California where he is now.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">28th Con</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Left home, hence he got
no kiss — “BW” walking partly alone. —
<span class='tooltip' title='The story of Balaam may be found in the Bible, Numbers 22–24.'>Ba<STRIKE>a</STRIKE>laam</span> was
a type of the modern conjurer or clairvoyant. They have dealings with
God but are not of his chosen ones. He uses them, because it suits
his purposes. —
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>If
the door is kept locked, the devil won’t call</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 29</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Song of Solomon 6:4 (KJV): Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.'>“Thou art
beautiful, O, my love!”</span>
To day is cloudy, and atmosphere soft. — Court, and probably
the last of this month’s term. — My rest was fair, and we
are fairly well. — Rain and cooler. — Court gone —
Blanche arrived in the city two years ago yesterday.
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Kicking
is cheap in a gathering of donkeys</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 30</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='Luke 22: 31–32 (KJV): And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.'>“Satan desires to have thee that he may sift thee as wheat.”</span>
— It is clear and crisp. My rest was troubled last night, but I
got my “40 winks.” B “BW” and u.w. me are
well this a.m. The office is my place to day
</P></td>
</tr>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">27. Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">I didn’t go to
class, because I was late at court, and the lecture absorbed the
class [ . . .] home with “Kitty and the babe” and spent
part of the evening writing preparatory to having full scope for my
part in Thursday evenings meeting, for soul saving — Three
years ago, my son Jeffrey went to California where he is now.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">28th Con</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">Left home, hence he got
no kiss — “BW” walking partly alone. —
<span class="tooltip" title="The story of Balaam may be found in the Bible, Numbers 22–24.">Ba<strike>a</strike>laam</span> was
a type of the modern conjurer or clairvoyant. They have dealings with
God but are not of his chosen ones. He uses them, because it suits
his purposes. —
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">If
the door is kept locked, the devil won’t call</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 29</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Song of Solomon 6:4 (KJV): Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.">“Thou art
beautiful, O, my love!”</span>
To day is cloudy, and atmosphere soft. — Court, and probably
the last of this month’s term. — My rest was fair, and we
are fairly well. — Rain and cooler. — Court gone —
Blanche arrived in the city two years ago yesterday.
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Kicking
is cheap in a gathering of donkeys</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 30</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Luke 22: 31–32 (KJV): And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.">“Satan desires to have thee that he may sift thee as wheat.”</span>
— It is clear and crisp. My rest was troubled last night, but I
got my “40 winks.” B “BW” and u.w. me are
well this a.m. The office is my place to day
</p></td>
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<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">29th Con —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Clearing at night, and
as is my custom, I went forth to our weekly teachers meeting. Only
four showed themselves to “Ahab.” We sung, and had a
prayer. We them went to the main assembly room where a service of
prayer was held by the <span class='tooltip' title='The Allen Christian Endeavor League, an organization of the African Methodist Church formed to support Christian education, was named after Richard Allen, founder and first bishop of the Church.'>A.C.E.L</span>.
until 845. — Wood was bought to day — Two years ago to
day Ward Myers was shot, and, died from the effects of said shot. —
Forty four years ago this month I was discharged from the U.S. Coast
Survey Steamer Bibb —</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">30th</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">The prayer meeting to
night was good. The Lord led, and I stood as his mouth piece. The
attendance was good, but our men had got to awake, or the Lord “will
spew them out of his mouth”
</P></td><td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A
buffalo gets used to the weight of his horns</FONT></P>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
OCTOBER 31</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='Psalm 118:22–23 (KJV): The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD’S doing, it is marvellous in our eyes.'>“This is the
Lords doing.”</span>
All Hallowe’en.” Weather fine but cold. — Rest good
last night — B “BW” and u.w. me are well only I
have a cold. — To day completes my 2nd year as Blanche’s
worthless spouse. I hope for the better “tho” — I
sent out cards to Winslow & Copeland for S.S.
</P></td>
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</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">29th Con —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Clearing at night, and
as is my custom, I went forth to our weekly teachers meeting. Only
four showed themselves to “Ahab.” We sung, and had a
prayer. We them went to the main assembly room where a service of
prayer was held by the <span class="tooltip" title="The Allen Christian Endeavor League, an organization of the African Methodist Church formed to support Christian education, was named after Richard Allen, founder and first bishop of the Church.">A.C.E.L</span>.
until 845. — Wood was bought to day — Two years ago to
day Ward Myers was shot, and, died from the effects of said shot. —
Forty four years ago this month I was discharged from the U.S. Coast
Survey Steamer Bibb —</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">30th</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">The prayer meeting to
night was good. The Lord led, and I stood as his mouth piece. The
attendance was good, but our men had got to awake, or the Lord “will
spew them out of his mouth”
</p></td><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A
buffalo gets used to the weight of his horns</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
OCTOBER 31</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Psalm 118:22–23 (KJV): The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD’S doing, it is marvellous in our eyes.">“This is the
Lords doing.”</span>
All Hallowe’en.” Weather fine but cold. — Rest good
last night — B “BW” and u.w. me are well only I
have a cold. — To day completes my 2nd year as Blanche’s
worthless spouse. I hope for the better “tho” — I
sent out cards to Winslow & Copeland for S.S.
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<tr>
<td><P CLASS="western" ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">31st Con —
</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Our colored churches,
as a rule, denounce the white ones, but the white preachers. —
Episcopal, — are taking a step in the right direction. When
they contend for “Eugenic” Marriages, and refuse to marry
divorced persons, our colored — preachers — would do
well, to ‘sit up and take notice.’ There are too many old
[ . . . ] and whore mongers in our [churches . . . ] any way, and
some of the [ . . . ] front seat sisters, and the [ . . . ] pastors,
etc. O Lord! his [ . . . ] may put his [ . . . ] amen [?] [ . . . ]
God and [?] to wonders in [. . . ] lost like Balaam the [ . . .
]Board [ . . . ] service.</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The mother of
plenty of children is not troubled with indigestion</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 1</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Isaiah 12:1 (KJV): And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise
thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and
thou comfortedst me'>“O Lord. I will praise thee
though thou wast angry with me.”</span>
— It is cold, the sky is clear, and we are well. — Office
as usual. —“BW” is happy as <span class='tooltip' title='Possible reference to wealthy New York socialite Madeleine Astor, who survived the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, when she was five months pregnant with her first son, John Jacob ‘Jakey’ Astor VI. Her husband died in the sinking, and Madeleine and her newborn son avoided public life following the accident until late 1913, when photographs of her and her infant son began to appear frequently in the press. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Astor" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>'>Astors babe.</span> I don’t blame him.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The horse
that belonged to partners is dead of sores</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 2</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Numbers 24:17 (KJV): I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.'>“I shall see him, but not nigh”</span>
Weather ideal usual services. pastor preached at 11. Sacrament at
night. We held jail services B & “BW” seems well.
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">31st Con —
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;">Our colored churches,
as a rule, denounce the white ones, but the white preachers. —
Episcopal, — are taking a step in the right direction. When
they contend for “Eugenic” Marriages, and refuse to marry
divorced persons, our colored — preachers — would do
well, to ‘sit up and take notice.’ There are too many old
[ . . . ] and whore mongers in our [churches . . . ] any way, and
some of the [ . . . ] front seat sisters, and the [ . . . ] pastors,
etc. O Lord! his [ . . . ] may put his [ . . . ] amen [?] [ . . . ]
God and [?] to wonders in [. . . ] lost like Balaam the [ . . .
]Board [ . . . ] service.</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The mother of
plenty of children is not troubled with indigestion</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 1</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Isaiah 12:1 (KJV): And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me">“O Lord. I will praise thee
though thou wast angry with me.”</span>
— It is cold, the sky is clear, and we are well. — Office
as usual. —“BW” is happy as <span class="tooltip" title="Possible reference to wealthy New York socialite Madeleine Astor, who survived the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, when she was five months pregnant with her first son, John Jacob ‘Jakey’ Astor VI. Her husband died in the sinking, and Madeleine and her newborn son avoided public life following the accident until late 1913, when photographs of her and her infant son began to appear frequently in the press. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Astor" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>">Astors babe.</span> I don’t blame him.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The horse
that belonged to partners is dead of sores</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 2</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Numbers 24:17 (KJV): I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.">“I shall see him, but not nigh”</span>
Weather ideal usual services. pastor preached at 11. Sacrament at
night. We held jail services B & “BW” seems well.
</p></td>
</tr></table>
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<tr>
<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Nov 1. Con —</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">I should be so when I know, “My
Father is rich” — Had my shoe fixed at <span class='tooltip' title='James H. Ash, shoemaker, had a shop at 522 Green St., Portsmouth. Forty-seven years old in 1910, the city directory of 1913 lists his residence as 836 Caledonia.'>Ash’s.</span> Went home and spent the balance of the evening — or afternoon, and evening — <span class='tooltip' title='Wilson’s problems with Mexico began with Mexico’s 1913 revolution in which General Victoriano Huerto overthrew the nation’s government and declared himself the country’s leader. See note on October 9th con.'>What has our president got to do with Mexico.</span> Whom they shall elect as <U>their</U> president? The authorities may know. But “I am from <U>Missouri</U>.”</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Of love and
of waves there is this to say: they look like mountains, and are but
spray</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 3</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Cities of refuge” —
Clear and ideal. Rested fine last night Criminal term of court —
I am well also B & “BW” — The sermon was good,
and I congratulate him, but, regardless what I say no one hardly ever
concurs with me — or</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>“Perish
those who have said our good things before us!”</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 4</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And fared sumptuously every
day.” — Clear and warm. Court — I was paid off with
a [measley?] $14.00 for Oct. not 50¢ a day and I do more than
some men that get $60.00 God judge between them — the
authorities — and me.
</P></td>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Nov 1. Con —</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">I should be so when I know, “My
Father is rich” — Had my shoe fixed at <span class="tooltip" title="James H. Ash, shoemaker, had a shop at 522 Green St., Portsmouth. Forty-seven years old in 1910, the city directory of 1913 lists his residence as 836 Caledonia.">Ash’s.</span> Went home and spent the balance of the evening — or afternoon, and evening — <span class="tooltip" title="Wilson’s problems with Mexico began with Mexico’s 1913 revolution in which General Victoriano Huerto overthrew the nation’s government and declared himself the country’s leader. See note on October 9th con.">What has our president got to do with Mexico.</span> Whom they shall elect as their president? The authorities may know. But “I am from Missouri.”</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Of love and
of waves there is this to say: they look like mountains, and are but
spray</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 3</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Cities of refuge” —
Clear and ideal. Rested fine last night Criminal term of court —
I am well also B & “BW” — The sermon was good,
and I congratulate him, but, regardless what I say no one hardly ever
concurs with me — or</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Perish
those who have said our good things before us!”</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 4</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And fared sumptuously every
day.” — Clear and warm. Court — I was paid off with
a [measley?] $14.00 for Oct. not 50¢ a day and I do more than
some men that get $60.00 God judge between them — the
authorities — and me.
</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">3rd Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">congratulates me. I don’t court it, but a word of congratulation or of criticism, would do me good. — Mrs Maria Elliott, died — Prayer and praise service, it was very good and will continue so if the pastor will stick to the truth, and don’t do it like the democratic orator, did the “Force Bill” in the house of its friends. Talk it to death — <span class='tooltip' title='Jesse Watts is listed in the 1910 census as a Boatman, age 50, married to wife, Lanie, with daughter Marie, and residing at 923 Glasgow, in Portsmouth.'>Jesse Watts</span> died —</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">4th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">To day is election day with the white folks and a <U>few</U> colored ones. “Machines” are being smashed, and some just broken. — I staid home, writing and Blanche attended prayer meeting. —</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Only a scurvy
wretch would steal a blind man’s eye-teeth</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 5</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Those whom God has joined
together let not man put asunder” — Yet they do it, and
boast. God will judge them. — Clear and cold. — Court to
day. — B “B.W” and u.w. me are well. I am getting
rid of my “Two or three cents”—God keeps me from
starving —</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Before a
diplomat speaks he takes as long to clear his throat as a giraffe</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 6</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='Habakkuk 3:3 (KJV): God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount
Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of
his praise.'>“God came from Teman the holy one from mount Paran”</span>
— Clear and cool. — Court again — Rest good last
night. Wendell, walking alone still better. —I am tired of
promises — Letter from George Lipsking, he is in Florida, and
well.
</P></td>
</tr>
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<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">3rd Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">congratulates me. I don’t court it, but a word of congratulation or of criticism, would do me good. — Mrs Maria Elliott, died — Prayer and praise service, it was very good and will continue so if the pastor will stick to the truth, and don’t do it like the democratic orator, did the “Force Bill” in the house of its friends. Talk it to death — <span class="tooltip" title="Jesse Watts is listed in the 1910 census as a Boatman, age 50, married to wife, Lanie, with daughter Marie, and residing at 923 Glasgow, in Portsmouth.">Jesse Watts</span> died —</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">4th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">To day is election day with the white folks and a few colored ones. “Machines” are being smashed, and some just broken. — I staid home, writing and Blanche attended prayer meeting. —</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Only a scurvy
wretch would steal a blind man’s eye-teeth</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 5</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Those whom God has joined
together let not man put asunder” — Yet they do it, and
boast. God will judge them. — Clear and cold. — Court to
day. — B “B.W” and u.w. me are well. I am getting
rid of my “Two or three cents”—God keeps me from
starving —</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Before a
diplomat speaks he takes as long to clear his throat as a giraffe</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 6</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Habakkuk 3:3 (KJV): God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.">“God came from Teman the holy one from mount Paran”</span>
— Clear and cool. — Court again — Rest good last
night. Wendell, walking alone still better. —I am tired of
promises — Letter from George Lipsking, he is in Florida, and
well.
</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">Family
Register</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><BR><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">Birth:
September 21 1912 Wendell Phillips Wilson</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">Weight:
17 lbs</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">First
Tooth: Oct 3rd 1913</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">First
Word: DaDa</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">Height
of Parents: 5.8 ¾ 5.3</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">Weight
of Parents: 145 & 130</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><BR><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">Baptism:
December 3rd Sunday 1912</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">Festivals
to Remember: Eastern Xmas, Epiphany, Whitsunday.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><BR><BR>
</P><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.01in">
5th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.01in">
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.01in">
Teachers meeting, and Church prayer meeting —</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.01in">
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.01in">
6th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.01in">
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; padding-bottom: 0.01in">
Spent evening home. Blanche went to Church.</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The wooer who
throws himself at a maiden’s feet should be careful not to
crack her patent-leathers</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>ThursTUES</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 7</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Suffer the little children to
come unto me.” — The weather is excellent — We are
well. B & “BW” seems happy — Court again to day
Official Board. pastor gone to Richmond — Prayer meeting drags
along I don’t believe the pastors heart is in it.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The digging
done for Kidd’s treasure would have finished the Panama Canal</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 8</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='Mark 10:18 (KJV): And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.'>“Why callest thou me good.”?</span>
Misty Drizzle. Warm. Court — We ie B. “BW” and u.w.
me — rested well last night. he is happy regardless of the fact
that is my babe, and not Astors’ — — Check from
Crawford, an [?]</P></td>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Family
Register</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Birth:
September 21 1912 Wendell Phillips Wilson</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Weight:
17 lbs</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">First
Tooth: Oct 3rd 1913</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">First
Word: DaDa</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Height
of Parents: 5.8 ¾ 5.3</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Weight
of Parents: 145 & 130</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Baptism:
December 3rd Sunday 1912</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Festivals
to Remember: Eastern Xmas, Epiphany, Whitsunday.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;padding-bottom:.01in;">
5th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;padding-bottom:.01in;">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;padding-bottom:.01in;">
Teachers meeting, and Church prayer meeting —</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;padding-bottom:.01in;">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;padding-bottom:.01in;">
6th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;padding-bottom:.01in;">
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;padding-bottom:.01in;">
Spent evening home. Blanche went to Church.</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The wooer who
throws himself at a maiden’s feet should be careful not to
crack her patent-leathers</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>ThursTUES</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 7</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Suffer the little children to
come unto me.” — The weather is excellent — We are
well. B & “BW” seems happy — Court again to day
Official Board. pastor gone to Richmond — Prayer meeting drags
along I don’t believe the pastors heart is in it.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The digging
done for Kidd’s treasure would have finished the Panama Canal</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 8</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Mark 10:18 (KJV): And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.">“Why callest thou me good.”?</span>
Misty Drizzle. Warm. Court — We ie B. “BW” and u.w.
me — rested well last night. he is happy regardless of the fact
that is my babe, and not Astors’ — — Check from
Crawford, an [?]</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">8th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">The weather is clearing at 1.30 p.m.
and an old hardheaded jury is keeping the court waiting. — The
judge got God in his heart, adjourned court soon, and went to
Richmond, and I went home. — I took a trip to <span class='tooltip' title='A group of neighborhoods in Norfolk developed, primarily, between 1892
and 1907, that lie to the west of the city’s current commercial center.'>Ghent</span> on an errand, it didn’t take long. — There are a very few of my old associates in the land of the living
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>It takes a
born chef to make a soup out of thistle tops</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 9</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“We all shall stand before the
judgement seat.” — The weather was warm early, but before
9 a.m it turned cold, it had rained, later it was clearing — I
attended usual services. B & “BW” staid home on
account of weather. — Pastor preached at 11. & 7.30
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Modern life
has its mythology, too — the goddess Telephonia, for one</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 10</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Ye are the salt of the earth”
Cold, clear, and windy — Court Rested good last night. B &
“BW” are well also u.w. me. — Babe had a knock down
this a.m. but he will, doubtless have many more, before he reaches
manhood.
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">8th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">The weather is clearing at 1.30 p.m.
and an old hardheaded jury is keeping the court waiting. — The
judge got God in his heart, adjourned court soon, and went to
Richmond, and I went home. — I took a trip to <span class="tooltip" title="A group of neighborhoods in Norfolk developed, primarily, between 1892 and 1907, that lie to the west of the city’s current commercial center.">Ghent</span> on an errand, it didn’t take long. — There are a very few of my old associates in the land of the living
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">It takes a
born chef to make a soup out of thistle tops</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 9</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“We all shall stand before the
judgement seat.” — The weather was warm early, but before
9 a.m it turned cold, it had rained, later it was clearing — I
attended usual services. B & “BW” staid home on
account of weather. — Pastor preached at 11. & 7.30
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Modern life
has its mythology, too — the goddess Telephonia, for one</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 10</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Ye are the salt of the earth”
Cold, clear, and windy — Court Rested good last night. B &
“BW” are well also u.w. me. — Babe had a knock down
this a.m. but he will, doubtless have many more, before he reaches
manhood.
</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">9.th Con</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><STRIKE>ADDRESSES</STRIKE></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Three babes were baptized, and one
adult. — From Newspaper accounts this cold snap is severe, but
I will hardly freeze. — The sermon was strong and convincing to
night. — Forty nine years ago to day Gen W.T. Sherman started
his “march to the sea,” from Atlanta, leaving that city
in flames.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">10th <STRIKE>TELEPHONE
NUMBERS </STRIKE> Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">This locality only got a taste of the
blizzard that swept the county, it is cold here, but I have seen far
more colder. — At court until 6.30.p.m. had to put away coke
after getting home hence I staid in, no class, nor service for me.
Rev. Hunter preached — Moses was the greatest character of
Biblical history, yet he sinned.
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Better
quarrel with your knee than with your neighbor</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 11</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 20:6 (KJV): And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found
others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?'>“Why stand ye here idle all the day.”?</span> — It is cold, skies are clear We are well. I am at court. My rest last night was good. Wendell disturbed his mother, for “Ninny”
— — Letter to George Lipsking, answer — Evening
home for me all well.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>One
bitten by a snake will scare at a bit rope</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 12</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 20:7 (KJV): They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.'>“No man hath hired us.” “Go work in my Vineyard.”</span> —
Clear and cold but not severe as it was yesterday. — Withrow
preached at night. I met the Teachers, a few of them, and the
orchestra, before going
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">9.th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><strike>ADDRESSES</strike></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Three babes were baptized, and one
adult. — From Newspaper accounts this cold snap is severe, but
I will hardly freeze. — The sermon was strong and convincing to
night. — Forty nine years ago to day Gen W.T. Sherman started
his “march to the sea,” from Atlanta, leaving that city
in flames.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">10th <strike>TELEPHONE
NUMBERS </strike> Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">This locality only got a taste of the
blizzard that swept the county, it is cold here, but I have seen far
more colder. — At court until 6.30.p.m. had to put away coke
after getting home hence I staid in, no class, nor service for me.
Rev. Hunter preached — Moses was the greatest character of
Biblical history, yet he sinned.
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Better
quarrel with your knee than with your neighbor</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 11</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 20:6 (KJV): And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?">“Why stand ye here idle all the day.”?</span> — It is cold, skies are clear We are well. I am at court. My rest last night was good. Wendell disturbed his mother, for “Ninny”
— — Letter to George Lipsking, answer — Evening
home for me all well.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">One
bitten by a snake will scare at a bit rope</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 12</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 20:7 (KJV): They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.">“No man hath hired us.” “Go work in my Vineyard.”</span> —
Clear and cold but not severe as it was yesterday. — Withrow
preached at night. I met the Teachers, a few of them, and the
orchestra, before going
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">12th
Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">into preaching
services. — The holy spirit was manifest, and I am blest, with
others. <span class='tooltip' title='African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church'>A.M.E.Z</span> Conference
in session at Norfolk. <span class='tooltip' title='James Walker Hood (May 1831—30 October 1918), born in Chester Co.
Pennsylvania, was first licensed to preach in the A.M.E. Church in 1856. Most of his service took place in North Carolina where, in 1864, he
founded the North Carolina Conference and, in 1872, was named Bishop. He
was active in North Carolina politics, presiding over the first
statewide convention of African–Americans in 1865 and serving as
assistant state superintendent of public instruction from 1868 to 1871.'>Bishop Hood</span>
the “oldest Negro Bishop” in the world, presiding, and I
much doubt if is not <U>the</U> <U>oldest</U>
bishop. —</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>To
do great things without a great fuss, is the high badge of greatness</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 13</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Jeremiah 9:1 (KJV): Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!'>“O that head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears.”!?</span>
— Clear and warmer. Court. — Rested fair last night. B &
“BW.” and u.w. me are well I have felt the holy Spirit,
to day as I communed with Jesus.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>It takes many
men to make a crowd, but one is enough to lead it</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 14</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">“Men ought always pray, and not
faint.” — Still warmer, and clear. — Rested good
last night. B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. — Court
again — M.J. Wilson gave Wendell some necessary articles,
yesterday — The “Powers” know more than</P></td>
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">12th
Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">into preaching
services. — The holy spirit was manifest, and I am blest, with
others. <span class="tooltip" title="African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church">A.M.E.Z</span> Conference
in session at Norfolk. <span class="tooltip" title="James Walker Hood (May 1831—30 October 1918), born in Chester Co. Pennsylvania, was first licensed to preach in the A.M.E. Church in 1856. Most of his service took place in North Carolina where, in 1864, he founded the North Carolina Conference and, in 1872, was named Bishop. He was active in North Carolina politics, presiding over the first statewide convention of African–Americans in 1865 and serving as assistant state superintendent of public instruction from 1868 to 1871.">Bishop Hood</span>
the “oldest Negro Bishop” in the world, presiding, and I
much doubt if is not the oldest
bishop. —</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">To
do great things without a great fuss, is the high badge of greatness</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 13</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Jeremiah 9:1 (KJV): Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!">“O that head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears.”!?</span>
— Clear and warmer. Court. — Rested fair last night. B &
“BW.” and u.w. me are well I have felt the holy Spirit,
to day as I communed with Jesus.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">It takes many
men to make a crowd, but one is enough to lead it</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 14</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">“Men ought always pray, and not
faint.” — Still warmer, and clear. — Rested good
last night. B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. — Court
again — M.J. Wilson gave Wendell some necessary articles,
yesterday — The “Powers” know more than</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">13th
Con</P><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><STRIKE>Daily
Expenses January</STRIKE></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Evening home.
Blanche attended prayer services — <span class='tooltip' title='Dodson was owner of the Atlantic Hotel in Norfolk. The hotel stood at the corner of Main and Granby and was destroyed by fire on 31 January 1902. Dodson’s son, Robert A. was running the Lorraine Hotel in Norfolk in 1913.'>R.S. Dodson</span>, a Norfolk hotel proprietor died.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">14th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">I do, and they endorse Wilsons policy
towards Mexico. I am “Mum” until I learn more. — It
thundered at our home this a.m. and the reverberations is yet with
me. — The Negroes of Maryland are yet contending for their
right but it is dollars to doughnuts, whither they get them. —
Official Board. — Decidedly warm — <span class='tooltip' title='George Langhorne Pryor, born in 1857, was a lawyer and a Virginian who,
in 1902, published a book, <i>Neither Bond nor Free: A Plea. The Colored
American</i>, a Washington DC African–American newspaper ran a brief review
on 23 August 1902 in which the reviewer concluded, “I have read it and I have no hesitancy in commending it to the favorable notice of all
Negroes and white folks who are looking for fact in a book of fiction.”'>George L. Pryor</span> died
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The way to keep clear of the hurly-burly is to start your Christmas
campaign early</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 15</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Psalm 37:37 (KJV): Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.'>“Mark the perfect man and behold the upright”</span>
— Cool and cloudy — Court, again —Rested well last
night, and B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. — My rest
was mixed with prayer meetings etc. last night. — Wendell is
gaining</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Don’t sit on the right of a jolly laugher, lest he clap you hard on the
back</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 16</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">“Precious
in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints” Rain at
intervals, and warm We attended usual Services, Rev. Fletcher
preached at 11. — The jail services, were good. It is with the
Lord whither I have held up his</P></td>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">13th
Con</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><strike>Daily
Expenses January</strike></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Evening home.
Blanche attended prayer services — <span class="tooltip" title="Dodson was owner of the Atlantic Hotel in Norfolk. The hotel stood at the corner of Main and Granby and was destroyed by fire on 31 January 1902. Dodson’s son, Robert A. was running the Lorraine Hotel in Norfolk in 1913.">R.S. Dodson</span>, a Norfolk hotel proprietor died.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">14th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">I do, and they endorse Wilsons policy
towards Mexico. I am “Mum” until I learn more. — It
thundered at our home this a.m. and the reverberations is yet with
me. — The Negroes of Maryland are yet contending for their
right but it is dollars to doughnuts, whither they get them. —
Official Board. — Decidedly warm — <span class="tooltip" title="George Langhorne Pryor, born in 1857, was a lawyer and a Virginian who, in 1902, published a book, <i>Neither Bond nor Free: A Plea. The Colored American</i>, a Washington DC African–American newspaper ran a brief review on 23 August 1902 in which the reviewer concluded, “I have read it and I have no hesitancy in commending it to the favorable notice of all Negroes and white folks who are looking for fact in a book of fiction.”">George L. Pryor</span> died
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The way to keep clear of the hurly-burly is to start your Christmas
campaign early</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 15</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Psalm 37:37 (KJV): Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.">“Mark the perfect man and behold the upright”</span>
— Cool and cloudy — Court, again —Rested well last
night, and B. “BW” and u.w. me are well. — My rest
was mixed with prayer meetings etc. last night. — Wendell is
gaining</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Don’t sit on the right of a jolly laugher, lest he clap you hard on the
back</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 16</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">“Precious
in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints” Rain at
intervals, and warm We attended usual Services, Rev. Fletcher
preached at 11. — The jail services, were good. It is with the
Lord whither I have held up his</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">15
Con</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><STRIKE>Daily
Expenses February</STRIKE></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">in strength and
intelligence, only he awakes too early, but that is more of a virtue
than a vice let us hope. — I left the office at 1.50 p.m.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">16th</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">name or my own. I
havent extolled my self in S.S. nor
jail services — “BW” had a fall while in S.S. and
he actually shook the building, appeared to me Blanche carried him
out and in five minutes he was back as happy as ever —</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Some men [say]
a mouthful without saying anything wise</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">DAY, NOVEMBER 17</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Isaiah 53:1 (KJV): Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?'>“Who hath believed our report?”</span>
Cloudy and chilly — I rested as well as I could during the rain
— Court. — Withdrew from D.C.B.A. and received $89.97. —
Class, but none of #24, was present, and I told my story to the
pastor and #26 class.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Scaring a
bird will not catch her, unless you scare her stiff</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 18</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">“This is a day of good tidings”
Lovely day. I rested good last night. — We are well. “BW”
is lively — Court not much doing — I gave money to
Blanche to pay Fire Insurance — Our Deputy had the time of his
life with a fractious</P></td>
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">15
Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><strike>Daily
Expenses February</strike></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">in strength and
intelligence, only he awakes too early, but that is more of a virtue
than a vice let us hope. — I left the office at 1.50 p.m.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">16th</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">name or my own. I
havent extolled my self in S.S. nor
jail services — “BW” had a fall while in S.S. and
he actually shook the building, appeared to me Blanche carried him
out and in five minutes he was back as happy as ever —</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Some men [say]
a mouthful without saying anything wise</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">DAY, NOVEMBER 17</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Isaiah 53:1 (KJV): Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?">“Who hath believed our report?”</span>
Cloudy and chilly — I rested as well as I could during the rain
— Court. — Withdrew from D.C.B.A. and received $89.97. —
Class, but none of #24, was present, and I told my story to the
pastor and #26 class.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Scaring a
bird will not catch her, unless you scare her stiff</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 18</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">“This is a day of good tidings”
Lovely day. I rested good last night. — We are well. “BW”
is lively — Court not much doing — I gave money to
Blanche to pay Fire Insurance — Our Deputy had the time of his
life with a fractious</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">17 Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Thomas A. Martin is listed in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory. His
occupation is listed as “express” and his residence is given as 736
Carroll. The 1900 census shows him as a “drayman,” age 29, and living in
Portsmouth with wife Mollie C., daughter Leilia, and son, John A. The
1910 census lists only a Thomas Martin, age 40, a boarder, living
without a family in the Western District; occupation, farm laborer.'>Thos A. Martin</span> died,
a neighbor and an old acquaintance — People now days, Negro
people, wont work for money.</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">18th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">prisoner he had in charge — <span class='tooltip' title='A Fanny McGriff, age 45 and wife of Tillman L. McGriff are listed in the
1910 census with a residence of 1211 Green St. in Portsmouth. The 1913
City Directory shows a Tilghman McGriff, a barber, at that same address.'>Mrs Frances McGriff</span> died
— I spent evening home while Mrs W. went to Nite Missionary
meeting
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>“In a
minute” is generally an hour and a half</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 19</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 21:16 (KJV): And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And
Jesus saith unto them, Yea, have ye never read, Out of the mouth of
babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?'>“Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings thou hast perfected praise”</span>
Lovely weather. — Rested good last night. B. “BW”
and u.w. me are well. — Court as usual. — Paid back &
present taxes this a.m. — I heard of the death of Mrs. McG
this a.m.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The dog that
barks at a distance will not bite at hand</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 20</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 21:19 (KJV): And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to
it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no
fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree
withered away.'>“Let no fruit grow on the thee
hence forward forever.”</span>
— The day is exceeding beautiful, it is lovely. — I
rested good last night B. and “B.W” are well, so am I. —
Court, jury dismissed. — Blanche called at Court, this a.m.
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">17 Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Thomas A. Martin is listed in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory. His occupation is listed as “express” and his residence is given as 736 Carroll. The 1900 census shows him as a “drayman,” age 29, and living in Portsmouth with wife Mollie C., daughter Leilia, and son, John A. The 1910 census lists only a Thomas Martin, age 40, a boarder, living without a family in the Western District; occupation, farm laborer.">Thos A. Martin</span> died,
a neighbor and an old acquaintance — People now days, Negro
people, wont work for money.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">18th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">prisoner he had in charge — <span class="tooltip" title="A Fanny McGriff, age 45 and wife of Tillman L. McGriff are listed in the 1910 census with a residence of 1211 Green St. in Portsmouth. The 1913 City Directory shows a Tilghman McGriff, a barber, at that same address.">Mrs Frances McGriff</span> died
— I spent evening home while Mrs W. went to Nite Missionary
meeting
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“In a
minute” is generally an hour and a half</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 19</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 21:16 (KJV): And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea, have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?">“Out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings thou hast perfected praise”</span>
Lovely weather. — Rested good last night. B. “BW”
and u.w. me are well. — Court as usual. — Paid back &
present taxes this a.m. — I heard of the death of Mrs. McG
this a.m.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The dog that
barks at a distance will not bite at hand</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 20</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 21:19 (KJV): And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.">“Let no fruit grow on the thee
hence forward forever.”</span>
— The day is exceeding beautiful, it is lovely. — I
rested good last night B. and “B.W” are well, so am I. —
Court, jury dismissed. — Blanche called at Court, this a.m.
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">19th Con
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">This is Mrs W’s 34th birth day. I
hope she will see many more and rear Wendell, if the Lord say so —
Teachers meeting, and the pastor held a class room prayer meeting,
which handicapped me in T.M. — God moves mysteriously. He has
been holding back, on F.H. Miller for about 15 years, more or less,
for lying on one, His chosen, and last night, — or to night —
he let fall the sword, that has been long suspended. he didn’t
take <span class='tooltip' title='Frank H. Miller was a real estate, rental, and insurance agent, also a
notary and general auctioneer, according to the 1913 Portsmouth City
Directory. His home was at 802 Court and he, apparently, had offices at 6 Old Kirn Bldg. The 1910 census lists four sons: H. Howard, 20, J.
Crawford, 17, Frank C. 15, and Vernon, age 5. Frank H. Miller was 44 in
1910. The 1920 census lists sons Howard and Vernon, but since entries
for Frank C. and J. Crawford are not firmly established, it is unclear
which son was “snatched.”'>F.H. Miller</span> but
his son in whom no doubt he doted, has been snatched from him. That
is the way our God works. Others has paid their part in that affront
to his servant, and there is more to pay.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">20th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Jury paid off and court adjourned
Evening home. Writing, and thinking —
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT SIZE=2>A woman and a
cherry are painted for their own harm</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 21</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Proverbs 6:6 (KJV): Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise'>“Go to the ant thou sluggard”</span>
It is yet beautiful weather. — I slept well last night, and we,
B “BW” and u.w. me are well — Office, and it is
dull, since the jury has gone — There is an old “convict
ship “ship” from England a relic of English
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A bird in the
hand is worth ten aviating</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 22</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 21:31 (KJV): Whether of them twain did the will of his father?
They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto
you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God
before you.'>“Verily I say unto you, that the
publicans and harlots go into the Kingdom of God before you.”</span>
Yet warm, and clear. — Office and well. — Rested fair
last night — B. “BW” up and around. I thought he
was sick he was so fretful last night but it seems</P></td>
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</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">This is Mrs W’s 34th birth day. I
hope she will see many more and rear Wendell, if the Lord say so —
Teachers meeting, and the pastor held a class room prayer meeting,
which handicapped me in T.M. — God moves mysteriously. He has
been holding back, on F.H. Miller for about 15 years, more or less,
for lying on one, His chosen, and last night, — or to night —
he let fall the sword, that has been long suspended. he didn’t
take <span class="tooltip" title="Frank H. Miller was a real estate, rental, and insurance agent, also a notary and general auctioneer, according to the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory. His home was at 802 Court and he, apparently, had offices at 6 Old Kirn Bldg. The 1910 census lists four sons: H. Howard, 20, J. Crawford, 17, Frank C. 15, and Vernon, age 5. Frank H. Miller was 44 in 1910. The 1920 census lists sons Howard and Vernon, but since entries for Frank C. and J. Crawford are not firmly established, it is unclear which son was “snatched.”">F.H. Miller</span> but
his son in whom no doubt he doted, has been snatched from him. That
is the way our God works. Others has paid their part in that affront
to his servant, and there is more to pay.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">20th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Jury paid off and court adjourned
Evening home. Writing, and thinking —
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">A woman and a
cherry are painted for their own harm</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 21</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Proverbs 6:6 (KJV): Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise">“Go to the ant thou sluggard”</span>
It is yet beautiful weather. — I slept well last night, and we,
B “BW” and u.w. me are well — Office, and it is
dull, since the jury has gone — There is an old “convict
ship “ship” from England a relic of English
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A bird in the
hand is worth ten aviating</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 22</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 21:31 (KJV): Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.">“Verily I say unto you, that the
publicans and harlots go into the Kingdom of God before you.”</span>
Yet warm, and clear. — Office and well. — Rested fair
last night — B. “BW” up and around. I thought he
was sick he was so fretful last night but it seems</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">21st Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Barbarity three hundred years ago,
nearly. she is here on exhibition, and it costs 25¢ a head to go
on board. Saturday ie to morrow is set for “Colored folks”
I will not go if I had Rockafeller’s millions, at my disposal,
and supplemented by Rothschilds. I would not give the dust of one
mill to go on board just for that. We have enough of the color line,
without the help of a “convict ship” syndicate. — I
think this is the most beautiful weather I have ever seen for
November — — O.B. small
attendance. The average preacher of to day seems to work more for the
bishops commendation than for God’s. it should not be so,
bretheren.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">22nd Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">not, when I left home. — Left
office at 1.40. p.m. — Paid <span class='tooltip' title='Possibly, Stephen W. Jones, watchmaker at 708 High St., Portsmouth.'>S.W. Jones</span> and
<span class='tooltip' title='Likely, either John T. White, carpenter, at 834 Glasgow, or John T.
White, barber, at 701 High St., both in Portsmouth. Given the proximity
of the barber to Stephen Jones’s shop, the latter seems more likely.'>J.T. White</span>,
then I went home. —</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The ass that
brays most has least time for eating</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 23</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Revelation 6:1 (KJV): And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.'>“And I saw when the Lamb opened the twelve seals.”</span>
— Beautiful weather. Good services during the day, pastor
preached at 11. a.m. and Adolphus Lewis, a layman, spoke at night. —
Margaret reviewed the S.S. lesson. — We are well.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>What won’t
make a pot may make a beautiful lid</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 24</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='Acts 8:2 (KJV): And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.'>“And devout men carried Stephen to his burial.”</span>
— Clear and cool. — Rested good last night, and we are
well. B “BW” and u.w. me. Office for me. —
Sometimes we see crap shooters, bearing, “Stephen” to his
“burial,” but is should not be thus.
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">21st Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Barbarity three hundred years ago,
nearly. she is here on exhibition, and it costs 25¢ a head to go
on board. Saturday ie to morrow is set for “Colored folks”
I will not go if I had Rockafeller’s millions, at my disposal,
and supplemented by Rothschilds. I would not give the dust of one
mill to go on board just for that. We have enough of the color line,
without the help of a “convict ship” syndicate. — I
think this is the most beautiful weather I have ever seen for
November — — O.B. small
attendance. The average preacher of to day seems to work more for the
bishops commendation than for God’s. it should not be so,
bretheren.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">22nd Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">not, when I left home. — Left
office at 1.40. p.m. — Paid <span class="tooltip" title="Possibly, Stephen W. Jones, watchmaker at 708 High St., Portsmouth.">S.W. Jones</span> and
<span class="tooltip" title="Likely, either John T. White, carpenter, at 834 Glasgow, or John T. White, barber, at 701 High St., both in Portsmouth. Given the proximity of the barber to Stephen Jones’s shop, the latter seems more likely.">J.T. White</span>,
then I went home. —</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The ass that
brays most has least time for eating</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 23</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Revelation 6:1 (KJV): And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.">“And I saw when the Lamb opened the twelve seals.”</span>
— Beautiful weather. Good services during the day, pastor
preached at 11. a.m. and Adolphus Lewis, a layman, spoke at night. —
Margaret reviewed the S.S. lesson. — We are well.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">What won’t
make a pot may make a beautiful lid</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 24</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Acts 8:2 (KJV): And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.">“And devout men carried Stephen to his burial.”</span>
— Clear and cool. — Rested good last night, and we are
well. B “BW” and u.w. me. Office for me. —
Sometimes we see crap shooters, bearing, “Stephen” to his
“burial,” but is should not be thus.
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">23rd Nov Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wendell wanted to go to Church with me,
at night, and cried because he was refused. — All that the
pastor said at 11. a.m. that fitted me I take it, and certainly I am
not so good that I am innocent of all the lambasting he gives us. —
There are a number of people that think the Lord converted them, for
themselves alone They are <span class='tooltip' title='Title and first line of a Christian hymn:
<i><p>Mistaken souls, that dream of Heaven</p>
<p>And make their empty boast</p>
<p>Of inward joys, and sins forgiven,</p>
<p>While they are slaves to lust!</p></i>'>“Mistaken souls, that dream of
heaven.”</span>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">24th Continued</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Class 26: I led the few that came, they
are not as faithful as they formerly were, as a whole. “Tho”
some of them never miss. The pastor was busy and he left me in charge
as none of my class were present, but “Jacob shall not lose his
reward, if all Israel is not gathered” — or assembled. —
We were benefitted. — Colder.
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Some folks
would kick at heaven-spilled larks, unless they were ready roasted</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 25</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='1 Peter 1:4-5 (KJV): To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and
that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the
power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the
last time.'>“An i<U>nh</U>eritance
<U>in</U>cor<U>ru</U>p<U>ti</U>ble.”</span>
Clear and cold. — Rested well last night, and feeling well this
a.m B. & “BW.” too. — Office as usual. —
I owe Geo Lipsking a letter I having received one from him last week.
— Two more fool aviators killed yesterday —
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The busy hen
is the hen of one chick</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 26</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='1 Peter 1:4-5 (KJV): To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the
last time.'>“And undefiled and fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you”</span>
I am well B & “BW” also. Weather good, rest the same
last night — At the office — My heart was made to rejoice
this morning to get a Thanksgiving greeting from
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">23rd Nov Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wendell wanted to go to Church with me,
at night, and cried because he was refused. — All that the
pastor said at 11. a.m. that fitted me I take it, and certainly I am
not so good that I am innocent of all the lambasting he gives us. —
There are a number of people that think the Lord converted them, for
themselves alone They are <span class="tooltip" title="Title and first line of a Christian hymn: <i><p>Mistaken souls, that dream of Heaven</p> <p>And make their empty boast</p> <p>Of inward joys, and sins forgiven,</p> <p>While they are slaves to lust!</p></i>">“Mistaken souls, that dream of
heaven.”</span>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">24th Continued</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Class 26: I led the few that came, they
are not as faithful as they formerly were, as a whole. “Tho”
some of them never miss. The pastor was busy and he left me in charge
as none of my class were present, but “Jacob shall not lose his
reward, if all Israel is not gathered” — or assembled. —
We were benefitted. — Colder.
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Some folks
would kick at heaven-spilled larks, unless they were ready roasted</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 25</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="1 Peter 1:4-5 (KJV): To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.">“An inheritance
incorruptible.”</span>
Clear and cold. — Rested well last night, and feeling well this
a.m B. & “BW.” too. — Office as usual. —
I owe Geo Lipsking a letter I having received one from him last week.
— Two more fool aviators killed yesterday —
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The busy hen
is the hen of one chick</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 26</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="1 Peter 1:4-5 (KJV): To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.">“And undefiled and fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you”</span>
I am well B & “BW” also. Weather good, rest the same
last night — At the office — My heart was made to rejoice
this morning to get a Thanksgiving greeting from
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">25th Continued Nov.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2 (110–115) :</p>
<i><p>Puck: Captain of our fairy band,</p>
<p>Helena is here at hand,</p>
<p>And the youth, mistook by me,</p>
<p>Pleading for a lover’s fee.</p>
<p>Shall we their fond pageant see?</p>
<p>Lord, what fools these mortals be!</p></i>'>“What fools these mortals be — ”</span>
Raleigh type wrote a hymn for me, to day — The presidents
daughter marries to day, it is said. — Hiawathas Wedding
Cantata. Blanche — <span class='tooltip' title='Thomas M. Emerson, president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.'>Thomas. M. Emerson President A.C.L. Ry</span> died. in Wilmington N.C. and <span class='tooltip' title='William Finley was president of the Southern Railway from 1906 until his death in 1913.'>W.M. Finley President of Southern Ry</span>. died in Washington D.C. — I spent evening home as usual, taking care “BW” and writing —
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">26th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">my son Jeffrey. O, how my soul does
magnify the Lord. Yes answered at once and thank God for him. —
Mrs. Mary E. Council died — <span class='tooltip' title='Rev. Marion E. Davis, the pastor of Emmanuel A.M.E. church.'>Rev. Davis’</span> prayer
meeting plan don’t seem to attract. We held teachers meeting,
with even a smaller attendance.
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>“Hospitality
to the exile, broken bones to the oppressor”</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thursday<STRIKE>
WednesMON</STRIKE>DAY, NOVEMBER 27</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='John 17:9 (KJV): I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.'>“I pray not only for those thou hast given me.”</span>
— It is inclined to cloudiness and a little cool. — My
rest was good last night — Rain warm Thanksgiving Day. —
Dinner at church — evening home. — Jeffs promise did not
materialize, but will.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A man of one
cow must twist her tail around his fist</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 28</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Jeremiah 8:22 (KJV): Is there no balm in Gilead, is there no physician
there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people
recovered?'>“Is there no balm in Gilead?”</span>
Rain and warm. Office. B “BW” and u.w. me are well. he
has four teeth. Rest good last night, dreamed of mother aunts Anne &
Rachel. dreams good all “thru.” I was singing
</P></td>
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">25th Continued Nov.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2 (110–115) :</p> <i><p>Puck: Captain of our fairy band,</p> <p>Helena is here at hand,</p> <p>And the youth, mistook by me,</p> <p>Pleading for a lover’s fee.</p> <p>Shall we their fond pageant see?</p> <p>Lord, what fools these mortals be!</p></i>">“What fools these mortals be — ”</span>
Raleigh type wrote a hymn for me, to day — The presidents
daughter marries to day, it is said. — Hiawathas Wedding
Cantata. Blanche — <span class="tooltip" title="Thomas M. Emerson, president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.">Thomas. M. Emerson President A.C.L. Ry</span> died. in Wilmington N.C. and <span class="tooltip" title="William Finley was president of the Southern Railway from 1906 until his death in 1913.">W.M. Finley President of Southern Ry</span>. died in Washington D.C. — I spent evening home as usual, taking care “BW” and writing —
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">26th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">my son Jeffrey. O, how my soul does
magnify the Lord. Yes answered at once and thank God for him. —
Mrs. Mary E. Council died — <span class="tooltip" title="Rev. Marion E. Davis, the pastor of Emmanuel A.M.E. church.">Rev. Davis’</span> prayer
meeting plan don’t seem to attract. We held teachers meeting,
with even a smaller attendance.
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Hospitality
to the exile, broken bones to the oppressor”</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thursday<strike>
WednesMON</strike>DAY, NOVEMBER 27</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="John 17:9 (KJV): I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.">“I pray not only for those thou hast given me.”</span>
— It is inclined to cloudiness and a little cool. — My
rest was good last night — Rain warm Thanksgiving Day. —
Dinner at church — evening home. — Jeffs promise did not
materialize, but will.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A man of one
cow must twist her tail around his fist</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 28</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Jeremiah 8:22 (KJV): Is there no balm in Gilead, is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?">“Is there no balm in Gilead?”</span>
Rain and warm. Office. B “BW” and u.w. me are well. he
has four teeth. Rest good last night, dreamed of mother aunts Anne &
Rachel. dreams good all “thru.” I was singing
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">27 Nov Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">He could not help it. — My mother
in law, brought a dinner which I appreciate — Answered Lipskings
letter this letter referred to was answered on 28th — At the
11. a.m. Services the pastor did nothing, there was no spirit in his
talk, he surely had made no preparation — <span class='tooltip' title='Manning commanded the Virginia Guard unit in which Wilson had served as 1st Lieutenant in the late 1870s. In the 25 August 1925 edition of “Colored Notes,” Wilson’s column in the Portsmouth Star, he wrote: <i>“This day 46 years ago, a militia company — the Virginia Guard — of this city commanded by Capt. James E. Manning left for Philadelphia. While there they were the guest of the “Gray Invincibles”, a crack militia company of the city commanded by the Capt. Oscar Jones. The white and colored citizens of Philadelphia alike gave the boys a hearty welcome.”</i>'>James E. Manning</span> Jr. son of my deceased military commander, worshipped with us. he is a resident of New York. he too is a Commander of Militia. — 50 years ago, <span class='tooltip' title='On October 3, 1863, Lincoln issued a proclamation for a national day of Thanksgiving to be celebrated on the last Thursday of November. Thanksgiving has been celebrated as an official national holiday on this day
ever since. <a href="http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/thanks.htm" target="_blank">The proclamation can be read here.</a>'>A. Lincoln issued the 1st Thksg proclamation.</span>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">28th Continued</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">and praising the Lord. — Official
Board after which I went to Zion Bpt. Church as I thought, to take
part in a Laymans, rally, but was disappointed. a white man did the
talking, and I was disgusted, he must have thought we were a set of
people devoid of Church and race pride. Well I leave him, suffice to
say he insulted us. — The promise of my son Jeffrey was
fulfilled to day. The price of a Thanksgiving Bird came by Post
Office money order, — and we had two
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Never burn
yourself so that you must sit on the burn</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WENDES</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 29</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Psalm 43:5 (KJV): Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.'>Why art thou cast down. O. my soul.?</span>
— Murky, drizzle not cold, however. — Rested fair last
night, and we are well this morning. “BW” walks fairly
well. — Office, as usual. — A letter of acknowledgement
to Jeff. — Left office at 1.40 p.m.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>He that goes
grouchily for water will break the pitcher</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
NOVEMBER 30</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 23:12 (KJV): And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.'>“He that exalteth himself shall be abased.”</span>
— Partly cloudy and cool during the day. — My rest was
good last night. B “BW” and u.w. me are well, and
attended usual Services. — or worship — Rev. Christmas
preached at 11.a.m
</P></td>
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">27 Nov Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">He could not help it. — My mother
in law, brought a dinner which I appreciate — Answered Lipskings
letter this letter referred to was answered on 28th — At the
11. a.m. Services the pastor did nothing, there was no spirit in his
talk, he surely had made no preparation — <span class="tooltip" title="Manning commanded the Virginia Guard unit in which Wilson had served as 1st Lieutenant in the late 1870s. In the 25 August 1925 edition of “Colored Notes,” Wilson’s column in the Portsmouth Star, he wrote: <i>“This day 46 years ago, a militia company — the Virginia Guard — of this city commanded by Capt. James E. Manning left for Philadelphia. While there they were the guest of the “Gray Invincibles”, a crack militia company of the city commanded by the Capt. Oscar Jones. The white and colored citizens of Philadelphia alike gave the boys a hearty welcome.”</i>">James E. Manning</span> Jr. son of my deceased military commander, worshipped with us. he is a resident of New York. he too is a Commander of Militia. — 50 years ago, <span class="tooltip" title="On October 3, 1863, Lincoln issued a proclamation for a national day of Thanksgiving to be celebrated on the last Thursday of November. Thanksgiving has been celebrated as an official national holiday on this day ever since. <a href="http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/thanks.htm" target="_blank">The proclamation can be read here.</a>">A. Lincoln issued the 1st Thksg proclamation.</span>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">28th Continued</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">and praising the Lord. — Official
Board after which I went to Zion Bpt. Church as I thought, to take
part in a Laymans, rally, but was disappointed. a white man did the
talking, and I was disgusted, he must have thought we were a set of
people devoid of Church and race pride. Well I leave him, suffice to
say he insulted us. — The promise of my son Jeffrey was
fulfilled to day. The price of a Thanksgiving Bird came by Post
Office money order, — and we had two
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Never burn
yourself so that you must sit on the burn</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WENDES</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 29</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Psalm 43:5 (KJV): Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.">Why art thou cast down. O. my soul.?</span>
— Murky, drizzle not cold, however. — Rested fair last
night, and we are well this morning. “BW” walks fairly
well. — Office, as usual. — A letter of acknowledgement
to Jeff. — Left office at 1.40 p.m.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">He that goes
grouchily for water will break the pitcher</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
NOVEMBER 30</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 23:12 (KJV): And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.">“He that exalteth himself shall be abased.”</span>
— Partly cloudy and cool during the day. — My rest was
good last night. B “BW” and u.w. me are well, and
attended usual Services. — or worship — Rev. Christmas
preached at 11.a.m
</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">29 Continued</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Spent evening home. — Men may
follow the bent of their inclinations and it may seem right, but God,
who is unchangeable, will bring them into Judgement, to answer for it
—</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">30th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Rev. Carr at 7.30. of course the crowd
was at 11. a.m. — I called to see <span class='tooltip' title='Possibly, Rosa Taylor, listed in the 1910 census as 53 years of age and
living with her widowed sister, Hannah Cherry at 817 London St.,
Portsmouth.'>Rosetta Taylor</span>, who is sick, after jail services. she said that she never expected to
come this way again, if she gets away.
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Early to bed
and early to shop, helps you to finish your list ere you stop</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 1</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“I will pour such blessings”
Cloudy and cool. — “B.W” cried a great deal.
Blanche seems to be as usual. — Office, my daily “Mecca”
— I am leaning on Jesus.
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A word to the
wise, and all night to a fool</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 2</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 12:34 (KJV): O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil,
speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.'>“O Generation of vipers”</span>
— Cloudy and cool, a little drizzle — We are well. “BW”
was sleeping when I left home. — The office is my place to day
— Rested poorly last night
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">29 Continued</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Spent evening home. — Men may
follow the bent of their inclinations and it may seem right, but God,
who is unchangeable, will bring them into Judgement, to answer for it
—</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">30th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Rev. Carr at 7.30. of course the crowd
was at 11. a.m. — I called to see <span class="tooltip" title="Possibly, Rosa Taylor, listed in the 1910 census as 53 years of age and living with her widowed sister, Hannah Cherry at 817 London St., Portsmouth.">Rosetta Taylor</span>, who is sick, after jail services. she said that she never expected to
come this way again, if she gets away.
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Early to bed
and early to shop, helps you to finish your list ere you stop</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 1</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“I will pour such blessings”
Cloudy and cool. — “B.W” cried a great deal.
Blanche seems to be as usual. — Office, my daily “Mecca”
— I am leaning on Jesus.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A word to the
wise, and all night to a fool</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 2</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 12:34 (KJV): O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.">“O Generation of vipers”</span>
— Cloudy and cool, a little drizzle — We are well. “BW”
was sleeping when I left home. — The office is my place to day
— Rested poorly last night
</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Dec</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">1 Con.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Rain. I went to class, none of #24, met
me as they do always, i.e. none at all I went into #15 and enjoyed
it. before going I took down the stove pipe at home and put it up
again, and didnt lose my religion, for which I thank God. — The
tinner called this evening. I hate to give him — <span class='tooltip' title='Early Parham is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a tinner, residing at 1504 London St., Portsmouth.'>Parham</span> I
think is his name — the job. he is a whiskey drinker, and I
don’t like whiskey, and don’t want to give it any
encouragement directly or indirectly. — Mrs. Vincent died.—</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">2nd Con.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">The Tinner, has repaired our roof at
last and we hope now to rest easy when it rains. — Spent
evening home writing. M<U>rs</U> Rogers called in. [selling tickets ?]. —
As Xmas approaches I am more impressed with the fact that I am going
home. “Next year this time I may be gone.”
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A
penny too little may spoil a pickle</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 3</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 23:13 (KJV): But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye
neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go
in.'>Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees hypocrites!</span>
— Clearing early, atmosphere soft. — Office —
Rested fair, last night. — B. “BW” and me are well,
thank the Lord. — The clouds observed the sun later — I
will hear from my other boys soon,</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Count
that day lost whose low descending sun sees at thy hand no Christmas
shopping done</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 4</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='Luke 7:33 (KJV): For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.'>For John Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine”</span>
Clear and crisp. —Rested fairly last night, alive and well.
“BW” was sleeping when I left home. — At the
office, received check for last month, averaging a mite over
</P></td>
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Dec</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">1 Con.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Rain. I went to class, none of #24, met
me as they do always, i.e. none at all I went into #15 and enjoyed
it. before going I took down the stove pipe at home and put it up
again, and didnt lose my religion, for which I thank God. — The
tinner called this evening. I hate to give him — <span class="tooltip" title="Early Parham is listed in the 1913 City Directory as a tinner, residing at 1504 London St., Portsmouth.">Parham</span> I
think is his name — the job. he is a whiskey drinker, and I
don’t like whiskey, and don’t want to give it any
encouragement directly or indirectly. — Mrs. Vincent died.—</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">2nd Con.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">The Tinner, has repaired our roof at
last and we hope now to rest easy when it rains. — Spent
evening home writing. Mrs Rogers called in. [selling tickets ?]. —
As Xmas approaches I am more impressed with the fact that I am going
home. “Next year this time I may be gone.”
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A
penny too little may spoil a pickle</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 3</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 23:13 (KJV): But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.">Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees hypocrites!</span>
— Clearing early, atmosphere soft. — Office —
Rested fair, last night. — B. “BW” and me are well,
thank the Lord. — The clouds observed the sun later — I
will hear from my other boys soon,</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Count
that day lost whose low descending sun sees at thy hand no Christmas
shopping done</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 4</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Luke 7:33 (KJV): For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.">For John Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine”</span>
Clear and crisp. —Rested fairly last night, alive and well.
“BW” was sleeping when I left home. — At the
office, received check for last month, averaging a mite over
</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0">Con
Dec</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">3
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">surely, and why
shouldnt I.? — Got a check cashed for Blanche at National Bank
of Commerce, and forwarded a draft to Piano Co. She came to the
office. — Clearing in afternoon — Teachers meeting,
pastor absent. I don’t know his whereabouts. —</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">4th Continued</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">one dollar a day, and beefsteak 25¢
lb. and other necessaries equal. — Leslie Young, Blanches cousin
is dead. <span class='tooltip' title='Littleton Waller Tazewell Waller was born in York County, Virginia, on
26 September 1856. As a major in the Marine Corps, he was tried for
murder in ordering the execution of eleven Filipino porters in 1902.
Acquitted, he rose to the rank of Major General before his retirement in
1920.'>Col. L.W.T. Waller</span>,
U.S.M.C. aspires to be commandant of the Corps ie Major Genl. he
don’t deserve it. While in the Philippines, — I think, —
he had a native shot, for no cause. he ought to have been put out of
the service then, but his brother officers in a court martial
whitewashed him but that don’t remove the stain. —
Fifty-two years ago I were counting the days to Xmas! so I could come
home see Mammy, who was here, and I was hired out in Richmond, a
slave boy.</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A bold beggar
getting a dinner for nothing calls up for tomato ketchup</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 5</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 20:37 (KJV): O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I
have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye would not!'>“O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem.”</span>
Clear and crisp. — Rested good last night, and “B.W”
B. and u.w. me are well, and the babe is walking good. — I am
at the office again. —Ingratitude is a heinous sin, and in the
case of some</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A man can be
patient while dinner is boiling, but not while it’s cooling</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 6</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='Acts 23:3 (KJV): Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou
whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest
me to be smitten contrary to the law?'>“Thou whited wall, commandest me
to smitten?”</span>
— Clear and crisp. my sleep was poor last night, but I did
sleep some and B “BW” and u.w. me are well. he was
sleeping, when I left home for the office. Where I am as usual
</P></td>
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0;">Con
Dec</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">3
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">surely, and why
shouldnt I.? — Got a check cashed for Blanche at National Bank
of Commerce, and forwarded a draft to Piano Co. She came to the
office. — Clearing in afternoon — Teachers meeting,
pastor absent. I don’t know his whereabouts. —</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">4th Continued</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">one dollar a day, and beefsteak 25¢
lb. and other necessaries equal. — Leslie Young, Blanches cousin
is dead. <span class="tooltip" title="Littleton Waller Tazewell Waller was born in York County, Virginia, on 26 September 1856. As a major in the Marine Corps, he was tried for murder in ordering the execution of eleven Filipino porters in 1902. Acquitted, he rose to the rank of Major General before his retirement in 1920.">Col. L.W.T. Waller</span>,
U.S.M.C. aspires to be commandant of the Corps ie Major Genl. he
don’t deserve it. While in the Philippines, — I think, —
he had a native shot, for no cause. he ought to have been put out of
the service then, but his brother officers in a court martial
whitewashed him but that don’t remove the stain. —
Fifty-two years ago I were counting the days to Xmas! so I could come
home see Mammy, who was here, and I was hired out in Richmond, a
slave boy.</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A bold beggar
getting a dinner for nothing calls up for tomato ketchup</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 5</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 20:37 (KJV): O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!">“O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem.”</span>
Clear and crisp. — Rested good last night, and “B.W”
B. and u.w. me are well, and the babe is walking good. — I am
at the office again. —Ingratitude is a heinous sin, and in the
case of some</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A man can be
patient while dinner is boiling, but not while it’s cooling</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 6</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Acts 23:3 (KJV): Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?">“Thou whited wall, commandest me
to smitten?”</span>
— Clear and crisp. my sleep was poor last night, but I did
sleep some and B “BW” and u.w. me are well. he was
sleeping, when I left home for the office. Where I am as usual
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">5th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">men, — Judas Iscariot for example
— is unpardonable. — Official Board Two killed to day
foolishly. Virginia Hatchetts son and another young man. Young
Hatchett was gunning Rosetta Taylor keeps
sick, I regret to say. — The Servant of the people is sick.
Woodrow Wilson, but God reigns, and the government still lives —
[G?].B. Ashton died —</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">6th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='The 1913 Portsmouth City Directory show that Joseph A. O’Connor lived at
509 High St and had been a member of the U.S. Navy. The 1910 census
confirms the address, gives his age as 40, lists his occupation as
“retail merchant” and shows that his family consisted of Linda, his
wife, three sons and a daughter.'>Jos A. OConnor</span> died. — When
I arrived home, Mary was there putting away my coal. — When I
was a slave boy <span class='tooltip' title='Thomas Hume (1836—1912) was born in Portsmouth and served as a Baptist
clergyman in several Virginia locations. During the Civil War, he was
chaplain to the 3rd Virginia Infantry. From 1885 until his death, he was
a professor of English at the University of North Carolina.'>“Rev” Thos Hume</span>,
was pastor of Court street Baptist Ch he originated a city ordinance
prohibiting <STRIKE>our</STRIKE> us from smoking in the streets of
Portsmouth. the same law was in effect in Richmond. I was arrested
under it, years after, but I outwitted them, and escaped a whipping.
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>For every
height there is a shelter below</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 7</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 17:2 (KJV): And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.'>“And was transfigured before
them.”</span>
— The weather was rainy yet warm, and continued so all day, but
cleared at night. — I, or we — attended usual services. B
“BW.” & me. Rev Dr. Brown of “<span class='tooltip' title='Allen University began in 1870 as Payne Institute in Cokesbury, SC,
having grown out of the AME church’s desire to educate newly freed
slaves and to ensure a well–trained clergy. In 1880, it moved to
Columbia and was renamed in honor of Bishop Richard Allen, founder of
the African Methodist Episcopal Church.'>Allen University</span> preached.
the above quotation was
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>He who knows
how to eat knows how to digest</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 8</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Behold Elijah is here.” —
Clear and cold. — Our rest was good last night B. “BW”
and u.w. me, are well. — Office as customary — My dream
last night was of big house, my brother, and a little black babe</P></td>
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">5th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">men, — Judas Iscariot for example
— is unpardonable. — Official Board Two killed to day
foolishly. Virginia Hatchetts son and another young man. Young
Hatchett was gunning Rosetta Taylor keeps
sick, I regret to say. — The Servant of the people is sick.
Woodrow Wilson, but God reigns, and the government still lives —
[G?].B. Ashton died —</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">6th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="The 1913 Portsmouth City Directory show that Joseph A. O’Connor lived at 509 High St and had been a member of the U.S. Navy. The 1910 census confirms the address, gives his age as 40, lists his occupation as “retail merchant” and shows that his family consisted of Linda, his wife, three sons and a daughter.">Jos A. OConnor</span> died. — When
I arrived home, Mary was there putting away my coal. — When I
was a slave boy <span class="tooltip" title="Thomas Hume (1836—1912) was born in Portsmouth and served as a Baptist clergyman in several Virginia locations. During the Civil War, he was chaplain to the 3rd Virginia Infantry. From 1885 until his death, he was a professor of English at the University of North Carolina.">“Rev” Thos Hume</span>,
was pastor of Court street Baptist Ch he originated a city ordinance
prohibiting <strike>our</strike> us from smoking in the streets of
Portsmouth. the same law was in effect in Richmond. I was arrested
under it, years after, but I outwitted them, and escaped a whipping.
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">For every
height there is a shelter below</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 7</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 17:2 (KJV): And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.">“And was transfigured before
them.”</span>
— The weather was rainy yet warm, and continued so all day, but
cleared at night. — I, or we — attended usual services. B
“BW.” & me. Rev Dr. Brown of “<span class="tooltip" title="Allen University began in 1870 as Payne Institute in Cokesbury, SC, having grown out of the AME church’s desire to educate newly freed slaves and to ensure a well–trained clergy. In 1880, it moved to Columbia and was renamed in honor of Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.">Allen University</span> preached.
the above quotation was
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">He who knows
how to eat knows how to digest</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 8</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Behold Elijah is here.” —
Clear and cold. — Our rest was good last night B. “BW”
and u.w. me, are well. — Office as customary — My dream
last night was of big house, my brother, and a little black babe</p></td>
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">7th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">part of his text. the sermon was brief
and pointed. at night, a beggarly 121 out of a membership of over
1200 remembered Christs sufferings, and the others did not come up to
the Lords House. Well they know why, and so do our Lord. — <span class='tooltip' title='John A. Codd was a butcher at the Seaboard Market and lived on Deep Creek Road according to the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory. The 1910 census show him to be 56 years old and living with his wife [Vienne?], six children and one grandchild.'>John
A. Codd</span>, died. — The weather took a sudden change during the night, and
gave us a high wind & ice, in ours. — Walker reviewed the
S.S. lesson, and did better than usual. I was after closing in time,
but could not as <U>usual</U>, if the pastor would let me I would. —</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">8th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">girl. with a hard face, full head of
hair and a pretty nose. which B.W. has not. — Awarded contract
to Felton for plastering — Class several additions to my number
from #26. — Blanche went to hear <span class='tooltip' title='Possibly Rev. Samuel S. Morris, listed in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory with an address of 1305 County.'>Rev Dr Morris</span> lecture at <span class='tooltip' title='Zion is listed in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory under Colored Churches, Methodist, as was Wilson’s own, Emmanuel.'>Zion church</span>,
and was well pleased. — I don’t think it worth 15¢ to hear
a preacher talk during the week, any more than it is Sundays. it may
be worth more then, but it is not demanded.
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The lazy man
sits long on his hunkers at his devotions</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 9</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Micah 7:7 (KJV): Therefore I will look unto the LORD, I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.'>“Therefore I will look unto the Lord”</span>
Clear and cold. — I did not sleep well last night. cold ancles
and feet — Office, as usual — B. “B.W” and
u.w. me are well. — The plasterers were on hand before I left
home. — Class good last night</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Better knot
straws than sit idle</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 10</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">“Beware of the heaven of the
Pharisees” — Clear a.m. and cold. — I did fairly well
last night all things considered. i.e. house all torn up. — B.
“B.W” and u.w. me are well, or they are. — I am at
the office, and they are as
</P></td>
</tr>
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</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">7th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">part of his text. the sermon was brief
and pointed. at night, a beggarly 121 out of a membership of over
1200 remembered Christs sufferings, and the others did not come up to
the Lords House. Well they know why, and so do our Lord. — <span class="tooltip" title="John A. Codd was a butcher at the Seaboard Market and lived on Deep Creek Road according to the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory. The 1910 census show him to be 56 years old and living with his wife [Vienne?], six children and one grandchild.">John
A. Codd</span>, died. — The weather took a sudden change during the night, and
gave us a high wind & ice, in ours. — Walker reviewed the
S.S. lesson, and did better than usual. I was after closing in time,
but could not as usual, if the pastor would let me I would. —</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">8th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">girl. with a hard face, full head of
hair and a pretty nose. which B.W. has not. — Awarded contract
to Felton for plastering — Class several additions to my number
from #26. — Blanche went to hear <span class="tooltip" title="Possibly Rev. Samuel S. Morris, listed in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory with an address of 1305 County.">Rev Dr Morris</span> lecture at <span class="tooltip" title="Zion is listed in the 1913 Portsmouth City Directory under Colored Churches, Methodist, as was Wilson’s own, Emmanuel.">Zion church</span>,
and was well pleased. — I don’t think it worth 15¢ to hear
a preacher talk during the week, any more than it is Sundays. it may
be worth more then, but it is not demanded.
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The lazy man
sits long on his hunkers at his devotions</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 9</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Micah 7:7 (KJV): Therefore I will look unto the LORD, I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.">“Therefore I will look unto the Lord”</span>
Clear and cold. — I did not sleep well last night. cold ancles
and feet — Office, as usual — B. “B.W” and
u.w. me are well. — The plasterers were on hand before I left
home. — Class good last night</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Better knot
straws than sit idle</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 10</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">“Beware of the heaven of the
Pharisees” — Clear a.m. and cold. — I did fairly well
last night all things considered. i.e. house all torn up. — B.
“B.W” and u.w. me are well, or they are. — I am at
the office, and they are as
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<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">9th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">I was standing by the window in the
office to day, looking on the street below and there is a bar room
opposite, and what I saw made me sick at heart. I saw a white man
enter the said bar, with a little boy not more than three or four
years old. O, how it made me call down imprecations on the “accursed”
traffic, and its supporters — That man ought to be whipped at
the public whipping post, for sowing corrupt seed in that childs
heart. — Evening home — The Church, is all right, I hope
— Now <U>I </U>need to get night. —</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">10th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">liable to forget it as they are to
remember it as they did last month, or for last month — “BW”
was sleeping, when I left home. — I am troubled this a.m. with
the same trouble I had 51 years ago, and more when in Richmond, and
thought I was going to die. “altho” I wrote that I was
was well, I am not. it is the <span class='tooltip' title='An inflammation of the pleura, the lining surrounding the lungs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurisy" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>'>Pleurisy</span> come back, but I am not
scared, as I was in 1862. — Teachers meeting very pleasant.
Pastor, present.
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>There’s
small good of a bagpipe that isn’t played on with a strut</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 11</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='1 Peter 1:16 (KJV): Because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy.'>“Because it is written, be ye holy: I am holy.”</span>
— Partly cloudy, and cold. — Our rest was fair last
night. B. “B.W” and u.w. me are well. — Office as
usual. — The plasterer finished yesterday and I paid him last
night
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>A little more
is what breaks the horse’s back</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUE</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 12</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 24:12 (KJV): And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.'>“Because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold”</span>
Clear and cold. — Rested fairly last night. — We, —
B. “BW.” and w. me — are well — Office. <span class='tooltip' title='Likely, Julius E. West, Deputy US Marshall.'>West</span> returned
from W.V<U>a </U> — I had a trim up last night, at <span class='tooltip' title='John T. White was a barber at 701 High St. in Portsmouth, according to the 1913 City Directory. His home was at 700 Queen.'>Whites</span>, my hair and whiskers —</P></td>
</tr>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">9th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">I was standing by the window in the
office to day, looking on the street below and there is a bar room
opposite, and what I saw made me sick at heart. I saw a white man
enter the said bar, with a little boy not more than three or four
years old. O, how it made me call down imprecations on the “accursed”
traffic, and its supporters — That man ought to be whipped at
the public whipping post, for sowing corrupt seed in that childs
heart. — Evening home — The Church, is all right, I hope
— Now I need to get night. —</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">10th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">liable to forget it as they are to
remember it as they did last month, or for last month — “BW”
was sleeping, when I left home. — I am troubled this a.m. with
the same trouble I had 51 years ago, and more when in Richmond, and
thought I was going to die. “altho” I wrote that I was
was well, I am not. it is the <span class="tooltip" title="An inflammation of the pleura, the lining surrounding the lungs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurisy" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>">Pleurisy</span> come back, but I am not
scared, as I was in 1862. — Teachers meeting very pleasant.
Pastor, present.
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">There’s
small good of a bagpipe that isn’t played on with a strut</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 11</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="1 Peter 1:16 (KJV): Because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy.">“Because it is written, be ye holy: I am holy.”</span>
— Partly cloudy, and cold. — Our rest was fair last
night. B. “B.W” and u.w. me are well. — Office as
usual. — The plasterer finished yesterday and I paid him last
night
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">A little more
is what breaks the horse’s back</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUE</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 12</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 24:12 (KJV): And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.">“Because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold”</span>
Clear and cold. — Rested fairly last night. — We, —
B. “BW.” and w. me — are well — Office. <span class="tooltip" title="Likely, Julius E. West, Deputy US Marshall.">West</span> returned
from W.Va — I had a trim up last night, at <span class="tooltip" title="John T. White was a barber at 701 High St. in Portsmouth, according to the 1913 City Directory. His home was at 700 Queen.">Whites</span>, my hair and whiskers —</p></td>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — January </strong><em>1913</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>10th Official Board. sal.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>54</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>14 Blanche-Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home—</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>20 Borrowed Smithers</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance. Sy Fi</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>24 Board +</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>46</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>40</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>28 Oast</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>12</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>04</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Dec 11th continued</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Messrs <span class='tooltip' title='William M. Ross, Sr., born 1 Jan 1834 Virginia, died 11 Dec 1913 Portsmouth VA.'>Wm Ross</span>, and <span class='tooltip' title='James Alfonso M. Spaulding, born 28 Mar 1835 Baltimore Maryland, died 10 Dec 1913 Portsmouth VA.'>Jas Spaulding</span> dead Well known citizens. — white — whom I was associated with
in the Navy Yard. they were aged, near fourscore years. They died
yesterday and to day.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">12th Con.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">I spent a couple of hours, or more at
V<U>a</U> Beach in company with J.S. Hall, and visited the “wire
cloth” works at Glenrock” on the Courts business —
Letter from son JT. that wife of his has left him, happy riddance. —
O.B. at night. — That visit to V<U>a</U> Beach
was my first.
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><FONT SIZE=2>She
that stares much from the window, spins not much</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 13</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><span class='tooltip' title='Luke 21:19 (KJV): In your patience possess ye your souls.'>“Posess
ye, your souls in patience”</span>
Clear and warmer. — Our rest was fair last night. B. & “BW”
seems to be well. I am not feeling none the best, but thank the Lord
that it is as well as it is. — The office as usual. — A
lot of noise, no results —
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><BR><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><FONT SIZE=2>Walk
till the blood shows on the cheek, but not the sweat on brow</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 14</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><span class='tooltip' title='Numbers 32:23 (KJV): But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.'>“Be
sure your sins will find you out”</span>
Clear and pleasant. I attended and conducted. S.S. reviewed
the lesson, attended the other usual services, pastor preached at
each. We, B. “B.W.” and u.w. me — are well. They
were at service 11. am S.S. first. —</P></td></tr></table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — January </strong><em>1913</em></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>10th Official Board. sal.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>54</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>14 Blanche-Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home—</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>20 Borrowed Smithers</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance. Sy Fi</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>24 Board +</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>46</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>40</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>28 Oast</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>12</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>04</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Dec 11th continued</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Messrs <span class="tooltip" title="William M. Ross, Sr., born 1 Jan 1834 Virginia, died 11 Dec 1913 Portsmouth VA.">Wm Ross</span>, and <span class="tooltip" title="James Alfonso M. Spaulding, born 28 Mar 1835 Baltimore Maryland, died 10 Dec 1913 Portsmouth VA.">Jas Spaulding</span> dead Well known citizens. — white — whom I was associated with
in the Navy Yard. they were aged, near fourscore years. They died
yesterday and to day.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">12th Con.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">I spent a couple of hours, or more at
Va Beach in company with J.S. Hall, and visited the “wire
cloth” works at Glenrock” on the Courts business —
Letter from son JT. that wife of his has left him, happy riddance. —
O.B. at night. — That visit to Va Beach
was my first.
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">She
that stares much from the window, spins not much</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 13</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Luke 21:19 (KJV): In your patience possess ye your souls.">“Posess
ye, your souls in patience”</span>
Clear and warmer. — Our rest was fair last night. B. & “BW”
seems to be well. I am not feeling none the best, but thank the Lord
that it is as well as it is. — The office as usual. — A
lot of noise, no results —
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Walk
till the blood shows on the cheek, but not the sweat on brow</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 14</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Numbers 32:23 (KJV): But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.">“Be
sure your sins will find you out”</span>
Clear and pleasant. I attended and conducted. S.S. reviewed
the lesson, attended the other usual services, pastor preached at
each. We, B. “B.W.” and u.w. me — are well. They
were at service 11. am S.S. first. —</p></td></tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — February</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>1 U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>C.G. Smithers</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>R.N. Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Bass 50. White. 20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>70</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Crawford</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Burford — Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D. C. B. A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Coal</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>21 — O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home — Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>36</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>31.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>60</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">13
Con —</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">Answered
letter to J.T. “Jr” — Went home early</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0"><BR><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">14th
Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in; widows: 0; orphans: 0">The
jail services were good. hopes for results.
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The diligent
spinner may wear a large shift</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 15</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Mark 13:34 (KJV): For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey,
who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man
his work, and commanded the porter to watch.'>“Every man to his work.”</span>
Clear and pleasant. Rested fair last night. my loved ones are well —
Office — Answered letter to G.M.L. — Colder during the
day — Class, not many there, yet the meeting was pleasant —
Dr T.J. Wright died.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>One man can
play a tune while another is tuning his fiddle</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 16</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">“My soul doth magnify the Lord”
Clear, heavy frost. Rested well during night. Blanche and Wendell
well, also me. — Court civil term — I changed my clothes
this a.m. heavier ones such as they are. Evening home.
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — February</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>1 U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>C.G. Smithers</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>R.N. Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Bass 50. White. 20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>70</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Crawford</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Burford — Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D. C. B. A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Coal</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21 — O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home — Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>36</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>31.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>60</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">13
Con —</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Answered
letter to J.T. “Jr” — Went home early</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">14th
Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The
jail services were good. hopes for results.
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The diligent
spinner may wear a large shift</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 15</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Mark 13:34 (KJV): For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.">“Every man to his work.”</span>
Clear and pleasant. Rested fair last night. my loved ones are well —
Office — Answered letter to G.M.L. — Colder during the
day — Class, not many there, yet the meeting was pleasant —
Dr T.J. Wright died.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">One man can
play a tune while another is tuning his fiddle</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 16</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">“My soul doth magnify the Lord”
Clear, heavy frost. Rested well during night. Blanche and Wendell
well, also me. — Court civil term — I changed my clothes
this a.m. heavier ones such as they are. Evening home.
</p></td>
</tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — March</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>7 U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>R.N. Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D.C.B.A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Coal</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Crawford.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>White</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>“</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jordan</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Pearson</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance & Shoe</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>17 O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>25 Donated</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>31</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>H Shaw.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">30</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>40</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>R. N. G. & R. P. N.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">10</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span class="tooltip" title="For Miscellaneous">Misscel</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">15th Con</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>“They
that burn you for a witch will lose their coals”</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 17</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“I am the resurrection and the
life” — Cloudy in part foggy, misty, not cold. —
Court — Rested fair last night. — B. “B.W”
and u.w. me are well — This is a season of murder. Where will
all this end?. — T.M fair attendance.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Mothers must
love their children well to raise some of the sons we see</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 18</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 25:1–4 (KJV): Then shall the kingdom of heaven be
likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet
the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They
that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the
wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.'>“Five of them were wise”</span>
Clear and pleasant. My loved ones and u.w. me are well. —Court,
special jury — At Court until 5.30. p.m. remainder of night
home. —</P></td></tr></table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — March</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>7 U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>R.N. Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D.C.B.A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Coal</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Crawford.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>White</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>“</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jordan</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Pearson</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance & Shoe</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>17 O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>25 Donated</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>31</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>H Shaw.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">30</span></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>40</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>R. N. G. & R. P. N.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">10</span></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span class="tooltip" title="For Miscellaneous">Misscel</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">15th Con</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“They
that burn you for a witch will lose their coals”</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 17</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“I am the resurrection and the
life” — Cloudy in part foggy, misty, not cold. —
Court — Rested fair last night. — B. “B.W”
and u.w. me are well — This is a season of murder. Where will
all this end?. — T.M fair attendance.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mothers must
love their children well to raise some of the sons we see</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 18</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 25:1–4 (KJV): Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.">“Five of them were wise”</span>
Clear and pleasant. My loved ones and u.w. me are well. —Court,
special jury — At Court until 5.30. p.m. remainder of night
home. —</p></td></tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — April</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>3. U.S. Court.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>R N. Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Graham.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>31</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>16</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D. C. B. A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Crawford</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Pearson</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Water rent</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>87</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Hospital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>11</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>O.B. or S.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">6</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">00</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche—Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>25 Borrowed</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>84</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscel</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT SIZE=2>When love’s
in the case, the doctor’s an ass</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 19</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 25:15 (KJV): And unto one he gave five talents, to another two,
and to another one, to every man according to his several ability, and
straightway took his journey.'>“And to one gave five talents.”</span>
Clear and crisp. Rested good last night. We are well. — Court
civil suit before a jury. — Xmas near at hand and I am short of
the [J.S.?] — <span class='tooltip' title='Likely, Thomas Shannon, age 66 in 1910, who lived with his sister,
Elizabeth, at 212 Dinwiddie St., Portsmouth. The census shows his
occupation to be “merchant, retired.”'>Thos Shannon</span> died.
Wendell is the joy of our home.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>When ill luck
snores, tiptoe lest you awake her</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Satur<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 20</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">“Enter thou in they joys of thy
Lord.” The sky is overshadowed with clouds, the atmosphere is
cold. — My rest was fair last night. We, including “Wendell,”
are well. — Court, dragging along — God bless our home. —</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — April</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>3. U.S. Court.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>R N. Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Graham.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>31</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>16</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D. C. B. A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Crawford</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Pearson</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Water rent</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>87</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Hospital</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>11</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>O.B. or S.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">6</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">00</span></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche—Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>25 Borrowed</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>84</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscel</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
</td><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">When love’s
in the case, the doctor’s an ass</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 19</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 25:15 (KJV): And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his several ability, and straightway took his journey.">“And to one gave five talents.”</span>
Clear and crisp. Rested good last night. We are well. — Court
civil suit before a jury. — Xmas near at hand and I am short of
the [J.S.?] — <span class="tooltip" title="Likely, Thomas Shannon, age 66 in 1910, who lived with his sister, Elizabeth, at 212 Dinwiddie St., Portsmouth. The census shows his occupation to be “merchant, retired.”">Thos Shannon</span> died.
Wendell is the joy of our home.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">When ill luck
snores, tiptoe lest you awake her</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Satur<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 20</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">“Enter thou in they joys of thy
Lord.” The sky is overshadowed with clouds, the atmosphere is
cold. — My rest was fair last night. We, including “Wendell,”
are well. — Court, dragging along — God bless our home. —</p></td>
</tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — May</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments </strong>etc<em> 16</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>2 Borrowed West.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>58</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Market etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>89</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>6. US Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Socks</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dozier</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>19</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>West</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>To eat</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Market etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>16 O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Market etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>39</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>23 O B. (DB’s)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>56</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Market etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>62</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>31</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche—Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>06</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>64</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscellaneous</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Total</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>64</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><STRIKE>19</STRIKE> 20
Con.</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Mrs Fannie Jones, died. she was the
widow of Jas N. Jones, Annies brother — I left Court at usual
time. — Wendell got scalded slightly, pulled a cup of Tea off
the table, on himself I am thankful that it is not serious
</P></td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>When the fern
is as high as a spoon, you may sleep an hour at noon</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Sun<STRIKE>THURS</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 21</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“I the beginning was the word.”
This was part of our S.S. lesson. Weather variable, attendance fair,
other services as usual, pastor at each. B & “BW” was
there at S.S. and 11. — Mother called me last night. I don’t
know what she wanted. — B.W. seems all right he is 15 months
old.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>It is always
the worst wheel that creaks the most</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 22</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“Come ye blessed of my Father”
Clear and pleasant. Rested good last night. We are well and I am at
Court. Forwarded $21.75 to I.T. Bryant for S.S. 1st quarter 1914. —
It would be a pleasure to receive an Xmas greeting from my grown
sons.
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — May</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments </strong>etc<em> 16</em></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>2 Borrowed West.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>58</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Market etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>89</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>6. US Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Socks</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dozier</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>19</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>West</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>To eat</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Market etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>16 O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Market etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>39</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23 O B. (DB’s)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>56</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Market etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>62</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>31</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche—Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>06</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>64</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscellaneous</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Total</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>64</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><strike>19</strike> 20
Con.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Mrs Fannie Jones, died. she was the
widow of Jas N. Jones, Annies brother — I left Court at usual
time. — Wendell got scalded slightly, pulled a cup of Tea off
the table, on himself I am thankful that it is not serious
</p></td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">When the fern
is as high as a spoon, you may sleep an hour at noon</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Sun<strike>THURS</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 21</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“I the beginning was the word.”
This was part of our S.S. lesson. Weather variable, attendance fair,
other services as usual, pastor at each. B & “BW” was
there at S.S. and 11. — Mother called me last night. I don’t
know what she wanted. — B.W. seems all right he is 15 months
old.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">It is always
the worst wheel that creaks the most</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 22</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“Come ye blessed of my Father”
Clear and pleasant. Rested good last night. We are well and I am at
Court. Forwarded $21.75 to I.T. Bryant for S.S. 1st quarter 1914. —
It would be a pleasure to receive an Xmas greeting from my grown
sons.
</p></td>
</tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — June</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>4 U.S. Court.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>78</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>" Nicholas</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>15 O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>“</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Baskerville</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">50</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>[?]</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>38</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscel</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>82</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">22nd Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Class, good. — I am in Gods care.
—</P>
</td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Only a fool
of a pheasant would ask a hawk to dinner</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 23</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 25:36 (KJV): Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.'>“I was sick and in prison”</span> Rain.
Court. Made happy by my son, Jeffery $5.00 “Xmas Cheer” —
Rested good “last sleep” B.W. happy Blanche keeps up for
babes sake.—Court until, 11.pm. but I didn’t stay, and
might just as well
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The only
message of a gift is love</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 24</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“There came wise men from the
east to Jerusalem.” Weather unsettled, yet not cold, I am
somewhere around. — My rest was none of best “last
sleep.” We are keep up. B & “BW” and as for “my
part and share” it could be worse.
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — June</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>4 U.S. Court.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>78</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>" Nicholas</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>15 O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>“</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Baskerville</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">50</span></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>[?]</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>38</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscel</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>82</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">22nd Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Class, good. — I am in Gods care.
—</p>
</td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Only a fool
of a pheasant would ask a hawk to dinner</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 23</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 25:36 (KJV): Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.">“I was sick and in prison”</span> Rain.
Court. Made happy by my son, Jeffery $5.00 “Xmas Cheer” —
Rested good “last sleep” B.W. happy Blanche keeps up for
babes sake.—Court until, 11.pm. but I didn’t stay, and
might just as well
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The only
message of a gift is love</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 24</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“There came wise men from the
east to Jerusalem.” Weather unsettled, yet not cold, I am
somewhere around. — My rest was none of best “last
sleep.” We are keep up. B & “BW” and as for “my
part and share” it could be worse.
</p></td>
</tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — July</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>1 Brought</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>7 On acct</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>40</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>10 U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Bank</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>" D.C.B.A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D.C.B.A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>" Borrowed</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Paid</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Incidentals W.R.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Water Rent</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>85</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home—</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home—</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>25 Borrowed [PF?]</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>31 [S M?]Brandt</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscel</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>33</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>34</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">23. Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">adjourned at 5. for what was
accomplished.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">24 Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">All civilized people know this is
Christmas Eve, and I am thankful to be here, because the Lord hath
need of me. — I have done very well in Xmas donations —Letter
and Xmas cheer from “Reuben.” —</P>
</td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>Heaven’s
best Christmas gift to earth is the joy of Christmas time</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Thurs<STRIKE>MON</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 25</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“And she brought forth her first
born, and laid him in a manger” Rain. Xmas. spent the day at
home Church, and visited Ballentines. had Golette Arrington, wife’s
cousin, and Pauline to dinner. Pastor called. We thank the Lord for
this day. We are well — Thunder and lighting, heavy rain at
night</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>For every
open door there’s a strange dog to stroll in</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>TUES</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 26</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 2:12 (KJV): And being warned of God in a dream that they should
not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.'>“They departed in to their own
country another way”</span>
— Slight rain, cold and clearing later — I rested well
last night. B “BW” and u.w. me are well. — Office
again. — Letters to J.T., J.D. and G.M.L. — I am happier
than Rockefeller. — Mother in law brought
</P></td></tr></table
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — July</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>1 Brought</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>7 On acct</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>40</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>10 U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Bank</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>" D.C.B.A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D.C.B.A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>" Borrowed</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Paid</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Incidentals W.R.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Water Rent</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>85</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home—</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home—</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>25 Borrowed [PF?]</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>31 [S M?]Brandt</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscel</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>33</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>34</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">23. Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">adjourned at 5. for what was
accomplished.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">24 Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">All civilized people know this is
Christmas Eve, and I am thankful to be here, because the Lord hath
need of me. — I have done very well in Xmas donations —Letter
and Xmas cheer from “Reuben.” —</p>
</td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Heaven’s
best Christmas gift to earth is the joy of Christmas time</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 25</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And she brought forth her first
born, and laid him in a manger” Rain. Xmas. spent the day at
home Church, and visited Ballentines. had Golette Arrington, wife’s
cousin, and Pauline to dinner. Pastor called. We thank the Lord for
this day. We are well — Thunder and lighting, heavy rain at
night</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">For every
open door there’s a strange dog to stroll in</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 26</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 2:12 (KJV): And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.">“They departed in to their own
country another way”</span>
— Slight rain, cold and clearing later — I rested well
last night. B “BW” and u.w. me are well. — Office
again. — Letters to J.T., J.D. and G.M.L. — I am happier
than Rockefeller. — Mother in law brought
</p></td></tr></table><table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — July</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>1 Brought</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>7 On acct</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>40</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>10 U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Bank</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>" D.C.B.A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D.C.B.A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>" Borrowed</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Paid</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Incidentals W.R.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Water Rent</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>85</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home—</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home—</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>25 Borrowed [PF?]</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>31 [S M?]Brandt</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscel</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>33</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>34</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">23. Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">adjourned at 5. for what was
accomplished.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">24 Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">All civilized people know this is
Christmas Eve, and I am thankful to be here, because the Lord hath
need of me. — I have done very well in Xmas donations —Letter
and Xmas cheer from “Reuben.” —</p>
</td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Heaven’s
best Christmas gift to earth is the joy of Christmas time</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Thurs<strike>MON</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 25</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“And she brought forth her first
born, and laid him in a manger” Rain. Xmas. spent the day at
home Church, and visited Ballentines. had Golette Arrington, wife’s
cousin, and Pauline to dinner. Pastor called. We thank the Lord for
this day. We are well — Thunder and lighting, heavy rain at
night</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">For every
open door there’s a strange dog to stroll in</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>TUES</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 26</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 2:12 (KJV): And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.">“They departed in to their own
country another way”</span>
— Slight rain, cold and clearing later — I rested well
last night. B “BW” and u.w. me are well. — Office
again. — Letters to J.T., J.D. and G.M.L. — I am happier
than Rockefeller. — Mother in law brought
</p></td></tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — August</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>1 Brought</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>O.B</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>4 O. B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>11 US Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Barlow +</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D C.B. A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>58</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>12</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>J.F. Riddick</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>33</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Crawford</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>18 Borrowed +</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>75</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>25 West (Borrd)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>31 O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">26. Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">“B.W.” a “Teddy Bear”
suit last night. —</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Thunder and lighting last night Big
hearted Jeffrey sent B & “BW” a present God bless him
— Official Board, profitable. — Forty five years ago this
day I was at Key West Fla. and the year before at Annapolis Md. in
U.S.N. Mother and the other four were here, but they haven’t
been together since, and will not be again in this world let me
trust, that <span class='tooltip' title='Reference to “When the Roll is Called Up Yonder,” a popular hymn written by James M. Black (1893):
<i><p>When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more,</p>
<p>And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair;</p>
<p>When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore,</p>
<p>And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.</p></i>'>we will meet “up yonder” when the roll “is
called.”</span>
</P>
<td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The empty
leech sucks very sore</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Fri<STRIKE>WEDNES</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 27</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Luke 1:46 (KJV): And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord'>“My soul doth magnify the Lord”</span>
The atmosphere is frigid the sky is clear — I rested well last
“sleep.” B. “BW” and stingy me are well. I am
at my usual post of daily routine — Florida B. and David,
called to see us. She took supper. — My chore were neglected —</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The poor man turns his
cake, and another comes and eats it</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">SunWE<STRIKE>DNES</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 28</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Hebrews 4:16 (KJV): Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.'>“Come boldly to a throne of
grace”</span>
The weather was partly cloudy and cold. We attended usual services
David and Golette took dinner — The services at night David
preached. My family is well. — The pastor said to day, what he
ought have said three years ago. —
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td><div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — August</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>1 Brought</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>O.B</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>4 O. B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>11 US Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Barlow +</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D C.B. A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>58</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>12</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>J.F. Riddick</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>33</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Crawford</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>18 Borrowed +</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>75</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>25 West (Borrd)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>31 O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">26. Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">“B.W.” a “Teddy Bear”
suit last night. —</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Thunder and lighting last night Big
hearted Jeffrey sent B & “BW” a present God bless him
— Official Board, profitable. — Forty five years ago this
day I was at Key West Fla. and the year before at Annapolis Md. in
U.S.N. Mother and the other four were here, but they haven’t
been together since, and will not be again in this world let me
trust, that <span class="tooltip" title="Reference to “When the Roll is Called Up Yonder,” a popular hymn written by James M. Black (1893): <i><p>When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more,</p> <p>And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair;</p> <p>When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore,</p> <p>And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.</p></i>">we will meet “up yonder” when the roll “is
called.”</span>
</p>
</td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The empty
leech sucks very sore</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Fri<strike>WEDNES</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 27</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Luke 1:46 (KJV): And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord">“My soul doth magnify the Lord”</span>
The atmosphere is frigid the sky is clear — I rested well last
“sleep.” B. “BW” and stingy me are well. I am
at my usual post of daily routine — Florida B. and David,
called to see us. She took supper. — My chore were neglected —</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The poor man turns his
cake, and another comes and eats it</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">SunWE<strike>DNES</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 28</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Hebrews 4:16 (KJV): Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.">“Come boldly to a throne of
grace”</span>
The weather was partly cloudy and cold. We attended usual services
David and Golette took dinner — The services at night David
preached. My family is well. — The pastor said to day, what he
ought have said three years ago. —
</p></td>
</tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — September</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>1 Forward</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Insurance </span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Blanche—Home</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Hair cut.</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Haircut</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>40</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>12 US check</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>39</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>JFR.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>58</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D . . . zies</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>44</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D. C. B. A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Baskerville <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">to [Shaw?]</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>23</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">28th Con</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Our pastor delights in talking the
sermon out of his people after its delivery. he reminds me of the
young people. it is hard to get them to bed in time and harder to get
them out of bed. It is hard to get him started, as he is always late,
and when he gets at it he is harder to stop, regardless of who
preaches, himself or some one else, and it is never anything new.
</P>
</td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The man of
the sock must rise an hour before the wearer of shoes</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Mon<STRIKE>FRI</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 29</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 26:37 (KJV): And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.'>“And he took with him Peter, and
the two sons of Zebedee.”</span>
— The atmosphere is soft, rainy. — I rested good last
night and I am well and “BW” but Blanche is not so well I
am at the office, as usual. — The rain didn’t last all
day. Clearing at 2.pm.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><FONT SIZE=2>The word of a
truthful man doesn’t need that he cross his breath after it</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in">Tues<STRIKE>SATUR</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 30</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><span class='tooltip' title='Matthew 26:39 (KJV): And he went a little further, and fell on his face,
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass
from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.'>“If it be possible, let this cup
pass.”</span>
Atmosphere cold. Sky clouded — Rest disturbed with scared
dreams — We are well, B & “B.W” all right.
Office as usual. — Clearing at 4.45. — R.N.G. is stuck on
my wifes chocolate cake. he gave me 50¢ for her to make one for
him
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td>
<div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — September</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>1 Forward</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Insurance </span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Blanche—Home</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Hair cut.</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Haircut</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>40</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>12 US check</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>39</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>JFR.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>58</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D . . . zies</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>44</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D. C. B. A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Baskerville <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">to [Shaw?]</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">28th Con</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Our pastor delights in talking the
sermon out of his people after its delivery. he reminds me of the
young people. it is hard to get them to bed in time and harder to get
them out of bed. It is hard to get him started, as he is always late,
and when he gets at it he is harder to stop, regardless of who
preaches, himself or some one else, and it is never anything new.
</p>
</td><td><p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The man of
the sock must rise an hour before the wearer of shoes</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Mon<strike>FRI</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 29</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 26:37 (KJV): And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.">“And he took with him Peter, and
the two sons of Zebedee.”</span>
— The atmosphere is soft, rainy. — I rested good last
night and I am well and “BW” but Blanche is not so well I
am at the office, as usual. — The rain didn’t last all
day. Clearing at 2.pm.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">The word of a
truthful man doesn’t need that he cross his breath after it</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;">Tues<strike>SATUR</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 30</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><span class="tooltip" title="Matthew 26:39 (KJV): And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.">“If it be possible, let this cup
pass.”</span>
Atmosphere cold. Sky clouded — Rest disturbed with scared
dreams — We are well, B & “B.W” all right.
Office as usual. — Clearing at 4.45. — R.N.G. is stuck on
my wifes chocolate cake. he gave me 50¢ for her to make one for
him
</p></td>
</tr></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — October</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>1 Brought over</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>5th O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>" U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>West</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D C. B. A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Nicholas</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>59</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Riddick</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>85</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Crawford</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Water Rent</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>87</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>75</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>25 Parker O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>75</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>46</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscel</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>79</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">29th</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Class good. — Some of our folks
join issue with the pastor in his denunciation of Sunday funerals
yesterday. I am in harmony from start to finish.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.18in"><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">30th</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Xmas jubilee for S.S. usual unpleasant
happenings that has been going on for 40 years. “B W” and
his “Mammie” were there!</P>
</td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=""margin-bottom: 0.18in""><FONT SIZE=2>Before you
rise up from to-morrow’s couch, make a resolve to have done
with grouch</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE=""margin-bottom: 0.18in"">Wednes<STRIKE>SUN</STRIKE>DAY,
DECEMBER 31</P>
<P STYLE=""margin-bottom: 0.18in""><span class='tooltip' title='Corinthians 13:11 (KJV): Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of
good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and
peace shall be with you.'>“Finally, bretheren, farewell. Be
perfect, be of good comfort.”</span>
The last day of 1913. “O farewell.” Clear and cold, not
severe. — After Xmas festival returned home slept fairly. B.
“BW” and u.w. me, are well. I am at the office — It
clouded up again before 12. oclock and looks like snow, or rain
</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td>
<div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — October</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>1 Brought over</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>5th O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>" U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>West</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D C. B. A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Nicholas</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>59</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Riddick</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>85</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Crawford</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Water Rent</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>87</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>75</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>25 Parker O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>75</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>46</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscel</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>79</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">29th</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Class good. — Some of our folks
join issue with the pastor in his denunciation of Sunday funerals
yesterday. I am in harmony from start to finish.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">30th</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Xmas jubilee for S.S. usual unpleasant
happenings that has been going on for 40 years. “B W” and
his “Mammie” were there!</p>
</td><td><p>Before you
rise up from to-morrow’s couch, make a resolve to have done
with grouch</p>
<p>Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 31</p>
<p><span class="tooltip" title="Corinthians 13:11 (KJV): Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you.">“Finally, bretheren, farewell. Be
perfect, be of good comfort.”</span>
The last day of 1913. “O farewell.” Clear and cold, not
severe. — After Xmas festival returned home slept fairly. B.
“BW” and u.w. me, are well. I am at the office — It
clouded up again before 12. oclock and looks like snow, or rain
</p></td>
</tr></table><table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td>
<div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — October</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>1 Brought over</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>5th O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>" U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>West</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D C. B. A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Nicholas</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>59</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Riddick</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>85</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Crawford</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Water Rent</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>87</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>13</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>75</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>25 Parker O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>75</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>21</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>46</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Misscel</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>79</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">29th</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Class good. — Some of our folks
join issue with the pastor in his denunciation of Sunday funerals
yesterday. I am in harmony from start to finish.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.18in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">30th</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">Xmas jubilee for S.S. usual unpleasant
happenings that has been going on for 40 years. “B W” and
his “Mammie” were there!</p>
</td><td><p>Before you
rise up from to-morrow’s couch, make a resolve to have done
with grouch</p>
<p>Wednes<strike>SUN</strike>DAY,
DECEMBER 31</p>
<p><span class="tooltip" title="Corinthians 13:11 (KJV): Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you.">“Finally, bretheren, farewell. Be
perfect, be of good comfort.”</span>
The last day of 1913. “O farewell.” Clear and cold, not
severe. — After Xmas festival returned home slept fairly. B.
“BW” and u.w. me, are well. I am at the office — It
clouded up again before 12. oclock and looks like snow, or rain
</p></td>
</tr></table>
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<table>
<tbody>
<tr><th>Left Page</th><th>Right Page</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — November</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>1 Brought over</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Nicholas. Bd</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3. Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">3</span> 4 U.S Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The idea. —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D C. B. A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Riddick</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>" Crawford [ — over — ]</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">w</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Coke</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>11</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>" D C. B A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>89</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>97</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">D C. B. A.</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">89</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">97</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance Fire</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Baskerville</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>City Taxes</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>31</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>98</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jones. SW.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>23</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>White JT</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Medince — [NsR.?]</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dinner etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>28 Jeffrey</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">110.82</p>
<p><u>3.00</u></p>
</td><td><P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">MEMORANDA</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">December 31. continued</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">It rained a little at night, or late in
the afternoon. I went to teachers meeting after which watch meeting
services were held, and I attended that, and now fare well 1913. With
its joys and sorrows, Farewell forever — Mary my cousin, was at
my house this evening and spoke in a harsh manner concerning my dear
niece, Mary S. who died last Sept. It hurt my feelings and I told her
so, she needn’t apologize to me, but go to God, and he will
tell her what to do. —</P></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tbody><tr><th>Left Page</th><th>Right Page</th></tr><tr><td><div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">
<p><strong>Cash Account — November</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>1 Brought over</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>Nicholas. Bd</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3. Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>O.B.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">3</span> 4 U.S Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>14</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>The idea. —</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>D C. B. A.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>7</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Riddick</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>" Crawford [ — over — ]</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">w</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Coke</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>11</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>17</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>" D C. B A</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>89</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>97</p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">D C. B. A.</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">89</span></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">97</span></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>18</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance Fire</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Baskerville</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>City Taxes</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>31</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>98</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>22</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jones. SW.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>White JT</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>25</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Medince — [NsR.?]</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>20</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>27</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dinner etc</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>28 Jeffrey</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">110.82</p>
<p>3.00</p>
</td><td><p style="margin-bottom:0in;">MEMORANDA</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">December 31. continued</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;">It rained a little at night, or late in
the afternoon. I went to teachers meeting after which watch meeting
services were held, and I attended that, and now fare well 1913. With
its joys and sorrows, Farewell forever — Mary my cousin, was at
my house this evening and spoke in a harsh manner concerning my dear
niece, Mary S. who died last Sept. It hurt my feelings and I told her
so, she needn’t apologize to me, but go to God, and he will
tell her what to do. —</p></td>
</tr></tbody></table>
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="rg-table">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="7">
<p><strong>Cash Account — December</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="4">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>To Tinner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche-Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>4 U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>West</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Nicholas</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr Reid</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Riddick</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>80</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Coal ½ ton</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Felton — Plastering</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>12</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>23 J.T. — Xmas</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>" others</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>24 J.D. Xmas</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td><td></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<table><tr><th>Left Page</th>
<th>Right Page</th>
</tr><tr><td>
<div class="rg-table">
<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7">
<p><strong>Cash Account — December</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3">
<p><strong>Receipts</strong></p>
</td>
<td colspan="4">
<p><strong>Payments</strong></p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>2</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>To Tinner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>7.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche-Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>4 U.S. Court</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>32</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Groner</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>West</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Nicholas</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>50</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Dr Reid</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Jarvis</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>90</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Riddick</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>80</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Coal ½ ton</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>8</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>9</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Felton — Plastering</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>12</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>15</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>16</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>19</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>" "</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>23 J.T. — Xmas</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Wood</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>65</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>" others</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>2.</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>35</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>4</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>24</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>5</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>24 J.D. Xmas</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>6</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>26</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>"</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>3</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>29</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Insurance</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>10</p>
</td>
</tr><tr><td>
<p>30</p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p> </p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Blanche — Home</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>1</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>00</p>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table></div>
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Jeffrey Thomas Wilson (1843-1929) was a former slave who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries include entries on a range of topics from local news and politics, race issues in the South, and much of his personal history. The 1913 diary contains extra pages on which Wilson recorded events from that date in the past.
According to his obituary, he learned to read and write in secret. Based on his diary, he was the body servant of A[lexander]. P. Grice, likely the son of his owner, who served with Company A, Cohoon's Battalion, Virginia Infantry, at least during a part of 1862. In 1866, after being freed, Wilson enlisted and went to Europe with the U.S. Navy. When he returned home, he lived in the house he inherited from his mother. Wilson worked at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, as a laborer, and as a bailiff for the Federal Court at Norfolk. In his later years, from 1924 until his death in 1929, he wrote a column called "Colored Notes" for The Portsmouth Star. The column included social news, Wilson's political views, and issues of race relations--all themes that occur throughout his diaries. Wilson was active in the Emmanuel AME Church in Portsmouth, where he taught Sunday school. In June of 1929, Wilson was hit by a car. He died at his son's home, two months later, on August 25, 1929.
Entries for the 1913 diary were kept in a Wanamaker's Diary (produced by the department store chain) actually designed for 1911. As a result, Wilson has hand-corrected the days of the week throughout to reflect 1913. The diary includes advertisements, as well as a history of the Wanamaker stores.
In addition to the entries recorded (two to a page), throughout the year, Wilson attached additional pages to continue writing. Many of these consists of reminiscences of his life in previous years on topics from the Civil War, his service in the U. S. Navy, segregation and race issues in Portsmouth and Norfolk, and local news. He also writes of daily events: his family's health, church events, the weather, and his frequent concerns about money.
In addition, the 1913 diary was the subject of a digital exhibit <a href="http://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/wilsondiary" target="_blank">available online</a>.