August, WEDNESDAY, 31, 1864.
lovely day rachel and i […] to go out together but she […] not go i vincent to take a […] spent the evening very […] maryes i […]
THURSDAY, 1.
he […] some in deed with out her this is the first of fall very Pleasaent vincent came out to see me quite unexpected I expeced EJ but he did not get here
FRIDAY, 2.
quite cool this morning i had a very sad letter from sister to day it made me feel very badly Father is quite feable I finished writing to Wil this evening
Annotation 1
At 64 years old, Emilie’s father’s illness came with additional concern, perhaps, about his mortality and the distance she had to travel to see him.