Sunday, May 7, 1865
lovely morning i did not go out in the morning i sent a letter to sister on Teridge quite warm in the afternoon Doct Jones spoke in the evening i went to st Thomas quite a fraciss [fracas] at millies this evening
Monday, May 8, 1865
raining all the morning in the evening i went to school very nice lesson after school i went to fair meeting very wet i missed Vincent had to come home by myself
Tuesday, May 9, 1865
i feel very heavy all day the house in so much confusion that it woriyes me meeting at off […] Nell did go after meeting well Vincent and stoped at bustils stoped at nells
Annotation 1
St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church was located at Adelphi and Fifth Streets, between the East-West throughways of Locust and Walnut. The church was home to the Ladies’ Sanitary Association, the earliest relief organization begun by women of color to support the USCT. Catto, A Semi-Centenary Discourse, 107. Giesberg, Army at Home, 107-108.