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April 3-5, 1864

April, SUNDAY, 3, 1864.

in rather cloudy and damp i went to church herd a very good exortation from one of the many men at the college we went to bethel after church nell was not out in the evening sue and nell John and vincent and barker

MONDAY, 4.

come up we spent quite an agreeable evening barker goes away to day cloudy to day I went to mr livelys and taken my lesson then went down to schooll he was not there vincent was not there

TUESDAY, 5.

we had quite a full school very stormy to day it has bin raining hailing and snowing mrs Beck leaft for […] this morning quite a sorrowfull time the rain Prevented me from going to Meeting

Annotation 1

Philadelphia Inquirer Article detailing the “violent rain storm”

This appears to be an abnormal series of rainstorms for the East Coast. On April 6, 1864 The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the “rain storm continues without intermission.” “Effects of the Storm,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1864.

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