Tuesday, December 12, 1865.
raining all Day meeting at EJs i […] have very nice meeting few females out after meeting Nell and i went Down to mary John com up with us
Wednesday 13
Clear all Day rain in the evening mary was up in the evening John com for her Nell did not make her appearance
Thursday 14
Clear and very cold we have a Donation Party for the freedmen to Day at the school i have been at toil all the afternoon
Annotation 1
For two years, Emilie served on a LUA committee whose members collected and distributed clothing to freedman in Charleston, South Carolina. Emilie’s sister-in-law Sarah Davis served as LUS treasurer. Report of the Ladies’ Union Association of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: G.T. Stockdale, Printer, 1867), HSP.