Ellen Stabler Diaries

3rd. mo. 1st. 6th. day Clear day: father at Ashton and Ingleside in the morning, took mother to James Stones in the afternoon: Kate and Gilpin here awhile in the afternoon: Lucy at at Harewood awhile late in the afternoon.

2 d. 7th. day Snowed all day: Lucy went to Baltimore: father at home all day except to go to the store with Lucy in the morning.

3 d. 1st. day Clear and cold: Joe and I at meeting Phil and Cornelia and the baby here to supper.

1864. 1st mo. 1st. 1864. 6th day. Cleared off cold, before dinner: father away nearly all day on business for B. Downes: Lucy came home from Burnside after dinner. William at the Cottage after tea.

2d. 7th. day. Clear and cold: Mercury down to 1 this morning. Kate spent the day here: Joe and William both out somewhere after supper: William at Joshua Gilpins I think.

3d. 1st. day. Clear and cold: John Stabler called here before meeting; Joe and William went to S. Brooke's mill dam in the afternoon to skate: Lucy went to Sharon and to the mill dam awhile, then to Phil's to stay all night; Joe at Phil's after supper; William at Sulford to supper.

4th. 2d. day Cloudy, begun to snow by 10 oclock, snowed all day: Mercury 18 early in the morning: Joe went to Washington: Lucy came home from Phil's in the morning; William at Ashton to a "scale meeting" after supper: Cutting ice in the morning

5th. 3d. day Cleared off cold and windy about noon: father went to Higgins after dinner: Joe came home from Washington William at Joshua Gilpins and Uncle E. Thomas [?] after supper.