Diary: Ellen Stabler, 1872

1st mo. 1st 1872 2d day

Cloudy all day with some slight showers. Father went to Rockville in the afternoon. I called to see Aunt Sally in the morning.

2d. 3d day

Clear day. Lucy came home from Fulford. Arthur and Anne here after supper.

3d. 4th day

Cloudy all day; foggy and misty snowed a little last night; Henrietta called before meeting. Lucy went home with Fred Stabler from meeting: father came home from Rockville in the afternoon: I did not go to meeting.

1st. mo. 4th 5th day

Bright part of the day,

5th. 6th day

Cloudy most of the day; Father went to Cleora Palmers, Ingleside and other places in the afternoon.

6th. 7th day

Bright most of the day; Cousin Rachel and Mary Gilpin here to tea.

7th. 1st day

Clear day: Lucy came home from the Manor: Mother at Harewood in the afternoon, Joe there after supper. Charlie Stabler here after supper.

1st. mo.

8th 2d day

Cloudy all day, with hail and snow enough to cover the ground. Mother spent the day at Uncle Charlies: James Stone here in the morning to see father.

9th 3d. day

Clear day: Mary and Ellen Miller dined here: father at Hollands Corner in the afternoon: Lucy went to Harewood to tea.

10th. 4th day

Clear and mild. At meeting: father went to see Nancy Downes and other places in the afternoon: Lucy went to the store and to see Aunt Sally. Helen came up in the afternoon and went with me to Phils.

1st. mo. 11th. 5th. day Clear and mild: Father went to Baltimore in the stage: I called at Harewood in the morning: Gilpin here awhile: I went in the stage to Dr. Magruders.

12th. 6th day Clear and mild: I went to Rockland after tea. Uncle William and Aunt Rebecca called here in the afternoon.

13th. 7th day Cloudy most of the morning, bright afternoon: father came home from Baltimore, went to see Nancy Downes in the afternoon. I took tea at Olney.

14th. 1st. day Cold and clear most of the day: I came to meeting from Dr. Magruder

and home: Henrietta and Lucy here before meeting: Sister Lucy at Harewood awhile in the afternoon.

15th. 2d. day Bright morning, clouded up in the afternoon: Lucy spent the day and might at Uncle Charlie's: I called at Sherwood in the afternoon.

16th. 3d. day Cloudy most of the morning, with some snow: bright afternoon, Lucy and I dined at James Stones: father at Ingleside in the morning, down at Nancy Downes in the afternoon.