Diary: Ellen Stabler, 1860

27th A beautiful clear day; William met mother at Olney in the evening, and brought her home.

28th. Joe finished planting corn. Father came home from Baltimore; says brother and family moved into the country today: Kate called here in the afternoon; Lucy went with her to Alban Gilpins.

29th. A beautiful clear day; Lucy went to Alexandria with Uncle Edward in the afternoon. Phil, Charlie, and Warwick Stabler called here in the afternoon. Joe and I went to Rockland to tea. Uncle Samuel and Aunt Lizzie here after tea.

30th A beautiful clear day: Aunt Lizzie and I dined at Charlie Stablers, and took tea at Roberts; I got a letter from Sue Taylor

5th. mo. 1st. A cloudy day: Father went to Rockville.

2d. A rainy day: went to meeting: Preparative meeting: Aunt Lizzie served as clerk for the first time: Annie Marshall her mother, Aunt Hannah Kervey and Frank Bishop came.

3d. A cloudy day: Father and Aunt Lizzie went to B. and home again in the evening: A lecture at the Lyceum.

in the evening: Robert Ould of Washington. Kate spent the evening here: mother went to see cousin Henny Bentley in the afternoon; she is very ill.

4th. A clear warm day; I went to see Annie Marshall after dinner; she is just as lovely as ever: Aunt Nancy came home; brought Margaret with her: I went to see them after supper.

5th. Father went to Uncle Toms and about in that neighbourhood in the morning, and to Higgins in the afternoon; I went to Sherwood after dinner then to Uncle Samuel's to supper; and found Nicholas and Henrietta here, when I came home: Margaret and Aunt Mar Nancy called in the afternoon;

and after supper too.

6th. A clear warm day: Mary Miller, Fred and William Stabler here to dinner; William and Warwick here to tea; Uncle Samuel, Aunts, Lizzie and Jane here in the afternoon, also Kate and James Shephard: Nicholas and Henrietta left directly after supper, and Father and mother went to Dr. Palmers: Joe to Falling Green: William to Isaac Hartshornes to tea.

7th. Father went to Washington and Alexandria; I cleaned mine and the boys room; M.E. Moore and Sarah Thomas called here. A very warm day; clouded up in the evening.

8th. A clear pleasant day; I called at Sherwood in the afternoon; and to see Juliet Cook: Father and Lucy came home, from Alexandria.

9th. A rainy day: Father went to Baltimore; cousin Henny much worse; they sent for cousin Mary Brown she got up this evening: monthly meeting.

10th A cloudy day; a gust in the evening; Cousin Henny died this morning; William went for Fred Moore. Jule Hood here helping me clean the dining room and kitchen. Joe went to Uncle Toms in the morning; a lecture in the morning.