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36 Monday March 5th I've been thinking today as I was riding to Marianna, how I'd like to be in Washington today to witness the inauguration of Gen Zack What a busy, big crowd is there [there] today & what a merry festal scene is now glittering 'neath the pa vilion erected for the Great Ball all tho' vanity of vanities My journal has been neglected for a week again a long week On Sunday, the 25th I wrote a letter to Mother & read quietly at home In the afternoon, at about 3 o'clock I rcd a call to go down to Kemp's place 7 miles below, to see his little son Calhoun found him quite sick staid during the night, the next day, & the ensuing night, with him, leaving on Tuesday morning I found that there had been a call for me (an obstetrical one) on Monday On Tuesday & Wednesday I wrote letters to Mrs Page & Miss Mary & Betty On Thursday March 1st I carried all my letters to the P O One to Mother, to Betty, Miss Mary, Mrs Page & Dr Drake found 3 at the P O for me one from Mother, Miss Mary & from Betty dear letters all became acquainted with old Mr Neal there Ma told me of a box full of presents sent me on the Viola, which sunk with it, 10 miles from Columbus I pondered much on the fate of the proofs of affection, thus wrecked upon the wave on returning I found a call awaiting me, to go to Faircloths 7 miles hence, to see Geo Knight, went by for McDaniel, who guided me thither staid there till 9 or 10 o'clock Rode home thro' the burning woods & calm moonlight reached home at midnight, & found on my table, awaiting my coming, the very box full of presents How gratefully recd I opened, looked & examined & blessed my dear friends let's see Father sent me the little teles cope & compass, music book, paint box & letter paper, beautiful Mother sent "Bragelonne", a fascinating looking volume & sister Callie some fine letter paper & a beautiful letter A note of affection from Father & Mother Mrs Shotwell sent 'ever so many' cakes, doughnuts &c &c to many & too sweet to mention & Mr Shotwell an elegant oiled silk money belt how Kind friends I wrote a long letter to sister Callie
37 recd a call to go over the river to see Mrs Wooten, staying with the wodow Wilson on Friday staid till night on Saturday, Col. Stell sat in my office all the morning whilst the house was [scouring] Dr Jones, the steam doctor [from below], came on Friday staid till Sat noon On Sunday (March 4th) I went to the M E Ch & attended the Sab batical exercises of Thornton the schoolmaster grew tired & left at first opportunity On Monday evening as I returned from Marianna, I found 2 calls awaiting my attendance one to see Mrs Skipper & one to go down to McDaniel's to see Geo. Knight attended to the former same night, & to the latter next morning Mrs S. has had a hard time of it; hysterical convulsions followed by a derangement of mental faculties, yet unrestored I have in consequence, been hindered from visiting Columbus with bro. Thaddie who came over from Marianna to go up with me I cd n't go, & lent him Tom to go on alone he started on Monday, March the 12th I crossed the Ferry & walked as far as Mrs Wilson's place with him Called in there to see my patients & came back in a bateau I did'nt like to see him go off alone but he seemed to think he could'nt put it off I recd a note from Mr Crane on the 11th, telling me that he w'd come, as he promiced, to preach for us on the last Sunday (25th inst) of this month & also inviting me to stand up as one of his groomsman he is to marry Miss Julia Atwater of Quincy on Tuesday, April 3rd I must accept the honor, gratefully Skipper & I have hunted & fished a good deal lately I in tend moving down to his store, when his goods come he is a sterling man I had a call to go over to old man Byrd's, on Wednesday, March 14th to see his wife rode 'Little Tom' to opposite his woodyard, hitched him there & crossed in a batteau &c &c
38 Wedneday May 30th 1869 (1849)
I must recommence my journal its neglected pages will interest me in after years, however the mono tony of my country life may be tedious to record I am astonished at the lapse of time since I scribbled on the last pages days, weeks & months roll swiftly on I am now living with Skipper have been so since my return from Columbus I went up there with him & his wife & Mrs Green from Campbelltown in the latter part of March met Thaddy on the wharf, just about to [start], with Tom tied to the capstan of the Emily I met at the top of the wharf, Pa & Thaddy, with Callie, & Jule & [Jennie] What a delightful meeting for me Had Tom sent back to the stable & went up to the house met Mother on the steps as when I came last fall Staid only 3 days, coming on Saturday morning, & leaving on Tuesday morning Came on the Mary Moore & returned on the Peytona too short a visit I enjoyed the society of my friends there The Shotwell's &c, ex ceedingly Attended a Party at Mrs Smith's, given to the juveniles, but very agreeable Miss Annie Gautier of Marianna, with her bro Tom, & Mr C. C. Yonge of the same place, were also on the Peytona We had a speedy & nice trip, Thaddy with me & Tom tied to the capstan We arrived at the Port on Thursday evening Mr Yonge borrowed my horse that night to go home on, & next morning, I rode over with Miss Gautier in the buggy Tom G [?] Thaddy just behind us in Mr Yonge's high tilbury I've been over to Marianna often have had many & few calls Have been disarranged, as regards my medicines, books &c since I've been at Skippers The store is at last all fixed & in full operation, & my little room here ceiled & renovated shelves with medicines & shelves with books &c &c My roommate is Mr Jas Hazard from New York head clerk of the store &c let's see if I can keep up anything like a diary will continue to fill up the [interim]
39 July 13th Friday night Alas for my resolutions &c, with regard to journalism have hardly so much as [???] of this poor book, since the opposite page was written have just bethought myself that [ere] retiring, 'twould be as well to recommence this record, for the sake of future retrospection so here's a few lines Went down to Hawley's day before yesterday afternoon, was called whilst assisting Skipper & raise a log beam for the shed in front of the house Little infant of Mrs Charity H., aet about 2 months sick with bronchitis rather bad case physicked it spent the night there, early on yesterday morn at break of day I went with Nelson Hawley, & Mr Hutchingson from the Bay & Ellis of Chattahoochee who were there, to the Lake; I caught nothing fish did'nt bite tho' Hutchingson did some pretty bobbing, bathed in the immense spring & returned, Keen as a meat axe to breakfast Mrs Hawley is an am iable & pretty young widow went to Chattahoocheee with gents above mentioned dined there saw some ladies Miss Wooten one of them Mrs Smith, &c & a little neat Irish faced Miss Nelson who played the accordion beautifully to Mr Ellis' violin fine music thus made I became acquainted with Dr [Bo??dman], of the Arsenal rode out there after dinner went thro' the spacious building, was caught then by a heavy shower returned, crossed back, with Hawley staid all night again there Left this morning after breakfast, my little patient some better than when I went but stll sick Called at Garbett's returning, to see my consumption patient Eugenia G ate half of a fine watermelon there; caught up with Henry Pope by Indian Town, rode up with him Myrick came in from Marianna went to Mr Wood's after dinner saw some ailing negroes, sat in the parlor for the afternoon [????] Mrs Ming as I was going then she had been there, ever since I went to Hawleys sorry I cdn't have called ere she left Miss Kate King sang some, I had carried my flute I played a little we all tryed the chloroform, as Miss K wished to see its effects, both ladies looked happy & embraced each other, & I felt like a thunderstorm, made great stamping & noise ate some more fine watermelon & a good peach & a good fig Returned &c stopped to see Gammon's when returning ate supper wrote the commencement of a letter to B. & am going to bed "Tired nature's sweet restorer" wooes me
40 Cincinnati Ohio Sept 7th 1850 Saturday I have taken up my old Journal, to scribble a little, at night, as of yore I find it pleasant to look back on the records of bygone days, & the little daily trouble which it oc casions is far more than repaid, in the future readings of them I recd a sweet letter from my sweet little sister Julia today from St Andrews' Bay The seabreeze blew so in her window, at the close, that her candle was found & flickered so as to prevent her writing, & then she went to the broad piazzza to enjoy it, & to look out upon the broad, bright bosom of the Bay rippling in the calm quiet moonlight how I shd love to visit them there Father is looking very well they say, but feels no better Alas would to God he were rescued from his suffering & melancholy; he wishes to send me his flute, I don't like to hear him speak so, had rather he were Keeping & playing on it Bob & Sallie Smith left yesterday for Kanawha, their short stay was very delightful I went to Newport in afternoon & walked with Betty took tea & returned Willie Langdon & I visited Barracks' Gymnasium on 3d St I will certasinly attend it we went on top of Gaylord & Morrel's store & took a view of the city Sunday Sept 8th Beautiful day bright & quiet, with that hallowed silence & repose that fills one with a sweet melancholy
Friday Nov 22nd Had a long, precious & profitable interview with Betty this morning Had gone with her to prayer meeting the night before we talked about things very near to our happiness wrote her a note in the evening Saturday Nov 23rd Visited Newport twice My poor patient there affords an exceeding convenient & grateful step to seeing Betty I fear I do not deserve much credit for the gratuitous attendance I am giving her Recd a long, dear letter from sister Julia full of affection A large & magnificent fire broke out at 10 1/2 P.M. at the river, near the Newport Ferry Albro's immense cabinet veneering &c establishment beautiful, gorgeous sight [Mr B???] I [went] down & enjoyed it {(page torn here)