Account of Grandmother's last illness, continuation through July 18 (page 2)

A single sheet of lined paper closely written in faded brown ink, in cursive. A small sideways pencilled notation, evidently a numeric date-string, appears low in the left margin.

she gave him — She called the servants and spoke to each saying Goodbye — thank you for all you have done for me — thank you all to the two most about her — "Diana you have "done a great deal for me, thank you for it all “Sarah you have been very attentive” & turning to her mistress ^(Aunt Ally) “remember she had been very kind to me.” — “God is very merciful” “very merciful.” Aunt Bet then said to her but “Ma have you no word for me. I have not had a word yet.” "For you ? oh yes God bless my child you "know all my children are alike to me "spare yourself my child do not waste your “strength.” — She then ^then saw Mr Gadsden who had visited her during all her sickness — he repeated many consolation texts patiently from the Book of Job & Psalms, with the promises of the new Testament — in the words of Christ — she only replied to his observations by the bowing of the head in assent or when one passage struck her ^mind more than another “very comforting” “all very comforting” — when he prayed she responded amen & joined audibly in the Lord’s prayer.

July 18 — Grandmother woke up ^as perfectly calm after the seemingly agitating scenes of yesterday as she had been through them all. But again at the same hour the weakness & sinking returned and she again assembled the

[Left margin, lower left, written sideways in a different hand or stroke — a small numeric notation, possibly ‘1, XII — & III,’ or a similar date-string. Function unclear; may be an archival or filing mark.]