Letter dated Wednesday July 7th 1862, page 2
Book 1, Page 106 ·1862
Transcription
A handwritten letter, page 2 of multiple, in the same hand and ink as page 105. The page suffers from heavy ink bleed-through from the reverse side; at enhanced resolution the top eight or so lines resolve clearly, but the lower two-thirds of the page remain criss-crossed by the verso’s writing and only scattered words and phrases can be recovered.
[Continuation from previous page.]
A nurse asked me the other day if I did not think Walhalla was a very “poor city”. You may imagine I agreed. Maybe Jane knows her — She belongs to Mrs Baker & minds Mrs Charles Strohecker’s baby — Her name is Willoughby — negros like to hear of each other — Fanny Wigfall has just chased Kate in here with a broom-stick so I will say Good night — Kate locked the door & politely invited Fanny in — sample of what they are driven to do in Walhalla for fun.
[The remainder of the page is largely obscured by ink bleed-through from the reverse side. Scattered legible words and phrases include:]
Aunt Sis — Nell has written [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
[illegible] received [a letter?] from Connie — [illegible] in reply to one [illegible]
after Henry’s death — Margaret has [illegible] [illegible]
not good & she has [illegible] with [illegible] — she has never seen her — [illegible] consoled [illegible] [illegible] last week — Adda — they [illegible] [illegible] wonderful
Margaret received a beautiful letter [from Adda?] [illegible] [illegible] which [illegible] her grief [illegible] [illegible] — [illegible] not [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
the [St?] Christopher’s that just wrote to Nell that his body had just reached Flat Rock — Louisa [illegible] [illegible] his body had been brought to [illegible] by his orderly. He was wounded [illegible] about [Rock?] [illegible] lived several days & they [illegible] [illegible] His orderly brought a note [illegible] from him to his Sister written one hour or two before he died — It was Sunday afternoon — he had the saddest [illegible] [illegible] I saw a company march from this [illegible] already [illegible]
[Bulk of the page illegible due to bleed-through.]
AI Notes
Page 2 of the multi-page handwritten letter dated July 7th 1862 (continuation from page 105). The top of the page is now mostly legible at enhanced resolution: the writer relays a nurse’s remark that Walhalla was ‘a very poor city’, identifies a young Black woman named Jane who belongs to Mrs. Baker and minds Mrs. Charles Strohecker’s baby Willoughby, and describes Fanny Wigfall and Kate chasing each other around the house. The rest of the page is substantially obscured by ink bleed-through from the verso. Lower-page fragments mention a young Christopher killed in battle whose body was brought to Flat Rock; his orderly delivered a note written an hour or two before he died on a Sunday afternoon. Adda, Connie, Nell, and Margaret are also named. Letter continues onto page 107.
Letter continues on next page.