JulyHart Island 16 Jimmie mustered out +
now recruiting for 12th. Tenn.
Cavalry in Nashville. Mrs. Danielson presented
me with a fine lot of peas +
new potatoes which she brought
with her from home—English
neighborhood N.J.—because Mr.
Danielson would have it that I
was kind to him. Her two hours talk was
amusing. “Now, Josey, said I, Josey, tell
the truth.” A good woman
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This Evening Dolan + I took
barge + rowed out to Execution
Light – No one there – Pretty soon
keeper returns from fishing – I
present him with some copies
of Tribune + Herald that I brought
along with two book. Showed us
the lamp + the house. Bought
$1.00 worth of fish + bade him
good bye. Said he was “very
lonesome + liked company.” Just as we pushed off he
wanted me to send over to
New Rochelle to “John Odell to
tell his brother that Burtis’s [?]
Light Keeper at Execution
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light house wants him to come
over tomorrow.” I took his message + will
get it over somehow. Noyes sends the cake
to me and I am to Divide it
up among the Staff. I see W.D. Clerks have
begun to drill. I wonder if chum
is into it?
17 Sunday
A quiet day. Messrs. Leland
and friends visit us today +
we show them the island.
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McGowan presents me with
his copy of Homer’s Iliad
translated by Pope, he not
being particularly interested in
it. He is to have something
in Exchange from my library
for it. Our library is soon to
be formed at the Post.
