{"id":13877,"date":"2012-04-24T09:09:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T13:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2021-12-05T19:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T00:02:26","slug":"july-16-17-1864","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/04\/24\/july-16-17-1864\/","title":{"rendered":"July 16 – 17, 1864"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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July<\/span> Hart<\/span> Island
\n16<\/span>
\nJimmie<\/span> mustered out +
\nnow recruiting for 12th. Tenn.
\nCavalry in Nashville.
\nMrs.<\/span> Danielson presented
\nme with a fine lot of peas +
\nnew potatoes which she brought
\nwith her from home\u2014English
\nneighborhood N.J.\u2014because Mr.
\nDanielson would have it that I
\nwas kind to him.
\nHer<\/span> two hours talk was
\namusing.
\n“Now,<\/span> Josey, said I, Josey, tell
\nthe truth.\u201d
\nA<\/span> good woman<\/p>\n

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This Evening Dolan + I took
\nbarge + rowed out to Execution
\nLight – No one there – Pretty soon
\nkeeper returns from fishing – I
\npresent him with some copies
\nof Tribune + Herald that I brought
\nalong with two book. Showed us
\nthe lamp + the house. Bought
\n$1.00 worth of fish + bade him
\ngood bye. Said he was \u201cvery
\nlonesome + liked company.\u201d
\nJust<\/span> as we pushed off he
\nwanted me to send over to
\nNew Rochelle to \u201cJohn Odell to
\ntell his brother that Burtis\u2019s [?]
\nLight Keeper at Execution<\/p>\n

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light house wants him to come
\nover tomorrow.\u201d
\nI<\/span> took his message + will
\nget it over somehow.
\nNoyes<\/span> sends the cake
\nto me and I am to Divide it
\nup among the Staff.
\nI<\/span> see W.D. Clerks have
\nbegun to drill. I wonder if chum
\nis into it?<\/p>\n

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17<\/span> Sunday<\/p>\n

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A<\/span> quiet day. Messrs. Leland
\nand friends visit us today +
\nwe show them the island.<\/p>\n

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McGowan presents me with
\nhis copy of Homer\u2019s Iliad
\ntranslated by Pope, he not
\nbeing particularly interested in
\nit. He is to have something
\nin Exchange from my library
\nfor it.
\nOur<\/span> library is soon to
\nbe formed at the Post.<\/p>\n

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My<\/span> new Roster attracts attention.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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