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13. Con.

Thirty two years ago to day Mr. Frank was born. and I was sick with cramps. my mother thought I was going to die. but I was not thinking of such a great blessing. was coming to me. — Fifty one years ago I was a body servant for A. P. Grice. who was an officer in Cohoon’s Battalion C.S.A. encamped on “Dunn’s Hill,” near Petersburg. I had just been released from the Richmond City Jail, Where I had been confined two months. held as a witness in a murder case and that kept me out of the U. S. Army, Where probably I would have been killed. or wounded. I guess I am best off the Lord “Hath done all things well.” — Where now stands the “Seaboard Block.” I fell overboard from “Gosport Bridge” being about three years old. my sister was my attendant. but she was a not as careful as Miriam.

Some men would begrudge the cost of a bushel measure to hide their candles under

ThursMONDAY, May 15

“Let your light so shine before men” Clear and warm. Court graft cases still on. — Rittie Simonson and daughter under arrest in Fed. Court they beat up Grace Cooper. Bailey Rain at 11.p.m. only a shower. No tidings from my loved ones to day.


No man is intellectually greater than his own memory

FriTUESDAY, May 16

Master. Which is the great commandment? Clear and warm. Court. Graft case. still on. Rested good last night. I could, or would feel better. No tidings from B & “BW” this a.m. Grafters acquitted — Rain O.B. Card from B & “BW” I hope she well let me see him before 1935. — R. Van Pelt died Wednesday the old bell ringer at Navy Yard years ago

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1913-05-13
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1913-05-16