[from the diary of Matthella Page Harrison as transcribed at a later date]
Monday, May 19
Spent today in trying to have my ruined house put in tolerable order but it has
been so destroyed by Northern and brute vandals I feel little spirit in attempt-
ing putting it to order. I never saw it look more lovely outwardly. Nature
seems putting forth all her powers this spring and I trust its tender beauty
will soon throw off the pall of war. We hear cheering accounts from every
quarter and I feign would believe that the bloody feud will be over in a few
months. Spent the evening after tea reading Bulwer's novel.
MSS 9759
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