[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]
Wednesday July 2 1862
We found it raining this morning & gave up going to
P[rospect] H[ill]. I feel so oppressed & out of spirits I
can't compose myself. Fannie is reading the Dutch
Republic aloud to me & I must confess my
mind wanders very often though it is beautifully
written and deeply interesting. I was making a
dress and she read aloud all the morning--
This evening I laid down in Sis Bs room & took
a short nap after noon and read Washington's life till dark--
At the supper table I ventured to remark
that if I could , I would send home to
know what was going on; & when they hooted
me down in the most overpowering manner,
I said that I knew if "Mr Ambler was here,
he would send anyhow." That raised quite a
din of voices & sis B said it was the most
foolish talk she had ever heard. She knew Jack
wouldn't do any such thing, But since
supper, she came to my room and said she was
sorry she had spoken so. To tell the truth, I
am afraid that I became excited & spoke
in an angry tone but certainly when I
commenced speaking I had no idea of
raising such an opposition. I try to learn
not to speak when I see others are violent=
but my tongue will betray me & I
go on & do & say just what I would rather
not- We will go tomorrow if it is a pleasant
day-
Jack/ Mr Ambler: her husband Richard Jaquelin Ambler, currently in the army
[1972 transcript by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor]
MSS 15406
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