1862 July 1 Fredericksburg, Va.

[from the diary of Dr. Brodie Strachan Herndon]

Tuesday 1  Charles good servants Ralph
& Julia left him without notice to
day.  Their temptation was beyond their
strength.  Esther remains faithful.
William gives me notice that
his services as a hireling cease.
Luc goes up every day I sit with
Nannie Gower.  We have reports of
a great victory near Richmond.
In evening Luc & I take a frolic
of a gallop through the woods to
Mrs Lowerys[?]  She repeats from a
favourite piece of verse--The
introduction to the tale of Paraguay.

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