Tuesday, July 17, 2012

1862 July 18 Fauquier County, Va.

[from the diary of Anne Madison William Ambler]

Friday July 18, 1862

It rained hard last night so Fannie
will not be able to go tomorrow & the longer
she is obliged to stay the more chance I have
of going with her as Mr. F is busy just now & so is
Father.

I had read a little in my bible when Mother
came in & sat down--Soon after Mary cane &
they kept me company all day, so I have
done no reading at all.   F kept to herself &
had a quiet day reading--I had some pressing
sewing to do however & was glad of company--
I find Washington so interesting, that unless
I am obliged to put it down, I would read
from night -till morning (vis a verso)=
It rained so hard yesterday evening & has
kept up all day that Mother C & sis B
have not been able to come home--
Mary & I had a real old fashioned girlish
talk this evening about our husbands., just
as if they had been beaux, only we were
more open in our expressions of love -
than the most barefaced girl could
have been  Finally, we concluded by
remarking "That the first five years of our
married life we had gone on increasing in
love for you".  Now, is that not enough
to satisfy you?  I couldn't say more.

[as transcribed by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor in 1972]

MSS 15406

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