1862 July 24 Fredericksburg, Va.

[from the diary of Dr. Brodie Strachan Herndon]

24  Girls rise by times & clean up
the House.  Mother goes into the
kitchen to instruct Ann.  We all
determine to make the best we can
out of it: "What cant be cured
                Must be endured"

See Dr. Brodie's entry for July 22 noting that their slaves have all left.


MSS 2563-b