1862 July 26 Chapel Hill, N.C.

[from the diary of Eliza Oswald Hill, refugee from Wilmington, N.C.]

Saturday  Mrs Walters & Sarah have been busy all day arranging their rooms
which look very nicely now--Mrs W brought up carpets--table
covers & many other articles of a smaller size to put in her room. Little[?]
William has had a return of his summer complaint & is not as sociable as
he would be if well--Liz returned at 6 oclock to tea--Della had a tea
                                                              enjoy themselves
party & as we all went in to see the young ^&c it made the evening pass
off more rapidly--Katie Fetter brought me a basket of figs & plums as a present


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