1862 July 27 Fauquier County, Va.

[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]

Sunday, July 27, 1862
It makes me feel sad to have to
[?] of the day

As we were obliged to start early in the
morning, I had to pack to day, & it kept
me busy all day, nursing & packing.
I told Nancy yesterday to send Mary Jane
down early in the morning & thought she
seemed unwilling to do it was not really  impudent
only looked very angry--afterwards I concluded
it would be well to carry Louisa as I
would have no one to wash for me--when I
asked her, (there is no ordering these days,) she
positively refused said she didn't want
to go over there-of course there was no
makeing[sic] her I had to give it up. In would
rather not see a servant than to have
them lording it over us this manner.

[partial transcript, 1972, by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor]

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