1862 August 10 "Clifton," Fauquier County, Va

[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]

Another Sabbath has passed--I resolved
this morning that if I did muse I would be
as as much to myself as possible & not [spend?]
[all morning?] talking about these things which
occupies about every thought these days & of which it
is impossible not to talk when we are together
I spent the morning in my room reading
Jacque slept a long time & afterwards crawled
on the floor--Tom & Daisy came in & out
very often--After dinner Fannie said she
would keep Jacque for an hour, & Emma for
another.  So I came up to my room & would
have enjoyed my quiet but I was sleepy that
I took a little nap, when F's hour was out
Em brought Jacque to me to nurse, & he went
to sleep--but she took him after he awoke &
I had another quiet hour.

Three Yankees came & asked for milk--I
laughed heartily when I looked out & saw Em going
to the Spring house with a pitcher. She thought all of the servants
had gone away--but she espied Cornelia & sent her.
also E gave them some cold rusks that were
in the house--for which they offered pay, but
we refused.  One man said, he didn't come to
beg.  Three or four of them bathed in the
river & Pa said they could be plainly seen from
Mrs Lockes--impudent fellows

[partially transcribed in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Willis Wright Baylor]

MSS 15406