1862 August 6 "Clifton," Fauquier County, Va.

[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler]

I made a beginning with white labor
this morning.  Mrs. Price brought my washing
home & a miserable washing it was.  I didn't
tell her so however as she did not seem willing
to do it again-said she would come for it
if she felt like it & would'nt if she didnt,
Very well I said--if you are not willing
to help to work here I think Pa ought to
put some one in his house that will--that
put her back a little.  But she recovered quickly
& said a great deal about not seeing any
thing for her work= hinting at Pa's not doing
more for her--She has had his house for more
than a year has'nt paid a cts rent & wants
him to pay her money for whatever she does-
though he gave her meal, a hog yarn to knit
socks to sell & Ma has done a great deal for
her. There is an instance of the insolence of
that class--But I will not trouble myself
about that now--"Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof-"  If I only had you at
home & Peace was declared I feel that I could
put up with a great deal.

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

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