1862 September 12 Chapel Hill, N.C.

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

Friday 12th  Another lovely day--No letter from Tom--two for Lize
from Mr Mason but she not being here I cannot learn if
he said any thing of Tom.  I sent her letters off--Mrs Ransom has
been sitting the morning with us--She is very agreeable & the forenoon
passed rapidly--Captain Johnston & his wife left for Plymouth at eleven
oclock this morning--She expects to return. But he will go into the Army.
They were amiable lively agreeable people & having been with us
3 or 4 months we shall miss them very much.  I received a letter from
Mr Jewett this mail asking if he shall draw my dividend & sell
Eliza's Piano & pay my Taxes--All of which I am willing
for him to do--Katy has just returned from Dr Malletts and
says his daughter Caroline was thrown from a horse this morn
-ing and was brought home apparently dead--That she remain
-ed so for a long time--& since coming too--Is out of her sen
-ses--Mrs Walters has gone around to offer her services---I am
not intimate enough or I would go too.

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