1862 September 22 Suffield, Conn.

[from the diary of the Rev. Francis Butler, future chaplain of the 25th New Jersey]


Mon 22.  Spent morng & diner at Mr. Hs. Conducted
[-] prayer meetg at my ch in P.M. & delivered an
address – hastily prepared at same place in Eveg
before Aux. Orphan Soc -     Weather fine   grapes &
peaches plenty – fruit abundant & [-] good.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 12935