[from the diary of Eliza Oswald Hill, refugee from Wilmington, N.C.]
Wednesday 24th A little cloudy today--Liz Sarah & Eliza have gone a shop
-ping--I spent the morning upstairs reading the news aloud to Mrs Walters
& we have very painful news form Wilmington the yellow fever spread
-ing & several of our finest young men killed & wounded in the
last babble in Maryland--Eddy Mears & willie Quince amongst the killed.
The two DeRossetts--Colonel William & Lieutenant Armand seriously wound
-ed--It is thought tom Cowan is killed also--Oh that I could hear Tom was
again safe--& that Sarah could get another letter from Fred--Mrs Pearce
from Wilmington is here--& we find her quite agreeable--Liz has
just left to spend the day with Mrs Phillips--I have written Joe a long
letter to day--Eliza has been writing all the morning--
MSS 6960
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