Wednesday October 8, 1862
Pa said that we might have the carriage
& F[annie], E[mma], & I determined to go to Waverly
to dinner. Found them all at home &
as kind as ever. begged us to stay
but we were obliged to return -
There were three Mr Mac Keggs there from
Md. have no claim on them whatever
except one of them is engaged to Miss [Hunt?]
& there two of them have been for a year &
the third has just come but he said
that he was going into the army directly
The Dr gave them some hard hints, asked
me if Pa wanted a horse, said he
had several belonging to other people &
two to the Mr Mac Keggs, which he could
keep & use for
Daisy came in just now & after looking
at me in the most earnest manner said
What are you writing to your sweetheart,
Ma? & when I told her that you were
my sweetheart she looked at me with the most
astonished face.
[as transcribed in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Madison Willis Ambler]
MSS 15406
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