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The Diaries of Ralph Leland Goodrich, 1859-1867
December
1, 1862
In
school. Nothing new. December
2, 1862
In
school. Nothing new. December
3, 1862
In
school. Sent recommendations to Dr. Wright. December
4, 1862
In
school. Rainy. December
5, 1862
In
school. December
6, 1862
Down
the street. December
7, 1862
Sunday. December
8, 1862
In
school. December
9, 1862
In
school. Nothing new. December
10, 1862
In
school. Nothing new. Got three classes in French, one in Greek, five in Latin,
two in Geometry & Algebra, one in Philosophy, & one in Chemistry. December
11, 1862
In
school. Nary thing strange or ludicrous. December
12, 1862
In
school. Nothing new. December
13, 1862
Rainy.
Down the street. December
14, 1862
Sunday.
Rainy all day. December
15, 1862
Rainy.
At school one session. Called on [Capt.] Syberg. December
16, 1862
In
school. December
17, 1862
In
school. December
18, 1862
In
school. December
19, 1862
In
school. Evening, at speaking. December
20, 1862
Went
hunting. Killed a pigeon. December
21, 1862
Sunday.
Sick at home all day. December
22, 1862
In
school. Called on [the widow,] Mrs. Caldwell. December
23, 1862
In
school. December
24, 1862
In
school. Gave the boys presents and all of them candy. They felt pleased. December
25, 1862
Down
the street. At [Capt.] Syberg’s. December
26, 1862
At
home. Down the street. Saw Dr. Watkins. [1]
Wants me to go down in the country to teach. At [Capt.] Syberg’s. Got my
[conscript] exemption papers. December
27, 1862
Down
at [Capt.] Syberg’s. Reading. December
28, 1862
Saw
Eagen. At [Capt.] Syberg’s. December
29, 1862
Down
the street. Took a ride on [Capt.] Syberg’s horse. December
30, 1862
Evening,
at [Ernest] Wiedemann’s. It was his birthday. December
31, 1862
Reading.
Saw Charley Wait [2]
[and he] is coming to [my school].
[1]
Probably Robert A. Watkins, a 49
year-old physician in Little Rock
who was also a planter with 21 slaves in 1860. [2]
Charles
Edmund Wait (b. 3 November 1849; d. 25 November 1923). Charley was
the son of William B. Wait (1808-1892) and Martha Lavinia Reardon
(1809-1864). All are buried in Mt.
Holly Cemetery
in Little Rock. |
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