July 26-Aug. 1
At church and hear Willie Meade preach ....We hear George Geiger is not very badly wounded and is a prisoner
in Washington County. I feel so glad of it for Cousin Fanny's sake. Sam sends me some Yankee Pictorials
which are amusing. Oh, how I want a letter from Mississippi; not a line since Jabe left Virginia. Some nice
reading, Charles Lamb's Letters, Essays, etc. What a sad picture his life presents to us but he seemed to enjoy
the brighter spots when they did come. His devotion to his poor afflicted sister was truly beautiful and when
thinking of it can excuse his vices however revolting they may seem in a man of his genius and taste. In town
with Lyd on Saturday and get her shawl. It is very handsome.