Monday, October 19, 1868 – “Thare is A Great Mass Meeting in Delhi today.”

It is wet and cloudy to day. I was not doing much to day. I was down to Brushland this afternoon. R. Scott rode up with me from Brushland. 1868. Thare is A Great Mass Meeting in Delhi today. Maj. Gen Dan E. Sickles* & Gen. Pleasenton** and B.G. Noble*** are Speakers. They went from Bovina to Delhi to day to attend the Great meeting. Jim Lauran was up to A. Liddles after his hog to day. He also got 1 from R. Scott to day. Brushland. Bovina. Del Co

*Maj. Gen. Sickles (1819-1914) was a Civil War general. For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sickles
**Gen. Pleasonton was Alfred Pleasonton (1824-1897), and served in the Civil War. For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Pleasonton
***B.G. Noble was an Episcopalian minister from Connecticut.