Monday, September 15, 2014

Tuesday, September 15, 1868 - "The roads are very bad at present."

It has been a very fine day. Thare was a slight frost this morning the first for this season. 1868. I was over to Margretville to day. The roads are very bad at present. Net was with me to day. Thare was a Political meeting in Roxbury to day. Horace Greely* was thair as Speaker to advocate the Union and Grant. Tom Winter and D. Black were over to Roxbury to day. I saw Wat. Dickson in Margretville to day. He is going West to live.


*Horace Greeley (1811-1872) was a newspaper publisher and politican. He supported General Grant as President but later came out against the corruption in Grants administration and ran against him when he ran for re-election in 1872 as a Liberal Republican. He lost the election and died before the electoral vote could be counted.



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