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| Carver Hospital, all decked out |
Diary of Amanda Aiken, July 4, 1864.
"A beautiful day, with a pleasant breeze. Gave each of my attendants a dollar for a holiday treat, which seemed to afford them much pleasure. Wrote out my list of patients since the last engagements. I remained in the ward to let No. 6, my orderly, and as many of the attendants as possible go out. The hospital have them an extra dinner, and I made chocolate and treated them in the afternoon, and stewed my last jar of dried cherries for their tea. Didn't go to the house until five o'clock. After tea accompanied Miss McClellan home, where we had ice cream. Misses Merrill and Griggs, with Drs. Bobbin and Eitchings, soon followed us. It was a pleasant evening."
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