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"The Harry Watkins Diary, Volume 11 [July 22, 1853–June 12, 1854]." In the digital collection The Harry Watkins Diary: Digital Edition. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hwatkins/hwatkins.0011.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 30, 2025.
Thurs. (Thursday) 18 . Rainy—weather cool for this season——Reading & walking A.M.—Wrote a strong letter to Mother—giving her a gentle scolding for not writing to me—removeAThere was a large fire in New York on the 9thult (ultimo mense)—and the papers reported our house damaged by bothexpand_less fire and water, yet not a word have I received from Mother in relation to it—although she must haveexpand_less known how anxious I would be to learn the particulars
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