ENPages That Mention [joseph? Gonsolves?]
Mary Emma Jocelyn diary, 1851-1852.
p. 17
Monday.. Snowed all day. Helen Stearns called in the morning I was quite ill and lay down most of the afternoon. Nathaniel met George Hudson in the course of the day. who informed him that Henry was quite sick, and unable to leave the house. It is feared that he will have the [Chagres?] fever which he might have taken while crossing the [Isthmus?]. How unfortunate if it should so happen. A sad welcome indeed to one returning, bouyant with hope, after nearly three years absence, to his beloved home.
==Tuesday..]] The ground was covered with snow, and the sleigh bells jingled merrily by all day.. The sun shone warmly and brightly on the snow-clad earth. It was a lovely sight. I did not go out all day. We heard from the Hudson's that Henry was still worse. Mr Murphy spent the evening
Wednesday.. Cloudy. Morning in sewing with Nattie. Early in the afternoon Mother called on the Hudson family and found them nearly all sick. Poor Henry is confined to his bed in a raging fever. The Doctor says that "the old southern rascal has go hold of him". He feels the cold very much and says he could never live here again in this cold climate. He sent us word that if he was well he would come to see us but as he could not we must come and see him. - Went out of an errand and called on Mary Reeve. In the evening received a letter from [joseph? Gonsolves?] saying that [she?] would be happy to visit me but could not come this week. If she comes at all she