Thomas Martin Diaries: 1897, Part 1 of 3

#8 Beautiful day but cold 28 Wednesday, January 6, 1897 40 Up 8 am with bad headache and at my office at 9:20 and began work on [Gregg's?] matters and then to P.O. and around town several places including City Hall and [illegible] [illegible]. [illegible] To dinner 1:30 2:20 Tom. [were?] came back from bank (X) Robert also came home sick. At work all pm on [gregg?] reports and at 6 PM out on J Ave [cross?] and to depot and mailed letter supper [diplopia?] arguments 8 - 9:20 Club PO 11 [and] home to bed at 11:40 pm

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Beautiful day cold 30 Thursday, January 7, 1897 50 Up at 7:40 office 9:06 am. Robert sick in bed went to PO at 10 and met R. first time since disappointed in my mail. Around to see Morgan Jones and Thompson about passes. Also at [Mother Jones] Co's and other places. Wrote to Mrs. Benders To dinner 1:30 - 2 pm. Robert in bed still to avoid chill at office and worked on [Gregg's?] reports and finally got through with them at 7:30 pm and [sent?] [them?] [to home] supper. Arguments 8:04 - 9:20 Club till 11 PO depot and home and to bed at 12:04 am

Cloudy am Sun pm 45 Friday, January 8, 1897 60 #9/7 $20 Up 8 am. My right eye badly inflamed office at 9:30 am and [wish] a [illegible] came over I went to their office and then to PO [Hour?] no. 7 [illegible] and up in my clerks office and wrote till 1:30 pm Then [illegible] Capt Loyds and sat a half hour with him. Home to dinner and offices via [our?] [Natl Bk?] and told [Junius?] [Reilly?] about death of [Armsworth?] Then to my offices and and wrote until 5 pm ([dry?] [cough?]) and to [depot] at 6:30pm then P.O. and home to supper. Arguments 7:30 9:20 Club till 11:30 and home and to bed at 12:10pm

D. [Newsome?] [wrote?] of [death] of Wm. [Sumter?] on 2[nd?] at [gardens?]]

Pretty day slightly hazy 38 Saturday, January 9, 1897 60

Right Eye sore yet and troublesome Up 8:20 am office at 9:30am read papers and then to post office at 12 and got some mail and in clerk's office till 1:00 pm [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] and then to Capt Loyds and home to dinner at 1:40 pm. Office at 2:30 and began [overseeing?] circular letter to county clerk's about jurors and finished 38 (2 [illegible] [illegible]) by 6:10pm and then to P.O. and [illegible] first to see about return envelopes enclosed therein. Supper arguments 8-11pm then to P.O. and home and to bed at 12:10

Beautiful day

10/8 40 Sunday, January 10, 1897 60

Up 8 am at ch. with [mame] at 11 am. Haggart [lay? reader. [Mr.?] [Washer?] sang offertory and Prof Lamb played his accompaniament most beautifully After church to P.O. and found no 8. In clerks office a while and wrote part of No. 10. Then to dinner. [saw?] + come [then?] Gave C. money to buy flowers for her mothers grave. Could not go my self. Tomorrow had horse and carriage and I had to go to vestry meeting 4 [illegible] pm. Then office and finished [letter] and to [depot]. then PO. and Capt Loyds & [met?]] [illegible]

He and I then went to [illegible] and I [copied] [illegible] of J G Holland for tomorrow Home and [illegible] [illegible] [one] [another].