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Edisto Island, Apr. 24. 1865. So. Ca.
James Whaley Plantation

This hasty journal I will keep for my friends at home
thinking that a matter of fact account of things seen and heard
during my labors here among these people may be interesting
to them. Twill be hastily written and those who read must
read with no spirit of criticism---
Leaving New York, Saturday, 10 o'clk. Apr. 15 steamer "Fulton"
arrived at Hilton Head, Tues. 18 at 2 o'clk. having had a quiet
voyage quite monotinous with but little to interest. Beside our com-
pany of teachers, Miss Mira B. Stanton, from Lowell, Mr Albert
Everett, from Groten, there were three from the New York Society.
in this place our fellow passengers separated, some one way
some another. We remained on board watching with great in-
terest the novel scenes before us, while Mr. Everett went up to the
town or village to find Mr. Dodge to whom we had a letter from the
Boston Society. soon after he left us Mr. Dodge came on board, seeing
us waiting and most of the passengers gone enquired if we were
teachers from the N. Eng. F. A. Soc. After seeing that our baggage
was all right took us to the Provost Marshal's office, a long way
in the sand and sun. Then we took the oath of allegiance & I rea-
lized more than ever I had a country, that civil war was in our land