Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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“Feel quite “used up” with the heat.”—Horatio Nelson Taft

October 3, 2011

Diary of US patent clerk Horatio Nelson Taft.

THURSDAY 3

This has been a hot day for the season. M. at 86 in the middle of the day. It has passed away without any particular incident occurring. Met John T McKenzie on the Ave. He agreed to meet me at Willards this evening, but he probably took the 6 o’clock train, as I did not see him. Met Genl Scheopf there. Called at the Treasury to see the Sec’y but did not succeed. He has just returned from the East. Feel quite “used up” with the heat.

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The three diary manuscript volumes, Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865, are available online at The Library of  Congress.

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