THURSDAY 7
A fine pleasant day. I have not done much. Went to the office of the Sec’y of the Interior. Was told that I was certainly to be restored to office but must have patience. Well, patience is well enough, but it will not pay for provisions and fuel, and I am consequently rather impatient as near four months inactivity has naturaly reduced my finances to a low ebb. Oak wood from $10. to $11. pr cord, pine $9.00, coal $12.00 &c &c. No news of importance. A large Regt with a fine Band passed tonight. Just arrived P.A.104th.
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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.
