Written from the Sea islands of South Carolina.
[Diary] 16th.
To-day Mr. McKim, Lucy, Ellen, and I went over to Gabriel Caper’s, Edgar Fripp’s, Dr. Scott’s, and to Oliver Fripp’s, where we dined with Mr. Sumner, Mr. Park, and Mr. Gannett. They rode beside our carriage on their horses, and as the rains made the roads bad, they explored the broken bridges and fords. We had a jolly time except when Mr. McKim was questioning the people about their treatment in the old time. Such dreadful stories as they told! Dr. Scott’s own daughter and granddaughter had marks of their mistresses’ whip to show. They lived in a very nice house built entirely by the husband of one of them.
