Thursday, January 9, 1862. Raleigh, Virginia, (Beckley’s Court-house). Cloudy; rained during last night, thawing, foggy, etc., etc. Rode with Avery to the mill of young Mr. Beckley on Piney River. Found it a most romantic spot. Beckley’s family, a pretty wife and daughter, there in a cabin by the roaring torrent in a glen separated from all the world. I shall long remember that quiet little home. — One man of company died at Fayetteville.
Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes.
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