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

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Village Life in America.

November 23, 2003

Village Life in America, 1852 - 1872, by Caroline Cowles Richards

November 23.—We read our compositions to-day and Miss Clark said mine was very good. One of the girls had a Prophecy for a composition and told what we were all going to be when we grew up. She said Anna Richards was going to be a missionary and Anna cried right out loud. I tried to comfort her and told her it might never happen, so she stopped crying.

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