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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Mary Chesnut’s Diary, Edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary

39 posted on 04/15/2021 7:10:17 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

"Russell, the correspondent of the London Times, was there"

I don't believe he was. Russell's diaries show him arriving on the 16th. This may be a case where Mary's notes were out of order.

44 posted on 04/15/2021 11:42:32 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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