Untranscribed 1862

Sunday 23 day cold and
windy I had a meeting of
the drummer boy this
morning. Nine of them (xxxx)
I think I can (xxx) (xxxx) little
(xxxxxxx) reached to day
standing one one
up this morning with a
pain in my left foot could
barely put it to the floor
I am not know that
our had a more acute
pain in my life painful all
day and no letter to might it
was with the greatest difficulty
i could get to my
placed
john (xx) 35. (xxxx) and to
hear the word
for the ordering of (xxx) as
a day of (xxxxx) and
as (xx) (xxx) by the governor
of the state of MD

Sunday 23 day cold and windy had a meeting of the drummer boy this morning mine of ( _ ) ( p ____ ) I think I can see some little improvement. Reached to day standing on one foot woke up This morning with a (s ___) pain in my left foot could scarcely put it to the floor ( _ ) not know that I have ever had a more accute pain in my life painful all day and no better to night it was with the greatest difficulty I could get to my preaching place I preached from John ( ) 35. Very few out to here the word made arrangements for the observing of thursday asa day of thanksgiven and prayer as ( _ ) apart by the govenor of the state of Md