Sharp diary 1916 page 247. Tuesday 15 August 1916 - Big Laurel, North Carolina
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Tuesday 15th of August 1916
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Frizzly Bill was to have turned up in the morning but failed to do so. After waiting for him till 11 I gave up and walked to Mrs Clare Franklin. There I sat in a stiflingly hot room while they dined — the men first & the women after (while the men sat on the verandah & chewed tobacco) — and then saw Gonsery[?] and Gold Seal beds of flowers, wh[ich] give in 3 & 5 years respectively very valuable medicinal roots. In the afternoon went a difficult 2 mile walk over the hills to Rice Cove where I got a few songs. Returned at 7.15 very tired. Wrote letters after supper.Location
USA : North Carolina : Big Laurel [35.33917,-83.35194]
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