Sharp diary 1918 page 247. Sunday 1 September 1918 - Winston Salem
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Sunday 1st of September 1918
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Breakfasted rather late and then wrote letters till lunch time, Maud typing them, to Miss Gilchrist, Miss Amy Wells, Alphonso Smith & Miss Freer. Then had lunch at the Café down stairs. After rest & tea called on Mrs Plegne, Mrs Weaver’s (of Woolwire) sister where we met her husband — a Frenchman — and a Mr Duke Hay. Mrs Plegne sang me a few songs and Mr Hay gave me some Charleston street- cries. Then back home where I wrote to Constance, Mrs Armstrong and the Roanoke Trunk Co[mpany], who sent me hangers[?] of the wrong size — a typical American blunder! Also fixed up my photos & film-book. Dined downstairs and then did accounts with Maud and wrote up my books to date, including tunes taken down this afternoon. Then busied myself packing in preparation for tomorrow’s journey. After dinner I wrote a long letter to Mrs Storrows and continued the packing chiefly of my papers. This is a noisy place and the air impregnated with tobacco, molasses and nigger!Location
USA : North Carolina : Winston Salem [0,0]
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