Sharp diary 1918 page 268. Sunday 22 September 1918 - Burnsville
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Sunday 22nd of September 1918
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Breakfast very late, so that we did not get off till after 10. We then went up to David Webb’s. He sang, also Mrs Webb and her mother Mrs Polly Mitchell and we got a dozen quite good songs — a very pleasant and profitable morning. I took some photos of old Mrs Polly and we promised to go & see her again some day. After tea we went again to Mitchell Town and called on Mrs Becky Mitchell, but a crowd of children & relatives fell upon us including Mrs Polly & David. At one time there were 19 people in the room and two dogs and it was quite suffocating, and, there being such a large audience that Polly & her daughter were "ashamed" to sing. However, David sang one or two so that we did not come entirely empty away! Weather nice & sunny to day and in the afternoon much warmer, but very cold in the morning. There was a white frost last night which is very bad for the corn which is still far from ripe.Location
USA : North Carolina : Burnsville [35.9173357,-82.300961]
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