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May 04, 1861 ~ Saturday

4 I spent the forenoon in the Endowment House giving Endowments I was
quite unwell I spent the afternoon at [blank] The Pony Dispatch arived at 7 oclk
containing the News of the gathering of Armies North & South

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March 4, 1861

inaugurated as 16th President of 26 states.

April 21, 1861

News arrives in of firing on and the beginning of the Civil War.

May 28, 1861

Wilford's father dies.

June 1, 1861

first child is born in ; Wilford learns of death.

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