Raleigh, Virginia, (Beckley's Court-house). Cloudy;
rained during last night, thawing, foggy, etc., etc. Rode with Avery to the
mill of young Mr. Beckley on Piney River. Found it a most romantic spot.
Beckley's family, a pretty wife and daughter, there in a cabin by the roaring
torrent in a glen separated from all the world. I shall long remember that
quiet little home. — One man of company died at Fayetteville.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 182-3
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