Friday, March 13, 2015

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: August 2, 1862

What straits war reduces us to! I carried a lb. or so of sugar and coffee to Sister Agnes lest she should not have any, and she gave me a great treasure — a pound of soda! When it can be had, it is $1.25 per lb.

SOURCE: Elizabeth Preston Allan, The Life and Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston, p. 146

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