To-day Mr. McKim, Lucy, Ellen, and I went over to Gabriel
Caper's, Edgar Fripp's, Dr. Scott's, and to Oliver Fripp's, where we dined with
Mr. Sumner, Mr. Park, and Mr. Gannett. They rode beside our carriage on their
horses, and as the rains made the roads bad, they explored the broken bridges
and fords. We had a jolly time except when Mr. McKim was questioning the people
about their treatment in the old time. Such dreadful stories as they told! Dr.
Scott's own daughter and granddaughter had marks of their mistresses' whip to
show. They lived in a very nice house built entirely by the husband of one of
them.
SOURCE: Rupert Sargent Holland, Editor, Letters and
Diary of Laura M. Towne: Written from the Sea Islands of South Carolina
1862-1864, p. 69
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