WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1861.
A rainy morning. Went to the office as usual and was very busy writing all day. Got with my stationary today a new Pocket knife and a gold pen with which I am writing now but I do not think much of the Pen. No further news from Pensecola. It is “Thanksgiving” tomorrow and the Office is closed for the day. Turkeys are very scarce this year and we shall have rather slim “Thanksgiving” without one. I have spent the evening at home.
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The three diary manuscript volumes, Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865, are available online at The Library of Congress.