This is the first page of Ann's diary. It begins: "Green Plain. 10th Mo. 3rd. In a real bustle loading up to start to Indiana. All middling well, only tired. Mind calm, but feel much leaving our pleasant home. Had much company this & last week. Had a little rain this morning & thunder & threatens more. Sun shines now."Ann's diary is a small soft-cover booklet approximately 4" x 6 3/4". She wrote in pencil on faintly printed blue lines. It is bound with string sewn through the center fold and is in remarkably good condition for being 143 years old!
My cousins and I take up Ann's trail on Tuesday June 29th. We still aren't quite sure where Green Plain is, but the historical society may be able to help.
I hope you will enjoy traveling along with us!
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