[Manchester—Thursday, 20 July 1865]
July 20. Phi Beta Jamie went out with Mr Baker who came to deliver the poem from Pa. Mr B. has known Andrew Johnson and fears his severe measures. He says he is not a man to forget the kind of suffering he has endured. While he was Gov. of Tennessee the Rebels entered his house early one morning and not finding Mr Johnson himself, who was absent on business, they turned down the bed clothes of the bed where his wife was lying beat her soundly and set the house on fire. Such treatment he does not find it easy to forget. The day was warm but exquisite, read Dante & wrote a little in the evening. Eastman Johnson, Whittredge, Gifford, Langdon & Mr & Mrs Darrah came to see us.