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*Rev. Hennighausen - L.P. Hennighausen - C.W. Jr. were at
Gettysburg - Oct. 25, 1859 when a monument was erected by the
State of Maryland.  Errare humanum est.

Confederates were obliged to go, and he could not see
how they (the confederates) ever expected to win.  Yet he said
they had gotten so close that it really became a hand
to hand encounter.  He spoke of the many monuments.
He thought nearly every state in the Union had erected
one there to its soldiers.*  Maryland, however, was not
represented.  The Government owns the greater portion of
the battlefield, still many monuments were on private
grounds, in this case <s>at</s> a lot 20 x 20 containing the
monument was bought & enclosed.  We soon reached the city,
when we came to Poppleton St., Mr M. started northward
so I thanked him for the ride and bade him good-bye.
I reached home by 5. P.M.

[139]
Aug. 8. 1900.  Again hot, yesterday it was 100°.  A trip
along Gwynns Falls from Frederick Av. to Franklin R'd then
along Franklin R'd through Franklin finally reaching Gwynn
Oak Park.  Started from home at 8 A.M.  Although hot
there was enough breeze from the west to make the trip 
agreeable [pleasant].  One of the first plants collected on reaching
the falls was Mentha piperita (Peppermint).  Peppermint and
        