John Milton Binckley, June 1859 Travel Diary, Page 9

[John Milton Binckley, June 1859 Travel Diary, page 9. Many thanks to William Myers, Mary Davy, Sally Young and Sue Davis for their ongoing research collaboration; specifically to William for providing scans of the original document, and in turn many thanks to Peter Johnston Binckley and Patricia D'Arcy "Trish" Binckley (1951-2007), at the source.

The handwriting is difficult to translate and transcribe. Corrections and clarifications will be ongoing.]

probably footsore. I pity him.

Next comes the Sonackamy Nosackamy Monocacy or some name that knocks off my lower jaw. This is a beautiful stream, falls into the Potomac, about ten miles from here, & is very large for its length – Frederick City is 2 miles off from [h]ere. Junction. This is Mother’s stream, born in Frederick, she considers it a Rome & (or other knock name) being her Tiber. This is about 19 miles from Harpers Ferry.

Few miles on, from Frederick Junction, . . . in view. Have always had great admiration for that     and reminds me of a young lady I fell in with at Wheeling once I traveled to Bal[timore] & stayed day or two. She was young, simple, very & well educated, came from Ohio. I was very reluctant to part from her, & promised in good faith to visit her in Phil[adelpha] where she was going to spend [the] season with a family, relations, known to me as one of the “best” in that city. I never saw her again, but have not forgot her altogether. Mary E. Edy [or Eby].

This region now is “Cassall’s[?] Manor” A wide rich rolling plain, the Monocacy Valley, rich & flourishing see here but few negroes  

[John Milton Binckley (1831-1878).

Mother = Charlotte Stocker Binckley (1788-1877).]

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