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Servant (or): Well, Mrs. Clark told me to ask if you would go about to some of the
neighbors and make sure they are coming to the party.
(She goes off toward the house without waiting for an answer.)
[The following information on Titus Moss can appear in the program or can be
introduced through dialogue.
Notes on Titus Moss: Born on February 8, 1828, the second of seven children of Joel
Moss II and Nancy (Upson) Moss. In June 1851, age 23, Titus Moss married Jennette
Beecher of Cheshire. They had two children: Howard, born July 19, 1856, and Emma,
born June 22, 1859. The Moss family were communicants of St. Peter's Episcopal
Church. In 1857, Titus Moss was elected junior warden of the church, a position he held
when he left for military service with the 20th Connecticut Regiment Volunteers in 1862.]
Titus Moss: briefly introduces himself a bit (and his father as well)
(few lines needed here)
Titus Moss: Since Mrs. Clark has requested that I go find the neighbors and see that
they get to the party I will attend to that. But my thoughts are not of a party
today. Emma’s sickness is weighing on my mind. My youngest child, my dear
daughter Emma, has a sickness in the chest. I believe it is not serious.
And I have a serious decision to make.
My family needs me, but President Lincoln may need me as well if this war is
to be won. I have heard some good speeches using the strongest language
possible. The point was that slavery was the cause of the rebellion and the
way to put down the rebellion was to destroy the cause. Every man must to
do his duty and if he met with anything that needed to be crushed he should
do it if possible…
Joel Moss: Come, my son, do not dwell on this just now. Let’s go to the neighbors
and then quickly get back to the garden to see if Emma is feeling better.
(They start walking up the street towards South Main, with the Narrator asking everyone
to follow. )
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