1794 October 1794 is very faint and more unreadable than readable. This book is mixed up with later dates interspersed with earlier ones. It is not bound, but is sewn together so that it does not appear that the pages were re-organized at some later date. November ye 1st 1794 2 Thomas Morse come to H Ripleys 4th Hannah Roberts Died 6 Buried 10 J Smiths child born 11 Asa Conants child died 10 M Johnson went to Gilford to work 15 Shubel[?] Willson & Forbes come down from Shoreham 18 Dance at Col Goldsbury's Johnathan Cobb came down 20 Thanksgiving--Clark Conant Married Simeon Hodges down William Barnes married 21 Enos Lincoln here burnt coalpit 28 Rev Mr Hobart of Northfield Died Ephm Goodale's Wife Died Mr Daniel Moore Died 29 Bunyan Penniman's child born December ye 7 7 Josiah Gale Died 8 Began School at Stearns 9 Benjamin Davis came down 9 Amos Ward Sally Burnit married Willard Barns moved Wife home 10 Cleark Ball's saw mill rais'd 17 Abner Cheney begun school Meting long 31 David Mayo mov'd into new house 1794 October 1794 is very faint and more unreadable than readable. This book is mixed up with later dates interspersed with earlier ones. It is not bound, but is sewn together so that it does not appear that the pages were re-organized at some later date. November ye 1st 1794 2 Thomas Morse come to H Ripleys 4th Hannah Roberts Died 6 Buried 10 J Smiths child born 11 Asa Conants child died 10 M Johnson went to Gilford to work 15 Shubel[?] Willson & Forbes come down from Shoreham 18 Dance at Col Goldsbury's Johnathan Cobb came down 20 January 1795 11 John Fish preached Warwick/ BL went to John Galen 17 Dane[sic] School at Nath Stearn's word[?] 19 Begun school Chestnut hill 22 Mr Forbs Married 23 Con up Dance at David Mayo's 28 Danced at David Mayo's 28 Reuben Shattuck sold his farm to Abram Howe February ye 1 1795 4 Went to petersham with slay 5 Betsey Tuel Died 14 Abner Cheney finished school 18 Reuben Shattuck bought Farm Asenath Gale died 19 Thanksgiving--Clark Conant Married BL went to gill 20 Archibald Burnit went to college 26 Simeon Hodges down William Barnes married 21 Enos Lincoln here burnt coalpit 28 Rev Mr Hobart of Northfield Died Ephm Goodale's Wife Died Mr Daniel Moore Died 29 Bunyan Penniman's child born December ye 7 7 Josiah Gale Died 8 Began School at Stearns 9 Benjamin Davis came down 9 Amos Ward Sally Burnit married Willard Barns moved Wife home Joshua Burnit & wife went to ashfield 10 Cleark Ball's saw mill rais'd23 susannah went to gill with Mr Shattuck and Wife 17 Abner Cheney begun school Meting long 31 March 1st 1795 1 Abner Cheney went to College Jonathan Blake and wife went to Westmorland Hobart Ripley & wife went to Gill 4 old Mr Davis came down 13 Widow Hobart of Northfield died 15 John Weekes' child died Abram Stevens' child died 16 Finished School chestnut hill 17 Went to Northfield 18 old Mrs Willson Died 20 Hobart Ripley sold Farm 20 Doct Pomeroy sold Farm 21 Joseph Pond Married 28 Pond's child born April -- 1795 5 Abner Morton came to Warwick March 1st 1794 [sic] 1 Finishd School at Tuels Ward Apr 3 Went to Westmoreland 8 David Mayo mov'd into newMoved to the Meeting house May 6 Work'd at Winchester 12 Noah Leonards Wife died 14 Abram Stevens' Son died 18 Great Frost 19 Sally Lincoln removd to Petersham 25 Joshua Burnit Married 28 Doct Pomeroy Movd to Northfield June 4th Charles Conant Mov'd to Riches 11 Susannah Went to Gill 12 Went to Gilford Saml Leonard Moved to Gill 16 David Mayo's House raised Josiah Pomeroy's First child Born July 14th Listed men August 14th John Burnit Movd to Fay's 22 Went to Gill Sept 1795 7th Oliver Clap Married 16 Gen. Muster Warwick 22 Joshua Burnit Moved Wife home 23 Dancd at Deacon Mayo's 25 Archibald Burnit and Joseph Pond Went to College 27 Elisha Cobb at Warwick 28 John Humphrey Married 30 Simeon Hodges Married Octo. 2 Father Went to Norton 3 Susanna came from Gill 17 Widow Moss moved to Pittstown Abigail Packard Moved down Nov. 1st Hannah Robberts died 10 Josiah Smith's child Born 21 Asa Conants child died 20 Thanksgiving Clark Conant Married Willard Barnes Married 28 Rev Mr Hobart Died Mr Daniel Moor Died Ephraim Goodale's Wife died March 1796 28 old Mis Wilson Died one hundred and ten months 31 old buried/ Jonas Hastings married April 1796 8 Mr Fiske died/age 73 19 Sarah Champney died aged 6 year two month 21 William Come home Northfield 25 T---theu Morse Went Whitstown 28 hannah Lenord died May 1796 2 William went to Northfield 8 Rev mr Umphry died of athhall[sic] 16 Abraham Barns house moved 17 Mr Champney here form[sic] Roxbury 18 Lucy Champney died at 9 yr 3M 19 Mama went to Northfield 21 James Howe and Betsey here 22 Rev Mr Goddard preched 29 Mr Jacson preached Catharine Myrick married Jun 5 Mr Wood preached 8 Mrs White Baptized END of this Book January 1803 This book is missing some pages as it was not bound, and thus starts with January 8. Sat 8 Cloudy and cold, very Rough Riding Busines went to my Store Sold goods cut Cloath &c. Sunday 9 Very Cold Attended on the neccessary business of family concerns--published Rufus Kenny to Fanny Town. delivered Mr Tuel a Turnpike petition to conway to Jonah Cobb ------Information That the whole property of Ichabod Lord of Orange Trader was attached to secure his Creditors on Saturday the 8th Inst. That Rev Mr Thatcher of Boston, died, in Savanna (Georgia) a short time previous. Mon 10th Cold Went into my Store & attended to my usual Business, till afternoon when the monthly Vendue was open'd---Sales very dull---Spent the evening at John Goodell's where was a district meeting for erecting a School house and being set up to the lowest bidder was struck of Ebenr Eddy at one hundred & forty eight dollars sd house to be built of Wood 24 by 26 feet. Tues 11th Cool weather Went to my Store in the Morning--and began to plan the Minutes of the fifth "Massachusetts Turnpike" Spent the evening at Mr Josiah Pomeroy's in Company with Isaac Hastings & wife Eli Ripley & Wife & Joseph Pond & wife. Peter Procter jr began School on beach=hill district kept and day and dismis'd it on account of the inconvening of the house. Wed 12 Warm for the Season Continued work on the turnpike plan Thurs 13 Warm Continued to work on the Turnpike plan. Frid 14 Warm & Snow & Rain finished planing the turnpike, went to my Store where I imployed myself in Selling Good and preparing, with Cloth & paper, a Map for the Turnpike Road aforesaid. Sat 15th Cool went to Store attend on the neccessary business, and preched[?] from the Survey of the T.Pike on to the Map which I almost compleated. Sunday 16 Cold Attended to family concerns, reading Yalney's Ruins &c. Spent the evening in making a few explanations on the Turnpike map & deliverd to Cyrus Chapin for his father to carry to Boston the next day. Jeremiah Williams, & Saml Longley Information----that Harry H Williams Esqr of Chelsea was dead. Mon 17 Cold Morning went immediably[sic] to Store where I spent the day in selling Goods &c. Daniel Wiswall from Dorcester arived in Town at 3 OClock with his family. Tues 18th Cold & hard frozen ground imployed in Cutting Cloaths tending Store &c. ---- Nathl Mayo at Warwick-- Missing January 19 through 24 Tues. 25 Cold went to my Store where I was imployed during the day. This Morning Mr Willson's Child died.-about 12 OClock Mr G Miller & Wife from Orange arived at Mr Willson's for the purpose of Neighboring Visit. they spent the afternoon @ Mr Reed's, this evening at Mr J Pomeroy's Wed 26 Warmer Breakfasted at Mr J Pomeroy's with Mr Miller & Wife---from thence to my Store where I was imployed in Selling Goods &c. Funeral of Mr Willson's Child @ 1 O Clock. Moses Tyler Esqr at my Store Thu 27 Warm & moderate Snow storm-which continued till about sundown. the clear'd of cold-Snow about 4 Inches deep. Breakfasted went to my Store. imployed in my common business till about 8 O Clock. Spent the remainder of of [sic] the eving[sic] at Mr Wisswalls in company with Josiah Pomeroy Jun & Wife Aaron & Polly Bass. Sally Burt finished work Friday 28 Clear & Cold. Breakfasted went to the Store attend the neccessary business &c----Spent the Eving at Justus Russell's in Company with Josiah Pomery & wife, Ebenr Jewell & Wife & Leml Jewell. about 10 OClock AM N W Williams arived with a Mr Hunt to sell his farm but made no bargain. Sat 29 Cold Imployed in Store &c inform'd that David Smith's wife of Barree had died a few days previous.--at evening deliverd Saml Moore---Cash $200, to pay P.D. Richard Barton & $17, to purchase N.E. --[?]-- S. Mayo D Bliss returned from Shoreham Sun 30 Moderate Snow Storm from the south & Southeast which continued the whole day Snow fell about 6 or 8 Inches deep---Imployed in attending the house &c. about 4 OClock P.M. Dea. Moses Chamberlain made his exit from the stage of Life Mon 31 Cold & Blustering with Snow squals Imployed in Store &c John Whitny being about to remove from Warwick to Shrew'sbury appointd a Vendue this day at 10 O Clock for the purpose of selling reffuse furniture &c &c Caleb Lyman Dpy Sheff who had taken by Exr 13 1/2 M Shingles from Lem Young. & a Watch from B Myrick Sold the property at vendue at the house of E. Willson Shingles 7/6 per M--watch $3.67-----John Ormsbee came to town with Wife & Children FEBRUARY Tuesday Cold & good Sleighing. Imployed in Store &c Feb. 1 Wed. 2d Warm rain Which desolved all the snow & left many Sleighs aground imployed in Store Thu 3d Warm & rain continued imployed in Store Fri 4th Cold & blustering ground hard frozen. imployed in Store &c. This morning about 5 OClock Francis Leonard's Sawmill burned down. recd information the Seth Peck of Guilford died the Last week. Sat 5th Cold Cloudy & Snow at night imployed in Store &c Amasa Cobb from Fabius state of New York called on me in the evening spent a short time with him at my Store and retired Sun 6th Warm & rain which continued the whole day & disolved all the Snow. imployed in attend the neccessary business of my house barn &c.--- Spent the evening at Mr Reeds Published Amasa Cobb to Eunice Petty Mon 7th Warm, wet & sloppy. Imployed in Store &c.-----about eight o Clock A.M. arived the "Learned Pig" and to seen at Land Willsons for 12 1/2 Cents each person. Leonard Marsh & wife from Shoreham Caleb Leonard Hannah Leonard Fanny Town & Rhoda Mayo came to town Sunday Last Tuesday 8 Warm imployed in Store about 11 OClock A.M. Saml Moore arived with a Load of West I. Goods for me---Spent the evening at A Howe's Wed 9th Pleasant imployed in Store &c. Thu 10th Cold rough weather imployed in Store &c. Mr Tracy the ballance Master passed thro' town on a proposed Tour of six weeks. informed that Mrs. Smith wife of Capt Reuben Smith of Northfield expired the 9th Inst. very sudenly with the palpatation of the heart. Fri 11 Clear & Cold Imployed in Store &c the Latter part of the evening when I retired to my house & spent the remainder of the evening in company with Smith Riply & wife -----the Funeral of Mrs Smith of Northfield on Saturday Sat 12 Warm & pleasant cloudy an rains a trifle in evening. Imployed in Store Cutting Cloaths &c Sun 13 Warm & rainy Attended on house &c Published H Strowbridge and Ruhama Nurse. ---Mr Mason preached Bunyan Penniman's Daughter born Named Luceba. Mon 14th Snow & hail very cold and blustering. Percis Fuller began School Imployed in Store &c D. Bancroft J Bancroft Wm Moore Doc. Bliss S. Ball. D. Ball played Cards at Willson's Tuesday 15 Cold Imployed in Store &c Wed 16 Cold continued & cloudy and began to snow about midnight Imployed in Store &c. Spent the evening at my house with Messrs Jno. Humphrey & Saban Ripley Thu 17th Cold moderate Northeast snow storm. Snow 5 Inches deep Imployed in Store &c. Mr Humphrey having examined the Statement of Trade (taken the 1st of Nov. 1802) and finding the business conducted in all respects to his intire satisfaction, returned home about 1 OClock P.M. Friday 18 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c J. Tower, Salem Sumner, Wm Moore & others came from Orange to spend an eving at cards at E. Willson's. About sun set I left the store and visited at Capt Procter's in company with J Pomeroy & Wife & Peter Procter Jun. & Wife. Sat 19 very pleasant Imployed in Store &c-----Ebenr Sleat brought me a Load of corn & rye. and settled all Accts previous to this date. Mr Scott of Townsend spent the day with me & at E. Willson's purchased 3 doz Corn brooms at 15/ per doz. Sun 20 Moderate Snow Storm Imployed in house &c. Oliver Clap & family called on me in the morning, breakfasted, & went on thier way to Petersham, being on the remove from putney. Mon. 21 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c purchased 107 lb Clover Seed @ 13 Cents per lb at evening visited at Mr Bugbee's in Company with Peter Procter Jun & wife. Lydia Procter, Polly Stevens & Daniel Bancroft. Wm &Jona Willson from Shoreham Tuesday 22 Warm and thawey weather Imployed in Store &c purchased of Jonathan Willson 3 1/4 Flower @ 27/ at eving arived O. Clap, C Wood & Amasa Lincoln with 2 Loads of hollow ware on thier way to putney after the household furniture of O Clap. Wed 23 Some Cloudy & warm. Imployed in Store &c Wm & Jonathan Willson set out on return to Shoreham also Ezekiel Willson. Mr Josiah Procter Married to Mis Sally Stearnes. Thurs 24 Snow Storm from the North continued the whole of the day snow fell about 6 inches Imployed in Store & regulating town Books &c Doc. Abner Fairfield came to warwick and after some injury concludes to make a stand. Friday 25 Cloudy & raw Cold Imployed in Store &c. Mr Pomeroy & Wife set out on a visit to New. Fane. Sat 26 Cool & Pleasant Imployed in Store &c. about eight OClock arived at Mr Willson's Nathl W. Williams an a Mr Fairbanks. Sun 27 Pleasant. Attended public Worship. Ebenr Stearnes Jun. & Eunice Ball Married. Oliver Clap returned from Putney with 2 Loads of household Furniture &c removing to Petersham spent the eving at home in company with Mr & Mrs. Reed Doc Fairfield Miss P Fuller & Mr J Pomeroy & wife. Mon 28th Cloudy & Warm began to Snow at about 10 O Clock P.M. Imployed in Store &c till about 4 O Clock P.M. when I returned my house and in Company with J Pomeroy Jun. & Wife, & Miss P. Fuller went to Orange on a visit at Mr G. Mellen's where we found Mr Reed & wife who returned in Company with us. MARCH Tuesday 1 Snow Storm which continued till about 10 O Clock AM. and clear's of cold. Imployed in Store &c. Wed 2d Cold Imployed in Store &c. Thu 3d Pleasant Myself & wife Percis Fuller & Nancy Pomeroy went to Athol on visit. Fri 4 Cool Imployed in Store &c about 7 O Clock in the evening attachd the Cloaths & Medium of Doc. Bliss Sat 5th Pleasant Imployed in making Schedule of property taken from Doc. Bliss attending Store &c---Doc Bliss return'd from Albany. Taken on special writ in favour of O. Ch_____[?] Sun 6th pleasant. Imployed in my house &c Gilbert Mellen & Wife and Sona Woodward at Warwick Meeting Mon. 7 Cold This day being the annual meeting--I attended the meeting and being released from serving as Town Clerk the Office revalued on J Pomeroy Jr by vote--- Ebenr Williams Caleb Mayo Abraham Stevens were chosen Select men. Wm Cobb Jr Treasurer Wm Moore Constable Tues 8 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c Signed Bail Bond for B. Penniman Visited at Saml Balls in the evening. Wed 9 pleasant Imployed in Store &c Thu 10 pleasant Imployed in Store &c Fri 11 Warm Imployed in Store &c--- till evening when I returned to my house and Assisted James Goldsbury & Wm Moore in executing the Leases of sd Goldsbury Tavern farm Brindle Cow Calved Sat 12 Warm Imployed in Store &c delivered Mr. Farror $32.67 to pay to Dan. Merriam Worcester on ballance of Accounts with Geo. Merriam Late of Worcester deceased Sun 13 Cloudy & cool east wind Imployed in my house &c Mr. Bartlett at my house on his return from Westbury to Newfane. Mon 14 Warm Imployed in Store &c Tuesday 15th Warm & foggy Imployed in Store &c Caleb Mayo Jun departed this life about 1 O Clock A.M. Wed 16 Very warm Imployed in Store &c Thu 17 Warm rain Imployed in Store &c Caleb Mayo Jr Buried Fri 18 Warm Imployed in Store &c went to Col. Goldsbury's with D Bliss to acknowlege debts Sat 19 Warm & pleasant Imployed in Store &c Sun 20 Warm and rain the after part of the day attend public Worship Mon 21 pleasant but windy imployed with the Selectmen at Col. Goldsbury's in making Settlement with the Treasurer and removing the Treasury to my house Wm Moore moved 2 Loads hay to the Barn at Tavern. Tues 22 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c Wed 23 Pleasant morning snow afternoon Imployed in Store &c Sold on Execr the property of Doc. Bliss Thu 24th Cool Imployed in Store &c Fri 25 Cool Imployed in Store &c Sat 26 Cool Imployed in Store &c Sun 27 Cool Attended public Worship Mon 28 Cool Imployed in Store &c B. Penniman Leased farm to Doc Hazeltine E. Willson went to Boston with Horses. Tues. 29 Warm Imployed in Store &c Wed 30th Warm Imployed in Store &c Thu 31st Warm Imployed in Store &c Daniel Wisswall bot farm of Josiah Rawson APRIL Frid Warm Imployed in Store making cutting table Apl 1st Cubboard &c. Wm Moore agreed with Mrs Pond to keep his house. Sat 2 Warm & foggy Imployed in Store &c Sun 3 Warm Imployed in house &c Mon 4 Warm Imployed in Store &c Governor Meeting Daniel Bancroft whiped Wm Bancroft Dudley Williams in Warwick Ebenr Willson returned from Boston Barnabas Myrick in town Tuesday 5 Cool Imployed in Store &c Peter Procter Jr moved to Wm Dike's. Wed 6 Cool Imployed in Store &c Annual Library meeting---Barzelest[?] Myrah & E. Willson agreed to Submit a controversy to Men &c D. Wiswall moved Thu 7th Warm Public Fast imployed in making a power a Attorney for Doc. Bliss to Wm Moore---Doc Bliss Left Warwick about 7 O Clock P.M. Fri 8 Warm Imployed in painting a room in my house Sat 9 Warm Imployed in Store & painting Sun 10th Warm Attended public Worship in the afternoon Mon 11 Warm Imployed in removing furniture from Tavern to my own house Saml Mayo moved to Jno Whitnys Wm Moore & Mrs. Pond moved into Col. Goldsburys Tavern Tues 12 Warm Imployed still in removing furniture & family--Benja Carter left Mr Pomeroy & went to Boston to work. Wed 13 Wm I went to Winchester on Arbitration between John & Caleb Alexander by[sic] the whole defense[?] not being present posponed for the present. Thu 14th Warm Mr Young moved to Lydon---Imployed in plowing Garden making fence &c. &c----exchanged Horses with E Haven Gave $ra, ~to Boot Fri 15 Cool, Cloudy and began to rain about 10 O Clock the weather grew cold and soon began to snow and continued Sat 16 Cold Northern Snow Storm continued the whole day snow fell about 6 Inches. Sun 17th Snow Continued and fell on the Level one foot---Imployed in House &c Mon 18 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c John Week's Child died Mr Knowlton moved family to the farm which Mr Young Left Tuesday 19 Pleasant imployed in papering a room &c Wed 20 Pleasant Imployed in papering a room at the end of Store--B. Myrick attached E Willsons property on a writ of damage for abuse. Thu 21 Pleasant Imployed in painting the Room at the end of the Store Fri 22 Pleasant Imployed in Lettering Wm Moore's Signe &c Select men approbated Wm Moore for an Inholder --B Carter returned from Boston. Sat 23 Warm & pleasant Imployed in Store Zeba Wood returning from Boston with a team meltd an ox which died on the Common Sun 24 Warm hazey morning cool and cloudy evening Attend Public Worship--Josiah Cobb brot 50 dollars from L Lincoln to Sally Burt Mon 25 Pleasant rode to Dec Mayo's in the morning & took a memorandum of Goods wanting in his Stone and agreed to take the trade for one year. Tues 26th warm imployed in Store cutting cloath &c Wed 27 warm Imployed in Store &c Nathan Ball & family removed from Gerry to Wm Fulles house in warwick Thu 28 Cloudy Imployed in Store &c Fri 29 Warm Imployed in posting Books &c Sat 30 Warm Imployed in Store &c Doc. B. Hazeltine moved to B. Pennimans house Mr Maynard moved from Marlborough to Warwick MAY Sun Cloudy some rain Doc. Fairfield set of to May 1 Western after his Wife and Goods. Mon 2 Cool Imployed in Store &c Josiah Cobb chosen Representive Tues 3 pleasant Set out on Journey to Boston--slept at Ballards Lancaster Wed 4th Pleasant Rode from Lancaster to Roxbury and went to Capt Jos. Williams after the proprietors of the town of Warwick Records but did not obtain them--from thence to John D Williams and hired of Kimball Whitney $200,00 Slept at D. William's) Doc Fairfield moved wife to Warwick Thu 5th Cool & rainy evening Imployed in purchasing Goods in Boston---Robert Pierpont and three others stood in the pilory in State Street one hour--Slept at D William Roxbury Fri 6 Cold Imployed in purchasind[sic] Goods in Boston--returned to Roxbury & Slept at D. William's Sat 7 Cold In the morning went to Boston and Loaded two teams--J. Ball & Wm Dike and returned to Roxbury & Slept at D.W. Sun 8 Severe northeast snow Storm Set out from D. Williams Roxbury and rode to Baldwins Tavern Sudbury and Slept there. Mon 9th Cool the ground frozen proceeded on my Journey and arived at Warwick at 11 O Clock P.M. Tues 10th Cool but pleasant Imployed with Mr Riply in making some alteration in Store &c Wed 11 Pleasant Imployed in making alterations in Store &c Mr Elijah Kendrick died Thu 12th Pleasant Imployed the forepart of the day at Dea. Mayo's Store taking account of Goods &c in the after part of the day attended at Capt John Alexander Winchester on an arbitration between him and Caleb Alexander--where I tarried till the next morning Fri 13 rainy Rode from Winchester erly in the morning, my Goods, being arived from Boston was imployed in opening them Sat 14 Pleasant Imployed in opening and marking of Goods &c Sund 15 Pleasant imployed in common concerns Mon. 16 Warm Imployed in carrying Goods to C Mayo's Store and opening them, and making the neccessary arangments for trade &c Tues 17 Warm Imployed in Store very busily Wed 18 Warm Imployed in Store very busily Thu 19th Warm & pleasant Imployed in Store Fri 20 Rainy morning Imployed in Store &c Peter Procter Jr returned from Northampton Court & brought home a number of Shad Missing May 21 through May 27. Sat 28th warm and pleasant Sun 29th Pleasant Doc. Fairfield went to Belchertown to see his sick Brother. Mon 30 Warm Imployed in Store & making preparations for addition to house and Store Tues 31 Warm and rainy afternoon Imployed with Mr Holden in work on my house JUNE Wed Cool Imployed in Store house &c. Sold the Havin[?] Horse to E Eddy for $70,00 Thu 2 Cool Imployed in Store &c Fri 3 Cold Imployed in Store & work on house &c. Sat 4th Rainy Imployed in Store &c paid Josiah Rawson 3d $239,00 and took Mr Wisall's Note for 300, and gave sd Rawson my Note for the ballance. Sun 5 Cloudy & some Rain Nathl W Williams &c Sola. Carter at Warwick Mon. 6th Cold morning & pleasant day Imployed in Store &c Bot. Horse of E Willson $60,00 Tuesday 7 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c Wed 8 Pleasant Imployed in Store painting house & Thu 9 Warm Imployed in Store Friday 10 Warm Imployed in Store & painting house Sat 11 Warm Imployed about my house painting &c. Alanson & Hannah Lincoln at Warwick Sun 12 Pleasant Mon 13 Some Cloudy Went to Montague to City meeting and attended without sleep the whole night. Tuesd 14 Cloudy & some Rain Rode from Montague home in the Morning. Imployed in Store &c the rest of the day. Wed 15 Cloudy Imployed in making out petition for James Holden & others to be set to the town of Warwick This is the end of 1803. This is not a bound book and thus pages are missing. The diary of William Cobb Junior 1804 Warwick January 1804 Sun. 1 Cloudy & Cool, Snow afternoon & evening Imployed in the common occurences of the day attended meeting in the afternoon. Mr. Cyrus Brown of Templeton published to Mrs. Nancy Pomeroy. Spent the evening at Col. Gouldsbury's with Isaac Hastings & paid for him $73.90 Messrs Goodrich Newhall & Robbins at E. Willson's imployed in singing the whole Evening. Mon. 2 Clear & Cold Imployed in Store &c. Joseph Mayo Jun. in town. Tues. 3 Cold Northeast Snow Storm. Imployed in Store forenoon--afternoon attended at Col. Mayo's on Arbitration between E. Willson & B. Myrick. which for certain reasons was passed over & nothing settled. Charles Larow brot me a new pair Suorrow Boots Wed. 4 Cold & some cloudy. Imployed in Store &c. spent evening at Jos. Pond's making Bill of Furniture &c. Thu. 5 Cool, but clear & pleasant. Went to Athol in company with Jacob Rich & E. Willson to make proposals for Turnpike Road from Winchester to Warwick Meeting house--it being the Annual Meeting of 5th Massachusetts Turnpike Corporation. Nathl W. Williams & a Mr Barker from Lan- =caster. Fri 6 Cloudy & Moderate weather Imployed in Store &c. Ebenr Willson set out for Boston with sleigh with Jos. Pond & a part of his goods Warwick January 1804. Sat. 7 Cold Christopher Willson & Wife arived in town from Shoreham. Sun 8 Cloudy, & Cold N.E. Snow. Imployed in the common occurences of the day--attended meeting in the afternoon Joel Hastings Married to Miss Hutchins of Winchester. John Moore returned from Roxbury George Burt Died. Mon 9 Snow Imployed in Store forenoon--went to Jacob Rich's in the afternoon in company with Mr. Rufus Strattan & Col. White in order to to make contract for making OTurnpike RoadO from Winchester to Warwick Common. Spent the evening at Col. Mayo's. E. Willson returned from Boston. Tues 10 Cool Imployed with Dudley Williams at James Ormes' on trial for Settlement respecting farm. spent the whole night at Eben Willson with Messrs Jos Whitney, Wm Simand & Nathan Leonard, on purpose to settle the business between Williams & Ormes' respecting said farm. Wed 11 Very Cold Imployed in Store &c. Thu 12 Imployed in Store &c. spent the evening at Nathan Leonards in Com- =pany with Doc. Hazeltine E. Willson & J. Pomeroy Jun. Saml Leonard Jun. & Sally Leonard arrived 8 O Clock P.M. Warwick January 1804. Fri 13 Moderate & Some Snow Imployed in Store &c. Benajak Aldrich arived in town 7 O Clock P.M. Calvin Howards Child born Son this morning. Sat. 14 Moderate Imployed in Store &c. Delivered Capt. John Gale $200, to pay to P.D. Richards Boston Sun 15 Cold Imployed in the common occurences of the day Capt John Leonard & wife on visit Mon 16 Clear & pleasant Went to Orange to carry agreements of OTurnpike RoadO Singing Commitee met at Col. Mayo's & Agreed with J.C. Ball to teach Singing school. Tues 17 Warm & heavy rain, cleared off with Snow. Imployed in Store &c. Caleb Leonard & Christopher Willson set out for Shoreham. Wed 18 Windy cold & Blustering Imployed in Store &c. Thu 19 Cold Imployed in Store &c. Warwick January 1804. Fri 20 Cold Imployed in Store &c. rec'd information of the death of Geo. Burt. Mr Catlin & Wife at Warwick. Jos. Pond's family left Warwick Sat. 21 Very Cold Imployed in Store &c. Fire in Boston, State Street, broke out in the store of Joseph Pierce & Printing office of Gilbert & dean. Loss $37,000 Sun 22 Cloudy & Cold Imployed in the common occurences of the day Mr Wesson performed divine Service. Mon 23 Cloudy & Cold Imployed in Store &c. Tues 24 Clear & pleasant Imployed in Store &c. Wed 25 Clear & pleasant Imployed in Store &c. Arad Pomeroy arived in town Thu 26 Clear & pleasant Imployed in Store &c. Dudly Williams, Steadman Williams and arrived in Town. J.C. Ball began Singing School Warwick Jan. 1804. Fri 27 clear & pleasant Imployed in Store till 11 O Clock, then rode to Orange in company with Arad Pomeroy returned about 2 O Clock P.M. & rode to Absolem Ball's in company with Jonah Pomeroy Jun. & wife returned at dusk Col. James Lyman of Northfield Buried. Sat. 28 Snow from N.E. Imployed in Store &c. This morning at 2 O Clock Luther Smith was Burned to death, and the house wherein he was confined wholy burn'd down. Rec'd information by Wm Moore who yesterday returned from Albany, that Doc. Bliss was about removing to Black River Dudley Williams gave Bond to James Ormes Jun of Land at Jamaca & paid to James Ormes Sen. $47.50 in consideration of which he was to surrender to said Williams possession of the farm he was on. Sun 29 Cold Imployed in the common occurences of the day Attended Meeting Mon. 30 Cold Imployed in Store &c. Tues 31 Cold Imployed in Store &c. Warwick Feb. 1804 Wed. 1 Cold Imployed in Store &c. Thu. 2 Warm & some Rain Imployed in Store &c. Josiah Gale & Wife came to town on visit Fri 3 Clear & cool Imployed in Store &c. Sat. 4 Clear & cool Imployed in Store &c. Rec'd information that Dwight Lyman had a few days since, taken Betsey Whiting to the state of Vermont, obtaned licence & married her unknown to her parents. Sun. 5 clear & cold Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Caty Riley brought to bed with daughter which was sworn upon Richard Watress of Northfield. Mon. 6 Some cloudy & cool Imployed in Store &c. Oliver Clap carried my Father to Petersham Tues 7 Warm & cloudy Imployed in Store &c. Warwick Feb. 1804. Wed. 8 Warm & cloudy began to snow about 6 O Clock P.M. Attended the Marriage of Mr Cyrus Brown & Mrs Nancy Pomeroy at her father's house at 11 O clock A.M. in the afternoon escorted them to Orange. Doc. Hazeltine & wife went to Westborough on visit. Thu 9 Snow from Northeast Imployed in Store &c. Fri 10 Fair & Cool Imployed in Store in forenoon, spent the afternoon & evening at Mr Willson's in company with Select men and others revewing the Town Notes--and having discovered an alteration in the Tax bills delivered Wm Moore for collection he was taken into custody, & the Bills taken from him, his father being his Bondsman was sent for who gave a Bond to the town to indemnify for all cost & damage arising in consequence of the alteration of the Tax Bills after which the said William absconded. Sat 11 Warm & pleasant Imployed in Store &c. Warwick Feb. 1804. Sun 12 Pleasant Imployed in the neccessary occurences of the day. spent the evening at Josiah Pomeroy Jun's. Mon 13 Pleasant Imployed in the Store &c. Stephen Ball's Child born Son Tues 14 Snow & Blustering Imployed in Store &c. Settled with David Lilley for Scythes recd of him the summer past. Went to Dea. Mayo's in afternoon with E Willson where the Select=men were coppying of a new set of Tax Bills in Stead of the the ones altered by Wm Moore. Wed. 15 Clear & pleasant Imployed in Store the forenoon--afternoon went on visit to Mr Russells in company with E Willson & J Pomeroy & wives rode to Winchester, returned & spent the evening at Mr Russells.[?] Old Mr Hall of Guilford $170.00 to carry to Boston & deliver to E Alexander Thu 16 Warm & very pleasant Imployed in Store till 10 O Clock AM. then went to Northfield in Company with P. Procter for deliverd E Houghton 5 prize Tickets of $8.00 & one $100.00 & took his obligation for the money on demand. Returned home about sundown -- on the Road near Mr Perry's Old J Nevers a Note against the Commitee of N Fane for Collections. Sally Hurd left Warwick with Medad Sheldon & wife Warwick Feb. 1804. Fri 17 Steady wet snow from N.E. Imployed in Store &c. Sat 18 Clear & pleasant Imployed in Store &c. Sun 19 pleasant attended meeting Jno Humphrey & wife in town on visit. Mon 20 Warm & pleasant Imployed in Store a part of the day and attended Vendue at E. Willsons on sale of Zachr Smith's household furniture. Tues 21 Pleasant Imployed in store &c. Wed 22 Warm & pleasant Imployed in Store &c.. danced at E Willson's S. Boyden. J. Russell[?]. J Pomeroy & wives visited at my house. Enos Lincoln & Wife from Petersham on visit Amity Ball went from E Willson's with a view of going to live with an uncle up the Country Warwick Feb. 1804 Thu 23 Cloudy & extreem raw cold, began to snow from the Northeast about dark. Imployed in Store &c. Enos Lincoln returned to Petersham, & Sally Burt with him, with intentions of going to Belchertown to live with Enos Lincoln Jun. Fri 24 Snow continued the whole night, attended with a violent wind from N.E. which continued with increasing & unabated fury, flinging the whole of the emence quantity of Snow that fell, into drifts of an emence size. The wind turning more Westerly in the after part of the day the snow abated. Imployed in writing a Lease from Bunyan Penniman to Peter Procter Jun of a part of his farm no person entered the store the whole day except our own folks, nor no one seen except a man neighbour at the doore. Sat 25 Cold & some cloudy. Imployed in Store &c --- no teams nor slieghs passed, the Roads intirely blocked up. Sun 26 Clear & cold air Imployed in the occurences of the day--- no meeting on account of Roads People from Northfield and several other quarters broke out the roads. March 1804 Mon. 27 Clear & pleasant Imployed in Store, posting Books &c. Wm Willson came in town with a Load of Flower from Shoreham. The Inhabitants generally employed in shoveling & breaking Roads. Tues 28 Cloudy & Snow Imployed in Store &c. Wed 29 Clear Morning, Snow one foot deep, in addition to the other 6 storms[?] , which makes the greatest body of Snow that has been on the ground at any one time for Seven years. Imployed in Store &c Thu 1 March 1st hazy and warm Imployed in getting Hay from A. Ward's spent the evening at Mr Williams with Select=men. Fri 2 Snow from N.E. & high Winds, 5 O Clock P.M. wind shifted to S.W. and Continued snowing during the night, fell about 14 Inches deep. which together with the former snows was estimated to be 5 feet on a level Imployed posting Books. March 1804 Sat 3 Cold & windy, snow very much drifted Imployed in shoveling snow, & breaking Roads Sun 4 Cold & squaly winds. Imployed in breaking out Roads being no meeting on account of the snow. Mon. 5 Clear & cool Attended Town meeting & other neccessary business. Spent the evening at E. Willson's where were a number of Travelers in dispute on various subjects and very quarelsom E Williams J Pomeroy town Clerk C. Mayo } chosen Wm Cobb Jun Treasurer. A Stevens Selectmen Tho. Mallard Constable. Tues 6 Warm & pleasant. Imployed in the forenoon in assisting Nathan Leonard dig out the Road from his house afternoon in Store evening at Josiah Pomery Jun's Susannah Boman brought to bed with twins. Mr Archibald Burnet & wife & the widow Cobb of Ashfield came in town on visit. Warwick March 1804 Wed 7 Cold, North West wind. Imployed in Store &c. Mr Noah Leonard from Keen came in town Thu 8 Warm & thawy with Clouds & Small squals of snow & rain. Imployed in Store making of Library Accounts &c. Wm Willson left town Fri 9 Clear & Warm Imployed in Store &c in the evening delivered Bunyan Penniman a Letter to Jos. Procter enclosing a note against Willmouth of Orange to be put in suit. Sat 10 Clear & Warm Imployed in Store &c. B. Penniman set off with sliegh load of Goods for Mendan. Isaiah Fuller returned from the province of Main and reported that the snow was 10 feet deep on a Level. Sun 11 Scattering Clouds & Cool attended to the common occurences of the day & on public Worship. Benja Carter came in town from Boston brought Letter from Wm Moore to E. Willson Warwick March 1804 Mon. 12 Clear & very warm for the season Imployed in Store &c. Doc. Fairfield came in town. Tues. 13 Cloudy & wet snow from the East Imployed in Store. made petition for Saml Ball to the Town to be annexed to Dea. Mayo's School District. Also a petition for Jonas Leonard for discontinueing the new laid Road east of Isaiah Fuller's & accept of one west of said Fullers. Peter Procter Jun. moved from Dike's to Penniman's Wed 14 Some Cloudy & Moderate Imployed in Store &c. Thu 15 Cool air, some Clouds & Snow hard Crusted. Imployed in Store &c. Fri 16 Clear Sky & pleasant Imployed in Store, & getting home hay from Ashbel Ward's. Perry & Susannah Boman Married. her two Children born the 6th Inst. both died & one of them buried the day of Marriage. Sat 17 Some Cloudy & cool Air Imployed in Store & forming a System of Book=keeping for Select=men's Accounts. Warwick March 1804. Sun. 18 Cold Air attended meeting Mr Wesson proformed the exercise. Joseph Simands and Polly Ormes Married. Mon 19 Clear & cold Imployed in Store &c. Bunyan Penniman Sold houshold Furniture at Vendue. Tues. 20 Fair, & Cold air. Imployed in Store &c. Wed 21 Warm Imployed in Store &c Bunyan Penniman removed from Warwick to Mendon. Thu 22 Cloudy & rain then turned to snow fell about 4 inches deep. Imployed in Store &c Fri 23 Warm, cloudy afternoon Imployed in Store except a few hours at A. Marshe's in company with Doc Hazeltine Col. Mayo & P Procter where we opened the Body of Mrs Marsh who died this morning and had been confined to her bed almost 3 years Nathan Ball went Gaol on Execution in favor 4 Z Green. Gerry Warwick March 1804 Sat 24 Some Cloudy and cool Imployed in Store in the forenoon & atten= =ded the funeral of Mrs. Marsh in the after= =noon. Jonathan Smith's wife died about 3 O Clock P.M. James Ormes & family left Warwick in this night. Sun. 25 Clear & warm Imployed in the common occurences of the day & attended meeting. Mr Leland moved into town. Mon. 26 Warm Imployed in Store in the forenoon went to Rich's Mill in company with James Holmes in the afternoon. Serolia Cobb born about 4 O. Clock P.M. Tues 27 very warm for the season Imployed in Store &c Wed 28 Warm & pleasant Imployed in Store &c purchased of Timy Garfield 27 pairs Blk Morocco Shoes @ [?]/6 Warwick March 1804. Thu 29 Fair & warm Imployed in Store in the forenoon Spent the afternoon at E Willsons at vendue --& examining Accounts against the Town. Fri. 30 Cloudy & cold & some rain Imployed in Store&c Sat 31 Cloudy & Snow from N.E. Imployed in Store &c Sun. Apl 1 Fair & cold Imployed in the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon. 2 Clear & cool Imployed in Store & at Town Meeting Tues 3 Cool & very hard Crust Imployed in Store &c Warwick Apl 1803. [sic] Wed 4 Some Clouds & cold Imployed in settling Town Orders with Select=men & making Statement of the Treasury & Town. Library Annual Meeting. Thu 5 Clear & pleasant still a large body of snow on the ground & hay extreemly scarce in many parts of the Country. Imployed in the common occurences of the day being a day of Fasting. Fri- 6 Cool & Cloudy began to rain & Snow about 4 O Clock P.M. Imployed in Store &c. Sat- 7 Snow f--- [fell?, can't make out] the last night 4 inches continued cloudy & turns of snow & rain Imployed in Store &c Sun 8 Pleasant & warm Imployed in the common occurences of the day & attended Meeting Mr. Mason preached Warwick April 1804. Mon 9 Warm & very pleasant. Imployed in Store Measuring on taking account of Goods. Tuesday Warm, Cloudy & Rain. 10 Imployed in Store in the forenoon, and afternoon at E. Willson's at the first Turnpike Meeting on the Warwick & Irvin's Gore Corporation. This Morning between the hours of twelve and one Geo. Manning's house with all its contents (a few articles excepted) were consumed by Fire. Wed 11 cool, the ground began to be beare Imployed in Store &c. Thu 12 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c Lazy Commisions sent to J Pomeroy, G. Mellen[?] & E Willson. Fri 13 Cool air Imployed in Store &c. delivered Josiah Pomeroy $130 dollars to pay to C. & G. Bassett Boston. Sat 14 Very warm Imployed in Store &c &c Rode to Dea. Mayo's in the morning. Warwick April 1804. Sun. 15 Warm Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Mon. 16 Fair & warm Imployed with J. Holden & J. Hastings making alteration in Store. Tues. 17 Rain Imployed making alteration in store &c Mr Phillip Goss of Winchester died aged 84 years Wed 18 Fair & cool nights still imployed in altering store. Thu 19 Fair Imployed in repairing & painting Store. draws & shelves. Geo. Manning's house raised. Geo. Houghton, son of E Houghton Northfield died aged 15 year Fri 20 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c Sat 21 Warm & some Cloudy Imployed in Store mending fence &c. Warwick April 1804 Sun. 22 Rain from the East. Imployed in the common occurences of the day Mr Reed unwell, consequently no - Meeting. Mon 23 Cloudy & rain Imployed in Store in the forenoon, in the after noon at Dea. Mayo's measuring & making division of Goods. Tues 24 Cloudy & Rain Imployed forenoon in Store--afternoon at Dea. Mayo's making division of Goods &c. My Children all down with hooping Cough. Wed 25 Clouds & rain Imployed in getting home hay from D. Wisswalls & Goods from C Mayo's Thu 26 dull lowrey weather Imployed in Store &c. Saml Cobb left Dea Mayo's Store. Fri 27 Cloudy & Rain Imployed in Store &c. Warwick Apl 1804 Saturday 28 Fair pleasant Morning, Cloudy & cool afternoon. Serolia Cobb died half after 4. O. clock this morning. Imployed in the neccessary occurences of the day. Sun 29 Rain Imployed in making preparations and attended the funeral of my child after meeting Mon. 30 Fair Imployed in the morning in mak= =ing preparation for & set out on a journey to Boston to purch= =ase goods, Joel Mayo met me at Orange and proceeded to Boston to purchase goods for the first time. Slept at Ballard's Tavern Lancaster. Tues 01 Fair til about 4 O Clock then May clouded up & cool. Proceeded on our Journey and arived at D. William's (Roxbury) about 4. O. Clock P.M. took dinner, went to the Gun house where the Artilery were making officers--from there went to J.D. Williams with K Whitney and Loaned of him $200, at ten per cent. returned & slept at D. Williams May 1804 Wed 2 The weather fair & agreeable Walked to Boston after breakfast and return'd to Roxbury & slept with J.M. at D. William's. Thu 3 The sky clear, and air agreeable Went to J. Whiting Store purchased about $200. value of Eng. Goods, which J. Mayo carried to Boston in a Chaise Breakfasted, walked to Boston, purch= =ased goods &c &c returned to Roxbury in the evening & slept at D. Williams Fri 4 Fair. Walked to Boston, breakfasted at P.D. Richard's & then went on to loading my teams which I compleated about 3 O. Clock P.M. then purchased a few small matters took Tea at J Pond's & returned to Roxbury. slept at D. William's Sat 5 Clear & pleasant The sun about one hour high set out for home & proceeded as far as Westminster slept at Capt Hoar's Sun 6 Cloudy & rain proceeded on my Journey. breakfasted at S. Sweetson's where I tarried till about 1 O Clock P.M. account of the rain then rode home. Warwick May 1804. Mon. 7 Fair Imployed in Store &c this being the day for a choice of Representative, Mr O. Chapin was chosen. Rec'd information that Saml Collar had absconded with Isaac Robbin's Wife. the Wed- -nesday preceeding & not d------ted till Saturday. Tues 8 Warm & Fair Imployed in Store Saml Moore arived with Our Goods about noon spent the remainder of the day & evening dividing Goods with Joel Mayo. Wed 9 Clear good weather Imployed in dividing Goods with J. Mayo Thu 10 Some Cloudy Imployed in Store in marking of Goods &c. Fri 11 Clear Morning hazey afternoon Imployed in Store in the forenoon the afternoon in making wall and ploughing Garden Warwick May 1804 Sat 12 Fair & Warm Imployed in making Garden Sun 13 Clear good weather Imployed in the common occurences of the day. attended public Worship. Mon 14 Warm, clouded up toward night Imployed in Store &c Tues 15 Pleasant Imployed in Store in the forenoon in the afternoon Bought and measured of 7 Acres & 96 Rods of Land of Jacob Rich at 18 dollars per Acre. Wed 16 fair & pleasant Imployed in Store & Garden Thu 17 Clear & pleasant Imployed in Store & making Garden fence. Warwick May 1804. Fri- 18 Warm Imployed in clearing off stones & setting for the plan a piece of the land bought of J. Rich. Sat. 19 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c B. Myriah took the depositions of several people respecting the cause pending between him & E. Willson on an Action of Assault & battery. Sun. 20 Some hazey Imployed in the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon. 21 Warm, & rain toward evening Imployed in store in Morning--viewed the ground for a T.P. Road from Meeting house towards winchester in company with Col. White & Rufus Stratton who were directors of the 5th Mass. T.P. corporation.--Then attended the meeting of the Warwick & Irvin's Gore T.P. Corporation at E. Willson's. Tues 22 Some Cloudy & cool Imployed in Store, & breaking up a piece of Sward Land below my Barn. Josiah Pomeroy Jun raised Barn. Warwick May 1804. Wed. 23 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c Wm Cobb moved from Riche's House. Thu 24th Fair. Imployed in Store &c E. Willson returned from his Tour in serch of Saml Collar & Mrs. Robbins who had absconded, having found them in Canada, taken their money & left them. Fri 25 Warm Imployed in making fence on the Old road between my land & E. Willson's &c-- Sat 26 Cloudy & rain in the afternoon Imployed in Store &c Sun. 27 Pleasant Imployed in the neccessary Occurrences of the day. Mon. 28 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c. Tues 29 Warm & cloudy towards night. Imployed in Store &c danced at E. Willsons Warwick May 1804 Wed. 30th Some Cloudy & Cool Imployed in Store &c Saml Cobb went to Belchertown. Thu 31 Cloudy Warm & some Rain Imployed in Store &c. Fri 1 June Some Cloudy Imployed in Store &c Major Ellis passed thro town on a remove from providence to Hinsdale. Sat 2 Cloudy & heavy rain in the after part of the day. Imployed in Store painting sign Board for Absolem Ball &c Sun 3 Warm & pleasant Imployed in the common Occurences of the day. attended meeting. Mon 4th Warm Imployed on the highways in the forenoon--spent the afternoon in viewing the ground for turnpike Road & making deed from J Holmes to Jos. Davis. Warwick June 1804. Tues 5th Pleasant Spent the forenoon in going to Wm Bancrofts to purchase Bricks from thence to Jonas Hastings & Dea. Mayo's = the afternoon in Store. Wed 6th rain in the morning, then clear'd of warm. Spent the forenoon in going to E. Laurences to view the situation of the chimey's in my father's House & make arangments for erecting them a new. spent the afternoon in Store. Thu 7 Cool Imployed in Store in the forenoon spent the afternoon at E. Willson's making arangments for Independence Fri 8 Pleasant Imployed on the highways Saml Cobb & my wife went to Conway on visit. Sat 9 Warm Imployed on highways. Warwick June 1804. Sun 10 Very warm Imployed in the common Occurences of the day. -- Mr Mason preached. Mon. 11 Warm & fair Imployed on the highways Tues 12 Cool Imployed in Store &c Wed 13 fair Imployed in Store &c. E. Willson's Son born--nam'd Franklin Thu 14 Warm & fair Imployed at my father's House in building Chimney's Fri 15 fair & warm Imployed in Store &c Took E. Willson's cow to pasture. Sat 16 extreemly warm, & dry. Imployed in Store &c. Warwick June 1804 Sun. 17 Warm & showers Imployed in the common Occurences of the day. attended meeting in the forenoon Took E. Willsons Horse into pasture. Mon. 18 Warm & Showers Imployed in Store &c Peter Ripley's wife died. Tues 19th Cloudy & rain Imployed in Store &c. Wed 20 Cloudy & some rain Imployed in Store &c. Thu 21 Cloudy & rain Imployed in Store in the forenoon, about 2 O Clock P.M. set out on Journey to Boston in Company with Saml Cobb. slept at Tucker's in Templeton. Fri 22 Rain proceeded on Journey 6 Miles to Capt Hoar's in Westminster, breakfasted & tarried till about 3 P.M. then rode on to Lancaster & slept at T. Ballard's. Warwick June 1804. Sat 23 Cloudy & some rain. proceeded on our Journey & arived at Roxbury about 2 O Clock P.M. from thence to Boston in the stage, & slept at Jos. Ponds. Sun. 24 Fair & warm About 10 O Clock A M. traveled to Roxbury and attended Meeting in the afternoon=, about 7 P.M. rode to Dorcester to see Josiah Devenport -- return's & slept at D. Williams Mon. 25 Fair Traveled to Boston and attended to the purchase of Goods during the day & return'd to Roxbury at night & slept at D. Williams Tues 26 Fair Traveled to Roxbury and attended to purchasing Goods. about 5 P.M. Wm Dike arived and took my Goods---return'd to Roxbury & slept at D. Williams. this day paid the Interest on Bank Loans at Boston Bank for myself I Fisher, Geo. Manning & Jno Pratt. Wed. 27 Cloudy and showers during the day. Rode to Boston about 10 A.M.. & attended with Ebez Willson to the payment of the Interest on Bank Loans. at the Boston Bank for Jona Willson James Holden & E Willson. ---at 1 P.M. set out on return home---dined at Cambridge waited on E. Willson to do some business--then rode to Bolton & slept at A Holmans Warwick Jun. 1804. Thu 28 Fair & cool Air proceeded on my Journey home in Company with E. Willson--Messrs Jones of Buck land & White of Ashfield. arived at Warwick about 7 P.M. Began to make Hay. Fri 29 Some Clouds & small showers Imployed in Store &c. Sat. 30 Warm some sprinkling of rain. Imployed in Store &c--cut my ancle very bad. Sun. Some Cloudy & sprinkling of rain. July 1 Attended to nothing but dressing the wound on my ancle which was very sore. Mr Dike arived with my Goods from Boston E. Willson took Horse from my Pasture. Mon 2 Fair Imployed in Store opening Goods &c during the forepart of the day--in the afternoon attended at E. Willson's with the commitee of arangments for the 4th of July. Warwick July 1804 Tues 3 Warm & pleasant. Imployed in Store, & in aranging the Toasts for Independence &c. about 7 O Clock P.M. the Band of Musiciners[?] arived from Westminster Wed. 4th Fair & warm. This day being the birth day of our Independence The Inhabitants of Warwick, Winchester, Northfield & Orange having agreed to a suspen= =sion of all political sentiment & party spirit mutually assembled and partook of this the feastive Joy of the day. a procession was formed at the house of E. Willson & escorted to the Meeting=house by Capt Gale & 24 men in complete uniform attended by Instrumental Musick--the solemnities were intro= =duced by prayers & an Oration truly impressive, was delivered by Samuel C. Allen Esqr after which the proces= =sion returned & partook of a dinner prepared for the purpose and drank 19 Toasts. which were delivered by Mr Ebenr Williams--and at the close of each one, a plattoon was fired and a tune from the Band. Warwick July 1804. Thu 5 Warm. Imployed in making settlements with E. Willson on the provisions for Independence. Fri 6 Fair except some scattering clouds. Imployed in Store &c. finished haying. Sat 7 Very warm & showers at a small distance. Imployed in Store &c. Bot. 1 doz Scythes of D. Lilley. Sun 8 Fair & warm. attended to the common Occurences of the day. Mon 9 Warm & showers Imployed in Store &c. Tues. 10 Thunder shower about 2 A.M.. --5 oxen killed with the lightning on Flower Hill.-- Fair & very warm during the day. Imployed in Store &c. Warwick July 1804 Wed. 11 Fair Good hay weather Imployed in Store &c Gen. Alexander Hamilton died of a Wound rec'd in a duel with Aaron Burr Vice president of the U.S. Thu. 12 Some cloudy & cool Imployed in Store &c. Fri 13 Cool & Fair Imployed in Store &c. E. Willson returned from Lancaster having provided a carriage and conveniencies to bring home his Sister Nancy- but her health would not admit. Sat 14 Warm & pleasant Imployed in Store &c. Sun 15 Cloudy & rain. Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Mon. 16 Showery Morning, fair the remainder of the day. Imployed in posting Books &c Saml Cobb began to tend Store. Noah Ripley's premises at the Turnpike Gate sold at Auction $200,--struck off to Mr Hawes of Barre. Warwick July 1804 Tues 17 Cool & windy, flying showers. Went to Jonas Hastings in the forenoon spent the afternoon posting books. Wed 18 Cool wind & flying Clouds. Imployed in the Store &c. the forenoon.--in the afternoon went to Benjamin Tuel's in order to obtain subscriptions to the 5th (Mass.) T.Pike to induce them to bring the road from Winchester to the center of the town of Warwick--- Several people met at Col. Mayo's in the evening & put down their subscriptions for said Road as follows Benjamin Tuel---$10.~ Zachr Barber---- 10.~ James Blake------ 10.~ E. Willson -------- 25.~ Wm Cobb Jr-------25.~ Col. J. Mayo------ 10.~ James Stockwell---10.~ Justus Russell------20.~ Jacob Rich---------25.~ Charles Rich------ 10.~ Ebenr Bancroft----20.~ ----------- Total $175.~ Thu 19 Pleasant Morning--clouded up & began to rain about 11 O Clock A.M.. Imployed in Store &c. Saml Cobb set out for Lancaster with Mrs Willson Ebenr Willsons Child named Franklin died this morning, about 5 weeks old. Warwick July 1804 Fri 20 Cloudy & Showers. Imployed in Store &c in the forenoon-- attended on the Funeral of Mr Willson's Child in the afternoon. Mrs. Kindrick died. Sat 21 Fair & cool Imployed in Store, making silk Hatts &c. Sun 22 Cloudy & Some rain. Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Mon. 23 Fair Imployed posting Books &c. Doctr Isaac G. Cutler, came in town, with a view of making a stand, if circumstances would admit Tues 24 Fair & warm Imployed posting Books &c. Nathl Oliver & Benjamin Carter came to town from dorcester where they are imployed to work. Warwick July 1804. Wed 25 Fair Imployed in Store &c. Thu 26 Fair Imployed posting Books &c. Fri 27 Fair Imployed posting Books &c. Sat 28 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c. Sun 29 Fair & warm attended to the common Occurences of the day. Mon 30 Fair & warm Imployed in Garden &c &c. Tues 31 Cloudy & some rain Imployed in erecting board fence near my Barn &c. C Chapman mowed swamp. Warwick Aug. 1804. Wed 1 Clear & warm Imployed in aranging business out of doors in the forenoon---in the after= =noon went to the north part of the town in order to find the minds of the people respecting the Turnpike Road which was about to be laid out to the east part of the town. finding them much engaged to bring it to the center of the town it was the directors (Col. White & R. Stratton) early the next morning. Mr Bristol & Else Ormsbee married. Thu 2 Fair. Imployed in the business described above being a mistake in the day. Mr Bristol & wife set out on their Journey to Manless in York State 170 Miles from Albany, the place of his residence. Fri 3 Some Cloudy & signs of rain Rose from bed half past 3 A.M.. mounted my hors and rode to R. Stratton's Northfield from thence to Col. White's on the south Turnpike in Company with Mr Stratton & Justus Russell--but obtaining nothing favourable to out plans for turning the Turnpike to our wishes we returned home Nathan Leonards Child died this morning Sat 4 Fair & cool Imployed in store &c &c. Warwick Aug. 1804. Sun 5 Fair & warm Imployed in the common occurences of the day Mon 6 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c Nancy Reed began District School Tues 7 Cloudy Imployed painting sign for Lewis & Charles Lerow. Amos Marsh went to Boston to work for Nathl W Williams Wed 8 Cloudy Imployed in Store &c. Thu 9 Clear & warm Imployed making board fence on the line between me & Mr Willson Fri 10 Clear & warm Imployed making board fence &c. Please Note that from here the format is no longer the same as in the diaries Sat 11 Warm & fair Imployed removing fence about the door & barnyard Sun 12 Some Clouds & cool attended to the neccessary concerns of the day attended meeting Mr Mason preached Mon 13 Warm & dry Imployed making board fence &c. Tues 14 Warm & dry Imployed in making fence &c Wed 15 Very warm Imployed streightening the Line & making fence on the line between Geo. Manning's Land & my west line. Thu 16 Fair Imployed in the forenoon making fence afternoon in Store and at Col. Mayo's at Licence meeting. Fri 17 Warm & dry Imployed making silk Hatts &c Sat 18 Fair. Imployed in Store & painting a sign for OC. Mayo & SonO. Mrs. Butler died this morning. James & Jona Willson came in town from Shoreham this afternoon. Sun 19 Warm Attended to the common concerns of the day & attended Meeting & funeral of Mrs. Butler in the afternoon. Mon 20 Warm Imployed in Store at 9 O Clock A.M.. went in Company with Jonah Pomeroy, Jno Goodall & several others to took [sic] out a plan for Road from the meeting=house to Jos. Williams Eliphaz &Harry Pomeroy from Roxbury came in town. Tues 21 Warm & very Dry Went to Northfield in the morning settled with E. Houghton for Tickets, &c. and returned at noon---Spent the afternoon Cutting brush on west side of the Swamp Wed 22 Began to haze up in the morning grew more Cloudy & rained in the evening. Imployed in the forenoon measuring from the meeting=house thro' the Gulf (so called) to the guide board near Jos. Williams land made it 2 Miles & 30 Rods--Spent the remainder of the day cutting brush &c. Thu 23 Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c. Captains Gale & Simonds trained their Companies. Fri 24 Warm & fair Imployed in Store &c. Sat 25 Clear & warm Imployed in Store &c &c. Susanna Burell came to town Sun 26 Cloudy & some rain Imployed the common occurences of the day. attended meeting in the afternoon Mr Weston preached Mon 27 Cloudy & rain in the morning Went in Company with the Militia Officers to New Salem to make choice of a Major---Capt Gale of Warwick--Capt Atward of Orange & Capt Wheeler of Shutesbury were the candidates--after a long & tedious trial it was determined in favour of Capt Wheeler. returned home in the evening. Tues 28 Clear & pleasant Imployed in Store &c. Several of the inhabitants assembled with a number of subscriptions for making a road from the Meeting=house to Jos. Williams and having obtained about $500.- of subscriptions agreed to proceed to make the road. Wed 29 Clear & warm Imployed in Store &c. Thos Joles Ormsbee in town. Thu 30 Cloudy & some rain towards night. Imployed with about 30 or 40 men cutting out the Road thro' the Gulf (so called) Fri 31 Clear & very warm Imployed in the store in the morning about 9 A.M.. went in company with Josiah Pomeroy Jr & James Blake to review the situation of the Road that was cut out yesterday---in the afternoon assisted in cutting & drawing rail timber off from the mountain, on J Rich's Land Sat Sept 1 Clear & warm Imployed in giting out rails &c Sun 2 Warm & Showers attended to the common occurences of the day. Mr. Saml Leonard at my house Mon 3 Very warm Imployed on the Gulf Road. James Blake took Colt to keep. Tues 4 Fair & cool Imployed on on Gulf Road [sic] Wed 5 Fair & cool Imployed on Road Mr. Pierce ordained at N. Salem Thu 6 Fair Imployed on Road &c. E. Willson set out for Boston with Cattle. Fri 7 Fair & very warm. Imployed in t he forenoon painting Jacob Rich's Sign---afternoon on the road Sat 8 Fair, warm & extreemly dry Imployed on the road. Amasa[?]Lincoln & Sally Burt came to town Sun 9 Warm Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Mon 10 Very warm Imployed on Road which Capt Simonds Joseph Williams & myself undertook to make thro' the Gulf (so Called) for 20/ per Rod. Tues 11 Cloudy & much rain in the afternoon. Imployed on road in the Store &c. Wed 12 Cloudy & some rain Imployed on the Road &c. Thu 13 Cool Imployed on Road &c. Fri 14 Pleasant weather Imployed on Road &c. Sat 15 Pleasant weather Imployed on Road &c. Edwd Howe & sister came in town on visit Sun 16 Fair & pleasant attended meeting. E. Willson returned from Boston. Mon 17 Cloudy & some rain Imployed in Store &c thro' the day-- & a part of the evening At Willson's Hall in Company with a number of Federal Characters in consultation on some circular letters receved by myself & Dea. Mayo respecting the political state of affairs in this commonwealth. Captains Gale & Simonds trained their Companies. Tues 18 Cloudy & rain in the forenoon. Imployed in Store &c in the forenoon, in the afternoon went in Company with Capt Gale & Jonas Hastings to Northfield to receive orders & prepare head quarters for General Muster. Mr. Rider from Winchester came to blow rocks on the Gulf Road. Wed 19 Cloudy & rain in the forenoon & at evening. Imployed on the Road Caleb Leonard began to work for me on the Road. Thu 20 Cool & some rain. Imployed on the Road &c. Fri 21 Cool & fair--some frost Imployed on the Road Sat 22 fair, pleasant weather Imployed on the Road &c. E. Willson set out on Journey to Shoreham after fat Cattle. Sun 23 Fair & pleasant attended the neccessary occurences of the day. Mr. Kilburn preached. Mon. 24 Fair Imployed in Store &c. The Officers of the Militia met at my Store to prepare cartriges for the General Muster. Alven Burt came into town. Tues 25 Fair & pleasant about 6 O Clock A.M.. set out in company with Jonas Hastings for Northfield, the place of General Muster, where we attend on our duty till 8 O Clock P.M. then returned home. Sgt General Danison attended the review. Col. Alexander, Majors Putman & Wheeler commanded the Regiment. President Willard of the University at Cambridge died at New Bedford [this last sentence was written in different ink not used until October 1] Wed 26 Cloudy & some rain Imployed on the Road Thu 27 Fair & cool Imployed on the road &c. Newel Conant & Lucy Conant came in town. Fri 28 Fair & cool Imployed on the Road &c Sat 29 Very clear, & cool. Imployed on the road &c. Sun 30 Very cold for the season attended meeting Rev. Mr. Mason Preached Mr Saml Hastings & daughter in town on visit. Mon 1 October Fair weather Imployed on the Road Tues 2 Fair & pleasant Imployed on the Road. Wed 3 Fair Imployed on the Road put cows in Riches pasture Thu 4 Fair & warm Imployed on the Road Fri 5 Warm & some cloudy Imployed in the forenoon getting wood, in the afternoon on the Road. about 7 O Clock P.M. Nathl W Williams & wife, & Mr Pratt arived in town on visit. Sat 6 cool & fair Imployed on the Road. Sun 7 Cool some flying showers but the greater part of the day fair. attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon 8 Fair & pleasant Imployed on Road &c. Tues 9 Very heavy rain, at 9 P.M. began to Snow Imployed in Store Wed 10 Cold Snowstorm from N.E. continued the greater part of the day, Snow on a level about 6 Inches deep. Forrest trees suffered considerable damage by the heavy wind, & snow that lodged on them. Much damage was done by the wind in the destruction of Building &c near the sea cost and considerable shiping sunk & distroyed in Boston Harbour. Imployed in Store, &c. Thu 11 Fair, bad traveling Imployed in Store &c E. Willson returned from Shoreham with 122 head of Cattle. Fri 12 Fair & warm Imployed in the forenoon in assisting to kill some Beef &c in the afternoon in Store &c. &c. Aaron Pomeroy in town on visit Ebenr Willson bargained to sell his farm to Saml Land Esq & Geo. Latimer of Warren (Vermont) at the price of 1800 dollars. Sat 13 Fair pleasant weather Imployed on the road. Sun 14 Fair sun, cool air. attended public Worship Mr Esterbrook preached. Mon 15 Cool & some cloudy Imployed on Road &c. Tues 16 Clear & warm. Imployed on Road &c. Wed 17 Cloudy some hail. Imployed on Road. Thu 18 Moderate steady rain Went to Jonas Hastings in the forenoon purchased Cassimere for pantaloons--imployed in the Store the remainder of the day. Fri 19 Some cloudy Imployed on the Road Sat 20 Fair & very pleasant Imployed on Road. Sun 21 Fair. Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Ebenr Willson arived from Boston at 11 P.M. Mon 22 Cloudy with rain & some snow. Ebenr Willson [returning from Boston][added later, different ink] Discovered that he had lost his pocket=book containing 1300 dollars in Bank Notes, immediately set out on pursuit of it and soon found it but destitute of Money upon which I set out in company with Josiah Pomeroy to search the money, we immediately went to Mr B. of Richmond for imformation, returned home in the eving--several person, on account of Willson's not paying his contracts at the first request grew suspicious & immediately procured writs of attachment and entered his house, which demands he satisfied by procuring my Notes for 6 months which I did on condition of his securing me with property sufficient discharge the same together with about $200 then due to me on Book & Note. and to prevent further cost cut down his Tavern Sign & shut his house. Tues 23 Cloudy dull weather Imployed in Store &c. Wed 24 dull weather Imployed in Store &c Thu 25 Fair & cool imployed in Store some part of the day. rode to Col Goldsbury's with James Holmes & acknowledged a discharge on a Mortgage from him to the town. toward night went and measured the Road which I and others had taken to make & had finished thro' the Gulf so caled north of the meeting house. found the distance to be 125 rods for which we were entitled to $416.67 the expense of doing the work was $364.95. Fri 26 Cloudy & began to snow in the evening Imployed in Store &c &c Sat 27 Fair, snow had fallen 4 inches during the night. Imployed in Store in the forenoon in the afternoon attended to the sales of the property turned out to me by E. Willson he having acknowledged the debt & an Execr was taken out & levied on the property. sale to the Amt of 325 dollars Sun 28 Fair & warm Attended publick worship Sermon delivered by the Rev. E. Bascom of Gerry. Charles Rich came in town. Mon 29 Fair Imployed in Store &c James Holmes moved to Richmond Tues 30 Fair & pleasant Imployed in Store &c Wed 31 Fair & cold Imployed in Store &c Thu Nov. 1 Fair Imployed in Store Josiah Pomeroy moved to Orange. Fri 2 Fair Imployed in Store &c Sold horse to J Taylor $30,---- Sat 3 Fair & very warm. Imployed in Store &c Mrs. Morse- who was Charity Cook died [this last in different color ink] Sun 4 Some Cloudy & cool attended Meeting Rev. T Mason deliver'd sermon C. Brown & wife from Templeton on visit. Spent the evening at Mr Willson's with Charles Rich taking account of furniture &c Mon 5 Cold This morning about day break C Rich & myself went to Mr Willson's house which was then shut against his creditors--but in entering the Sheriff that was then watching an opportunity slipted into the house by Riche's consent and attached all the property in the house for him Town Meeting for choosing Electors & Representative to congress Federal Votes 98 Democratic 75 Tues 6 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c Saml Williams having a demand against E. Willson & knowing that the property attached was not removed [?] another attachment & removed the property Wed 7 Fair & pleasant Imployed on the Road &c Thu 8 Fair & warm Imployed on the Road-----Began to take Newspaper J. Tower Fri 9 Steady Snow continued thro' the day. 3 inches Imployed in Store & rode to Dea. Mayos & back about the middle of the day. Caleb Leonard finished work with me. Sat 10 Cloudy & moderate Rain Imployed in Store &c. Sun 11 Fair & pleasant attended the common occurences of the day Mon 12 Fair Set out about 11 O Clock AM to go to Boston-rode to Westminster & slept at Capt. Hoar's Saml Mayo's daughter (Charlotte) died half past 12 this morning, at J Whitney's Mr Metcalf began School. Tues 13 Fair & cool proceeded on my Journey in company with Edgr Gregory of Royalston, breakfasted at Esqr Kendall's & arived at Baldwin's in Sudbury about sundown where I slept Wed 14 Fair & cool proceeded on my Journey in company with Esqr Bert of Barree & arived at Roxbury about 1 O Clock P.M. looked at some goods at Joel Whiting's and spent the evening at Saml Mayo's informed them of the death of their child & tarried with them the night. Thu 15 heavy rain from the N.E. & Snow Breakfasted a S Mayo's---attended to purchasing some goods of J Whiting & rode to John D. Williams to see Kimball Whitney---returned to Daniel Whitney's spent the evening & slept there. Frid 16 Fair & pleasant. Went to D. Williams, Breakfasted & went to Boston attended to purchasing Goods &c return'd to Roxbury & slept at D. Williams. Saml Moore arived With a team to take my goods. Sat 17 Fair pleasant Breakfasted at D. Williams, loaded some goods at J. Whiting's then went to Boston & attended to purchase & load up my Goods----spent the evening at Jos. Pond's & slept there. Sun 18 Fair & warm Breakfasted at D. William's and set out on my journey home, slept at T Ballard's Lancaster. Mon 19 Fair & cold morning proceeded on my Journey, Breakfasted at Capt. Hoar's Westminster, and arived home about 9 O Clock P.M. Tues 20 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c Wed 21 Fair & Warm Imployed in Store &c Saml Moore arived with my Goods Killed Hogs Sally Hastings brot to bed with a child unexpected even to any person. Thu 22 Fair & warm Imployed opening & setting up Goods Fri 23 Fair & warm Imployed on the Road Sat 24 Fair & warm Imployed in Store, & on the Road which we finishd so as to be passable from the Meeting house thro' the gulf to James Stackwell's Sun 25 Fair & quite Warm Attended the common concerns of the day Mon 26 Fair Imployed in Store &c. Tues 27 Cloudy & warm Imployed in Store &c Mrs. Hastings wife of Isaac Hastings died Rec'd information that Doctr Gale was dead. Noah Ripley in town. Wed 28 Very clear & pleasant. Imployed in Store &c. The Bridge over Connecticut River at Brattleborough dedicated. Thu 29 Cloudy & chilly Thanksgiving day. Attended Meeting & the funeral of Mrs. Hastings. Spent the evening at Col Mayo's Fri 30 Cloudy & rain. Imployed in Store &c. Rec'd information that Mrs Morse who was Charity Cook was dead. December Sat 1 Fair & cool Imployed in Store in the forenoon, in the afternoon on the road near Jos. Williams where I Spraint my Shoulder & returned home before night Sun 2 Cool & squals of snow. Imployed in the common business of the day. Mon 3 Cool & fair Imployed in Store &c Saml Cobb went to Westminster to tend Store for Doc. Bartlett. Tues 4 Fair &warm afternoon Imployed in Store &c Wed 5 Some cloudy & squals of Snow Imployed in Store &c. Thu 6 cool &cloudy Snow in evening Imployed in Store &c Fri 7 Cool, Snow 2 inches deep which fell the last night. Imployed in Store &c. Sat 8 Cold, another light snow last night. Imployed in Store &c Sun 9 Cloudy & raw cold Attended Meeting Mr Mason preached Mon 10 Fair & cold Imployed in Store &c bot Hog of Abnr Howe 235 D @ 5 1/2 Cts Tues 11 Cold, & moderate Snow Imployed in Store. John Whitney of Royalston failed. Wed 12 Cloudy & Snow from N.E. fell 2 inches Imployed in Store &c. Doc. Metcalf came in town to take residence Thu 13 Clear & pleasant sun. Imployed in Store posting books &c. Fri 14 Some cloudy & cold Imployed in Store &c. Saml Moore arived with goods from Boston Sat 15 Steady Snow from N.E. till 3 O Clock P.M. then changed to S.E. grew warm & some rain & hail in the evening. Went in company with Col. Mayo to Winchester after Rum which we rec'd of John Taylor in payment for Horses Sold to him. Sun 16 Cloudy & misty morning--squals of Snow & clear'd of cold Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Mon 17 Cold & cloudy. Snow 4 or 5 inches deep Imployed in Store Cutting Cloaths &c Several persons in each of 14 towns in the North part of the County of Hampshire met at Greenfield to consult on a division of the County. Tues 18 Clear & cold Imployed in Store &c ----imployed several Teams sliding wood Wed 19 Very cold Imployed in Store &c. 3 Teams sliding wood Thu 20 Fair & cold Imployed in Store &c. 3 Teams sliding wood got up rising of 20 cords in 3 days. Fri 21 Cloudy & cold Imployed in Store &c Sat 22 Cloudy & cool Imployed in Store &c Sun 23 Cloudy & cool Attend on the concerns of the day &c. Smith Ripley & wife in town on a visit. Mon 24 Cool & Snow from the N.E. 6 inches Imployed in Store &c. Tues 25 Pleasant went to Jacob Riches in the forenoon hired his farm for Doc. Metcalf a 25 doll. for one year following April next & the use of one room from now to that time. Spent the afternoon in Store Saml Leonard Jun. arived in town from Canton N.Y. having just purchased Land in that place for a settlement. Wed 26 Pleasant Imployed in Store &c Thu 27 Cloudy & very steady rain Imployed in Store &c Fri 28 Some Cloudy & moderate Imployed in Store &c. Nathan Leonard sleaded [?] road Sat 29 Cloudy & Snow from N.E. 4 inches Went to Absolem Ball;s in the forenoon & had 2 Loads of boards bro't from there Sun 30 Cold & windy Attended meeting in the forenoon Seth Mayo arived in town from Roxbury & brot information that Joseph Pond had with out notice to any one, left his family in Boston , and was supposed to sale for Desnarara. Mon 31 Fair Imployed in Store &c. Calvin Nash & wife in town on visit. do Employed in Store Wed 8 do do Thurs 9 do Fast attended to the necessary business of the day. Fri 10 Rain Employd in Store Sat 11 Fair Employd making Bank Writings for B. Penniman S. Fay and R Waistcoat. Sun 12 28 Fair Cold Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 13 Cloudy rain P.M. Employ'd making Bank Writings 1805 Tues 1 Fair & Cool. Imployed in Store &c. Mason Ormsbee came in town Wed 2 Fair & cool air. good Sleighing Went to Jacob Riches in company with Calvin Nash in the forenoon spent the afternoon in Store &c Doc. Metcalf came to board with me. Thu 3 Cloudy & some Snow Imployed in Store & preparing a room in J. Riches House for Doc. Metcalf. Fri 4 High winds & extreemly cold Imployed in Store &c--at 2 O Clock P.M. went in Company with Col. Mayo & others to visit Mr Metcalf's School Nathl Mayo in town, on his way home having been to Boston with a Load of Fur. Sat 5 Cloudy, cold & some Snow. Imployed in Store &c. Mr Isaac Metcalf finished School Sun 6 Cool & good sleighing Attend meeting in the forenoon Mr Ebenr Jewell of Winchester, who had been to Boston with cattle & returning with Money was Robbed of about $420. in Leominster Mon 7 Cloudy & not very cold. Imployed in Store &c. &c. The Rule of Court viz Esqr Hawkin, Josiah Pomeroy & Ebenr Williams set on the case of Ebenr Willson & Bargeles[?] Myrick. at Col. Jos Mayo's-----The equity of redeeming Saml Caller's Farm sold at Vendue.---Town meeting to choose an agent to meet at Greenfield & make & sign a petition to the General Court for a division of the county of Hampshire. Tues 8 Pleasant & clear wind N. W. Imployed in Store &c &c Turnpike Gate removed to Orange. Wed 9 Cloudy & rain Imployed in Store &c.----Bunyan Penniman in Town. Doc Metcalf took horse to Jos. Davis' to keep Thu 10 Fair & Cool & Snowy evening. Imployed in Store &c. Mr Carrell died at Jona Smith's Fri 11 Snow fell 12 inches during the night clear'd of in the Morning. Imployed in Store &c. G Mellen Josiah Pomeroy Jun & wives visited &c Sat 12 Fair morning hazey afternoon & cold Went to Jacob Riche's & was informed by him that he had rented his farm, in the center of the town to Doc. Hazeltine, which I had previously hired of him by some misunderstanding lost the bargain Sun 13 Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Roxey Willson died at Lancaster after a confinement of about 3 years with a sore on her knee. Charles Rich & Wm Willson in town Mon 14 Clear & cold. Imployed with Jno Goodell, Col. Mayo & Jos. Williams, measuring the Roads from the intersection of Roads near Jos. Williams to the intersection of the T. Pike at Orange which was as follows (Viz) to Capt Steven's 400 rods---to Jonas Hastings 660 rods---to James Ball's 820 rods---to Caleb Mayo's 960 rods---to Dea. Estey's 1100 rods---to E. Fisk's 1464 rods---to the intersection of the Turnpike 1680 rods. From thence to Warwick Meeting=house 960 rods---and, form the meeting=house to the Turnpike near Jos. William's 700 rods---or 1660 rods whole distance.---The corpse of Roxey Willson brot from Lancaster and arived this afternoon. Tues 15 Fair & Cold. Imployed in Store &c. Wed 16 Clear morning hazey afternoon & very cold. Went to Winchester with Mr Barber after Rum &c which he expected to receive of Jno Tayor in payment for horses sold him. Roxey Willson buried Thu 17 Some Cloudy grown warmer, & snows a little in the evening. Imployed in Store &c. Simeon Wilcot & Polly Ball Married Saml Mayo & wife from Roxbury in town on Visit. Fri 18 Rain & warm. Imployed in Store a part of the day Went in Company with Mr Metcalf to Jacob Riche's and purchased his farm in the center of the town for Doc. Metcalf Sat 19 Clear & cold. Imployed in Store in the forenoon afternoon went in company with Doc. Metcalf to Jacob Riche's and took a deed of said Riche's farm in the center of the town, to Pelatiah Metcalf of Royalston at the price of $50 dollars payable one half in 5 years & the other half in 6 years. Mrs. Pond came in town, her Husband having absconded from Boston and left her & his family there, to seek shelter wherever they could find it. recd information that Elisha Cobb was dead. Sun 20 Cold & cloudy snow in the evening attend Meeting In the evening went to Josiah Pomeroy in company with my Mother & wife. Mon 21 Cold N.E. Snow, continued thro' the day & drifted considerably.--fell on a level 15 inches deep. Imployed in Store. Tues 22 Clear & cold Roads blocked up with Snow. Imployed in Store &c. Wed 23 Cold & some Snow Imployed in Store &c Thu 24 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c. Fri 25 Warm & Rain Imployed in Store &c Sat 26 Clear & warm Imployed in Store &c. Sun 27 Cloudy & a moderate Snow from N. Attended the necessary concerns of the day Mon 28 Snow continues & the Wind rises which renders the Roads almost impassable. Imployed in Store &c Benjn White set out for Trenton with Simeon Wilcot & Wife. Thu 29 The Wind shifts to the N.W. grows colder & snow continues to fall--all traveling stoped. Imployed in Store &c Wed 30 Fair & cold high winds. Imployed in Store &c. Thu 31 Pleasant warm Sun. Imployed in Store &c. FEBRUARY 1805 Fri 1 February 1st 1805. Fair Morning, clouded up snow'd rain'd & hailed---Set out in company with Doctor Metcalf for Boston went to Westminster & slept at Capt Hoar's. Sat 2 Clear & cold proceeded on our Journey to Sudbury & slept at Capt Baldwins. Sun 3 Some cloudy & squals of snow. proceeded on our Journey & arived at D Williams in Roxbury 2 P.M.----David Mayo came in town on visit. Mon 4 Windy & very cold. Paid Elisha Whitney Jun. 159 dolls & Cents on Note signed by Caleb Mayor for Money borrowed by Peter Procter Jun.----Went to Boston paid several sums of Money on Notes & accounts. purchased Goods &c &c returned to Roxbury in the evening & slept at D.W's Tues 5 Fair & cold, pleasant sun. Walked to Boston, attended to purchase goods &c &c. went to Roxbury in the evening & slept at D. Williams, where I found Dea. Mayo - Abm Howe & Betsey Blake. Just from Warwick - Rec'd information that Jos. Pond had returned to Boston from a short tour to the southward, and determined to settle again in Boston if his Creditors would permit him. Wed 6 Fair & pleasant, Sleighing extreemly good. Set out from D. Williams on the return home about 10 A.M. and Traviled to Lancaster slept at T. Ballards. Thu 7 Cloudy morning, began to snow about 10 A.M. and continued from the N.E. very severe the remainder of the day. Proceed on my Journey. (recd of Levi Moore $100 on Dea. Estey's note) & arived safely home at 7 P.M. Fri 8 Cloudy Imployed in Store opening Goods which I brought from Boston in my Sleigh. Betsey Willson arived in town on visit from Shoreham. Sat 9 Fair. Imployed in Store &c. W. I. Goods arived from Boston. Sun 10 Fair. Imployed in the common business of the day. Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 11 Fair Imployed in Store &c. Tues 12 Fair. Imployed in Store &c The Bridge over Connecticut River at Brattleborough broke down having been completed but about 2 months. Wed 13 Fair & warm, hazey afternoon Imployed in Store &c Thu 14 Cloudy & rain. Imployed in Store &c. Fri 15 Cold & blustering Imployed in Store & painting Sign for Jonas Hastings. Sat 16 Clear & Cold Imployed painting Sign Saml Cobb came from Westminster on Visit. Sun 17 Very Cold Attended meeting &c. &c. Mon 18 Cold & fair. Imployed painting sign. Josiah Fisher began Singing school Tues 19 Warm & pleasant Imployed painting Sign. Peter Procter & wife & my mother & Benja Hazeltine Jun. went to Petersham on a Visit. Wed 20 Fair & pleasant Imployed painting Sign &c. Thu 21 Warm pleasant weather Imployed in Store &c. Fri 22 Fair & pleasant. Imployed in Store &c. Saml Leonard Jun. & Lucy Hastings at my house on visit. Sat 23 Warm. some cloudy & a trifle of rain in the evening. Imployed in Store in the forenoon, the afternoon at Jonas Hasting's who raised his sign & opened his Tavern. Sun 24 Warm & Fair Attended Meeting. Mon 25 Fair & Warm Went to Jonas Hastings in company with B. Penniman, and attended a Republican Oration deliver'd by Mr Flagg (a Universalist) on the success of the late election of President & Vice President.--Thomas Jefferson President, George Clinton Vice President of the U. States. Tues 26 Some cloudy & warm clear's of at night. Imployed in Store &c. Got home Hay from N. Grant's Wed 27 Fair & warm. Imployed in Store in the forenoon the afternoon went to Orange on a visit in company with J Pomeroy and Wife & Mrs. Pond. Thur 28 Feb. Some cloudy & warm Imployed with the Select=men in the forenoon Laying out the Road from the Meeting=house to Jos. Williams in the afternoon at Col. Mayo's settling amounts against the town &c. MARCH Fri 1 Fair & warm, the roads begin to be bare in spots. Imployed in Store &c put my Horse to Doctor Metcalf's Barn to keep. Sat 2 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c. Sun 3 Some Hazey & cool Imployed in the Common occurences of the day. Amos Marsh Married to Esther Barber. Mon 4 Fair & very Pleasant Imployed in Store & Town meeting Town Officers Jona Blake Town Clerk Wm Cobb Jun. Treasurer Caleb Mayo Wm Stevens Wm Cobb Jun. Select=men Thomas Mallard Constable Tues 5 Fair & pleasant Imployed in Store &c. Wed 6 Warm & some cloudy S. Wind & rain in the evening. Imployed in Store &c Thu 7 Very warm & fair hazey about sundown Imployed in Store &c. Fri 8 Warm & Foggy Thunder about sun rise Misty and some showers with thunder in the afternoon. Wind S.E. Imployed in Store &c. 8 or 10 cattle killed & a Barn burnt by Lightning about 50 miles North. Sat 9 Warm & rainey - Wind S.E. Imployed in Store &c. Sun 10 Cooler, rain & a little Snow Wind S.E. Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon 11 Cloudy & cool Imployed in Store &c. Amos Marsh moved Wife home Tues 12 Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c Began to cut up my Summer wood. Wed 13 Fair & cool. Imployed in Store &c. Thu 14 Cold Southwest Wind Imployed spliting & packing up wood. Fri 15 Pleasant, Wind South Imployed in Store & packing up wood. Sat 16 Some Cloudy in the forenoon, clear & pleasant in the afternoon, Wind N.W. Imployed in Store &c. Sun 17 Warm & pleasant. Attended the common concerns of the day Mon 18 Some cloudy & rain in the evening Imployed making settlement in the town Treasury with Jacob Rich & Ebenr Williams, in the forenoon & with the C. Mayo Esqr & Capt Stevens making Settlement with Capt Moore on the Taxbills left with him by Wm Moore who absconded. and commited the ballances due on said Taxbills to Thomas Mallard for collection. Tues 19 Cloudy and some warm. Snow almost gone. Imployed in Store &c. Wed 20 Cloudy, warm & foggy Wind S.E. Imployed in Store. Went to Josiah Pomeroy's in the evening where was C. Mayo. Esqr--James Ball & James Blake. some people from Orange having agreed to meet us to consult on the most probable method to take to ensure the election of a federal Representative &c. Caleb Mayo Esqr was set up a candidate Thur 21 Cloudy & foggy forenoon--clear in the afternoon. Imployed at Dea. Mayo's with him & Capt Stevens making highway Taxes. Fri 22 Clear & cool Wind N.W. Imployed in Store &c Sat 23 Very clear & pleasant Wind N.W. Imployed in the forenoon putting up fences, in the afternoon went to Het. Champney's the the [sic] Select=men to lay out a road from said Champneys to Northfield line &c. beginning at the Southwest corner of said Champney's land thence N10 oW. on the town linee [sic] 55 1/2 rods thence E1o 58 1/2 rods to a dry ash tree--thence E 18 N. 30 rods to a popple Tree---thence E 12 S. 28 rods to the said Champney house or door yard. Sun. 24 Fair & warm Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Mon 25 Warm & Hazey. Wind S. Went to Northfield & met C. Alexander & Major Goss at Mr Houghton's. went in company with them to the City (Montague) attended to some settlements in behalf of the City proprietors &c. slept at C. Alvards Tues 26 Cloudy & some rain. Went from C. Alvards to Moris Bardwell's in company with the proprietors Commitee, returned to C. Alvard's and spent the remainder of the day in drawing of accounts from the City records settling them &c. &c. Wed 27 Cloudy. This morning between the hours of 7 & * A.M. set out from C. Alvard's on my return home in Company with C.A. & P.G. parted with them at Northfield---rec'd of E Houghton several papers &c on the subject of the choice of Governor of the Commonwealth &c &c. Thu 28 Fair Imployed in Store &c. Fri 29 Fair & pleasant Imployed in Store &c in the forenoon. afternoon imployed making highway Taxes ploughed Garden &c Sat 30 Cloudy & some rain. Imployed in Store &c~ Several persons from Winchester Northfield Orange & Warwick met at Col. Mayo's to make arangments for the celebration of Independence and choose a Commitee to carry it into effect. Sun 31 Cloudy & some rain. Imployed in the common occurences of the day.--- Harry Pomeroy in town on visit. APRIL Mon. 1 Fair & warm This being a day for the choice of Governor &c. I spent the forenoon with a Commitee making settlement in the Treasury-and the afternoon at town meeting, Votes as follows For Governor For his Excellency Caleb Strong Esqr----106 " Hon. James Sullivan Esqr --------- 86 Lt Gov. " Edw'd H. Robbins Esqr---------------- 101 " Wm Heath Esqr------------------------- 86 Senators & Cancelers " John Hastings Esqr----------------------101 " Hugh. M. Lellan Esqr------------------ 101 " Ezra Starkweather Esqr---------------- 101 " Geo. Bliss Esqr------------------------- 101 Jona Smith Jun Esqr------------------------- 82 Edwd Upham Esqr--------------------------- 82 Solomon Smead Esqr------------------------- 82 Benja Smith Esqr------------------------------ 82 Tues 2 Fair & pleasant Imployed in Store &c Medad Pomery Moved from Northfield to Warwick Doc. Spooner in town to visit Mrs Pomeroy who was under the care of Doc. Metcalf. Wed 3 Some Clouds but warm. Imployed in Store &c &c. Vendue of E. Willson's property attached in Exr in favour of Benja Conant.--Library Annual Meeting. Shool[sic] District Meeting at Col. Mayo's~ the evening. Thur 4 Warm & Pleasant. This day being appointed a day of public fasting & prayer. The consequent occurences of the day imployed my time. Fri 5 Some cloudy & warm. Went to Winchester in company with Calvin Chase. Unwell in the afternoon--- Enos Lincoln Jun. came from Belchertown to pay Sally Burt some Money. Sat 6 Snow from N.E. fell 3 inches Imployed in Store &c. Sun 7 Fair morning cloudy afternoon Attended meeting. Mon 8 Fair. Imployed in Store &c. Tues 9 Cool Imployed taking account of Goods in the Store &c. Wed 10 Cool & Cloudy Imployed taking account of Goods &c Thu 11 Cloudy & cool Imployed in taking account of Goods in the Store and finished them. amounting to about 1000, dolls. began to lay wall on the line between my Land & Doct Metcalf's Fri 12 Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c. Capt John Gale resigned the command of his company & brot' then to choice of Officers----choose Lt Charles Rich Captain,--Ensign J. Jennings Leut'---& Amary[?] Gale Ensign. Sat 13 Fair & pleasant. Imployed in Store, in Garden &c. Sun 14 Fair & pleasant. Attended the necessary occurences of the day & on public worship Mr Mason preached Mon 15 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c Tues 16 Fair & pleasant Imployed in Store &c Wed 17 Fair & warm Imployed in Store and making fence. Thu 18 Fair & windy Went to Northfield & Attended a Meeting of the City proprietors Fredrick Hunt Died this morning Fri 19 Fair & warm Went in company with Peter Procter Jun. to look of his Land & to purchase the same, from thence to Amos Woodwards. then returned to Capt Procter's dined. did some business with him, and returned to Dea. Mayo's, where I spent the remainder of the day making up deeds &c. &c. Sat 20 Some Clouds & cool Imployed in Store &c. Took Deeds of Peter Procter's Land Sun 21 Rain Attended the common occurences of the day. Mon 22 Rain in the Morning, & cloudy thro' the day. Set out about 9 O Clock A.M. for Boston. Rode to Leominster & slept at Kendall's- Tues 23 Fair & pleasant. Continued my Journey Breakfasted at Col. Holman's (Bolton) & arived at D. William's Roxbury half past 5 P.M. slept at Saml Mayo's. Doc. Metcalf's Brother came to work for him making fence &c. Wed 24 Fair Walked to Boston examined the Goods in Several Stores -- returned to Roxbury & slept at D. Williams Thu 25 Fair. Walked to Boston purchased Goods &c. -- returned to Roxbury & slept at D. Williams Fri 26 Cloudy & rain till 1 O clock P.M. clear'd of fair. & pleasant. Walked to Boston purchased goods &c. Saml Moore arived in Boston with team to take my Goods--Loaded in the afternoon & returned to Roxbury. Borrowed of Mr Champney $400,~ at 8 per. Cent. Peter Procter Jun. arived in Boston with instructions to go to Fishing. Sat 27 Fair forenoon--flying showers in the afternoon. Set out from Roxbury on my Journey home. Slept at T. Ballard's Lancaster. Sun 28 Fair forenoon, Showers in the afternoon. Continued on my Journey & arived home at 6 O Clock P.M. Mon. 29 Shower in the forenoon, fair afternoon imployed in Store &c. Mr Moore arived with my Goods. Tues 30 Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c-------- MAY Wed 1 Fair & cool Imployed opening & marking goods Geo. Manning sold his Tavern to Samuel Melendy. Thu 2 Fair Imployed in Store &c. Wed 3 Fair & warm Imployed in Store,& assisting in Breaking up a piece of grass Land on the west side of the swamp. Sat 4th Warm, Cloudy & some Rain Imployed in Store &c Inocculated myself with the hine Pock. Sun 5th Cloudy morning & some rain, Fair afternoon.-- Attended Meeting &c.~~~~ Mon 6 Fair & Cool. Imployed in Store in the forenoon, in the afternoon at Town Meeting in the choice of Representitive and made choice of Caleb Mayo Esqr to represent the town of Warwick & the district of Orange in the General Court of this Commonwealth. Tuesday 7 Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c. Training Wed 8 Some cloudy & some sprinkling of rain till Sundown then began & continued to rain during the night. Imployed in company with Mr Burnet making & mending fence. Thu 9 Rain continued till sundown then cleard up. Imployed in Store &c. Jonas Tower attended at Col. Mayo's to make settlement with Newspaper customers. Settled with Js Tower to this day and agreed to continue the paper Fri 10 Fair & Pleasant Imployed with Wm Burnet & I Hastings removing Fence &c Capt Metcalf's & Wife on a visit at Doc. P Metcalf's Say 11 Clouded up in the morning, showery and heavy rain in the night Went in company with Dea. Mayo & Abn Stevens to Jonathan Levery's whose family had become poor. & took away two of his Boys & bound them out. Spent the remainder part of the day in the Store, cutting cloath's &c. Sun 12 Fair Morning, clouded up in the afternoon. Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mrs. Pratt, wife of Capt. John Pratt died this morning. Mon 13 Fair Imployed in Store &c. rec'd information that Henry Jones son of Lt. Jona Jones of Northfield was drown' in the Genesee River Tues 14 Fair & cool Went to the farm I bought of P. Procter examined the Sawmill with intention to rebuild the dam & set the mill to going, return'd at 2 O Clock P.M. attended on a Vendue at Col. Mayo's David Ball, runing a Horse, was flung off by means of a Cart that stood near the road, which the horse ran against, and was considerable injured. Wed 15 Cloudy & rain in the afternoon Imployed in Store &c. Courts commitee for the purpose of streightening the road from the South Turnpike to Jos. Metcalf Esqr's attended at Jno Pinks to hear the objections of the town of Orange &c. &c. Thu 16 Cloudy & rain. Imployed in Store. Landlord Abm Holman of Bolton died. Fri 17 Cloudy & Rain Imployed in Store. John Thos Hurd son of Thomas Hurd died aged about one year. Sat 18 Fair. Imployed in Store & planting Corn. Sun 19 Fair & pleasant Attended Meeting, & the Funeral of Thos Hurd's Child after meeting. Mon 20 Fair forenoon, clouds & showers in the afternoon & evening. Imployed in Store &c. Patty Davis began to work. Tues 21 Cloudy & Rain Imployed in Store &c Wed 22 Fair & warm, but very wet Season. Imployed plowing & harrowing Greensward Land on the west side of the Swamp. Thu 23 Fair & warm Imployed in Store & planting corn &c Fri 24 Fair & pleasant Imployed in Garden, planting potatoes &c Peter Procter Jun returned from Boston from whence he had been to Yarmouth &c with a view of going a Fishing voyge, but being unwell, returned. Sat 25 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c. Sun 26 Fair & cool Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Mon 27 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c. Tues 28 Warm & fair Imployed in Store &c. Saml Cobb came from Westminster on visit. Wed 29 Cloudy morning & some rain, clear'd off and Fair. Imployed in Store &c. Thu 30 Fair and cool. Imployed in Store &c. Fri 31 Fair and cool. Imployed in Store &c. JUNE Sat 1 Fair & warm. Imployed in Store &c. Sun 2 Fair & warm Imployed in the common occurences of the day. This day between the hours of eleven and Twelve A.M. I had a son Born Mon 3 Fair & warm. Imployed in Store &c. Tues 4 Warm & some showers at evening. Imployed in Store &c Wed 5 Warm & showers in the afternoon & evening. Imployed in Store &c Thu 6 Cloudy & some rain. Imployed in Store &c. Doct. P. Metcalf set out this afternoon for Dartmouth Colledge to attend a course of Medical Lectures. Fri 7 Cloudy & rain from S.E. Imployed in Store &c. Sat 8 Cold S.E. Storm. Imployed in Store &c. Rec'd information that Mrs. Bascomb wife of the Rev. Ezekiel L. Bascomb of Gerry died a few days ago. Sun 9 Cold Southeast Storm Imployed in attending to my wife who was quite unwell & feeble. Widow Ball died this morning. Mon 10th Fair, with short showers Imployed in Store &c. Mrs. Pond returned to Boston with her Family. Tues 11th Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c. Wed 12 Fair. Imployed in Store &c. Samuel Bates came to Warwick Thu 13 Fair & warm. Imployed in Store &c. Fri 14 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c. & assisting in making a Butter Machine Sat 15th Very warm. Imployed in Store &c. Commitee of arangments for Independence met at Col. May's Sun 16th Warm Imployed in the common occurences of the day &c &c my wife very sick. Mon 17th Fair & Warm. Imployed in Store &c Tues 18th Fair & Warm Imployed in Store &c &c. Wed 19 Fair & warm Imployed in Store, attending to my wife &c. Thu 20 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c. Fri 21 Warm Imployed in Store &c took Doc. Metcalfs Calf to pasture Silence Leonard at my house to see her sister (Mrs Cobb) Sat 22 Warm & Cloudy. Imployed in Store &c. Sun 23 Warm & Fair. Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Mon 24 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c. Tues. 25 Extreemly warm Imployed in Store &c. Wed 26 Fair & Very cold for the season Imployed in Store &c began to hay. Rec'd information the Moses Fisk of Tennesea was dead Thur 27 Cool & Fair Imployed in Store & raking hay. Fri 28 Still cool & some cloudy. Imployed in Store &c. Sat 29 Little warmer, some clouds & slight showers. Sun 30 Warm & pleasant Imployed in the common concerns of the day. Mr. Saml Leonard & Mrs. Nash at my house. Mon. 1 Monday July 1st 1805. Fair & warm Imployed in Store haying &c Tues 2 Fair. Imployed in Store &c. Wed 3 Fair. Imployed in Store &c Isaac Metcalf began to mow Doct. Metcalfs hay. Thu 4 Warm. Attended the celebration of the American Independence at Winchester. Tickets of Adm c tares $1.25. Oration Delivered by Mr Cook Student at Law (Keen.) Fri 5 Warm, Strong S.W. Wind. Ploughed a piece of Land on the hill by the north side of the Land purchased of J. Rich, for the purpose of sowing Grain. Attended to the Store & other necessary business. Sat 6 Cool morning some hazey in the afternoon. Attend to store &c &c Sun 7 Very clear & warm. Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mr. Lee preached-- Doc. Metcalf returned from the Medical Lectures at Hanover. Mon. 5 Fair, except a few clouds in the Morning. Imployed in Store haying &c. Tues 9 Fair excellent hay weather Imployed haying &c. &c. Wed 10 Cloudy morning, clears off and good hay day. Imployed in the Store haying &c. &c. Thu 11 Clear & warm. Imployed in Store &c. Finished making English hay. Fri 12 Extreemly warm, & slight showers in the evening. Rode out in the morning returned to my Store & attended to the same. Peter Procter Jr Son. (Laban. Burt) born. Sat 13 Warm & Fair Rode out with my Wife to Mr Russell's returned @ 10 A.M. and attended to Store &c. Sun 14 Some cloudy & sprinkling of rain in the morning, clear's off & very warm Extreemly dry. Attended to the necessary occurences of the day. Mon. 15 Foggy Morning, Fair & warm. Wind S.W. Rode to Deacon Mayo's in the morning with my wife--Joel Mayo sick. Phebe Mallard died this morning about 6 OClock. Tues 16 Warm & Fair. Rode out with my wife to Jns Goodale's returned & attended to Store &c. Wed 17 Warm & pleasant. Imployed in Store hoeing Corn &c. Bishop Pills[sic] Died of a blow rec'd from the kick of a horse on Monday last Thu 18 Fair & more cool. Imployed in Riding with my wife to Stepen[sic] Ball's in the morning---Afternoon attended the Funeral of Biship Pitts. Fri 19 Fair & warm, clouded up in the evening & some rain during the night. Imployed in Store & mowing Swamp. Sat 20 Fair, & Flying Clouds from N.W. Imployed in Store &c. &c. Finished haying. N.W. Williams came in town (from Boston). Sun 21 Fair & warm attended meeting Mr Conand preached Aaron Pomeroy in town on Visit. Mon 22 Rain & warm. Imployed in Store in the forenoon attended in the afternoon to the sale of the equity of Redemption of Ebenr Willson's Tavern--which was sold to James Holden & Stephen Ball for $395,~ Tues 23 Fair & Warm In the morning rode to Stepen[sic] Ball's return'd about noon, & imployed in Store the remainder of the day. Wed 24 Warm & Fair. Went to Athol in company with S. & D. Ball to take a Deed of the equity of Redemption on the Tavern farm of Benja Mayo Dept Shereff. return'd at sundown. Thu 25 Fair & warm cloudy evening Imployed in Store & making Writings between James Holden & Stephen Ball concerning the Tavern Stand. Imformed by the "Worcester Spy" that Peter Penniman Esqr of Mendon died a short time since Fri 26 Fair & warm indeed, showers in the afternoon, being the first rain that had fallen for seven weeks--the earth considered to be dryer than ever can be recollected at this time of year. no feed in pastures, & vegetation shrinking from the rays of the sun. Went to Northfield in the morning & return'd at noon --Imployed in Store the remainder of the day. Sat 27 Fair & cool. Imployed in Store &c. Mon 28th Fair & warm. Attended to occurences of the day. Mon. 29 Warm & dry. Imployed in Store Loading team with rags &c. Tues 30 Very warm. Cloudy evening. 4 OClock A.M. set out on Journey to Boston dined at Doc. Bartletts Westminster--rode to the widow Holman's Bolton and slept there. Wed 31st Very warm. proceeded on my Journey breakfasted at Wilder's (Stow) arived at D. Williams (Roxbury) 2 P.M. tarried over night-- Amos Marsh Daughter (Olive) born Thu 1 August 1st Fair at Boston--Very heavy shower of rain at this place continued 3 hours Walked to Boston breakfasted at N.W.W.'s attended to purchasing Goods &c dined at Jos. Pond's--returned to Roxbury at 6 P.M. Laid out Good's at Whitney's slept at D. Williams. Landlord Grave's Barn (Athol) burned by Lightning. Fri 2d Cloudy & some rain. Walked to Boston--bought Goods---paid Interest to the "Boston Bank" for T. Hurd - C. Mayo & James Ball. -----returned to Roxbury slept at D. Williams Sat 3d Fair & warm. Walked to Boston--Loaded my team & return'd to Roxbury at 1 P.M. dined & set out for home at 3 P.M. rode to Wilder's (Store) & tarried. Sun 4th Shower This morning between the hours of one & three A.M. clear'd off very warm slight showers in afternoon. Continued my Journey--breakfasted at T. Ballard's (Lancaster)--took Tea at T. Lord's (Athol) at 6 P.M.--arived home at half past eight. Mon 5 Fair Attended to my store &c. Tues 6 Fair & warm Attended to Store &c Wed. 7 Warm & Fair Attended to Store--Wm Dike arived with my Goods from Boston. Thu 8th Warm & Fair--growing season. Attend to Store opening & marking off goods, &c. Fri 9 Fair day--clouded up at evening & rained about midnight. Attended to Store &c. Silas Field passed thro. town on a visit to Northfield.-- Sat 10 Fair & very warm. Imployed in Store &c. ---Cyrus Brown & wife came in town on visit Sun 11th Warm, Shower, between 12 & 1 O Clock P.M. Attended Meeting---Mr Goddard preached Mon 12 Fair & warm. Attended to Store & went to J Russell's at 10 A.M.--and at 4 P.M. and hired his Chaise to carry out my wife who was unwell. Tues 13 Fair--except a smattering of rain attended to Store &c. Wed 14 Fair & warm Rode with my wife to Jonas Hastings in the forenoon---attended to Store the remainder of the day. Thu 15 Fair & warm. Cloudy evening Imployed at Col. Mayo's making Town & County Tax. Fri 16 Cloudy morning & heavy rain--clear'd off at 9 AM. pleasant. Imployed making Town & County Taxes. Samuel Cobb & Mrs. Bartlett from Westminster on visit. Sat. 17 Fair & warm Imployed making Taxes &c. Sun 18 Fair & warm Attended meeting. Mon. 19 Fair morning--Showers towards night. Imployed in Store &c. Sowed Rye on ploughed Land on the hill. Tues. 20 Fair & warm Imployed in Store except riding to Jacob Riches to borrow some Money for Mason Ormsbee but did not succeed. Wed 21 Fair & warm. Imployed in Store till towards night when I rode to Francis Leonard's to hire Tuition & board for Sophronia to School. Thu 22 Fair & very warm Imployed in Store till towards night when I went to Col. Mayo's granted Licence to Col. Mayo.--Jacob Rich-Jacob Estey & Jonas Hastings for Inholders[sic] & Caleb Mayo, Wm Cobb Jr & Jonas Hastings Retailers. Fri 23 Fair & extreemly warm. drew a petition for a County road from the South Turnpike by the Meeting house to the North Turnpike--rode to Esqr Metcalfs returned at 2 P.M. and attended to Store. Sat 24th Cloudy Morning--clear'd off warm. Attended to ploughing & sowing the west end of the hill, to rye---rode to Dea. Mayo's at 10 A M returned @ 12 Informed of the death of John Whitney's Wife who died a short time since. Sun 25 Cloudy morning: clear day except Small clouds in N.W. & N. Attended the necessary business of my family &c. Simeon Rawson Published to Permit [?] Hastings. Mon 26 Foggy morning: Cloudy all day: Wind from W. to S. Imployed in Store. Made deed from E. Willson to O. Chapin for the right said Willson had by law, to redeem the Tavern Farm. Sophronia went to Francis Leonards to boad [sic] to attend School. Tues 27 Cloudy & drops of rain. Imployed in Store &c Wed 28 Cloudy all day: rain at intervals Wind S.E. Imployed in Store making Taxes Thu 19th Cloudy & rain all day wind S.E. Imployed in Store &c Doctr Metcalf Left Warwick. bought Cow of Dr. Metcalf $14,~ Fri 30 Fair all day. Went to Thos. Hurd's in the morning exchanged my Brindle cow for Heifer for beef. returned to the Store--at 3 O Clock A.M. went with my wife to Joseph Williams to eat plumbs. where we found a large collection of people gathered for a Visit &c Sat 31 Fair, a few clouds excpted[sic] Wind West. Imployed in Store till 6 P.M. then went with Col. Mayo & Peter Procter Jun. to appise a piece of Land shown us by Bunyan Penniman, north of Jacob White's being the Estate of Peter Penniman Esqr Late of Mendan deceased. apprised said Land at $250.~ and made return to the probate Judge of the County of Worcester. SEPTEMBER Sun 1st Fair. Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 2 Fair, & flying Clouds, some rain in the West. Imployed making Taxes. Nathl Mayo & family came in town on visit from Orwell (Ver.) Mr Stow's Child Died. Tues 3 Fair & warm Imployed making Taxes, Isaac Hastings brot. home Miss Field (from Northfield) his intended wife. Wed. 4th Fair & warm. Imployed in making Tax warrant, returns, &c. Thu 5th Warm & Fair Imployed in Store &c Fri 6 Warm & flying Clouds Imployed in the forenoon making fence on the hill. Sat 7th Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c. Sun. 8 Cloudy & cool Wind S. Attended the common occurences of the day. Mon. 9 Cool & some cloudy. Went to Dea. Mayo's in the morning Enos & Luther Lincoln called on me about noon on their way to Westmoreland. &c. Tues 10th Cloudy morning. clear warm day Imployed in Store &c. Wed 11 Cloudy morning, clear warm day. Rode to Athol in the morning & tarried at J. Humphrey's till 6 P.M. returned to Orange, and was informed by Mr Chapin that the papers for establishing a post office in Warwick was then in his hands to be delivered to such person as he should appoint, & gave me the offer to take them. which I accepted & returned home 9 P.M. Thu 12 Cloudy all day & rain in the evening Imployed in Store &c. Nathl & Harry Mayo returned from Boston & brought up Saml Mayo's Wife. Fri 13 Cloudy & some rain. Wind S. Imployed in Store &c Doc. Metcalf returned from his Journey to Bristol County, on Wednesday last, & this day left town with intention to seek for some place better suited to his practice &c. in the District of Main Sat 14 Cloudy & rain by showers, Wind S. Went to John Goodell's in the morning & attended to my Store the remainder of the day. --- Signed a Bond of $500 to Gidn Granger Postmaster General of the U.S. for the faithful performance of my duty as a Postmaster in the town of Warwick, & took the Oath by Law required. Sally Burt & Nancy Reed set out for Petersham at 3 O Clock P.M. Sun 15 Cloudy & Showers. Attended Meeting.---Harry Pomeroy came in town. Mon 16 Warm & Fair Wind W. Thunder pillars in the East & S. West of an uncommon appearance. Imployed in Store &c Saml Moore ariv'd with W.I. Goods from Boston. Nathl Mayo & Family set out on thier return home. to Orwell (Ver.) Josiah Pomeroy Jun set out for Rutland (Ver.) to seek a place to set up his trade (blacksmith)---Rec'd information that Mr Barnabas Myrick Sen. died 2 or 3 months past. Tues 17 Very Warm & hazey. Wind N.W. Imployed in Store &c. Wed 18 Foggy morning, clear warm day. Imployed in Store &c. P.D. Richards and Wife came in town Thu 19 Foggy morning, clear warm day. Went to Dea. Mayo's in the morning & took some powder which S. Fay brot. from Boston. Imployed in Store the remainder of the day. Fri 20th Clear morning hazey afternoon Imployed in Store &c---Elliot Rawson's Child died with the disentary aged about 3 years. Nine children Lay dead this morning in Richmond & the Corners of Winchester Warwick & Royalston. Jos. Burt & daughter from Norton called on us, on their way to his Son's in Winchester. Sat 21 Fair & cool. Wind N.W. Imployed in Store &c. Sun 22 Fair & cool: Hazey evening. Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 23 Cloudy, cool & rain. Imployed in Store &c. Capt Simond's & Capt Rich's companies met for military duty. Went to Dea. Mayo's in the morning with Sally Burt, who had engaged Harry Pomeroy to carry her to Boston, & take the Stage from thence to Taunton, and from thence, to go to Plymouth to live with her brother Laban. Tues 24 Fair & Cool Wind N.W. Went to Royalston to attend the vendue of the real Estate that lately belonged to John Whitney, who in consequence of building a house of uncommon size & elegance in that place, had failed.---returned in the evening. Mrs. Bennet died. Zelotis Burt Died. Wed 25 Fair forenoon, Hazey afternoon. Imployed on the road. Thu 26 Fair forenoon: cloudy & rain in the afternoon & evening. Imployed in Store &c. Mrs Cobb & B Hazeltine went to Gill on visit. Dedication of Gill Meeting=house. Nathan Ball's Child died of the disentary. John C Ball's child died - - - "- - - - - James Holden's child died ----"-------- Fri 27 Cloudy & cold Wind north. Imployed in Store, & attended the Funeral of the Mr Ball's children. Sat 28 Some cloudy & cool. Imployed in Store &c. Asahel Moore's first child born. Sun 29 Cloudy & cool. Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon 30 Fair morning cloudy afternoon attend to Store &c. OCTOBER Tues 1 Fair, good air. Attended General Muster at Winchester Nathan Ball who tended bar for Capt Parker, at Winchester was suspected of secreting money, was searched & found guilty. Joel Hastings child Died, of the disintary. Gave a Quitclaim Deed to E. Alexander of 4 City Shares, formerly the property of Luke Scott. Wed 2 Cloudy. Imployed in Store in the forenoon, in the afternoon attended the funeral of J Hastings child--and Library Meeting.-----Select=men met at my store this evening on town business.--- at 1 O.Clock this morning Abraham Leonard's son (Barnard) died of disentary. Mr Gannet attorney at Law from Cambridge (Ms.) passed thro' town with his wife, to take possession of his seat in Northfield, which he had lately purchased of Solomon Vose Esqr. Thur 3 Rainy morning, clear'd up at 9 O C. imployed in Store &c. Solomon Vose Esqr & his Family passed thro' town on their way to Augustia (Dist. Main) where he had calculated a residence. Fri 4th Fair. Imployed in making a new road up the hill, on the North side of the Meeting=house. Sat. 5 Fair forenoon, Clouds & some rain in the afternoon Wind S. W. Imployed ploughing pasture Land to sow grain---in the afternoon on the road north of the Meetinghouse. Sun. 6th Fair & cool. Attended meeting. Mon. 7 Fair & Cool. Imployed in Store &c. Tues. 8 Cold morning, Fair day. cloudy evening. Imployed in Store &c Wed 9th Fair & pleasant. Imployed gathering Corn & Potatoes. Thomas Carter died, at Roxbury, Saml Mayo came in town on visit. Thu 10th Fair Morning, clouded up & began to rain about 10 OClock A.M. & continued thro' the day. Imployed in Store &c. Fri 11 Cloudy, Thunder, Lightning & rain in the forenoon, clear afternoon Attended to my common business Sat 12 Fair Morning, clouded up, and rained about 4 O Clock P.M. Went in company with Calvin Chase to the New City, from thence to Gill and home about Sundown. Saml Bates, & Joel Hastings removed from J Pomeroy Jun's house in consequence of their no fulfiling the contract respecting bondsman for the security of the buildings against fire. Sun 13 Fair & cool Attended Meeting---Sermon deliver'd by Mr Mason. Mon 14 Fair Imployed in Store &c. Tues 15 Fair & warm. Imployed with Sam. Mayo making alteration in Store. Wed 16 Cloudy & rain. Imployed making alteration in Store. Thu 17 Fair & warm. Imployed with Jos. Davis Fixing Store. Fri 18 Fair & cool Imployed in putting up & arranging Goods in Store. Josiah Pomeroy Jun removed from Orange to Warwick. Sat. 19th Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c Sun 20 Fair & cool. Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon. 24 Some clouds & cool. Imployed in the forenoon in Store, making Articles of agreement between Job Goodale & Calvin Chase for copartnership in Trade. in the Afternoon attended Town meeting regulated the Jury Boxes. &c. Tues 22 Cloudy & heavy rain during the day & Light snow in the evening Imployed in Store, & in Selling at Vendue some household furniture & cloathing, that belonged to the poor of the town This day was appointed for training. The 2 Companies in Warwick & 1 in Orange met at Warwick but the day was so rainey that nothing was done Wed 23 Fair & warm. Imployed in Store &c. Thu 24 Cloudy & rain Imployed in Store &c Fri 25 Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c. Sat 26 Cloudy & Snow Set out on Journey to Boston in company with J. Russell & Calvin Chase, rode to Leominster & slept at Jonas Kendall's Sun 27 Cloudy, very windy & some rain Proceeded on out Journey and arived at D. William's (Roxbury) about 7 O Clock P.M. Mon. 28 Fair & cool Walked to Boston & spent the day in examining Goods in the different Stores in order to make purchase the next day. returned to Roxbury and slept at D. Williams. Tues. 29 Farir[sic] & pleasant. Walked to Boston in Company with Calvin Chase, & made purchase of Goods for myself, & also for sd Chase who was preparing to go into Trade with Job Goodale at Gill. returned to Roxbury & slept at D. Williams. Wed 30 Fair & warm Traveled to Boston & attended to the purchase of Goods &c. returned to Roxbury & slept at D. William's. Thur 31 Cloudy & like for rain. Attended to the purchase of some Goods. of J. Whiting of Roxbury.--Rec'd of Jonathan Champney Eight Dollars. for H. A. Champney, walked to Boston, Loaded my Team, rec'd of N.W. Williams 5 dollars for Isaiah Fuller, returned to Roxbury & slept at D. Williams Fri 1 November 1st Fair & warm. Set out for home in company with Calvin Chase. Traveled to Leominster & slept at J. Kendall's. Sat 2 Fair & very pleasant Proceed on my Journey and arived home at 6 P.M. Sun 3d Fair & cool Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Mon 4 Fair & pleasant. Imployed in Store, dividing Goods with Calvin Chase &c. John Humphrey at my house, and viewed the Lands which we had purchased of I Rich &c ------ Isaac Metcalf began School in the Center District. Tues % Fair & cool Imployed in Store unpacking my Crockery Ware &c. Thu 7 Fair & cold. Imployed in Store &c. ---Settled with J Tower in full for News papers to this day. Fri 8th Cloudy & cool. Imployed in Store &c. Sat. 9th Cloudy & Cold Imployed in Store, securing garden Sauce &c. Sun 10 Rainey Morning, clear'd off at noon, warm. Attended meeting &c. Mon. 11th Cold N.W. Wind. & flying clouds. Imployed in Store &c.----Calvin Chase went to Gill with Goods, to open trade in company with Job Goodale of that place. Delivered the Center School 20 Volums of the Books containing the "Constitutions of the United States. & of Massachusetts, Washington's Farewell Address, which had been furnished partly by the State & partly by the town for the use of the first class in each School. Tues 12 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c.----Rec'd a Commission from Gideon Granger Postmaster. General of the U.S.A.- as Deputy=Postmaster at Warwick. Wed. 13 Cloudy & sprinkling of rain in the afternoon. Imployed in Store & flinging my Garden into ridges. Thur 14 Cloudy & rain. Imployed in Store &c. Fri 15 Cloudy & some rain. Imployed in Store, cutting cloathes &c. Mr Weatherbee Married to Sally Hurd Sat 16 Clear & pleasant Imployed in Store. Sowed Grain. Mr. Weatherbee & Wife. left Warwick and made their way for Rutland (Ver.) his place of residence. Sun 17th Fair & cool Attended meeting in the afternoon Mon 18 Cloudy & cool Went to the widow S. Pitts and with the assistance of C. Mayo Esqr & Josiah Cobb, Appraised the Real & Personal Estate of Bishop Pitts late of Orange Deceased. Total Amount ---$2326.16. returned home in the evening. Tues 19 Tuesday. Fair, Imployed making Inventory of the above mentioned Estate &c. &c Wm Dike set out with a load of Chestnuts for Midleborough (Ver.) Wed 20 Cloudy & Snow---1 inch deep Imployed in Store &c. Isaac Robbins married to Mehitable Lewis. Thurs 21 Fair & cool. Imployed in Store &c. Jonas Leonard Married to the Widow Sarah Holton of Northfield. Fri 22 Fair & cool. Imployed in Store. Killed a 2 year old Heifer Wt 417lb Sat 23 Fair & cool. Imployed cutting Cloath, cutting up and salting meet &c. Sun. 24 Cloudy & little Snow. Attended meeting. Mon 25 Fair. Imployed in Store in the forenoon, afternoon & evening at Col. Mayo's making out Town Orders & a settlement with Universal & Baptist Society of the minister money for the present year & a Settlement with Ebenr Williams for the support of Mrs. Bennet. Tues 26 Fair & warm. Imployed in Store &c. Wed 27 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c. Thu 28 Fair & pleasant This day being Thanksgiving, I attended meeting & the Other necessary occurences of the day. Made return of 20 Subscribers for the "medical & Agricultural Register" and became accountable for the payment of the same, on a discount of 20 per. Cent. for my trouble & responsibility. Fri 29 Fair & very pleasant for the season Imployed in Store &c. About 6 O Clock P.M. arived at my house - Saml Cobb & Lucindia Shumway, from Westminster. Sat 30th Fair & warm. Imployed in Store. DECEMBER Sun 1st Fair & high wind. Attended Meeting. Mon 2 Fair & warm. Imployed in Store, cutting Cloaths &c. Tues 3 Fair & cool. Went to Dea. Mayo's in company with Saml Cobb to make a settlement on Our partnership in Trade.-----returned at 2 O.Clock P.M. and attended to the Store the remainder of the day. Wed 4 Fair Morning, cloudy afternoon Imployed packing wood into my woodhouse &c. Saml Cobb & Miss Shumway returned to Westminster. Thur 5th Warm& cloudy. Imployed in Store &c Fri 6th Cloudy & rain. Imployed in Store &c. Sat 7 Fair Some part of the day. Imployed in Store &c. Sun 8 Fair & cool Attended to the necessary occurences of the day. Mon 9 Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c. Tues 10 Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c. Wed 11 Fair & cool Imployed in Store in the forenoon in the afternoon visited the School in the Center district. Thu 12 Fair & warm. Imployed in Store &c. Killed hogs. Fri 13 Fair & very pleasant. Imployed cutting up meat &c. Sat. 14 Cloudy & rain. Imployed in Store. Sun. 15 Fair & warm. Attended to the common occurences of the day.----Spent the evening at Saml Williams in company with Dea. Dutton & wife, & Isaac Metcalf. Mon 16 Fair & cool In the morning, went to S. Melendy's and exchanged a piece of Land with him to accomodate him with a Road----attended in Store the remainder of the day. Tues 17 Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c. Wed 18 Pleasant. Imployed in Store &c. Mrs. Eunice Stearnes, wife of Ebenezer Stearns Jun. died between the hours of 8 Thur 19 Cloudy & warm. Imployed in Store in the forenoon---Visited Mr Felton's School at the Brick School house in the afternoon. Fri 20 Cloudy & rain in the forenoon, Fair and very pleasant afternoon Mrs. Stearnes Buried. Sat 21 Fair agreeable weather. Imployed in Store in the forenoon visited Harry Hazeltine's School on Beach Hill in company with Masters Metcalf & Felton. Sun 22 South wind, clouds & cool. Attended Meeting.-----My son Charles very unwell,-discover'd about midnight that his leg was very much swelled and he in great distress. Mon. 23 Fair, & warm, no frost in the ground. Imployed in Store &c. Doc. Prentice examined Charles' leg and found the thigh bone broken, which we supposed to have been done on Saturday evening last. Tues 23 Cloudy & Snow, which fell 6 inches deep. Imployed in Store &c. Wed 25 Fair & cool. Imployed in Store &c. Josiah Pomeroy Vendued his poorest household furniture &c Thu 26 Cool & flying Clouds. Imployed in Store &c. Fri 27 Clear & cold. Imployed in Store &c. Sat 28 Cloudy & warm, rain in the evening. Imployed in Store &c. Sun 29 Cloudy & rain -- Snow all went off. Imployed in the common concerns of the day--no Meeting Mon 30 Fair & warm. Imployed in Store &c. Thomas Cobb at my house. Tues. 31st Fair & cool, ground frozen Imployed in Store &c. Warwick Jan. 1806 Missing up to the 15. This is an unbound book and the last week of November and all of December are also missing. Wed 15 Cold, & some Snow in the morning. Snow 1 foot deep Imployed in Store &c. Moses Chamberlain & Abigail Williams, Married. Thu 16 Some clouds & cool Imployed in Store &c. Fri 17 Very clear & cold. Imployed in Store. Sat. 18 Clear & cold. Imployed in Store. C Nash & wife came to my house on Visit. Sun. 19 Cloudy & some Snow Imployed in the neccessary business of the day. Mon. 20 Cloudy, & Snow from N.E. 8 inches Imployed in Store &c Tues 21 Cloudy & moderate Imployed in Store, & attending the Vendue of some of Wm Dike's property. Wed 22 Cloudy & some Snow Imployed in Store. Thur 23 Sever Snowstorm from N.E. & Snow much drifted. Imployed in Store. Ebonr Wetherell & Mr Goodnough & Wife called on us being on a Journey to Norton. Fri 24 Snow continues & Wind increases, ceased Snowing in forenoon & fell about 18 Inches. Imployed in Store &c Sat 25 Fair &very pleasant. the people imployed breaking out Roads. Imployed in Store &c. Perley Leland Son Born. Sun 26 Fair & pleasant. Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Isaac Metcalf left town having finished his School. Mon. 27 Fair & Pleasant Imployed in Store &c. Laban Ripley called on me & tarried over night. Tues. 28 Fair & very pleasant Imployed in Store &c. Wed. 29 Fair & warm Imployed in Store &c. Doctor D. Adams commenced the publication of the "Medical & agricultural Register" Thur 30 Very warm & pleasant. Imployed in Store &c Josiah Pomeroy Jun. removed from this town to Rutland (Ver) Fri 31 Warm & snow very soft. Imployed in Store in the forenoon--in the afternoon went in company with Rev. S. Reed & Capt. Stevens to visit the School on Flower Hill kept by Doct Hall. and was extraordinarily entertained with the good management & conduct of the School. returned & spent the evening at Capt Moore's Riply Leonard came in town, being on his way to Gill with an expectation to to carry Saml Leonard Jun & wife to Canton N.Y. but Saml having set out the journey the day before Ripley arived he returned without him FEBRUARY Sat 1 Some cloudy & a trifle of Snow. Imployed in Store &c Sold Capt P. Procter a Cutter & Harness at 25 dolls. Polly Clements from Petersham at my house on visit. Sun 2 Fair & cool Attended to the occurences of the day Mon. 3 Snow from N.E. fell 1 foot. Imployed in Store &c. Ripley Leonard, in company with Ezekiel & Reuben Willson set out for Canton N.York. Tues 4 Fair & cool. Imployed in Store Wed 5 Fair & Cool Imployed in Store Thu 6 Fair & cold. Imployed in Store in the forenoon went to Dea. Mayo's & Jonas Hastings in the afternoon. Fri 7 Fair. Imployed in Store &c Sat 8 Cloudy & rain, clear in the evening & grows colder. Imployed in Store &c. Harry Pomeroy came in town. Sun. 9 Flying clouds & very high wind from N.W. Attended to the occurences of the day. Mon 10 Fair & cool Imployed in Store &c Doct. Prentice & Doctr Hall spent the afternoon at my house. Tues 11 Cloudy & mist. Went to Jna Whitney's in the forenoon---attended Store in the afternoon. Hannah Riley's Child died aged 10 Mo. Quincy Wed 12 Fair Morning--Snow in the afternoon from N.E. Set out for Boston in company with John Whitney & Seneca Whitney carried Nancy Whitney to Roxbury in my Cutter. Slept at ---Hills' Leominster Thu 13 Fair--strong wind from N.W. Proceeded on our Journey & arived at D. Williams' Roxbury at 8 P.M. Slept at Saml Mayo's Fri 14th Fair & Warm. Rode to Boston with J Whiting---paid P.D. Richards $200,- S. & N. Appleton $53.69 ---purchased Goods &c. &c. returned to Roxbury at night with Saml Mayo & wife & Slept at D. Williams. Mrs. Wiswall, wife of Daniel Wiswall Died. Mr. John Willson late of Warwick died at Shoreham (Ver.) Sat 15 Some cloudy & warm. Rode to Boston with J Whiting attended to purchasing Goods &c &c. returned to Roxbury in the Stage at 5 P.M. in company with C. Mayo Esqr slept at D. Williams'. Sun 16 Fair & cool. Breakfasted & dined at Saml Mayo's & spent the evening at Saml Waits in company Messrs Webster, Tileston & Whiting---returned & slept at D.W's with C. Mayo Esqr. Mon 17 Fair & cold Rode to Boston with Jna Whitney purchased goods--Loaded Saml Moore with W.I. Goods &c. & Jna Whitney in part with English goods &c---returned to Roxbury & slept at D.W's where I spent the evening with Saml Wait who wished me to remove to Roxbury & take a Store of W. I. Goods which he would furnish me on Good terms. Tues 18 Cloudy & rain in the Morning,--fair in the afternoon. At half past 10 A.M. set out in company with Jna Whitney, for home drove to Waltham where my horse took a start at a stone which truck my sleigh, tacked about & flung himself on a piece of Sideling ice where I clear'd myself from the sliegh, he soon recovered run thro' a Tanyard which was difficult to pass, over a low fence accrost a field to a Barn where he stoped. We found the sliegh some shattered, but not unfit for use, it did not upset & the loading was all safe--we then proceed on our Journey & arived at T. Ballard's Lancaster at 8 P.M. where we tarried. 5 Rope walks on the W. Side of Boston common consumed by fire. Wed 19 Fair & warm slieghing poor proceeded on our Journey breakfasted at J. Kendall's Leominster, made our next stop at Westminster where I saw my Brother Saml. went with him to look of a Store which he had purchased, with intention to open Trad next spring--proceeded on my Journey & arived safe home at 7 P.M. Thu 20 Cloudy & rain in the afternoon & evening. Imployed in Store---Saml Moore & Jna Whitney arived about 12 at noon with 2 Loads Goods from Boston Fri 21 Some cloudy, rain & mist. Imployed in Store &c. this Morning a daughter of James Ball aged about 8 years died of the Quinsey. Sat 22 Fair & cool. Imployed in Store &c Sun. 23 Fair & warm--but very little Snow remaining on the Ground. Attended Meeting. Mon 24 Fair Morning & warm clouded up in the afternoon & rained in the evening Wind Easterly. Imployed in the forenoon getting home hay from Jos. Davis'--in the afternoon in the Store. Bunyan Penniman moved his family into town, from Mendon where he had lived about 2 Years. Ties 25 Fair & col. Imployed in Store &c. Wed. 26 Fair. Imployed in Store in the forenoon, in the afternoon at Col. Mayo's in company with Capt. A. Stevens settling accounts for support of the poor making out town Orders &c. &c. Thur 27 Thursday.~~ Fair & warm. Imployed in Store &c---spent the evening at Josiah Pomeroy's in company with a number of others, who met for the purpose of Nominating Town Officers to be chosen on Monday next. Fri 28 Fair & cold--little squal of Snow in evening. Imployed in Store &c. MARCH Sat 1 March 1st Cold and blustering--clouded up in the afternoon. Wind Easterly. Imployed in Store &c. Sun 2d Fair & cool. Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon 3d Fair & cool. Attended to the Annual Town meeting made choice of Jona Blake Jun. Town Clerk. Capt Mm Stevens Wm Cobb Jun Justus Russell Selectmen & assessors. Wm Cobb Jun. Treasurer. Tues. 4th Cloudy & Snow from S.E. Imployed in Store &c. Elisha Brown removed from this town to Manchester (Ver.) Wed 5 Cloudy & Snow from S.E. Imployed in assiting to load wood having 3 Teams imployed in sleding pine wood. Thu 6 Fair & warm. Imployed in Store &c - thro' the day, & spent the evening at Col. Jos. Mayo's Joseph Davis, Sold his farm at Vendue for 349 dolls to Jacob Rich. Saml Cobb arived at 9 P.M. from Westminster on a visit. Fri 7 Fair & warm, some part of the day, cloudy & snow the remainder. Imployed in Store &c. &c. Sat 8 Cold, Cloudy & some Snow. Imployed in Store &c. Sun 9 Fair & cold. Imployed in the common occurences of the day. Mon 10 Fair & Cool Imployed in Store &c. Doctr E. Hall come to my house wishing to be boarded, having come into town with intention to tarry & practice physick. Tues. 11 Fair & pleasant. Imployed posting Books &c. Wed. 12 Cloudy & small quantity of Snow flying in the air Imployed in Store -- spent the evening at Col. Mayo's in company with Sabel Metcalf, James Holden & Stephen Ball---said Holden having come to an agreement to sell said Ball his Interest in the Tavern Farm.(which was one half of it.) for the sum of $570,~. Thu 13 Cloudy & Snow in the morning but moderate. Imployed Making Deed. Bond &c for James Holden & Stephen Ball. John Alexander Lerow died Ebenr Willson & family slept at my house Fri 14 Cloudy & Moderate Imployed in Store. Ebenr Willson with his family & effects set out for Shoreham. Sat. 15 Moderate Flying clouds N.W. Imployed in Store &c. Sun. 16 Clear Air. Wind N.W. Attended to the common Occurences of the day Mon 17 Clear & cool N.W. Imployed adjusting Treasury Accounts & settling with the town Commitee. Tues 18 Fair Wind N.W. Imployed in Store &c. Wed 19 Clear day hazey evening Wind S.E. Imployed making Leases from Saml Williams to Jos. Barker & Palmer Whitney of said William's farm for three years at the rent of 150 dolls. per. year. Thur 20 Cloudy, chilly E. wind Snow at evening Imployed in Store in forenoon making Deed of my fathers farm to Geo. Manning $300,~~ afternoon went to said farm with G Manning and reieved [sic] the premises. Spent the evening at Joseph Pomeroy's in company with E. Pierce J Blake and several others. Fri 21 Moderate, cloudy, Snow in morning 2 1/2 Inches Wind E.N.E. Imployed in Store &c. Sat. 22 Fair & moderate Wind N.W. Imployed in Store &c. Sun 23 Fair warm Sun--cool NW wind. Attended meeting, and other neccessary occurences of the day. Mon 24 Cloudy Trifle Snow N.W. Imployed in Store, painting Post=Office Sign &c Tues. 25 Fair & cold Imployed in Store Wed 26 Cloudy & Snow N. 3 Inches Imployed in Store John Timmey's child born. Female Saml Fay's child born. Female Thu 27 Fair, cold, Wind NW. Imployed Sleding wood &c. Stephen Balls Child died Fri 28 Cloudy, Moderate, Wind Southerly. Imployed in Store &c. Sat. 29 Fair & cool Imployed in Store Sun 30 Fair & pleasant N.W. Attended meeting in the afternoon Mon 31 Fair & warm day cloudy evening. Imployed making highway Taxes. APRIL Tues 1 April 1st Fair & warm wind N.W. Imployed in Store in the forenoon getting home hay from S. Williams in the afternoon. Geo. Manning moved on to the farm which he purchased of my father. Wed 2 Fair & cool Wind N.W. Imployed in the forenoon making Lease of Jos. Dana's Farm to Nathan Ball.--in the afternoon Settling Town Orders with the Town's Commitee & attending Library Meeting. John Marsh removed from A Conants to his own farm Thurs 3 Fair & pleasant Wind S.W. This being appointed a day of public fasting & prayer, I attended meeting in the forenoon Fri 4 Fair & warm-- Wind S.W.& N.W. Imployed in the Store in the forenoon-- in the afternoon attended Vendue at Col. Mayo's bought Col. Mayo's Pew in the Meetinghouse in Company with J. Russell at $47.50. Sat.5 Fair & cool air N.W Imployed in Store Made a Lease of Josiah Pomeroy Jr House & Land to J.C. Ball Sun. 6 Hazey & warm Wind S.E. Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon 7 Cloudy triffle of rain, wind S.E. Imployed in Store in the forenoon in the afternoon Attend to town Meeting for the choice of Governor, Lt. Governor, & Senators & Counsellors. The votes were as follows. Governor. His excellency Caleb Strong Esqr----107 Hon. James Sullivan Esqr---90 Lt Governor. Hon Edw'd H Robbins Esqr---106 Hon Wm Heath Esqr---88 Senators & Counsellors John Hastings Hugh M.Lellan Ezra Starkweather Geo. Bliss} 103 each Jona Smith Sola Smead Edw'd Upham Benja Smith} 87 each. Tues. 8 Rain & snow--Wind N.W. Imployed in Store &c. Absalom Ball's Son Born Wed 9 Cloudy & cool Wind N.W. Imployed in Store, and attending to making draughts & calculations for re[airing the Meeting house, a number of the Inhabitants having met for that purpose. Thu 10 Fair. cool. Wind N.W. Imployed in Store &c Col. Jos. Major removed from the Tavern House to Fitzburg & Stephen Ball took possession of the Tavern. Fri 11 Some Clouds. Squals of Snow, cold. Imployed in Store. Abner Stockwell Son born Sun. 13 Fair. cold. Wind N.W. ground hard frozen the spring very backward. Attended to the common occurences of the day. No Meeting --Mr Reed gone to preach at Templeton. Mon. 14th Fair, cool, Wind N.W. Imployed in Store &c. &c. Began to frame an addition to the top of my store. Recd Post Office Keys. Tues 15 Fair morning, warm little Rain at 4 P.M. Imployed with James Holden taking off the roof of my Store & raising a frame for a room on the same. Doc. B. Hazeltine removed from B. Penniman's to Col. Goldsbury's house. Moses Johnson & Rhoda Leonard Married. Wed. 16 Cloudy & Rain wind S.E. Employed taking Account of Goods on hand. Thu. 17 Fair Wind N.W. Employed taking Account of Goods in Store. at 4 P.M. opened the Mail for the first time. Warwick Social Library exchang'd Book with Royalston Second Social Library. Isaac Hastings brot. his wife into Town, whom he married at Grafton. Fri 18 Flying Clouds Wind E. & NW. Employed in Store &c. Spent the evening at S. Ball's with Dea. Mayo & others making calculation on repairing Meeting house. Moses Smith 2d came into town to reside. Sat 19 Fair. except squals of Snow. Wind N.W. Employed in Store &c. At the raising of a Barn for Moses Smith a broadside being slightly prop'd up, fell down with a number of Men upon the plate, all of whom cleared themselves by Jumping. except David Stockwell, who happened to be in an unfavourable situation, had the flesh & Sinnews torn from His leg in a shocking manner, & the bone left uninjured. Sun 20th Fair & warm, Wind W. Attended Meeting &c. Samuel Cobb Married to Lucindia Shumway Mon. 21 Cloudy, sprinkle of rain--Wind S.W. Warm. Employed in Store &c. Jonas Conants Datr born. Tues 22 Cloudy & some rain. Wind N.E. Employed in Store &c. Wednes 23 Fair & pleasant Wind N.W. Imployed in Store &c, attended Town Meeting in the afternoon when the town voted to relinquish their right in the Meetinghouse to the proprietors thereof for the purpose of building pews when the body seats now are to defray the expence of new covering the outside of said Meetinghouse. Widow---Cook Died. Old age. 84. Calvin Ellis Son Born. Thu 24 Fair wind N.W. Employed in Store. Spent the evening with C. Mayo & P. Allen as Commitee for repairing the Meetinghouse. Fri 25 Fair & very Pleasant. N.W At 10 A.M. set out for Boston, rode to Westminster, spent the evening & night at Doc. Shumway's. Sat 26 Cloudy rain& Snow 2 inches E. At 9 A.M. proceeded on my Journey in company with Saml Cobb & Wife. Slept at Widow Holman's Bolton. Sun. 27 Cloudy & cool Wind N.W. proceeded on my Journey, arived at Dudley Williams Roxbury @ 4 P.M. Mon. 28 Cloudy & cool Walked to Boston, to P.D. Richards $100,-- to S.& N. Appleton $145,~ & S, & H. Higginson $100,~~ dined at N.W. Williams & returned to Roxbury at evening. Tues 29 Some clouds cool N.W. Went to Boston & attended to the purchase of Goods &c. &c. returned to Roxbury at evening in company with Saml Cobb. Wed 30th fair & p[pleasant N.W. This morning went to Boston, purchased Goods loaded team & returned to Roxbury at evening. MAY Thur 1 Thursday May 1st 1806. Walked to Boston this morning, settled my Bills, returned Roxbury @ 2 P.M. & at 4 P.M. set out home--rode to Wilders of Stow, & slept there. Fri 2 Fair & pleasant N.W. Proceeded on my Journey in company with Josiah Rawson 3d arived home, half past 7 P.M. Sat. 3d Fair & Warm. N.W. Attended to Store &c. Sun 4th Fair mor. hazy afternoon warm S. Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Abm Abbot's son died aged 3 years 6 Mo. dropsey. Mon 5th Some Clouds & warm N.W Attended to unloading good from Boston in the forenoon--& to the town meeting for the Choice of Representative in the afternoon. made choice of Josiah Cobb. Samuel Cobb began Trade in Westminster. Tues 6 Fair, warm. Wind N.W. Employed opening & marking off Goods--at 4 P.M. attended to a meeting of the proprietors of pews in the Meetinghouse. for the purpose of making arangements for repairing the outside. Wed 7th Fair, warm, dry. Wind S.E.N.W. Employed marking off Goods &c. Sold the Land purchased of P Procter to Lemuel Atherton by agreement for 680 dolls. Thur. 8 Cloudy, rain, shower & thunder evening. Employed puting up goods & opening Medicine----Dea. Mayo & myself being a commitee to repair the Meetinghouse, agreed with Asa Thayer, to build 8 new pews in said house & find every meterial, for the sum of $60,~~ Fri 9 Cloudy, rain, N.W. Employed in Store &c. A child aged about 2 years, son of Olive Cook expired this morning from the effects of a burn. Sat 10 Cloudy, cold N.W. Employed in Store &c. Sun 11th Windy, Flying, clouds. N.W. Attended to the common occurences of the day. Date Deg. of heat Wind sunrise 2 P.M. Mon. 12 37o 62o NW. Fair, pleasant Employed in Store, unloaded a load of W.I. Goods just arived fro Boston. At 6 P.M. went to Dea. Mayo's signed & executed a deed of 71 Acres & 59 rods of Land to Leml Atherton of Richmond & rec'd his Notes for 680 Dollars together with a Mortgage of the said Land as collateral security Doct Ebenr Hall came to board with me, & to assist in compounding medicine. Tues 13 38 73 N.E. Fair, some hazzey afternoon. Employed in Store &c. Changed here for speed in typing Wed 14 50-51 SE Rain, fair 8 P.M. Attended to Store &c. Thur 15 39-60 N.W. cloudy forenoon, fair afternoon Employed in Store &c. Fri 16 43-72 N.E. Fair, pleasant--Peach trees in full Bloom Employed in Store &c. Sat 17 46-76 N.W. Fair & pleasant. ground in good order for planting. Employed sewing Garden, & in the Store. Joshua Burnet Child born Datr Sun 18 59-84 NW Fair , hazzy afternoon. Attended Meeting Mon 19 62-88 N.W Fair, Still, Smoakey. Employed painting &c. &c. Tues 20 51-71 S.E Some clouds. Employed in Store &c. Wed. 21 41-48 E. Cloudy. Employed in Store &c. Stephen Ball put new roof on the Tavern house. Thu 22 36-65 S.E. Fair. Employed in Store &c. Ears of winter rye appear. J.C. Ball a datr born Fri 23 32-73 S.E Fair. Employed in Store &c. Sat 24 44-78 S.E Fair light breezes. Employed in Store &c. Sun 25 50-85 N.W. Foggy mor. fair day Smoaky thunder & a sprink of Rain. Employed in the common occurences of the day. Mon 26 55-81 NW Fair, thin clouds at a distance Employed in Store &c. Tues 27 37-71 E Fair. Employed in Store &c Young people danced at S. Ball's Wed 28 44-84 NE Hazy. Employed in Store &c. Thur 29 63-83 NW Fair Gentle breezes. Daniel Goodale Datr born Fri 30 62-75 NE Some clouds sprink. of rain. Employed in Store painting &c. Sat 31 60-68 NE Rain. Fair 6 P.M. Employed painting signs &c. JUNE Sun. 1 62-82 SE June 1st Cloudy, Shower 6 P.M. thunder. Attended Meeting in the forenoon. Mon 2 52-66 NW Windy flying clouds. Employed in Store painting &c Hannah Hazeltine began School. Tues 3 41-76 E&S Fair Hazy afternoon. Employed in Store &c. Wed 4 41-81 SW Fair Employed in Store &c Josiah Conant Datr born Thu 5 49-92 SE Fair, clouds in S.W. Employed in Store &c. Daley & Halligan Executed at Northampton for the Murder of Marcus Lion. Fri 6 49-88 SW Fair, cloudy evening. Employed painting Store &c Mrs Pond came in town on visit. Sat 7 62-84 SE Foggy mor. cloudy. fair. Employed painting Store. Sun. 8 66-76 NW Foggy mor. showers to the N. & S. sprink. of rain Thunder. Attended meeting Mr Mason preached. Doct. Hall's horse put in my pasture. Mon 9 64-85 SW Fog. Mor. clear day, Cloudy evening Employed in Store &c Tues. 10 60-82 S Fog. Mor. cloudy most of the day. Employed in Store &c. Peter Penniman died aged 11 years. sore in his head. Senaca Whitney son born Wed 11 68-80 NW Fog. Mor. cloudy, rain 6 P.M. & thunder. Went to J Russell's in forenoon & attended to making Taxes--afternoon attended the funeral of P. Penniman. A Thayer began to set up the new pews in the Meetinghouse. Thur 12 61-83 W Fog. Mor. alternately cloudy & fair Employed making Taxes. At 11 A.M. took survey of Mount Grace and found its Height to be about 650 feet. Fri 13 54-80 NW Cloudy. Fair Employed assessing Taxes at J. Russell's. Francis Leonard 2d son born. Sat 14 481/2-82 NW Fair Employed making Taxes Sun 15 55-61 NW Fog. Mor. Sprinkling of rain Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon. 16 41-71 NW Fair. frost in low land in Mor. Gentle breezes. no clouds till afternoon. Sun Totally Eclipsed at 11 O'Cl. Min. A.M. Employed making taxes in forenoon afternoon attended to the sale of the new pews in the Meeting house. Tues 17 52-74 NW Cloudy Mor. sprink of rain, clear at 9 A.M. then rain from 12 to 2 P.M. Employed in Store &c. This morning went to N. Butler's & took away one of his children that his wife had whiped & abused, & put it to Col. Gouldsbury's to be cloathed & boarded. Wed 18 64-73 NW Shower at 1 O'cl. A.M. Thunder & lightning alternate rain & fair. Employed making Taxes &c Thur 19 50-75 SW Fair, cloudy afternoon Employed in Store &c. Medad Pomeroy Datr born. Fri 20 57-87 SW Cloudy Mor. fair day Thunder and lightning in the eving. sprinkling of rain. Employed in Store &c. John Weeks a son born Sat 21 61-72 SW Fair flying Clouds very high Wind. Employed in Store &c made out, signed & deliver'd the deeds of weight new pews in the Meetinghouse. Sun. 22 58-80 W Very clear. Attended Meeting in the forenoon. Mon. 23 60-91 SW Fair. Windy. Employed in Store &c. Tues 24 70-90 W Fair. hazy evening. Employed in Store &c. Wed 25 64-84 NW Fair. Still. hazzy evening. Employed in Store &c. Thu 26 47-75 NW Fair. Employed in Store &c. Fri. 27 50-65 WNW Clear Mor. cloudy at 12--clear at 5 P.M. Set out on Journey to Boston rode to Westminster & slept there. Jos. Williams datr born Saml Moore 2d Datr born. Sat 28 46-70 NW Fair. continued my Journey, Breakfasted at J Kendalls Leominster dld[?] Major Gardner of Bolton a Letter of notice, of the support of N. Butler's child by the town arived Capt Baldwins Sudbury at 7 P.M. & Tarried Sun. 29 51-88 W Fair, cloudy at sunset. proceeded on to Roxbury - at evening rode to Dorcester & dld[?] a letter to him for J Pratt & returnd. to D. Williams. Mon 30 63-67 SE Cloudy & rain Breakfasted, went to Boston in Stage purchased Goods, & returned to Roxbury at evening. John Stearnes son born JULY Tues 1 60-67 ESE July. Cloudy & rain. Walked to Boston attended to purchasing goods &c return'd to Roxbury at evening Wed 2 62-84 NW Cloudy mor. fair at 8 AM. high winds. Walked to Boston, purchased Goods, loaded team & returned to Roxbury. Receipted Josiah Devenport for 30 dolls rec'd for Jno Pratt which I paid to the Boston Bank. Thurs 3 56-78 W&S Rain Mor. fair At 8 P.M. set out for home, arived at Col. Mayo's (Fitzburg) at 8 P.M. & Tarried. Fri 4 54-75 NW Fair. proceeded on my Journey, saw my Brother at Westminster breakfasted-- rode to Templeton & dined with Mr Brown, -- thence to Orange where a number had collected to celebrate the day, tarried a shot [sic] time & rode home. Sat. 5 52-81 SW Fair. Employed in Store -- unloaded Goods &c &c. Sun. 6 52-84 SW Fair. Brisk air. Attended the common concerns of the day. Doct Hall took horse out of my Pasture. Mon. 7 68-85 S&W Rain. Mor. fair afternoon Employed in Store marking off Goods &c. attend a Meeting of the proprietors of pews, at 6 P.M. spent the evening at S. Ball's making Subscription papers &c &c. Tues 8 57-82 NW Fair. Employed in Store. Began to hay. Wed 9 57-84 NW Fair Employed in Store &c. Thurs 10 58-91 NW Fair. cloudy evening. Employed in Store. Friday 11 60-72 NE&W Cloudy Mor. sprinkling of rain--fair afternoon. Employed in Store &c. Sat 12 57-76 NW Cloudy mor, fair afternoon Employed in Store &c. Sun. 13 58-82 NE Fair. Attended Meeting. Mon. 14 59-86 NE Fair day hazy evening. Employed in Store. Tues 15 58-90 NW Fair day. Employed in Store &c Wed 16 58-83 NW Fair day. cloudy evening. Employed in Store &c. Thu 17 55-95 SW Hazy. Employed in Store & getting in Hay. finished haying. Fri 18 64-86 S&E Cloudy. rain at 5 P.M. Employed in Store &c Sat. 19 56-75 N Cloudy & rain. Employed collecting Subscriptions for repairing the Meetinghouse. Harry Pomeroy in town on visit. Sun. 20 58-78 NW Fair. Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 21 56-78 N Fair. showers & Thunder at 3 P.M. Employed in Store & attending Meeting of the proprietors of pews in the Meetinghouse Began to reap grain. Tues 22 58-70 N Cloudy & some rain Employed in aranging & recording Subscriptions Notes &c for repairing Meetinghouse. Wed 23 52-76 NW Flying clouds, sprink of rain at 3 PM. Employed in Store &c. Thu 24 54-80 NW Fair. Flying clouds Employed building an Arch for wash house &c Fri 25 56-82 NW Fair. Employed in Store &c. Sat 26 60-88 SW Fair cloudy evening. Employed in Store &c. Mr Abraham Howe & wife in town on visit. Sun. 27 62-80 SW Fair forenoon, rainy afternoon. Attended Meeting. Doct Hall went to Mr Pomeroy's to board. Mon. 28 60-85 SW Fair showers at eving. Employed in Store. Tues. 29 61-79 S Foggy mor. showery. Employed in Store Wed. 30 56-60 SE Cloudy & Rain. Employed in Store Thur. 31 55-67 E Rain mor. fair 2 PM. Employed in Store AUGUST Fri 1 50-79 NE Fair forenoon Hazy towards night Employed in Store. Doct. E. Hall took Deed of P Metcalf's farm $860,~~ Sat 2 57-64 S Cloudy, rain & mist. Employed in Store &c. Sun. 3d 55-75 NW Fair brisk winds. Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon. 4 55-80 NW Fair. Employed in Store in forenoon the afternoon & evening at S. Ball's on the Meetinghouse Commitee for letting out the carpenter work, and adjourned to tomorrow evening--- Tues. 5 56-71 S Rain in forenoon fair afternoon Employed in Store &c. in evening attended at S. Ball's on Meetinghouse Commitee & let the carpenter work of the Meetinghouse to C Stearnes for the consideration of $160,~~ Wed. 6 60-84 NW Fog. Mor. fair day. attended in company with Isaac Hastings & C Stearnes to look out boards and Clapboards for the Meetinghouse at the Sawmills in the south part of the town. Afternoon & evening made articles of Agreement with the Meetinghouse Commitee & Calvin Stearnes. Rec'd notice from David Whitaker and Joshua Green Esqr of Wendell to attend at the house of Col. James Goldsbury to hear the evidence of sd Goldsbury & wife on a cause pending between the towns of Warwick & Wendell on the 15th of Aug @ 10 A.M. Thu 7 66-89 NW Foggy mor. Fair day. Went to Northfield in mor. to see J Barret Esqr respecting a cause, pending between the towns of Warwick & Wendell returnd at 3 P.M. Calvin Stearnes & Joel Hastings began to make preparations to new cover the Meetinghouse. Fri 8th 68-84 NW Cloudy slight showers. Went to B. Tuel's in the mor. selected & measured off boards &c for meetinghouse return'd at 1 P.M. --- at 5 went to Asa Conants Mill & purchased boards &c for Meetinghouse. Sat 9 65-73 NW Fair Went to Isaac Rabbese's Mill in the mor. selected 1000 feet boards for Meetinghouse return'd at 1 P.M. Joel Hastings moved into Doct. Hall's house. sun. 10 50-74 NW Fair. Attended Meeting. Mon. 11 55-79 W. Fair. Employ in Store &c Tues. 12 50-82 S Hazy Went to Jacob Riche's, John Whitney's &c return'd @ 1 P.M. & attended to Store &c. Wed 13 62-69 SW&W Cloudy mist & rain--Fair at 4 P.M. Went to Chs Rich's Mill in the morning to Select Lumber returned @ 11 AM. & attended to Store &c. Thu 14 59-84 NW Cloudy mor. fair day. Went to Chas Rich's Mill measured & load of lumber & returned -- attended to Store Fri 15 67-78 NW Fair Mor. Shower 2 P.M. About 10 A.M. went to Col. Goldsbury's in company with J. Barrett And O Dickinson Esqrs of Northfield -- S.C. Allen Esqr of N. Salem, Joshua Gun Esqr & David Whiticar of Wendell to take the depositions of sd Goldsbury & Wife, on an Action pending between the towns of Warwick & Wendell -- returned to Stephen Ball's at 4 P.M. & took a number of depositions on the same case. Sat. 16 62-84 SW Fair mor cloudy evening. still Employed in Store &c. Sun. 17 60-83 SW Fair. Still. Attended meeting & other neccessary concerns. Mon. 18 57-75 NW Fair. Employed in Store. My mother, wife & Benja Hazeltine went to Westminster on visit. Tuesday 19 47-70 W Fair mor. cloudy afternoon & Sprinkling of rain Employ'd in Store in forenoon, afternoon went to T. Hurd's to see Charles, who having gone there to stay in his mothers absence was taken sick. Wed 20 58-77 NW Cloudy mor. rain. fair Employed in Store &c. Exhibition at N. Salem Thu 21 60-80 SW Cloudy sprink of rain Employed in Store &c Fri 22 65-82 W Fair sprinkling rain at noon. Employ'd in Store &c. Doct Hall returned from J. Pomeroys to board with me. Sat 23 68-78 SW Clouds & Showery. Employ'd in Store &c. Sun 24 59-63 NE Cloudy Strong wind. Attended meeting & other neccessary concerns. Mon 25 52-79 NW Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues. 26 54-84 S Fair Employ'd in Store and burning over Land. Wed 27 58-76 NW Fair. Employ'd in Store &c Thu 28 45-78 N Fair. Employ'd in Store &c. Fri 29 47-80 SW Light clouds Employ'd in Store. Sat 30 52-83 SW Fog. Mor. Fair day. Employ'd in Store &c Benja Conant 2d Datr born. Sun 31 62-81 W Fog mor. fair day--sprink. of rain at 6 P.M. Attended to the common occurences of the day. Wid. Stone died at Jona Davis'. Aged 83 years A Child of Joel Hastings aged 8 months died at 6 PM. Colera infassteur[?] SEPTEMBER 1806 Mon. 1 62-78 SW Cloudy day rain Evening. Employ'd in Store &c. Tues 2 68-75 SE Cloudy, rain. Employ'd in Store. Wed. 3 58-54 NW Rain. Employ'd in Store. Thurs 4 49-74 NW Fair. Employ'd in Store in forenoon--in afternoon went to C. Rich's Mill after Stuff for Meetinghouse Fri 5 53-62 SE Cloudy. Employ'd at the Meetinghouse & Store. Sat 6 51-75 NW Fair Employ'd in Store painting book case &c. Palmer Whitney's Datr Born. Sun. 7 60-76 NW Alternate, clouds & fair. Attended Meeting. Mon. 8 61-76 SW Cloudy, fair afternoon Employ'd at the Meetinghouse & Store. Training of the Militia James Ormes Datr Born Tues. 9 60-82 NW Fair--Shower in the even. Employed at the Meetinghouse Messrs Sawyer of Templeton & Kendall of Athol killed by Lightning at the house of Mr. E. French in Templeton. Mr King of Winchester began to paint Meetinghouse. Widow Moore Died of old age. --- aged 89 Wed 10 46-58 NW Fair. Employ'd at Meetinghouse. Thurs 11 33-70 NW Frost, Fair day, hazy evening. Employed at the Meetinghouse Fri 12 51-56 SW Rain Employ'd in Store &c. Sat 13 62-73 NW Shower at 4 A.M. fair day. Employed in Store &c Sun. 14 48-70 Vart. Fair Still. Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day Mon. 15 46-78 NW Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 16 50-78 SW Fair. Employ'd in Store Wed. 17 60-82 NW Fair Still. Employ'd in Store Mr Cannon Married to Mis Polly Fuller. Thurs. 18 57-83 SW Fair. Employed in Store Fri 19 62-82 SW Foggy mor. Fair. Showers Employ'd Sewing Rye, in Store &c. Sat 20 57-74 S Cloudy. Emp. in Store--afternoon assisted the Militia officers to prepare Cartridges for the General Muster. Sun. 21 64-80 SW Alternate Clouds & fair. Employ'd in the common occurences of the day. Saml Cobb in Town on visit. Mon. 22 58-75 NW Some clouds Attended to Store &c. Jonas Hastings child still born Tues. 23 38-76 NW Fair. Went to Orange in company with C. Lyman & N. G. Stevins and appraised some Land the property of Jos. Fuller to satisfy on Execution $ c in favour of the Widow Johnson of 186.47 Wed. 24 36-77 NW Fair. Attended to Store &c. Thurs 25 48-63 NW Cloudy Sprink of rain in the afternoon Went to A Conants sawmill in the morning. at 3 P.M. set out for N. Salem where I arived at 6 P.M. & slept at Landlord Doty's Fri 26 - - NE Cloudy & rain. General Muster at N. Salem where I attended to the duty of Quartermaster Serjant & Tarried over night. Sat. 27 58-69 NW Clouds, fair. Rode from N. Salem home in company with Asa Thayer. attended to Store &c. the remainder of the day. Sun. 28 47-66 NW Fair. Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon. 29 37-70 SW Fair mor. cloudy afternoon Attended to the Store &c. Tues 30 54-61 N Rain in the morning. Employ'd in Store &c. OCTOBER 1806 Wed 1st 56-74 SW October Fair Employ'd in Store &c. The young people danced at S. Ball's. Jacob Rich Jr Daughter born. Thurs 2 50-64 NW Fair windy. Went to Dea. Mayo's in the morning--deliverd Joel Mayo $100, to pay to P.D. Richards Boston. Mr. Joel Chandler commenced carrying the Mail from Worcester to Brattleboro' went in succession to Jonas Tower. Fri. 3 38-67 S Fair hazy afternoon. Went to B. Tuels Mill after clapboards for Meetinghouse. Attended to Store, and went to Jonas Hastings at sundown. Sat. 4 55-72 SW Cloudy mor. Fair, high winds. Went to Tuel's mill & to A. Eddy's purchased Clapboards & returned at 11 A.M. attended to Store &c. Mrs. Burnet wife of Harry Burnet died this morning at 5 O Clock. Sun. 5 45-67 NW Fair. Attended Meeting &c. Major Allen's Datr born. Mon 6 41-71 Sw Fair Employ'd in Store &c. Tues 7 41-63 NW Fair. Attended to the Store &c. Wed 8 32-63 SE Fair. Employ'd in Store Eliphaz & Arad Pomeroy came in town on visit. Thurs. 9 45-64 SW Fair Employ'd in Store &c Fri 10 40-52 NW Fair Employ'd in Store &c. Sat. 11 34-56 SE Cloudy. Employ'd in Store &c Sun. 12 54-67 S Cloudy sprink of rain at Noon rainy eving Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon. 13 64-58 S&W Rain in Mor. clear in Afternoon. Employ'd in Store &c. Tues.14 43-56 NW Fair. Employ'd in Store making Deed from J. Ormsbee of his farm to Stephen Johnson. sold for $725,~ Wed 15 34-54 NW Some clouds Emp. in Store in forenoon on Visit to Doct Pomeroy's in the afternoon Thurs. 16 32-48 NW Fair Employ'd in Store &c Frid 17 29-46 NW Fair. Employ'd in Store &c Sat 18 29-54 NW Cloudy Employ'd in Store,and at Jna March's plating sheet lead for Meetinghouse Sun. 19 37-53 NW Fair Set out at 11 A.M. for Boston rode to Westminster tarried at my Brothers. Edw'd Alexander of Boston died Mon. 20 30-55 NW Fair. Continued my Journey in company with my Brother Slept at Capt. Baldwin's of Sudbury. Tues. 21 29-58 NW Fair. Continued my Journey & arived at D. Williams Roxbury at 12 O.Clock, took the Stage & went to Boston in the afternoon returned at evening and slept at D. Williams. John Ormsbee removed from Warwick to Shoreham. Wed. 22 29-52 NE Fair. Went to Boston this mor. purchased Goods &c. returned to Roxbury & slept at D. Williams. Thurs. 23 28-50 NE Fair Went to Boston attended to purchasing Goods &c. returned to Roxbury & slept at D. Williams. Fri 24 31-51 NE Cloudy Mor. Went to Boston loaded my teams & returned to Roxbury-- Supped at Saml Mayo's -- return'd to D. Williams spent the evening in company with Mr Reed & Wife and tarried. Sat 25 30-59 NE Fair. Set out for home this Mor. arived at Col. Mayo's in Fitzburg at 8 P.M. and tarried. Sun. 26 35-68 NW Fair. Continued my Journey and arived home at 7 P.M. found my father sick with a fever had been confined 5 days. Mon. 27 38-67 SW Cloudy Afternoon. attended to the Store & unloaded Goods Just arived from Boston. Tues. 28 43-68 SW Hazy. Employ'd in Store opening Goods &c. Wed. 29 55-54 NW Hazy. Employ'd in Store &c. Thur 30 37-42 NW Cloudy began to Snow at 7 A.M. fell 8 inches. Attended to Store &c. Fri 31 31-47 NW Fair. Employ'd in Store &c NOVEMBER 1806 Sat 1 27-42 NW November 1st Fair Cloudy. Employ'd in Store &c Enos Lincoln & Wife in town on Visit. Sun. 2 26-46 NW Fair Employ'd in the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon. 3 27-44 Fair Attended to Store in the forenoon & to Town meeting for choice of Representative to Congress in the afternoon. the Votes were for the Hon. Saml Taggart 78 Solomon Smead Esqr 66 Tues 4th 21-46 NW Some Clouds. Employ'd in Store &c Doct Swett of Northfield in company with a young Man from Boston dined at my house Abigail Moore Daughter of John Moore died 5 P.M. Jaudice Wed. 5 25-47 W. Fair. pleasant. Employ'd in Store. Thurs 6 28-50 SW Cloudy Employ'd in Store &c Thomas Bancroft a son born Fri 7 42-54 S Rain Attended to my Store. Sat 8th 52-51 NW Showery Attended to Store & cutting Glass in the School house. Sun. 946-67 NW Fair cloudy evening Attended Meeting & waited on Charles A. Newton who under the pretence of studying Physick agreed with Doct Hall to instruct him, but left town in the evening without notice. Mon. 10 32-33 NW cloudy blustering winds Employ'd in Store. Mr Jacobs began School in Center district. Tues. 11 26-38 NW Fair Employ'd in arranging the old Lumber at the Meetinghouse & Selling the Same at Vendue. Wed. 12 32-42 S Cloudy. Employ'd in Store &c. Thurs 13th 30-46 NW Fair. Employ'd in Store &c. Fri 14th 32-43 NW Pleasant. Employ'd in getting home Boards &c from Meetinghouse & in Store --- plastered Store Chamber. Sat 15 31-33 SE Cloudy Snow, hail, rain. Employ'd in Store measuring Boards &c &c. Sun 16 32-32 NW Snow continues Attended to the common occurences of the day Sleighs began to run Mon 17 30-34 NW Cloudy Went to Gill with C. Chase to assist him in Settlement of Copartnership with Job Goodale. Tues 18 24-32 NW Cool Fair Compleated the Settlement with Goodale & Chase about noon and arived home at sundown. Wed 19 22-38 NW Fair Employ'd in Store &c. Thur 20 18-32 NW Fair. Attended to Store---spent the evening at S. Ball's making Town Orders for Minister Money Fri 21 28-40 NW Cloudy spitting of Snow. Employ'd in Store &c. Rec'd information by Mr Bass, that Saml Cobb's wife had a fall from a hore [sic] & so injured that her life was despaired of. Sat 22 24-46 SW Fair pleasant Employ'd in Store in the forenoon --- in the afternoon painting on Meetinghouse This book ends here, it is not bound and thus pages are missing. JANUARY 1808 Fri 1 Squals of Snow The Ground hard frozen & covered with a little Snow & hail. Employed in Store -- had company in the evening. Sat 2 Cold & Fair Employed in Store & repairing the School house windows &c. Sun. 3 Snow & cold Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon. 4 Cold, flying clouds, windy. Employed in Store &c Master Woods began School Mr. Smith began Singing School. Tues 5 Very cold morning & Fair. Employed in Store, & assisting to sled wood. Wed 6 Cloudy, little snow. Employed in Store &c. Mrs. Haven Died dropsey aged 40 years Thurs. 7 Fair cloudy evening. Employed in store &c Wm Woodcock [space left] born Wm Nurse & Ruth Robbins Married Fri 8 Snow from N. & N.E. Employed in Store preparing a load for Boston. Sat 9 Fair. Employed in Store &c Sun 10 Fair Attended Meeting &c Mr. _______ Gale & Clarisa Bancroft Married. Mon. 11 Foggy mor. Snow in the afternoon. Employed in Store. Tues. 12 Foggy mor. pleasant. Attended to Store repairing Cutter &c. Daniel Gale Daughter born Wed 13 Fair cool. Employed in Store, painting sleigh &c. John Goodell died Lung fever aged -- 68 Thurs. 14 Snow, much drifted. Employed in Store &c. Fri 15 Windy, fair. Employed in Store &c Sat. 16 Fair Attended to Store &c Josiah Rawson Died aged [blank] Sun 17 Fair, cloudy evening. Attended to the necessary occurences of the day. Bunyan Penniman son Born. Mon. 18 Rain, Attended to Store &c. Tues 19th Fair. Employed in Store. Wed. 20 Cold Fair. Attended to Store &c Thurs 21 Cold, Fair, cloudy Afternoon. Employed in Store -- went to Nath Leonards & bought a cow----$18,~~ Fri 22 Fair very pleasant. Employed in Store &c---- Sat 23 Rain, Employed in Store Sun 24 Cloudy Attended Meeting. Mon. 25 Cold- Fair. Attended to Store bought C 7.0 [?] Flower of J Willson & J Treadway of Shoreham at $4 per CWt. Mr. Flag gave a funeral sermon in the Meetinghouse, on the death of Capt N. Gale who was drowned at Sea. Tues 26 Fair Employed in Store &c. Elliot Rawson's [blank space] Died aged -- Wed 27 Cloudy little rain. Attended to Store &c. Thurs 28 Cloudy Employed in Store. Fri 29 Fair Attended to Store, loaded team for Boston &c Sat 30 Fair Employed in Store. Doct. Lerned & Wife & doct. Hall & Wife visited us. Capt Jona Gale died aged 55 years Dropsey. Sun. 31 Fair, & Very pleasant, the Ground bare in many places. Attended Meeting. February Mon. 1 Cloudy, rain Employed in Store &c Wm Burnet Jr'[?] Son born Asahel Hayford of Champlain, N.Y. & Esther Cobb of Warwick Married Tues. 2 Flying clouds. Employed in Store in the forenoon, and attended the Funeral of Capt. Jona Gale at the Metinghouse [sic] in the afternoon. Mr. Solomon Reed of Petersham died Wed 3 Fair hazy afternoon. Attended to Store &c Thurs 4 Cloudy, Snow. Employed in Store. and in the evening at S. Ball with Meetinghouse Commitee in the arangments [sic] of Accounts &c. Fri 5 Cloudy, Moderate Employed in Store. Sat 6th Cloudy, moderate. Employed in Store &c. Sun 7th Cloudy rain & Snow Employed in Store &c. Mon 8 Cloudy Employed in Store Tues 9 Snow. Employed in Store. Wed 10 Cloudy Employed in Store. visited at Mr Hurd's in the evening. Thur 11 Cloudy. Employed in Store &c. Wm Haward moved into town from Paxton. Fri 12 Fair, pleasant. Employed in Store &c Calvin Howard Removed from Warwick to Paxton. Sat. 13 Fair. Went to Northfield purchased Hats of Mr Swan returned and found Wm. Hodges at my house, who lived in Litchfield N.Y. Sun. 14 little Snow & rain. Attended meeting Mr. Mason preached Mon. 15 Cold flying clouds. Attended to Store &c. Tues 16 Fair. Employed in Store &c. Wed 17 Cloudy. Employed in Store &c Vendue of O Bass Horses on Execution Thus 18 Fair Employed in Store &c Fri 19 Fair. Employed in Store &c. Calvin Nash & Wife came to my house on Visit. Sat 20 Cloudy Snow P.M. Set out for Boston traveled to my brothers at Westminster and Tarried. Sun. 21 Fair Continued my Journey, arived at S. Wilder's Store, about 6 P.M. & tarried Mon 22 Cloudy, cool. Proceeded on my Journey, arived at Roxbury 1 P.M. walked to Boston attended at the Theatre in the evening, returned to Roxbury & slept at D. Williams. Tues. 23 Fair, cold. Went to Boston attended to purchase Goods &c. returned to Roxbury at evening & slept at D. Williams. Wed 24 Fair, cloudy Went to Boston, attended to purchasing Goods selling pork &c -- loaded team -- returned to Roxbury & Slept at D Williams Thurs 25 Fair, cool. Set out for home, traveled to Leominster & slept at ___ Hills' Fri 26 Cold & Blustering. Continued my Journey & arived home at 5 P.M. Sat 27 Cloudy Attended to unloading goods &c &c. Sun. 28 Cloudy. Attended to the necessary occurences of the day. Mon 29 Fair Employed in Store This evening about eleven O'Clock John Moor's house, together with all its contents was consumed by fire: The family but just excaping [sic] with their lives. MARCH Tues 1 March 1st 1808. Cloudy. Employed in Store &c. Wed 2 Fair. Attended to Store &c Thurs 3 Fair, hazy afternoon. Employed in Store in the forenoon, in the afternoon at Stephen Ball in business with the Selectmen. Fri 4th Fair, pleasant. Employed in Store &c Sat 5th Fair, Cloudy, cooler. Employed in Store &c Sun 6 Fair, windy, cold. Attended Meeting Mon. 7 Fair, warm. Attended Town Meeting. made Choice of J. Russell J Alwood Saml Ball } Selectmen & Assessors. Doct. E. Hall Town Clerk Wm Cobb Jr Town Treasurer Thomas Mallard Constable & Collector Tues 8 Cloudy, Snow. Employed in Store &c Asa Thayer's Son born. Wed 9 Fair Employed in Store --- in the evening at the Schoolhouse attending to the rehersal of a Tragedy that is calculated to be spoken at a future day. Thurs 10 S. W Cloudy snow & rain Attended to Store in forenoon -- in the afternoon and evening with the Selectmen at S. Ball's Fri 11 Cloudy Attended to Store &c Sat 12 Fair, Attended to Store &c. Sun 13 Fair, pleasant. Attended to necessary occurences of the day. Mon 14 Rain & Snow Employed in Store & at evening at S. Ball to a School District meeting. Tues 15 Fair pleasant. Attended to Store &c J Wood finished School in Center dist. Wed 16 Cloudy, Snow & rain. Employed in Store &c Thurs 17 Fair Attended to Store Fri 18 Fair cloudy warm Employed in Store &c Sat 19 Cloudy. Attended to Store &c Sun. 20 Snow & rain. Attended to the necessary occurences of the day. Mon 21 Fair. Employed in Stilling Spt Wine &c [???] Tues 22 Fair. Employed in Store &c. Wed 23 Fair. Employed in Store &c Thurs 24 Rain. Employed in Store &c in forenoon in the afternoon with Commitee settling Treasurer affairs. Fri 25 Fair Employed in Store &c Sat 26 Fair Employed in Store &c Sun 27 Fair pleasant Employed in the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon 28 Fair. Attended to Store &c Tues 29 Cold Fair attended to preparing the Meeting house for an exhibition. Wed 30 Fair. Employed at the Meetinghouse &c. Thurs 31 Cloudy rain & snow. Employed in making preparation for & attending to an Exhibition at the Meetinghouse. The afternoon was spent in speaking dramatick pieces & the evening in performing the Tragedy of the "London Merchant" or "The ruin of George Barnwell." the house was very full & the performances met with applause. APRIL Fri 1 Attended to clearing out the Meetinghouse &c &c. Sat 2 Fair Employed in Store &c Mrs. Mallard wife of Mr John Mallard died aged 73 years. Capt Charles Rich son born Sun. 3 Snow & rain Attended Meeting Doct. E. Hall's Daughter born Mon 4th Cloudy fair Employed in Store & at Town Meeting for choice of Governor &c For Gov. {Christopher Gore. James Sullivan " Lt Gov. {David Cobb Levi Lincoln Tues 5 Cloudy some rain. Employed in Store and attending on my Wife who was under the influence of Nervous affections &c Wed 6 Fair, moderate Employed in Store &c Thurs 7 Fair Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day. Public Fast Fri 8th Fair Employed in Store &c Sat 9 Fair. Employed in Store &c. Sun 10 Fair Windy Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon. 11 Cloudy, Snow & Rain. Employed posting books &c Abraham Howe & family removed from Warwick to Dorcester. Tues 12 Cloudy, Fair Employed posting Books Wed 15th Fair Employed in Store taking account of Stock &c Thurs 14 Fair. Employed taking Account of Stock. Fri 15 Fair. Employed taking account of Stock &c Sat 16 Cloudy - rain. Finished taking Account of Stock. Sun 17 Cloudy Rain Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon. 18th Fair Attend to diging Stones & clearing Mowing land. Tues 19 Cloudy some rain Attended to Store &c. Wed 20 Fair. Employed in Store &c Thurs 21 Fair Windy Employed on farm & in the Store Fri 22 Fair Employed in Store, & on farm Sat 23 Fair. Set out for Boston in company with Asa Thayer rode to Leominster & tarried at J Hills Sun. 24 Fair, cloudy. proceeded on our Journey and arived at Roxbury at 4 P.M. went to Kimbal Whitneys & Tarried. Mon 25 Cloudy some rain Walked to Boston attended to the purchase of Goods &c. returned to Roxbury & slept at D. Williams Tues 26 Rain. Went to Boston, purchased Goods &c. returned to Roxbury in the Stage & tarried at D. Williams Wed 27 Fair. Went to Boston purchased Goods &c returned to Roxbury & slept at D. Williams. Thurs 28 Fair warm. Attended to Loading my team in Boston and returned to Roxbury & slept at Williams. Obadiah Bass Jr Son born Fri 29 Fair Very warm Set out on my Journey for home rode to Fitzburg & slept at Col. Mayo's On my way, called on the Selectmen of Sudbury & gave notice in writing the E. Lawrence had become poor & wanted assistance. Sat 30 Fair pleasant Rode 3 Miles to my brother's in Westminster, breakfasted & proceeded on my Journey -- arived home at 3 P.M. MAY Sun. 1 Fair, Warm. Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon 2 Fair Employed in Store in the forenoon attended town meeting in the afternoon for the choice of Representative & chose Ebenr Williams & Josiah Cobb to represent the town of Warwick & district of Orange. Tues 3 Fair Attended to Store &c Saml Cobb & wife from Westminster arived about noon Wed 4 Cloudy fair. Attended to Store &c Thurs 5 Fair, cloudy rain Employed in Store &c Jona Jackson [blank space] born Fri 6 Rain in Mor. Fair Attended to Store &c. Sat 7 Cloudy rain Attended to Store &c Sun 8th Fair Attended Meeting Mon 9 Fair, Windy. Attended to Store & making road thro' my pasture to my ploughfield Tues 10 Fair. Attended to making Garden &c Wed 11 Cloudy. Employed in Store &c. Thurs 12 Cloudy rain. Attended to Store &c &c Fri 13 Cloudy. Attended to Store &c Sat 14 Cloudy Rain Attended to Store &c Sun 15 Cloudy Sprink of rain Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon. 16 Fair. Attended to Store, ploughing &c. Tues 17 Fair Attended to Store, ploughing laying wall &c. Wed. 18 Hazy. Attended planting, Store &c Jacob Rich Jr Son born Thurs 19 Fair, warm Attended repairing fences &c &c. Mr. Wetherby & Wife in town on visit from Bridport Vt. Fri 20 Some clouds. Attended to Store &c Josiah Pomeroy Jr. & family removed from Rutland Vt to Warwick. Sat 21 Cloudy Went to Tully to look at the Land I had sold to L. Atherton & agreed to take a part of it back again --- Employed in Store in the afternoon Sun 22 Rain. Attended meeting &c. Mon 23 Fair Employed in Store &c Tues 24 Cloudy, Sprink of Rain Wed 25 Cloudy & rain Employed in Store &c. Thurs. 26 Cloudy. Went to Winchester and gave Bonds with Saml Fay for the preformance of making a piece of Turnpike Road in town of Richmond. Fri 27 Fair. Employed in Store &c. Sat 28 Rain. Employed in Store &c. Sun. 29th Cloudy & some rain. Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day. No meeting, Mr. Reed absent. Mon 30 Fair. Employed posting books, &c. Took Doct. Halls Cow to pasture. David Bishop son born. Tues 31 Fair. Employed in Store &c JUNE Wed 1 Fair. Windy. Employed in Store &c. Thurs 2 Fair. Employed in Store &c. Fri 3 Fair - warm. Employed painting Knapsacks &c Sat 4 Fair, very warm. Employed making Knapsacks &c Nathan Leonard's Daughter Born Sun 5th Fair, Hazy Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon 6 Fair Very Warm Showers. heat 95 deg. Empld in painting Knapsacks &c. Tues 7 Fair Showers. Painted Knapsacks &c. In the afternoon employed with a number of the inhabitants of the town in removing the funeral Carriage house & Burying yard Wall. Wed 8 Fair Attended to Store &c &c Thurs 9 Fair. attended to Store in forenoon -- to starting out & Straightening the Road from S. Ball's to B. Pennimans Fri 10 Fair. painted Knapsacks &c &c. Sat. 11 Fair. painted Knapsacks in forenoon worked at the Road in the afternoon S. Lesure Son born Sun. 12 Cloudy rain. Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon. 13 Cloudy mor, fair Attended to making Knapsacks &c Tues. 14 Fair Employed painting Knapsacks &c Major Hoyt inspected the town Stores & found them complete. Wed 15 Fair Attended to painting Knapsacks &c. Thurs 16 Cloudy mor. fair Employed in Store &c Fri 17 Fair cloudy, warm. Employed painting Sign &c Sat 18 Rain. Employed painting sign &c Sun 19th Cloudy fair Attended Meeting Mon 20 Fair Went to C Rich's Mill brot. home 2 Loads timber began to frame an addition to my barn Francis Leonard 2d Son born. Tues 21 Fair warm. Attended to Store &c. E. Hayden son born. Wed 22 Fair Employed in Store &c Capt. Goulds Company Trained & all with new painted Knapsacks. Saml Lesure's child died aged 11 days Thurs 23 Fair very warm. rain in evining. [sic] Employed in Store &c Fri 24 Rain in mor. Fair P.M. Attended to Store &c Sat. 25 Fair Employed finishing off my Barn. Sun 26 Fair. Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon. 27 Fair. Employed in Store &c. Tues. 28 Fair mor. cloudy P.M. Set out for Boston, rode to J. Pinks' (Bolton) & Tarried. Wed. 29 Fair. Proceeded on my Journey & arived at Mrs. Burnell's (Roxbury) 3 P.M. & tarried. Thurs. 30 Fair Walked to Boston, recd $51,48 from the State Treasury for the Town of Warwick. purchased Goods &c &c. returned to Roxbury at evening & Tarried. JULY Fri. 1 Fair & very warm Went to Boston, purchased goods, Loaded team &c returned to Roxbury & set out for home at 6 P.M. rode to Capt Baldwin's Sudbury & Tarried. Sat. 2d Cloudy. Continued my journey & arived home at 11 P.M. Sun. 3d Cloudy & Mist Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon. 4 Cloudy little Rain. Employed in Store &c Tues 5th Fair. Employed in Store opening new goods &c Wed 6th Fair. Employed in Store &c Began haying Thurs 7th Fair Attended to Store, haying &c. Fri 8 Cloudy mor. fair. Employed in Store haying &c. Amos Marsh's Son Born Sat 9th Cloudy, rain. Attended to Store, work on Barn &c. J Robbinson's Daughter born Sun. 10 Cloudy, showery. Attended meeting in the afternoon Mon 11 Cloudy & Showery. Employed in Store &c. Tues 12 Fair. This morning between the hours of twelve & one, we were alarmed by the form of a person in white, at the window that appeared to wish to get into the house, - This was first discovered by my Mother who slept in a room alone, She gave the alaram by which I was awaked. I leaped from my bed in hast, found my Mother a terible fright, and was directed by her to the door, I opened it, steped out & to my great surprise, saw a human form with arms extended in a white undress & light cap, hastily advancing at about 15 feet distance, my fears forbid a retreat, and I rushed forward with courageous fear, and clenched the extended arms, which were colder than death; my surprise still increasing a horrible screach pierced my soul. I then with a fortitude I cannot account for, exclaimed "who is this," and was answered in a voice firce [sic] and loud, "It is I," "It is I." I then discovered by a candle that it was my sister, who for several months had been in a low state of health & not able to walk without assistance, and who had a few days before been carried to a neighbouring house, a little more than a quarter of a mile distance, for the purpose of taking new air, & diverting her mind with new objects, but had stolen from her bed & the person who slept with her. She opened three doors without being discovered, make her excape[sic], & walked home. I found her in a state of wild delerium. I then opened a bed, put hot flannels to her feet & soon brot' on a free perspiration. Wed 13 Fair warm Employed in Store &c Thurs. 14 Fair very warm. Attended to Store &c. Fri 15 Fair & warm. Employed in Store &c. Sat 16 Fair & very Warm Employed making Tax Warrants returns &c for the Assessors. Sun. 17 Fair & warm showers at a distance Attended the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 18 Fair Employed in Store &c. Tues. 19 Fair, cloudy afternoon. Attended to Store &c Wed 20 Fair Employed in Store &c Thurs 21 Fair Attended to Store &c. Friday 22 Cloudy little rain Attended to Store &c Sat 23 Employed in Store Sun 24 Fair, showers P.M. Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon. 25 Cloudy, Fair. Employed in Store, posting books &c Tues 26 Cloudy. Employed in Store &c. Wed. 27 Fair. Employed in Store Thurs 28 Cloudy. Employed in Store &c Fri 29th Cloudy rain. Employed in Store &c. Sat 30 Rain, Fair. Employed in Store &c. Sun 31. Fair, windy. Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day. AUGUST Mon 1 AUGUST Fair. Employed in Store writing &c. Tues 2d Fair Employed writing introduction to a collection of Music for J.C. Ball Wed 3 Fair, warm Employed writing &c. Mr [blank space] Howe moved into town, onto Abraham Howe's farm. Thurs 4 Fair, very warm Employed posting & costing Books. Fri 5 Flying clouds, windy. Attended to Store &c Sat 6 Fair & very agreeable day. Employed costing books. Sun. 7 Fair Windy Attended to the common occurences of the day Mon. 8 Cloud, mor. Fair Employed in Store &c Tues 9 Cloudy Fair Employed in Store &c Wed 10 Fair. attended to Store &c. Thurs. 11 Fair Attended to Store &c. Nathan Ball's Son Born Fri 12 Fair, hazy evening. warm Employed in Store &c in the forenoon Burned over a piece of land in the afternoon Sat. 13 Cloudy warm Employed in Store preparing Medicines &c Sun. 14 Cloudy, rain. Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon 15 Fair Employed in Store &c Tues 16 Fair -- frost in low places. Employed in Store &c Wed 17 Fair. Attended to Store &c Thurs 18 Fair, Cloudy. Attended to Store in forenoon & with the Selectmen in the afternoon Fri 19 Cloudy. Attended to Store -- in the evening at Doct Hall's with Selectmen regulating the Jury Boxes -- according to a new law passed March 12th 1808. Sat 20 Fair Employed in Store making a new Letter Box &c. Sun 21 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day & attended Meeting. Mon 22 Fair Employed in Store &c. Tues 23 Cool -- Fair Employed in Store &c. Wed 24 Fair Attended to Store &c. Thurs 25 Warm, fair, dry. Attended to Store &c in forenoon with C. Mayo Esqr writing for him in the afternoon. Fri 26 Fair Employed in Store &c Sat 27 Fair Attended posting books &c. Sun 28 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon. 29 Fair Attended to Store & with my labourers choping & clearing off land. Tues 30 Fair Attended to Store &c. Wed 31 Fair Attended to Store making fence &c &c SEPTEMBER Thurs 1 Fair, Warm. Employed in Store &c Fri 2 Fair, warm. Employed in Store &c Daniel Gale acknowledged that he was indebted to me before Nathan Ball (today or yesterday) Sat 3 Fair, cloudy afternoon. S.W. Employed clearing off burned land, making fence &c. Col. Stearns of Petersham died Sun 4 Cloudy, rain--warm. Attended to the neccessary business of the day. John Woods in town on Visit. Mon. 5 Fair. Employed in Store in forenoon, in the afternoon at Town meeting, when it was Voted to pay to the Militia Officers & Soldiers who should attend the next General Muster at Hadley one dollar each. And also to pitition [sic] the President of the US. to suspend the operation of the Embargo Laws. The Jury boxes were regulated according to the new act. Tues 6 Fair mor. warm, showers in the afternoon. Attended with J Barrett Esqr as attorney and Caleb Lyman as Sheriff - and Caleb Mayo & N.G. Stevens as appraisers to the measuring & setting off Jeremiah William's Land, to satisfy an Execution in favour of Saml Watt of Roxbury, Found 201 Acres which we appraised at $8,50 per Acre. Wed 7 Fair Employed in Store in the forenoon in the afternoon on Jeremiah Williams Land to correct some errors of yesterday. Thurs 8 Fair Attended to Store &c. Fri 9 Fair Employed in Store &c. Sat 10 Employed in Store & attend the meeting fro drawing Jurors when Dea B. Conant & Benjamin Simonds were drawn out of the Box. Sun 11 Fair. Attended Meeting &c. Mon 12 Cloudy Employed in Store -- made a lease of Jacob Rich's Clotbier's works which I hired for one year at $60,~ Tues 13 Fair. warm. Attended to Store &c. Wed 14 Fair. Employed in Store &c. Thurs 15 Fair Employed in Store &c. Fri 16 Cloudy & rain. Employed in Store &c. Sat 17 Rain in forenoon, fair P.M. Employed Making fence &c Sun. 18 Fair. Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon 19 Fair, cloudy, showers in evening Attended to Store &c. Tues 20 Cloudy rain. Employed in Store &c. Wed 21 Cold, windy, Flying clouds. Employed in Store &c. Thurs 22 Flying clouds. Attended to Store &c. Fri 23 Cloudy, fair. Employed in Store &. Sat 24 Cloudy. attended to Store, painting Cockades &c. &c. Saml Cobb & wife, and Mrs. Shumway from Westminster on Visit. Sun 25 Cloudy Attended Meeting in forenoon Harry Pomeroy & wife -- Simeon Stearnes & Wife & _____ White & wife from Roxbury on Visit at Warwick. Mon 26 Cloudy Attended to Store &c. Tues. 27 Fair, cool this morning set out in company with the Militia officers to go to Hadley, to attend a Division Muster, where we arived about 4 O'Clock P.M. In the evening went over the Bridge to Hatfield where one Brigade under command of Gen. Maltley had encamped for the night in war like manner. - returned to Hadley & slept at the quarters which were provided for Warwick & Northfield Companies. Wed 28 Fair & very pleasant This being the day appointed for Mustering the whole Division, consisting of the county of Hampshire, to be embodied & paraded in Hadley Street at 10 O Clock A.M. every neccessary preparation was made for thier reception. Several companies had entered the evening previous, & a number appeared very early in the morning. The several Regiments composing the first Brigade, from the south part of the county entered at the south end of the Street, & marched on to the lines on the east side, occupying one mile in length. The second Brigade at 8 O'Clock A.M. began their march from Hatfield, passed the Bridge over Connecticut River, & entered the town at about 10 O Clock, in a most beautiful & warlike manner. They parraded [sic] on the lines, on the west side of the Street in front of the other Brigade, at about 12 or 15 Rods distance. Gen. Matton who commanded the Division, then made his appearance & reviewed his troops to his great satisfaction. After passing the several evaluations a sham fight commenced in which one Brigade attacked the other on their lines - in which was displayed much activity & order in their different modes of attack -- each Brigade consisted of five Regiments of foot, one Regiment of Artilery & one of Cavalry - the day was fair and every thing appeared to the best advantage. The spectators were extremly civil, and nothing indecent was seen or heard. The day passed in perfect tranquility with out any accident or damage worthy of notice. At 6 P.M. we made our departure & arived at L. Tafts in Montague at 12 O'Clock where we tarried. Thurs 29 Cloudy rain P.M. At 7 AM proceeded on our way home & arrived at 12 O'Clock. Fri 30 Cloudy fair Attended to Store &c. OCTOBER Sat 1 October 1808 Cloudy. Employed in Store &c. Sun 2 Cloudy, some rain. Attended to the common occurences of the day. Jonas Conants Son Born. Mon 3 Cool, Fair, cloudy P.M. Employed at Doct. Pomeroy's writing his Will &c. Tues 4th Cloudy cool morning Employed in the morning with Leml Barnard & Son in showing them House & Land's of J Caldwell which they proposed to hire or purchase. The remainder of the day in riding among my Customers to collect money. Wed 5th Cloudy, rain P.M. Employed in Store -- exchanged Cows with Josiah Smith Thurs 6 Cloudy, rain Employed in Store &c Fri 7 Fair, cloudy Rode to N Watt's in forenoon attended to Store in P.M. Let a Cow to John Holden for one year for $5,~~ Sat 8th Fair, cool morning Employed in Store &c My mother, Wife, Sister, Daughter & Benja Hazeltine set out for Petersham & Belchertown, on a Visit. Sun 9th Fair, cloudy. Attended to the common Occurences of the day. Mon. 10 Cloudy, rain, Fair evening. Employed in Store &c. Tues 11th Fair Employed in Store &c Wed 12 Cloudy rain Employed in Store &c Thurs 13 Cloudy, fair Rode to Jonas Conants, received of him $80,~~ Attended to Store &c General Muster at Winchester. Doct Hall raised his Woodhouse Fri 14 Fair, cool Employed in Store &c Sat 15 Fair Employed Lettering a Sign fro Lewis Lerow & Co. Sun. 16 Cloudy cool Attended Meeting. Mon. 17 Cloudy sprink of Rain P.M. Employed in Store -- rode to A Thayer's & Jonas Hasting's in evening Thus 18 Fair. Employed in Store &c Wed 19 Fair cool. Rode to J Russells in the morning -- attended to Store &c. Thurs 20 Cloudy. Employed in Store in forenoon -- in the afternoon at J. Marsh's -- with B Penniman & E. Knolton appraising his farm to J. Conant & valued at $560.~~ Fri 21 Fair Employed in Store &c. Thomas Tuel died of a fever aged 38 ys Jonas Leonards Jun. Daughter born Sat 22 Cloudy Rain P.M. Employed in Store -- bought a Cow at Vendue the property of Saml Barnes Sold for Taxes @ $11,75 Sun. 23 Foggy Mor. Fair cloudy P.M. Warm Attended to the common Occurences of the day. Mon. 24 Cloudy fair Cool Attended to Store Went to J. Holden's & Wm Lewis' exhanged [sic] Cows with J. Holden Tues 25 Cool. cloudy. Attended to Store &c. Rode to Major Allen's in the evening Wed 26 Fair cloudy. Attended to Store &c. Thurs 27 Fair Went to H. Fuller's in morning bot. a fat Cow -- Went to P. Allen's P.M. with Cattle -- rec'd $300,~ of P. Allen for Cattle & Cash Lent. Fri 28 Cloudy Snow in morning 4 inches Attended to Store &c. Sat. 29 Fair cloudy Went to S Bowman's in mor. attended to Store &c P.M. Sun 30 Fair Attended to the common occurences of the day. Abm. Howe in town S. Bowman & Jos. Whitney from Boston in town on Visit. Mon 31 Fair Set out for Boston in company with A. Thayer -- rode to Leominster and slept at S. Boyden's. NOVEMBER Tues. 1 October 1st 1808 [sic] Fair proceeded on my Journey + arived at Roxbury 7 P.M. Tarried at N.W. Williams Wed 2 Cloudy fair P.M. Walked to Boston, Looked at goods made payments on old sales &c. returned to Roxbury & slept at N.W.W's Thurs 3 Cloudy Walked to Boston, attended to purchasing Goods &c return'd to Roxbury & slept at N.W. Williams. Fri 4 Cloudy Fair Walked to Boston, attend to loading my Teams, settling Bills &c &c returned to Roxbury & slept at N.W.W's Sat 5 Fair Walked to Boston finished the settlement of my Bills &c returned to Roxbury at 2 P.M. dined, settled my bill & set out for home at 5 P.M. -- rode to Sudbury & slept at Capt Baldwin's Sun. 6 Fair, Cloudy. Proceeded on my journey, rode to Westminster & Tarried with my brother Mon. 7 Fair Continued my Journey -- rec'd of John Lamb of Gerry $40, left with him by Noah Bates, which I was to transmit to Joshua Atwood of Warwick -- arived home at 3 P.M. Attended town meeting for the choice of Representative to congress Votes for Saml Taggart 78 for Solomon Smead 52. Tues 8 Cloudy Went to A Thayer's Store in the Mor. & made division of some goods which we had purchased together -- returned at 12 P.M. unloaded my Goods &c [note this page is finally labeled Nov. 1808] Wed 9th Cloudy Employed opening Goods &c Thurs. 10 Cloudy. Employed in Store &c. Fri 11 Cloudy Attended to Store &c. O Bass Jr employed rebuilding a porch on the south side of my house Sat 12 Cloudy Employed in Store &c Saml Cobb came from Westminster with a Waggon - which I was to sell & make payment to Joel Whiting of Roxbury Sun 13 Cloudy, rain, Attended to the concerns of the day. Mon. 14 Fair attended to Store &c. Tues 15 Snow & rain Employed in Store &c. Wed 16 Fair. Employed in Store &c Thurs 17 Fair Employed in Store &c John L. Wade a trancient person who boarded with John Marsh forged a note against him & sold it to Daniel Goodell for a horse Marsh became acquainted with the matter, before Wade was aware of it -- took him before C. Mayo and J Metcalf Esqrs who put him under bond for $400, to appear at the next Supreme Court & answer for his conduct Fri 18 Fair Attended to Store &c Sat 19 Fair Attended to Store &c Sun 20 Cloudy Snow & Rain Attended Meeting Mon 21 Fair cool Employed in Store making barnyard fence &c Tues 22 Cloudy some rain Employed in Store Wed 23 Fair Attended to Store &c Thurs 24 Fair, flying clouds, cold Employed finishing horsestable, in Store &c. Fri 25 Fair mor. cloudy P.M. Attended to Store &c Sat 26 Cold blustering Employed building Shed &c &c Saml Mayo son died aged 5 month Sun 27 Fair, pleasant Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon. 28 Cloudy Moderate. Employed in Store &c Shooting Match Tues 29 Fair Attended to Store &c. Wed 30 Fair, warm. Employed in Store &c. DECEMBER Thursday 1 Pleasant warm but little frost in the Ground - little rain at evening Employed in the common Occurences of the day. Mrs. [blank space] Cook, wife of Daniel Cook Died aged Fri 2 Cloudy, Rain & Snow P.M. Attended to Store &c. The two Companies of Militia met for the purpose of detaching [blank] Men to stand in readiness to march at a moments warning to the defence of the US. Sat 3 Cloudy, Rain. Employed in Store in forenoon, in the afternoon attended the funeral of Mrs. Cook. Sun. 4 Rain mor. fair P.M. Attended to the concerns of the day. Mon. 5 Squally weather. Attended to Store &c. Loaded a Waggon for Boston -- Spent the evening at Stephen Ball's. Tues 6 Flying Clouds. Employed in Store -- Attend to the Vendue of _____ Umstead's property at S. Ball's Wed 7 Fair. Attended to Store &c Thurs 8 Fair Employed in Store &c Fri 9 Fair. Employed in Store &c Sat 10 Fair and pleasant. Employed in Store &c Sun. 11 Cloudy, rain. Attended Meeting. Mon. 12 Cloudy Went Saml Melendy's in the morning, and took a deed of his Farm -- attended to Store &c - in the evening met with Creditors of Samuel Melendy at Stephen Ball's for the purpose of settlement -- when I agreed to give a Bond to pay the several sums due to each creditor when I could sell the Land he had deeded me. Sum $510,~~ & to the Bank $300,~~ Saml Mayo's Wife died aged Consumption Tues 13 Fair cloudy. Employed in Store &c Wed 14 Fair Employed in Store in mor. The remainder of the day in transcribing Accounts for B. Carter Thurs 15 Fair Employed in Store &c Fri 16 Fair, cloudy evening Attended to Store &c Sat 17 Fair pleasant Employed in Store &c. Sun 18 Snow & Rain cold Attended to the necessary business of the day. Mon. 19 Rain. Attended to Store &c. Tues 20 Fair, windy flying clouds. Employed in Store &c. Wed 21 Fair cloudy evening little snow. Employed in Store &c -- in the evening cut up my pork and salted it. Thurs 22 Cloudy, mist. Employed in Store &c. Fri 23 Cloudy mor. fair P.M. Employed in Store &c Sat 24 Cloudy, rain, Snow. Employed in Store &c. Sun 25 Fair. Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon. 26 Cloudy Snow Employed in Store &c. Tues 27 Fair Employed in Store &c. Wed 28 Fair, cloudy Attended to Store in the forenoon in the afternoon Went in company with C. Lyman, C. Mayo & others to appraise a piece of Land belonging to Abijah Fisher Jr to satisfy an Execution against him in favour of C Mayo Thurs 29th Cloudy Snow in evening Employed in Store &c Fri 30 Snow Fair evening Employed in Store -- spent the evening at Mr Russell's in company with Stephen Ball & Wife Sat 31 Fair Employed in Store &c. Deaths 11 Births 19 & perhaps 25 Marriages 5 The Diary of William Cobb Jr. of Warwick Massachusetts 1812 Transcribed by Beth J. Gilgun January, 1996 In 1812, William Cobb used the left hand page of the dairy book for daily occurences and the right hand page for world and local events. I have followed his format, and when the events ran into another typed page, I left the rest of the page blank rather than start a new date-page. I did add the new month in Capital letters between the days of the week, so sometimes the new month appears twice; once where I added it and once from Cobb. The spelling is Cobb's as is the emphasis. JANUARY Wed 1 Cold, Snow Employ'd in Store Thu 2 Snow continued do. Fri 3 Some Snow do. Sat 4 Moderate fair do Sun 5 Fair moderate Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 6 Fair cloudy Employ'd in Store -- Loaded team for Boston Tues 7 Cloudy Went to Northfield in the morning and attended as a Referee with Col. Alexander -- Samuel Trited [??] -- Joshua Atwood & Jona Blake Jr on a Submission of a Controversy between Rev. Tho Mason & Moses Smith Tarried over night January 1812 Miscellaneous Transactions & Events The year commenced with very cold weather the snow about 1 foot deep and extreemly drifted in open land. The Roads blocked up & the continued Snows rendered it next to impossible to keep them open. Hay is worth about 8 dollars per ton Rye from ,75 to ,85 per. Bushel Corn -----,50.----------------- Oats ------,28 to ,30.----------- Pork ----- 6 Cts # Beef------- 4$ C Butter ------ ,14 per # Cheese---- ,6 to ,8 per # Money extreemly scarce -- many failures take place in Boston and the principal seaport towns. Many articles of English Goods very scarce and dear,--business dull. Congress in great agitation on the question of War or Peace with Great Britain. The Country residence of Gen. Moreau near Trenton N.Y. was destroyed by fire The family excaped with difficulty some few articles were saved -- Loss estimated at 20,000. dollars. Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Wed 8 ~~~ Cloudy Little Snow in the Morning Returned from Northfield Attended to Store &c Thurs 9 ~~ 20 Fair. Employ'd in Store Fri 10 3----20 Fair do Sat 11 3----21 Fair Employ'd in Store Made articles of agreement between Doct Hall & David Bishop said Biship having agreed to work for sd Hall 8 1/2 months Laying Bricks and Stones for Glass house Sun 12 2----21 Cloudy Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 13 10 -- Cloudy, Snow, Fair Employed in Store * Tues 14 Fair do Wed 15 do Cold do Thurs 16 10 Fair do * Fri 17 6 do do * * Below Zero Miscellaneous Transactions & Events Died at the Navy yard Charlestown (Ms.) Commodore Saml Nicholson Senior Officer in the Navy of the United Stated aged 69 years. Maloncoly [sic] Catastrophe. The Theatre at Richmond (Vir.) took fire at a late hour in the evening in the latter part of the performance. The fire was communicated to the Scenery by means of raising a Chandelier. The person who attended the cords of the Scenery was ordered to cut them, by which act the fire might have been extinguished or its progress impeaded, but being allarmed for his own safety made his escape without doing any thing; and the back part the house was inveloped in flames, behind the Curtain, & the fire fell on the heads of the preformers [sic] in front of the stage, before the house was allarmed of the danger and a most horable [sic] scence [sic] insued. The people 6 or 700 in number, each making the most vigerous effort to avoid the distructive elements & crouding for the lobbies, with unutterable shreiks [sic] & cries, impeaded the the [sic] progress of escape, that might have been made in a more orderly manner. Many were trodden underfoot -- some jumping forward upon the heads of those before them, were carried out in that way -- others leaped from the Windows from 12 to 24 feet high, with their Cloaths on fire -- some of whom were maimed or killed in their fall -- Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Sat 18 12 - 6 Fair Attended to Store * * Sun 19 18 - 2 Cloudy, Snow. Wind N.E. The coldest morning yet known by me * * Attended to the neccessary business of the day no meeting Mon 20 10, 0 Cloudy Snow N.E. Wind Employed in Store * * Tues 21 6 - 0 Cloudy windy N.W. do. * Wed 22 12 - 3 Fair do * Thurs 23 8 - 12 Cloudy do Fri 24 18 -- Cloudy Snow do Sat 25 ----- Cloudy warm do Sun 26 20 - 50 Cloudy Attended meeting Mon 27 32 --- Cloudy Employ'd in Store &c Moses Smith began to work making Nails Tues 28 10 - 28 Fair Employ'd in Store Several hand employ'd Cutting & sleding wood *below Zero Miscellaneous transactions & Events Some who escaped at first plunged again into the flames to save some friend, & perished --- Those in the Pit mostly escaped, and many in the boxes might have leaped into the pit, & excaped [sic] in that direction, had they have had presence of mind to done it. But in 10 or 12 Minutes the whole of the inside of the house was in flames, and more than 100 fell innocent victims to the devouring element; Among whom were George W. Smith Gov of the State -- Abraham B. Venable, President of the Bank, and many other distinguished & valuable Citizens. The ground on which the Theatre stood was purchased, by subscription, & a Church to be erected thereon --- The skulls & remains of those who perished were enclosed in Boxes & buried on the same ground. a suspension of all business took place for 48 hours in Richmond, and all places of Amusement were ordered to be shut for 4 months. 11th -----Congress voted to raise an additional Military Force of 10 Regiments of Infantry -- 2 Reg. of Artillery -- & 1 Reg. of light Dragoons. --- to be enlisted for the term of 5 years unless sooner discharged. Or otherwise, an Army of 21001 men. Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Wed 29 8 --- Cloudy snow Employ'd in Store Thurs 30 22 --- Fair do Fri 31 ------ Cool Fair do FEBRUARY Sat 1 February Fair do Sun 2 9 --- Fair mor. Cloudy Snow Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 3 20 --- Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Tues 4 ------ Cloudy, Snow all splash & dificult [sic] moving do Wed 5 ------ Fair cool do Thurs 6 0 - 9 Fair do Fri 7 ----- Fair Cloudy evening do Sat. 8 ----- Cloudy, heavy rain A.M. Fair P.M. do Miscellaneous Transactions & Events. A majority of the Members in Congress are in favour of War with G. Britain & contemplate taking Canada. They consider that G Britain has, & still continues to trample on our rights as a Neutral Nation, which ought to be resisted without deliberation, or calculation of expense --- The Minority, think War a hasty step, and that all its attendent evils ought to be contemplated, that wisdom was neccessary to direct in a matter of so vast importance. February 4th Mrs. Clark, wife of Jonas Clark Died of a Consumption 6th Mr ______ Weeks --died 8th Mrs Stone, wife of Samuel Stone died of a Consumption. 7th James Symes & family came to Warwick. he being a Glass maker undertook to superintend and construct the internal works of the Glass-house in Warwick. Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Sun 9 Fair, Cool Attended meeting in the afternoon & the funeral of Mrs. Stone. Mon 10 Fair cool air Employ'd in Store Tues 11 Snow from N.E. do Wed 12 0--- Fair do Thurs 13 0 - 5 Fair do And at 4 P.M. took the Stage for Boston went to Athol & Tarried Fri 14 Cloudy snow P.M. at 5 A.M. entered the Stage at Athol & arived at Boston at 7 P.M. put up at Stone's Sat 15 Cloudy Attended to payments of money looking at Goods &c &c Sun 16 Cloudy Snow at even. Walked to Roxbury Tarried thro' the day at Kimball Whitney's at night at S. Stearns Mon 17 Cloudy Snow Purchased Goods of Joel Whiting & rode with him to Boston -- purchased Goods &c Miscellaneous Transactions & Events. The British Orders in Council having so considerably effected the Manufacturers and Merchants in England, that many of the Members of the house of Commons took a decided part against it, and pleaded for the cause of America, who were seriously injured thereby. The Prince Regent, who had ever manifested an attachment to the Whig party, and who was expected to make a change in the Ministry, when he came into full power disappointed the hopes and fears of all parties, by retaining the the [sic] former Ministers, who are said to be hostile in their intentions towards America. Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Tues 18 Fair Employ'd purchasing Goods Loading teams &c &c Wed 19 Fair Attended to the Settlement of my bills &c in the forenoon, and at the General Court P.M. Thurs 20 Fair cold This morning at 5 O Clock the Stage called for me -- took a seat & arived at Athol 7 P.M. Fri 21 0 - 4 Fair cold Took the Stage at 6 A.M. and arived at my house @ 9 A.M. Goods arived this afternoon Sat 22 Fair Attended to Store opened Goods &c. Sun 23 Cloudy Snow Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 24 Fair Employ'd in Store and to a Town-meeting for the purpose of Remonstrating to the Gen. Court against the division on the Commonwealth into Senatorial districts Meeting adjourned. Tues 25 Fair Employ'd in Store Miscellaneous Transactions & Events The General Court took up the Business of Districting the Commonwealth for the choice of Senators for the ensuing 10 years. The main object of the Commitee, to whom it was refered, appeared to be confined to party motives --- cutting up Counties in a very irregular manner to form democratic districts, and thereby ensure a democratic majority in the Senate for the ensuing 10 years. Eleazer W. Ripley, speaker of the house of Representatives (Mass) brot' forward a Memorial before the house, stating that he had in possession, certain papers & documents concerning one of the Judges of the Supreme Court; and praying that a Commitee might be raised and empowered to send for persons and papers to investigate the subject. This was opposed as an unprecedented measure, he having named no particular person, or crime commited. A Commitee, was, however raised & reported upon a certain transaction which took place in the County of Kenebeck, at a Supreme Court where Judge Parker had presided, and when & where the Petitioner [cont. on next page] Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Wed 26 Cold Attended to Store & Posting Town Books. Thurs 27 0 - 8 Fair Attended to Settlement in the business of Treasury of the town &c &c Fri 28 '' do Sat 29 Fair do MARCH Sun 1 Cold Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 2 Fair cold. Attended to Store & town Meeting. Town Officers. Josiah Pomroy Jr ----Town Clerk Jona Blake Jr Elias Knolton Josiah Procter Selectmen & Assessors Wm. Cobb Town Treasurer Tues 3 Cloudy Employed writing in town Books &c Wed 4 Attended to Store &c Miscellaneous Transactions & Events. had been convicted of malconduct in commencing a suit against a man in Boston, and using a man's name as plf [?] in the action, who had no interest in the business --- the report was debated in the house at great length to show the Constitutional duty of the house to abstain from attempting to exercise Judicial Powers: that the public safety depended on keeping the Executive, Legislative & Judicial departments distinct from each other. --- The report was accepted, however, and the further consideration posponed to the first session of the Next Gen. Court. MARCH Congress having voted to raise an additional Army, and calculating on War with Great Britain, laid the following duties to defray the necessary expenses thereof, payable only after the United States shall be actually engaged in a war. & to continue one year after peace. Viz Retailers----- Refined sugars ----- Sales at Auction ---- Carriages ---- Stamped paper ---- distilled Spirits &c. &c. &c. together with a direct tax on Land. Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Thurs 5 Employed in Store Fri 6 50 Cloudy Fair Warm do Sat 7 Fair do Sun 8 Cloudy Attended Meeting. Mon 9 Large quantity Employed in Store Tues 10 of Snow on do Wed 11 the Ground & do Thurs 12 the weather do Fri 13 cloudy do Sat 14 cold. do Sun 15 Cloudy & rain in eving Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 16 Cloudy fair Attended to Store &c Miscellaneous Transactions & Events 7th Widow Bass Died aged 95 Ys. 12 Mrs. Conant -- Wife of Asa Conant died. 9th First Circuit Court of Common pleas holden at Greenfield for the new County of Franklin. 13th James Blake purchased the Melendy farm (so called) at the sum of 830 dollars. Tuesday March 26th The City of Carraccas and the town of Laguira S. A. were totally destroyed by an Earthquake, with 12,000 inhabitants, besides many villages along the Coast ---- It began at 4 OClock and continued on minute and a half, with aig [?] giving any previous Notice. Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Tues 17 Fair Employ'd in Store --- in the forenoon --- in the afternoon attended to the first Glass Factory Company Wed 18 Fair Attended to Store ---- went to J. Pomroy Jr in the evenig. [sic] Thurs 19 Fair Cloudy Employ'd in Store &c &c. Fri 20 Cloudy Went to Athol with my Wife & son in company with J. Pomroy Jr & Wife -- Visited A Lincoln & J. Humphreys and returned in the evening. Sat 21 Fair Employ'd in Store Sun 22 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary of the day Mon 23 Fair cool Began to take acct of Stock in Trade. Miscellaneous Transactions & Events. 17th The Washingtonian Charitable Society Organized at Northfield Societies under this institution are rapidly forming in New Hampshire and Vermont. They are strenuously opposed by the leading Republicans as a political measure. 19th James Blake moved his family to the Melendy farm (so called) John Henry, a person who said he had been employ's by Gov. Craig of Canada, as a spy for the British Government, in the time of the Embargo, to ascertain the sentiments of the people in New England, & Massachusetts particularly, with regard to a separation of the States, and an alliance with the British Government, having made application to said Craige [sic] for a compensation for his services and likewise to the British Government in England without success, was induced to offer to the President of the United States a developement [sic] of the conspiracy, for which (it is said) he rec'd of our Government the sum of [cont. next page] Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Wed 25 Fair Employ'd taking acct of Stock Thurs 26 Fair warm do Fri 27 Fair very Pleasant do Sat 28 Cloudy little rain moderate Finished account of Stock in Store. Sun 29 Cool Cloudy hail--rain--Snow Attended to the necessary business of the day. -- no meeting Mon 30 Snow continues Employ'd in Store &c Tues 31 Fair do APRIL Wednesday Wed 1 Fair Employ'd in aranging Library Accounts, and Library Meeting Thu 2 Fair warm Attended to Store Fri 3 " " do " Sat 4 " Cloudy evening do. " Miscellaneous Transactions & Events ____ 50.000 dollars of more, and then made his escape to France----- The President then made known by Message, to Congress, then in Session, the particulars of the conspiracy, & submitted all the documents he was in possession of respecting the matter A commitee [sic] was raised to examine and report on the subject By the report of the Commitee it appeared that Henry had ill success in his attempts: that he found the people attached to the Constitution tho' in some measure dissatisfied with the administration, but charged the British Government with base perfidy in attempting to separate the Union of the States, when the [sic] had at our Court a Minister of Peace. April 1st 1812. Three persons belonging to N. Salem by the names of Rice--Malcomb & Gibbs--were apprehended and bound over to appear at next Supreme Court at Northampton, for having in possession & passing Counterfeit Bank Bills 4th Calvin Nash arived at Warwick from Canton N.Y. returned to Gill on the 5th Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Sun 5 Cloudy some rain warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 6 Fair Attended to Store and town meeting Votes for Governor were 111 for C. Strong 90 " E. Gerry. Tues 7 do Employed in Store Wed 8 do do Thurs 9 do Fast attended to the necessary business of the day. Fri 10 Rain Employd in Store Sat 11 Fair Employd making Bank Writings for B. Penniman S. Fay and R Waistcoat. Sun 12 28 Fair Cold Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 13 Cloudy rain P.M. Employ'd making Bank Writings &c 3d A dispatch arived in Boston 72 hours from Washington, stating that one of the Commitee on foreign relations (Mr. Calhoun) had made known to Mr. Quinsey (a Senator of Mass) that the Commitee had agreed to lay on on [sic] the Representitives table a proposition for an Embargo the next day. Immediately upon this information, Handbill [sic] were struck off --- large sums of Money flung down to defray the expense of giving it immediate circulation thro' the State, which was effected with almost unaccountable dispatch. 4th at 3 O'Clock P.M. The injunction of Secrecy in the Congress of the U.S. was removed and the results of their proceedings proved to be an Embargo on all the Ships and Vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, for the term of Ninty days. 7th The Washingtonian benevalent Society held a Meeting at Warwick and received 25 new Members. Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Tues 14 Fair Attended to Store Wed 15 Cloudy sprink of rain Went to John Moore's in Morning -- made a Bank Mortgage of his farm -- returned completed the other Bank papers. Thur 16 Fair Employd in Store &c Fri 17 Cloudy some rain Made asett [sic[ of Bank papers for Elisha Brown &c &c Sat 18 Fair, Warm Employ'd in Store &c. &*c. Sun 19 Fair, rain Attended Meeting and the Funeral of Mrs. Eunice Willson wife of Jos. Willson Mon 20 Fair Employd in Store Tues 21 do do. 17 Mrs. Eunice Willson Wife of Joseph Willson Died of a consumption. aged [blank] 18th Snow mostly gone in clear'd land, people beginning to plough Hay very Scarce, the weather uncommonly cold till the 19th Geo Clinton Vice President of the United States & President of Senate died a Washington. Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Wed 22 Fair Employ'd in Store. Thur 23 do do Began to plough Fri 24 do Attended to Store Sat 25 do windy do and made a Deed for Samuel Moore 2' of hid farm to Abel & Eleazer Davis -- price $800,~ Sun. 26 Fair--cool wind Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 27 Fair Employ'd in Store Went to Jos. Drapers at 5 P.M. returned the evenig Sowed Wheat Tues 28 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 29 do do Thurs 30 do do 22d Mr Joseph Richardson Moved from Athol to Warwick The persons bound over for trial at the Supreme Judicial Court at Northampton for passing Counterfeit Money were two found guilty & one clear'd --- Gibbs was clear'd Malcom was sentenced to the State prison for Life & Rice for ten months. The Congress of the United States granted $50,000 for the relief of the sufferers of Carracas (S.A.) to be presented by the President of the U.S. in provisions Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM MAY Fri 1 Fair cool Winds. Employ'd in Store Workmen dug & draged [sic] off stones west end of house lot Sat 2 29--- Fair cool cloudy evening Employ'd in Store Sun 3 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting Mon 4 Snow Attended to Store Tues 5 Cold do. Wed 6 do Fair do Thurs 7 Fair do Fri 8 Fair Attended Store & Carpenters on Store Sat 9 Fair Attended Store & moved Good from the Chamber to the lower floor Sun 10 Fair Warm Attended to the Necessary business of the day -- went to Athol this evening & tarried at Z. Field's 1st David Bishop Moved his family to the house lately occupied by Nathan Ball in the Center of the town & Nathan Ball Moved his family to the house lately occupied by P Bishop in the West part of the town 2d Miss Lucy Burnap arived at Warwick in the Stage for the purpose of Teaching the School in the Center District.and began the School on Monday. The Elections in New-York terminated in a Federal majority of Representitives. Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Mon 11 Fair This morning set out from Athol in the Stage, & arived in Boston at evenig took lodging at Joel Mayo's Tues 12 Cloudy rain Attended to payment of Debts. &c &c Wed 13 Fair Attended to buying Goods &c went to Roxbury in the afternoon. Paid to A. K. Whitney 342 doll. of Money collected for him --- Tarried till Morning Thurs 14 Fair Purchased Goods of Joel Whiting -- went to Boston in Stage bot. Goods &c. Fri 15 Fair Cloudy rain in evening Loaded my team purchased a few goods settled my Bills &c. Sat 16 Cloudy & a severe rain from N.E. Took the Stage at 4 A.M. and arived at Athol 8 P.M. and tarried The Indians appear hostile again & murdered several families on the frontiers --- an army is marching against them 12th Mr. Parceval, Prime Minister of Great Britain & Chancellor of the Excheqer [sic] was shot dead by a Mr. Bellingham as he was entering the door of the Lobby of the house of Commons ---Mr. B. was immediately seized, acknowledged the deed, & said he rejoiced in it. That he had a just claim in the Government for services for which he had been refused compensation and he had now obtained satisfaction. 13 Medad Pomroy's Child died of Throat distemper 15th Polly Fay died Sun 17 Cloudy This morning came home in the Stage and attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 18 Cloudy rain & Cold Employ'd in Store Tues 19 Cloudy Employ'd in Store unloaded & opened Goods Just rec'd from Boston. Wed 20 Rain Cold Employ'd in Store opening Goods &c Thurs 21 Cloudy & great rain Attended with C. Mayo Esqr & Justus Russell, appraising the Estate of Capt. C. Rich deceased. Fri 22 Cloudy rain in Morning Fair P.M. Attended to completing the appraisal of Capt C Rich's Estate in the forenoon and to Store P.M. Sat 23 Fair cool Miscellaneous Transactions & Events. 19 The Season extreemly [sic] backward -- Trees begin to show their leaves--but very little ground fit for planting. Hay extreemly scarce & grass very short. Spring's work not more than half completed. Great diversions in Congress respecting our foreign relations---a mad party, with the President at their Head, are determined to declare War against G. Britain It is believed that a great majority of the people are opposed to such a measure Petitions are daily presented to congress from different parts of the Country to avoid a War if possible, while many others are assembling in different parts of the U.S. and passing resolutions in favor of the war measures, & pledging their lives and property to support it. 100,000 Militia are detached to stand ready at a moments warning & 25,000 troops are now enlisting for the purpose of taking 'Canada. or some other service. Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM Sun 24 Cool Fair rain P.M. Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 25 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 26 Fair do. Wed 27 Fair cloudy cool do. Election in Mass. Thurs 28 Rain Employd in Store Fri 29 81 Fair warm Good weather for planting Employ'd in Store Sat 30 ,85 Fair warm Employd in Garden & Store Sun. 31 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day. Miscellaneous Transactions & Events. Massachusetts Legislature. Caleb Strong Elected Governor. by a Majority of 1236 votes Wm. Phillips Elected Lt. Gov. Alden Bradford Secretary John T. Apthrop Treasurer Samuel Dana President of the Senate. Timothy Bigelow Speaker of the House of Representitives. The Federal Majority in the House of Representitives about 130. The greatest number of votes given 716. Council David Cobb ---John Brooks Daniel Dewey ---Wm. Prescott Oliver Fiske ---Samuel Fales Matthew Cobb ---Wm Davis. The senate consists of 29 Republicans and 11 Federalists. Degrees of heat Sunrise and 2-3 PM JUNE 1812 Mon 1 ,85o Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 2 ,85 Fair do. Wed 3 ,62 Cloudy cool very Windy do Thurs 4 Cloudy Rain Cool do Fri 5 Pleasant do Sat 6 Warm Rain & pleasant do Sun 7 Fair Attended meeting Mon 8 Rain in Mor. fair Attended to surveying a piece of land purchased of James Blake containing about 10 acres of Pasture & wood land at 8 dolls per. acre. Tues 9 Fair warm Employ'd in Store Wed 10 do do Miscellaneous Transactions & Events 3d Mrs Robbins Wife of Ephraine Robbins Jun. Died Consumption 6d Appletrees in full Bloom Vegetation rapid. Farmers Just finishing their planting. Revolutions continue in South America --- No prisoners are admited, the vanquished are all massacreed without distinction of station, age or sex. Official dispatches from England & France, are unfavourable to America. Thurs 11 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store John Eager [?] ditched my Meadow Fri 12 Cloudy some rain Emp. in Store &c. Sat 13 Cloudy some rain in Mor. do. Sun 14 60 Cloudy Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon. 15 Fair Employ'd in store, &c Tues 16 Fair do Wed 17 Cloudy mor & some rain fair P.M. Employ'd building fence on O Bass' Land to make a lane to my Pasture Thurs 18 Fair finished the fence began yesterday, in the forenoon --- went to Israel Fishers in the afternoon to appraise some Land to I Robbins. Fri 19 Fair Attended to Store Sat 20 do do Miscellaneous Transactions & Events. 13th Burt Lincoln & Lucy Lincoln from Petersham on a visit at my house. 14th Ansell Lesure & Polly Pomroy Married 13 Eunice Leonard died Consumption. 19 Mrs. Nancy Brown wife of Mr Cyrus Brown of Templeton daughter of Josiah Pomroy of Warwick, died in consequence of a wound in the throat, made with a Razor by her own hand, the day before Mr Brown was absent and no person in the house except a servant Girl and her infant Child -- she gave the Girl her Child and very deliberately closed all the doors & windows of the house --went into her chamber and commited the unnatural act, and was soon discovered by the Girl who heard her groans. WAR Against Great Britian & Ireland and their dependences [sic] declared by the Congress of the United States of America and signed by James Madison President therof [sic] on the 18th day of June AD 1812. This is considered a rash measure, and very impolitic in our defenceless Situation --- & perhaps 7/8ths of the people in the Northern States opposed to this unneccessary step. Votes in the House of Represetitives were Yeas 79 Nays 49 and in the Senate Yeas 19 Nays 13. Sun 21 Fair Attended to the neccessary Business of the day. Mon 22 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 23 Fair do Wed 24 Fair Employd making fence on land purchased of James Blake Thurs 25 Cloudy rain Employd in Store Fri 26 Fair do Sat 27 do do Sun. 28 do Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 29 do Employ'd in Store &c Tues 30 do do and attended town meeting, taking into consideration the alarming condition of our Country in consequence of the declaration of War. Miscellaneous Transactions & Events 18 Eunice Leonard Daughter of Francis Leonard died --- Consumption 22 Polly Bowman Daughter of Samuel Bowman died aged 21 years Consumption Account from Russia State that a declaration of War against France had taken place --- that Russia had 400,000 men under arms & commanded by the Emperor in person, who assured his senate that he would have no conference with Bonaparte but in the field of Battle. France is said to have 600,000 Men marching to the Northern frontiers. A Conspiracy was lately detected which had been formed against the Emperor and Empress of Russia, to take their Lives -- 200 of the Russian Nobility were implicated in the plot, among whom the Emperor Bonaparte had distributed emense [sic] sums of Money, to effect the purpose. 19th Banks. The several Banks in Massachusetts whose Charters mostly expired in October Next, having been unsuccessfull in their application for a renewal of the Charters at the last winter Session, have been allowed to take new charters at the present Session, on the same principle of the State Bank; and to expire with it in the year 1831 and are as follows [cont.] JULY Wed 1 Fair Employd in Store &c Thurs 2 Fair Cloudy some rain do Half hilled my Corn Fri 3 Fair cold for the season Employ'd in Store &c Sat 4 Fair warm Attended to Store Loaded Team for Boston Sun 5 Rain warm Attended to neccessary concerns of the day Mon 6 90o Fair Employ'd in Store began to Mow. Tues 7 92o do do Wed 8 Warm do M. Brown began to lay Wall between my Land & Doct. Hall's Thur 9 Cloudy mist Employd in Store Miscellaneous Transaction & Events To whom Granted Places Capital. To O. Wendell & others Boston $1,200,000 " J.T. Apthorp &c Boston 1,800,000 " N. Hooper &c Marblehead ,150,000 " J. Peabody &c Salem ,200,000 " M. Brown &c Beverly ,160,000 " J Somes &c Gloucester 120,000 " W. Bartlet &c Newbury Port 350,000 " J Prince &c do 200,000 " T. Cutts Jr &c Saco 120,000 " J Ilsley &c Portland 300,000 " A. Wood &c Wiscasset 250,000 " B.J. Porter &c Hallowell 150,000 " J Chandler &c Augusta 100,000 " J Wingate &c Bath 100,000 " D. Waldo &c Worcester 200,000 " W. Davis &c Plymouth 100,000 " T. Hazzard Jr &c New Bedford 200,000 " G. Gardner &c Nantucket 100,000 " Isaac Coffin &c do 100,000 " J. Tisdale &c Taunton 100,000 Bonds & Mortgages to the expiring Banks to be transfered to the new Banks, and considered as part of the sums required by the new Charters to be loaned on such security. The Massachusetts Bank to continue to October 1st 1831, provided the Corporation surrender their present Charter. Several British Merchant Vessells have been taken on our Coat [sic], & sent into different ports, in consequence of the declaration of War. Fri 10 Cloudy rain Employ'd posting books Sat 11 do do Sun 12 Fair Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 13 The season very back- Attended to Store Rec'd a load Goods from ward -- Corn small, Boston grass good but just Began with several hands to get my Hay begining to hay. Tues 14 Fair Warm Employ'd in Store & &[sic] raking hay. Wed 15 Fair Employd in Store &c Thurs 16 Cloudy mor Fair showers P.M. do Fri 17 Fair do Sat 18 Cloudy little rain P.M. do Sun. 19 Fair Attended to the neccessary business of the day No preaching Mr Reed Sick Miscellaneous Transactions & Events. Great dissatisfaction prevails thro' the State of Massachusetts on account of the war declared against Great Britain The House of Representitives addressed the people on the subject, setting forth the unnecessary, ruinous & impolitic conduct of the General Government in this affair -- that no Just reasons of war had ever existed, and that every constitutional measure ought to be adopted to avoid the impending Calamity. 12th This morning rec'd important intellegence from England, Stating that about the 20th of May last, the whole of the British Ministry had resigned their offices. This is said to have taken place in consequence of a Motion in the House of Commons, for an humble address to the Prince Regent, "praying that he would take Just measures as should lead to the forming of a strong & efficient administration" which passed by a majority of 4 also received as it respected American Vessels Bonaparte's official revocation of the Berlin & Milan decrees ^ which was dated 28th April AD 1811. but had never 'till now reached America in any Official form, except by the letter of the duke of Cadore, nor never made authentic o the English Government; in consequence of which Neglect, the British Orders in Council had been continued against American Commerce Mon 20 Fair Attended to Store &c Tues 21 do do. Wed 22 do Showers do Thurs 23 do Public Fast thro' the Commonwealth in Consequence of the War. Attended to the common concerns of the day Fri 24 Fair showers Employ'd in Store Sat 25 Fair showers do. Sun 26 Fair Showers Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 27 Fair Attended to Store &c Tues 28 do do Wed 29 do do finished Haying Miscellaneous Transactions & Events. English & West India Goods much risen in price in consequence of the War. New duties of 100 per Cent Laid on all imported articles. other 17th Lyman Barnes, with his two sons, (one about 17 the ^ 5 years old) arived in town, from Damarra where he had been for about 12 years. 20 A detachment of Seven Men made from the South Company in Warwick to stand ready to march a a Moments warning. The British troops on Canada line at Niagara collected to the Amount of 3000 about the 30th of June, and were expected to cross the line & take possession of the Niagara Fort, which was in poor condition with a guard of 6 pieces of Cannon & 120 men -- The American troops advancing to the support. The Irish & French together with some Americans have collected in Mobs, distroyed the Federal presses and threatend the lives of the Editors, forbid the people to read Federal papers or express any thing against the Government in the City of Baltamore, even the importers of English Manufactured Goods have been obliged to leave the place -- no protection from the Civil Authority can be obtained, and the place may be considered to be ruled by a Mob. Thurs 30 Cloudy Employd in Store, &c Fri 31 do Fair do AUGUST Sat 1 August This Morning Attended a meeting of a number of the Fair rain P.M. Congregational Church & Society, to make Arangments for the funeral of the Rev. S. Reed, decased [sic] Sent for 20 Ministers to attend the funeral Sun 2 Fair Attended Meeting Rev. Mr. Riddle of Gill Preached Mon 3 Fair Warm Attended as one of the Commitee, to the neccessary preparations for the funeral of the Rev. S. Reed Funeral @ 1 O'clock P.M. 16 Members attended First prayer by the Rev. Mr. Brown of Swanzey -- Sermon by Mr Kilburn of Wendell, & the concluding prayer by Mr. Lee of Royalston. Procession of 430. Male members of the Church Corpse Relations Female Singers Male Singers Strangers Society &c. Miscellaneous Transaction & Events 1st Rev. Samuel Reed died aged 57 ys in the 33d year of his Ministry in Warwick left a Wife 3 Sons & two Daughters. Militia Detachment &c The North Company of Militia in Warwick, detached 7 men to stand ready to march at a moments Warning. Made choice of Officers at same time Lieut John Stearns chosen Captain. Jacob Rich Jr Lieut Abner Goodell Ensign Riot in Baltamore. [sic] The "Federal Republican" press, having not long since, been destroyed by a Mob. & Mr. Wagner one of the Editors having removed to Georgetown, where he set up his press & the papers on their recommencement were deliver'd to the subscribers in Baltamore, from the House of Mr. Hanson one of the Editors. The populace of the city finding the paper again published, began to collect near Mr Hanson's house about 8 O'Clock P.M. of the same day and gradually increased 'till 10 OClock; when they began by throwing Brick bats & stones at the Windows, & continued by beating down the doors &c. From an expectation of the assault, Mr. Hanson's house had been previously fortified and about 70 Men had armed themselves & volunteered their service to Mr. H. & were in the house; among whom were Gen. Lee, Gen. Lingan & several other distinguished Revolutionary Officers. The Mob were entreated to desist, and threatened with instant death if they entered the house -- this still agravated [sic] their insolence, and the leaders entered [cont.] Tues 4 Fair warm Attended to Store & to making up the Bills for the Expence of Mr Reed's Funeral amounting to rising [?] of 70 dollars. Wed 5 do Employ'd in Store Thurs 6 do do Fri 7 do do Sat 8 do do Sun 9 do Attended Meeting Mr. Lee Preached Mon. 10 do Rain Even Employ'd in Store in the forenoon Went to J Rich's to exhibit on Acct against the Estate of C. Rich Decased [sic], to C. Mayo & J Russell Commissionors[sic] Tues 11 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store painting a sign for David Cleavland &c. Wed 12 do do Thurs 13 do cold Employd in Store People mostly em- ploy'd Reaping Winter Grain Generally Good. English hay, almost all made Miscellaneous Transactions & Events the house -- were fired upon & some killd and others badly wounded. The Mob then retired for a short time, procured arms & returned, but were prevented from entering by a collection of Cavalry which had volunteer'd to try to dispense or compose the Rioters but they cried for vengeance on those who had killed their Leaders. A compromise was then entered into -- the people in the house surrenderd themselves to the laws of their Country, if they could be safely conducted to prison & these remain safe from the infurated [sic] mob; this was agreed to by the Mayor of the City & Gen. Stricher & they were conducted to the prison under the Guard of the Militia. The Mob then destroyed the furniture of the house broke the doors windows &c & then marched to the Jail. The Guards prevented further injury & the Mob dispersed and the Militia returned. The next evening (July 28th) the collection at the Jail was considerable, & the prisoners apprehensive of danger; they called on the Mayor & Gen. Stricher to protect them, but by some strange fatality it was not done; The Mob entered the Jail -- the prisoners were beat with clubs & many left for dead, others mingling with the croud [sic] saved themselves from great harm & escaped. Some of the bodies of the suposed [sic] dead were taken off & tarred & feathered & draged [sic] about the streets in a Cart, and other indignities committed -- the attention of the mob was drawn to the tarring & feathering, while the supposed dead bodies were taken away to the Hospital by the humane doctors, by whose attention some were revived to life. Gen. Lingan was dead. I appears by Letters in possession of the Mayor, that the plan of defence in Mr. Hanson's House was adopted some days previous under an idea that when the papers were issued a Mob would rise, in which event, they had determined to fire upon them, & kill or disperse them. Fri 14 Cloudy Employd in Store &c Sat 15 Fair do do Sun. 16 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon. 17 Cloudy rain Attended to Store &c Tues 18 do do Wed 19 do do Thurs 20 Fair A day of public Fasting & prayer tho'out the United Stated. Fri 21 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Sat. 22 do do. Sun 23 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Esterbrook preached. Mon. 24 Fair Attended to Store &c Reaped my Wheat & Oats. Tues 25 Fair Employ'd in Store Miscellaneous Transactions & Events. About the 12th July Gen Hull with his Army of about 2000 men crossed the River above detroit [sic] and Canada at Sandwich on Canada side; which place the British troops had abandoned the might before, and retreated to Malden leaving our troops in possession of the Works which commanded the River. Gen. Hull then issued a proclamation stating his pacific intentions to the peaceable unoffending Inhabitants, tendering them the privileges of Civil, political, & Religious Liberty, promising them protection of their persons property & rights; but in case of resistance or hostility, & the Tomahawk should be raised by the Indians & they found fighting beside of them, that their final extermination might be depended on, as it was in the power of the United States to effect it. Brig Nautillus 12 Guns Capt Crane 16 hours from N.Y. was captured by the British Frigate Shannon. July 16th & ordered to Halifax. Gen. Hull having determined to cross from detroit to the British dominions, put on board a Vessel of the Lake, at the Rapids in Miami River his own Baggage, that of the army & hospital Stores, in order to hasten his march to detroit (about 70 Miles) but when the Vessel reached the Mouth of detroit River it was taken by the British with 30 prisoners. Wed 26 Fair Employed in Store &c Thurs 27 do do Fri 28 do do Sat 29 do do Sun 30 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr Mason preached Mon 31 Fair Employ'd in Store &c SEPTEMBER Tues September 1st Fair Employd in Store Wed 2 do rain in the evening do Thu 3 Fair warm do Mr Child began work on Store &c Fri 4 Cloudy mist Attended to Store Sat 5 Fair Cloudy rain in evening do Sun 6 Fair cool Attended Meeting Mr Sabin of Fitzwilliam preached Miscellaneous Transition & Events. Previous to Gen. Hull's passing into Canada the British had rec'd news of the declaration of War. and sent 100 men to Fort Michillimackanac (200 miles N.W. of detroit on an Island in the River near Lake Huron) who peaceable entered the fort, unsuspected of hostile intention, 'till they were in full possession, and demanded a Surrender; which was done without firing a gun --- The Inhabitants all made prisoners of War. The Inhabitants of Eastport (Me) left that place under an impression that the English would attempt to Burn or destroy it. --- some skurmishing has taken place near that place. Soon after the declaration of War, Com. Rogers with a squadron of the U. States' Frigates &c Sailed towards the W. Indies in order to take a fleet of Merchantmen under convoy, which were said to be about sailing from Jamaca. we have no account from him to this time (Aug 23d) The American Minister in England communicated to the Prince Regent the Official repeal of the French decrees (about the middle of June) upon which the P. Regent called his Council & declared the British Orders in Council to be repealed as it respected America, under the condition that the non-importation Law made by the American Congress should be repealed. About the middle of August -- the Governor of Canada sent a Flag of truce to Gen. Dearborn at Greenbush with a communication that the orders in Council had been repealed, (which was a professed cause of the declaration of War.) and proposed a suspension of the Hostilities for a certain time, 'till the two contending Governments, could have time to enter into Negotiation & adjust the differences. Agreed to by Gen Dearborn. At a Court of General Sessions of the peace at Plymouth Charles Turner Jr one of the Justices of said Court, in consequence of his having Voted in favour of War in the Congress of the U.S. was insulted ^ kicked in the Street, by a number of young men who probably had collected for that purpose on the evening he arived in town. The Court opened & adjourned in consequence their alarms for their personal safety. The Republicans generally, expressed a fear, that the Federalists were secretly forming a plan for the seperation of the Union of the States. They consequently formed Commitees of Safety in towns, to detect any designs that might be observed, and to communicate with a State or County Commitee. Articles of Alegiance [sic], or promise, were circulated thro' the States, to be signed by the Republicans of 16 years of age and upwards, to stand at a moments Warning to surpress all attempts at a seperation of the Union, or other unlawful act against the Laws & Government. The Washingtonian Benevolent Societies, were charged with conspiracy against Government The Federalists in General deeply deplored the unhappy situation in which the people were placed, in regard to War, and the alarming political divisions. They considered all the acts of Government to be under the secret influence of France. Great indignation & resentment against Great Britain, appeared to prevade [sic] the Councils of the Nation and the conduct of Republicans generally. A fatal alliance with France engroced [sic] the contemplation and fears of the Federalists. Meetings were called in almost every town, where a Federal Majority existed, and passed Resolutions against the proceeding of Congress in a declaration of War against Great Britain. Great opposition appeared in the State of New York & all the Northern States. Peace concluded between the Russians and Turks. Gen. Hull's defeat August 15th the Fort at Detroit containing Gen. Hull & his Army of 2500 men capitulated & surrendered to Gen. Brock commanding the British Troops & assisted by 6 or 700 Indians. previous to this, several detachments of Hull's Army had been engaged with and defeated the enemy, but the want of provisions and sickness in his Army induced him to recross the River from Sandwich to Detroit where the capitulation was made without firing a gun. 4 of his Officers were killed by a Cannon ball fired from Sandwich previous to the Surrender. Mon 7 Fair Employed in Store &c Tues 8 do warm do Wed 9 do do Thurs 10 do do Fri 11 do do Sat 12 do do Sun 13 Attended Meeting Mr. Brown of Swanzey preached Mon 14 Fair Attended town meeting Store &c -- granted the sum of 200 dolls to defray the expense of the Funeral of Rev. S. Reed dec'd to hire preaching. Tues 15 Fair Attended to Store, and to diging [sic] for Aquaduct in Co. with S. Ball Wed 16 do do Thurs 17 do do Training of Both Companies. Fri 18 do Attended to Store & Aquaduct. Sat 19 do do Sun 20 Cloudy cool Frosty Mor. Attended Meeting Mr White Preached Miscellaneous Transactions & Events August 31th Comodore [sic] Rogers, with his Squadron consisting of U.S. Ships -- President 44 Guns + United States 44 Guns, Congress 36 Guns --- Hornet 16 Guns, Argus 16 Guns which Sailed from NYork June 21st arived in Boston harbour. Having missed of the Jamaca fleet, which was their main object, sailed off the English Channel --- along the coast of France, Spain & Portugal --- then made Madeira Island -thence off Coro and Floras -- thence to the Banks, & by Nova Scotia to Boston, but made no Captives worthy of Notice. Had a light brush with the English Frigate Belvidera was considerably damaged & lost a number of Men, but suceeded [sic] in making her escape. Naval Victory. The U.S. Frigate Constitution Capt Hull, returned to Boston harbour Aug 30th after a short Cruise; having bill in with, and captured the English Frigate Guerriere (38 Guns mounting 49 Guns) on the 19th. but she was so damaged, having lost all her Masts & hull much shattered, the men and some of her property were taken on board the Constitution, and the wreck sunk --- The Crew if the Guerriere consisted of 300 men. The Constitution had 7 men killed & 7 wounded -- the enemy 15 killed and 64 wounded. 7th James Symes removed to the House erected for him near the Glass house. Mon. 21 Fair Employd in Store Tues 22 do do Wed 23 do do Training Thurs 24 do Attended to Store Fri 25 Cloudy do Sat 26 Fair do Sun 27 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon -- in the afternoon went to Wendell in Company with Captain Burnet, to attend on the Gen. Muster -- tarried with my Brother Samuel. Mon. 28 Fair & pleasant Attended on the Gen. Muster as spectator. Maj. Wells Commanded the Regiment the Col. being absent. Tues 29 Fair Cloudy P.M. Returned home at 12 at noon attended to Store &c. Wed 30 Cloudy Cold Employ'd in Store. Miscellaneous Transactions & Events The Armistice agreed to the British Flag of Truce & Gen. Dearborn was objected to by the President of the U.S. and Notice of Hostilities sent to Montreal. July 22d Lord Wellington gained a great Victory over the French Army in Spain, under Gen. Marmont. The combined force of English Spanish & Portuguese under Lord Wellington retreated before the French Army, till they were in possession of favourable ground when they made a stand commenced a fire of a single round, then charged Bayonet and moved forward bearing down all opposition before them, 'till the enemy were completly [sic] broken & destroyed --- Gen. Marmont together with a great number of his officers made prisoners & 17, or 18,000 of the French killed wounded & taken prisoners. A termination of the War in Spain is confidently expected ---- The new Constitution, by which the condition of the people is generally ameliorated, the Inquisition Annihilated, & the powers of the Nobles & Clergy limited, has been every where received with Gratitude & ratified with festive acclamations. Ferdinand 7th remained a prisoner in France, devoted to Books & pious Meditations. OCTOBER Thurs 1 Fair, dry Crops of Rowen Small, pastures Short. Employd in Store. Fri 2 Fair, warm Attended to Store Several Men engaged in building a wall & Wharfing on North side of my house Sat 3 Cloudy, rain do Sun. 4 Cloudy rain fair Attended Meeting Mr. Rogers of Bernardston preached Mon 5 Fair Employed in Store Tues 6 do do Wed 7 do mor Showers & Blustering do Samuel and Mrs. Procter went to Doct Jewetts. Thurs 8 Flying clouds cool Attended to Store Fri 9 Fair pleasant do Sat 10 Fair pleasant do Sun 11 Cloudy rain Attended to Charles in the forenoon Went to Meeting P.M. Mr. Willington preached Mon 12 Cloudy Employ'd in Store &c Tues 13 Fair Flying clouds do began to dig potatoes. Miscellaneous Transactions & Events After the Surrender of Fort Detroit Gen. Hull with about 400 U.S. troops were taken to Montreal. All the Militia were released upon condition of not again taking up arms during the present War. Gen. Hull & his Officers were admited [sic] to return from Montreal to the U.S. on parole. The Whole armed force of the US concentrating at Burlington & Plattsburg in order to make a descent upon Canada & march to Montreal, under Gen. Dearborn Sir John B. Warren with a fleet under his command of 7 ships of the line, 6 frigates & 2 Sloops of War, was ordered from England (Aug 14th) to the American Nation, with power to negotiate. Bonaparte with an emense [sic] Army entered Russia and had marched a considerable distance into that country (July 22) and the Russians were retreating & laying waste the country to prevent the French Army from taking support by plunder. Gen Bragration who commanded a portion of the Russian troops, & placed at a great distance from the main army, effected a Junction with it, in spite of a very respectable French force that was sent to impede him; he cut his way & destroyed 6000 of the French at one time. The Russians & Turkes have made a peace, by which Turkey engaged to furnish 50,000 men for the Russian Army if Austria should Join with France. A. Treaty is entered into between Russia & England, and between England & Sweden. Hurrycane August A very extraordinary Hurrycane was experienced at New Orleans which destroyed a considerable part of the town & shiping in the River. Many lives were lost, and the sugar Crops almost entirely destroyed. The Indians & Blacks appear very hostile in & about New Orleans, & have commited some Murders. At a Settlement in the Indiana Territory, seven families have been Massacread [sic] by the Indians. The Powder-mill & works in the Neighborhood of Baltamore, were blown up on the 18th Sept. Several lives were lost, & the damage estimated at $40,000. The Governor of Canada issued a proclamation, ordering all Americans to leave that Territory before the 15th of October or take the Oath allegiance to the King of Great Britain. All American property was admited [sic] to a free pasport [sic] to the U. States. Sometime in August last, Col Leah the American Consul at Algiers, left that place with his family, in consequence of the Dey's having declared War against America. Fort Dearborn, situated on our Western frontier surrendered to an Indian force. A considerable number of the Garison [sic] were killed after the capitulation. Gov. Harrison, who has the command of the Western Army, has collected a considerable number of troops & dispersed the Indians on the frontiers in a considerable degree. The American Troops are marching in every part of the Country to the frontiers, and collecting at Niagara Ogden'sburg, Plattsburg & near St. Rigis N.Y. and a Burlington Vt. The Indians appear hostile on the whole range from Georgia to Maine. Wed 14 Cold Morning Ice 1/2 Inch thick, fair. Employed in Store &c Thurs 15 Fair pleasant Attended to Store Fri 16 Fair warm do Sat 17 Cloudy attended to taking in my garden sauce in Store &c Sun 18 Cloudy, cold, squals of snow. Attended Meeting P.M. Mr. Mason preached. Mon 19 Fair Attended to Store &c Tues 20 do do went to A Thayers in forenoon Wed 21 do do Thurs 22 Cloudy do Fri 23 Cloudy little snow rain Employed in Store Sat 24 Fair pleasant Employd in Store Sun 25 Fair Mor. Cloudy P.M. Cool, Attended Meeting Mr Connon of Gill preached. Mon 26 Fair Emp in Store The crops of Corn much injured by frost, on a general calculation not more than one eighth part of the Corn Tues 27 Fair Employd in Store. Wed 28 Rain do Miscellaneaous Transactions & Events The members of the Massachusetts Legislature assembled at Boston agreeable to adjournment on Wednesday the 14th, principally for agreeing on the mode of choosing Electors of President & Vice President. 17th My Mother & Samuel Blake went to Petersham on visit Officers of the United States Army. Major Generals Henry Dearborn Thomas Pinckney Brigadier Generals John Armstrong James Wilkinson Jos. Bloomfiled Thos Flourney James Winchester Wm. H Harrison John P Boyd John Chandler Wm. Hull Wade Hampton Quartermaster Gen. Morgan Lewis Adjutant Gen. Thomas Cushing Inspector Gen. Alexander Smyth Electors of President &c. The State Legislature having assembled and many propositions made by both Houses (the two houses differing in political Sentiment) it was at Length agreed that the Electors should be chosen by the Inhabitants at Large in each Circuit, of the Circuit Courts of Common-please. The Western Circuit consisting of [cont.] Thurs 29 Fair Employ'd in Store Fri 30 do do Sat 31 Cloudy do NOVEMBER Sun 1 November Fair, Attended to the neccessary business of the day --- Went to Athol at evening in Order to take the Stage for Boston. Mon 2 Fair & pleasant Arived in Boston at 7 P.M. put up at Joel Mayo's Tues 3 Fair Attended to purchasing Goods &c. &c. Wed 4 Fair do Thurs 5 Fair and very warm Employ'd purchasing Goods &c Fri 6 Fair, Cool Compleated the purchase of Goods and other business loaded my Teams &c. Sat 7 Cloudy mor. fair cool Took the Stage at half past 3 A.M. and arived at Athol 7 P.M. Rec'd of Jos Procter $383.45 for Joel Whiting of Roxbury. Sun 8 Fair Cool Took a seat in the Stage & arived home at 9 A.M. Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 9 Fair, rain in eveng. Employ'd in Store Tues 10 Cloudy some rain Employ'd in Store -- Goods arived from Boston Miscellaneous Transactions & Events The Counties of Worcester, Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin & Berkshire to choose 6 The Middle Circuit 5 The southern including Dukes and Nantucket 4 The first Eastern 3 The second Eastern 3 & the third do 1. Nov. 3 Patience Barber died Consumption Battle of Queenstown. Oct 13th The American Troops stationed at Lewiston N.Y. made a descent upon Queenston situated on the other side of the River Niagara The detachment for this expedition consisted of of [sic] about 300 U.S. troops under Col. Chrystic, and about 300 Militia commanded by Col. Van Rensselaer they crossed the river about daybreak under a very heavy fire of grape & musket shot from the British Col. Van Rensselaer was wounded soon after he crossed & carried off the field The Americans courageously proceeded to the heigths [sic] stormed & took the Battery & became the Masters of the Ground when they were attacked by a large number of Chippawa Indians but the Indians were soon repulsed and drawn back to the Wood A column of British Regulars advanced under command of Gen. Brock who fell in the action together with his aidecamp, Col. M. Donald & the Regulars repulsed The Americans finding themselves in a dificult situation Gen. Van Rensselaer recrossed the River in order to forward a reinforcement but could not prevail upon his troops [cont.] Wed 11 Fair Cool Employed in Store Thurs 12 Cloudy Cool Attended Store, and Town Meeting for choice of Electors of President & Vice Pres. Fri 13 Cloudy Snow Employ'd in Store Sat 14 Cloudy cold Employd in Store &c Sun 15 Fair cool Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon. 16 Fair Employ'd in Store & with the Commitee on Accounts of the Franklin G.F. Co. Tues 17 Fair Employed in Store &c Wed 18 Fair cool Employed with D Bishop building a Russian Stove in my Store Thurs 19 Fair cold Employed in Store &c &c Fri 20 Cloudy little snow cool Attended to Store &c &c Sat 21 Fair cold Attended to Store &c D Bishop finished Russian Stove & Chimney. Sun. 22 Fair & pleasant for the season ground hard frozen No Meeting Attended to the Funeral of Mrs Williams wife of Jos. Williams Jr P.M. Miscellaneous Transactions & Events To cross the River at this time a reinforcement from Fort George marched to the assistance of the British and the remnant of our Gallant little band after 11 hours hard fighting surrendered themselves prisoners of War. About 100 of our men were wounded & perhaps 60 or 70 killed. P.S. since the above account, one has been received from a spectator of the scene, which states that 2000 men crossed the River 100 killed on the field 200 wounded most of whom died afterwards. The U.S. Sloop of War Wasp, 18 Guns met the British sloop of War Frolic 20 Guns and after severe conflict of 43 minutes Captured her -- having shot away all her masts & killed & wounded 50 or 60 -- the Wasp had 5 men killed. The Wasp after maning [sic] her prize, proceeded, & unfortunately fell in with a British 74 which took them both & ordered them for Bermuda. William Wenman a soldier in the 15th U.S. Reg. was shot for desertion with intent to go over to the enemy. another Soldier was was [sic] brought out for Execution who deserted with Wenman, but was pardoned; it appearing that he was enticed away. 19th Mrs. Patty Williams wife of Joseph Williams Jr Died Consumption. Mon 23 Fair Cloudy eveng. Attended to Store &c Tues 24 Fair P.M. by seven wind and rain A.M. Busily employ'd in Store Wed 25 Fair Attended to Store &c Thurs 26 Fair Pleasant Thanksgiving attend Meeting and other neccessary concerns of the day. Mr. Wood of Chesterfield supplied the Pulpit for this day. Fri 27 Fair cool Employ'd in Store &c Sat 28 Fair pleasant Employ'd in Store, & preparing things about my buildings for Winter. Sun 29 Cloudy & heavy rain. Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr. Harding of N. Salem Preached Mon. 30 Fair pleasant Employed in Store &c DECEMBER Tues 1 December Cloudy Snow. Attended to Store &c Wed 2 Cloudy Snow Went to S. Fays with David Bishop to build a Russian Stove, which we completed & tarried over night. Thurs 3 Cloudy & some Snow Employ'd in Store &c. Miscellaneous Transactions & Events Congress in session. The documents presented to congress with the Presidents' Message chiefly consisted of a correspondence between Mr Munroe Secy of State & Mr Russell the American Minister in England, by which it appeared that offers had been made on both sides for an Armistice in contemplation of, and preparatory to a Treaty of Peace; but were rejected by both parties on account of some triffling [sic] matters in which they could not agree. The American Armies making preparation to enter Canada at several points at the same time. Dewit Clinton of N.York is held up as a candidate for the next Presidency. and will receive the support of the Federalists and the Moderate Republicans, as a man better qualified for that Office under the existing State of the Country, than James Madison, under whom the War has proved unsuccessful. Invasion of Canada Gen. Dearborn who commanded the Army of the North on Lake Champlain, collected all his force from Plattsburg, Burlington &c on the 16th Nov. and marched to the town of Champlain on Canada line with intention to [cont.] Fri 4 Snow Continues from N.E. Employed in Store visited at S. Ball's in evening Sat 5 Cloudy some rain Employed in Store &c Sun 6 Fair cold Snow remains on the ground about 4 inches deep Attended Meeting Mr Pratt of Westmoreland Preached Mon 7 Cold Fair Employd in Store in eving at S. Balls in business with Selectmen Tues 8 Cloudy warm Employ'd in Store &c. Wed 9 Cloudy little snow at evening Employd in Store &c Killed my Hogs Thurs 10 Fair cold Employed settling Acct with the F. G. F. Co. Fri 11 Fair Cold Employed with the F.G.F. Co settling accounts with Cobb Alexander. Sat 12 Fair, Cloudy little snow eving Employd in Store Sun. 13 Flying Clouds. Snow remains on the ground good sleighing. Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. No Meeting Miscellaneous Transactions & Events march immediately to Montreal. The whole force consisted of about 6,000 men about 4,000 of whom were Regulars. about 700 were left at Plattsburg Sick of whom 5 or 6 died daily On the approach of the American Army the British and Indians fled towards Montreal, and burnt the Houses, Barnes Hay &c. for considerable distance, & fell trees acrost the Road to render it impassable. A detachment of about 300 men under Gen. Chandler, was sent over the line to disperce [sic] the Indians that were expected to be in the woods. The surrounded a Block house & set fire to the, but no Indians were within nor any seen some of the men were killed & others wounded by cross firing at the time of surrounding the Blockhouse. They returned to Champlain when on the 22d, it was thought proper to abandon the project of entering Canada for the want of a sufficient number of Men, and returned to Plattsburg, Burlington & Greenbush for Winter quarters. The Barracks at Greenbush which had lately been built, were destroyed in a Gale of Wind. The Marriage of Jerome Bonapart. & Mrs Patterson was revoked by Congress. Mon 14 Fair Attended to Store &c Tues 15 Fair cool Employd in Store Wed 16 Employ'd in Store & with the Franklin Glass Factory Company settling Accounts &c &c Thurs 17 Fair Cool Employed as above Fri 18 Fair pleasant Employed as above Sat 19 Fair Cloudy Good sleighing attended to Store bought some pork & Poltry [sic] Pork worth 4 to 6 Cents Sun 20 Fair cold Attended Meeting Mr. Thomson of Barre preached Mon 21 Fair cool The day in Store Evening with F G. F. Co. &c Tues 22 Cloudy little snow in Mor. Moderate Employ'd in Store Miscellaneous Transactions & Events Russian War. Bonaparte with his invading Army, penetrated into Russia and a length reached the City of Moscow on the 14th of September The Russians retreated before him, & laid dessolate [sic] the Country thro' which they passed to prevent any supplies being taken by the French. A most desperate Battle took place not far from Moscow in which the various accounts state that from 50 to 80,000 were killed on both sides without any considerable advantage gain'd on either the Russian Army then retreated to a strong position beyond Moscow, leaving the French to enter that city without oposition. [sic] The Governor of Moscow irritated at the arival [sic] of the French Army, released the condemned Criminals on condition of setting fire to the City, which was done in about 400 places at the same time, two thirds or perhaps 3/4ths of the greatest City in Europe was consumed by fire. The inhabitants had left the city with the greatest part of the moveable [sic] property, -- about 30 thousand sick & wounded Russians were consumed in the Hosepital. [sic] The several Divisions of the Russian Army, were endeavoring to cut off the communications between him to evacuate Moscow that they might take advantage of his movements. Wed 23 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 24 Cloudy Fair Employ'd in Store &c Fri 25 Cloudy cold Employd in Store Sat. 26 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Sun. 27 Fair cold Attended Meeting P.M. Mr. Foster Preached Mon. 28 Fair cool Employd in Store and with the F.G.F.Co. Tues. 29 Fair cool Employd in Store and with F.G.F. Co. Wed 30 Cloudy warm In Store &c Thurs 31 Cloudy Snow Attended to a General Settlement with the F. G.F. Company. Miscellaneous Transactions & Events The American Army of the Centre at Niagara made considerable preparation to cross over to Canada about the last of November, and about 200 Sailors & Soldiers under command of Capt. King, made a descent upon the Enemies Shore oposite [sic] Black Rock: attached & carried 3 Batteries dismounted & spiked their Cannon & destroyed the Gun Carriages --- They took about 30 prisoners, destroyd some houses & amunition [sic] & returned. General Smyth who had the command of that Army gave notice & issued orders to his whole army to be in readiness to make an attack at several diferent [sic] times, but to the great dissatisfaction of the Army, he was never ready & at last gave up the expedition. The countermanding Orders excited universal astonishment, & indiscribable [sic] uproar & confusion ensued. Smyth was called a Coward & a Scoundrel, and he for safety took Lodgings at Buffalo, but the Mob becoming dangerous, he took Refuge in his own camp, surrounded by Guards & Centinels. [sic] But a large sum being offered for his head, he was no more seen. The Soldiers in all the Camps have become sickly and die very fast. The want of proper Clothing & encampments, together with inattention to the sick is said to be the Cause. The Frigate "United States" Capt Decatur, captured the British Ship Macedonian, mounting 49 carriage Guns. She is a Frigate of the largest class, 2 years old & reputed one of the best sailers in the British service. The Macedonian had 104 killed and wounded, the "United States" 12 only. Dec 10th Samuel Tully formerly a mate of the Schooner "George Washington" was executed at Boston for Piracy. John Dalton who was an acomplice [sic] & condemned to be executed at the same time, was reprieved 'till the 10th of January next. The year 1812, has been eventful, disasterous [sic] & disgraceful to our Country. In this year, a War, unwarranted by policy, unauthorized by the voice of the People, has been waged against the only Nation capable of destroying our infant Navy --- blockading our seaports, and wiping our Commerce from the Ocean. Hull's Army ingloriously Capitulating. Rensselaers Army defeated & taken. Smyth's cowardly shrinking from duty, and the commander in cheif [sic] (Dearborn) wrapping himself in snug Winter quarters. Thus ends seven months Warfare, that has cost the People Thirty Millions of dollars. Our rulers have fed us with hope, and starved us with disappointment. But, a gleam of light is visible in our Political Horison [sic], emited [sic] from the Gallant exploits & glorious victories of our Naval Heroes. They have by their bravery kept alive hope & distanced despair. We are fondly anticipating a restoration of Washington principles in the Congress. When that illustrious body shall again assemble, we hope to see the Bloody Wings of the preying Warhawks cliped [sic], that they may no longer fatten upon the spoils of out citizens. Mr Madison is reelected to the Presidency, and Elbridge Gerry to the Vice-presidency of the U.S. and the Following is a list of the Votes of the several States. Viz Republican Federal Republican Federal States Madison Clinton Gerry Ingersol Massachusetts 0 22 2 20 Rhode Island 0 4 0 4 New-Hampshire 0 8 1 4 Vermont 8 0 1 7 Connecticut 0 9 0 9 New-York 0 29 0 29 Maryland 6 5 6 5 Pensylvania[sic] 25 0 25 0 New-Jersey 0 8 0 8 Virginia 25 0 25 0 North-Carolina 11 0 15 0 Deleware [sic] 0 4 0 4 S. Carolina 11 0 11 0 Ohio 7 0 7 0 Kentucky 12 0 12 0 Tennesee [sic] 8 0 8 0 Georgia 8 0 8 0 Louisiana 3 0 3 0 __________________________________ Total 128 89 131 86 Those that are elected are Generally considered in favour of a War with England, & devoted to the interest of France. The State of Vermont have again elected Republican Members to Congress by a small majority. Those elected are Richard Skinner Ezra Butler, James Fiske, Charles Rich, Wm Strong & Wm. C. Bradley. The Diary of William Cobb Jr. of Warwick Massachusetts 1813 Transcribed by Beth J. Gilgun January, 1996 In 1813, William Cobb used the left hand page of the diary book for daily occurences and the right had page for world and local events. I have followed his format, and when the events ran into another typed page, I left the rest of the page blank rather than start a new date-page. I did add the new month in capital letters between the days of the week, so sometimes the new month appears twice; once where I added it and once from Cobb. The spelling is Cobb's as is the emphasis. The first pages of the 1813 book are missing. A Conspiracy took place in Paris in the absence of Bonaparte, in which three Ex-Generals were detected, taken and Executed Viz Malet Guidal & Lahaire. They found means to deceive the Garrison, and read to them a Proclamation of the death of the Emperor, and ordered them in the name of the Regent to follow them, which orders were obeyed. they took the Minister of the General Police, and the prefects whom they carried to prison Malet then proceeded with his men to take the etat Major of Paris, but was arrested by him and the troops harangued, and informed that the Emperor was still alive and they all laid down their Arms. 18 Susan Hall came to town. 19 Doct. Hall wife & Sister set out for Hopkinton N.H. 18 Betsey Whitney Died, Consumption Naval Victory On the 29th of December near the coast of Brazil The Constitution Frigate, fell in with & Captured the British Frigate Java of 49 Guns & 400 men. The action continued one hour & 55 minutes, in which time the Java was made a complete Wreck having her Bowsprit and every mast and spar shot out of her. [bottom of page missing] Sun 31 Jan. Cool cloudy Attended to the neccessary business of the day. at 3 P.M. set out on a Journey to Boston in Company with J Russell and went to athol in order to take the Stage. FEBRUARY Mon. Feb 1 Cloudy & Snow. Took the Stage at 4 A.M. and arived in Boston at P.M. put up at Joel Mayo Tues 2 Cloudy Attended to purchasing Goods &c &c. Wed 3 Fair moderate do Thur 4 Cloudy some Snow Prepared my Goods for loading &c &c Fri 5 Cloudy warm Loaded my Team, settled my business &c Having received a Justice Commission, I went before two of the Members of the Council & read & subscribed to the neccessary Oaths. Sat 6 Fair Entered the Stage at 4 A.M. and arived at Athol at 6 P.M. Tarried. Sun 7 Fair Took the Brattleboro Stage [rest missing] Gen. Winchester, who Commanded the advanced Gaurd [sic] of the N. Western Army, consisting of 1000 men & who was marching to the relief of Col. Lewis, at the Miami Rapids, was surprised by the British and Indians, on the morning of the 22d of January, defeated and his whole force killed or taken prisons, except about 30 men who by skulking and hiding effected their escape --- The General was scalped and Massacreed by the Indians.* The General had very incautiously encamped for the night in a very disorderly manner without guards or Scouts in a place where common prudence might have taught him danger. * the massacre of Gen. Winchester is not true he was made a prisoner. Bonaparte arived in Paris in the month of December last, having left the remnant of his Army in Russia to fight their way out The Russians had taken and killed a great part of the French Army and put the rest to Flight. According to accounts of the War Office, at St. Petersburg, the Russians had taken from the French 128,000 Men, 1000 Officers among whom were 43 Generals, and 600 pieces of Cannon. Mon 8 Fair Attended to Store &c Goods arived from Boston Tues 9 Fair Employed in Store Wed 10 do do Thurs 11 do do Fri 12 Cloudy do Sat 13 " do Sun 14 Fair Attended Meeting the forenoon Mr Tucker of Deerfield preached Mon 15 Fair Employed in Store Tues 16 " do Wed 17 " do Thur 18 " Cold do Fri 19 " do Burt & Alanson Lincoln & sisters at Warwick on visit. Sat 20 cold Hazy Attended to Store [?]th Mr. Artemas Brown began Writing School on Wrifford's Plan of "Systematic Writing" in which he enjoyed to give 20 Lessons for 3 dollars each Scholar; he providing Room, fire & Stationary [sic]. About 40 Schollars [sic] attended. The Chesapeake Blockaded by British Squadron under command of Admiral Warren. Dispatches from France anounced [sic] the death of Joel Barlow Esqr -- American Minister to the Court of France. Accounts from Russia state that only about 13,000 remains of the French Army and those driven driven [sic] out thro Poland into Germany The Russians have exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the world, having destroyed a formadable [sic] French Army of 300,000 effective men, with all their Cannon & Camp equipage Bonaparte and many of his generals having left their Army and excaped [sic] in disguise. Sun 21 Cloudy & Snow Attended to neccessary business of the day. Mr. Rogers preached Mon 22 Fair Employed in Store &c Tues 23 do do Wed 24 do Employed posting town Books. Thurs 25 do cool In Store & settleing [sic] Treasury accounts with the Town's Commitee.[sic] Fri 26 Cold Fair Attended Store &c Sat 27 Cool Fair do Sun 28 Cloudy mist Fair pleasant Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr Tucker preached. MARCH Mon 1 March Attended Store and Town Meeting Cloudy rain Tues 2 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 3 do do Thurs 4 do pleasant do Town Officers. chosen at the Annual Meeting Jonathan Blake Jr Caleb Mayo Esqr } Selectmen Joshua Atwood Josiah Pomroy Jr Town Clerk Wm Cobb Town Treasurer 5th Mr ___ Green moved his family from Wrentham to Warwick. Fri 5 Cloudy Snow Windy Employ'd in Store Sat 6 Cold windy roads blocked up with Snow Attended to Store Sun 7 Cloudy & Cold Attended Meeting Mr. Cook from Keen [sic] preached having engaged him for 4 Sundays @ $8.-- per day. Mon 8 Cold Fair Attended to Store Tues 9 Cool Fair do Wed 10 moderate Hazy do Went to Francis Leonard 2d & carried him a Timepiece which I had sold him Thurs 11 moderate rain Employed in Store &c Fri 12 Cloudy cool do Sat 13 Fair Cloudy windy do Sun 14 Cloudy snow P.M. attended Meeting. Mon 15 Fair Employed in store. Tues 16 do do 6th Mr. Brown finished his Writing School. Samuel Moore's Child died aged 14 months -- Hooping Cough 10th Mr. Jonathan Patch moved his family from Templeton to Warwick. 15th Messr Steel & Eleazer Davis moved from Leominster to Warwick. Samuel Moore 2d Moved from Warwick to Windham. The Typhus Fever very prevalent in the towns on the west side of Connecticut River. ___ and proves very mortal in the towns of Vernon and Gill. The Russian Army continues victorious, marching thro' Prussia into Germany and taken possession of Berlin & Hamburg. Prussia has come into an alliance and is furnishing troops to join the Russian Army. Sweden, had flung off the oppressive yoke of Bonaparte, and formed a treaty with England, and also with Russia --- Austria has become Neutral with an army of 300,000 men to defend her own Territory. Wed 17 Cloudy attended to Store &c Thurs 18 Cloudy rain in mor. Attended to Store and to the apprehension & Thunder & sharp lightning Trial of Aaron Cutting who was taken for Theft. Snow deep Visited at Samuel Mayos in the evening Fri 19 Fair Employed in Store. Sat 20 Fair warm do do Sun 21 Fair windy cold Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 22 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 23 do Began to take account of Stock Wed 24 do cool Employ'd in taking account of Stock. Thur 25 do do Fri 26 do do Sat 27 do do Sun 28 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting Mon 29 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 30 " Went to A. Goodells in the morning to look at woodland and returned at 10 A.M. Wed 31 " Went to Abner Goodell's and measured off 10 Acres 3 Quarters & 9 rods of woodland at $18,~ per Acre, amounting to $194,50. 18th Aaron Cutting a shoemaker who lived with Ezekiel Cooke was taken & convicted before Esqr. Mayo for stealing one & an half side of sole Leather from the tanhouse of Justus Russell in Warwick. He was put under Bonds for $80.- to appear at the Circuit Court next to be holden at Greenfield on the first Monday in August next to answer for his crime. 22 Doctor Hall returned from the Westward, where he had been for 24 days to engage Glass Blowers having engaged 5 to come on in a short time, paying them a bounty of 100$ each. Mrs. Maynard, wife of Levi Maynard died. A splinded [sic] celebration of the Russian Victories took place in Boston, with religious cerimonies [sic] and dinner at the Exchange APRIL Thurs 1 Fair The ground half bare Employed in forming a code of Bye-laws for the R.G.F. Company Their annual meeting for choice of Officers was this day. Fri 2 do Employ'd in Store & doing business for the F.G.F. Company Sat 3 do do do Sun 4 Fair Attended Meeting in forenoon Mr. Lee preached Mon 5 Cloudy rain Employed in Store in forenoon -- attended to Town Meeting in the afternoon Votes for Governor were 110 for C. Strong 74 for J. Varnum Tues 6 Fair Attended to Store &c. Wed 7 do pleasant do Thurs 8 do " Fast day attended meeting in forenoon Fri 9 do, warm Employed in Store Sat 10 do warm snow mostly gone Employed in Store & Burt Lincoln from Petersham on business respecting the establishment of a card Factory in Warwick. 3d Three Glass Blowers for the Renselier Factory in N.Y. arived here in the Stage agreeable to a contract made with them by Doct. E. Hall 10 Mr. Harkman a Glass-blower arived in the Stage. 5 Doctor Joel Burnet, having made a contract with Doct Hall for his Medicine, and to relinquish the practice of physick in this plan took residence here, with the intention of making a permanent stand 1st A Revenue Cutter near one of the Wharves in Charleston Ms. was Blown up in consequence of the Magazine's taking fire -- there were about 30 persons on board three of whom were never seen or heard of afterwards and a number more most dreadfully mangled the Cutter sunk in a short time The remaining persons on board having been taken off by Boats from the shore. 5 Doctor Hall set out for Philedelphia [sic] after Clay for the Glass works Sun 11 Fair cool Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 12 Fair Attended to Store Tues 13 Cloudy rain Fair P.M. do Wed 14 Fair do Thurs 15 do do Fri 16 Do Cloudy evening do Sat 17 Fair People just begin to plough Attended to making out agreement with the Glass Blowers &c Sun 18 Fair pleasant Attended Meeting Mr. Cook continues to preach Mon 19 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 20 Fair do Wed 21 do do Thurs 22 do do Loan. A Loan of 16 Million of dollars was found neccessary to supply the deficiency of the Treasury of the U.S. Books for subscription were opened in the several states for a certain time and when closed found but about 3 Million subscribed. The Books were again opened and obtained by subscriptions &c ___________ $6,000,000 In Philadelphia___________ 1,000,000 J.J. Astor N.York __________ 2,000,000 Parish & Girard ___________ 7,000,000 $16,000,000 The six per Cent Interest, and premium paid to the lender, is about 7 1/4 per. Cent. 22d Two Brothers by the name of Page died in Northfield, in consequence of Burns received in a Mill, where they were sleeping, which took fire from some brands left burning near them on some slabs. Their Cloths were all burnt off except some of their Collars or wastbands [sic], before they awaked. They jumped into the water as soon as they discovered their situation, but their burns were so deep that they both died in a short time within 6 minutes of each other, in the greatest agony and distress. Fri 23 Fair cloudy rain Employed in Store. Sat. 24 Cloudy rain do Sun 25 Fair pleasant flying Clouds cooler Attended to the neccessary occurences of the._____________ [sic] Mon 26 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 27 do do. Wed 28 do do. Thurs 29 do cool do. Fri 30 do do do. MAY Sat 1 May 1813 Cloudy some rain Attended to Store &c. Sun 2 Fair Attended Meeting Mr Cook still continues to preach. Mon 3 Fair Attended Store and Town Meeting Caleb Mayo Esqr chosen Representitive to the General Court. Tues 4 Fair Cloudy little rain Employed in Store &c. Training. 28th The Britis [sic] Blockading squadron in the Deleware [sic] River destroyed Frenchtown and Burned a warehouse containing 20 or 30,000 dolls worth of Goods 27th Little York the Capital of upper Canada taken by the American forces. Gen. Dearborn Commander of the American forces & Commodore Chauncey conducted the attack on the Water, and Brig Gen. Pike landed & attaced [sic] the British on the Land. The combat was severe for a short time. General Sheaff who commanded the British soon retreated with a part of his force and the remainder surrenderd, but while General Pike was marching his Colums [sic] to take possession of a Battery, a mine that had been prepared by the British was fired by a train of powder which ca____eatd[?] with the Magazine, and burst with great violence upon our troops, Gen. Pike and about [blank] of our men & fifty of the British were killed in the explosion. 4th Sibel Leonard died consumption. Wed 5 Fair Employ'd in Store Thurs 6 Cloudy cool do. " Fri 7 do. do " Sat 8 do. rain do Sun 9 Fair cool Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 10 Fair Employ'd in Store and Garden Tues 11 do do. do Wed 12 Fair Cloudy Employ'd in Store, & went to Capt. Gales to take possession of his farm for Amos K. Whitney Possession was given in presence of E. Williams Esqr Maj. P. Allen & Daniel Bancroft Thurs 13 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Fri 14 Rain do do Sat 15 Fair rain do do 10th Doct. Erastus V. Freeman of Hebron (Con.) purchased of Caleb Alexander 10 Shares in the Franklin Glass Factory for whom I became an agent to manage the shares according to my best judgment. Georgetown and Fredrica (Maryland) has been destroyed by the British. Havre de Grass situated on the Chesapeak in Maryland is also destroyed. Sun 16 Fair Attended meeting in the forenoon Mon 17 Fair windy showers Employ'd in Store &c Tues 18 Fair cool slight rain Employ'd in Store &c Broke up grass Ground in orchard. Wed 19 Fair cloudy rain Fair clouds rain Employ'd in Store. Thurs 20 Fair Frosty Mor. Cl. P.M. Employed in Store &c Fri 21 Fair cool air In Store Carted dung & ploughed for planting Sat 22 Fair & warm Emp'd in Store Garden &c Sun 23 fair warm Attended Meeting Mr. Brown Preached Mon 24 Fair warm growing time Attended to Store &c planted Corn. Tues 25 Cloudy some rain Attended to Store &c. Wed 26 Fair Employed in Store Thurs 27 Cloudy Went to Abner Smith's in morning bot a Cow & Calf at $25,00 Emp. in Store &c Fri 28 Cloudy some rain In Store Sat 29 Fair Cloudy Attended to Store & Glass Factory Company Meeting 20 Jury Box regulated under the new Law 22 Abel Minard brought his family into town from Sandlake N.Y. 23 Samuel Cobb having sold his tenement at Wendell, agreed to some to Warwick and join in building a house & shop, and enter into the Card Business with me and others. The British force at Kingston (upper Canada) embarke [sic] in a small squadron of Vessels on Lake Ontario and comae over to Sackets-harbor to destroy the American Stores deposited at that place. They succeded [sic] in landing & the conflict was desperate for a start time but they were drawn back with much loss on both sides. At the first landing of the enemy the Americans set fire to the Barracks and Military Stores, and consumed the whole together with the emencely [sic] valuable property taken at little York. The British have now complete command of the Lake The American force at Niagary [sic] passed over the Lake & succeded [sic] in taking fort George & fort Erie and dispersed the enemy from that quarter. Sun 30 Fair shower P.M. Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Went to Athol at evening to take the Stage for Boston Mon 31 Fair pleasant half past 3 oClock set out from Athol for Boston in Stage arived at 1/2 past six P.M. & put up at Joel Mayo's. JUNE Tues 1 June 1st 1813 Fair pleasant Employ'd purchasing Goods &c. Wed 2 Fair do Thurs 3 do do. & Loaded my Team. Fri 4 do. warm Settled my Bill's in Boston purchased a few small articles &c. Sat 5 Fair warm Set out from Boston at 5 A.M. in Stage arived at Athol 10 P.M. Sun 6 Fair & Warm Entered the Stage at Athol 5 A.M. arived home at 9. Attended to the neccessary Concerns of the day. 3d Mrs. Stevens wife of Nathaniel G. Stevens died Wed 2d The American Frigate Chesapeak, lying in Boston harbor, and commanded by Capt. Lawrence, went out with a determination to attack & bring in the British Frigate Shannon commanded by Capt Brock, which had been cruising off the harbor & often heaving in sight for a considerable time. The Chesapeak left the harbor about noon and an engagement took place about 6 P.M. when Capt. Lawrence was killed and nearly all the officers on board -- the Frigate rendered unmanageable by the loss of riging [sic] & sails was boarded & made prize of by the Shannon in the short time of 11 minutes. The Shannon was also much injured in the hull. General Moreau left America for St. Petersburg. After the American troops had taken possesion [sic] of Fort George, & Fort Erie they advanced in pursuit of the enemy who retracted a considerable distance and flung up Breastworks on a rising ground, and finding that they should be soon attached took advantage of the night & entered & surprized [sic] the American troops Mon 7 Rain Employed in Store unloading Goods &c Tues 8 Fair Employed marking off Goods &c &c Wed 9 " do Thurs 10 " do Fri 11 " do Sat 12 Fair hazey evening Employed in Store &c Sun 13 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting Mr. Muzzy preached. Mon 14 Fair Employed in Store Tues 15 Fair do Wed 16 Rain do Thurs 17 Cloudy rain fair Went Francis Leonard's & J Delvie's saw mills to purchase boards returned 5 P.M. Fri 18 Fair and very warm Employ'd in Store Wed [sic] my Corn Sat 19 Fair Employ'd in Store Sun 20 Cloudy rain Wind S.E. Attended Meeting Mr Brown preached Mon 21 Fair, Cloudy rain 4 PM. Employed with a number of hands beginning a Cellar for a house for my Brother & workshops to Manufacture Cards in. 6th Doct E. Hall returned from Philidelphia where he had been after clay for the Glassworks. Continued from last page, the American Camp, took about 200 of our men among whom was Gen. Winder & Chandler & many other Officers. The Americans then retired in great disorder & returned to Fort George when a British fleet made appearce [sic] on the lake and succeded [sic] in taking a part of our boats. The Harbor of New London (Ct.) strongly Blockaded by the British with 3 seventy fours, and a number of smaller vessels. The American Frigate President & the Macedonian (lately taken from the British) are up the River Thames 6 miles above N.London -- the Inhabitants have moved out their valuable property and many families have left the town. Tues 22 Cloudy Employed in Store and overseeing hands at the Cellar. Wed 23 Fair Began to stone Cellar where I was employed the most of the day. Thurs 24 Fair Employed in Store at the Cellar &c. Fri 25 do Attended to Store &c Sat 26 do do do Sun 27 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr Brown supplied the pulpit. Mon 28 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 29 do do " Wed 30 do do " 24th Doct. ____ Baker came into Warwick for the purpose of practicing physick 26 The Franklin Glass Factory Co. agreed with Isaac Miller to work for them at Blacksmithing for one year for $300 he finding his own tools & Board The Company providing house for his family & garden. 25th Burt Lincoln (from Petersham) Wm. Howard & Solomon Weatherbee & myself, formed ourselves into a Company for the purpose of Manufacturing Cards, and agreed to divide the property of the Concern into ten shares, and begin the business with a Capital of $1000,~~ A detachment from fort George consisting of about 570 men were ordered to Beaver Dam near Queenstown to attack & disperse a body of the enemy, collected there for the purpose of procuring provision. On the arival of the detachment to the the [sic] place of destination they found themselves attacked on all sides by the British & Indians, they returned to an open field and disputed the enemy 'till all their amunition [sic] was expended & then surrended [sic] themselves to the enemy -- One Man only excaped. [sic] JULY Thurs 1 Fair Employ'd in Store Fri 2 " do do Sat 3 Cloudy do Sun 4 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Brown supplied Mon 5 Fair Attended to Celebration of Independence at Northfield. Mr Festus Foster delivered the Oration Tues 6 Fair Employed in Store purchased 383 sheep-skins of Baxter Newton for the Card Factory Wed 7 Fair Employed in Store Thurs 8 " do Fri 9 " do Sat 10 " do Sun 11 Fair Attended Meeting Mr White supplied Mon 12 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Bengan [sic] Haying Tues 13 Fair Attended to Store & to Mr White & others engaged in preparing & Cutting Card-leathers. for the first time. Battle of Lutzen A most sanguinary Battle was fought on the 2d of May between the Allied Army of Russia Prussia & Sweden, and the French under the command of Bonaparte in person. Many lives were lost and no decisive victory obtained on either side, 'tho both parties claimed it. The Allied Army consisted of 284 thousand Men, and the French of 196,000.~~~ accord to report but improbable. 9th Franklin Glass Factory began to heat up their first Furnace. The British Tender (Eagle) off New-London was deceptively taken by Sailing-master Perceval of the U.S. Navy. who with 40 others volunteer'd their service for the purpose. They hired a Fishing Smack, bought some Calves pigs &c, but then on board exposed to view and all hand secreted themselves except 3, who dressed in Fisherman's habit Wed 14 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 15 Cloudy rain do do heavy showers & Thunder in evening Fri 16 Clouds showers do do Sat 17 Fair Employed in Store & haying Sun 18 Fair Hazy Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mr. White supplied Mon 19 Cloudy rain Employed in Store & settling accounts with the FGF Co Tues 20 Some cloudy do Wed 21 Hazy do Thurs 22 do Fair PM do Fri 23 do do Sat 24 Cloudy rain in morning do Sun 25 Fair warm Attended to the Common occurences of the day. Mon 26 Cloudy Attended to Store in forenoon Went to Athol PM. Looked at a Machine for Cutting Card teeth & agreed for it at $125,~~ Warranted carried 30 doz Card Leathers to send on to have pricked slept at Amasa Lincoln's. The British continue in considerable force in the Chesapeak Bay, and some Vessels have run up the Potomac River, which caused great alarm at Washington Battle of Bautzen The combined Russian & Prussian Army, after the Battle of Lutzen, retreated to an advantageous position & encamped and fortified at Bautzen, where on the 21st of May they were attacked by the French in superior force; and tho' defending themselves with great spirit and Judgment [sic], were forced from their position, and still retreated in such order as to keep the advance of the French Army in check, tho' commanded by Bonapart [sic] in person. After this affair an Armistice was entered upon, to suspend hostilities between all the Belligerent troops wherever stationed. And Plenipotentiaries were named by the contending parties to assemble at _____ as preparatory to a general peace, on the European Continent. Tues 27 Cloudy paid Amasa Lincoln on Note $40,10. Called at Alden Spooners took 48 sheepskins, purchased at Gerry, by B. Lincoln for Card-leathers at ,60 each. called on Jos. Procter Esqr & Rec'd $305 collected by him of C. Brown for J. Whiting. Wed 28 Some Clouds Employed in Store at Glass-house part of Afternoon The Melting furnace Cap gave way, before the Glass was melted sufficient to blow and the Furnace and ten Pots were lost. Thurs 29 Fair Attended to Store &c Hands employed getting hay. Fri 30 Fair showers P.M. Attended to Store had a very severe head ache for part of the day. Sat 31 Fair Went into store in the morning, soon attacked with severe pain in the left side of my head, to which I yeilded [sic] & left the store soaked my feet in warm water. took Physic & a swett, but had considerable fever. Blistered the back of my neck and soon got easy of pain Finished Haying. The Combined English, Spanish and Portuguese, Army, have succeeded in driving the French considerable distance towards the North of Spain July 31st The British came up Lake Champlain, with 2 Sloops of War, 3 Gun boats & 47 Batteaux each of which carried 30 men. They landed at Plattsburg, burnt the Arsenal, Storehouse, Blockhouse and Commissary's Storehouses. the [sic] offered no violence to the inhabitants, but carried away 7, or 8,000 dollars value in Goods and other property. The Property Burnt was estimated at $33,300. Lord Wellington gain'd a great victory over the French Army in Spain & followed them into their own territory Took a large number of Coaches belonging to King Joseph with emmence [sic] property. But few French troops now left in Spain. Francis Leonard's Child died of the Hooping Cough & fever aged __ AUGUST Sun 1 Fair Confined to my Chamber fever no worse. Mr Brown supplied the pulpit. Mon 2 Fair warm people employ'd in Cutting winter Grain, which is generally good. Still confined to my Chamber--fever some abated. Tues 3 Fair & warm My Fever mostly gone, Went out of my room & out of doors. Wrote some &c &c Wed 4 Fair Employ'd in Store Thurs 5 Fair do Fri 6 do warm do Sat 7 do do Sun 8 Fair Attended Meeting Mr Brown Preached Mon 9 Fair Attended to Store &c Tues 10 Cloudy Attended to Store &c Sent to Athol after Machine for Cutting Card-teeth Mr Fitts the constructor of it came and put it in Operation. August 2d The Congress of the U.S. adjourned after a session of Ten weeks. The Senate rejected the appointment of Mr Gallatin as Minister Plenipotentiary to settle a peace with England, under the Mediation of Russia -- but confirmed by a large majority the appointment of Messre Adams & Bayard. They also rejected the nomination of several officers for the Army, made by Mr. Madison, on account of their being foreigers [sic] and Frenchmen. The Senate seemed to act with the independence calculated on by the founders of our Constitution, and in some degree checked the fearful apprehensions of Executive power, in the President of the U.S. whose will had for a long time, and in all cases been confirmed by the Senate & house of Representatives, and became the Supreme law of the land. Wed 11 Fair Employed in Store & with Mr Fitts about the Cutting Machine. Paid him $125,00 for the Machine and he returned. Thurs 12 Fair Employed Cutting card-teeth &c. Fri 13 Fair Attend to Store & cut Card-teeth Machine operated well. Sat 14 Fair Cutting Machine failed, spent the forenoon upon it and laid it aside. Sun 15 Fair & Warm ground very dry. English Grain good & well saved. Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. No Preaching. Mon 16 Fair Employ'd in Store &c began to frame a house for Card Making Tues 17 Cloudy Employed in Store and on frame Wed 18 Fair showers Employ'd in Store New- York Militia. The Governor of N.Y. in compliance with orders from the President of the U.S. has made a detachment of 4650 men, to be ready for service the 16th of August, for the defence of the frontiers, and to serve for the term of 3 Months. The Governor of Vermont has called out 2 Brigades of the Militia to hold themselves in readiness to march at a moments warning for the defence of Burlington, where an attack from the British is daily expected. About 4000 regular troops under the command of Gen. Hampton are stationd [sic] at that place, and a larg [sic] quantity of stones has been collected there. 18th Capt. Crowningshield returned to Salem from Halifax with the Bodies of Capt. James Lawrence & Lieut Augustus C. Ludlow who fell while fighting on board the U.S. Frigate Chesapeake. The bodies were obtained from the enemy by a Flag of truce, Commissiond [sic] for that purpose by the Government. Thurs 19 Fair Employed in Store and about the frame of the Card Factory which was raised this afternoon Fri 20 Fair hazy evening Attended to Store &c Sat 21 Fair and very dry. Myself very unwell rode to J Rich's Mill to look at boards &c. returned at 11 A.M. much exausted [sic] & debilitated by the dysentary [sic] & some fever. Sun 22 Fair Attended to the neccessary business of the day No preaching at the Meetinghouse. Mon 23 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 24 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Wed 25 do do do Thurs 26 do do do Lucy Stockwell came to work. 19 Franklin Glass Factory Co. put fire in their second furnace this afternoon. British defeat. A body of British regulars & Indians attempted to reduce Fort Stephenson at lower Sandusky and were defeated with great loss by the American troops consisting of about 160 men in the fort, commanded by Major Croghan. The British and Indians were estimated at 7 or 8 hundred. Loss on Lake Ontario The U.S. fleet on Lake Ontario lost 2 vessels in a squall which were upset and all on board lost except 16 & two other Vessels were seperated [sic] from the fleet & taken by the British. 22d Samuel Cobb Moved his family from Wendell to Warwick. 26 Mrs Bancroft wife of Ebenezer Bancroft died. Fri 27 Fair cloudy Employ'd in Store on Card Factory &c Sat 28 Fair & extreemly dry do Sun 29 Fair Cloudy evening Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr Brown Preached Mon 30 Cloudy, and rain Attended to Store &c Tues 31 Fair Attended to Carpenters in forenoon The afternoon on Refference [sic] at Jacob Rich's on a demand of J. Ormes against Levi Smith for abuse awarded to Ormes $10,83. damage SEPTEMBER September 1813 Wed 1 Fair Attended to Carpenters, Store &c. Thurs 2 Fair do. Fri 3 Cloudy & some rain P.M. do. Sat 4 Fair do Declaration of War The chiefs & Councellors [sic] of the Six Nations of Indians residing in the State of N.York declared War against the provinces of upper & lower Canada. Gen. Wilkinson has proceeded to the Niagara frontiers to take command at that point, in succession to Gen. Dearborn who retired from that place on account of his ill health or some other unknown cause Great & dreadful Storm and Hurricane in Charleston S.C. which destroyed great number of buildings and some lives. Franklin Glass Factory began to blow Glass on Sunday morning Sept 5th the Furnace stands well--- Glass good. Gen. Moreau who left America & took a Command in the Allied Army in Prussia died the 2d of Sept of wounds rec'd in an action between the allied Army & the French under Bonapart.[sic] Sun 5 Fair cool Attended to the common concerns of the day Mr. Jewell Preached Mon 6 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 7 do do Wed 8 do do Thurs 9 Cloudy rain in evening Employed in the neccessary business of the day--being a day Fasting thro' the U.S. in consequence of War Mr. Jewell performed divine Service. Fri 10 Fair Attended to Store &c Sat 11 Fair Employed on new house with Mr Jona Blake laying the underpining.[sic] &c. Sun 12 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr. Jewell Preached. Marshal Sault, having been sent by the Emperor Bonaparte to take command of the French army which had fled from Spain before Lord Wellington, had collected a force of 45,000 men and re-entered Spain. in the month of July July 28th & 30th Lord Wellington attack'd The French Army under Marshal Sault and defeated him with great loss---Sault then retreated to meet the reinforcement of French of French Militia which augmented his Army to 70,000, he then made a stand & was attacked again by Lord Wellington on the morning of the 30th and was complely [sic] defeated in every quarter & commenced a general retreat leaving all his artillery and an emmence [sic] number of dead on the field of action. Mon 13 Fair Employed in Store &c with Carpenters on New house Tues 14 do do Wed 15 do do Thurs 16 do do began 2d Chimney in new house Fri 17 do do Sat 18 do and dry do Sun 19 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day no preaching Mon 20 Fair Employ'd in Store Went to Capt. Thayers & bought a Bbl W. I. Rum of Jos. Draper @ 1,75 Gall. Tues 21 Fair Attended to Store & Carpenters &c &c Wed 22 Fair do Thurs 23 do do Fri 24 Cloudy little rain do Mr Bruce of Templeton brot. a Cutting Machine for Card teeth which operated well. -----Price 105 dollar Sat 2 Fair & warm cool at evening little frost extremly [sic] dry and springs of water almost exhausted. Attended to Store Carpenters &c. Sept 10th Com. Perry who commanded the American Squadron on Lake Erie attacked the British fleet about 16 miles from Malden, and Captured the whole after suffering considerable loss in the first vessel that made the attack. On the 10th of August the Armistice subsisting between the Allied Powers of Europe & France was broken up, and hostilities commenced. Austria made known her determination and joined the Allied powers. The General Congress which had been formed to settle a peace on the Continent, did not succeed in their object 23d Susan Hall went to Boston to live with Joel Mayo Sun 26 Fair, cool evening Attended Meeting Mr Taylor of N. Salem Preached Mon 27 Fair Attended to Store & Carpenters. Tues 28 Fair cloudy do Wed 29 Rain do Thurs 30 Cloudy Fair do OCTOBER October Fri 1 Fair Employ'd in Store & with my Carpenters. Sat 2 " do Sun 3 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting Mr. Taylor preached Mon 4 Fair Attended General Muster at Orange Tues 5 do Showers attended to Store and Carpenters. Wed 6 Fair do Thurs 7 Fair do Fri 8 Cloudy rain do General Hampton marched all the troops that have been stationed at Burlington Vt. to Ogden'sburg N.York 6th The Indian Prophet & Warrior was killed at the Battle of the Thames aged 44 Years Sat 9 Fair Employ'd with Carpenters & settling Accts for the F.G.F. Co. Sun 10 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting in the forenoon. Mr Taylor preached. Mon 11 Fair Employed in Store and at new house Tues 12 do cool Employ,d laying hearths &c &c in new house Wed 13 do Employed in Store &c Thurs 14 do Employ'd in Store &c Fri 15 do Attended to Store & Stoned & covered a drain at the Card Factory. Sat 16 Cloudy rain attended to Mr Moody building a Russian Stove in Card Factory. Sun 17 Cloudy rain Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mr. Harding of N.Salem preached Mon 18 Fair Employed in Store &c &c 13th Samuel Cobb moved his family from B. Carter's to the Card Factory. 10th Miss Patience Bancroft returned from Boston and opened a private School in Warwick Center district. General Harrison Marched the American troops under his command into Canada at Sandwich oposite [sic] Detroit when the British force under Gen Procter evacuated fort Malden, after having destroying all the Barracks and other property that he could not carry off General Harrison soon followed him about 50 Miles to a branch of the River Thames where Gen Procter had made a stand and placed his small Army in an advantageous position Harrison arived and attacked his Centre with mounted Infantry which soon succeded [sic] in breaking thro' and the whole surrendered except Gen. Procter who with about 40 well mounted dragoons made their excape [sic] by the fleetness of their Horses. Tues 19 Snow & rain Employd in Store Wed 20 Fair pleasant do Thurs 21 " do Fri 22 _________ ___________ Sat 23 Cloudy do Sun 24 Cloudy rain Mr. Tayor [sic] preached Attended Meeting Mon 25 Fair Employd on house & in Store Tues 26 Cloudy do Wed 27 do Great Rain do Thurs 28 fair do dismissed Carpenters having finished house Fri 29 Fair Employd in Store Sat 30 Fair do 20th Isaac Bowman died, Consumption Sun 31 Oct. Fair Attended Meeting in forenoon NOVEMBER Mon 1 Fair Employ'd in Store &c &c Tues 2 Cloudy Employd in Store Wed 3 Fair cool do Thurs 4 Fair " do Fri 5 Cloudy rain do Sat 6 Fair & warm do Sun 7 Fair Warm Attended to the neccessary business of the day No Meeting Mon 8 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 9 do Warm do Wed 10 do do do Thurs 11 Cloudy rain do General Wilkinson left Granidier's Island (Lake Ontario) the first Nov. with an army of about 7,000 Men & proceeded down the River St. Lawrence towards Montreal with an intention of uniting with Gen Hampton from Champlain with 4 or 5,000 men--and to take immediate possession of Montreal. But after General Wilkinson left Granidier Island, the British troops stationed at Kingston, immediately followed and came up with a part of Wilkinson's Army under General Boyd which were detached and sent out to march down on the shore, and protect the Boats in the River a severe engagement took place and the British, tho' superior in numbers, were three times driven back at the point of the Bayonets, and the Last contest continued 10 or 12 Minutes with bayonets point to point before the British gave way---the slaughter was great on both sides. Fri 12 Fair Employd in Store Sat 13 Cloudy cool do Sun 14 Cloudy little snow Attended to the common concerns of the day and Went to Athol in afternoon. Mon 15 Cloudy Snow from N.E. Took a seat in the Stage at Athol at half past 3 A.M. and arived in Boston at 8 P.M. put up at Joel Mayo's. Tues 16 cloudy attended to purchasing Goods &c &c Wed 17 Fair do Thurs 18 Cloudy & rain Loaded my Team purchased goods &c Fri 19 Cloudy, Fair purchased some Small articles settled my Bills &c sold 25 doz Cards for $10 per doz. 4 Mos. Sat 20 Fair Took a seat in the Stage at 1/2 past 3 AM and arived at Athol 9 P.M. 12th Mr Oliver Hayward from Bridgwater [sic] came to Warwick to supply the pulpit with a view to a Settlement in the Ministry in this place Sun 21 Fair Entered the Stage at 7 A.M. & arived at my house 9 A.M. Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 22 Fair attended to the Store regulated my Papers &c my Goods arived at evening --unloaded Tues 23 Cloudy Employd opening Goods &c &c. Wed 24 Fair Employd in Store &c Thurs 25 Fair Thanksgiving Attended Meeting Fri 26 Fair Employd in Store Sat 27 Fair warm do Sun 28 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 29 " Employ'd in Store &c Tues 30 " do 27 Doct. Hall arived from a Journey to Hartford and Woodstock in N.Y. having obtained from Mr Seaman Superintender of the Woodstock Glass factory, the Art of mixing the several compositions of Glass. agreed to pay for the Receipts and instructions $500,~~ DECEMBER Wed 1 Fair Employ'd in Store &c. Thur 2 do cool do Fri 3 do Writing F.G.F. Company &c &c Sat 4 do cool Employd in Store &c Sun 5 Fair Attended to the neccessary Business of the day Mon 6 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 7 Fair do Wed 8 Fair snow at evening do Thurs 9 Cloudy do Fri 10 Fair do Sat 11 Cloudy do Sun 12 Fair Attended Meeting Mr Bascomb of Gerry preached 1st Burt Lincoln came up to make some arangments [sic] about Card Factory. 3d David Jacobs ( a Glass blower) brought his family to Warwick. 8th Doct. Hall began to mix Glass for the Franklin Glass Factory Co. Mon 13 Fair Employed in posting Books & settling Accts for the F G F Co. Tues 14 do do Wed 15 " " Thurs 16 " " Fri 17 " " Sat 18 " " Sun 19 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 20 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 21 " do Wed 22 " do Thurs 23 " do Fri 24 cloudy do Sat 25 Fair do Sun 26 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Went to Athol in Company with C. Alexander & Tarried at Z Fields. 19th Mr James Symes & family left Warwick. & went to the Crown Glassworks in Sand-Lake N.York Mr Abel Minard took the Superintendence of the Furnace in the Franklin Glass Factory when Mr Symes left it. The American troops stationed at Fort George (upper Canady) evacuated the Fort, burnt Newark and crossed to the American side--Soon after the British, consisting of about 3000 came over, took Niagara & Burnt Lewistown, Manchester & Tuscarora ---- but three men excaped [sic] from the fort, the others about 300 were supposed to be put to the Sword, but by further information we find that the Fort was taken by surprise and but few lives lost. Mon 27 Fair Took a seat in the Stage at 4 A.M. and arived in Boston at 7 P.M. Tues 28 Cloudy & mist Attended to purchasing some Goods which were very high and in the afternoon with Mr. Ammi Cutler in closeing [sic] the sale of 44 Shares in the Franklin Glass Factory. to Mr Ebenezer Nickerson Wed 29 Snow Attended to the purchase of some small goods &c Recd of Mr E Nickerson $1305 towards the Glass Factory Shares sold him. Thurs 30 Fair took a seat in the Stage at 4 AM & arived at Athol at 8 P.M. & tarried at Z. Field's. Fri 31 Fair cool Took my Horse and Waggan [sic] which I had left at Athol & set out at half past 7 A.M. & arived at my own house at 10 A.M. employed in the Store the remainder of the day. 25 Great Fire in Portsmouth which broke out in a Barn and Burned 108 dwelling houses, and 64 Public Buildings, Stores and Shops. The Fire was supposed to be communicated to the Barn by design. 30th The British passed over to Blackrock & Buffalo and destroyed those floroushing[sic] villages--and took & destroyed 4 Schooners in Buffalo Creek --- The small force of Militia stationed at the above places were driven & dispersed in every direction, and many valuable lives lost. The Dairy of William Cobb Jr. of Warwick Massachusetts 1815 transcribed by Beth J. Gilgun 1996 The book from 1815 includes all information together on one page. There is no social history for this year, separate from the everyday occurences. Pages are not separated as there is no reason to separate the dates simply because the book used is short in height. Memorandum Hay 10 dolls per ton Rye 1,50 Bushel Corn 1,~~ " Oats ,50 " Wheat 2,00 " Butter ,20td Pork , 8td Cheese , 10 to 12 td W. I Rum good 2,40 Gall by Bbl N.E. do 1,50 " Molasses 1,50 " Tea Hyson 2, ~~ td " Souchag 1,40 td " Bohea 1,40 td L, Sugar ,34 td Brown do ,22 td Coffee ,25 JANUARY 1815 Sun 1 Fair. Light coat of Snow very good sleding for two weeks past. Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 2 Cloudy warm. Employ'd in writing for the F. G. F. Company. Tues 3 Cloudy rain. Employ'd in writing for the F. G. F. Co. & settling Accts Wed 4 Cloudy snow. Settled Accts for F G F Co Thurs 5 Cloudy, some Snow Posted Books & Settled accts for the F G F Co. The Married People attended to a sleigh ride and Ball. Hervey Burnet began Board. Fri 6 Flying Clouds blustering; Cold. Employ'd in settling the Glass Factory Books. Noah A Packard removed his family to his father's (5th) Sat 7 Fair cold. Employ'd on Factory Books. Enos Lincoln & daughter from Petersham on visit. Sun 8 Fair more moderate Attended meeting. Mr. White Preached Mon 9 Fair cool Employed in arranging Factory Accounts and making Settlements. Tues 10 Cool Employd as above Wed 11 Fair--cool--Icy Employ'd on Factory Accounts &c &c Thurs 12 Fair Employ'd as above National Fast. Dea. B. Conant Died Fri 13 Fair little Snow. Employ'd as above. Sat 14 Fair Employ'd as above Sun 15 Attended to the common Concerns of the day. Mon 16 Fair Employ'd in Writing for the F. G. F. Co. Mr Coleman began to teach singing School. Tues 17 Fair, Cloudy. Employ'd in business for the F. G. F. Co. Wed 18 Fair Attended to writing &c set out for Boston at 5 P.M. in Stage --- went to Athol & tarried. Thurs 19 Cloudy some snow, Took the Stage at 4 A.M. and arived at Boston at 8 P.M. The Stage upset on the way, with 10 passengers but no material damage sustained. Fri 20 Fair pleasant Employ'd in Business for the F. G. F. Co -- purchased some Goods &c &c Sat 21 Fair pleasant Employ'd business foe the Franklin G. F. Company &c &c Sun 22 Cloudy cool, snow in the evening Attended Meeting P.M. at the Old South Meeting house in Boston. Mon 23 Cloudy Snow Attended to Loading my teams &c &c. Tues 24 Fair Attended to settling my Business in Boston. Wed 25 Cloudy Fair. Took the Stage from the Tontine Coffee house, at 4 A.M. and arived at Athol the same evening and tarried. Thurs 26 Fair Cold. took the Stage at 6 A.M. and took in Sopronia at Jos. Procters and arived at Warwick at 8 A.M. Fri 27 Fair cool. Attended to Writing &c &c Moses Leonard & wife from Canton on visit & went to Gill with Mrs Cobb, Sat 28 Fair cool. Attended to writing &c Moses Leonard & Mrs Cobb return'd from Gill, P.M. with Mr Saml Leonard in Company. Sun 29 Fair Cold. Attended Meeting in the forenoon. Mon 30 Fair Cold Employ'd in Store &c. Tues 31 Fair & extreemly cold. Attended to writing for the Franklin G.F. Company. at their Meeting at evening resigned the Office of President Director & Treasurer --- calculateing [sic] to pursue some other employment more condusive [sic] to my health & comfort. FEBRUARY Wed 1 February Fair cold Employ'd in Writing &c &c Thurs 2 Some cloudy more moderate Employ'd in closeing [sic] up Accts --- and with Mr Nickerson from Boston, respecting the Glass works. Fri 3 Cloudy moderate Employed with Mr Nickerson consulting on measures that were Neccessary to be taken respecting the Glass works &c &c. Blowed the first melt of Glass in Furnace No. 5. Sat 4 Fair & moderate. Employ'd in Store &c Sun 5 Fair & pleasant, Cloudy. Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. No Meeting Mr Smith absent on a Journey to Providence Mon 6 Fair Employ'd in writing for the Franklin G.F. Co. Tues 7 Fair Employ'd in writing &c for the Franklin Glass Factory Wed. 8 Fair Attended to writing &c other business for the Franklin Glass Factory. Samuel Fay made an attachment of the Land & other property of the Franklin Glass Factory Co. In consequence of which a great number of the Creditors commenced Suits against the Company and Attached all their property that could be found Calvin Nash and Wife arived from Canton on Visit. Thurs 9 Fair Set out at 5 A.M. in Company with O Estey, for Greenfield --- Paid for several Licinces [sic] sold 8 Boxes of Glass to J.W. Riply & returned at evening. Fri 10 Fair Employ'd in writing &c. for the Franklin Glass Factory Company. Stephen Ball hired the glass Factory for 6 months for 400 dollars. Sat 11 Fair Employ'd for the F.G.F.Co Mr Humphrey came up to Settle business with S. Fay Sun 12 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 13 Fair, cool Attended to a Settlement with Samuel Fay who falling in debt about $1800 & Mortgaged his Farm for the security of the debt. Tues 14 Fair Employ'd posting Books for F.G.F. Company The news of Peace with Great Britain arived at Warwick and caused great Joy. Wed 15 Fair Posted Books for the F.G.F.Co. Thurs 16 Fair Warm Posted Books & Settled Accounts for the Franklin G.F. Company Fri 17 Fair & warm Attended to aranging [sic] accounts & Examining the Glass Factory Company's Books with their Commitee Sat 18 Snow from North East. cold & Blustering. Employ'd with the Glass Factory Company's commitee, in Settling accounts with them and deliverd over the books. Samuel Fay Leased his Tavern to Stephen Ball for one Year next following the 9th of March next for the Sum of 300 dolls Sun 19 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day. Mon. 20 Fair Employ'd in Settlements for F.G.F.Co. &c &c Tues 21 Fair Employ'd in Writing &c Wed. 22 Fair Cold do do in morning --- at 10 A.M. Set out for Orange in Company with Medad Pomroy to attend a Celebration of the day in Memory of the Birth of Washington, and the News of Peace between G. Britain & America. An Address was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Harding & Prayer by the Rev. Mr Bascomb. Entertainment at Mr Perry's. everything agreeable Thurs 23 Fair Cool Employd Writing &c. Fri 24 Cloudy snow Employ'd in Writing &c &c The Franklin G.F. Company removed their Books from my office to a Room in Saml Fay's House. Sat 25 Cloudy some Snow, cool Employ'd in Store &c Sun 26 Fair Moderate Employd in writing Mon 27 Fair Employ'd in Writing &c Tues 28 Fair Employ'd in posting and aranging [sic] the Treasury Books and assisting Jona Blake Esqr in posting the Selectmen's Books. MARCH Wed 1 March 1815 Fair Employed in writing in the forenoon, and settling the Treasury Books with the town's Commitee in the afternoon. Thurs 2 Fair Employ'd in Writing &c &c Calvin Allen moved his family from Roxbury to Warwick Fri 3 Fair, Warm. Employ'd in no particular business. Sat 4 Fair Attended to the common occurences of the day Sun 5 Fair Attended Meeting. Mon 6 Fair. Attended town Meeting. and the follown [sic] Persons made choice of as town Officers. Josiah Pomroy Jun. Town Clerk Ashbel Ward Joshua Atwood } Selectmen Ebenr Stearns Josiah Pomroy Jun Treasurer Abner Goodell Constable Thomas Mallard Collector Tues 7 Fair Employ'd with the Franklin G.F.Company in making new Certificates and preparing for the admission of new Members, who had come forward to take shares, to save the Factory from sinking under the pressure of its debts. Wed 8 Fair warm. Employ'd in the Common occurences of the day. Thurs 9 Fair warm. Employ'd in Writing &c &c Stephen Ball movd into S. Fay's Tavern. Fri 10 Fair Warm Employ'd in the common business of the day Sat 11 Cloudy rain Snow mostly Gone in clear'd Land Employ'd in Writing &c.&c. Sun 12 Fair warm, cloudy evening. Attended Meeting Mon 13 cloudy Snow, rain. Employ'd Writing &c till evening & then attended the District Annual Meeting Mr. A Goodell was chosen clerk, after I had served in that Capacity 15 Years, Stephen Ball Saml Mayo & Phinehus Child were chosen District Commitee. Tues. 14 Fair, cloudy. Employ'd writing &c Wed 15 Rain in Mor -- Thunder & lightning then Fair windy & cool evening Employ'd in Writing and arranging old Acts. Thurs 16 Fair. Employ'd writing &c Fri 17 Cloudy Snow Employ'd writing &c Sat 18 Flying clouds Windy attended to writing &c Sun 19 Fair Cool Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 20 Fair windy cold Employed Settleing [sic] with Samuel Fay. Tues 21 Cold Fair Employ'd writing &c Wed 22 Cool for the Season Employ'd Writing &c. Thurs 23 More Moderate Snow. Employ'd Writing &c. Fri 24 Rain Good sleighing. Employ'd Writing &c. Sat 25 Fair Employ'd Writing &c. Sun 26 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 27 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Inventorying accts &c. Tues 28 Cloudy Employd taking Inventory of Notes & accounts. Wed 29 Cloudy Snow P.M. Employ'd Writing &c. Thurs 30 Cloudy, hail & rain Attended to writing &c Fri 31 Cloudy rain & Snow Employ'd Writing &c. Glass Factory Company's Goods arive'd from Boston. APRIL Sat 1 Fair & very pleasant Variously employed. Glass Factory Company opened their first Goods -- in Stephen Balls Store. Took a Mortgage of David Bishop's Real Estate for the security of $200,~~ Sun 2 Cloudy Snow Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 3 Fair cool Mor. Pleasant Employ'd in Writing in the forenoon attended to town Meeting for the choice of Governor &c PM. Votes for Gov. Strong 117 Dexter 84 " Lt. Gov. Phillips 116 Gray 76 Tues 4 Cloudy showers Employ'd Writing &c. &c. Wed 5 Fair, cloudy slight rain Attended to Writing in the forenoon --- to Glass Factory meeting in the afternoon when a choice of Officers was made Viz Ebenr Hall Clerk Jona Blake Esqr first Director & Pres. Richard Wastcoat E. Williams Esqr E. Nickerson } Directors Abner Goodell Jona Blake Esqr Treasurer Also attended the Library Annual Meeting, and agreed to dissolve the Library & sell the Books at Vendue, with intention to form a new one. Thurs 6 Cloudy, very muddy Public Fast Fri 7 Fair attended to writing, and Settleing [sic] Accounts. Sat 8 Cloudy, Snow in Mor. misty Employ'd Writing &c. Simeon Stearns & family arived in Town having left Fisher's Island, with an intention of purchasing a Farm and Settleing [sic] himself in this place. Sun 9 Fair The late Snow, mostly dissolved the roads very bad. Attended Meeting Mr. Bascomb Preached Amos K Whitney & family arived in town (from Fisher's Island) and took possession of Capt. Gales Farm Mon 10 Fair, cloudy rain Employ'd Writing &c. Tues 11 Thunder & lightning and showers in the mor. Fair P.M. and pleasant. Employ'd Writing &c. Wed 12 Fair & spring like weather Employ'd Writing &c. Thurs 13 Fair Pleasant attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Public Thanksgiving throughout the U. State in consequence of the Peace with Great Britain. Fri 14 Cloudy fair Employ'd in Store &c. Sat 15 Fair cool Employ'd in Store in the forenoon in the Afternoon Went to C. Mayo's & J. Draper's for the purpose of hiring C. Mayo's Store, but did not get a positive answer. Sun 16 Fair, Attended Meeting. Mon 17 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 18 Fair pleasant Employ'd in Store &c F.G.F.Co. began a Sellar [sic] for Store. Wed 19 Cloudy rain In the Mor. Attended to laying out fence on the line between James Blake's Land & mine. P.M. in Store. Thurs 20 Fair Employ'd Writing &c. Fri 21 Fair Went to Capt Gale's on business for A.K. Whitney A.M. in Store P.M. Sat 22 Fair, cloudy cold wind. Employ'd Writing & the occurences of the day. The season very backward Grass Just beginning to look Green in warm places. Began to plough. Sun 23 Cloudy, rain. Attended to the necessary occurences of the day Mr. Mason Preached. Mon 24 Fair attended to writing &c. Tues. 25 Fair Employ'd Writing &c c Wed 26 Fair Employed settling Accts &c. Thurs 27 Fair Employ'd Writing &c. Fri 28 Cloudy Employ'd Writing &c. Sat 29 Fair Employ'd in Store, writing &c &c Removed the Town Treasury to J. Pomeroy Jun's. Sun 30 Fair Attended to the neccessary business of the day No preaching Mr. Smith sick at Rowe. MAY Mon 1 Fair, Attended to Writing & Town meeting for the choice of Representitive Voted not to send a Representitive the present Year Tues 2 Fair Employ'd Writing &c. Bought at Vendue the use of the Common Land for 5 Years @ 15 dollars per. Year Wed 3 Cloudy rain Employ'd Writing &c F.G.F.Co. raised Store. Thurs 4 Fair, light showers Attended to making up Accounts &c. Teams employ'd ploughing grass Land west side of Medow. [sic] Fri 5 Fair warm Employ'd Writing, and attending to men employ'd in building Wall west end of lot. Sat 6 Fair warm Employ'd arranging accts &c &c Planted a few seed in Garden -- Spring very backward. Sun 7 Cloudy, some Rain Attended Meeting. Mon 8 Fair cool Attended to arranging the Accounts of the old firm of Wm Cobb & co in order to close a settlement. Tues 9 Fair pleasant attended writing &c went to Capt Gale's and agreed with A.K. Whitney for the Loan of $1000,--- Wed 10 Fair cool Employ'd Writing &c. took a deed of James Blake's farm and became accountable to Him for the payment of 300$ to the Boston Bank and 150$ to Jona Blake and gave back a Bond of defeazance. Thurs 11 Fair Employ'd Writing &c &c Fri 12 Fair Mor. Cloudy & Rain P.M. Went to Capt Gale's and borrowed of A.K. Whitney 1000 dollars in Specie.-- returned -- prepar'd Memorandums for Boston -- Went to Dea. Mayo's at 6 P.M. rec'd 400 dolls as Stock in Trade and entered into Writings with him & Jos. Draper as copartners in the trade of Merchandize [sic] under the firm of Wm. Cobb & Co. for the term of 1 Year Sat 13 Fair, cloudy P.M. Took a seat in the Stage at 6 O'Clock A.M. and arived at the Tontine Coffee house in Boston at 8 P.M. Sun 14 Fair cool Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon 15 Fair, cool Employ'd looking for Goods &c Tues 16 Fair attended to the purchase of Goods &c &c Wed 17 Cloudy Rain Employ'd Loading team &c.&c. Thurs 18 Fair Attended to Settleing [sic] Bills & purchasing, small articles of Goods &c Fri 19 Cloudy rain Took seat in Stage at 1 A.M. and arived home at 6 P.M. -- took Cold, some unwell Sat 20 Fair Employ'd in aranging [sic] Bills &c. Goods arrived 5 P.M. Still unwell took Physick &c Sun 21 Fair Continued unwell and a troublesom [sic] Cough keep my head a part of the time Mon 22 Fair Employ'd opening and marking off Goods. A number of the Inhabitants went to Athol to meet the Rev. Mr. Smith, who had been just Married to Miss Bebe M. Richmond of Providence, and now on his way home. arived about 6 oClock P.M. Tues 23 Fair Employ'd in the forenoon marking & dividing Goods and in the afternoon went to Dea. Mayo's and opened a small assortment of Goods in his Store, in Company with him & Jos. Draper Samuel Blake whose time with me had expired agreed to tend the Store 1 Year for 150, dolls, Many of the Proprietors of the Franklin Glass Factory, fearing some difficulty in meeting the demands against them put their shares out of their hands in order to save their private property from attachment. But at a Meeting of the Stock holders an assessment of 125 dolls. was laid on each share in order to pay the demands, & many of the shares were reconvey'd to the original owners. Wed 24 Fair Employ'd casting Bills of Goods &c &c Thurs 25 Fair Employ'd Writing &c. Fri 26 Fair warm Writing, tending to Store &c &c. Sat 27 Fair warm Employ'd in Store &c finished planting Potatoes Sun 28 Fair warm Windy W. Attended meeting. Mon 29 Fair, warm, showery. Attended planting in the Garden &c.&c. Tues 30 Fair Employ'd in Store &c &c Laban Ripley & wife called on me this afternoon being out on a visiting Circuit. Wed 31 Fair General Election in Mass attended to the neccessary business of the day. Votes for Gov. Caleb Strong 50921 Saml Dexter 43938 6983 Hon. T. Bigelow chosen Speaker of the house Majority of votes in his favour 170. JUNE 1815 Thurs 1 Cloudy Employ'd at Store Began to build Store Chimney. Fri 2 Cloudy & Rain Employd with mason about the Store Chimney. Sat 3 Cloudy, rain, fair attended to Store &c. Wm Procter came to my house with an intention of living with me. Sun 4 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day No Meeting Mr. Smith about on Journey to the Springs. Mon 5 Fair Employ'd at Store &c Tues 6 do do Wed 7 do do Thurs 8 do do Fri 9 do do Sat 10 Rain do Sun 11 Fair attended Meeting. Rev. P. Smith Sen. Preached. Mon 12 Fair Employ'd with Carpenters on Old Store. Tues 13 Fair. Attended to Writing &c. Wed 14 Fair Employ'd in Store &c &c Thurs 15 Fair Began to build a Chimney in Old Store Sold the books of the Social Library in the town of Warwick. Fri 16 Fair, rain in evening Employ'd in Attended to Masons &c. Sat 17 Fair Pleasant attended to Masons and finished Chimney in the Old Store. Sun 18 Fair Attended Meeting. Mon 19 Fair Employ'd in Store &c. Tues 20 Fair & warm Employ'd Writing &c. Wed 21 Fair Attended to Writing &c Thurs 22 Fair Went in the morning with C. Mayo & John Whitney to appraise a Lot of Land belonging to the Estate of E. Whitney late of Roxbury deceased. Situated in the south part of Warwick, containing 75 acres appraisal $700,~~ Fri 23 Fair Went to the Store at C. Mayo's took Mema of Goods, returned & made preparations to go to Boston Sat 24 Fair Took a seat in the Stage for Boston & arived there at a Quarter past 10 oClock P.M. took Quarters of H Watriss' & Co. Sun 25 Fair, pleasant Attended to the neccessary business of the day, and attended Meeting in the evening. Mon 26 Cloudy Attended to looking at Goods &c Tues 27 Fair Employ'd in purchasing Goods &c. Wed 28 Fair Purchased Goods, and Loaded team Thurs 29 Fair very warm Went to Roxbury on business with Mr. Wait & others returned to Boston at Noon, and attended to the Settlement of my Bills &c. Visited the Museum and the Illuminated Washington Gardens in the evening. Fri 30 Fair warm took a Seat in the Stage at 2 A.M. and arrived at Warwick @ 8 P.M. JULY 1815 Sat 1 Fair & Warm Employ'd at Store &c Goods arrived at evening Sun 2 Fair Attended meeting in the afternoon Mon 3 Fair, Showers Attended to marking off and puting [sic] up Goods Tues 4 Fair agreeable weather Attend to Store and the Celebration of Independence at this place Oration by Thomas Power Mrs Hastings Wife of Mr Nathan Hastings died Wed 5 Fair, warm Employ'd in Writing &c Thurs 6 Fair Attended to Store & the Carpenters on Store. Fri 7 Fair do Sat 8 Fair, rain Employd with Carpenters &c Sun 9 Fair Showers P.M. Attended Meeting. Mon 10 Fair Employ'd in Store Began haying. Tues 11 Fair good hay-weather Employ'd in Store & haying Wed 12 Fair Attended to Store, haying &c Thurs 13 Fair Attended to Store &c Fri 14 Fair Employd in Store &c Sat 15 Cloudy & some rain Attended to writing &c &c Sun 16 Cloudy & some rain Attended Meeting. Mon 17 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 18 Fair good hay weather Crops moderate attended to Store &c Wed 19 Fair warm Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 20 Fair & warm Employ'd in Store Fri 21 Fair cloudy evening rain Employ'd in Store &c Sat 22 Fair Attended to Store &c Sun 23 Fair warm dry Attended Meeting in the forenoon. Mon 24 Fair Employ'd in Store Hired men getting hay at Champneys Tues 25 Fair, Showers at evening Employ'd in Store. Wed 26 Cloudy rain Attended to Store &c Thurs 27 Fair sprinkling of rain P.M. Attended to Store &c Fri 28 Fair Attended to Store &c Finished Haying Sat 29 Fair Warm Employ'd in Store &c Sun 30 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day. Mon 31 Fair, warm Employ'd in Store &c AUGUST Tuesday August, 1st Fair warm & dry Employ'd in Store Wed 2 Fair Employ'd posting Books &c Thurs 3 Fair Posted Books & Attended to Store Fri 4 Fair, cloudy Employ'd in Store &c Sat 5 Fair attended to Store &c Sun 6 Fair Attended meeting Mr. Rogers Preached Mon 7 Fair Employ'd in preparing and burning a piece of Land near A. Goodell's Tues 8 Fair Employ'd in Store & painting waggons [sic] for Capt Smith Wed 9 Fair extreemly dry. Employ'd in Store &c. Thurs 10 Fair Cloudy Employ'd in Store Fri 11 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Melzer Turner began to drive Stage Sat 12 Fair Cloudy rain in evening. Employ'd in Store &c Sun 13 Cloudy Attended Meeting Mon 14 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 15 Fair very pleasant Employ'd in Store Wed 16 Cloudy rain Attended to posting Books &c An Elephant passed thro' town. Thurs 17 Cloudy some rain. Employ'd painting waggons [sic] & posting books Fri 18 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store. Sat 19 Cloudy Fair showers P.M. Employ'd posting Books &c Sun 20 Fair, showers P.M. Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 21 Cloudy some rain Employ'd in Store. Tues 22 Cloudy, Fair, rain Fair Employ'd Painting Waggons Went to Rev. P. Smith's to Tea. Wed 23 Cloudy, Mist Attended to Store &c Mrs Joanna Pomroy, wife of Josiah Pomroy Sen. died very suddenly. She was well in the morning -- taken with a pain in her stomach and died about 1 oClock P.M. Mrs. Gale, wife of Capt John Gale died from the effects of a Cancer which had troubled her several years. Thurs 24 Cloudy & mist Employ'd in Store &c Fri 25 Cloudy & some rain Employ'd in Store &c Sat 26 Fair being the first fair day for 11 days Much spring Grain Cut down, and much injured by the long time of Wet weather Attended to Store &c Sun 27 Fair & very pleasant Attended Meeting the funeral of Mrs. Pomroy attended this afternoon Adam Wheelock's Child died Mon 28 Fair Attended to Store &c Tues 29 Fair Employ'd in Store &c. Wed 30 Fair very warm Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 31 Fair very cold for the season frost in some places Employ'd in Store. SEPTEMBER 1815 Fri 1 September Fair more moderate weather Employ'd painting waggon Sat 2 Fair warm Attended to Store. Sun 3 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 4 Fair Attended to Store &c Carpenters employ'd putting up Eve troughs to Store Tues 5 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store &c Wed 6 Cloudy rain Employ'd painting &c Thurs 7 Fair Attended to Store and painting. Fri 8 Fair Employ'd in Store Sat 9 Fair Employ'd painting &c Sun 10 Fair warm Attended to the common occurences of the day. No Meeting Mon 11 Fair rain in evening Employ'd in Store &c Tues 12 Cloudy rain Thunder Attended to Store Made deed of Saml Fay's Farm to Thomas Batcheltor Price $2,000,~ Wed 13 Cloudy Some rain Employd in Store, painting &c Thurs 14 Fair Shower P.M. Employ'd in Store F.G.F.Co put on the first Clay Cap to Melting furnace. Fri 15 Fair little cooler Employ'd in making Preparation for Boston. Sat 16 Fair pleasant Set out for Boston, in the Stage and arived at 9 P.M. Miss Mary & Sally Blake of Boston in Company put up at H Watriss. Sun 17 Fair pleasant Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 18 Fair Attended to the examination of Goods &c. Tues 19 Fair Purchased Goods &c Wed 20 Fair & very pleasant Loaded my team and attended to close my business Thur 21 Some Cloudy & cool Attended to purchase some small articles & close my bills---Very unwell---at 2 P.M. was very sick & feverish --- went to bed & sent for doctor --- took Physic and after its operation rested easy Fri 22 Cloudy rain Some better this morning but not able to return by Stage as I had calculated. kept my room --- some fever Sat 23 Cloudy heavy rain during the Night & morning. Wind East & varied to South & S.W. by P.M. & fair The wind was heavy at the commencement of the Storm --at 8 A.M. it had risen to a Gale, and increased in Violence till after 11 The distruction [sic] of Buildings Trees &c are visible thro' the New England States. The sea coast was most exposed, and Suffered in the distruction of Shipping wharves and Buildings far beyond any thing in the memory of the oldest people living --- at Providence, and other towns on the South Shore the tide rose to a great height Vessels were driven into the towns and shops & Houses with their Inhabitants, were washed away in the flood In Boston much damage was Sustained -- The Buildings were much Shattered, the Trees that had stood more than half a Century were torn down The Wharves & shipping exhibited a general mass of ruin My health some better but confined to my chamber till about 6 P.M. at which time the weather being very calm & pleasant, I walked out. Sun 24 Fair & very pleasant. Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day My health much better. Mon 25 Fair took a seat in the Stage at 1 oClock A.M. and arrived at Warwick at 6 P.M. Tues 26 Fair Attended to opening and putting up Goods Wed 27 Cloudy Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 28 Cloudy some rain Employ'd in Store &c unwell at evening Fri 29 Fair More unwell -- confined to my room Sat 30 Fair Unable to go out doors OCTOBER 1815 Sun 1 October Fair My health some better Mon 2 Fair Went out doors today Carpenters began to work on house Tues 3 Fair Went to Store, but did no business -- health poor Wed 4 Fair Employ'd in Store some part of the day Thurs 5 Fair Attended to Store &c Fri 6 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Sat 7 Fair Attended to Store &c Sun 8 Cloudy, Fair Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day Mon 9 Fair Employ'd in Store. General Muster at Wendell Tues 10 Fair Employed in making arrangments [sic] for the Glass Factory --- The Company having their property attached, and unable to keep the Factory in operation, it was thought adviseable [sic] to rent it, & myself with 5 others hired it for 1 Mo. Wed 11 Fair Attended to Factory &c Thurs 12 Fair Employ'd in Store & Factory. Fri 13 Fair Attended to Store & Factory. Sat 14 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Samuel Cobb went to Wesminster [sic] Mrs. Shumway died this evening. Sun 15 Fair Employed in the necessary occurences of the day Mon 16 Fair Attended to Store & Factory Tues 17 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Wed 18 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 19 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Fri 20 Fair Attended to Factory & Store Sat 21 Fair Attended to Factory & Store Sun 22 Fair very Pleasant Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day Mon 23 Fair, pleasant Attended to Store & Factory Tues 24 Fair Attended to Factory Books &c Wed 25 Fair Employ'd in Store & Factory Thurs 26 Fair cool windy Employ'd in Store &c Fri 27 Fair cool Employ'd in Store and Factory Sat 28 Fair cold Attended to Store &c. Sun 29 Fair cool Employd in the neccessary concerns of the day Attended Meeting. Mr. Wellington Preached Mon 29 Fair cold Employ'd in Store & Factory Tues 30 Fair, warm Employ'd in Factory and Store Mrs. Lucy Bass wife of Obadiah Bass Died. NOVEMBER 1815 Wed 1 Wed 1 Fair warm Attended to Store & Factory Thurs 2 Fair pleasant Employ'd in Store & Factory Fri 3 Fair warm Employ'd in Store & Factory Sat 4 Cloudy warm Employ'd in Store & Factory Sun 5 Fair warm Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 6 Fair Employ'd in Store and Factory Tues 7 Fair Employ'd in Store and Factory. Wed 8 Fair Attended to Store and Factory Thurs 9 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Fri 10 Fair Attended to Store and Factory Sat 11 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Sun 12 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 13 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 14 Fair Employ'd in Store and Glass Factory Wed 15 Fair pleasant Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 16 Cloudy Snow Employ'd in Store &c Fri 17 Cloudy Attended to Store & Factory Sat 18 Cloudy some rain Employ'd in Store &c Glass Furnace failed. Sun 19 Cloudy, some rain ground covered with Snow Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 20 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 21 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Wed 22 Fair Employ'd in Store Settleing [sic] with Glass Factory Workmen Thurs 23 Fair Employ'd in Store, writing &c Fri 24 Fair Attended to writing &c Sat 25 Fair & very dry Attended to Writing &c Sun 26 Fair, Cloudy rain Attended Meeting Mr Willard preached Mon 27 Fair attended to Store &c Tues 28 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 29 Fair, Cloudy Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 30 Thanksgiving Cloudy rain -- Fair Attended Meeting and the concerns of the day. DECEMBER 1815 Fri 1 December Fair very Cold Employ'd in Store Sat 2 Fair Employ'd in Store Writing &c Sun 3 Fair, cold Attended Meeting Mon 4 Fair cool Employ'd in Store &c Tues 5 Fair Employ'd Writing &c Wed 6 Fair some clouds Attended to store &c &c Thurs 7 Fair cool Employ'd in Store writing &c &c. Fri 8 Fair Employ'd in Store Sat 9 Fair Attended to Store &c Sun 10 Fair Attended Meeting. Mon 11 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 12 Fair Employ'd in Store &c. &c. Wed 13 Fair, Cloudy Attended to Store &c &c Thurs 14 Fair Employ'd Writing &c Fri 15 Fair pleasant Employ'd in Store Writing &c Sat 16 Cloudy mist rain & Snow Set out this morning for Boston -- took Stage went to Athol -- then rode in Waggon with A.K. Whitney & tarried over night at Lancaster. Doct A. Baker absconded for Debt. this evening @ 11 oClock Sun 17 Cloudy & Snow Continued my journey to Boston and arrived at 4 oClock P.M. & put up at Stone's Mon 18 Fair Attended to look at Goods &c Tues 19 Fair purchased Goods --- Loaded my teams with W.I. Goods Wed 20 Fair pleasant Employed in geting [sic] Money from Boston Bank on Land Security -- for S. Ball S. Fay & A Barnes & in Business with Mr Nickerson. Thurs 21 Fair Attended to purchasing Goods & Settleing [sic] my Bills Fri 22 Fair, cloudy, warm Took a Seat in the Stage at 1 oClock A.M. & arrived at Warwick at 5 P.M. Sat 23 Fair, cloudy, rain Employ'd in Store &c Sun 24 Cloudy rain, Fair Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 25 Fair Moderate Employ'd in Store &c Tues 26 Fair Moderate for the Season Employ'd writing &c. Wed 27 Fair Moderate weather Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 28 Fair Attended to Store &c Fri 29 Fair cold hazy S.W. Sat 30 Cloudy Snow from N.E. Attended to Store &c &c Sun 31 Cloudy Snow continued moderately. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. The Dairy of William Cobb Jr. of Warwick Massachusetts 1816 transcribed by Beth J. Gilgun 1996 The book from 1816 includes all information together on one page. There is no social history separate from the everyday occurences. Pages are not separated as there is no reason to separate the dates simply because the book used is short in height. Prices of Produce Hay 10 dolls ton Rye 1,25 Bushel Corn ,83 to 100 do Wheat 1,50 to 1, by Oats ,50 Bushel (Scarce) Pork, ,8 to ,9 pound Butter ,20 " Cheese ,10 " Beef 4 to 5 dolls per C Merchandise W.I. Rum Good 1,40 Gall N.E. do ,80 " Molasses ,70 " Tea Souchang ,80 Pound Bohea ,70 " Hyson 1,50 " Sugar Loaf ,34 " Brown 18,00 per. C Coffee ,23 Brandy Cognac 2, to 2,25 Gall Holland's Gin 1,33 " American do ,78 to ,80 " JANUARY 1816 Monday 1 Fair Ground cover'd with Ice. Employ'd in Store writing &c & little Snow Tuesday 2 Fair Cool do Wednesday 3 Fair Hazey do Thursday 4 Fair Cloudy evening do Friday 5 Cloudy Snow at evening do Saturday 6 Cloudy, Snow from N.E. do Sunday 7 Fair cold Attended Meeting P.M. Monday 8 Fair cool Employ'd Posting Books &c, &c. Tuesday 9 Fair cold little snow at evening Went to Montague in Company with Doct. Hall. attended as a witness for Caleb Alexander at an Arbitration between him and Moses Bardwell Went to Greenfield return'd to Montague, City, at evening Went to Montague Town (Roots) and tarried Wednesday 10 Fair & Cold Went from Montague to Sunderland -- consulted E. Graves respecting the Glass Factory and return'd by Northfield there paid $ 22,50 duty on Licence got home at dark. Doct. Amos Taylor removed his family from Northfield to Warwick Jan 10th Thursday 11 Cold Employ'd in Store &c. Friday 12 Cloudy snow from N.E. do Saturday 13 Fair cold do Sunday 14 Fair. Cold Attended Meeting in the afternoon Monday 15 Attended to Books & Settleing [sic] Direct Taxes with the Collector R. Lee left town this morning at 4 P.M. for Cannada [sic] Tuesday 16 Cloudy cool Mor. Snow P.M. moderate Employ'd in Store Posting Books &c. Wednesday 17 Rain S.W. Snow soft to the bottom Employ'd posting Books &c. Thursday 18 Fair coold [sic] the remaining do Snow & water frozen to Ice -- the Fields bare Friday 19 Fair cool do Saturday 20 Fair Moderate do A Weather __asc[??]came in town, this evening. [possibly A. Weatherbee?] Sunday 21 Fair, moderate Attended Meeting Monday 22 Fair Employ'd posting Books &c Tuesday 23 Fair warm do Wednesday 24 Fair Warm do Reuben Burnet and family arrived from Ogdensburg N.Y. on a Visit. Thursday 25 Fair cloudy Attended to Books &c Friday 26 Fair cloudy evening do Saturday 27 Fair cloudy do. Sunday 28 Cloudy slight Snow. Attended to the Neccessary concerns of the day & Meeting in the afternoon. Monday 29 Fair. Employ'd Posting Books &c Tuesday 30 Fair do Wednesday 31 Cloudy rain Snow do FEBRUARY 1816 Thursday 1 February Cloudy Employd in Store. Friday 2 Cloudy fair do. Saturday 3 Fair moderate Ground nearly beare [sic] Employ'd in Store Geo. Hathaway from Canton N.Y. arived this afternoon, and returned to Gill at evening. Sunday 4 Fair Attended Meeting in the Afternoon Monday 5 Fair pleasant Employ'd Writing &c Sophronia began a private School. Tuesday 6 Fair Employ'd in Store. Wednesday 7 Cloudy, little Snow in the Morning. Employ'd in Store &c Thursday 8 Fair very cold & windy Ground mostly bare & very hard frozen. Employ'd in Store. Contracted with E. Nelson to cut all the wood on one acre land 2 1/2 feet long & pile it, for, 30 Cts per Cord & board himself Friday 9 Fair cold Employd in Writing &c. Rec'd news of the death of Absolem Ball & Mason Ormsbee. Saturday 10 Fair & Cold do. Mrs. Lee & Children left Warwick & went to Gill for support. Sunday 11 Fair cool but pleasant Sun Cloudy Evening and little Snow attended Meeting David Mayo with his Daughter Sally in town on visit Monday 12 Cloudy rain Fair cold Employd in Store &c Tuesday 13 Fair cold. attended to Writing &c Wednesday 14 Attended to Writing &c &c. The Franklin Glass Factory sold to Capt. Moore at public Auction for the Sum of $2350.00. He then sold out 1/3 to E. Nickerson 1/8 to R. Wastcoat 1/8th to Jonathan Blake Jun. 1/8 to M. Daniels Thursday 15 Severe cold Employd writing &c Friday 16 Fair & Cold do Saturday 17 Cloudy snow do. Sunday 18 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Monday 19 Fair Employ'd in Store Tuesday 20 Fair Attended to Store &c Wednesday 21 Fair Snow in the evening Empld in Writing in the forenoon and with the F.G.F.Co in the afternoon & Evening. Purchased of Capt. M. Moore one Sixth part of the Franklin Glass Factory and other Real Estate, for the sum of $391,67. Messrs Ball Fay & Hasting were parties with me in the purchase. Thursday 22 Fair & pleasant Snow about six inches deep Employ'd in writing & with the owners of the Glass Factory Friday 23 Fair pleasant Employd in writing &c Saturday 24 Cloudy hail in the evening do do Sunday 25 Fair Attended Meeting. Monday 26 Fair Employ'd Writing &c Tuesday 27 Fair Employ'd posting town Books Wednesday 28 Fair Pleasant Employ'd writing &c Thursday 29 Fair do MARCH 1816 Friday 1 March Fair Employ'd writing &c. Saturday 2 Fair do Sunday 3 Cloudy attended Meeting Monday 4 Cloudy mist & rain Attended Town Meeting. when the following Officers were chosen A. Ward E. Stearns Jr } Selectmen and Assessors J. Blake Jr J. Pomroy Jr Town Clerk Wm. Cobb Treasurer A. Goodell Constable & Collector. Tuesday 5 Fair cloudy evening Employ'd Writing &c. Wednesday 6 Fair cold Employ'd in Store Thursday 7 Fair cold do. Friday 8 Fair Cold do Saturday 9 Very Cold do Doct Hall went to Boston John Kindall's family removed to Boston. Sunday 10 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Monday 11 Fair Employ'd in Store Abner Goodell chosen Captain Joseph Stevens Lieut and John Goldsbury Ensign Tuesday 12 Cloudy Snow fell 4 inches Employ'd in Store. Wednesday 13 Fair pleasant do Thursday 14 Fair cool do Hired Jos. Danas farm for 1 year Rent $40,~~ Friday 15 do Doct. Hall returned from Boston where he had been to obtain help to put the Glass Factory in Operation but could not obtain Saturday 16 Fair cool Employ'd Writing &c Sunday 17 Fair Attended Meeting Mr Winslow preached Monday 18 Fair cold Began an Inventory of Goods Ansel Lesure remov'd from Ball's house to Factory Building Tuesday 19 Snow Employ'd in taking inventory of Goods Wednesday 20 Cloudy slight rain Continued my Inventory Stephen Ball removed from Tavern to his own house, & Samuel Fay came into the Tavern Thursday 21 Fair Continued my Inventory Calvin Howard moved his family from Paxton to Warwick, to the farm he bought of J. Blake. Friday 22 Fair Good Sleighing Attended to Inventory of Goods &c Thomas Batchelor moved his family from Royalston to Warwick. Saturday 23 Fair pleasant Attend to Writing &c Sunday 24 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Emelia Lincoln died Monday 25 Fair Sleighing poor attend to Store &c The inhabitants of the Centre School District met & agreed to paint the Schoolhouse. Tuesday 26 Employ'd in Store in the forenoon & afternoon with Mr. Nickerson & Others on Factory Business. Wednesday 27 Fair Warm attended to inventorying Goods &c. Thursday 28 Cloudy very bad traveling. attended to Inventorying Goods &c. Went to my woodlot & measured 74 Cords wood which Nelson & Weatherbee had Choped [sic] at 30 Cts per. Cord. Friday 29 Fair Employ'd in taking account of Goods &c Saturday 30 Fair, Cloudy Snow gave in Clear'd land. Employ'd writing &c John Moore Deeded his Farm to Stephen Perry who moved his family and took possession. Sunday 31 Cloudy mist Attended Meeting APRIL 1816 Monday 1 Cloudy & rain Employ'd in Store in the forenoon, and attended Town Meeting P.M. Votes for Governor, Gen. J. Brooks 107 Hon S Dexter 75 Lieut Gov. Hon. Wm Phillips 106 " Wm King 66 Senators Ezra Starkweather 88 Elijah Paine 88 Saml Lathrop 88 Eph Williams 88 Tuesday 2 Fair Employ'd in Writing Capt John Gale deliver'd to Amos K. Whitney entire and full Possession of his Farm which had been Mortgaged. Wednesday 3 Fair, cold mor. Employ'd in making arrangments [sic] to put the Glass Factory in Operation and agree with the Owners to join in company under the firm of "Nickerson Cobb & Co" and run the furnace while it lasted. Thursday 4 Fair Public Fast Attended Meeting. Friday 5 Cloudy rain in the evening Attended to writing &c in the forenoon Went to C. Mayo's in the afternoon to take account of stock in Store. Saturday 6 Cloudy some rain Employ'd in Store. Purchased of B. Penniman about 1 5/8 acres Land on which the Glass Factory Stands Paid $95,~~ Sunday 7 Fair attended Meeting Mr. Cannon Preached Monday Fair 8 Employ'd in Store Tuesday 9 Fair warm Fair warm [sic] Went to C. Mayo's & completed the Inventory of Goods Samuel Blake came home with me and brought the Store Books, in order for closing the Concern. Wednesday 10 Fair Employ'd in writing &c. Thursday 11 Cloudy Snow in evening Employ'd writing &c. Walter Taylor removed from S Fay's to Pomroy Farm. Friday 12 Cloudy some hail &c. Employ'd in Store &c Samuel Blake began to visit me in Store. Saturday 13 Fair. Employ'd Writing &c Sunday 14 Cloudy cool Attended Meeting in the afternoon Monday 15 Fair Employd in Store. Sophronia went to Northfield to School. Tuesday 16 Cloudy Employ'd in writing and attending on the proprietors of the Glass Factory in consulting upon means for puting the Factory in Operation. Wednesday 17 Fair Employ'd in Store Thursday 18 Fair moderate Ground mostly beare in the Fields. Employd in Store Mr. J. Humphrey at Warwick. agreed to loan S. Fay $300,~ out of the proceeds of a note payable by Thomas Batcheltor and the remaind [sic] of the Note & Int. to remain in my hands & account for the same when Convenient. paid on said Note $107,50. Friday 19 Cloudy some rain Employ'd in Store &c Saturday 20 Fair Windy Employ'd cutting up Pork and on farm in forenoon & in Store P.M. Sunday 21 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon. Monday 22 Employ'd in Store &c Made deed of Jeremiah Barnes Land to Nathan Ward. of Athol Tuesday 23 Fair Attended to writing &c Wednesday 24 Fair & warm Employ'd in Writing &c Thursday 25 Fair warm Attended to Writing Friday 26 Fair & warm Employ'd making the Bye Laws for new Library which were accepted at the Meeting of the Members this day Saturday 27 Fair & warm Employ'd in Writing for Library &c Sunday 28 Fair & warm Attended meeting in the afternoon Mr Esterbrook preached Monday 29 Employ'd in Store in the forenoon & at C Mayo's Store deviding [sic] Goods P.M. Tuesday 30 Fair warm attended in Store A.M. & at C. Mayo's P.M. MAY 1816 Wednesday 1 Fair warm Employ'd writing &c. Thursday 2 Employ'd writing &c A.M. went to C. Mayo's in order to finish the division of Goods but sold him my share & Mr. Drapers for $400 payable in 6 mo. Friday 3 Fair Employ'd in writing &c Saturday 4 fair do Sunday 5 Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Monday 6 Fair Employ'd in Store in the forenoon attended Town Meeting for the choice of Representitive [sic] in the afternoon. Chose Ashbel Ward Tuesday 7 Fair Employ'd writing &c Wednesday 8 Fair do Made arrangments & Concluded to put the Glass Factory in Operation Thursday 9 Fair Cloudy cold winds Employ'd Writing &c Friday 10 Fair Employ'd Writing &c Saturday 11 Showers of Rain first for Long time Employ'd Writing &c Sunday 12 Mist & Rain Attended Meeting Mr Rich of Troy N.H. Preached. Set Pots in New Glass Furnace. Monday 13 some rain Fair Employ'd in Store &c. Tuesday 14 Cloudy mor. do Wednesday 15 Fair cold do Thursday 16 Fair more moderate do Friday 17 Fair do Saturday 18 Fair Set out for Boston, at 7 A.M. in Stage & arived at 10 P.M. put up at Stone's Sunday 19 Fair Attended to the common occurrences of the day. Monday 20 Fair. Examined goods & settled some demands. Tuesday 21 Fair warm Employ'd in purchasing Goods &c Wednesday 22 Fair warm Rain P.M. do. Thursday 23 Cloudy rain attended to Loading Goods & closed my business. Friday 24 Fair Took the Stage at 2 A.M. and arrived at Warwick 7 P.M. Saturday 25 Cloudy rain Attended to the arrangment of my Bills & debts. Sunday 26 Cloudy Attended Meeting Mr Rogers Preached. Monday 27 Fair Employ'd opening Goods &c Tuesday 28 Cloudy cool do do Wednesday 29 Fair cool Gen. Election John Books Elected Governor The right of Redeeming J Robbin's Farm Sold to A.K. Whitney $425,~ Thursday 30 Fair Employ'd writing &c Friday 31 do do JUNE 1816 Saturday 1 Fair & Warm Employ'd Writing &c A.K. Whitney sold his Right of redeeming J Robbins Farm to B.L. Bangs for $475,~ on 1 year's Credit. Sunday 2 Fair Warm Attended Meeting. Monday 3 Fair Employ'd Writing &c Tuesday 4 Fair Rain P.M. do " Wednesday 5 Fair warm Employ'd in Store &c Opened Goods in Factory Store. S. Blake employd as a Clerk. Mrs. P. Pomroy died. Wife of Josiah P. Jun. with a Cancer aged 51. Thursday 6 Fain in Mor. Fair cold Evening Employ'd in Store &c Friday 7 Extreem cold for season Water froze the thickness of a Cent, and the Ground crusted over in ploughed land 3/4 Inch. Employd in Writing &c Saturday 8 Cold. Employ'd writing and attending to Factory business. Sunday Cold Attended Meeting Mr Mason preached Monday 10 Fair Cold Employ'd Writing &c. Tuesday 11 Cold do Wednesday 12 Cold windy do Moses Daniels died Ansel Lesure removed from Factory Building to J Pomroy's Jun. Thursday 13 Warm Attended to Factory and Store. Friday 14 Cloudy rain do Saturday 15 Cloudy do Sunday 16 Fair pleasant Attended Meeting in the forenoon. Monday 17 Fair cloudy evening Employ'd Writing &c. Tuesday 18 Rain and growing season Employd writing deliverd deed of the East part of Pomroy Farm to C. May also attd deed of one half of the remainder of said farm to E. Cook Wednesday 19 Fair warm Employ'd in Store & Factory Thursday 20 Fair do Friday 21 Fair do Saturday 22 Fair very warm Employ'd in Writing &c Sunday 23 Fair warm Attended Meeting Monday 24 Very warm Employd in Store &c Tuesday 25 Rain Employ'd writing &c Wednesday 26 Rain Attended to writing &c The Cap of Glass Furnace failed and business stoped [sic] Thursday 27 Fair Employd in Store Writing &c Friday 28 Fair Employ'd Writing &c Saturday 29 Fair do. Sunday 30 Fair attended Meeting in the afternoon JULY 1816 Monday 1 July Fair Employ'd Writing Tuesday 2 Fair warm Employ'd in Store &c Wednesday 3 Fair Employ'd Posting Books &c. for Glass Factory Co Thursday 4 Fair Employ'd Writing &c. Friday 5 Fair and Windy Went to Keene in company with Doct Hall to visit Glass Factory, found it had done nothing to advantage, but having passed into new hands it was brot to better bearing with a prospect of success. They found new sand at Athens that worked well Doct Hall engaged to work & Superintend the Factory for 1 Year for 500 dollars. Tarried at Shurtleff's Saturday 6 Fair & very windy This morning visited the Flint Glass Factory found it repairing had done nothing for some time, were confedent of Success. Came home this afternoon found my wife sick Sophronia came from School, at Northfield, with Miss Whiting & Callender Sunday 7 Fair Cool Attended to my wife who was sick, and the neccessary concerns of the day Monday 8 Fair cool Vegetation dull No prospect for Corn nor hay Employ'd writing and settling Factory Accts Tuesday 9 Fair cool Employ'd writing &c Mr. Abraham Barnes died aged 84 years. Wednesday 10 Fair warm & dry Employd Writing &c Thursday 11 Fair warm do Friday 12 Fair warm do Saturday 13 Fair warm do Sunday 14 Fair and Warm attended Meeting in the forenoon Monday 15 Fair Employ'd Writing &c Tuesday 16 Fair do Wednesday 17 Showers do Thursday 18 Fair warm do Phinehas Child's youngest Child died Friday 19 Fair Employ'd Writing &c Saturday 20 Fair Warm Employ'd Writing &c Sunday 21 Fair, dry, warm Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Monday 22 Fair dry Employ'd Writing &c Tuesday 23 do do Began Haying the Grass very light. Wednesday 24 Fair Attended to Store &c Thursday 25 Fair do Friday 26 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Saturday 27 Cloudy do. Sunday 28 Fair cloudy rain Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr Lee Preached Monday 29 Cloudy Employ'd in Store Tuesday 30 Fair do Wednesday 31 Some Clouds do AUGUST 1816 Thursday 1 Cloudy Mor Fair attended in Store Walter Taylor employ'd painting Store. Friday 2 Fair and fine hay weather Employ'd in Store. Saturday 3 Fair do Sunday 4 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting in the forenoon Monday 5 Cloudy Employ'd in Store &c. Phinehas Child went to Keene to pack Glass. Tuesday 6 Fair Attended to Store. Wednesday 7 Fair Attended to Store &c Thursday 8 Fair do Friday 9 Cloudy Employ'd Writing. Saturday 10 do Sunday 11 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Doct. E. Hall went to Keene to Superintend at the Glass Factory. Mrs Whitney wife of Mr John Whitney died aged 73 years Monday 12 Cloudy Employ'd in Store &c Tuesday 13 Fair do Wednesday 14 Fair do Thursday 15 Fair do Friday 16 Fair do Saturday 17 Fair do Sunday 18 Fair attended Meeting Monday 19 Fair Employ'd in Store Reaped my Rye (Good) Tuesday 20 Warm Showers Cool Attended to moving fence & making preparation to Burn a pice [sic] of Land on the Goodell Land Wednesday 21 Fair Employ'd in Store. Thursday 22 Fair Employ'd in Store A.M. & Burned my choped Land P.M. Friday 23 Fair Employ'd in Store finished Haying. Saturday 24 Fair do Sunday 25 Fair Col Attended Meeting Monday 26 Cloudy rain Employ'd writing Letters of Notice to my debtors, & sent them out. Tuesday 27 Fair shower cool do. Wednesday 28 Cloudy cold frost do Thursday 29 Fair Pleasant Employ'd in Writing &c Friday 30 do Saturday 31 Fair do. Tending Store &c. Samuel Cobb taken Sick & unable to attend to Store. SEPTEMBER 1816 Sun. 1 Fair Cool attended Meeting. Mon. 2 Fair Employ'd in Store Began to Clear off burnt Ground on Goodell Land. Tues 3 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 4 Fair do Thurs 5 Fair do Fri 6 Cloudy do Sat 7 Fair & Warm Employ'd in Store. Sun 8 Fair windy attended Meeting. Mr. Wallage Preached Mon 9 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 10 Fair Employd in Store Geo. W. Stockwell & family left Warwick for State of New-york. Ebenezer Williams Esqr Died at Ravenna Ohio. Wed 11 Fair Employ'd in Store. Thurs 12 Fair cool do. Fri 13 Rain Attended to Store &c Capt. Wales, E. Wales & Mr. Simmonds on Visit at Warwick. Sat 14 Rain Employ'd in Store &c My son Charles taken down with a fever. Sun 15 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting. Mon 16 Rain Employ'd in Store &c. Sophronia Cobb began School in center School-house. by Subscription Tues 17 Rain Employed in Store. business dull--money very scarce, and very difficult to collect debts -- having for long time omited [sic] to make any General collection of Debts & Therefore increased the Amt. of debts in Boston, for Goods, I found it necessary to attempt a General collection, and to Settle all my affairs with John Humphry, with whom I had been in partnership for nearly 20 Years. Wed 18 Fair. Employ'd in Store. Thur 19 Fair do Fri 20 Cloudy rain Fair Attended to Store &c Training of 2 Companies Sat 21 Fair Attended to Store sowed my Rye on Burnt land Sunday 22 Fair Employ'd in Store &c My Brother Samuel continues Sick and very low Mon 23 Fair dry Employed in Store Tues 24 do Employd in Store -- sales tolerably good -- money scarce. Wed 25 do Emp. in Store Thurs 26 do Emp. in Store Fri 27 do Emp. in Store some unwell, took Medium at night, Swet [sic] and felt better in Mor. E. Knolton & W Howard begun to pick up Doctor Hall's burnt Land & agreed to complete & saw the same for $10,~ Sat 28 Fair warm & dry Employ'd in Store Sun 29 Fair and dry Attended Meeting Mr Gates of Montague preached Mon 30 Fair Employ'd in Store writing & closing Factory Accts. OCTOBER 1816 Tues. 1 October Fair Employ'd in taking Account of the remnants of Goods in Factory Store and closing accounts. Wed 2 Fair do do Thurs 3 Fair Cloudy even Employ'd in writing &c Friday 4 Fair Attended to Store writing &c Eli Stockwell removed from the Long building to Joshua Atwood's Sat 5 Fair Employ'd writing &c Walter Taylor moved his family from J Pomroy's to long house Sun 6 Cloudy & Cold Attended Meeting. Mon 7 Cloudy Fair cool Began an Inventory of Debts receivable by J. Humphry & myself previous to April 1st 1816. with a view to Settlement of all our concerns previous to that time. Tuesday 8 Fair pleasant Employ'd in Store &c General Muster at Montague 2 Regiments. Wed. 9 Fair dry Employ'd in Store, and Inventorying Debts. P. Child removed his family from Warwick to Keene. Thurs. 10 Fair Shower Attended to the Inventory of Notes & Accts. Fri 11 Fair do Sat 12 Fair warm do (J. Davis Died 69) Geo. Mason moved his family into the long building No. 6 and took possession of a part of the Company Store as a Workshop. Sun 13 Fair, Cloudy Attended Meeting. Mr. Wellington preached. Mon 14 Cloudy Employ'd in Mor. in fitting out a load of Melting-pots for Keene Factory, and the remainder of the day in Inventorying Notes & Accounts of persons indebted to John Humphry & myself in trad [sic] previous to April 1st 1816 H.A. Champney commenced his Journey to the Westward Tues 15 Cloudy do Wed 16 Cloudy do Thurs 17 Snow 2 inches at evening. do Richard Clap & wife from Dorchester, at Warwick on Visit. Fri 18 Fair Employd writing &c Sat 19 Fair very pleasant do Sun 20 Fair Cloudy Attended Meeting. Monday 21 Cloudy Fair Employ'd in Inventorying Debts, and arranging Accts for a Settlement with J.H. Tues 22 Heavy rain do Wed 23 Cloudy Employ'd writing and arranging old Accounts. Thurs 24 Fair do Fri 25 Fair do Sat 26 Rain do Sun 27 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mond. 28 Fair warm Employ'd in obtaining Writs for several delinquents who had not attended to a confession of their debts as the time of service expires today. Went to A. Braggs to make some arrangments [sic] respecting his Debt, but not having effected any thing, had an attachment put on the Farm. Tues. 29 Fair Employ'd in arranging old accounts &c. Wed 30 Cloudy do Thurs 31 Cloudy do NOVEMBER 1816 Friday 1 Fair Employ'd inventorying Debt, &c. Saturday 2 Cloudy do Sunday 3 very Pleasant Attended Meeting. Mon 4 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Inventorying Debts. made Writings with John Shepardson & secured A. Braggs Debt. Sold C. Howard half of Pew No. 14 & bought of T. Hurd 1/4 of Pew No 26. Tues. 5 great Rain Employ'd Inventorying Debts &c &c Wed 6 Cloudy rain Fair Eving [sic] do Thurs 7 Fair do Fri 8 Fair do Sat 9 Fair do Sund 10 Fair Attended Meeting. Mr Estabrook Preached Mon 11 Cloudy & little snow Employ'd in Inventorying Debts &c. Tues 12 Fair In Mor. took the household Furniture which Walter Taylor had previously dtd S. Ball for Security of debts due him S. Fay and myself Attended to Writing &c Wed 13 Fair cool Employ'd in Store in closing the Inventory of Debts &c. Thurs 14 Fair & pleasant Closed the inventory at which I had been employed about 5 weeks. Fri 15 Cloudy Employd in Store & making preparations to go to Boston. Sat 16 Fair warm Took a Seat in the Stage for Boston. Arrived at Concord at 9 P.M. & tarried. Sun 17 Fair At half past 6 oClock A.M. took a seat in the Stage and went to Boston, took up Lodgings at Stone's. Mon. 18 Fair & Warm Employ'd in purchasing Goods &c Tues 19 Fair do Wed 20 Fair Closed my purchases & Loaded my teams. Thurs 21 Cloudy & some Rain Closed my Account & paid off my Bills &c in Boston Fri 22 Fair Cool Took a Seat in the Stage at 1 oClock A.M. and arrived home at 6 oClock P.M. Hannah Mayo returned from Boston in Company with me Sat 23 Cloudy Employ'd in arranging my Bills &c &c Sun 24 Cloudy Snow 4 inches Attended Meeting. Mon. 25 Fair and Good Sleighing Employ'd opening new Goods, &c A Commitee of the F.G.F. Company commenced Setting at S Fays for the Settlements of all concerns respecting the Glass Factory. Tues 26 Fair, cloudy Employ'd in Store opening Goods &c Polly Green came to live in my Family aged about 10 years. Wed 27 Snow in Mor. 2 inch Fair Busily employ'd in dealing out Goods -- my Brother sick and not able to attend. Andrew Kendall Esqr moved his family into Warwick from N. Salem having purchased a farm of Armory Gale, formerly the residence of Capt. Jona Gale, deceased. Wid. Jennings Died Thurs 28 Fair Thanksgiving attended Meeting. Fri 29 Cloudy hail Employd in Store &c Sat 30 Cloudy fair do. do. DECEMBER 1816 Sun 1 December. Fair Attended Meeting in the evening visited Peter Proctor, he being sick and very much emaciated. Mon 2 Fair cool Employd in arranging Accounts &c. Tues 3 Fair Employd with C. Mayo & J. Blake Esqr in appraising the Estate of Jonathan Davis Dec'd Wed 4 Fair cold Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 5 Fair Cold do do Fri 6 Fair do do Sat 7 Warmer Fair do do Sund 8 Fair warm Snow mostly gone Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon. 9 Fair Employd in Writing &c Tues 10 Cloudy snow Employd in posting & regulating Factory Accounts. Wed 11 Cloudy do Thurs 12 Cl. Snow do Fri 13 Warm do Sat 14 Fair Employ'd in closing the Factory Accts Sun 15 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. No preaching Mr Smith unwell Mon 16 Fair Employ'd in Writing &c Tues 17 Fair do Wed 18 do Thurs 19 do Fri 20 Moderate Employ'd with J. Blake Esqr in making out an Inventory of the Estate of Jona Davis deces'd Amt. $1448,63. Made a Deed from Jos. Stevens to William Jackson of about 30 Acres of Land from Lot No. 57 -- 3d division Price $390,~ Melinda Daniels Died of consumption. Sat 21 Cool Fair Employ'd writing &c Made a Deed from Wm. Bancroft to Thos Bancroft of half his Real Estate. Sun 22 Fair cold Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr. Bennet Preached. Mon 23 Fair cold Mor. then Moderate Employ'd writing &c. Tues 24 Fair Employ'd Writing &c Wed 25 Fair warm little rain do Thurs 26 Warm Cloudy rain do Fri 27 Very warm & Muddy do Sat 28 Fair pleasant Employ'd Writing & posting Books Sun 29 Fair Cloudy little Snow in evening. Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon. 30 Fair windy Posted Books &c &c Tues 31 Fair Moderate ground bare Employ'd with J. Rich & A Marsh enclosing Store Sellar [sic] with Timbers and Mortor to prevent the frost from penetrating. The Dairy of William Cobb Jr. of Warwick Massachusetts 1817 transcribed by Beth J. Gilgun 1996 The book from 1817 includes all information together on one page. There is no social history separate from the everyday occurences. Pages are not separated as there is no reason to separate the dates simply because the book used is short in height. All of January and February are missing. This is not a bound book. MARCH 1817 Sat 1 Snow continues Roads blocked up and difficult moving attended arranging town Books &c &c Sun 2 Fair But few people attended meeting on account of the Roads being blocked up with snow Attended to the necessary occurences of the day. Mr. John Shepardson with his family from Stratton Vt. reached town this morning and went on to the Farm purchased of A. Bragg Mon 3 Fair Attended town Meeting made choice of A Ward, E, Stearns Jr. & Jona Blake Esqr }Selectmen J. Pomroy Jr. Town Clerk Wm Cobb Treasurer Abner Goodell Constable & Collector Tues 4 Employd in Store &c Wed 5 Fair warm Employ'd in Store Visited at A.K. Whitney's in the evening. Mr. Jacob Rich died, While riding out with his wife in a Sleigh, in good health, to appearance he was discover'd by his wife to catch for breath and instantly died without a strugle [sic] or groan . aged 70 yrs. Thurs 6 Employ'd in Store in forenoon Went to Capt Thayer's P.M. & met Moses Tyler Esqr Caleb Alexander & Ebnr Alexander on a Settlement of Accounts in respect the Montague City Lands. Fri 7 Employ'd in Writing painting &c. Sat 8 Employ'd Writing &c Sun 9 Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 10 Employd Writing took a Deed of Benja Conant's Farm, and at the Sale to Account to him for the avails after paying the State Bank and my own debt. Tues 11 Employ'd Writing &c Wed 12 do do Thurs 13 do do Mr. Humphrey attended to the examination of the papers respecting a 9 years trade in Company ending April 1st 1816. Fri 14 Fair & good sleighing Employ'd in Writing &c Sat 15 Employ'd in Store till 3 oClock P.M. then went to Winchester in Company with P. Allen deliver'd Major Goss a Note against Ebnr Alexander $92,14 for collection at the same time commenced an action on the same, & Attached Land in Richmond as the property of said Alexander Rec'd of Caleb Alexander $80,~ on a Note left with B. Kimball for collection the property of Burt Lincoln. Sun 16 Fair & pleasant Attended meeting in the afternoon. Mon 17 Pleasant Employ'd in Store Saml Fay & myself made a contract with Wm Pomroy to carry the mail from Warwick to Winchester every Monday for 1 Year for $91,~ to commence the 24th instant. Tues 18 Snow Rain Employ'd in Store Wed 19 Do do Thurs 20 Very cold and disagreeable Employ'd writing &c Fri 21 Employ'd writing &c Sat 22 Fair and very pleasant Went to Athol. Carried Mrs Cobb & Charles concluded a Settlement with J. Humphrey on 9 Years Copartnership. Viz from April 1st 1807 to Apl 1st 1816. found our profits $5442,83. which being divided agreeable to contact is a follows viz J. Humphrey $2177,13 Wm. Cobb $3265,70 $5442,83 Return'd at evening 9 oClock Sun 23 Fair & pleasant The Roads begin to be bare in spots attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 24 Cloudy rain in evening Employ'd writing &c Began to carry the mail to Winchester. Tues 25 Began an Inventory of Merchandise on hand Mr. Robert Eaton died. Wed 26 Employ'd Inventorying Goods &c Thurs 27 Cold & Blustering Went to Northfield in Company with Aaron Bass to procure a Writ for him in order to attach the right of Redemption in Lyman Barne's Estate, and obtained a Writ of Mr. Hinds, Settled with T.B. Dutton the demand he had against me on account of the Pomroy Estate. Mr. Eaton Buried. Samuel Blake went to Boston to live Fri 28 Employ'd Inventorying Goods Sat 29 do do Sun 30 Fair & pleasant. Cloudy evening Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 31 Cloudy, Fair Attended to Inventorying Merchandise &c APRIL 1817 Tues 1 Fair and pleasant Employed in making an Inventory of Stock. Wed 20 Fair & very pleasant Continued the Inventory of Stock &c. Took a Quitclaim deed of B.L. Bangs of the Right of redeeming Isaac Robbins Estate. Paid Alanson Lincoln $80, collected of C. Alexander on a Note in favour of Burt Lincoln. This evening a Buffaloe [sic] and an extraordinary Cow, was brought into town to be exhibitid [sic] as a Show. Thurs 3 Fair and very pleasant. Fast Mrs Barber wife of Jos. Barber died. Fri 4 Attended to closing an Inventory of Stock &c Sat 5 do do Sun 6 Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 7 Cloudy warm Employ'd in Store &c Attended town Meeting in the afternoon. Tues 8 Fair Employ'd Writing Wed 9 Employd in Store, writing &c Thu 10 Fair & pleasant Employ'd in Store &c Choice of Militia Officers Lt. Lesure chosen Capt. Leml Wheelock Lieut & Ebenr Barber Ensign who took the liberty to give his answer in ten days. George Mason chosen Ensign of the the [sic] South Company, and accepted. Fri 11 Employ'd making up the Accounts & Settling for the last run of the Glass Factory, and found the Loss to be $400,34. Sat 12 Employ'd in Writing and Lettering a Sign for Major S. Webster of Westminster Sun 13 Fair, Attended Meeting. in the forenoon Mon 14 Employ'd closing up Accts for the last year. Tues 15 do do Wed 16 do do Very Warm Thurs 17 do do Doct Hazeltine removed from Mrs. Goldsbury's house to Doct Hall's House Fri 18 do do Doct Taylor removed from Factory house to Mrs. Goldsbury's house Sat 19 do do Fair & pleasant Sun 20 Fair Attended meeting in the forenoon Mon 21 Fair dry weather Employ'd in arranging Accounts &c Sold Geo. Mason the Card Factory house with the Barn and about 50 rods of Land $675,00 Tues 22 do do Wed 23 Fair, very Pleasant Attended to store in forenoon in the afternoon to the setting off of the Wid. H. Davis' Thirds of the Real Estate of Jona Davis Deceased. Thurs 24 Rain & Snow. Employ'd in Store &c Fri 25 Fair Employ'd in Store &c. Sat 26 Cloudy & rain Began to plough. Attended to Store &c Sun 27 Attended Meeting in the afternoon Peter Procter Jun. Died Mon 28 Employ'd in Store Bunyan Smith died Tues 29 Employ'd in Store in forenoon Attended the Funeral of P. Procter Jun in the afternoon Geo. Mason Moved from the Factory house to the house that he bought of Wm. Cobb. Samuel Cobb Moved into the house I bought of the G.F. Co. Wednesday the 30 is skipped MAY 1817 Thur 1 Fair and warm Employ'd in Store Fri 2 Fair & Warm Employ'd in Store Rec'd new [sic] by mail of the death of Col. Jas. Mayo & his wife who died at Orwell Vt. the 18th & 19th of April last after a very short sickness. Sat 3 Fair & Warm Employ'd in Store. Lettered a Sign for H. Barnards' Office Sun 4 Fair & Warm Attended Meeting. Mon 5 Employ'd in Store and attended town Meeting for the Choice of Representitive, [sic] but the town concluded not to send one. Tues 6 Employ'd in Store &c Wed 7 do do Thurs 8 do do Fri 9 do do Sat 10 do do Sun 11 Attended Meeting Mon 12 Employ'd in Store made p[reparations for a Journey to Boston. Tues 13 Fair. Set out in the Stage for Boston & arrived there at 9 P.M. took Lodging at Stone's. Armory Mayo in Company. Wed 14 Fair Employ'd in looking for Goods Settleing [sic] some Notes & Accounts. Thurs 15 Fair Employd in purchasing Goods closed Business with French Everett & co and opened trade with Jno D. & M. Williams Fri 16 Fair made some purchases of Goods & Loaded my teams B. Hastings & Capt Lesure. Sat. 17 Cloudy some rain Attended to the purchase of some few small articles of Goods & closed my Bills. Sun 18 Rain Tarried at Boston closed my Bill at evening, and entered my name for the next morning Stage. Mon 19 Fair took a seat in the Sage at 1 A.M. and arrived at Warwick, at 6 P.M. My teams arrived this afternoon Tues 20 Employd in opening and marking off Goods Wed 21 do do Thurs 22 Employ'd in Store Fri 23 do do Sat 24 do do The season cold & Backward, the Black Worms destroy Gardens totally and in some places whole field of Grass and Grain. Sun 25 Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr. Stratton Preached. Mon 26 Employ'd in Store &c Tues 27 do do Wed 28 do do Thurs 29 do do Fri 30 do do Sat 31 do do planted Beets and Carrots. Showrey. [sic] JUNE 1817 Sun 1 Fair cold the ground frozen 1/2 an inch thick in ploughed land. Mon 2 Employ'd in Store &c Mrs Gould moved into Factory house Tues 3 do do Wed 4 do do Thurs 5 do do Fri 6 do do Sat 7 do do Sun 8 Fair Mon 9 Business dull -- money scarce beyond example. Great scarcity of Meat thro' the Country, Bread high, but not scarce. People generally employ'd in replanting their Gardens, which have been totally destroyed by Worms Corn is also some injured by them Grass is sell set but comes forward very slowly It is expected that fruit is some injured by the frost of the 1st instant. Tues 10 Employ'd in Store &c Wed 11 do do Thurs 12 Fair fine weather began to Weed Corn. Employ'd painting Fri 13 Cloudy some rain Employ'd painting Carriage Sat 14 Cloudy & some rain Employ'd painting &c. Sun 15 Heavy rain this morning & continued till 1 oClock P.M. then fair Attended to the Common occurences of the day --no Meeting Mon 16 Fair cool Employ'd Varnishing Carriage Tues 17 Fair Employ'd in Store &c. Wed 18 Fair & warm Employed making Addition to Carriage house &c. Jona Shepardson died. Consumption Jesse Gale died from the effects of a fracture on his skull, rec'd yesterday by the fall a tree.[sic] Thur 19 Fair Employ'd in Store Fri 20 Fair Warm showers P.M. Thunder & lightning Employ'd writing &c Benja Hazeltine & Hannah Hazeltine arrived from Belfast (Maine) Sat 21 Fair mor. Rain P.M. Employ'd Writing &c Sun 22 Fair warm Attended Meeting Mon 23 Employ'd in making up Account of trade for the Last year Tues 24 do do Wed 25 do do Benja Hazeltine left town returning to Belfast, Me. Thurs 26 Closed account Trade for last year found the net profits by little more than five hundred dollars. Fri 27 Employ'd in opening a New set of Accounts and Posting the same, being the avails of new stock of April last. Sat 28 Employ'd posting Books &c Mr. Humphrey & wife on visit, from Athol. Sun 29 Fair, Cloudy rain Attended Meeting. Mon 30 Cloudy and Rain Employ'd in Store JULY 1817 Tues 1 Employ'd Posting Books &c Wed 2 Employ'd posting Books &c The President of the U.S. (James Munroe [sic]) came into Boston, and was escorted in the most splendid Manner from Roxbury to Boston Common, where 3 or 4000 schollars [sic] in Uniform, were arranged in distinct order & attended by their Instructors. The President & Suit consisting of Several Naval & Military Officers, passed in review, & proceeded to the Exchange Coffee house where very elegant preparation was made for their reception, and abode while they remained in town -- at the time of entering this place, a very handsom [sic] & appropriate address was delivered by Mr. Bulfinch Chairman of the bord [sic] of Selectmen, & an Answer returned by the president. Thurs 3 Attended to Store and posting Books Fri 4 Fair and Warm Employ'd in Store The Anaversary [sic] of American Independence. Celebrated at Athol Oration by the Rev. Mr Bascomb. Sat 5 Fair & very warm vegetation came forward Rapidly Employ'd in Store Wm Procter went to Keene to bring home Harvey Burnet who had been cutting Glass at the Keene Factory, & now engaged to go to Chelmsford Factory. Sun 6 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 7 Employ'd Posting Books &c Tues 8 do do Wed 9 do do Thurs 10 do do Fri 11 do do Sat 12 Fair Mor. Showers P.M. Employ'd in Store &c. Sun 13 Fair Warm Attended Meeting Mr. Mason preached Mon 14 Fair Began to Hay. Employ'd in Store &c Tues 15 Employ'd Posting Books &c Wed 16 do do Thurs 17 do do Fri 18 do do Sat 19 do do Sun 20 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 21 Employ'd tending Store & Posting Books Tues 22 Rain Employ'd in Store posting Books &c. Wed 23 do do Thurs 24 do do Fri 25 do do Sat 26 do do Sun 27 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 28 Fair excellent hay weather Employ'd in Store & posting Books Tues 29 Attended to posting Books Store &c. Wed 30 do do Thur 31 do do AUGUST 1817 Fri 1 August Attended to Store posting books &c. Sat 2 do do Sun 3 Fair Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 4 Employd in Store Tues 5 do do Wed 6 do do Thurs 7 do do Fri 8 do do Sat 9 do do Sun 19 Fair Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 11 Attended Store &c Finished haying. Thur 12 Employ'd Posting Books &c Wed 13 do do Thurs 14 do do Began to Reap winter Rye A very Cetching [?] time much Grain damaged besides grass corn &c on low Lands. Fri 15 Employd in Store &c Sat 16 Employ'd in Store and attending to Reaping & securing Grain. Sun 17 Fair Showers P.M. Attended Meeting Mon 18 Fair Employd in Store Secured all my Winter Rye Tues 19 Fair Employd in Store Began to Reap Spring Wheat & Oats. A Child of Rev. P. Smill [?] still Born Wed 20 Cloudy Rain Employd in Store Lieut Jas. Stevens elected Captain Ens. Geo. Mason chosen Leiut, [sic] Henry Ball chosen Ensign in the North Company of Militia in Warwick Thurs 21 Cloudy, Rain Employ'd in Store. Fri 22 Employ'd in Store &c Rec'd a Letter from J. Stone Jun accusing me of endeavoring to invalidate his Character to Capt Field. Sat 23 Fair Attended to Store, and securing Wheat & Oats. The weather for 2 or 3 weeks past had been very wet Streams as high as in the Spring of the year Meadows overflowed, and great damage sustained, in this and in the Southern States. Sun 24 Cloudy Mor. rain fair P.M. Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 25 Very cold morning & some frost Employ'd in Store & Reaping Oats &c Thurs 26 Employ'd in Store &c Wed 27 do do Thur 28 Employ'd in Store &c Fri 29 Attended to Store &c Sat 30 do do Sun 31 Fair attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mr. Lee preached. Nathan Ripley & Wife from Leverett on visit SEPTEMBER 1817 Mon 1 Employ'd in Store &c Tues 2 Went to M. Tyler's Richmond on City Business. Wed 3 Attended to Store Thurs 4 do do Fri 5 do do Sat 6 do do Samuel Fay raised his Shed Carriage house &c. Sun 7 Attended meeting Mon 8 Fair warm Went to Winchester on business with B. Kimball & Capt Thayer. Tues 9 Employ'd in Store &c Wed 10 Warm Attended to Store &c Mr Bennet ordained at Winchester. Thurs 11 Attended to Store &c Fri 12 do Marey [sic] Conant died -- Datr of Lt B. Conant (Influniatican) [sic] Sat 13 Went to Champney Farm in forenoon Agreed with Mr Jackson & C Woodard to pick up and clear off 2 pieces of Burnt Land for $16,-- and 1 gall. Rum. Sun 14 Attended Meeting Mr Winslow Preached Mon 15 Attended to the Store &c Mrs Cobb, Sophronia & Charles went to Petersham on Visit. Tues 16 Employ'd in Store Wed 17 do do Thurs 18 do do Fri 19 do do Doct Lemuel Barnard Died aged 81 yrs. Sowed Rye Sat 20 Fair fine season Kept my room being quite unwell & feverish Doct. Hall, wife & family from Keene on Visit & to make Settlement of his affairs at Warwick having engaged to go to Woodstock in the County of Ulster N.Y. to superintend a Glass Factory, at 50 dolls per Month. Sun 21 Attended to necessary concerns of the day still unwell Mr. Estebrook Preached. Mon 22 Fair agreeable Weather Employ'd in Store Tues 23 Employ'd in Store Wed 24 do do Thurs 25 do do Fri 26 do do Sat 27 do do at 5 oClock P.M. went to Capt. Procter's to examine and agree for some Bricks to build a Town Magazine. The Carpenters finished the Woodhouse in the Centre School district. Sun 28 Attended Meeting Mon 29 Employ'd in Store, and Making preparation for building a Magazine. Doct. Artemas Brown & Patience Bancroft Married. and left town in the afternoon for Medway the place of his residence. Tues 30 Fair cold wind Employ'd in Store, and attending to laying out and beginning a Town Magazine, which was ordered to be erected as a place of deposit for the Town Military Stores & Arms. OCTOBER 1817 Wed 1 Employ'd in Store, and Attending to the workmen on the Magazine. Thurs 2 do do Fri 3 do do Sat 4 do do finished the Brickwork & raised the Wall plates & roof of the Magazine Sun 5 Fair & pleasant a small shock of an Earthquake was felt about 11 oClock A.M. Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 6 Employ'd in Store &c &c Tues 7 do do Wed 8 do do Thurs 9 do do Josiah Pomroy Jun Married to the Wid. ___ Field of Gill. Fri 10 do till afternoon and then went to Northfield as a Witness in an Arbitration between the Franklin G.F. Co. and Griswold & Miller. Sat 11 Employ'd in Store &c Sun 12 Attended to the necessary concerns of the day No preaching. Harry Pomroy & wife from Salem on Visit. Mon 13 Fair pleasant Employ'd in Store. Tues 14 Employed in Store writing &c Wed 15 do do Thurs 16 do do Fri 17 Went to Champney Farm in the forenoon and Attended to Store in the afternoon. Sat 18 Employd in Store &c Sun 19 Fair Cool Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr. Rogers Preached Mon 20 Employd in Store finished Sowing Rye on the Champney Farm Tues 21 Employ'd in Store Wed 22 Fair good weather Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 23 Employd in Store Mrs. Cobb went to Gill to see her father who was sick Fri 24 Attended to Store and with the hands employed on Carriage house Weather very Warm Sat 25 Employ'd in Store &c Sun 26 Cloudy & rain Attended to the necessary Occurences of the day Mon 27 Employd in Store Mrs. Cobb returned from Gill her father's Sickness abated Tues 28 Employd in Store &c Wed 29 do do Thurs 30 do do Fri 31 Warm fine Weather Many people have not sowed their Grain Employd in Store &c NOVEMBER 1817 Sat 1 Attended to preparing Mortor [sic] for painting a Sellar [sic] &c. Sun 2 Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 3 Attended to Store & Vendue of Doct. Hall's wood which I bought at $7,95. also Bought in Company with Stephen Ball & Samuel Fay, one eighth part of the Glass Factory Estate for $88,00 which was the property of Moses Daniels Deceased. Tues 4 Employ'd in Store &c Wed 5 " do Thurs 6 " do warm for the Season Fri 7 Fair & warm Employ'd in Store &c Made a Deed of Josiah Smith's Farm to Moses Fisher of Needham 154 Acres of Land price $1275 Sat 8 Employ'd in Store &c Sun 9 Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr. Willard Preached Mon 10 Employd in Store wrote to R. Fisk Cambridge Port respecting the sale of the Glass Factory proposed to sell the whole establishment for $3,500,00 Tues 11 Employ'd in Store &c Wed 12 do do Thurs 13 Employ'd in Store &c. Fri 14 do do Nathl Stearns worked on my Cellar painting the Wall. Sat 15 Employ'd with Mr Stearns painting Cellar Wall &c &c Wednesday 5th Instant a dead body was found in the woods in gill, which from its appearance had been in that place for some time it was identified by the Clothing &c. to be the Body of one Gay, who had been absent since the 26th of August and from the circumstance of there being a withe fastened to a small tree near where his body lay, & his head having fallen off, the Jury brought in a verdict of Self Murder. Suspicions soon arose of his having been Murdered by one Jesse Cay of said Gill, he was apprehended and examined & Commited [sic] to prison for trial at the next Supreme Court. Sun 16 Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mrs Cobb & Charles both sick Mr. Allan of Pembrook preached. Mon 17 Employed in Store &c Tues 18 Great Rain Employ'd in Store Mr White commenced Singing School. Wed 19 Employ'd in Store Thurs 20 do do Fri 21 Employ'd in Store &c Sat 22 do do Sun 23 Attended to necessary concerns of the day Mr. Mason Preached Mon 24 Employ'd in Store &c Tues 25 do do Wed 26 do do Fair good weather Thurs 27 Employ'd in Store. Teams arrived with Goods from Boston, which I had sent for, not being able to go myself on account a very extraordinary Bile on my hip and after sickness of Mrs. Cobb of a fever. Fri 28 Employ'd in Store Sat 29 Very pleasant weather Employ'd in Store. Sun 30 Attended to the necessary concerns of the day DECEMBER 1817 Mon 1 Employ'd in Store &c Tues 2 Employ'd in Store Wed 3 Employd in Store Thurs 4 Thanksgiving. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Fri 5 Employ'd in Store Sat 6 Employ'd in Store Sold the Farm formerly owned by Lt. B. Conant, at Auction, to David Gale for $695.~~ Sun 7 Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 8 Employ'd in Store. Henry Burnet died aged 77 yrs 8 mo Tues 9 Employd in Store &c Wed 10 Employ'd in Store &c Walter Taylor removed his family from Factory house to Keene N.H. Thurs 11 Employ'd in Store &c Fri 12 do " Rain & hail Icy Sat 13 Employ'd in Store &c Sun 14 Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 15 Employ'd in Store Tues 16 do Wed 17 do Thurs 18 do Snow Fri 19 Employ'd in Store Sat 20 Took a seat in the Stage at half past 5 A.M. and arived at Boston half past 8 P.M. took Lodgings at J. Stones. had a very agreeable day, and a good passage. Sun 21 Very cold & blustering. kept the house all day. Mon 22 Cold. Attended to the purchase of some Goods & Settlement of old Accounts. Found Bombazetts & many other articles scarce. Tues 23 Fair More moderate Attended to the purchase of Goods &c. Wed 24 Pleasant Attended to the purchase of Goods, and my team having arived, I loaded a part of my Goods Thurs 25 Christmas. The Inhabitants of Boston introduced the suspention [sic] of business for the first time, with a view of commemorating this day in Religious exercise therefore, but little business could be done I, however loaded the remainder of my Goods. and closed my business as well as I could, leaving some to be done by others. At this time the Capt fireplace was first introduced in this State by Wm. Salisbury of Deby Vermont who was the patientee [sic] -- of him I obtained the right of useing [sic] one Stove upon condition of puting it up in some public place as an introduction to the use of them in this vicinity and had the liberty of disposing of any number that might be applied for at $3,00 each for the patient [sic], which he had established at $4,00 leaving me $1,00 for my trouble in each stove. This Fireplace is built in common form --- 26 inches wide in front 16 to 18 inches high with Grates about 8 inches from the hearth. The sheet Iron Cap is then put on 30 inches wide & and [sic] about the same higth [sic] & 8 or 9 inches deep which is the same as the fireplace, the back being carried up straight as high as the top of the Cap and wide enough to receive it & a little more. The pipe is then introduced on the middle of the top of the Cap & rises as high as convenient & then with an elbow turned into the chimney --- Then there is an Iron door to the fireplace in which near the bottom is a small sliding door to let in the air to Kindle the fire on the Grates. In this fireplace we save all the heat that is produced by the fire except what little excapes [sic] with the Smoak [sic] thro' the funnel, Therefore, any Room of common size may be warmed in 15 or 20 Minutes & the heat preserved through the day with very little wood. Fri 26 Took the Stage at 1 oClock A.M. and arived home at 6 oClock P.M. having a fine day & good passage. Sat 27 Fair cloudy evening Employd in Store &c Sun 28 Fair & very pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day My teams arived at evening Mon 29 Employ'd Opening Goods &c Tues do do Wed 31 do do The weather fair & warm no snow of consequence Jesse Cay who was commited [sic] to prison on the suspicion of having Murdered one Gay in the town of Gill was attached with a fever and died in Goal. Rec'd intelligence of the death of her Royal highness the Princess Charlotte Augusta, daughter of his Royal highness the Prince Regent of England, and consort of his Serene Highness the Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg on the 5th Nov. 1817 She was delivered of a still born male Child, and expired the next morning. This child had it been living would have been the lawful heir to the Crown of Great Britain. but under the present circumstance there seems to be no lawful heir to the Crown and the Nation full of trouble & consternation. Price Current Hay very plenty 8-10$ Ton Wheat $2,~~ Bushel Rye $1,~~ " Corn $1,~~ " Oats $~,50 " Pork $~8-10 Cts lb Beef $6,50 C Cattle high 6 feet Oxen 80 to 90$ Merchandize W.I. Rum $1,20 Gall N.E. Rum ,66-67 " Brandy Cog. 3d pr 3,~~ " Gin (Holland) 1,30 " Loaf Sugar ,22 " Brown do $15, C Teas Sou. ,70 Cts lb Hyson 1,25 " " H. Skir ,70 " Bohea ,35 " Coffee ,33 " Tobacco ,25 " " Flour $10, Bbl JANUARY 1819 Friday 1 Fair Ground hard frozen, little Snow dry. Employ'd writing &c Sat 2 Fair Cloudy do Sun 3 Cloudy Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 4 Fair Employ'd Writing &c Tues 5 Do Cloudy little Snow in the evening do Wed 6 Fair do Thurs 7 Fair do Fri 8 " " Sat 9 " cloudy evening little rain Employd Writing &c Sun 10 Cloudy warm Attended Meeting in the forenoon Memorandum 1 Mr. Nathan Stevens of Barre and Miss Lair Stevens of Warwick, Married. 3 Mr. John Ball Jun. & Miss Harriot Moore Married. 5 The Inhabitants of the Centre School district met, and agreed to divide the Schollars, [sic] and employ a woman to teach the lower classes. 9 David Johnson Deeded his farm (formerly Henry Burnets) to Reuben Wheaton 156 Acres $1500 Mon 11 Fair Employd in Store & attended Town Meeting Tues 12 " Attended Store &c Wed 13 " do Thurs 14 Cloudy do Fri 15 Cloudy Snow do Sat 16 Fair do Sun 17 Fair Attended Meeting Mr Wilbour Preached Mon 18 Fair Attended to Writing &c Tues 19 Cloudy rain do Wed 20 " " do Memorandum 11 The Tenement belonging to the Estate of J. Coldwell late of Barre Deceased Sold at Vendue to Abner Goodell for $72,00 13 Mrs. P. Stevens, wife of Captain Joseph Stevens died aged 22 ys Consumption The Creditors of Stephen Perry Attached all his Property, both Personal & Real Thurs 21 Cloudy Employ'd in Store Fri 22 " do Sat 23 Fair and very pleasant do Sun 24 Fair warm & foggy the frost almost out of the Ground no snow Employ'd in Reading &c &c Mon 25 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 26 Fair Employ'd in forenoon with hand Choping firewood at Goodells afternoon in Store Wed 27 Fair pleasant Attended to wood Choppers &c Thurs 28 Cloudy Fair Employ'd in Store Fri 29 Cloudy & Fair " " Sat 30 Squal of Snow in Mor. " " Cloudy Fair cold Memorandum 23 David Johnson deliver'd to Reuben Wheaton a Deed of his Real Estate situated in the towns of Orange & Warwick consisting of 156 acres of Land & Buildings thereon Consideration $1500 in 3 payments $500 next May $500, in one year from this date & $500, in two years from this date with Interest after the first day of April next Said Wheton [sic] gave a Mortgage of the Estate as colatteral [sic] security for the payment of the two $500 note, last payable Obadiah Bass Jun. removed his family from the Coldwell house to Justus Russell's house near the Brick School house The U.S. Congress took up the proceedings of Gen. Jackson, against the Siminole [sic] Indians in the Floridas, & Censured him hardly for the Execution of Abouthnot & Armbruster (the Commitee having Reported against him.) But he found many advocates for his conduct, and was finally approved of by a Majority in Congress Sun 31 Jan. Fair cold Attended to the common concerns of the day FEBRUARY 1819 Mon 1 Fair pleasant Employd in Store writing &c Tues 2 " do do " Wed 3 Very pleasant the ground all bare & dry tho some frozen do Thurs 4 Fair do " Fri 5 do do " Sat 6 do do " Sun 7 Fair warm Attended Meeting Mr. Harding preached Mon 8 warm Cloudy rain Employ'd at the Wid. Cook's appraising the Estate of E. Cook deceased. Tues 9 Fair warm as summer Employ'd in Store. Memorandum 1st The United States Mail was Robbed of a part of its Contents between Bridgetown & Elizabethtown (New Jersey) The passengers in the Mail Stage were also robbed of their Watches, some money &c The Robbers 3 in number, stop'd the Stage Coach, took the driver from the seat & cut the reins & tugs to prevent their proceeding and then attended to the business of Robbing the passengers & the Mail -- one passenger having about $30,000 about him, sliped [sic] it from his pocket into the straw in the bottom of the Coach and saved it. The 3 Mail Robbers were all taken and secured in the course of 2 or 3 days after they commited [sic] the deed. 9th The Estate of Ezekiel Cook Deceased appraised by Wm Cobb Jona Blake Jun. & Saml Fay Real Estate consisting of 140 Acres of Land and the Buildings thereon valued at $1535 Personal Estate at $1520,~~ Wed 10 Fair warm Attended to Store &c Thurs 11 Fair Cool evening do Fri 12 Fair pleasant Cloudy evening do Sat 13 Snow N.E. do Sun 14 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Smiths Father Preached Mon 15 " Employ'd writing &c Tues 16 " do Wed 17 " do Thurs 18 Cloudy windy very cold do Fri 19 Fair pleasant Attended to store in forenoon At J. Draper's at a Military Court P.M. Sat 20 Cloudy some Snow Employ'd in Store Memorandum 10th A controversy between the Wid. Anna Leonard & Nathan Leonard Submited [sic] to a Refference [sic] and Sat at my house the result of the whole appeared to substantiate the fact that Mrs Leonard had reported some falsehoods, and that Nathan Leonard had treated her in an unbecoming manner. 11 Father Leonard returned from Canton, where he had been with his Children about 5 months & had agreed with his son Moses to come to Gill & live with him he Brought me $88,~ which was paid on obligations against P.R. Leonard & others 16 Rev. ____ Lee of Royalston died 17 Rev Ordained at Royalston 17 Mr Nathaniel Stearns died aged 75 Consumption 18 Four Criminals, condemned for piracy, were Executed in [cont.] Sun 21 Fair Cool Attended to the necessary occurences of the day Mon 22 " Employ'd in Store Tues 23 " do Wed 24 " do Thur 25 Fair Cloudy & Snow in evening from N.E and Windy do Fri 26 Cloudy Snow some drifted do Sat 27 Fair do Sun 28 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Memorandum 18 Boston they had been sentenced and then Execution appointed to be on the 20th January, but were repreived [sic] by the President of the United States, to this time. Their names were Williams, Fredrick, Peterson & Rag. 25 Mr Silas Maseman came to Warwick with his family from Berlin, and took possession of the farm that was previously owned by James Fuller. 25 High wind at Boston which drove in the tide so high as to cover the market ground, and did much damage to the shiping in the Harbour. MARCH 1819 Mon 1 Fair snow in the evening Employ'd in Store writing &c Tues 2 Fair do " Wed 3 do. Cold do " Thurs 4 Fair Attended to Writing & making out powers for Pensioners. Fri 5 Fair Attended to Writing &c Sat 6 Cloudy some rain & Snow This Morning took a Seat in the Stage for Boston the travelling bad, got no farther than Concord & tarried Sun 7 Fair Went to Boston this morning arrived at Southwick's at 1 P.M. & put up Mon 8 Snow a severe Storm N.E. Did but little business on account of the bad weather Tues 9 Fair Cold This morning went to the New England Flint Glass Factory at Leachmere's point Cambridge conversed with Mr Jarvis on the subject of the Glass Factory at Warwick. from thence to dorchester in pursuit of a Mr Kurkup who was a Glass Manufacturer but found he had gone to New York Wed 10 Fair Employ'd at the Pension Office in Boston, with powers to get the pensions for 8 persons in Warwick Thurs 11 Fair Went again to the Flint Factory in Company with Messrs Everett & Hastings and made some arrangments [sic] with Mr Jarvis to assist in the Sale of the Glass Factory at Warwick returned to Boston closed my Business & prepared to take the Stage. Fri 12 Cloudy snow took a Seat in the Stage and arrived at Warwick about 5 oClock P.M. Sat 13 Fair Employd in Store writing & paying off Pensioners Sun 14 Fair some squals of snow & Cold Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 15 Fair Employ'd in Store Writing &c attended School district meeting in the evening Tues 16 Fair, cloudy Snow Employ'd in Store. Wed 17 Snow in Mor. Very Windy & Blustering Went to Greenfield with Father Leonard & D. Wells to make preparation for an arbitration between Father Leonard & J.A. Tenney Thurs 18 Fair pleasant Returned from Greenfield to Gill, called on Several persons whom we had calculated as Witness at the arbitration then returned home Fri 19 Fair snow in the evening Employ'd Writing &c Sat 20 Fair do Sun 21 Cold windy & blustering attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 22 Fair pleasant Cloudy evening Went to Gill in Co with J. Blake Esqr to attend a Reference between Mr S. Leonard & John A. Tenney. Tarried Tues 23 Cloudy Rain left Gill at 1 P.M. & returned home at evening went to Col. Tafts to Settle business between his Daughter & Earl Rice, her Husband. Wed 24 Cloudy fair Employ'd writing &c Thur 25 Fair " " Fri 26 Fair, Cloudy Rain Hail Snow " " Memorandum 22 Mr Samuel Leonard & John A. Tenney of Gill, Settled their controversy by a Refference [sic] composed of Col. E. Hoyt Solomon Smead Esqr & Doct. C. Washburn Attornies [sic] for Mr Leonard was Daniel Wells & Elijah Alvord Jun for Tenny Brigham & Allen A demand was made by Tenney in virtue of an Instrument purporting to be a Will of Rachel Leonard, & a Quitclaim of Mr Leonard of certain property claimed by Mrs. Leonard as her seperate [sic] property, amounting to about 1000 dolls. decided that Tenney recover $100,95 & pay half the cast of Refference being all that equity required. 23 Earl Rice of Barre Ms. who had married a Daughter of Col. Josiah Taft and a separation previous to this time taken place, made an agreement to Settle all affairs as it respected property and to go to Vermont and make such arrangments as was necessary to procure a bill of divose. [sic] Sat 27 Fair cold Employd in Store &c Sun 28 Fair cold Attended to the necessary occurences of the day Mon 29 " " Employd in Store Tues 30 " " do. Wed 31 " " do Taken sick this afternoon, sent for Doctor at 8 in evening took an emetic at 12 oC. went to sleep rested some Memorandum 23 Moses Leonard & his family arrived, from Canton N.Y. having agreed to go & live with his Father Samuel Leonard at Gill. APRIL 1819 Thurs 1 Fair and pleasant Kept my Bed the Greater part of the day Doct. came at 8 A.M. gave me Carthartic [sic] felt better at evening rested tolerably well Fri 2 Fair This morning found myself recovering, and attended to a Settlement with Maj. Goodell collector of the town in the afternoon, made a Settlement with the Commitee on Treasury Accounts. Sat 3 Fair This Mor. after breakfast, went to Store Counting room and attended to the arrangment of Town Books &c Sun 4 Fair snow began to fail attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon 5 Cloudy S.W. Wind Attended to Town Meeting for choice of Town Officers Gov. &c. &c. Tues 6 Fair Employd in Store Wed 7 " " do Thurs 8 " " do Fri 9 " " do Sat 10 " " do snow gave in clear'd land Sun 11 Fair Cloudy rain evening attended Meeting Mon 12 Fair Began to Inventory Goods Tues 13 do Employd in taking Inventory of Stock Memorandum 5 Town Officers chosen for the year ensuing Jona Blake Jun Town Clerk Ashbel Ward Josiah Procter } Selectmen & Assessors. Elijah Fisk Wm. Cobb Town Treasurer. Abner Goodell Constable & Collector 9th Lemuel Wheelock's first Child Born. 11 Mrs Eunice Ball, wife of Mr David Ball died of the consumption. Wed 14 Fair Attended to taking Inventory of Goods Thurs 15 " do Fri 16 " do Sat 17 " do Sun 18 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 19 " Attended to Inventory of Goods &c Tues 20 " Closed the Inventory of Goods $1939,92. Wed 21 " Employ'd taking an Account of debts due &c Thurs 22 " do Fri 23 " do Memorandum 15 Mr Josiah Pomroy Jun. Removed from Aaron Bass' House to the toll house 18 Miss Nancy K. Bangs, Daughter of Mr Isaiah Bangs died of a Consumption AE 25 Years 19 Mr. ____ Gunn Moved his family into the Widow Cook's house Sat 24 Fair pleasant Employd in taking Acct of Notes &c Sun 25 Fair Attended to the necessary occurences of the day Mon 26 Fair Employed cashing the Inventory of Debts &c. Tues 27 Fair do Wed 28 Fair Closed the Inventory of Goods & debts and found the profits in the last years trade in Co. with L. Wheelock to be [blank] Thurs 29 Fair Employd in Store Fri 30 Fair do do MAY 1819 Sat 1 Fair and very pleasant Employd in Store Sun 2 Pleasant Attended Meeting Mon 3 Fair Attended to Store and town Meeting. Tues 4 Fair warm Employd making Cartridges for the Town &c &c Wed 5 Fair Attended to Store and worked in the Garden Planted Beans, Pease Carrots Beets and Parsnips &c &c Thur 6 Fair warm fine planting weather Employ'd in Store Fri 7 Cloudy some rain do do Memorandum 1 Lemuel Wheelock removed from the Pomroy House to the Hall farm " Oliver Estey removed from the long building (so Called) to the Goldsbury House. " Doct. A. Taylor removed from the Goldsbury house to the Pomroy place, which he had purchased 3 The town of Warwick agreed & voted in Town meeting to supply all the Militia Soldiers with Cartridges suitable for the Inspection at May Training. 6 Enos Lincoln of Petersham Died of a Consumption Sat 8 Cloudy The Season very forward Many people planting. Commenced a Journey to Boston in Company with A.K. Whitney and proceeded as far as Bolton & Tarried. Sun 9 Cloudy Continued my Journey to Cambridgeport & put up for the day & went into Boston at Night & took Lodgings at Southwicks. Mon 10 Cloudy rain Employ'd in looking at Goods &c &c Tues 11 Cloudy rain Attended to purchasing Goods &c Wed 12 Fair, cool do do Thurs 13 Fair Cloudy Rain P.M. Closed the purchase of Goods & Settled my Bills. Memorandum Mr. Cotting of Boston Died who was the projector of all the greatest improvments [sic] of the Town, such as Broadstreet, Marshel Street, Central Wharf, The Mill Dam &c. &c. Fri 14 Cloudy rain Took a Seat in the Stage at 1 oClock A.M. and arrived at Warwick at 7 P.M. Sat 15 Cloudy and some rain Employ'd in arranging my Bills of Goods &c &c Sun 16 Cloudy rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mr. Estabrooks Preached Mon 17 Cloudy rain Employ'd Writing &c Tues 18 " " do Wed 19 " " Attended to opening Goods &c Thurs 20 Fair do Fri 21 " Employ'd in Store Memorandum 14 Benja Hazeltine, from Belfast Me. came on a visit to Warwick Sat 22 Fair warm Employd in Store Sun 23 Fair pleasant Attended Meeting Mr. Mason Preached Mon 24 Fair Employd in Store Tues 25 Fair warm Showers, hail Thunder do Wed 26 Fair cool do Gen. Election Thurs 27 Fair cold do Fri 28 Fair cool hard frost do Sat 29 Fair pleasant do Sun 30 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 31 Cloudy some rain Employ'd in Store &c. Memorandum 22 Samuel Blake from Boston on a visit 22 Alvan Whitmore Died at New-Orleans. 31 Melinda Knolton Died aged 21 Years Consumption. JUNE 1819 Tues 1 Cloudy some rain Employ'd in Store &c Wed 2 Fair do Thurs 3 do do Fri 4 do do Sat 5 do very Warm Employ'd in Store & repairing Schoolhouse windows &c Sun 6 Fair Warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the No. Preaching Mon 7 Fair very warm Shower at evening Thunder Employ'd with Abijah Fisher in making and erecting Barposts on my home lot Tues 8 Fair warm Thunder shower P.M. Employ'd in Store &c Wed 9 Fair warm Much Rain & Thunder and Lightning in the afternoon & evening Employ'd in Store Thurs 10 Fair do Fri 11 do do Sat 12 Foggy mor. heavy showers. Thunder & lightning in the forenoon. do Sun 13 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 14 Fair Attended to Writing on the Funeral of old Mr. Fay Tues 15 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 16 Fair Attended to Store Memorandum Sat 12 Mr. Moses Fay died, Aged [blank; someone wrote 79 in pencil] Years. 13 Mrs. Cobb and Charles went to Gill to meeting & on visit. Thurs 17 Fair Warm Employd in Store & preparing Tax Books for the assessors Fri 18 Fair, Showers & much Thunder & lighting in the afternoon & evening. Employ'd in Store Sat 19 Fair, cooler do do Sun 20 Fair Attended to the common occurences of the day. unwell Mon 21 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 22 do. showerey [sic] do do Wed 23 Fair do do Thurs 24 Fair do do Fri 25 do do do Sat 26 do do do Memorandum Sun 20 Sunday School Commenced Mon 22 Elder Levi Hodge died Belius Complaint aged 63 ys Sun 27 Fair warm Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 28 Fair, very Warm Showers in the Night Employ'd Writing &c Tues 29 Fair Showers do Wed 30 do do do JULY 1819 Thurs 1 July 1819 Fair, some clouds Employ'd in making some repairs and alterations in my Barn. Fri 2 Fair, showers Employ'd in Store. Sat 3 Fair But little haying done Grass not so good as last year Strawberries very plenty and fine flavour Employ'd in entering accounts & Notes on Ledger &c. Sun 4 Fair attended Meeting in the forenoon. Mon 5 Fair warm Employ'd in Store Began to Hay Tues 6 " Attended to posting Books &c. Wed 7 " do Thurs 8 " do Fri 9 " very warm do Sat 10 do do dry do Sun 11 Shower's in the Middle of the day and sharp lightning Attended Meeting Mr. Willson of Petersham Preached Mon 12 Fair good hayweather Employ'd in Store Memorandum Trade rather dull -- Goods plenty and Cheap. Geo. Wheelock of Orange. Selling New England Rum & some other articles very low -- draws considerable trade from Warwick. Country produce decreasing in value. Money Scarce, and many of the Southern & Western Banks, stop payment. N.York Bills& many others are not rec'd at Boston. 8th Wid H. Chamberlain Died at Winchester aged years. The crops of Hay very small on the Old Mowing lands, but tolerably good on new and Rich ground. 10th Lt. Otis Fisher from Detroit on a visit to his Father's &c. Tues 13 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 14 Fair do do Thurs 15 Cloudy rain at 9 P.M. Attended to Store and workmen. Fri 16 Great rain this Mor. fair Employd in Store Mowing Sat 17 Some Light Clouds Employ'd in Store Sun 18 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 19 Cloudy fair Employ'd Mowing at the Goodell lot in forenoon & getting in hay from Common P.M. Tues 20 Fair fine hay weather Employ'd at Haying at my upper lot Wed 21 Cloudy Fair Do do finished haying Memorandum 13 A. Fisher worked at Haying over the Meadow & on Common got in 2 load hay 14 C. Woodward worked at haying got in 3 Small load hay. 15 A, Fisher & C. Woodard worked at hoeing Corn & Potatoes. Sold A. Goodell some Hay in his barn for $5,- 17 A. Fisher & C Woodard worked at Haying on the Common land a part of the day & the remainder hoed Corn for L. Wheelock. * Sold J. Pomroy Grass on the Chaplin land for $3,00 19 A Fisher & C. Woodard worked at haying on the Goodell lot -- mowed & raked the whole with my assistance 20 Fisher, Woodard & Weeks worked at haying at my upper lot. 21 Fisher & Weeks worked in the forenoon & Fisher in the afternoon at Haying at my upper lot Finished Haying. My grass generally light had 2 loads hay from from [sic] Goodell land & 2 loads from upper lot. * Woodard's work Credited by Wheelock Thurs 22 Fair, warm Employ'd in Store Fri 23 Fair warm do do Sat 24 do " do do Sun 25 Fair, little rain P.M. Attended Meeting P.M. A Contribution was collected to pay for the Catechisms for the Sunday School. Mon 26 Fair rain P.M. Employ'd writing &c Tues 27 Cloudy rain do do Wed 28 Some Clouds & little rain do do Thurs 29 Fair, warm Shower P.M. do do Fri 30 Fair & very warm do do Sat 31 do do do Memorandum 22 Sold to Appleton & Eliot (Keene) three Flattening Stones for Glass Factory @ 10 dolls each. Levi Stinson took the covering from a part of his house, & lathed & plastered it with a composition made of Lime, plaister [sic] Paris, Brown Sugar & Sand 24 Sued, Stephen Cobb & attached property for about 45 dolls. Samuel Bowman for about 7 dolls & Daniel Holman for about 10 dolls Bowman & Holman's Court on Sat. 31st Inst. before J. Blake Esqr 27 Winter Rye fit to Cut, and and [sic] all hands deeply engaged in Securing it. 28 Old Mrs. Fay removed from Warwick to New Grantham N.H. to live with her son John 31 Amos Fisher, son of Moses Fisher drowned in Morse's Pond (so called) aged 18 Years. AUGUST 1819 Sun 1 Fair Showers afternoon and evening Attended to the necessary occurences of the day Mon 2 Fair Showers P.M. Employ'd in Store Posting Books for Factory Proprietors. Tues 3 Fair Attended to Writing and Reaping Rye Wed 4 Fair Attended to Posting Books &c &c Thurs 5 Fair Employ'd writing in the forenoon & attended the Funeral of Stephen Cobb in the afternoon. Fri 6 Cloudy mor. sprink of rain fair Part of time in Store Went to R. Cobb's card some spirits to a number of hands that were making Hay on the farm. Sat 7 Fair Showers & Thunder & lighning [sic] in the evening Employ'd in Store Posting Books &c Sun 8 Fair Attended to the Common Occurences of the day No Meeting. Memorandum 1 Extraordinary Tempest in afternoon & evening Thunder & Lightning very severe. One man killed in the open field at Greenfield, 1 Barn in Gill one Barn in N.Salem 1 Barn & 1 house in Richmond or Swanzey were burned by the lightning. A number of Buildings in Royalston were struck, and considerably injured. 3 Reaped my Rye about 1 Acre good & secured it in the Barn at night. 4 Stephen Cobb died of Typhus Fever in the 23 year of his age. 7 This evening the Creditors to the Estate of Stephen Cobb & others met & concluded to have an Administrator appointed as soon as convenient & nominated Capt. Wm. Burnet as a suitable person to be intrusted with that business. Susannah Lincoln of Taunton died of a Cancer. the [blank] day of August Inst. Mon 9 Cloudy rain in the Mor. fair Employd writing &c Tues 10 Fair, warm do do Wed 11 " " " " Thurs 12 Extreemly warm " " Fri 13 Fair warm " " Sat 14 Hazy warm Attended to Writing in the forenoon and went to Richard Cobb's in Afternoon * Sun 15 Fair, Rain in afternoon Attended Meeting in Forenoon Mr. Willard Preached Mon 16 Cloudy rain Employ'd Writing &c Memorandum 9 Eldad Hodge & Wid. Phebe Hodge signed their Bonds & went to Greenfield & took a Letter of Administration on the Estate of Elder Levi Hodge Deceased 10 Capt. Wm Burnet took Administration on the Estate of Stephen Cobb. Deceased 11 Samuel Fay sent David Bishop to jail on a Boil Bond the Attorney of the Creditor (Nancy Holton) compremise [sic] with Bishop & he returned. Ansel Lesure appointed Postmaster, & an Office established at Ervings Grant, Co of Franklin 14 The Estate of Stephen Cobb was appraised & Inventoried by J. Blake Esqr Morsning [?] Wheelock & Capt Lesure attended myself and took away a yoke of Steers which had been previously turned out as security of a debt which said Stephen owed me. of about $45,__ Ansel Lesure attached a yoke of oxen the property of Richard Cobb to secure a demand which he had against Stephen Cobb's Estate, but had delivered the goods to Richard Cobb & presumed on his property to pay for them 15 David Bishop absconded, left his Family took another Woman at Keene & went on to the North. Afterwards heard of in Vermont, at New Haven Tues 17 Cloudy rain Employ'd Writing &c Went to Richard Cobb's & took away 4 sheep that I had previously let to him. Wed 18 fair Employ'd in Store Thurs 19 do do " Fri 20 Fair and very Warm do " Sat 21 do do " Sun 22 Cloudy and Rain P.M. Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 23 Cloudy rain Employd writing &c Tues 24 Fair do do Wed 25 " do do Thu 26 " do Burnt over new Land adjoining A Goodell's Fri 27 " Employd in Store Memorandum 18 Wm. Procter went to Northampton & Chester on business for Doct Taylor (absent 3 days) 18 Amos Marsh's family removed from Warwick to Eaton N.Y. being in needy circumstances the town made a present of 40$ to assist them in their removal. 20 Noah A. Packard Returned from Boston where he had been at work several months. 24 Wm. Hall came in Stage this morning having been on a Visit to his Father's in the State of New York 25 Arad Hazeltine from Belfast on Visit to his father's in this town Just completed his study in Law, & calculating to enter on practice this fall. 28 Olive Howard, Daughter of Wm Howard died of Consumption aged 13 years 26 Wm. Procter taken sick with fever Sat 28 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Sun 29 Cloudy fair Attended Meeting ' Mon 30 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 31 " do September Wed 1 Fair Warm Employd in Store Thurs 2 Fair very Warm Went to Amos K. Whitney's in the forenoon attended to Store P.M. Fri 3 Fair warm Some Showers Employ'd in Store. Sat 4 Fair Warm Employ'd in Store Sun 5 Fair Warm Attended to the common concerns of the day Memorandum Sickness in Boston, has for a few weeks past created considerable alarm--A malignant Fever originating from an African Vessel in the harbour, (which was, by order of the board of health Scuttled & Sunk.) had diffused its malignant esfluvia [sic], in the part of the town near Fort hill and a considerable number of the inhabitants became victims to its ravages. 2d Capt. Joseph Stevens Married to Hannah Mayo Mon 6 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 7 Do Warm Employd in Store and attended a Court of enquiry on Capt J Stevens as a Witness. Wed 8 do do do Thurs 9 do " " Fri 10 do " " Sat 11 do " " Sun 12 Fair cool nights Attended Meeting Mr Rogers Preached. Mon 13 Fair Attended to the Store & the Court of enquiry Tues 14 " do " Wed 15 " do " Memorandum 7 A Court of enquiry, embracing the Military conduct of Capt. Joseph Stevens -- commenced this day at the house of Samuel Fay. Col. D. Lyman President Capt. ____ Graves and Capt ____ Child composed the Court Daniel Wells Judge advocate. Nathaniel Morse was the complainant & _____ Brigham his Attorny [sic] J. Nevers Esqr Attorny for Capt. Stevens. Adjutant Bryant Marshal. The charges brought against Capt. Stevens were for unlawfully taking to his own use, Money from the conditional conditional [sic] Exempts [?] in his Company, and for oppressing his soldiers by fining them for Muskets which he had accepted at the May training of 1818. 8 Mr. Moses Fisher died of a consumption Aged [blank] years. 15 The Court of Enquiry rose having had Capt Sevens under examination eight days. Thurs 16 Fair Went to my Goodell land & let out a piece of New land to clear off about 1 Acre for $5,_ Attended to Store &c Fri 17 Cloudy Employd in Store Sat 18 Fair set out for Boston in a Chaise with J. Russell Esqr went to Leominster and tarried at Cumming's Sun 19 Fair warm Continued on my Journey to Boston & arrived there at 5 P.M. took Lodgings at the Lion Tavern. Mon 20 Cloudy windy & cool Employed in making preperations [sic] & obtaining the Pensions on eleven Powers granted to me by the Revolutionary Pensioners in Warwick amounting $735,18. Attended at the Circus in the evening and was well entertained. Tues 21 Fair windy same clouds in the evening & signs of a Storm Employ'd purchasing goods &c &c Wed 22 Cloudy and very windy rain P.M. Made some purchasing of goods and loaded my team went on Board the Plymouth Packet and saw Laban Burt who commanded it. he informed me of the death of Susannah Lincoln who died at her residence in Taunton in the month of August last. Thurs 23 Cloudy and some rain closed my business and at 12 M. took a seat in a Chaise with Capt. Nickerson and came to Stow tarried at Earles. Fri 24 Cloudy & showers Continued my Journey with Capt Nickerson to Lancaster Breakfasted & took the Stage and reached home at 7 P.M. Sat 25 Cloud & Rain Employ'd in Store paying off Pensioners &c &c Sun 26 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 27 Fair Employ'd in Store opening Goods &c Tues 28 " do do Wed 29 " do do Thurs 30 " Attend to Store Writing &c OCTOBER 1819 Fri 1 Fair Employd Writing &c Sat 2 Fair Showers Employ'd in Store & assisting in clearing off a parade for General Muster on Penniman's Land. Sun 3 Fair cool Attended Meeting Mon 4 Fair Emplyd in Store Tues 5 do do do Wed 6 do warm In Store in forenoon & to work on a Boothe & making preparation for General Muster. Thurs 7 Fair Warm Employd in Store & in the Boothe on the Muster Ground Memorandum Took the Steers that I bought of Stephen Cobb from Maj. Goodell's Pasture & Sent them L. Wheelock's pasture 7th General Muster in Warwick. Parade Ground on Penniman's Land South of his house. Col. Whitaker Commanded. Lt. Col. Root Maj. Goodell and Adjutant Briant assistants. Maj. Gilbert Inspecter. [sic] Brigadier Gen. Howland attended. The day was fine tho' Warm. every movement was conducted with propriety and no accident happened. Fri 8 Fair & Warm Employ'd in Store Settled with Draper and Fay who were partners with me in Selling Liquors on Muster day. Sat 9 Fair & warm cloudy evening Employ'd Writing &c Sun 10 Cloudy rain in Morning Attended Meeting Son 11 Fair Employd in Store & getting in corn and potatoes Tues 12 Fair Cloudy Went to J Rich's Mill in fornoon [sic] & got in potatoes &c in the afternoon Wed 13 Cloudy rain & Some Snow Went to F. Leonard's Saw Mill in forenoon bought Boards &c Thurs 14 Fair Employ'd with Carpenter's repairing house Fri 15 " do Sat 16 " do Memorandum 13 Began to hew Timber for repairs of Cinque room and house got it home 14 Began to frame Cinqueroom & took down old one. 15 Repaired the South Sill of my house raised Cinque room &c 16 Covered roof of Cinque room &c Sun 17 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mr Mason preached Mon 18 Fair Employ'd with my Carpenters about my house Tues 19 " do " Wed 20 " do " Thurs 21 " Attended to taking down & repairing Chimney's Fri 22 " do " Sat 23 " do finished Mason work Sun 24 Rain in Mor. Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr Estabrook Preached Memorandum 14 The District of Maine, having obtained permission of the legislature of Massachusetts, to which they belonged, for a separation, Their delegates chosen from the Several towns in said District met at Portland for the purpose of forming a Constitution of Government, & making such other preparations as were necessary to carry their object into full effect. 20th Mrs. Martha Blake, wife of Jonathan Blake Jun. Esqr. died of Consumption Aged [blank, someone filled in 33 with pencil but not Cobb's hand] 21 Began to take down & repair the Chimneys in my house by the assistance of E. Sawyer. completed the work in 3 days. 23 Moses Leonard & Wife from Gill on a visit Mon 25 Fair Employd with the Carpenters about repairing my house. Tues 26 do do " Wed 27 do do " Thurs 28 do do " Fri 29 do warm do " Sat 30 do do " Sun 31 Fair cool Attended Meeting. Memorandum 28 Doct. Medad Pomroy Died of Consumption & Old Age -- aged 83. Years NOVEMBER 1819 Mon 1 Fair Employd in Store and Town meeting Tues 2 2 " Employ'd with N. A. Packard on house & appraising the Estate of Moses Fisher Deceased Wed 3 " do do Thurs 4 " Employd in house with E. Sawyer plastering &c Fri 5 " Employ'd arranging things about my house &c Sat 6 " Worked about my house in the forenoon & Went to Richard Cobb's in the afternoon. Sun 7 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Memorandum 1 At a Townmeeting called for the purpose, Voted to give Henry Fuller $100 together with Real Estate formerly owned by Richard Cobb, for the Support of the said Richard and his Daughter Sarah thro' life 2 Attended with Jona Blake Esqr and Maj A Goodell in appraising the Estate of Moses Fisher deceased Real Estate Valued at $1200,~~ Personal at about 1100,~~ 1st Capt. D. N. Smith Removed his family from O. Holden's house to the Factory long house, appartment [sic] No.6 6 Sophronia & Charles went to Gill on a visit. Mon 8 Fair Windy Went to Greenfield with Medad Pomroy, Caleb Mayo & Nathan Leonard to attend a probate Court with Doct Pomroys Will Tues 9 Cloudy Employ'd in Store Wed 10 Cloudy do Thurs 11 Cloudy and Some rain Sowed Grass seed, Wrote off some accts &c Fri 12 Fair Made a Bond on agreement between the Town & Henry Fuller for the Support of Richard Cobb & Sarah Cobb &c &c Sat 13 Fair Employd in Store &c Sun 14 Fair cool Attended Meeting in the afternoon Memorandum Richard Cobb & Sarah his Daughter went to Henry Fuller's to live Mon 15 Cloudy Employ'd in Store &c. Tues 16 " Employ'd with Noah A Packard making Stable in Barn Wed 17 Cloudy mist Employ'd at my Barn &c Thurs 18 Fair pleasant Employd about my Barn &c &c Fri 19 fair and pleasant Employd in Store & about my house Sat 20 " Employ'd with Chs Woodard digging Stones on Bass Land Sun 21 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Memorandum 17 Elisha Brown began to make wall on the Bass Land agreed with him to make 20 rods at, 50 per. rod & find dinner for him & others who were employ'd about the fence Mon 22 Cloudy Employd in Store &c &c Tues 23 Cloudy do Wed 24 Fair warm do Thurs 25 " Attended to diging [sic] Stones &c in the forenoon and to Setting off the Wid. Fishers thirds in the afternoon Fri 26 fair warm Cloudy Attended to diging Stones &c. Went to A.K. Whitney's in the evening. Sat 27 Fair and very pleasant Attended to diging Stones in forenoon and to ploughing up grass Ground in the afternoon, on the Bass Land Memorandum 22 Stephen Reed & Jerusha Moore Married. 27th Mrs. Simonds, wife of Benjamin Simonds died of Dropsey aged [blank] years Wm. Hastings commenced Trade in Warwick. Sun 28 Cloudy & looks like Snow Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 29 Snow in Mor Cloudy Employ'd in Store Tues 30 Fair cool do do December Wed 1 Fair Cloudy moderate Employ'd in Store Thurs 2 Fair cool Attended Meeting. Fri 3 Fair Employd in Store Sat 4 " do do Memorandum 2d Thanksgiving John Whitney Jun & ____ Foster Married. Sun 5 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr. Rogers Preached Mon 6 Fair pleasant Employd in Store Tues 7 " do do Wed 8 " do do Thurs 9 Fair cool Snow in evening do Fri 10 Cold do Sat 11 do do Sun 12 Fair Cold Attended to necessary concerns of the day Mon 13 Fair Employd in Store & in evening at Isaac Miller's securing property on Notes against him Memorandum 12 T. Daniels one of the supposed Murderers of Mr. Gould of Stoneham, (who was Robbed of about $1000 and his life taken in the contest) commited suicide in the Jail at Cambridge, after he was taken, examined & commited for trial. He hung himself with his Pocket Hkhf [?] confined to the Wall with a part of the bail to a Bucket. Tues 14 Cloudy Snow Employ'd in Store. Wed 15 Fair Employd in Store Thurs 16 " do Visited at Rev. P. Smith's in the evening. Fri 17 Cool do " Sat 18 " do " Sun 19 Cloudy Snow Attended Meeting. Mon 20 Cloudy Employ'd in Store Tues 21 Fair do Wed 22 Fair Moderate do Memorandum 15 Wm Procter went to Chelmsford on Business for Doct. Taylor. 18 Wm. Procter returned from Chelmsford. 18 Isaac Miller Removed from Warwick to Dummerstown. 21 Mr. Samuel Bowman Died aged 70 Years Consumption Thurs 23 Pleasant Employ'd in Store Fri 24 Cloudy snow 3 inches do do Sat 25 Cold Fair do do Sun 26 Fair cold Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 27 " " Employ'd Writing Tues 28 " " do " Wed 29 " " do " Thurs 30 Cloudy Snow P.M. do " Fri 31 Snow this Mor. much drifted 9 inches Windy do " Memorandum 25 Took home 3 sheep from Abner Goodell's The Diary of William Cobb Jr. of Warwick Massachusetts 1820 Transcribed by Beth J. Gilgun February, 1996 In 1820, William Cobb used the left hand page of the diary book for daily occurences and the right had page for world and local events. I have followed his format, and when the events ran into another typed page, I left the rest of the page blank rather than start a new date-page. I did add the new month in capital letters between the days of the week, so sometimes the new month appears twice; once where I added it and once from Cobb. The spelling is Cobb's as is the emphasis. Price Current Jan 1st 1820 Produce &c Hay $8 to 10 Ton Wheat Rye ,75 Bush Corn ,58 do Oats ,37 do Pork ,6 to ,7 lb Beef $5 C Merchandise W. I Rum 1,~ Gall NE do ,44 " Brandy 4th press 1,75 " Gin (Holland) 1,10 " Loaf Sugar ,18 to 19 lb Brown do $12 to 13 C Teas Souchang ,50 to 54 lb " Hyson " " Skirn ,65 " Bohea Tobacco ,18 to ,20 lb Flour $7, Bbl JANUARY 1820 Sat 1 Fair, Cloudy snow about 1 foot deep some dry. Employ'd in Store writing &c. Sun 2 Fair cool Attended Meeting in Afternoon Mon 3 " Employd writing &c Tues 4 " do " Wed 5 " do " Thurs 6 " do " Fri 7 Fair Cloudy warm Employ'd moving hay from the Shed to the Barn, & making a new fireplace in N.E. Room Sun 8 Cloudy Snow this morning about 3 Inches Employ'd putting up Brestwork [sic] in N.E. Room, and in the Store &c Memorandum 3d Roxey Allen died aged 151/2 years Consumption Sun 9 Cloudy Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Smiths' Father Preached Mon 10 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 11 Cloudy Snow Employ'd in Store &c Wed 12 Fair do " Thurs 13 Fair cool do " Fri 14 " " do " Went to Woodlot and broke path, with John Whitney. Sat 15 " " do. drew a petition to Gen. Court to remove the additional Gate on the Turnpike in Ervings Grant Memorandum 10 Holman & Bruce (of Orange) failed. _____ and absconded. 10 Peter R. Leonard from Canton N.Y. called on me & informed me that he had given his Note to Calvin Nash for the ballance of my Acct being about 13 dolls. 13 Agreed with John Whitney to cut and draw wood from the Goodale Lot at 4/ per cord to give the Teamster dinner & hay for his Cattle. 15 Agreed with Mr Sanger to rent him the lower part of the Factory Store for 12 or 15 dolls per year Sun 16 Fair, cool Good Sleighing Attend to the necessary occurences of the day Mon 17 Severe Snow Storm from N.E. very Severe Snow 1 foot Employd in Store Writing &c Tues 18 Fair cool do Wed 19 Hazy Snow P.M. 6 inches do Thur 20 Fair do Fri 21 do do Sat 22 Cloudy Snow 4 inches do Memorandum 15 Saml Blake from Boston, on a visit among his friends 17 Mr. Nathan Cook Died 19 Mrs. Jackson wife of Jonathan Jackson Died of Consumption Sun 23 Fair Hazy Attended Meeting Mon 24 Fair Employd in Store writing &c Tues 25 " do Wed 26 " do Thurs 27 " Employd with John Humphrey making a Settlement on S Fay's Note &c &c Fri 28 " Employ'd Writing &c. Sat 29 Cloudy snow do do Memorandum 29th George 2d King of England died aged 81 years, 7 mo & 26 days in the 60th year of his Reign. 30 George, Prince of Wales (the Prince Regent) was lawfull heir to the Crown & declared George 4th King of Great Britain & Ireland. 28 Mr ____ Stebbins opened a dancing School terms $3, Quarter Sun 30 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 31 " Cold Employd in Store FEBRUARY 1820 Tues 1 February Cold Employd in Store Wed 2 Cold " " Thurs 3 Cloudy Snow rain " " Fri 4 Fair " " Sat 5 " " " Memorandum A distemper among Horses called the "Burnt Tongue" , prevailed thro' the Country. The tongue became blistered and, and [sic] the whole skin Came off -- the throat very sore and they refused food --- Copperas, alum, Sal Nitre & Boras dissolved in Vinegar with a little honey was used as a wash for the tongue & Linseed Oil for Physic. Tar'd Bitts with Assafeotidd was said to be a preventitive [sic] for taking the disorder. Sun 6 Fair & pleasant Attended Meting in the Afternoon Mr Estabrook preached Mon 7 Cloudy Snow 4 inches Employ'd Writing &c Tues 8 Fair do do Wed 9 Snow N.E. 6 inches do do Thurs 10 fair Snow in the Evening do do Fri 11 Fair do do Sat 12 Fair and pleasant Snow 3 feet deep in the Woods do do Memorandum 7 Maj P. Allen Deeded his whole Real Estate to J. Russell Esqr for the purpose of obtaining his Notes as Security to Borrow Money upon, till he could Sell his farm to enable him to pay his Debts 10 Wid. Anna Leonard moved into Factory house No. 2 rent agreed 10 Cts per week Sun 13 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 14 Fair Employd in Store Visited at Stephen Ball's in the evening. Tues 15 Fair warm attended to writing &c Employd at S. Fay's in the evening with Maj. Goodell and S. Fay on a Settlement between Hoyden and Aldrich Wed 16 Fair Attended to Writing Store &c Thurs 17 Fair Cloudy rain Fair do do Went to A.K. Whitneys in the evening with O. Bass & S. Mayo to Settle their Accts with Whitney for Building his house Capt Smith attended also. Fri 18 Fair Employd in Store Sat 19 Fair do do Memorandum 14 Harriot Draper died AE 16 Yrs 14 Joshua Sanger (Cabinet maker) removed from Templeton to Warwick. 15 Noah Perry Jun's House was Burned in the absence of the family lost all. Sun 20 Cloudy Snow Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 21 Fair cool Employ in arranging old Accounts Tues 22 Fair pleasant do do Visited at A.K. Whitney's in the evening. Wed 23 Fair Employ'd arranging old Accounts &c Thurs 24 Cloudy and some Snow do do Fri 25 Fair do do Sat 26 Cloudy Rain warm do do Memorandum 20 Mrs Bacheller wife of John B. Esqr Died AE. Consumption Sun 27 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting Mon 28 Fair pleasant cold evening Employ'd in Store Tues 29 Fair Cool Employ'd in Store MARCH 1820 Wed 1 Fair cool Employd writing Visited at J. Russells in the evening. Thus 2 Fair " Employd in arranging the town Books for a Settlement. Fri 3 Fair " do Attended with the Commitee on Accounts, and made a Settlement of the Treasury business Sat 4 Fair " Employ'd in Store &c. Memorandum 27 Amory Mayo from Townshend on Visit at Warwick Sun 5 Fair Cloudy rain at evening Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 6 Cloudy rain snow Attended Town meeting Tues 7 Snow & hail Employ'd Writing &c Wed 8 do " do do Thur 9 Snow and hail continues do " Fri 10 Cloudy Rain do " Sat 11 Some Snow in mor. fair evening solid hail covers the ground 5 inches deep & a hard Crust that will beare up horses of Cattle do do Memorandum 4 At a Town meeting holden this day was chosen the following officers viz Jona Blake Esqr Town Clerk Ashbel Ward Justus Russell Esqr } Selectmen & Assessors Joshua Atwood Wm. Cobb Town Treasurer Abner Goodell Constable & Collector Amos K. Whitney Agent Jona Blake Jr Esqr Wm Burnet Jr } Commitee on Accts Caleb Mayo Esq 5th Capt J. Procter's wife having for some time past been in a poor state of health, was taken in perfect derangment [sic], and required constant assistance to keep her in due subbordination [sic]. Sun 12 Fair cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day at evening to the Marriage Cerimony [sic] of L. Stimson & Eliza Procter. Mon 18 Fair Employ'd Writing Tues 14 Fair Cloudy rain Snow Thunder & lightning do Wed 15 Fair cool do Thurs 16 Fair do Fri 17 Cloudy Snow do with the Selectmen Sat 18 Fair Employd in Store Memorandum 12th Levi Stimson & Eliza Procter, Married. 14 David Rich's Child Died aged 9 months 13 Capt A Gould's Family left the Factory House, secretly in the night Sun 19 Fair pleasant Attended Meeting Mon 20 Rain at evening Employ'd in Store Attended Dancing School at Fay's in evening Tues 21 Rain Fair Employd in Store Wed 22 Fair do Visited at Doct Taylors in the evening Thur 23 Fair Employ'd writing & Visited at Lemuel Wheelock's in Evening Fri 24 Fair warm Employd in Store Sat 25 Fair warm do do Memorandum 17 Harvey Burnet from Keene on Visit to his fathers with his wife lately Married in Boston from whence they removed to Keene he having engaged to cut Glass for that Factory 21 Benja L. Bangs Died of a consumption Aged [blank] 21 Lemuel Wheelock Bought Stephen Ball's Situation near the Meetinghouse consisting of about 15 Acres of Land with a Dwelling house Barn and Store for the sum of $800,--- Wm Hastings brot his wife (lately married ) from Windham to Warwick Sund 26 Fair warm Attended Meeting Mon 27 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Tues 28 Fair warm do Wed 29 Fair Cool do Thurs 30 Fair do Fri 31 Cloudy Snow in the evening do Memorandum 29 Saml Gunn removed from Mrs. Cook's to Oliver Holden's house rent agreed a ,75 per month to be paid Quarterly. 30 Mr. Jacob Packard died Aged [blank] APRIL 1820 Sat 1 Fair Employ'd in Store Sun 2 Fair chilly Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 3 Fair attended to Store in the forenoon and to Town meeting in the afternoon. Tues 4 Fair warm Employd in Store Spent the evening at Mr Stebbin's Exhibition Ball at S. Fays. Wed 5 Fair Cloudy Employ'd in Store Thurs 6 Cloudy snow Employ'd in Store Fri 7 fair " Sat 8 " " Memorandum 1 George Aldrich having been absent on a Journey to Cumberland R. I. about 10 days returned on Friday evening with 2 Waggons for the purpose of removing his family in a secret manner; having previously deed his Real Estate and this day Sent the Deed to Registry, but by accident a discovery was made and all his property both real & Personal attached; for debts he acrued [sic] in this place. 2 Sunday at noon Geo. Aldrich's family and a remnant of their furniture left this place & Went to Rhode Island. 3d Votes for Gov Brooks 100 Eustis 35 do Lt Gov. Phillips 97 Austen 40 6 Wid. Clarissa Gale died Aged [blank] Consumption 8 Henry Pomroy of Salem Died Sun 9 Cloudy cool Attended to the necessary occurences of the day Mon 10 Fair Began an inventory of Goods Tues 11 " Continued the Inventory Wed 12 " do Thurs 13 " do Fri 14 " do Sat 15 " Finished the Account of Goods & began to make an alteration in the Store Memorandum 10th The Copartnership in trade between Wm. Cobb & Lemuel Wheelock under the firm of "Wm Cobb & Co" dissolved by Mutual Consent. Sun 16 Fair, cool air Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 17 Fair Employ'd with the Carpenters making alteration in Store. Tues 18 " do Wed 19 " do Thurs 20 " Got the Store in order to set up the Goods again and put them in Fri 21 Fair, Showery Employ'd in Store Sat 22 Cloudy & rain in forenoon Fair P.M. Employ'd in Store Memorandum 18th Saml Cobb went to Templeton to attend the Tavern House of Mr _____ Upham. 20th 20th In consequence of the Resignation and discharge of Capt. Lesure, a choice of Officers took place in the South Company of Militia in this town. Lieut L. Wheelock chosen Captain Ens. E Barber " Lieut & Serj. Jos. Ball " Ensign Sun 23 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 24 Cloudy Employ'd in Store with Carpenters &c. Tues 25 Fair do Wed 26 do do Thurs 27 do do Fri 28 do Attended to closing accounts and compiling Inventory for a Settlement with L. Wheelock Sat 29 do pleasant do Sun 30 Fair pleasant attended Meeting Memorandum 27 Sent 3 old sheep & 3 lambs to Jacob Rich's Pasture marked with a Small slit in the top of the right ear 28 Leml Wheelock removed from the All Farm to the House he purchased of Stephen Ball 28 Capt. Asa Thayer moved from Winchester, to Warwick and took possession of the Hall Farm. MAY 1820 Mon 1 Fair Employ'd in Store and attended town meeting Tues 2 do Employ'd in Store Wed 3 do Employ'd in closing up the Company concerns with L. Wheelock. Thu 4 do do Fri 5 do do Sat 6 Cloudy Employd in Garden &c Sun 7 Fair Cloudy Attended to the common concerns of the day. Memorandum 1 The weather fine, the season forward some people have planted corn many Gardens planted with early sauce. 1 Ashbel Ward chosen Representive [sic] to the Gen. Court of this Commonwealth. Mon 8 Cloudy Employ'd in Store Tues 9 Fair dry and dusty Set out for Boston in the Stage arrived at Southwick's tavern in Boston half past 11 P.M. Wed 10 Fair Attended to getting Pension Money from the Office &c &c Rec'd $480, for 10 pensioners. Thur 11 Fair Employ'd purchasing Goods &c. Fri 12 Cloudy some rain Attended to purchasing Goods. Sat 13 Cloudy fair Loaded my Goods & closed up my business Went to N. Richard's in the evening where Amory Mayo Moriah Mayo & Sophronia arrived in the Stage Memorandum 9th Carried a number of Writs from Athol to Templeton being on demands against Capt. James Stimson his property was all attached and he absconded 10 Hollowel & Augusta Bank Bills cried down 14 Wiscasset & Castine Bank Bills became uncurrent The Banks in General in the District of Main [sic] were suspected and many People would not receive any of them. Sun 14 Pleasant Attended the Meeting of the New Jerusalem Church at Boylston Hall after Meeting took a Walk about Boston in company with Sophronia & others. Mon 15 Fair Took a seat in the Stage at 1 A.M. and arrived at home 6 o'Clock PM. Tues 16 Rain Employd in Store Wed 17 Cloudy Empld Opening Goods Thurs 18 do do Fri 19 do do Sat 20 do do Memorandum 19 Sophronia & Amory Mayo returned from Boston in the Stage. Sun 21 Cloudy Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 22 Rain fair Employ'd in Store Tues 23 Fair do Wed 24 " do making a division of Notes with Leml Wheelock Thurs 25 " do in forenoon worked in garden P.M. Sowed Beets &c Fri 26 Cloudy rain & Snow Employ'd making Division of Notes & accounts with L Wheelock Sat 27 Cloudy fair do. Memorandum 25 Michael Pawars Executed at Boston, for the Murder of _____ Canada. Sun 28 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 29 Fair Employ'd in Store made division of Note with L Wheelock Tues 30 Rain in forenoon Thunder Fair P.M. Employ'd in Store &c. Wed 31 Fair do JUNE 1820 Thurs 1 June 1st Fair Employ'd in Store Fri 2 " warm do Sat 3 Fair warm do Memorandum 28 Sorotia Weatherbee came to live with me. 30 Saml Blake from Boston on Visit June 3 Elisha Brown finished laying Wall for me -- 6 2/3 Rods whole wall & 18 1/2 Rods half Wall Sun 4 Fair Warm Attended Meeting Mon 5 Fair Employ'd posting Books &c Tues 6 " do Wed 7 " do Thurs 8 " do Fri 9 " do Sat 10 " do Memorandum 10 Leml Wheelock went to Boston to purchase Goods Sun 11 Fair Attended Meeting in forenoon Mr Kilton a Missionary from Orange preached Mon 12 Fair Employ'd in Store Posting Books Tues 13 Rain do Wed 14 Fair Showers do Thurs 15 Fair Showers Employ'd taking down the Glass Factory Fri 16 Fair Warm do do Sat 17 " " Employ'd Writing &c Sun 18 Fair Warm Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 19 " warm Employd in Store Tues 20 " do do do Memorandum 15th Three pirates executed at Boston. 19 Lemuel Wheelock Opened his Store of Goods in Warwick 20 Mrs. Wheelock, wife of Capt Alexander Wheelock of Orange was instantly killed by being flung from a small Waggon in which the horse took fright, and ran. Two other women & a child were in the waggon --One with her child excaped unhurt the other had her jaw broken, and other wise much injured Wed 21 Very warm and clear sky Attended to Store Thur 22 Fair & very warm Went to Col. Tafts this morning & with the assistance of Jona Blake Esqr made a division line between our Lands The remainder of the day in Store. Fri 23 Fair & warm Employd in Store Sat 24 " do do " Sun 25 Fair Warm sprink of rain P.M. Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr. Rogers Preached Mon 26 Fair Warm Employ'd in Store Tues 27 " " do " Wed 28 " " do " Thurs 29 " " do Fri 30 Very Warm do JULY 1829 Sat 1 Fair warm, very clear sky most of the time for 15 days-the streams fail-grained pearch'd [sic] up. & Vegetation much injured. Employ'd in Store Sun 2 Fair Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 3 Fair Employ'd in Store and with hands haying Tues 4 Fair warm do Wed 5 " very warm Thermometer at 100 degrees in many places do Thurs 6 Fair Warm do Fri 7 Very Warm do Sat 8 do do Memorandum 1st Jona Patch Sold his Farm to Nathl Morse & made writings this day 3d Began Haying Sun 9 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 10 Fair Shower P.M. Employd making Writings for Pensioners &c Tues 11 Fair Employd haying and in Store Wed 12 Fair warm do " Thurs 13 Fair do " Fri 14 Cloudy Showers in the Mor. & continues with Thunder & Lightg [sic] till 3. P.M. Attended to Store Sat 15 Cool Mor. Fair, warm do. Memorandum 11 The Revolutionary Pensioners in Warwick, attended the Court at Greenfield to renew their applications for the Continuance of their Pensions, under the "Act of Congress of May 1st 1820". Sun 16 Fair Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 17 " Employ'd with M. Wheelock & E Kimball mowing at Goodell Land in forenoon P.M. in Store Tues 18 " Employd in Store Finished haying Wed 19 Showers In Store Thurs 20 Fair do Fri 21 do do Sat 22 do do Memorandum 22 Mrs. Cobb & Charles went to Gill on Visit 22 Mrs P. Brown from Medway her Sister & husband and B Collinder & daughter at my house on Visit Sun 23 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Mason preached Mon 24 Fair Cloudy evening Employd with Doct Taylor & Chs Woodard Reaping my Rye, in forenoon & alone, binding it up &c Tues 25 Fair Employd in Store Wed 26 Fair Showers P.M. do Thurs 27 Fair Rain do Fri 28 Fair Rain do Sat 29 Fair Cloudy do Memorandum 29 Capt Whitmore went to Winchendon, and got a Note made payable to me, in soon[?] of One (rec'd of L Stimson) made payable to Sally Stimson & endorsed over to me Sun 30 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 31 Fair Employ'd painting Direction Boards AUGUST 1820 Tues 1 August Fair Employd painting Direction Boards &c Wed 2 " Attended to reentering old Accounts &c. &c. Thurs 3 " do Fri 4 Fair heavy Showers P.M. do Sat 5 Fair Shower at 2 P.M. do Sun 6 Fair cool morning attended to the Common concerns of the day No preaching. Mon 7 Fair Employd in Store Memorandum The Weather continues warm and the copeous[sic] Showers which have fallen of late, has revived the Scortched [sic] Earth, and vegitation [sic] reassumed its former promising appearance The whitened fields are changed to green, & the prospect of a Good crop of Potatoes (which we had dispaired [sic] of,) tho' late, will meet our former expectations. Tues 8 Fair Warm Employd in Store Wed 9 Fair rain PM " " Thurs 10 Fair warm showers " " Fri 11 Fair warm " " Sat 12 Fair warm Showers " " Sun 13 Fair, little cooler Attend to the necessary concerns of the day No preaching Mon 14 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 15 " do Memorandum 11 S. Weatherbee & his Wife from Keene on a Visit Wed 16 Fair warm Employd laying Wall between my House & Mr Fay's. Thurs 17 Cloudy mor. rain fair Employed in Store &c &c Fri 18 Fair Employ'd in Store Sat 19 " do Sun 20 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 21 " Employ'd in Store Tues 22 " do Wed 23 " warm do Thurs 24 " do Memorandum 17 Mr Fay raised his new Horse Barn 24 Began to boar Logs for repairing the Aquaduct from B Penniman's Land to Mr Fay's & my house 21 The People of Massachusetts met in town Meetings to give in their yeas & Nay's on the expediency of calling a Convention to alter the Constitution of this Commonwealth In Warwick Yeas 43 Nays 32 Majority 11 Fri 25 Fair Employ in Store Sat 26 Fair Cloudy evening Lightning & some rain Sun 27 Fair attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr. Mason preached Mon 28 Fair Employ'd in Store & Aquaduct Tues 29 " do Wed 30 " do Thur 31 " do Memorandum 25 Polly Fay returned from Sudbury where she had been living for some time SEPTEMBER 1820 Fri 1 Fair Employ'd in Store & viewing the Ground for a new road thro' A. Goodell's Land to Northfield &c Sat 2 Fair Employ'd in Store Sun 3 Fair Warm attended Meeting Mon 4 " " Employ'd in Store and an Aquaduct Tues 5 " " do " Wed 6 " " do do Thurs 7 " " do do Fri 8 " " do in Store Memorandum 1 Mrs. Conant wife of Asa Conant Sen. Died in consequence of a broken Leg & other injuries received by being flung out of a one horse waggon. 1 Blakely Colson was taken at the house of Wm Salter, by Virtue of a Warrant in behalf of the State, charging him with the crime of Cohabiting with Susan Salter, & lew'd & Lecivious conduct was found guilty and sent to prison. 6th The Salter family left Warwick & went to Northfield. 8th Royal W. Smith Died of a Typhus fever at Shelburn aged [blank] 8 Wm. Hall came to Warwick on a visit (from Chelmsford) Sun 10 Fair Warm Employ'd taking a puke &c. having been unwell for a number days Mon 11 Rain Walked to the Store this mor. tarried but a few moments & returned to my house still quite unwell Tues 12 Fair Confined to my room, & Bed the most of the time. Wed 13 " my fever continues Thurs 14 " do Fri 15 " do Sat 16 " My fever seems to have come to a crisis and symptoms more favourable. Memorandum 14 Samuel Cobb returned from Templeton where he had been living Since the 18th April 16 Saml Blake from Boston on visit Sun 17 Fair Still confined to my house not so well as yesterday Mon 18 Foggy mor. Fair rain in evening My health some better the fever wearing away Thurs 19 Rain my health improving Fri 22 " do Sat 23 " do my health improving but very slow Memorandum 18 Sophronia & Charles & Serotia Weatherbee returned from Keene where they had been on Visit 20 Swan L. Pomroy Began to teach a Singing School in Warwick Sun 24 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 25 " Employ'd in Store unable to but little business Tues 26 " " Wed 27 " " Thurs 28 " " Fri 29 " " Sat 30 " " Sun 1 October Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 2 " Employ'd in Store Tues 3 " do Memorandum 29 Mr. Edward Houghton of Northfield Died of a Typhus Fever Oct 1 Samuel Blake & Betsey Fay Married 2 Saml Clapp Jun. & Wife from Athol on a Visit Wed 4 Fair Employ'd in Store Thurs 5 " do Fri 6 " do Sat 7 " do Sun 8 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 9 " Employd in Store Tues 10 Cloudy rain " Wed 11 Fair " Thurs 12 " do Fri 13 " do Memorandum 6th Mrs. Polly Thayer, wife of Capt Asa Thayer died of a Consumption. Sun 15 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 16 " Attended to Store & Town meeting Tues 17 " do Wed 18 " do Thurs 19 " do Fri 20 " do Sat 21 Fair and pleasant Took a seat in the Stage for Boston and arived there at 10 oClock P.M. put up the Sign of the Lion (Boyington) Sun 22 Fair cool Kept house all day at evening attended a Caucus at Fanuel Hall on the subject of a Nomination of Representitive to Congress Mr Otis Spoke on the Subject at considerable length Memorandum 16 Jona Blake Jun. chosen delegate to meet with others at Boston on the 3d Wednesday of November next to revise the Constitution of this Commonwealth 18 Bought of Samuel Fay a piece of Land South of my Store extending 30 feet South of the bank wall and from the turnpike to the New-Salem Road Paid him $20,00 Mon 23 Fair Attended to the examination of Goods & Rec'd at the Pension Office $174,13 for Thos Hurd which was due him on his pension Certificate Tues 24 Fair Attended to purchasing Goods &c Wed 25 " do Thurs 26 Rain in the forenoon Fair Purchased some goods & Loaded Teams Fri 27 Cool Fair Cloudy left Boston at 2 A.M. in Stage and arrived at home 7 P.M. Sat 28 Fair Employd in Store &c Sun 29 Fair Attended Meeting Mr Perkins of Royalston preached Mon 30 Fair Attended to opening Goods &c Tues 31 " do NOVEMBER 1820 Wed 1 November Fair Employd opening Goods &c Thurs 2 Rain do Fri 3 Fair Attended to Store &c Sat 4 " do Memorandum 30 Laban B. Procter went to live with Levi Stimson to learn the Blacksmiths Trade Sun 5 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 6 Fair Employ'd in Store &c and town meeting for the choice of Representitive to Congress & Elections of President Tues 7 " do " Wed 8 Cloudy rain Attended to laying out & beginning to lay a Wall & raise the ground South of my Store for the purpose of building a Woodhouse &c Thurs 9 Fair cool Employ'd in Store &c Fri 10 Cold Night Attended to digging a Ditch & laying Aquaduct from near my house to the Barn Sat 11 Very cold for the season Employd in Store &c &c Memorandum 5 Sophronia sick with a fever Sun 12 Cloudy & Snow 5 to 6 inches Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day Mon 13 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 14 Fair cold good sleighing Went to Greenfield, (see memorandum) * Wed 15 " Continued at Greenfield Put up at Goodnough's Thur 16 " do Fri 17 " Left Greenfield at 11 oClock A.M. and came home Sat 18 Fair the sleighing begins to fail Employd in Store Memorandum 14th * Went to Greenfield as a Witness in a case between Josiah Pomroy & Caleb Mayo as Administrator on the Estate of Ezekiel Cook went in Company with said Pomroy & Mayo, & S. Fay & Major Goodell Tarried at Greenfield till Friday 11 oClock A.M. & then came home The cause in question did not come to a Trial, & was carried to the Supreme Court by Demurrer. Went down & returned in a Sleigh and found the sleighing very good. 15 The Convention of Delegates from all the Town's in Massachusetts met at Boston for the purpose of amending the Constitution of this Commonwealth Sun 19 Fair Attended Meeting in the Afternoon. Mon 20 Fair Employ'd in Store very busily Tues 21 Fair do Wed 22 Fair do Thur 23 Fair pleasant Thanksgiving Attended Meeting Mr Bennet of Winchester Preached. Fri 24 " Employ'd in Store Sat 25 " do Memorandum 22 Swan L. Pomroy closed Singing School Sun 26 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting Mr. [blank] Mon 27 Fair Attended to store in forenoon went in Company with Amory Mayo to Stephen Perry's Vendue. in the afternoon. Tues 28 Fair Cloudy Snow P.M. Employ'd with J. Gould C. Woodard & J Whitney Clearing brush & underwood on Goodell land. Thurs 30 Fair Cold Employ'd in Store &c DECEMBER 1820 Fri 1 Fair cold Employd in Store &c Sat 2 do do Sun 3 Fair cool Attended to the necessary occurrences of the day Mon 4 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Tues 5 Fair Employd in Store Wed 6 Fair Cool Cut up pork &c Thurs 7 " Employd in Store Fri 8 " do Sat 9 " do Memorandum 5 Killed Hogs Weight of old hog 405 " of pig 7 Months old 235 Sun 10 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 11 " Employd in Store Tues 12 " do Wed 13 " do Thurs 14 " do Fri 15 Snow do Sat 16 Fair do Sun 17 Fair cool Attended to the Common occurrences of the day Mon 18 Fair Employd in Store Tues 19 " do Wed 20 Fair Employ'd in Store Thurs 21 " do Fri 22 warm Attended to E Sawyer making a fireplace in Chamber Sat 23 do Employ'd in Store Sun 24 Snow & rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 25 Fair cold Employ'd in Store Tues 26 very cold do Wed 27 do do Thurs 28 Cloudy Snow do Fri 29 Rain do Sat 30 Fair cold do Deaths. Jan 17 Nathan Cook 19 Mrs. Jackson wife of Jonathan Consumption Feb 14 Miss Harriott Draper Aged 16 yrs 20 Mrs Bachellor Wife of John B Esqr Consumption Mar 14 Child of David Rich 9 Months 21 Benja L. Bangs Consumption 30 Mr Jacob Packard Apl 6 Wid Clarissa Gale Consumption Sept 1 Mrs Conant wife of Asa Sen. Oct 6 Mrs. Polly Thayer Wife of Capt Asa T. Consumption 10 The Diary of William Cobb Jr. of Warwick Massachusetts 1821 Transcribed by Beth J. Gilgun February, 1996 In 1821, William Cobb used the left hand page of the diary book for daily occurences and the right had page for world and local events. I have followed his format, and when the events ran into another typed page, I left the rest of the page blank rather than start a new date-page. I did add the new month in capital letters between the days of the week, so sometimes the new month appears twice; once where I added it and once from Cobb. The spelling is Cobb's as is the emphasis. Memorandum This year commences under unauspicious prospects to the farmers & consequently all other business. The winter has so far been very severe & hay becoming scarce Produce of all kinds lower than, perhaps, has been known for many years. Money extreemly scarce which renders it almost impossible to collect debts. Price Current 1821 Jan. 1st Hay $10 Ton Wheat 1, to 1,25 B. Rye ,50 " Corn ,45 " Oats ,30 " Pork ,5 to ,6 lb Beef $4 to 5 hund Boston Prices W. I. Rum ,95 Cts Gall N.E. do ,34 " Brandy 4th pr 1,40 " Gin (Holland) 1,~ " Sugar (brown) $11 C " (Loaf) ,17 lb Teas Bohea ,34 " Souch ,54 " Skir ,58 " Hyson Tobacco Prest ,17 lb Flour $5, Bbl Coffee ,30 lb Molasses 32 Gall January 1821 Mon 1 Fair cool Snow 5 or 6 Inches good Sleighing Employd in Store Tues 2 " " do Wed 3 " " do Thur 4 " " do Fri 5 " " do Sat 6 " " do Sun 7 cold Cloudy Snow Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 8 Fair cool Employ'd in Store till 4 P.M. then went to P. Allen's in Company with him, to consult on terms of Settlement with his Creditors. Memorandum 1 Shooting match at S. Fay's 8th Maj. P. Allen failed, and agreed to give up all his property to be divided among his Creditors, which was consented to; but the plan was interupted [sic] by J. Russell Esqr. (who was not generally known to be a Creditor,) he commenced an Action & took all the property that he could find. 9 The Convention for altering the State Constitution completed the business this day: having been in Session about 50 days and made amendments to 14 Articles which are to be submitted to the people for acceptance. Tues 9 Fair Employd in Store Wed 10 " do Thur 11 Snow do Fri 12 " do Sat 13 Cloudy Snow do Sun 14 Cloudy Snow Cold Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 15 Cold Fair Employd in Store Visited at Medad Pomroy's in the evening Tues 16 Fair Cold Employd in Store Memorandum 10 Attached P. Allen's Pew on a debt of about $34, Wed 17 Fair Snow P.M. Employ'd in Store Visited at A.K. Whitney's in the evening Thurs 18 Fair cold Employ'd in Store Fri 19 Fair very cold do Sat 20 Fair cold do Sun 21 Fair Cloudy not so cold Attended Meeting in the afternoon, Old Mr. Smith Preached Mon 22 Fair Cloudy moderate Snow in evening Tues 23 Fair pleasant Employd in Store Wed 24 Fair cold increases fast do Memorandum 18 Mrs. Cobb & Charles went to Gill on visit returned Sat. 20th 21 Amory Mayo From Townshend on Visit Agreed to commence business with him in my Store next Spring 20 Wm. Procter time with me expired, he being 21 Years of age. 23 Wm. Procter went to Townshend to assist Amory Mayo in Closing up his business. 24 Mrs. Williams, wife of Joseph Williams Jr. Died AE Thurs 25 Fair & extreemly Cold morning. Perhaps colder than ever known Employ'd in Store Fri 26 Fair not so Cold do Sat 27 Some Cloudy do Sun 28 Fair comfortable weather Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 29 Fair Moderate Employ'd in Store Tues 30 Fair Cloudy & little rain do Wed 31 Fair very warm Snow goes very fast do Memorandum 28 John Humphrey & Wife from Athol on Visit 30 Took a yoke of Steers to keep for Maj. Goodell 31 Luther Lincoln & Son from Norton & Aunt Lincoln & her Daughter Lucy from Petersham at Warwick Dined, & proceeded on their Journey to Westmoreland. FEBRUARY 1821 Thu 1 Fair Ground half bare in clear'd land. Employ'd in Store writing &c Commitee Inspected the Centre School Fri 2 do Employ'd in Store Sat 3 do do Sun 4 Fair Attended to the neccessary Concerns of the cay Mon 5 " Employd in Store Tues 6 " do Wed 7 " do Thurs 8 " do Memorandum 8th Made a lease from Abner Goodell to Ellery Hill, of the Daniels Farm for one year next following the first day of April next Rent $65,~~ Fri 9 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Sat 10 " do Sun 11 Fair warm Attended to the neccessary Occurrences of the day Mon 12 Fair warm Snow mostly gone Employ'd in Store Visited at Geo. Mason's in Evening. Tues 13 Fair warm Cloudy evening Employ'd in Store Wed 14 Cloudy Snow Employ'd in Store Thurs 15 Fair do Fri 16 Cloudy Snow N.E. do Sat 17 Snow continues from N.W. much drifted do Memorandum 13 Wm Procter left Warwick for Athol, where he calculated to tarry a few days, & go from thence to Boston in serch [sic] of Business. 14 Made a Deed From N.G Stevens Jr to Ebenr Rich of the "Hayden Farm" consideration $650,00 Sun 18 Fair Attended the necessary business of the day Mon 19 " Employd in Store Tues 20 " " Wed 21 Cloudy " Thurs 22 Fair " Fri 23 " " Sat 24 " " Sun 25 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mr. Mason preached Mon 26 " Employd in Store Tues 27 Fair Employd in Store Wed 28 Fair " MARCH 1820 Thurs 1 march 1st Rain Employ'd in Store & assisting the Selectmen in posting Books Fri 2 " Employ'd with the Commitee in Settleing [sic] Treasury Accounts Sat 3 Fair Employd in Store and finishing the Settlement of Treasury Accounts with the Town's Commitee Sun 4 Fair good sleighing Employd in the necessary Concerns of the day. Mon 5 Fair and very Cold Employd in Store & at Town Meeting Memorandum 1 Capt. Isaac Metcalf of Royalston & Wid. Anna M. Rich of Warwick Married 4th Mr. Amory Mayo & my Daughter Sophronia Married. Tues 6 Fair Employd in Store Wed 7 " do Thurs 8 " do Fri 9 pleasant Went to Winchester to Settle business with B. Kimball Sat 10 " Emp in Store Sun 11 Fair Cold Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 12 Fair Began an Inventory of Goods. Tues 13 " Continued to Inventory Goods Wed 14 " do Memorandum 5 Town Officers Capt Asa Thayer Town Clerk Justis Russell Joshua Atwood Josiah Procter Selectmen Caleb Mayo Ashbel Ward & J. Blake Jr Esqrs Assessors Wm Cobb Treasurer Abner Goodell Constable & Collector Thur 15 Fair Continued to Inventorying Goods. Fri 16 Fair & very warm do Sat 17 Very Cold & Snow finished the Inventory of Goods Sun 18 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day some unwell Mon 19 Fair Cool Employ'd in Store Tues 20 Fair " do Wed 21 Fair " do Thurs 22 Fair do Fri 23 Cloudy snow do Memorandum 20 Maj. Goodell & Stephen Ball Sold the Caldwell Tenement to Geo. Mason he having purchased the same for E Sawyer Sat 24 Fair Employd in Store Sun 25 Cloudy Snow 1 foot Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Went to Athol at evening to take the Stage for Boston Mon 26 Fair Took a seat in Stage for Boston, arived at 11 oClock & put up at Col. Cobb's Brumfield Lane. Tues 27 Cloudy Snow Attended to business about town. Wed 28 Fair cold Went to Pension Office & rec'd payt on 6 Powers $576,-- Went to States Treasury Rec'd $16, on pauper Accounts & did other Business. Thurs 29 Fair Attended to purchasing Goods &c &c Memorandum 26 Doct. Carter's House (a Tavern) in Lancaster, consumed by fire this morning 27 Josiah Pomroy moved into the Long building and Eliakim Sawyer moved out of the Long Building to the old Gate house 28 Josiah Devenport of Dorchester died aged 71 Fri 30 Fair Attended to the purchase of Goods and closed my business Sat 31 Fair rain in the evening Took the Stage at half past 5 A.M. and arrived at Athol about 10 P.M. very bad travelling. Tarried at Field's April 1821 Sun 1 Fair Came home from Athol in the Morning attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 2 Fair cloudy Snow Employed in Store & attended town Meeting Tues 3 Fair Cold Employd in Store Wed 4 Pleasant but cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day in Store Thurs 5 Fair and Some warm Employd in the necessary concerns of the day Fri 6 " Employd in Store Sat 7 " Employd in making a division of Factory Real Estate Sun 8 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 9 Fair Attended Store & Town Meeting to accept the revised Articles of the Constitution Memorandum 4 Sent home Maj Goodell's Steers which I had been keeping 5 Public Fast 7 Divided the Factory Real Estate Tues 10 Fair Employd in Store Wed 11 " do Thurs 12 Cloudy & Severe Snow Storm N.E. Snow 12 inches do Made Settlement with Lemuel Wheelock. Fri Fair do closed Settlement with L. Wheelock. Sat 14 Fair Employ'd in Store Sun 15 Fair Attended to the common Concerns of the day Mon 16 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 17 Snow 10 I. Open'd Goods just rec'd from Boston Wed 18 " do Memorandum 12 Stephen Perry removed from the Hayden Farm to the Goldsbury place and Oliver Estey removed from the Goldsbury place to Mrs. Cooks Thurs 19 Fair Employ'd in Store Fri 20 " Attended to store &c Sat 21 " do Sun 22 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 23 do Went to Greenfield in company with Doct. Taylor * Tues 24 do Attended the Supreme Court S.S. Wild J. Wed 25 do do. came home at evening Thurs 26 do Employ'd in store Memorandum 19 Amory Mayo began to keep house 19 Stephen Ball moved from Beach Hill to the Fisher Farm which he had purchased at $700,00 subject to the Widows thirds 23 * Attended to a Case in Law between J. Pomroy Plf. and C. Mayo & Polly Cook defendant before the Supreme Court at Greenfield. A Statement of facts was Submited [sic] to the Court and decided in favour of Plf. 26 My Uncle George Cobb from Phelps N.Y. came to my house & tarried till Saturday 28th & then proceeded on his Journey to Norton Fri 27 Fair warm Employ'd in Store Sat 28 do do Sunday 29 Fair Employ'd in the Necessary concerns of the day Mon 30 " Employ'd in Store MAY 1821 Tues 1 May 1821 Fair Employ'd in Store & closing a division of Factory Land &c. Wed 2 " do Thurs 3 " Attended to Store and Farm Memorandum 27 Began to plough May 1st Polly Whitney Daughter of John Whitney died aged 44 Years 2d Executed Quitclaim Deeds for a divion [sic] of the Glass Factory Property. 2d Lemuel Wheelock Deeded to N. Nickerson & Wm Cobb 49 Rods Land east of Factory Store consideration $40,00 3d Mr. Daniel Whitney Died aged 79 years Fri 4 Cloudy Employd Sowing Oats &c &c Sat 5 Cloudy some rain Thunder Employd in Store Sun 6 Fair cool Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 7 " do Attended to Store & town Meeting* Tues 8 Fair pleasant Attended to Store &c Wed 9 Fair Went to Wendell+ Thurs 10 do do Memorandum 4 Mr Abel Wilder moved his family from Lancaster to Warwick. 5 The Ex Emperor Bonapart Died AE 52 7 * Caleb Mayo Esqr chosen Representitive to the General Court 8 Sent my sheep to J. Rich's Pasture. 9 + Went to Wendell in Company with J Russell Esqr, Maj. Goodell and others, to obtain a Guardianship for Benja Porter, a Spendthrift, but the Judge of Probate was not present, and we returned without doing anything Fri 11 Very rainy Employ'd in Store Sat 12 Fair warm do Sun 13 Fair Pleasant Attended to the neccessary occurrences of the day Mon 14 do Employ'd Writing &c Tues 15 do do Wed 16 do do Thurs 17 Cloudy do Fri 18 Rain do Sat 19 Fair do Sun 20 Fair Attended to the Neccessary concerns of the day Mon 21 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 22 " do Wed 23 " do Thurs 24 " do Fri 25 " do Sat 26 " do Sun 27 Fair Attend Meeting Mon 28 " Employ'd in Store and Garden Tues 29 " do Wed 30 Fair Employ'd in Store Thurs 31 " Employd in Store * Memorandum 31 * Made a Division of the Notes & Account belonging to the Factory Proprietors. JUNE 1821 Fri 1 Fair Employd in Store Sat 2 do " Sun 3 Fair Employ'd in the Neccessary concerns of the day Mon 4 " warm Employ'd in Store Tues 5 " warm do Wed 6 " warm do Thur 7 " warm Attend to Store & funeral of Capt Asa Thayer Fri 8 " " Employed in Store and on farm Sat 9 Cloudy rain do do Memorandum June 5 Capt Asa Thayer died of Consumption Aged 48 years The Body of Capt Thayer was opened & examined by Doct. Hazeltine and Doct Taylor found an adhesion of large extent on the right side & lungs defective passage from Stomach to Bowels obstructed, and many other difficulties attending. Sun 10 Fair warm Attended to the neccessary occurrences of the day Mon 11 Fair warm Went to Greenfield Attended Probate Court & returned at night * Tues 12 " " Employ'd in Store Wed 13 " " do " Thurs 14 " " do Fri 15 " " do Sat 16 " " do Garden &c. Sun 17 Fair Attended Meeting Memorandum 10 _____ Shearman & Wife & Saml Blake & Wife from Boston on Visit at Warwick 11 Took Letter of Guardianship over Benja Porter a Spendthrift, and Mary Fisher Daughter of Moses Fisher Deceased 13 Amory Mayo set out on Journey to Boston Mon 18 Fair rain Fair Employd in Store Tues 19 Fair do Wed 20 Fair do Thurs 21 Fair Rain do Fri 22 " do do Sat 23 " do very warm do Sun 24 Fair warm Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 25 " Employd in Store Tues 26 " do Memorandum 18 Benja Hazeltine -- from Belfast Me. -- on Visit at Warwick 19 Amory Mayo Returned from Boston. Wed 27 Fair Employd in Store Thurs 28 " do Fri 29 " do Sat 30 " do Memorandum 30 Samuel Cobb went to Westminster JULY 1821 Sun 1 Fair Attended meeting Mon 2 " " Tues 3 " " Wed 4 " " Thurs 5 " " Fri 6 " " Sat 7 " Employ'd in Company with Capt Burnet and Esqr Blake appraisiing the Estate of Capt Asa Thayer deceased Sund 8 Fair Attended meeting in the forenoon Mon 9 Fair Employd in Store Tues 10 " do Wed 11 Rain do Thurs 12 Fair cool do Frid 13 Fair good hay weather do Sat 14 " do Memorandum 9th Began Haying 11 Choice of Field Officers at Wendell Lt. Col. Root of Montague advanced to Colonel Maj A Goodell of Warwick to Lt Colonel, & Adjutant Bryant of New Salem to Major 10 Nathl G. Stevens Sen called on me with a Quarter ticket No 1287 which I had Signed, & enquired for information of the prizes of the 12th Class S.B. Lottery I informed him that Ticket No 1287 had drawn $500 He observed that God in his own time & his own way would provide for the poor he appeared to be considerably affected & went away, saying he would call again in an hour or two at his return he requested some private conversation with me, & Stated that he was owing a number of debts, & some so large that [cont.] Sun 15 Fair Attended Meeting Mr Thomson preached Mon 16 Fair Employed in Store Several hands haying Tues 17 " do Wed 18 Cloudy fair do Thurs 19 Fair do Friday 20 " do Sat 21 " do Memorandum [cont] he could not pay them that there were some small debts that he considerd himself under Special obligation to pay that he wanted Some Clothing & would take it of Me on Account of the prize Money due from me to him That he should divide the Money acct as well as he could among his Creditors after paying for the Clothing that he wanted He was desirous to attend the funeral of Dea. Dutton that afternoon, & said he had no hat suitable to weare he wished me to let him have one on Account of the prize money due from me which I did & took his Receipt for 3$ 18 Electa Bancroft Daughter of Wm. Bancroft died Richard E Newcomb Esqr of Greenfield, appointed Judge of Probate for the County of Franklin Sun 22 Fair Attended Meeting Mr Smith of Rowe Preached Mon 23 Fair some Clouds Employ'd in Store Tues 24 Cloudy, rain do Wed 25 Fair a part of the day Showers eving do Altered the Counters &c in W. I. Goods room Thurs 26 Fair clouds Showers at eving do Fri 27 Fair warm do Sat 28 " do do Memorandum Appointment of Justices of the New Court of Com. Please in Mass. Hon. Artemas Ward Chief " Soloman Strong John M. Williams Howe Sun 29 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 30 Very warm Employd in Store Tues 31 Extreem Heat do AUGUST Wed 1 Very warm Employd writing Thurs 2 Fair warm do Fri 3 Fair warm do Sat 4 do do Memorandum Aug 1 Jona Blake Jr. Esqr. Married to Wid. Betsy Ballard of Gill. 1 Capt Luther Alexander of Winchester died Sun 5 Fair cool Attended Meeting Mr. Harding of NSalem Preached Mon 6 Fair Employ'd in making up a Statement of old account &c Tues 7 " do Wed 8 Some Clouds rain in mor. do Thurs 9 Fair do Fri 10 " do Sat 11 very Warm do Memorandum 7 The Queen of England (Caroline of Brunswick) died aged 7 Reap'd Oats very good Generally great crops 8 Levi Stimson sold his Real Estate in this Place to Charles B Haynes for $900,~~ Sun 12 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 13 Fair warm Employ'd in Store Tues 14 " " Went to Greenfield * in Company with A. Goodell, to attend Court Wed 15 Very warm Attended Court &c Thurs 16 Warm Attended Court & transacted other business Came home at Night Fri 17 " " Employ'd in Store Sat 18 warm Rain Shower P.M. do Memorandum *14 Mrs. Trip Brot an Action of Slander against Jona Jackson and recover'd $5,33 damage & $1,33 Cost. At same Court Mrs Trip was endited by the Grand Jury as a Common Scold, a Brawler & disturber of the Public Peace I was Summoned to appear at Court as trustee to N.G. Stevens by Jacob Rich. and was adjudged chargeable but the case continued to the next term. 17 Josiah Pomroy Died Aged 80 years. 18 Levi Stimson Deeded his Real Estate in Warwick to Charles B Haynes. Sun 19 Fair warm Attended Meeting and the Funeral of J. Pomroy Mon 20 Fair Employ'd with the Selectmen in arranging the affairs of J. Pomroy Deceased Tues 21 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Wed 22 " do Thurs 23 " do Fri 24 " do Sat 25 " Employd in finishing the Inventory of Capt Thayer's Estate &c. Memorandum 24 Received the News of the Death of Nepoleon Bonapart the former Emperor of France, who died on the Island of St. Helena the 5th of May where he had been confined for Several years, by the English Nation & by the united consent & assistance of the Several of the Kingdoms of Europe. His age, about 52 years. his disorder was an ulceration of the Stomach. Sun 26 Some Rain P.M. attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 27 Fair cool Went to B. Porters * in forenoon & to Greenfield in the afternoon Tues 28 Fair Attended to Probate Court and returned home Wed 29 Cloudy & little rain Employd in Store Thurs 30 Fair do Fri 31 Fair and very Warm do Memorandum 27 * Took an inventory of Benjamin Porter's Estate appraised by J. Blake Esqr Calvin Allen & Ebenr Eddy the Amount about 30 dollars Went to Greenfield and attended Probate Court on Tuesday 28th Returned an inventory of Porter's Estate, and exhibited my Account for taking Guardianship of said Porter (a Spendthrift) amounting with all previous Expenses to about $33,~~ which was accepted and allowed by the Court 28 Jos. Draper went to the Saratoga Springs with a Carriage & carried his Wife Mrs Wheelock -- Sally Mayo -- Annie Fay -- Gardner Conant & Pirccin [?] Blake of Orange 29 Wm Procter from Boston on Visit SEPTEMBER 1821 Sat 1 Cloudy rain Employd in Store Sun 2 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 3 Fair rain and high wind in the Night Employd in Store Tues 4 Fair do Wed 5 " do Thurs 6 " do Fri 7 " Attended with Esqr Blake to run the line between J. Humphrey's & B. Penniman's land Sat 8 " Attended Muster at Winchester Memorandum 6 C. Mayo Esqr Bot the half of the Store which L. Wheelock owned in company with me the consideration was $365,~~ Sun 9 Fair, shower at evening & Tornado. Attended meeting in forenoon. Mr. Estabrooks Preached Went to Mr Willson's at evening to see the destruction of the Tornado, &c Mon 10 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 11 " do Wed 12 Rain do Thurs 13 Fair Employd writing on acct of the Tornado for the press Fri 14 " do Sat 15 " do Memorandum 9th Experienced a desolating Tornado which commenced in the highland east of Connecticut River and ended at Tulley Mountain in Orange: passing about a mile south of the centre of this town About 6 oClock P.M. a small black cloud was discovered in the West in great commotion about 10 degrees above the horizon. To this point numerous small scuds moved with great velocity and were involved in the general Mass. From this cloud a very dense vapour extended to the earth in a cylindrical form, which took a whirling motion, attended with powerful suction, and raised everything from the ground with a noise like heavy distant thunder, shaking the earth to the distance of 2 or 3 miles. Its march was grand and awful, Sweeping in its course (which was from 20 to 120 rods wide) everything that came in its way Trees buildings, fences & stonewalls were indiscriminately hurled like feathers in the air. Stones of many hundred weight were removed from their beds, and the earth torn up as with the ploughhorse. 5 dwelling houses, and 13 Barns were destroyed, or unroofed, and matereally injured The dwelling house of Mr Garling & G Holden in Northfield, the house Mr. Willson & Mr Brown in Warwick and the house of Capt. Smith in Orange were distroyed. The persons who were in the houses had no time to meditate on means of safety, and many of them were involved in the ruins of the the[sic] buildings much bruised and wounded a daughter of Mr Brown aged 13 years, and a young woman in the house of Capt Smith aged 20 years were taken up lifeless, from under the rubbish. Great Quantities of wood and timber was destroyed many orchards torn to atoms & much other property destroyed Fragments of buildings, sheaves of grain clothing &c &c were found 25 miles from this place Sun 16 Fair, Cloudy rain Attended meeting in the forenoon. Mon 17 Fair Employ'd in Store, & making preparations for going to Boston. Tues 18 Fair Took a Seat in the Stage at 6 A.M. and arrived in Boston at 10 P.M. put up at Col. Cobb's. Wed 19 Fair Attended to getting Pension Money & purchasing W. I. Goods Thur 20 Fair Purchased W.I. Goods and loaded team at 4 P.M. attended at Washington Gardens to see the ascent of Mr Guille in a Baloon * Fri 21 Fair Employ'd in purchasing English Goods. Sat 22 Fair Employ'd purchasing Goods & closing up my business. Memorandum 16 J. Humphrey & daughter from Athol on visit *The Balloon ascended with 2 Red Flags displayed from the Car, & took a N.W. direction, but meeting another current of air in the upper region, it was carried Eastward over the Bay, & came down in the water near the end of Central Wharf Mr. G. calculated that he rose from 9 to 11 thousand feet above the Earth. Sun 23 Fair attended to the neccessary concerns of the day at 3 P.M. walked over the new Mill dam in Company with P Child Saml Blake & others. Mon 24 Cloudy rain Took seat in the Stage and arrived home at 6 P.M. Tues 25 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 26 " do Thurs 27 " do Frid 28 " do Sat 29 " do Sun 30 " Attended to the common concerns of the day. OCTOBER 1821 Mon 1 Cloudy rain Employd in store in forenoon in the afternoon with Jona Blake Jr. Esqr at Saml Fay's examining the claims against the Estate of Capt Asa Thayer deceased. Tues 2 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 3 do do Thur 4 do do Fri 5 do do Sat 6 do do Sun 7 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 9 Rain Employ'd in Store Tues 9 Fair do Wed 10 " do Thur 11 " do Fri 12 Rain do Sat 13 Fair do Memorandum 8 Oliver Estey Died aged 61 years 8 Levi Stimson removed from Warwick to Swanzey 13 Mrs. Gould, wife of Thomas Gould Died aged Sun 14 Fair Attended Meeting in Afternoon Mr. Bailey Preached Mon 15 Rain Employd in Store Tues 16 Fair do Wed 17 " do Thur 18 " do Fri 19 " do Sat 20 " do Memorandum 20 Amory Mayo's Son Born Sun 21 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 22 " Employd in Store Tues 23 " Employ'd with O. Bass making alteration in Store Wed 24 " do Thurs 25 " " Fri 26 " " Sat 27 " do & moving Barn Shed Sun 28 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr. Wm B. Stow Preached Mon 29 " Employ'd in Store Tues 30 " do Wed 31 " do NOVEMBER 1821 Thurs 1 November Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Fri 2 Fair do Sat 3 " do Sun 4 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 5 Cloudy & some rain Employd in Store, & with Carpenters framing Wood house &c Tues 6 Do Employ'd in Store Wed 7 Fair P.M. do Thurs 8 Fair Employ'd with Carpenters on my Woodhouse Fri 9 Fair rain at Evening do Sat 10 Cloudy & heavy rain in forenoon Fair P.M. do Memorandum 4 Serotia Weatherbee returned from Keene where she had been on a Visit about a fortnight. 6 Wid. Phebe Hodge Died aged ____ 8 Charles B. Haynes brot his wife home from Rutland Sun 11 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Willard Preached Mon 12 Cloudy some rain Employ'd in Store Tues 13 Fair Attended to the Funeral of A. Mayo's Child &c Wed 14 Cloudy cold Employ'd in Store and with Carpenters Thurs 15 Some snow Employd in Store and about my house & Barn Fri 16 Cloudy & some Rain Employd in Store &c. &c. Sat 17 Cloudy Attended Carpenters and laying down Aquaduct to Barn Memorandum 12 Amory Mayo's Child Died aged 23 days. Sun 18 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 19 " Employ'd with Carpenters &c &c Tues 20 Fair rain at night do do Wed 21 Fair Employ'd in Store making preparations for going to Boston. Thurs 22 Rain took the Stage for Boston arrived there at 11 P.M. took Lodgings at Col. Cobbs. Fri 23 Fair Attended to purchasing Goods &c. Sat 24 Fair rain P.M. do do Sun 25 Fair Visited B. Hazeltine (who was sick in Boston ) in the forenoon Attended the Roman Catholic Meeting in the afternoon and the Methodis meeting in the evening where Mr Moffit Preached. Mon 26 Fair Cloudy rain attended to purchasing Goods &c. &c. Tues 27 Fair cool do closed up all my business in Boston. Wed 28 Fair Took a Seat in Stage and arrived home at 5 P.M. Thurs 29 " Employ'd in Store &c Fri 30 Some Snow do do DECEMBER 1821 Sat 1 Fair Employd in Store &c Sun 2 Fair rain Attended Meeting. Mon 3 Fair Employd Opening Goods &c Tues 4 " do Wed 5 " do Thurs 6 " Thanksgiving Fri 7 " Employd in Store Sat 8 " do Memorandum 5 took possession of Saml Fay's Bar and Store upon an agreement with him for 1 year 6 Dean Penniman and Hannah Married. Sun 9 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 10 Cloudy rain Employd in Store Tues 11 Fair do Wed 12 " do Thurs 13 " do Fri 14 Rain Snow do Sat 15 " do Sun 16 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 17 " Employ'd in Store Tues 18 Rain " do Wed 19 Fair Sick with cholic & -- Thurs 20 " Confined to my house Fri 21 " do Sat 22 Rain Employd in Store Memorandum 16 Took Mary Fisher home and agreed with her Mother to bring her up in my family as one of my own Children having her property to defray the expense. Sun 23 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon 24 " Employ'd in Store Tues 25 Fair do Wed 26 do do Thurs 27 do cool do Fri 28 Fair cold do Sat 29 do do Memorandum 23 Took Mary Fisher to board having been appointed her Guardian, her Mother (in the last stages of a Consumption) desired me to take her & bring her up. Sun 30 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 31 Fair Employ'd in Store Deaths Jan 24 Mrs. Williams, Wife of Joseph Jr May 1 Polly Whitney Daughter of John aged 44 years 3 Daniel Whitney aged 79 yrs June 5 Capt. Asa Thayer aged 48 yrs Consumption July 18 Electa Bancroft Daughter of Wm. Aug 17 Josiah Pomroy aged 80 yrs Oct 8 Oliver Esty aged 61 years 13 Mrs. Gould Wife of Thomas Gould Nov 6 Wid. Phebe Hodge 12 Amory Mayo's Child aged 23 days 10 The Diary of William Cobb Jr. of Warwick Massachusetts 1822 Transcribed by Beth J. Gilgun February, 1996 The year commenced cold -- good Sleighing Snow about 6 inches deep. Business rather dull -- goods and produce rising some in value, & a little quicker. Generally healthy Price Current Jan 1st 1822 Hay $10, Ton Wheat 1, Bushel Rye ,67 " Corn ,58 " Oats ,30 " Pork ,05 pound Beef ,04 " Butter ,12 to ,14 " Boston Prices W. I. Rum ,92 Gall N.E. " ,36 " Brandy 4th pr 1:65 " Gin Holland 1,~~ " Sugar (brown) 10 to 11 $ C do Loaf 17 Cts lb Tea Bohea ,37 lb Souchang 55 - 56 Skin 58 to 60 Tobacco ,17 " Coffee ,30 Flour 7,50 Bbl Molasses ,38 JANUARY 1822 Tues 1 Fair cool Employ'd in Store Wed 2 " do Thurs 3 " do Fri 4 " do Sat 5 Cloudy do Sun 6 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 7 Fair cool Attended the Funeral of the Wid. Fisher Tues 8 Cloudy Snow Went to Stephen Ball's to arrange the property of Mrs Fisher Attended to Store &c 1 Zachr Barber died aged 69 years 5 Wid. Lydia Fisher died aged 38 years Consumption 5 David Perry Died aged Wed 9 Fair pleasant Employ'd in Store & to the appraisment of the Wid. Fisher's Estate Thurs 10 Fair Employd in Store Fri 11 Fair Cold Went to Greenfield with Wid. Fisher's Will for Probate returned at 7 P.M. Sat 12 Fair cold Employd in Store Sun 13 Fair cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 14 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 15 " do Wed 16 " do Thur 17 Fair cold Employ'd in Store Fri 18 Fair cloudy Evening do Sat 19 Warm Snow goes fast do Sun 20 Fair warm Attended to the Common concerns of the day Mon 21 Fair Warm Employ'd in Store in forenoon attended Vendue of Mrs Fisher's property P.M. Tues 22 Cloudy warm Employ'd in Store Wed 23 Fair Cold Attended to the Sale of Wid Lydia Fishers property at Vendue 17 Amory Mayo & Wife went to Barre on Visit 18 Returned 21 Sold a part of the property belonging to the Estate of Wid. Lydia Fisher, deceased at Stephen Ball's Thurs 24 Fair and very cold Employd in Writing &c Fri 25 Fair Employ'd in Store & Vendue of Wid L Fisher's Estate Sat 26 Fair Cloudy Employd making out acct of Sales of Mrs Fisher's property Sun 27 Cloudy Snow Attended to the neccessary business of the day No Meeting Mon 28 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 29 Pleasant do Wed 30 Cloudy Snow do Thurs 31 Fair do 28 Oliver Clapp & Wife & Samuel Lincoln at my house on Visit 29 Summoned by the Selectmen of Orange to appear at a Probate Court to be holden at Greenfield on the 2d Tuesday of Feb. next to Shew cause why I should not be removed from the the Guardianship of Benjamin Porter FEBRUARY 1822 Fri 1 Fair Employ'd in Store Sat 2 " do Sun 3 Fair Attended Meeting P.M. Mr Mason preached. Mon 4 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 5 " do Wed 6 " do Thu 7 Snow do Fri 8 Fair Employ'd in Store Sat 9 do cool do Sun 10 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 11 Fair Employd in Store Tues 12 Cloudy mor. Fair Went to Greenfield * in Morning & returned at evening Wed 13 Fair Pleasant Employd in store Thur 14 Fair do Fri 15 " do Sat 16 " Rain in the evening do * I was Summoned (by the town of Orange) to appear at the Court house in Greenfield on this day at a probate Court to Shew Cause why I should not be removed from the Guardianship of B. Porter. I attended accordingly, in company with Esqr Russell, Col. Goodell & Capt Wheelock as Witnesses in the Case. It appeared in evidence that the Town of Warwick had proceeded correctly, & that I had performed my duty as Guardian & Judgment was given in my favour Sun 17 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 18 Snow much drifted Employd in Store Tues 19 Fair do Wed 20 Fair do Thur 21 Cloudy rain Thunder & lightning in evening Ex'd Capt Thayer's papers &c &c Fri 22 Fair Cloudy Employ'd in Store Sat 23 Fair Employ'd in Store 20 Mr Sheldon of Claremont Agent for the Wid. Lydia Petty, made a demand of her Right of dower in Several farms in Warwick. Sun 24 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 25 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 26 Fair do Wed 27 Fair Assisted the Selectmen in posting up town Books Thur 28 Fair Employ'd Examining the Claims on Capt Thayer's Estate MARCH 1822 Fri 1 Fair Employ'd regulating Town Books & Settling Treasury Accounts with the Commitee Sat 2 Fair Employd regulating Town Books &c Sun 3 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 4 Fair Attended Town Meeting * Tues 5 Fair pleasant Employ'd with C. Mayo & Esqr Blake surveying the Thayer Farm made out about 48 Acres Wed 6 Fair warm Employ'd in Store Thurs 7 Do Snow & Ice all gone in Clear'd Land do Fri 8 Snow in Mor do Sat 9 Fair Cold do 2 Stephen Johnson's Son died Aged Tumor in the Bowels 4 Chose Town Officers for the Year ensuing. Jona Blake Jun. Town Clerk Ashbel Ward Esqr Ebenr Barber } Selectmen & Assessors Jas Goldsbury Wm. Cobb Treasurer Col. Abner Goodell Constable & Collector Sun 10 Fair cool Attended to the Neccessary concerns of the day Mon 11 Fair Employd Writing &c attended School meeting at evening. * Tues 12 Fair Moderate Attended to arranging Old Accts Wed 13 Fair Cool do Thurs 14 Fair cold do Fri 15 Fair Cold do Sat 16 Fair more moderate do * Wm Cobb chosen Clerk of the Centre School district and Capt. L. Wheelock Commitee for the year ensuing Sun 17 Fair pleasant Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 18 " Employ'd Writing Tues 19 " do Wed 20 " Went to Winchester in Company with Esqr Mayo to Settle business with Kimball he was gone to Keene & I returned. Thurs 21 " Employ'd in Writing closing old Accounts Fri 22 " do. Sat 23 " do 22 Samuel Fay Erected a Hay Scale & this day weighed the first Load Sun 24 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 25 " Employ'd writing &c Tues 26 " Went to Winchester in Company with Manning Wheelock made some arrangements with B Kimball on Wm Lawrence's demands. Wed 27 " Employ'd Writing &c Thurs 28 Cloudy rain Employ'd writing &c Fri 29 Fair windy cold do Sat 30 Fair do Sun 31 Cloudy Snow in Mor. Attended to the necessary Concerns of the day 27 Joseph Drake removed from the Bishop House (so called) to an Appartment in the Factory long Building owned by J. lake Jr Esqr 27 Rec'd of Caleb Mayo Esqr a Deed of 47 Acres of Land called the Hall Farm, and gave him my Note for $600 payable in 1 year with Interest Annually Joshua T. Sanger Bot. of said Mayo the Dwelling house & Barn & One Acre of Land belonging to Said Hall Farm, for the consideration of $200,~~ APRIL 1822 Mon 1 Fair Attended to writing in the forenoon and to Town Meeting in the Afternoon Tues 2 Fair Posted Books &c Wed 3 Fair Attended to Store in afternoon went to S. Johnson's in company with Capt L. Wheelock * Thurs 4 Fair Public Fast Attended Meeting Fri 5 Fair Cloudy & rain & Snow in the evening Employ'd in Store Sat 6 Fair Employ'd in Store & making a division of Land with Samuel Fay * Took a Deed of Stephen Johnson's Farm to myself & Lemuel Wheelock & gave an obligation to pay on account to him for the avails of said farm on the Sale within one year, except $300 now paid to said Stephen, and to use our best endeavours to obtain the value of the farm. Signed Wm Cobb Lemuel Wheelock Sun 7 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 8 Fair Began to Inventory Goods Tues 9 Fair Cloudy Snow P.M. Employ'd in farm in the forenoon, & in Store in afternoon Wed 10 Fair Employ'd in Store Thurs 11 " do Fri 12 " do Sat 13 Rain do Sun 14 Fair Attended Meeting in Afternoon Mon 15 " Employd on farm & in Store Tues 16 " Do Wed 17 " do Thurs 18 Cloudy do Fri 19 Fair do Sat 20 " do Sun 21 Fair cool Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 22 " " Employd in Store & on Farm Tues 23 " Cloudy Cool do Wed 24 Cloudy fair do Thurs 25 fair do Fri 26 do do Sat 27 Cloudy rain Went to Boston in Stage put up at Col Cobbs Sun 28 Cloudy rain Fair Attended Reading &c &c Mon 29 Fair Attended to Settleing Accts Rec'd Pension Money &c Tues 30 Fair Purchased Goods &c Went to Roxbury to see Mr Wait & get a Deed of Land for E Rich MAY 1822 Wed 1 May Fair Thunder Shower P.M. Purchased Goods Thur 2 Fair very warm Closed my business & loaded team. Fri 3 Fair cool returned from Boston in Stage Sat 4 Fair Employd in Store 1 The City of Boston Organized the Lord Mayor (John Phillips) was inducted to Office, with much pomp and Ceremony Sun 5 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 6 Fair Employ'd in Store opening Goods &c Tues 7 Fair cloudy rain do Wed 8 Fair cold do Thurs 9 " do Fri 10 " do Sat 11 warm do Went to J. Drapers in the evening - gave Deed of land to E. Hodge & took pay 10 Samuel Blake & Wife from Boston on Visit. Sun 12 Fair Dry Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr. Mason Preached Mon 13 " Employd in Gardner &c &c Tues 14 " Employ'd on farm Wed 15 " do Thurs 16 " do Fri 17 Fair Rain P.M. do Sat 18 Fair Shower P M do 19 Abraham Sherman and Polly Fay Married Sun 19 Fair Attended Meeting in the Afternoon Mon 20 " Employ'd in Store Tues 21 " do Wed 22 Cloudy do Thurs 23 " Rain do Fri 24 Fair do Sat 25 " do Sun 26 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 27 Cloudy Employd in Store Tues 28 Fair " Wed 29 Fair Gen. Election Employd in Store &c Thurs 30 " Employ'd in Store Fri 31 " do JUNE 1822 Sat 1 Fair Employ'd in Store Sun 2 " Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 3 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 4 " do Wed 5 Cloudy do Thurs 6 " do Fri 7 Fair do Sat 8 " do Sun 9 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 10 " Employd in Store Tues 11 " " Wed 12 Dry " Thurs 13 " " Fri 14 Fair " Sat 15 " " 13 Wm Procter went to Boston Sun 16 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day. Mon 17 Fair Showers Employ'd in making arrangments of the funeral of Mrs. Smith and in Store. Tues 18 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 19 Fair Attend to Store &c Thurs 20 " do Fri 21 " do Sat 22 " do 16 Mrs Bebe M. Smith, Wife of Rev. P. Smith Jr Died, in childbed, Aged 33 Years 19 The Funeral of Mrs. Smith was attended. Sun 23 Fair attended Meeting in afternoon Old Mr. Smith preached Mon 24 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Tues 25 Cloudy do Wed 26 Fair do Thurs 27 do do Fri 28 do do Sat 29 do do 25 Amory Mayo went to Boston after Goods. 25 Wm Procter Went to Templeton to tend Store for Col. Stone. 30th Amory Mayo returned from Boston with Goods June 3 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting in Afternoon Sunday JULY 1822 Mon 1 Fair Employd opening & marking off Goods Tues 2 " Employd in Store Wed 3 Rain do Thurs 4 Fair do Fri 5 " do Sat 6 " do 2 New Shingled Barn west part 5 Began Haying Sun 7 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 8 Rain Employd in Store Tues 9 Fair do Wed 10 Fair Cloudy do Thurs 11 do do Fri 12 heavy Rain do Sat 13 Fair Cloudy do 9 Began to paint the South side and the new part of Store 11 Jos. Procter Esqr Athol attacked with a shock Numb Palsey 12 Great Freshet in this vicinity, & much damage done to Roads, Dams and Mills. Sun 14 Fair Attended Meeting in Afternoon Mon 15 Fair Showers P.M. much rain fell & Road washed Employd in Store Tues 16 Fair do Wed 17 Fair do Hands employd in Haying. Thurs 18 Fair do Fri 19 " " Sat 20 " Mowed a part of the day in Store remainder Sun 21 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr. Estabrook Preached. Mon 22 " Employ'd in Store Tues 23 " do Wed 24 Fog Mor. Fair do Thurs 25 " do Fri 26 " do Sat 27 " do Sun 28 Cloudy Rain Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 29 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 30 " do Wed 31 " do AUGUST 1822 Thurs 1 August Fair Employd in Store Fri 2 " do Sat 3 " do Aug 1 finished haying. Sun 4 Fair Severe Shower with Wind Thunder & Lightning Attended Meeting Mr. Hurding Preached Mon 5 Fair Employ'd Mowing Oats & in Store Tues 6 " " Wed 7 " " Thurs 8 " " Fri 9 " " Sat 10 " " 4 Tornado in Surry N.H. which destroy'd about a doz Barns & other buildings No lives lost. 7 Joseph Procter Esqr of Athol Died from the effects a paralitic shock aged Sun 11 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 12 " Confined to the house with Gout. Tues 13 " do Wed 14 " do Thur 15 Rain, fair Went to Store Fri 16 Fair Employd in Store Sat 17 Fair do Sun 18 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Mason preached Mon 19 Showers all the forenoon & very severe Thunder and Lightning Employ'd in Store Tues 20 Fair Showers P.M. do Wed 21 Fair do Thurs 22 Fair do Fri 23 Fair do Sat 24 Fair do 18 J.T. Sanger & Martha H. Leonard Married 22 Mowed Rowing on the hill very good Crop Sun 25 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 26 Rain Employ'd in Store Tues 27 Fair " " Wed 28 " " " Thurs 29 " " " Fri 30 " do Sat 31 " " 28 Saml D. Bishop Son of David Bishop Died of Dysentary aged 6 years. 28 Else O Abbot died of the Dysentary Aged 23 years 31 Capt Peter Procter Died Aged 88 years SEPTEMBER 1822 Sun 1 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon The Funeral of Capt Procter Mon 2 " warm Employ'd in Store Tues 3 " do Wed 4 " do Thurs 5 " do Fri 6 " do Sat 7 " do 4th Probate Court first Set in Warwick Hon. Richd E Newcomb Judge E. Alvord Esqr Regester 4th Joshua & Burnet & Amasa Cobb & their Wives for Ohio & State of N.Y. at my house on a Visit 7 Capt. Peter Procter died aged 88 years Error Sun 8 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Weston preached Mr Smith being absent Mon 9 " Employ'd in Store Tues 10 " do Wed 11 " do Thurs 12 " " Fri 13 " " Sat 14 " " Sun 15 Fair Very lame -- did not attend Meeting Mon 16 " Employd in Store Tues 17 " do Wed 18 " do Thurs 19 " do Fri 20 Rain do Sat 21 Fair do 16th Harriet D. Ward daughter of Ashbel Ward Esqr. died Aged 2 1/2 years dysentary 18th Charles went to Royalston to School 18th Mrs. Knolton Died aged 49 yrs Dysentary Sun 22 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Wellington preached Spent the evening at J.T. Sanger's in Company with Mr. Wellington. Mon 23 Fair Employd in Store Tues 24 " do Wed 25 " do Thurs 26 " do Fri 27 Cloudy rain do Sat 28 Showery Fair P.M. do 27 Levi Stimson Moved his family from Swanzey to Royalston. Sun 29 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Hamilton preached. Mon 30 Fair Employd in Store OCTOBER 1822 Tues 1 October Fair Employd in Store. Wed 2 " do Thurs 3 Cloudy fair do Fri 4 Fair Attended Muster at Northfield Sat 5 Fair Employd in Store making return to Gen P. Office Oct 1 Charles Mayo Son of Joel Mayo Died of Dysentary. Aged 4th Col Root's Regiment Muster'd at Northfield. 2 Companies of artilery & 2 Companies of Cavelry attended. Sun 6 Fair attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 7 Fair Employd in Store Tues 8 Cloudy, rain Fair Took Seat in Stage & arrived at Boston half past 10 P.M. Wed 9 Fair Employd purchasing Goods &c &c * Thurs 10 Fair warm rain evening Purchased Goods & Loaded teams. Fri 11 Fair Took a Seat in Stage & arrived at home at 6 P.M. Sat 12 Fair Employd in Store * English Goods very plenty & cheap Domestic Manufactures low except Brown Shirtings, which were scarce on account of the dry season many Factories having no water had stopped. Sun 13 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 14 Fair Employ'd in Store and attended town Meeting. * Tues 15 Fair Employ'd in Opening Goods &c &c Wed 16 " do Thurs 17 " do Fri 18 " do Sat 19 " do * A Town Meeting was called to raise money to complete the new, North County Road leading to Northfield. $150 was appropiated from the Monies already assessed for the purpose of making said Road, & a Commitee chosen to layout the same. Sun 20 Fair Attended Meeting P.M. Mon 21 " Employd in Store Tues 22 " do Wed 23 " do Thurs 24 " do Fri 25 " Went to Greenfield returned at evening * Sat 26 " Went to Greenfield & returned again at evening. * Went to Greenfield to hear the conclusion of the Courts' Martial on Col. Goodell, but finding that it adjourned till next day (Saturday) returned & Went again on Saturday to hear the Conclusion. Sun 27 Fair Attended to the necessary Business of the day Mon 28 " Employd in Store Tues 29 " do Wed 30 " do Thurs 31 " do NOVEMBER 1822 Fri 1 November Cloudy Employd in store Sat 2 Fair do Mon 4 Fair Attended Meeting Store &c Tues 5 " Employd in Store Wed 6 " Attended to Store & Court at S. Fay's * Thurs 7 " Employd in Store with J Bowman making repairs &c Fri 8 " Employd with John Bowman in house making alterations in upper-room Sat 9 " do * Capt. Stevens vs. John Bowman for Neglect of Military duty Bowman fined. Great fire in Canton which laid waste a large portion of that populous City together with the large Factories established by them and the English & American Merchants 60,000 Inhabitants were left destitute of Shelter. Sun 10 Fair Attended Meeting Mr Bailey Preached. Went to Gill at evening. Mon 11 Fair & very pleasant Went to Greenfield in * Morning thence to Colerain & tarried at Capt. Cooledge's. Tues 12 Cloudy some rain Attended to viewing the roads in Colrain &c Slept at Dea Fisk's in Shelburn. Wed 13 do Employ'd viewing Roads & Came to Greenfield Slept at Col. Gilberts'. Thurs 14 Very rainy Employ'd in closing returns of the proposed alterations in Roads &c Came to Gill & Slept at Father Leonard's. Fri 15 Fair Came home in forenoon & attended to Store P.M. Sat 16 Fair Employ'd in Store &c 11th Met Gen. Thos Longley & Col. Wm Whitaker at Col. Gilberts in Greenfield who we appointed with myself a Commitee to view & report the neccessary alterations on a Road leading from Greenfield to the East part of Colrain, and also from Solomon Pease' in Shelburn to Cay's bridge in Colerain. And having viewed the Several Routs & heard the parties on Wednesday afternoon at Greenfield, we closed our business by reporting in favour of alterations on both routs. Sun 17 Fair Attended Meeting P.M. Mon 18 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 19 Fair do Wed 20 Cloudy do Thurs 21 Cloudy rain do Fri 22 Fair rain Employd in Store & removing rubbish on Factory ground. Sat 23 Rain do. 20th Squirrel Hunt between Capt. Smith & Capt Whitney with 12 men on a side Capt Whitney's side killed the most. Sun 24 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Chandler preached Mon 25 Cloudy Employd getting timber & making a framed foundation for fireplace in Store Tues 26 Cloudy some rain Employd in Store preparing foundation for fire place &c Wed 27 Fair and pleasant Employed with a Mason in laying fireplace in Store Thurs 28 Cloudy rain Employd in Store Fri 29 Fair do Sat 30 Cloudy rain do 26 Rev. Lincoln Ripley called on me & tarried over night His residence in Waterford Maine. 27 Rev. Joshua Chandler Installed over the Church & Society in Orange DECEMBER 1822 Sun 1 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 2 " Employd in Store and repairing Barn Tues 3 Snow Employd about house & Barns in arranging things for Winter. Wed 4 Cloudy Employd in Store Thurs 5 Fair Thanksgiving Fri 6 Cloudy Cold Employ'd in Store Sat 7 Fair do Sun 8 Fair warm Attended Meeting. Mon 9 do Employd in Store 5th A respectable number of the Inhabitants met at Mr S. Fays for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency of forming a Branch of the Mass. Peace Society. Finding that the measure was approved by a considerable number of respected Gentlemen, we proceeded to chose a Committee to draft a Constitution & adjourned. Tues 10 Fair Employd in Store Wed 11 " do Thurs 12 " do Fri 13 Cloudy Rain hail &c do Sat 14 Fair do Sun 15 Fair attended Meeting P.M. Mr. Mason Preached Mon 16 Fair Cloudy evening Employ'd in Store Tues 17 Snow in the mor. fair Went to Greenfield to attend Probate Court, in Company with Esq Ward Wed 18 Fair Employd in Store at S. Fay's in evening. 13th The Subscribers to the Peace Society together with others met according to adjournment. Accepted the Constitution which was presented by the Committee with little alterations and Chose Rev. P Smith President Ashbel Ward Esqr Vice Pres. Wm Cobb Treasurer & Libr Jona Blake Jr Esqr Secretary About 30 members associated and the Names & the necessary documents were forwarded to the Parent Society at Boston. 17 Wid. Anna Leonard Died aged 77 Consumption 18 The Funeral of Mrs Leonard was attended at 1 oClock P.M. Thurs 19 Fair Employ'd in Store Fri 20 " " Sat 21 Cloudy & little Snow do Sun 22 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 23 Fair Cold Employd in Store Tues 24 " do Wed 25 " do Thurs 26 " do Wm Tripp & Mrs Patterson Married 25th James Ball Jr & Ball Married Fri 27 Fair the Ground hard frozen Employd in Store Sat 28 Fair do Sun 29 Fair Attended Meeting P.M. Mon 30 Fair Employd in Store Tues 31 " do Ground bare and hard Frozen Deaths 1822 Jan 1 Zachr Barber aged 69 yrs 5 Wid Lydia Fisher Consumption 38 years 5 David Perry Mar 2 Stephen Johnson's Son Tumor in Bowels June 16 Mrs B. M. Smith Wife of Rev. P. Smith Childbed Aged 33 yrs Aug 28 Saml D. Bishop (Dysentary) aged 6 years 28 Miss Else O. Abbot Dysentary Aged 23 yrs Sept 16 Harriet D. Ward Daughter of Ashbel W. Dysentary Aged 21/2 yrs 18 Mrs Knowlton Wife of Elias K Dysentary aged 49 yrs Oct 1 Charles Mayo Son of Joel M. Dysentary Age Dec 17 Wid Anna Leonard Consumption Aged 77 yrs The Diary of Wm. Cobb Warwick, Massachusetts 1823 Transcribed by Beth J. Gilgun February 1996 1823 Memorandum The year commenced with Snow, being the first that had fallen in any considerable quantity. Generally unhealthy many Bilous complants. A great surplus of Butter and pork at Market,Hay & Grain, a sufficient Supply for the Country, and Net Stock low. Jan. 1823. Price Current Hay $10, Ton Wheat 1,25 Bushel Rye ,75 " Corn ,58 " Oats ,33 " Pork ,4 1/2 to ,5 pound Beef $4, hund. Butter ,14 pound Boston Prices. W.I. Rum 3d p. ,80 to ,90 Gall. N.E. do ,33 to,34 " Brandy Cog. 4th p. 1,25 " Gin Holland best 1,~ " Molasses ,30 to ,34 " Teas Souchong ,65 Skin ,60 Hyson 1,00 Sugar Brown 10, to 12, Loaf ,16 1/2 lb Flour 7,50 Bbl JANUARY 1823 Wed 1 Cloudy snow Employ'd in Store Thurs 2 Fair " Fri 3 Cloudy moderate " Sat 4 Fair cloudy grows colder " Sun 5 Cold Snow fell 5 inches Windy Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 6 Fair cold Snow hard drifted Employ'd in Store Tues 7 Fair & Cold do Wed 8 " do Wid _____ Wheelock Died Thurs 9 Fair Employ'd in Store Fri 10 Fair cold do Sat 11 Fair & very cold do Sun 12 Fair Moderate Attended Meeting P.M. Mon 13 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 14 do do Wed 15 do do Thurs 16 do good sleighing do Fri 17 " do 17 Rec'd an Appointment for Thomas Cobb as Postmaster at Miller's Bridge. Sat 18 Fair pleasant Employ'd in Store Sun 19 Fair warm Attended Meeting Mon 20 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Tues 21 Cloudy, fair warm do Wed 22 Fair Cloudy P.M. Warm do Thurs 23 Cloudy Snow do Fri 24 Fair do Sat 25 Fair do Sun 26 Fair Attended to the concerns of the day 18 Burt Lincoln & Wife from Hardwick at my house on Visit 25 Rec'd 2 large & 2 small Cooking Stoves of Israel Keyes & Co to Sell on Commission of 10 per Ct. Deliver'd Israel Keyes & Co 1 small Cooking Stove to Carry to Orange. Mon 27 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 28 Fair pleasant Attended to Setting Cooking Stove in my house Wed 29 Fair Employ'd in Store Thurs 30 do do Fri 31 do do FEBRUARY 1823 Sat 1 Fair Cold Employ'd in Store Sun 2 Fair Attended to the concerns of the day & Meeting in the afternoon Mon 3 Fair Moderate Employd in Store 31 Amory Mayo's Son Born 31 Samuel Cobb made application to the Town for assistance, being in a low state of health. Feb 1 Mary Robinson came from Gill to work for Amory Mayo Wm. Procter returned from New York where he had been a short time--having been Sick and spent the most of his money. After recovering from ill health he went to Worcester to Seek employment. Tues 4 Fair Moderate Employed making up Account of Mrs. Fishers Estate Wed 5 Fair Attended Probate Court at S. Fay's Obtained a discharge from the Guardianship of Benja Porter. Thurs 6 Cloudy Employ'd in Store Fri 7 very Cold do Sat 8 Cold do Sun 9 Fair moderate No Meeting Mr. Smith on journey to Rowe &c Mon 10 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 11 do do 5 Gave up the Guardianship of Benja Porter --- Geo Wheelock appointed in my stead 4 Rec'd of Israel Keyes & Co one large Cooking Stove for Capt Smith and 2 large & 1 Small one to Sell on Commission of 10 per Ct. Warren Attwood removed to Decalb St Lawrence Co N.Y. 10 Saml Cobb went to Col. Goodell's to Bound. Wed 12 Snow Employ'd in Store Thurs 13 Fair do Fri 14 Fair Snow P.M. do Sat 15 Snow in Mor. Fair P.M. do Sun 16 Fair cold Employd in the necessary concerns of the day Mon 17 Fair Cold Employed in Store Tues 18 Fair Windy do Wed 19 Fair cold & Windy do Thurs 20 Fair Employd in Store Fri 21 " do Sat 22 " do Sun 23 Fair pleasant attended Meeting in Afternoon Mon 24 Snow from North & Strong Wind Employ'd in Store making up Town Accounts &c Tues 25 Fair high wind Snow much drifted do Wed 26 Fair do Thurs 27 Fair do Fri 28 Fair Settled Treasury Accounts with the Committee 22 Attached the personal & Real Estate of George Fuller on demands of about 40 dollars he having left Boston where he had been at work, for New York as was supposed. 24 Woman School closed, which was kept by Hannah Penniman Col. Abner Goodell, disqualified, by the Sentence of a Courts Marshall, from holding any Military Office for the term of six years. MARCH 1823 Sat 1 Fair windy cold Went to Joel Mayo's to assist in Setting a Cooking Stove at 11 A.M. & returned at 4 P.M. Sun 2 Cloudy Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 3 Fair very Cold & Blustering Attended town Meeting adjourned to S. Fay's Hall. Tues 4 Fair Pleasant Sun Employd in Store Wed 5 Fair, Cloudy Rain and begins to thaw very fast do Thur 6 Heavy rain Snow deminishes very fast do 3d At the annual Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers &c. the following Officers were Elected. Ashbel Ward Esqr Ebenr Barber & James Goldsbury } Selectmen & Assessors Jona Blake Jr Town Clerk Wm. Cobb Town Treasurer No Constable nor Collector chosen on account of a disagreement in the manner of choosing them. 5 Charles went to Gill to carry Mary Robbinson home. Was detained 2 days on account of the rise of Water in Connecticut River Came home by way of Greenfield and crossed the Bridge at Montague. Fri 7 Fair very bad stiring water high Employ'd in Store Sat 8 Fair and very Pleasant do Sun 9 Fair Attended Meeting P.M. Mr Mason preached Mon 10 Fair cold Employ'd in making Deeds &c for Cushing Lincoln & others. Tues 11 Fair Cloudy Snow. Employ'd in Store Wed 12 Fair do do Thurs 13 Fair do do 11 The Officers of the 3d Reg. 2d Brigade and the 4th Division, Met at Wendell for the Choice of Lt. Col. Maj. Bryant of N.Salem was chosen Lt. Col. & Capt Jos. Stevens of Warwick Major Capt Stevens declined Serving, & Capt Leml Wheelock of Warwick, was then Elected. Fri 14 Cloudy rain Snow Went to Winchester in the Morning * attended to Store &c Sat 15 Fair Cold Employd in Store Sun 11 Fair good Sleighing Attended to the concerns of the day Mon 17 Fair Cloudy evening Employ'd in Store Tues 18 Rain do Wed 19 Fair do Thurs 20 Snow do Fri 21 Fair cold do Sat 22 do do 14 * Went to Winchester in Company with Joel Mayo to examine one of James Patient Cooking Stoves. found them very convenient and upon all accounts preferable to any others I had seen. 17 Wm. Tripp killed by the fall of a tree, cut by Abel Wilder and Jesse Gould on Asa Orcutts land in the South part of Warwick. " Received News that France had declared War against Spain, under a pretence of preserving the Government from the ill effects of the Constitution, which had been adopted by the People. Sun 23 Cloudy little rain fair Attended the Funeral of Sally Cobb Mon 24 Fair Employd in Store Tues 25 Fair do Wed 26 Cloudy Snow do Thur 27 fair Began to Inventory Goods. Fri 28 fair Inventoried Goods and attended a Vendue of Wid. A. Leonard's property & other things. Sat 29 fair Inventoried Goods &c 27 Wm. Procter on a visit from Worcester where he was employed tending bar. for Wm Hovey. 28 Wid. Fuller broke up keeping house and went to Widow Cook's to live. 30 Wm. Procter & Anna Fay Married Sun 30 Cloudy & Strong wind from N.E. Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 31 Cloudy Snow Inventoried Goods &c &c APRIL 1823 Tues 1 Fair Inventoried Goods &c Wed 3 Fair Employ'd inventoring Goods in forenoon & vendue of George Fuller's property in Afternoon Thurs 3 Cloudy Fast day attended public Worship. Fri 4 Fair cool nights Inventoried Goods Sat 5 Fair Snow mostly gone in open Land do March 31 Jona Moore 3d began work for 1 week at $2,50. April 1 Thomas White removed from the Daniels Farm (so called) to the Farm he purchased of Maj. P. Allen in the east part of Warwick. 2 Took a Lease of the Widow Mary Fuller's thirds for 10 years (or during her natural life if she should not live that term) for security to satisfy an Exr I held against her for $22,56 for the rents obtained over and above the said Sum of $22,56 & the Interest & Taxes on the premises. A case of assault & Battery was tried before J. Blake Jr Esqr at Samuel Fay's James Ball vs. Asa Orcutt said Orcutt fined 2 doll's & Cost of Court Sun 6 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 7 " Employd in Store & town Meeting Tues 8 " Inventoried Goods Wed 9 fair Pleasant do Thurs 10 Cloudy Snow do Fri 11 Fair do Sat 12 Fair do &c &c Sun 13 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 14 Fair Employ'd in store & Settling Accounts &c with Glass Factory Proprietors. 6 Mrs. Hannah Bishop died of Consumption AE yrs. 14 Lt. Benja Conant removed from the bishop house to the Factory Buildings. Rent agreed at $10, per year. 15 Widow Estey Removed from J.T. Sanger's to the Bishop house Rent agreed at $12, per year for the house & a part of the Garden Tues 15 Fair cool Employ'd with the Glass factory Proprietors dividing the property that was in Common. Wed 16 Fair Employ'd in Store Settleing Accounts &c of Factory Concerns Thurs 17 Fair Employ'd in Store Settleing Accts with S. Fay & others. Fri 18 Rain Employd in Store Sat 19 Fair pleasant Employd in Store Sun 20 Cloudy attended Meeting in Afternoon. Mon 21 Fair Employ'd in Store 19 Asa Orcutt & James Fuller taken for Steeling & Bufaloe Skin at Greenfield. Orcutt procured Bonds of 150$ & Fuller went to Jail. Tues 22 Fair Employd in Store Wed 23 Cloudy rain " Thurs 24 Fair cool " Fri 25 Fair " Sat 26 Fair Took a seat in the Stage for Boston and arrived there at 9 P.M. put up at Indian Queen. Sun 27 Fair Confined myself to the house, read a little &c. Mon 28 " Attended to purchasing Goods Settleing accts &c. Tues 29 " do Wed 30 " do 23 Amory Mayo went to Townshend to close his business with Kinney who had his debts for Collection. 25 Samuel Blake & family arrived in town, having removed from Boston to Warwick & took Henry Hastings farm. 25 Jesse Gould left work for me having worked 16 1/2 days MAY 1823 Thurs 1 Fair Employd settling up my bill & closing my business in Boston. * Fri 2 Cloudy rain Took a Seat in Stage at 2 A.M. and arrived at Warwick 6 P.M. Sat 3 Fair Employ'd in Store Sun 4 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 5 Fair Employ'd in Store Attended Town Meeting for choice of Representitive * Tues 6 Fair Employ'd opening Goods &c. Wed 7 Fair do Thurs 8 Cloudy rain P.M. do 1 Took in Sanger's Cow to Pasture. 1 * Attended at Fanuel Hall, & saw Mr. J. Quincy inducted to the Office of Mayor of the City His deportment was becoming a man in his place, and his address was chaste Luminous and instructive. 2 Swan L Pomroy from Andover came up in the Stage today with an intention of Visiting at Warwick, Gill, &c two or 3 weeks. 3 My Goods arrived from Boston *5 Caleb Mayo Esqr chosen Representitive to the General Court. Wm. Woods & Mary Moore Married. 8 Took C.B. Hayne's Cow to pasture Fri 9 Cloudy Employd in Store Sat 10 Fair " " Sun 11 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr. Winslow preached Mon 12 " Employd in Store and on farm. Tues 13 Rain Employ'd in Store Wed 14 do " Thurs 15 Fair Employ'd in Store and at the Bishop place Fri 16 do do " Sat 17 Rain Fair Employd in Store 10 Jesse Gould closed work with me having worked 4 days the last week 12 Jona Wheelock Jr began to work for me Contracted with his father for his work half the time 4 months for 7 dollars per month. 13 Set up a Cooking Stove in my house (W.T. Jame's Patient) found it to opperate well. 11 E. Fry brought me a 3 year old Heifer to Sell for him, and acct for the avails when sold. Sun 18 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr. Mason Preached Mon 19 Fair Very warm Employ'd in Store & on farm Tues 20 Fair do do Wed 21 Fair very warm do Thurs 22 Cloudy some rain Fair & cooler do Fri 23 Fair cool do Sat 24 Do do Sun 25 Some cloudy Showers Attended Meeting in the forenoon. Mon 26 Fair Employ'd in Store 22 Finished planting Corn. 23 Rec'd a prospectus from Denio Clark & Tyler Greenfield, for a New Paper to be entitled the "Greenfield Gazette" soliciting my best endeavors to procure Subscribers. 24 John Brown, taken for Steeling a pair of Boots from Joseph Draper's house and sent to prison, to take trial at next August Court. Tues 27 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 28 fair Rain in the evening do Thurs 29 Cloudy cool Rain do Fri 30 " do do Sat 31 " do do JUNE 1823 Sun 1 Fair Attended Meeting P.M. Mon 2 Fair Employd in Store Tues 3 " " Wed 4 " " 29 Hon. John Phillips of Boston died suddenly with Cramp in the Stomach. 30 My wife & Mary Fisher went to Gill on visit. 31 Appletrees in full bloom Grass small & backward Cold for the season. Thurs 5 Fair warm Employd in Store Fri 6 " " do Sat 7 " " do Sun 8 Cloudy rain in Mor Fair Cool P.M. did not attend meeting some unwell Mon 9 Fair Employd in Store regulating Accounts & making Inventory of them Tues 10 " do Wed 11 Fair Cold do Thurs 12 " Frost in many places do 6th [blank] 9 Hoed my Corn Fri 13 Fair Employ'd in making inventory of Accts. Sat 14 Rain this Mor. Thunder & Lightning do Sun 15 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon. Mon 16 Fair Warm Employd in Store making Inventory of Accts Tues 17 " do " Wed 18 " do Shower PM " Thurs 19 do showers " Fri 20 Fair Cool " Sat 21 Fair cool Rain in Evening " Great extreems of heat & cold Gardens poor destroy'd by Worms &c John McLean of Ohio appointed Postmaster General of the U.S. of America Sun 22 Fair Attend Meeting & the funeral of Mrs. Mason. Mon 23 " Employ'd with O. Bass in making alterations in my Barn. Tues 24 " do Wed 25 " do Thurs 26 " In Store Fri 27 " do Sat 28 " do Sun 29 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mr Leonard of Dublin preached Mon 30 Fair Employd in Store 23 O. Bass 1 day on Barn 24 " 1 do. " 25 " 1 do " 28 Mr Joshua Atwood Died by reason of a wound in the thigh made by the cut of an axe. a small tree having fell upon him, flung him forward on to his axe, which cut the large artery in the thigh & he bled to death in about an hour 29 Miss Norton began to set in my pew. Tamer Stearns also agreed to pay for a seat JULY 1823 Tues 1 Fair Very dry Employd in Store Wed 2 Fair warm do Thurs 3 do do Fri 4 do do Sat 5 little rain in Morning Fair warm do Sun 6 Cloudy and some Rain Attended Meeting in Afternoon Mon 7 Cloudy fair Employd in Store Tues 8 Fair do Wed 9 Fair do 1 The "Greenfield Gazette" first published by Denio Clark & Tyler. " Noah Goss of Montague commenced Riding Post from Greenfield & carrying the Mail through Warwick N.Salem &c 3 Bengan [sic] to Mow about my Barn &c. 4 Josiah Taft Jr. from Chelmsford on Visit 6 Began Haying with all the expedition I could, the grass Suffering very much with the drought. Amory Mayo Jona Wheelock Jr & Charles C. Cobb employ'd Thurs 10 Fair Warm Employ'd in Store Fri 11 Fair Mor Showers in afternoon Thunder & Lightning do Sat 12 Fair Shower about Sun down do Sun 13 Fair cooler Attended Meeting Mr. Harding Preached. Mon 14 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 15 Cloudy rain do Wed 16 Fair do Thurs 17 Fair do 12 Got in 8 loads hay this week Amory Mayo faild on friday Noon being overcome with heat not able to do any thing more this week 14 Saml Williams worked for me moved in Steven's lot &c 17 J. Drake worked at Haying & James Fuller half a day 18 James Fuller worked hoeing Got in 3 loads hay this week Fri 18 Cloudy Employd in Store Sat 19 Fair do Sun 20 Fair Cool attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr Wilson of Petersham Preached Mon 21 Fair shower P.M. hail in some places Employ'd in Store Tues 22 Fair do Wed 23 " do Thurs 24 Fair do Fri 25 Cloudy rain do Sat 26 do do 22 The two Militia Companies in Warwick met for the Choice of officers Col. Root Presided. The North Company Elected James Goldsbury Captain & Sylvanus Ward Lieut Henry Ball who was Ensign remained in his Office. " The South Company Elected Lieut Ebenr Barber Captain, & David Gale Jr. Lieut. Joseph Ball who was Ensign remained in his Office. 23 The Shock of an Earthquake felt at Boston. 26 Did but little at haying Brought in 2 Loads from upper mowing and 1 do from Burying Ground Sun 27 Fair Shower 5 P.M. Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 28 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 29 Cloudy rain do Wed 30 Fair Mor heavy Shower at noon and continued showers till Night. do Thurs 31 Showery do 28 Got in 3 Loads Hay 29 Wm. Procter from Worcester on Visit 31 Got in 1 Load Hay AUGUST 1823 Fri 1 Fair Cloudy evening Employ'd in Store Sat 2 Foggy mor Fair Shower at Night do do Sun 3 Fair Showers P.M. Attended Meeting in Afternoon. Mon 4 Fair shower P.M. Employ'd in Store Tues 5 Fair Shower PM do do Wed 6 Fair do do Thurs 7 " do do Fri 8 Shower in morning Fair very Warm do do Sat 9 Fair Cooler do do 1 Got in 2 loads Hay Medow below the Barn 2 Wm. Procter's wife brot. to bed with her first Child Still Born. " New Potatoes fir to eat. 2 finished haying got in 1 load 6 Bethiah Eager's Daughter born. Danil Johnson said to be the Father of it. The Weather has for many years, with very few exceptions, been good for getting Hay, one or two of the first weeks in July; after which time the rains generally commence, and continue 2,3 or 4 weeks, very frequent -- not often more than 3 fair days at a time. Sun 10 Fair rain at 5 P.M. attended Meeting in afternoon. Mon 11 Rain Employ'd in Store &c Tues 12 Fair Employ'd in Store in the forenoon attended a Lecture of the Association of Ministers at the Meeting-house deliverd by Thompson of Barre. Went to Mr Smith's in the evening where I was introduced to the Ministers composing the association, and tarried the evening. Wed 13 Fair Employd in Store Thur 14 Cloudy rain do do Fri 15 Cloudy & some rain do do Sat 16 do do do 10 Stedman Williams & Wife from Roxbury, on visit State of Health very Good. 12 The Ministers belonging to this association met at Rev. P. Smiths Viz Rev. P. Smith of Rowe, Rev. Mr Field of Charlemont Rev Mr. Willard of Deerfield, Rev. Mr Rogers of Bernardston Rev Mr Mason of Northfield, Rev. Mr. Harding of New-Salem & Rev. Mr. Bailey of Pelham Also Mr. Thomson of Barre & Mr. Willson of Petersham. a Mr. Lincoln from N.Haven, a candidate for the Ministry attended for the purpose of being licensed to preach. The public exercises of the day were well performed Introductory prayer by Mr Willson was appropriate and devotional and the Sermon by Mr Thomson well suited to the occation[sic], and much admired by the audiance. 13 Cut my Oats. The Season is very wet Oats & Spring Wheat much injured by the rains Beans, Pease &c Blasted by the continued Rains. The after crops of Grass grows fast. Sun 17 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr Mason preached Mon 18 Cloudy Employ'd in Store Tues 19 Shower at 2 A.M. Cloudy & some rain do Wed 20 Fair and beautiful weather do Thurs 21 Fair forenoon heavy Rain & Severe thunder & lightning P.M. Employd moving Barn Shed &c Myself quite unwell Fri 22 Fair Employd in Store Sat 23 " do 14 Asa Orcutt & James Fuller, convicted of Stealing a Buffaloe Skin at Greenfield last winter and sentences to 60 days confinement in the County Jail, and to pay cost of prosecution. John Brown was also convicted of stealing a pair of Boots from Jos. Draper, and sentenced to 60 days confinement in the County Jail. Finished getting in Oats crop not very heavy. 20 Betsey Rich having Just Married to a Mr of N.Y. was in this town with him on a visit Mary Hall 2d daughter of Doct. E. Hall accompanied them. 20 Andrew Weatherwax from the State of Ohio came here after Money that remained due him from the Franklin Glass Factory Company. He resides in the town of on the Muskingam River, about 90 Miles South of Lake Eri.[sic] 21 Obadiah Bass worked half a day Moving Barnyard Shed. 21 Burt Procter & my Mother returned from Petersham where had been on a visit since Monday last. Sun 24 Fair Attended meeting in Afternoon Mon 25 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 26 Fair Warm do Wed 27 Fair very warm do Thurs 28 Fair warm do Fri 29 Fair warm Employ'd in Store & assisting Mr Fay to burn his land on the Mountain. Sat 30 Fair warm Employ'd in Store Sun 31 Fair Warm do do 27 Got in Rowen 12 C in all. 22 Loads hay in all 30 A Mr. Pratt from Providence, Offered to sell a Recipe for the Clarifying of all kinds of Spirits to render it Perfectly Neutral SEPTEMBER 1823 Mon 1 Fair warm Employ'd in Store and with Carpenter * Tues 2 Fair warm Employ'd in Store & with N. Nickerson making division of Factory Estate Wed 3 Fair warm Employd in Store & attending Probate Court Thurs 4 Fair warm Employ'd in Store & attended the Funeral of Mariah Mayo Fri 5 Fair warm Attended to Store & Carpenter's Sat 6 Fair Warm Cloudy evening do Sun 7 Cloudy Rain Attended Meeting Mr. Lincoln Preached Mon 8 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 9 Fair Went to Greenfield to attend the Court of Sessions put up at Gilberts. 1 * Began to build a Shed & Hogpen Obadiah Bass employ'd as a Carpenter. 2 N. Nickerson on one part, Myself Samuel Fay & S. Ball on the other part, made a division of the Real Estate which remained of the Factory property. Mr. Nickerson took the Factory Store and all the land on the East side of the Road, and the other party took the North half of the long House on the West side of the Road, and all the land belonging to it, by paying said Nickerson $20,~ 3 Attended Probate Court at Samuel Fay's, and closed the Settlement of the Wid. Lydia Fisher's Estate. 6 Obadiah Bass Worked 6 days and his Boy -- 3 or 4-- did little more than to pay his Board. Professor Levi Hedge of the Cambride [sic] University, with his Wife, on a Visit to this town. Put up at S. Fay's He being a native of this town, he visited the old Inhabitants, and proceeded on his Journey to New Hampshire & Vermont, on Monday the 8th Wed 10 Fair Attended Court & Came home in the evening. Thurs 11 Fair Employ'd in Store Fri 12 Fair Employ'd in Store Sat 13 Fair Employ'd in Store and with O. Bass on Barnshed Sun 14 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr Rogers preached Mon 15 Fair warm Employd in Store Tues 16 " do 10 Being at Greenfield,I spent the forenoon at the Bank & in the other business visited Asa Orcutt & James Fuller who were in Jail Took $800, at the Bank, on my Note discounted. Attended Court P.M. with Gen. Longley & Col. Whitaker, as witnesses respecting a Road in Shelburn, reviewed by us last fall. Returned home. 11 Edward & Abraham Shearman with their wives from Acton & Cambridge, set out this morning for home, having been here about a week on a Visit. 13 O. Bass worked 1 1/2 day & Jacob Rich half a day on Barn shed & Hogpen. 15 Laban B. Procter left Warwick to go Worcester, where his Brother William was, in expectation of obtaining Work at the Blacksmith's business, agreeable to an engagement that Wm. had made for him. Wed 17 Fair Employd in Store Thurs 18 do. Warm On the Road to Boston. * Fri 19 Fair pleasant Commenced the examination of Goods Paid off some old Notes & Accounts left a Memo of Meddium, Crockery &c Purchased some W.I. Goods &c &c. Sat 20 Fair Cloudy evening Employ'd buying Goods &c Sun 21 Fair cool Being fatigued with business two days previous I kept close quarters. Mon 22 Fair Mor. Cloudy cool Employ'd buying Goods & transacting necessary business. 18 Took a Seat in the Stage at 6 oClock A.M. no Company thro the day except, short distances. Arrived at Boston at 8 oClock P.M. and took Lodgings at P. Shepard's Broomfield's Lane. 17 Joseph Barber Junr's Father and family left Warwick, on a remove to the Western part of the State of N.York. Tues 23 Cloudy cool Employ'd purchasing Goods & Closing up my business in Boston Wed 24 Cloudy cool On the Road from Boston. Thurs 25 Cloudy Employ'd in Store regulating my Cash accounts &c. &c. Fri 26 Cloudy cool do Sat 27 Cloudy in forenoon went over my farm made some calculations for improvements Afternoon went with Esqr Blake to survey & examine a piece of Medad Pomroy's Land adjoining the Bishop place, in order to make an addition and get at Water. Sun 28 Fair Attended Meeting, Mr. Huntington preached Mon 29 " Employ'd Opening new Goods &c 24 Took a seat in the Stage at 2 oClock A.M. in Company with a Mr. Huggerford of Boston 2 other Gentlemen & 2 Ladies Arrived at home at 5 oClock P.M. 30 The Commissioned and Non commisd Officers of the 3d Reg. 2d Brig & 4th Div. met at Wm Putnam's in Orange for Military Exercise & drill OCTOBER 1823 Wed 1 Fair warm Employ'd in Store opening Goods &c. Thurs 2 " do Fri 3 very warm do Sat 4 pleasant do Sun 5 Cloudy attended Meeting P.M. Mr. Willard preached Mon 6 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 7 " do Wed 8 Cloudy Employd making Stone wall north side of Mowing Lot on the hill Thurs 9 Cloudy & some rain Employ'd in Store 1 The North County Road to Northfield laid out and partly worked last year & left in an unfinished Situation, was complained of at the last August term, in consequence of which, the town raised $500, to be expended in labour on the Road and appointed Amos K. Whitney Maj. A Gale and Col. Abner Goodell a commitee to superintend the work & call on the Highway surveyors as they thought proper and about this time commenced making the Road. 7 The Commissions of the Officers elected the 22d of July last were received this day. 8 Capt Burnet with his Oxen, & Elisha Brown worked 1 day drawing Stones & making wall on Thayer land. Fri 10 Fair Employ'd in Store Sat 11 Fair cool do Sun 12 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr Thompson preached Mon 13 Cloudy rain Thunder Shower in evening * Employ'd in Store Tues 14 fair cool do Wed 15 Fair pleasant do Thur 16 Cloudy & Rain P.M. Employd with Capt Burnet & others on farm Fri 17 Fair Cloudy Employd in Store Sat 18 Cloudy Snow * do 10 General Muster at Shutesbury The Regiment Commanded by Col. Spencer Root Lt. Col. Bryant & Maj. L. Wheelock Goss of Montague Adjutant. 13 * Severe Thunder & lightning Several Barns Burned in the County of Plymouth. 16 Broke up a piece of Grass land on the Hill a part of the Thayer farm. 18 * This morning the Ground was covered with Snow about 6 or 8 inches deep and continued to Snow moderately the greatest part of the day. Sun 19 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr Estabrooks preached Mon 20 Fair Employd in Store Tues 21 " do Wed 22 " pleasant do Thurs 23 Fair windy Worked on farm &c. Fri 24 Fair warm In Store &c. &c. Sat 25 Cloudy rain Snow In Store Sun 26 Cloudy attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 27 Cloudy rain In Store 19 Rev. P. Smith Married to Miss Tryphena Goldsbury at Taunton & Returned to Warwick this evening. 20 Mr. Eastman commenced a Singing School was hired for one month at $40,- 24 Wm Procter from Worcester on Visit. Tues 28 Cloudy some rain In Store in forenoon Cut and drawed timber for repairing Barn &c P.M. Wed 29 Cloudy Fair Employ'd with Carpenters repairing Barn &c Thurs 30 Fair do Fri 31 pleasant do NOVEMBER 1823 Sat 1 Cloudy Employ'd with Carpenters &c Sun 2 Fair Attended Meeting P.M. Mon 3 Fair Went to Colrain to Meet a Committee to log out Roads. Obadiah Bass worked 4 days Repairing Barn &c. Tues 4 Fair Attended to laying out Road from Greenfield thro corner Shelburn Tarried at Abraham Peek's in Colrain over Night Wed 5 Fair Attended to laying out Road from Cooledge's in Colrain about 1 Mile Southerly to Aaron Lyon's. tarried at Cooledges. Thurs 6 Fair Came home form Colrain. Fri 7 Rain & Snow Employd in Store &c Sat 8 Fair do Sun 9 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mr Chandler Preached Mon 10 Fair Employd in Store Tues 11 Rain fair do 10 Carted out manure Wed 12 Fair cool Employ'd about my Barn & Sheds. Thurs 13 Fair do Fri 14 Fair do Sat 15 " do Sun 16 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon. Mon 17 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 18 do do Wed 19 do do Thurs 20 do Thanksgiving attended meeting Mr. Mason preached 20 George Bachellor & Nancy Pond Married 20 Father Leonard & wife visited us at Thanksgiving and returned the next day Fri 21 Fair Employd in Store Sat 22 " do Sun 23 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 24 Fair cold Employ'd in Store Tues 25 Fair Cloudy Snow P.M. In Store forenoon attended Singing lecture in afternoon Wed 26 Cloudy Employed in Store Thurs 27 Fair do Fri 28 " do Sat 29 " do 25 Singing Lecture & Exhibition was attended at the Meetinghouse. The Singing led by Mr. Eastman was performed to admiration. Sun 30 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon DECEMBER 1823 Mon 1 Dec. " Employd in Store Tues 2 Cloudy do Wed 3 Fair do Thurs 4 " do Fri 5 cold do Sat 6 " do Sun 7 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 8 " Employd in Store 6 An attempt to enter my Store thro' one of the windows was made by some person unknown but for some cause, they did not Succeed. Tues 9 Fair, cloudy Snow in the evening Employ'd in Store Wed 10 Cloudy Snow fell 6 inches last night do Thurs 11 Fair do Fri 12 Snow do Sat 13 Fair do Sun 14 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 15 Cloudy Employd in Store Tues 16 Cloudy Snow fell 18 inches do Wed 17 Fair Employd removing the Snow about my buildings & in Store 11 Amory Mayo set out in Company with Edward Mayo for Salem & Boston. Thurs 18 Fair Employd in Store Fri 19 Cloudy rain and carried off a considerable part of the Snow do Sat 20 Fair do Sun 21 Fair Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon 22 do Employ'd in Store Tues 23 do do " Wed 24 fair cold Employ'd in Store &c Thurs 25 Fair moderate Employ'd in preparing to light the Meeting house * 20 Amory Mayo returned from Boston after a very tedious Journey *The Warwick branch of the Massachusetts Society celebrated their first anniversary an address was delivd by the President Rev. P. Smith. Fri 26 Fair cool Employ'd in Store Sat 27 Cloudy Fair do Sun 28 Fair pleasant Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day Mon 29 Fair cool Employ'd in Store Thur 30 Fair cloudy evening rain do Fri 31 Cloudy rain Fair do 30 Wm. Procter left Warwick this morning for Worcester where he had been for some time past, but was now engaged by Trumbull & Ward to go to Providence, where thy calculated of Open a Store for Selling Beer & Porter. 30 Closed a Settlement with Samuel Wiswell Jr. of Townshend Vt. on demand I held against him, on Account of the Champney Farm. 30 Humphrey A. Champney died at Townshend Vt. Deaths 1823 Jan 18 Almira Conant aged 22 years Consumption Feb 15 Thomas Gould aged Old Complants Mar 17 Wm Tripp aged 25 yrs by fall of a tree " 21 Sally Cobb aged 33 yr Consumption Jan Mrs. Smith wife of Joseph Smith died Jan Henry G Mallard died aged 15 yrs Inflamation of the brain Jan Wid. ______ Wheelock mother of John Wheelock Died Apl 6 Mrs Hannah Bishop, wife of David Bishop of consumption Aged June 20 Mrs. Mason wife of George M. Consumption June 28 Joshua Atwood Aged 66 Bled to death by the cut on an axe in his thigh. July 20 Mrs. Procter wife of Josiah Procter Aged 41 Childbed 23 Mrs Sally Conant, wife of Jonas Conant Aged 41 Consumption Aug 4th Mr. Ebenr Stearns Aged 82 Years. 13 Mrs. Perry (a pauper) aged 88 years. Sept 2 Mariah Mayo Aged 28 Years Consumption Dec 18 Jos. Metcalf Esqr decay of Nature, Aged Dec 19 Eph. Robbins Aged 86 Yrs Infirmities of Age. " 24 Nicholas Watts aged Complicated disorder The Diary of Wm. Cobb Warwick, Massachusetts 1824 Transcribed by Beth J. Gilgun January 1997 The spelling and emphasis is Cobb's The Year commenced with but Snow upon the Ground, having had very little good sleding. Considerable quantity of rain has fallen for 3 weeks past. Generally healthy It is calculated that Hay will be Scarce Grain a sufficient supply Butter & pork plenty & low. Price current Hay $10, per ton Rye ,75 " Bushel Corn ,58 " do Oats ,33 " do Pork , 4 1/2 per pound Beef $4, " Hundred Wt Butter 12 1/2 " pound Cheese 6 to 8 " do Prices Merchandise Wholesale W.I. Rum ,80 Cts per Gall N.E. do ,30 " " Molasses ,28 " " Brandy Cognac $1,25 " Gin Holland 1,00 " Teas Souchang ,55 per pound " Skin ------- " Hyson 1,00 " Sugar Loaf ,15 " Brown $10, to 12, per CWt. Flour Sufs 7,50 Bbl January 1824 Thurs 1 Fair but a Small quantitiy of Snow on the ground Sleighing poor. Employed in Store Writing &c. Fri 2 Cloudy & moderate do Sat 3 Cloudy Snow in the mor. 3/4 Inch moderate Do Cut up & salted Beef Sun 4 Fair pleasant cloudy Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon. Mon 5 Cloudy rain moderate Employed in Store Tues 6 Cloudy do Wed 7 Fair Moderate do Notes: 1 My Sister Procter fro Royalston on a visit of some days Great Movements are making throughout the Country to collect Contributions of Money & attain property, to assist the Greek Nation in their Struggles with the Turks. The Spanish Nation having been Subdued by the French, their king Ferdinand revolted from the Constitutional Government which he had sworn to support an established Monarchacal power with all the horrors of the Inquisition. And it is expected that he will, with the assistance of France, attempt the subjugation of theSouth American provincences. Thurs 8 Fair Employed in Store Fri 9 Fair Cloudy evening do Sat 10 Cloudy Rain do Sun 11 Cloudy some rain hail Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 12 Fair Cloudy Employ'd in Store Tues 13 Cloudy little Snow do Wed 14 Fair Cold windy do Thurs 15 Fair cool do Fri 16 Fair morn mild do Sat 17 Fair cool do 13 My Sister Procter returned to Royalston 14 Doct. Taylor J Russell & A R Whitesey(?) Visited at my house A Mr. Bennet, who came into town with intention of Opening a dancing School was forbidden by the Inhabitants, as they considered an improper time, an account of the large demand of public expence they had of late been subjected to. Sun 18th Cloudy Snow Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr Smith of Rowe Preached Mon 19 Cloudy Snow Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 20 Fair Do Wed 21 Fair Cold Do Thurs 22 Fair Cold Do Visited at J Russell's in the evening Fri 23 Fair Employ'd in store Sat 24 Fair do Smallpox has lately appeared in various parts of the country. Clover Seed very plenty and offered for 7 Cts per pound. Sun 25 Fair cloudy Employed in the necessary business of the day Mr. Mason Preached Mon 26 Fair cold Employ'd in store Tues 27 do do Wed 28 do do Thurs 29 Pleasant do Fri 30 Pleasant do Sat 31 Cloudy Snow Moderate do The Greek Nation who had revolted from the Turkish Government, and proclaimed themselves independent, made an appeal to these United States, for such assistance as we might think proper to grant them but as a nation we could do nothing without forfeiting our Neutrality --a Resolution was made in Congress by Mr. Webster, to appropriate money to defray the necessary expense of sending an Agent to Greece wherever the President of the U. S. should think proper -- This was supported with great ability by Mr. Webster Clay & others, and opposed Randolph Bartlett and others -- but the Subject called for the the [sic] talents of the first man in the Nation 29 Leiut Benj Conants' Wife came down from Shoreham (with her brother in Law Wm Myrick Esqr) where she had been on a visit of some months -- and having determined not to live with her husband any longer, She took a part of the Household furniture and her Children, and returned to Shoreham. February 1824 Sun 1 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 2 Fair cold Employd in Store Tues 3 Fair more Moderate do Wed 4 Very pleasant do Thurs 5 extremely Cold do Fri 6 Fair cold do Sat 7 Moderate do 3 The young people had a Sleighride to Winchester -- returned and had a Ball at S. Fay in the evening. 4th Probate Court sat here, & much business done. 5 The Personal Property of Joshua Atwood, deceased, was Sold at public auction -- all his children were present and Settled as far as possible, all the concerns of the Estate. 6 Mrs. Cobb went to Gill to visit her father, who had fallen from a Sled on the ice and injured him so much that he was confined to his bed Sun 8th Cloudy & Snow 2 Inch then Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 9 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 10 Cloudy - warm Rain evening do Wed 11 Cloudy rain high wind from S.W.* do Thurs 12 Fair cold Wind N.W. & Strong do Fri 13 Fair pleasant do Sat 14 Fair do 10th Col. Goodell J Blake Esq and Stephen Ball with their wives visited at my house. 11* Wind very strong from S.W. and continued Rain. The wind blowed with unusual force and destroyed many sheds, outbuildings &c The Ground was frozen and generally covered with ice, and the large quantity of water which had fallen flowed immediately into the Streams and raised them so high as to sweep off many Mill-dams Bridges &c. Almost every Bridge on Connecticut river was swept off The Stage had gone 5 rods on Brattleboro Bridge, when the further end gave way -- The Driver Backed his horses with all possible speed, but the Bridge gave away so fast that it frightened the Horses and they turned with a speed which drew them to the the shore & saved the passengers from inevitable death. 12 Ramo Samma and East India performer, exhibited many feats of activity -- such as throwing up 4 Brass Balls at a time and keeping them in motion, Swallowing a Sword &c &c Sun 15 Fair Employed in the necessary Occurrences of the day Mr. Smith absent no Meeting Mon 16 Cloudy rain Snow and hail Employd in Store Tues 17 Fair cool do Wed 18 Cloudy, moderate rain P.M. do* Thur 19 Fair Cool Windy do Frid 20 Fair do Sat 21 Pleasant very little Snow in the cleared land do 18* Visited at A. K. Whitney's in the evening in Company with J. Russell Esq - Doct Taylor & Master Mead. Sun 22 Snow from N. E. 4 to 6 Inch Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day Mr. Mason Preached Mon 23 Fair cool & windy Employ'd in Store. Tues 24 Snow this morning Fair do. Wed 25 Fair do Thur 26 Fair cloudy rain in the evening Assisted the Selectmen in Posting town Books &c Fri 27 Rain this morning Fair* Employ'd in the Settlement of town Accounts, Treasury Accounts &c. Sat 28 Fair Employ'd in Store and closing town accounts Sun 29 Fair Attended Meeting in Afternoon 27* The rain raised the water in the streams to an unusual height. The small streams rose higher than they did on the 11th Inst but the large ones not so high on Account of the Ice being cleand out. March 1824 Mon 1 Fair cold ground heave Attended Town Meeting Tues 2 Fair high Wind cold Employ'd in Store Visited at Mr Smiths this evening Wed 3 Fair Employ'd measuring & Making plan of the Meetinghouse Thur 4 Fair cold Employd in Store Fri 5 Fair more pleasant do Sat 6 Fair & very pleasant do 1 Town Officers chosen for the year ensueing. Jona Blake Jr Town Clerk Eben Barber James Goldsbury } Selectmen & Assessors Lemuel Wheelock Wm Cobb Treasurer Stephen Ball { Constable & Collector Money Granted Support of Poor &c $450.-- Support of Public Worship 450. Support of Schools 600. Support of Highways $1000, 6th Ebenr Rich Deeded his farm to Samuel Blake for $1000,-- Sun 7 Cloudy rain Warm Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 8 Fair Muddy Employed in Store Tues 9th Fair pleasant Moved Hay from Col. Tafts Attached & Secured property Wed 10 Fair Employ'd in Store Taking Acct of Stock &c Thurs 11 Fair do Fri 12 Fair cloudy evening & Snow In Store forenoon attended with Meetinghouse committee in afternoon* Sat 13 Cloudy, fair cold evening Employd in Store &c 8 Col. Josiah Raft failed, on account of a demand which Mrs. Rice (his Daughter) had against him, which he would not secure to her Satisfaction She attached all his property, except his hay, some farming tools & household furniture 8th Began to take Acct of Stock 11 Ebenezer Rich removed from the farm he sold Samuel Blake to the farm he purchased of the heirs of Joshua Atwood, deceased. 12* A Committee of Seven, Examined the Meetinghouse, and reported that it was expedient to repair the outside and make some alterations in the pews, in order to gain room for more pews. Sun 14 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 15 Fair Chilly Employ'd in Store & at Col. Tafts vendue Tues 16 Fair Employd taking Accts of Stock & making an arrangement with Geo. Mason for debts due to me & others. Wed 17 Fair do. Thurs 18 Fair Employd taking Acct of Stock Settling George Mason's Accts &c &c Fri 19 Cloudy snow do Sat 20 Fair do 15 Samuel Blake went onto the Farm he purchased of Ebenezer Rich 16th George Mason Failed Having consideerable Amounts of demands against him, I insisted on Security and obtained an Assigment of his back Accounts, and a quantity of Leather & Shoes and afterwards became accountable to Wm. Johnson Isaac Hastings Jun & Thomas Mallard for their demands against Mason as far as the Accounts & Notes in any hands would pay after reserving the full amount due me. The demands against Mason appear to by $8000, or thereabouts and all the property he possessed would not Amount to more than half that sum. 18th Nathan C. Morse Failed and all his property was attached his Brother Wm Morse afterwards took his property & secured the payment of the debts. Sun 21 Cloudy cool some snow on the ground Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 22 Fair Employd in taking Inventory of Goods & attended a Vendue at Col. Tafts in the afternoon. Tues 23 Rain Employd in Store &c Wed 24 do Employed in Store & making Mortage Deeds for N. Cook & Wm. Jackson to the Mass Hospital life insurance Company Thurs 25 do In Store Fri 26 do do Made Deed of N.G. Morse Real Estate to his brother Wm Morse. Sat 27 Fair and pleasant Employd Inventorying Goods and attended the Vendue of a part of Col. Tafts effects. 22 Took possession of Mason's Shoemakers Shop agreed to stock it, and carry on the business in my own name. 27 Col. Taft came to a Settlement with his Daughter (Mrs. Rice) who had attached his Real Estate & some personal Property I was agreed that the Farm should be appraised by 3 men and what that did not pay was to be appraised out of the personal property Caleb Mayo Esq, Ashbel Ward Esq and Maj. L. Wheelock appraised the Real Estate at $1267,-- which together with about $100, of the personal property paid the demands against said Taft which were secured by Mortgage on the Estate, and Mrs. Rices debt A deed from said Taft to his daughter was made and Executed. Sun 28 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 29 Rain Employ'd in Store and at Col. Tafts Tues 30 Fair Employ'd in Store Still employd in takin Inventory of Stock in hand Wed 31 Fair do April 1824 Thur 1 April Fair Cloudy chilly Public Fast Employd in the neccessary concerns of the day Some unwell & did not attend Meeting Fri 2 Cloudy Went to N Leonards to view the ground for a Road North of his house In store the remainder of the day Sat 3 Fair Employd in Store 29 Took an Inventory of Col. Tafts Property preparatory to a pension Sun 4th Fair pleasant Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mr Chandler preached Mon 5 Fair and very pleasant Employed in Store & Town meeting* Tues 6 Fair pleasant rain in evening Employd in Store Wed 7 Fair Employd in Store Thurs 8 Fair do Fri 9 do do Sat 10th do warm do *Votes for Governor &c was 108 for Saml Lathrop 75 For Wm Eustin }Gov. 113 for R. Sullivan 55 for M. Morton } Lt. Gov. 107 for E. Hoyt 101 for Geo. Grosswell Jr } Senators 35 for Longley 30 for J. Blake 11 " J Nevers 11 " T. Colman 3 " E Hastings 6th Charles B. Haynes Removed from the middle of the town to Jonas Conants. 9 [blank] Willard (Blacksmith) came into this town from Putney Vt. and took the Blacksmith Shop Lately owned by Charles B. Haynes. Sun 11 Cloudy rain Employ'd in the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 12 Rain Employd in Store Tues 13 Cloudy some rain do Wed 14 Cloudy do Thurs 15 Fair do Fri 16 Fair Employ'd with Jona Blake Jr. Esqr making out a statement of Col. Tafts expenditures Since March 1818 in order for him to draw a pension Sat 17 Fair do Moses Chamberlain of Winchester failed. for the whole amt of his property 15 Samuel Sawyer came to live with me. Sun 18 Fair Unwell and did not attend Meeting Mon 19 Fair do Tues 20 Fair do Wed 21 Fair do Thurs 22 Fair Very much afflicted with Sores upon my legs & swelling on my feet which disenabled me for business Fri 23 Fair confined to the house Sat 24 Fair confined to the house in the forenoon Rode to the Store in the afternoon 18 John Holman Jr of Royalston & Elvia Estey of this town Married by the Rev. P. Smith this morning Sun 25 Fair Attended to the Neccessary business of the day Still unwell Mon 26 Cloudy some rain & snow Employed in Store &c Tues 27 Cloudy fair do Wed 28 Fair do Thurs 29 do do Fri 30 do do 26 H Barnard Esq removed from the Factory building to the Bishop house " Daniel Wiswall removed from Factory appartment No 3 to No 5. " Levi Whitney moved into the Factory building No. 3 May 1824 Sat 1 Fair Employ'd in Store and was still lame Sun 2 Fair Attended to the Necessary bussiness of the day--still lame & unable to attend Meeting John Goldsbury preached Mon 3 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 4 Fair warm Cool do Wed 5 Fair cool pleasant do Thurs 6 Fair do do 1 Sowed my Oats 2 Elias Knolton & Wid Polly Cook Married 5 Manning Wheelock failed 5 Mr Stone (Blacksmith) came to work for S. Fay. 7th Saml Fay began to Work in his Blacksmith Shop Fri 7 Cloudy and some rain in forenoon Employ'd in Store Sat 8 Fair Employ'd in Store & Garden Sun 9th Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day & Went to Athol in Company with John Whitney Jr. in order to take the Stage for Boston & tarried at T Field's Mon 10 Fair Took a seat in the Stage at Sunrise and arrived at Boston 5 o'Clock PM took logdings [sic] at P Shepherd's Indian Queen Tues 11 Fair Attended to paying off Debts in Boston and looking at Goods. Wed 12 Fair Purchased Goods &c. Thurs 13 Cloudy Rain & Mist Collected goods, & loaded my team. 11 Paid State Treasury 104.25 for Samuel Moore Collector of Warwick. Paid Henshaw & Dwight $400, for Abner Goodell credited to Franklin Bank Paid State Bank for Josiah Conant on Samuel Fay's Bond & Mortgage $250,43. Paid Sumary Debts for Merchandise 13 Wm. Jackson, in consequence of the failure of Geo. Mason & Manning Wheelock was under the necessity of stoping payment. Fri 14 Cloudy Snow squalls and Blustering took a seat in the Stage at two o'Clock AM and arrived at home 6 P.M. Sat 15 Fair Employ'd in arranging my Accounts &c Sun 16 Fair Employ'd in the necessary concerns of the day Mr. Mason Preached Mon 17 Fair Employ'd in Store opening Goods &c Tues 18 Cloudy rain do Wed 19 Rain do Thurs 20 Fair Cloudy eveing& rain do Fri 21 Fair In store &c Sat 22 Fair Made Settlement with George Mason worked in the Garden &c 14 A Caravan of Animals was exhibited this day In consequence of the repeated failures that had taken place, people became alarmed, and many were called on to secure the Debts they owed--Jonathan Jackson was particularly called on, and gave Secured Mortgages on his Estate. Sun 23 Fair pleasant Attended Meeting in the afternoon John Goldsbury preached Mon 24 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 25 " do Wed 26 " do Thurs 27 " do Fri 28 Cloudy do Sat 29 Rain do 24 Finished Planting 24 Wm. Wood moved into Geo. Mason's house 27 Nathan Cook failed 29 Capt. Wm. Burnet Secured his Creditors, having failed of making payment, agreeable to Contract but it finally appeared that all his property was not sufficient to secure his debts Sun 30 Fair warm Attended to the common concerns of the day--not very Well Mon 31 Fair Went to Asa Ware's and took Security of his Brother in law Jotham Clark for what he was oweing me June 1824 [Here Cobb Mis-labels the new month as April} Tues 1 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 2 Fair do Thur 3 Rain do Fri 3 Rain Fair do Sat 5 Fair Shower PM Thunder do May 31 Asa Ware Deeded all the Real Estates that he had not previously Deeded, to his Brother in Law Jotham Clark, who became accountable to the creditors of Said Asa Ware for all their demands. 31 Elijah Miller Failed all his property turned out & attached by his Creditors. Doct. Amos Taylor, finding himself in circumstances that rendered it impossible for him to pay all the demands that was against him surrended [sic] his property for the payt of his debts as far as it would go. Sun 6 Fair very warm Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 7 Fair very Warm Employ'd in Store Tues 8 do some rain in the evening Thunder and Lightning Very Warm do Wed 9 Cloudy Rain in evening Thunder very warm do Thurs 10 Fair cool do Fri 11 Fair very pure air do Sat 12 Fair cool air do 11 Phinehas Child & Col Taft began to build a door yard fence 12 P. Child worked on fence 12 Jonas Conant had his property attached, and is supposed to be insolvent. Sun 13 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 14 Fair Employd in Store Tues 15 Fair do Wed 16 Fair do Thurs 17 Fair do Fri 18 Fair do Sat 19 Fair do 17 By 3 1/4 days work repairing buildings &c &c Boarded him 1 day while at Work on Meetinghouse Sun 20 Cloudy and some rain Attended Meeting Mon 21 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 22 Fair do Regulating accounts in order to get an Inventory of Debts &c Wed 23 Fair Rain do Thur 24 Fair Rain do Fri 25 Showers do Sat 26 Fair do 20 Mr John Humphrey & wife at Warwick on Visit Sun 27 Fair warm Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 28 Fair very Warm In Store in the forenoon attended Vendue at J Conants in afternoon Tues 29 Very warm Ther. 90o Employ'd in Store Wed 30 Warm and Showers do July 1824 Thurs 1 Fair Employd in Store Fri 2 do do Sat 3 do do 28 Jonas Conants property Sold at Vendue he having failed & his property attached, he consented to sell upon the Writ, before it went to Court 28 Aliather [?] Shaw & wife at Warwick on Visit Weather very warm a sufficiency of rain, and everything growing very fast. Grass and Corn backward but appearance of Good Crops. Sunday 4th Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 5 Fair Employd in Store Regulating old Accts. Tuesday 6 " do Wed 7 Rain do Thurs 8 Fair do Fri 9 Fair do Sat 10 Fair do 7 Fire in Boston, destroy'd 15 Elegant Dwelling houses Several Shops & many out buildings Loss estimated at $100,000 -- or more -- The fire was communicated from a Chimney, into a Carpenters Shop yard in here the fire consumed away the shavings 2 of the Houses were on Shestnut Street 6 on Charles Street & 7 on Beacon Street Sun 11th Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 12 Fair fine weather Employd in Store Tues 13 Fair cloudy rain P.M. Went to Jonathan Jacksons [?]all & returned @ 9 o'Clock In store remainder of the day Wed 14 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Thurs 15 Fair do Fri 16 Fair fine hay weather do Sat 17 Fair do 12 Exhibition of Wax figures at Saml Fay's 12 Began to make Hay 13 Went to Jonathan Jackson's and took possession of his farm, which had been Mortgaged to me & others Abijah Hill Capt Wm. Burnet & Chapin Holden Witnesses. 14 Amory Mayo's Daughter Frances Born. Sun 18 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 19 Fair, some cloudy Employ'd in Store Tues 20 Fair do Wed 21 Fair do Thurs 22 Fair do Fri 23 Fair & warm do Sat 24 Rain Fair do 21 Funeral of Ebena Ball attended at the Meetinghouse 23 Agreed with Stephen Ball to sell him the standing Grass on the Wait Medow for the Sum of $5,50 23 Fine Hay weather this week people generally and deeply engaged in haying The Crops of grass is said to be thin & small, the grass, particularly clover, much winter killed but the grass continues to grow, and the crops will be middleing. Winter grain looks well Sun 25 Fair warm Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 26 Fair Showers P.M. Employd in Store Severe Storm of Rain hail Thunder & lightning* Tues 27 Cloudy fair Employd in Store Wed 28 Fair good hay day do Thur 29 Fair Cloudy do Fri 30 Fair Warm 92o do Sat 31 Fair fine weather do 26 Began to Mow my west lot, above Howard's Road 26* The hail was of the Size of Musket Balls, and some larger. more or less glass was broken in almost every building. Gardens much injured & English Grain beat down & consequently damaged. 26 Samuel Cobb began to fail of his health and again applied to the town for assistance Went to Stepen Ball's to board. " Wm Procter from Providence on a Visit. 30 Finished Haying Secured well the quantity Smaller than usual. August 1824 Sun 1 Fair cool winds Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 2 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 3 Rain do Wed 4 Fair do Thurs 5 Fair very fine weather do Fri 6 Fair Cloudy P.M. do Sat 7 Cloudy Fair evening do 2 The funeral of Harriot Leonard was attended at the Meetinghouse at 10 o'Clock this forenoon. 7 Saml Cobb went to C B. Haynes to Board. Sun 8 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 9 Fair, Cloudy Rain Employ'd in Store Heavy Showere P.M. Thunder & sharp lightning Tues 10 Fair do Wed 11 Fair Showers do Thurs 12 Fair showery do Fri 13 Fair showery do Sat 14 Fair do 9th Turned my fat Cow, & one of Doctor Hazeltine's in Johnson's pasture. A considerable number of Barns have been Burned by lightning within a short time. 10 Reap'd my Oats Began to build a wall on the Medow bank the East side of my orchard. 11 Samuel Clapp Jun (from Athol) employd in striping and ornamenting waggons for Capt. Smith. Sun 15 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 16 " wento [sic] Wm. Hastings in forenoon and took delivery of of property turned out by Henry H. to Satisfy demands I held against him Tues 17 Fair, shower P.M. In store making up inventory of Debts &c. Wed 18 Fair, shower P.M. do Thur 19 Fair do Fri 20 do Rain P.M. do Sat 21 Fair, rain PM do 15th The Marquis de la Fayett with his Son Geo Washington Fayett arrived at New York on a visit to this Country to which the Congress of the U.S. had given invitation. 21 Moses Leonard & Wife from Gill at my house on visit Mrs Cobb & Charles went to Gill in company with M. Leonard on visit. Sun 22 Fair Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 23 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 24 Fair do Wed 25 Fair do Thurs 26 Fair rain do Fri 27 Cloudy do Sat 28 Cloudy rain fair do 24 The Marques De La Fayett came into Boston Sun 29 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Wiswall Preached Mon 30 Fair Employ'd writing Tues 31 Rain do September 1824 Wed 1 Fair Employd in Store Thur 2 Cloudy do Fri 3 Fair do Sat 4 Cloudy & rain in continued Showers do 30 Amasa Lincoln & Wife from Petersham on Visit & went on to Wilmington Vt. 4 Sola Weatherbee & Wife from Keene on Visit Sun 5 Fair Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 6 Fair Employ'd in making out Town Accounts in forms for town offices Guide. to be published by J. Bacon Tues 7 Fair do Wed 8 Very rainy Attended Probate Court in Store &c Thurs 9 Fair Went to Greenfield * Fri 10 Fair Returned from Greenfield in the forenoon employ'd in Store P.M. Sat 11 Fair Employ'd in compiling a System of town Accts for J. Bacon's Town Offices. 8th Justus Russell Esqr appointed Administrator on the Estate of Jonas Watts. 9* Went to Greenfield to meet a Road Committee consisting of Col. Leavitt and Eph. Nasting Esq of Heath Lt C. Scott of Charlemont & Samuel Taylor of Buckland made out report of 2 pieces of Road, located in Colrain & Shelburn & reported in favour of new piece of Road in Colrain. Paid Franklin Bank $150, on Note for myself & $40, for Maj. Gale. took the Money for a note discounted at the Bank in favour of Maj. Gale $50,-- & Asa Conant Jr for $75,00. In the evening examined the records in refference to the titles of Jonas Conant''s Land &c. Sun 12 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the Day Mr. Bailey preached Mon 13 Fair Employ'd still, in compiling a system of Town Accounts. Tues 14 Fair do Wed 15 Fair very warm Thermometer 80o do Thursday 16 do Ther. 80o Went to Brick Schoolhouse to meet others in Search of Justis Russell Jr who was lost. * Fri 17 Cloudy Employd in Store Sat 18 Fair cool Ther. 60o do * Justis Russell Jr. strayed from home on Tuesday evening and was not found till Thursday P.M. at Winchendon about 18 or 20 miles from home. 18 Cut Corn Stalks 18 Paul D. Richards & wife from Boston on Visit to C. Mayo esq and other friends in this vicinity Sun 19th Fair Attended Meeting Mr Smith's Son Christened -- Named Fayette. Mon 20 Fair Employd in closing up Inventory of Stock & Debts Tues 21 Fair Cloudy PM do Wed 22 Fair Shower do Thurs 23 Fair Closed Inventory of Stock Goods & debts. Fri 24 Fair cool First Frost Employd in making Memorandum of Goods to be purchased in readiness for Boston. Sat 25 Fair cool Went to Jona Jacksons & Employd in Store 22 My Mother taken sick with fever 25 Charles went to Winchester & Brought a yoke of Oxen for $44,00 " Went to Jona jackson's in company with James Goldsbury to visit his farm & Mill Which was attached & the right in equaty to be sold. " Benja Hazelton Jr & Wife from Belfast Me. on Visit to his Father in this town. Sun 26 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mr Wellington preached Mon 27 Fair Cloudy Employd in Store &c. Tues 28 Cloudy Rain Took a Seat in the Stage for Boston arrived there at 10 P.M. stop'd at Broomfield's Lane. Wed 29 do Bought Goods & paid off Debts. Thurs 30 Fair fine weather do October 1824 Fri 1 Fair Closed up my business in Boston Sat 2 Fair Took a Seat in the Stage and arrived at Athol at 9 P.M. & tarried 27 The Right of Redemption on Jona Jackson's farm Sold for $360,-- bid off by Abner Goodale for the Creditors. Incumbrance by Mortgage To Wm Cobb $250,-- To J. Goldsbury 217,-- To Town of Warwick 50,-- Sun 3 Fair Came home from Athol Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 4 Fair Employd in Store Tues 5 Cloudy do Opened new Goods Wed 6 Cloudy rain do Thurs 7 do do Fri 8 Fair and very Pleasant Went to Orange to Muster* Sat 9x Fair Employd in Store 9thx An Eliphant and a Bear Exhibited at Saml Fay's 8* General Muster at Orange The Regiment Commanded by Col. Bryant New Salem Lt Col. Wheelock Warwick Maj Clark Goss Montague (about) Adjutant Sawyer N. Salem Quarter Master A Mayo Warwick Paymaster Packard N. Salem Chaplin Mr Harding do Surgeon Taylor Warwick Sarg Maj. Stone Wendell. Sun 10 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Mason Preached Mon 11th Fair Employd in Store Tues 12 " do Wed 13 " do Thurs 14 " do Fri 15 " do Sat 16 " do 10 Doct. Hazeltine took his Cow from Johnson's Pasture 12 Jona Jackson & Col. Goodale Submitted the difficulty that existed between them, in regard to the sale of a Pew, to a Refference, composed of C. Mayo J. Blake Jr & A. Ward Esqrs. Gave Goodale Damages with cost and allowed Jackson pay for pew 16 Joshua T. Sanger Employed painting Meetinghouse. Cost of painting a little rising of $100,-- Sun 17 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 18 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 19 " do Wed 20 " do Thurs 21 " do Fri 22 " do Went to the Road by S. Knoltons to examinine the bridges on account of flooding at the Saw mill Below. Sat 23 " cool Employd in Store 19 took my fat Cow from Johnson pasture 20 Mrs. Cobb confined to her bed with a fever 21 Armory Mayo confined to his room by sickness. Sun 24 Fair Attended Meeting Mon 25 Cloudy Employd in Store Tues 26 Rain do Wed 27 " " Thurs 28 " " Fri 29 " " Sat 30 " " Sun 31 " Attended to the necessary Occurences of the day November 1824 Mon 1 Fair Attended to Store, and Town Meeting* Tues 2 Rain Employ'd in Store and at the Funeral of Mr Wiswall. Wed 3 Fair Store Thurs 4 Very Cold do Fri 5 Severe Storm at evenig do Sat 6 Fair do *Votes for Adams Ticket 91 Opossision " 10 Representitive to Congress Allen 64 Grennel 41 Sun 7 Fair Attended to the neccessary Occurences of the day Mr. Estabrook preached Mon 8 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 9 Cloudy & some rain do Wed 10 Fair and warm do Thurs 11 Fair do Fri 12 Fair do Sat 13 Fair do 9th Samuel Clapp & Wife & Aunt Lincoln from Petersham on Visit. Sun 14 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 15 Rain Employ'd in Store Tues 16 Fair do Wed 17 Fair do Thurs 18 do do Fri 19 do do Sat 20 do do 15 LaGrand Lucas began to teach a private School in Center District. 19th Samuel Cobb, kicked by a Horse at C. B. Haynes' and considerably hurt. Sun 21 Fair Employd in the neccessary concerns of the day in the forenoon Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 22 Fair and moderate Employ'd in Store Tues 23 Fair do Wed 24 " do Thurs 25th " do Fri 26 " Went to Jos. Goodell in forenoon and to Jonas Conants Sat 27 " Employ'd in Store 22 Sold the Farm formerly owned by Jona Jackson to Hezekiah B. Caller and Asa Robbins Jun. for $900,-- 23 Catharine Burnet & Fanny Fuller went to Lancaster, to work in a Cotton Factory. Sun 28 Fair Employd in the necessary business of the day. Mon 29 " In Store Tues 30 " do December 1824 Wed 1 Fair very pleasant Employ'd in Store and fixing a watering place for my Cattle. Thurs 2 Cloudy warm Thanksgiving attended Meeting and to the necessary occurences of the day. Fri 3 Cloudy & warm, a little rain Employd setting up Stove in Meetinghouse Sat 4th Snow storm Employd in Store & work on Stove 28th Wm. Procter from Providence on Visit. Dec 3 Jona Jackson took Fallow Cow to keep for her milk. 3 Set Stove in Meetinghouse Sun 5 Fair cold Windy Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 6th Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 7 Fair do Wed 8 do do Thurs 9 do do Fri 10 Cloudy Some rain P.M. do Salted pork Sat 11 Cloudy and Misty & Some Snow do 11 Recd of B. Pennaman 2 Sheep Wt. 134 1/2 Recd of E Miller 4 Sheep Wt 336 1/2 471 lb Let the above Sheep to E. Knowlton for 1 lb wool a head per Annum Sun 12 Cloudy Wind S. E. Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 13 Cloudy Employd Posting Cash Book &c. Tues 14 do do Wed 15 Fair Employd in Store in Necessary business Thurs 16 Fair cold Ther. 6o in mor still 8o to 10o P.M. Employd in Store Fri 17 Fair Ther. 4o mor do Sat 18 Moderate Rain Snow and Ice gone do Sun 19th Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 20 Fair and very pleasant Employd in Store Tues 21 Fair Cloudy do Wed 22 Cloudy Snow do Thurs 23 Fair do Fri 24 Cloudy do Sat 25 Fair and very pleasant Employed in preparing the Meetinghouse for Illumination this evening. 21 Joshua T. Sanger removed from Warwick to Templeton. 22 Samuel Griffith Removed from Fitswilliam to Warwick and went into Factory Long house appartment No. 5. agreed at 1 dollar per month till Spring. 25 The Warwick Branch of the Massachusetts Peace Society celebrated the anniversary of the advent of the "Prince of Peace" this evening by Illuminating the Meetinghouse, and having an address deliverd by Timo Reed Esqr of Winchester N.H. the performance of Sacred Music was excellent, and the whole exercise Interesting and impressive. Sun 26 Cloudy & spitting of Snow Employed in the necessary occurences of the day. Mon 27 Fair and very pleasant Employd in Store. Tues 28 Fair do Wed 29 Fair pleasant but cool air do Thurs 30 Fair and pleasant do Fri 31 Fair and very pleasant do The Diary of William Cobb, Jr. of Warwick, Massachusetts 1825 Transcribed by Beth J. Gilgun August 1999 January, 1825 Sat. 1 Cloudy warm snow in evening. Employed in Store Sun. 2 Cloudy Snow Strong wind from N.E. Fair. Employ'd in the necessary concerns of the day No Meeting. Mon 3 Fair cool do. Attended town Meeting P.M. Tues 4 Fair cool In Store Wed 5 Some cloudy do Thurs 6 do do Fri 7 do cold Thermometer 2o below Zero in Morning do Sat 8 Cloudy Snow do 3. Town Meeting held the 2d time for choice of Representatives to Congress--Saml C Allen & Geo. Grennell Jr. were the candidates. great exertion was used to effect the Election of Grennell. Votes in this town are for Allen--------86 Grennell---31 5 Closed the Sale of Jona Jacksons Farm to Hezekiah B. Coller and Asa Robbins Jun. by the delivery of Deeds & receiving notes bearing Date December 1st 1824. Sun 9 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 10 Fair cool Good Sleighing Went to Northfield in company with Capt Lesure Capt Stevens S. Fay & others* Tues 11 Fair pleasant Employd in Store Wed 12 do do Thurs 13 Fair Cloudy do Fri 14 Very rainy do Sat 15 Warm Cloudy do 10* The Right in Equity which Nathan Cook had to redeem his mortgaged Real Estate Sale at Auction to satisfy Several Executions against him for Amt. of $1102,53 Jabez Whitney Saml Fay & Calvin Stern Joint purchasers Hon. Saml C Allen Elected Representative to Congress after 2 trials Hon Geo. Grennell Jr the opposing Candidate. 13th Wid. Elizabeth Estey Died at Royalston aged 52 years of Consumption. 15th The corpse was brot to this town and buried beside her husband, Oliver Estey. Sun 16 Warm Cloudy Attended to the necessary business of the day no preaching. Mon 17 Warm & little Snow Employ'd in Writing in town Books Tues 18 Fair do Wed 19 do do Thurs 20 do do Fri 21 do do Sat 22 do do 18 The Young People had a Sleigh ride to Winchester--returned and danced at Samuel Fay's Hall. Sun 23 Some clouds Cold Attended to the Neccessary concerns of the day Mr Ingersal of Pittsford Vt. preached in afternoon. Mon 24 Cold Fair Employd in Store Tues 25 Cold Fair moderate evening do Wed 26 Cloudy & Fair Warm do Thurs 27 Fair do Fri 28 do do Sat 29 do do 26th Ball at S. Fay's collection from Chesterfield Winchester Northfield &c 29 Peter R. Leonard from Canton N.Y. on a visit Father Leonard returned from Canton where he had been for Several months. Sun 30 Fair cold Attended Meeting in afternoon. Mon 31 Fair Employ'd in Store February 1825 Tues 1 Cloudy snow Employ'd in Store and with Commissioners on Jonas Watts Estate Wed 2 Snow from N.E. fell from 12 to 15 Inches roads blocked up. Attended Probate Court at S. Fay's Thurs 3 Fair Employd in Store Fri 4 Fair do Sat 5 do cold do Note 2 Took Letter of Administration on Daniel Wiswall's Estate. Sun 6 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 7 Fair warm Employd in Store and attended town Meeting* Tues 8 Fair Employd in Store Prepared papers for Col Taft in regard to his Pension Wed 9 " Cold do Thurs 10th do In Store in forenoon Visited at Rev P Smith P.M. & evening. Fri 11 Fair moderate In Store &c. Sat 12 Little snow or rain do 6 His Excellency Wm. Eustis Governor of this State died this morning 7 oClock aged 75 Years. * A Town Meeting was called to choose an agent to oppose the laying of a County Road in the South part of this town. made choice of Ashbel Ward for the Agent. 9. John Q Adams chosen President of the U.S. by the Representatives in Congress* 11 Gov. Eustis Buried with Military Honours. *J.Q. Adams had the vote of 13 States Gen. A. Jackson had 7 do Wm H. Croford had 4 do Sun 13 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Old Mr. Smith preached Mon 14 Fair Employd in Store Tues 15 Fair do Wed 16 do do Thurs 17 Cloudy do Fri 18 Snow do Sat 19 Rain do Sun 20 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 21 Snow Employd in Store & made preparation to Inventory Goods Tues 22 Fair and pleasant Attended the funeral of Mrs. Goodell &c &c Wed 23 do Inventoried Goods Thurs 24 do do Fri 25 do do Sat 26 do do Sun 27 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 28 Fair Employ'd Inventorying Goods 25 Mrs. Barnes relict of Mr Abraham Barnes died at Gill March 1825 Tues 1 Fair cool Employd in taking account of Stock Wed 2 Fair do Thurs 3 Fair Employd posting Treasury Accounts Fri 4 " Settled the Treasury Accounts Sat 5 " Employ'd upon town Accounts &c 1st Doct John Brooks of Medford late Governor of this Commonwealth died Aged 72 Yrs 4 John Q. Adams took the oath of Office, as President of the U.S. and made a very appropriate & impressive address. Sun 6 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 7 Fair pleasant Attended to town Meeting & Store* Tues 8 Cloudy rain Employd in Store Wed 9 Fair warm Employ'd in Store taking account of Stock Thurs 10 " do Fri 11 Fair do Sat 12 Fair and very pleasant Ground half bare bad travelling Emp. Costing Inventory of Merchandise 7 At the Annual Town Meeting the following Officers were chosen Jona Blake Jr Town Clerk A. Ward Esq Leml Wheelock & } Selectmen & assessors Joseph Stearns Wm. Cobb, Town Treasurer Samuel Moor Constable & Collector Sun 13 Fair Attended Meeting in the Afternoon Mon 14 " Employd in Store posting & ballancing Books &c. Tues 15 " do Wed 16 Warm Some rain do Thurs 17 Warm foggy Thunder and lightning in evening & little rain do Fri 18 Fair do Sat 19 Fair warm do 15 Eliphas Gould & Betsey Simonds Married. Sun 20 Fair and very pleasant Snow gone in cleared land begin to plough Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 21 Fair clear and Cold Employ'd in arranging Store Account and closing Inventory. Tues 22 do do Wed 23 do do Thurs 24 do do Visited at Esq. Mayo's in the afternoon. Fri 25 do Employd in Store Sat 26 Snow do 24 Edward & Abraham Sherman with their Wives on Visit at their Father Fays. 25 Calvin Howard exchanged farms with Asa Orcutt and took one in Wendell Sun 27 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 28 Fair Employ'd in the Inventory of Accounts. Tues 29 Fair do Wed 30 Cloudy Snow from South 2 Inches do Thurs 31 Cloudy little Rain do. 29 Asa Orcutt removed from the Hurd Farm to the Davis farm on Chestnut Hill April 1825 Fri 1 Cloudy cool Employ'd in Store Sat 2 Fair cool do. made Quarterly return to Gen P Office Sun 3 Cloudy and Raw Cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 4 Fair Attended Store & Town Meeting for Choices of Governor Lt. Gov. & Senators* Tues 5 Fair Employd in Store making Settlements and Inventorying Accounts Wed 6 Fair do Thurs 7 Fair Public Fast 4 Elhanah Briggs and Joel Willard commenced business with Samuel Fay in Blacksmithing under an agreement for one year. 4 * Votes for Hon. Levi Lincoln Gov. 124 Scattering 2 For Hon Marcus Morton Lt Gov 104 For Senators Hon. Elihu Hoyt 70 " Geo. Grennell Jr 78 " Wm Cobb 71 Fri 8 Fair Pleasant Employd in Store Inventorying Accts. Sat 9 Fair do Sun 10 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 11 Fair Employd in Store Tues 12 Cloudy cool do Wed 13 Cloudy cool do Thurs 14 do do Fri 15 Very pleasant do Sat 16 do do Worked in Garden 11 Wm Bass began to work 13th Bunyan Penniman Deeded his farm to Lemuel Wheelock and Lemuel Wheelock Deeded the Wilder Farm (so called) to said Penniman and paid him in Ballance $700.00 15 Planted Potatoes on Hill. 16 planted Pease Potatoes & Corn in Garden 16 N.C. Morse agreed with A Orcutt for the Howard Farm at halves for one year Sun 17 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 18 " dry Employd in Store & Making Deed of S. Johnson's farm to Fish & Johnson. Tues 19 " " do Wed 20 Cloudy cool do Thurs 21 Fair and Very cold Went to Greenfield in Company with A Goodell returned 11oClock P.M. Fri 22 Weather Moderate In Store Sat 23 Fair and pleasant do 18 Sold the Johnson Farm to Ezra Fish & H.K. Johnson for $550,-- & took their Notes payable in one two an three years. 21 Abner Goodell deputised as a Sheriff for the County of Franklin. 23 Nathan C. Morse removed from the east part of the town to Asa Orcutts farm where Calvin Howard family lived. Sun 24 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon. John Goldsbury preached Mon 25 " Employd in Store Tues 26 " do Wed 27 " do Thurs 28 " do Fri 29 Rain do Sat 30 Fair 28 Sister Procter from Royalston on Visit. returned this day 29 Father & Mother Leonard from Gill on a visit May 1825 Sun 1 Fair cool Attended Meeting in the afternoon John Goldsbury preached Mon 2 Cloudy Snow in Morning Fair P.M. Snow gone Employd in Store Tues. 3 Cool fair do Wed 4 Pleasant do Thurs 5 do do Fri 6 do do Sat 7 do Took Seat in the Stage for Boston. arrived there at 8 P.M. put up at Shepard's. Sun 8 Fair cool Rested till evening then attended at the Handel & Hayden exhibition of Singing at Boylston Hall. Mon 9 Fair Employd in Settleing Accounts & looking at Goods &c Tues 10 Cloudy rain Fair Purchased Goods &c* Wed 11 Fair Collected & loaded some Goods on S. Fay's team Thurs 12 Fair Purchased some Goods closed up business, and Sent home Some Goods by Capt Lesure Fri 13 Fair Took Seat in Stage at 2 A.M. and arrived at Warwick at 6 P.M. Sat 14 Fair Employd in arranging Bills &c &c * W. India Goods considerably risen as well as Domestic Cottons -- Business very Brisk in Boston. Sun 15 Fair Attended to the Necessary occurences of the day. Mon 16 " Employd in Store Opening & Marking off Goods Tues 17 " do Wed 18 " do Thurs 19 Fair rain Worked in Garden &c Fri 20 Rain In Garden & Store Sat 21 Rain do do Sun 22 Fair Attended Meeting P.M. Mon 23 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 24 " do Wed. 25 Fair, Rain warm do Thurs 26 Fair cool Wind N.W. do Fri 27 Cool fair do Sat 28 Fair do Sun 29 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mr Lincoln of Gardner Preached Mon 30 Fair Employd in Store Tues 31 " do 23 John Watts Grafted Appletrees 1/2 day 23 Samuel Mayo Died at Northfield 25 Maj. Amory Gale received a Commission for Justice Peace. 26 My Mother & Wife went to Petersham June 1825 Wed 1 Fair Employd in Store Thur. 2 Some rain do Fri 3 Fair cold evening do Sat 4 Cloudy Some rain do Sun 5 Cloudy & rain from N.E. Went to Stephen Ball's in forenoon where Daniel Bancroft had died. returned at 3 P.M. Mon 6 Rain Employ'd in Store Tues 7 Warm do Wed 8 do. The Thermometer 82o In Store & attended the Funeral of Mrs. Russell 3 Mrs Freedona Miller, wife of John C. Miller, died Suddenly this morning. 5 This morning, Daniel Bancroft was found dead in his Bed at the house of Stephen Ball where he then Boarded. He had been in a decaying State of health for about a year but had been better for several months past. He returned from a visit to his Children, at Medway on Wednesday last--on friday and Saturday he appeared to be failing, and said he should not live many days. 5 At 7 o'Clock this Evening Mrs. Russell Died. Thurs 9 Fair very warm Thermometer 90o Employd in Store Fri 10 Fair & very warm--92o do--do Sat 11 Fair Showers at 5 P.M. Ther. 92o do---do Sun 12 Fair warm Showers @ 4 P.M. did not attend Meeting Mon 13 Fair cooler Employd in Store Tues 14 do--do do Wed 15 do do Thurs 16 do do 10 Joshua T. Sanger removed from Templeton to Warwick. 11 Jonathan Shepardson's house struck by Lightning & considerable injured. 14 Association of Ministers met in this town---Lecture at 4oCl. P.M. by Mr Willard. Mon 27 Fair Employd in Store Tues 28 " do Wed 29 " do Thurs 30 " do July 1825 Fri 1 Employd in Store Weather Fair. Sat 2 Fair Emp. in Store & attended the funeral of Mrs. Williams. Sun 3 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon June Wm Bass Absent 8 days previous to this time 29 Put a Pump in the Well before my house having previously taken up a part of the stoneing cleared the bottom, and & stoned it up again. 29 Mrs. Williams wife of Joseph Williams Died of apoplexy July 2d The Funeral of Mrs. Williams was attended at the Meetinghouse at 11 oClock. A.M. between 70 & 80 Relatives followed in procession to the Grave. Mon 4 Rain in forenoon Fair P.M. Employd in Store and Selling property belonging to D. Wiswall's Estate Tues 5 Cloudy shower Thunder & lightning in afternoon Emp'd in Store Wed 6 Fair do Thurs 7 Fair cool evening do Fri 8 Fair do Sat 9 Fair do 4 Wm Bass absent had my horse to carry home Some flour &c 6 Began Haying Sun 10 Fair and very warm 93o Attended Meeting in Afternoon Mon 11 Fair & Very Warm 94o Employd in Store Tues 12 Fair very warm 94o Shower in the evening Wed 13 Fair Warm do Thurs 14 Fair Hazey do Fri 15 Fair, light showers do Sat 16 Fair warm Ther. 88o do The 11th & 12th days of this month were undoubtedly, the warmest that has been known for several years. Great numbers of Labouring men died in consequence of the heat and drinking cold Water. The 10th 14th 15th 16th & 17 were also very Warm--The Thermometer ranging at about 90o degrees at 2 oClock on those days. 14 Wm. Bass unwell & went home this Morning Absent 3 days. Fine Weather for Haying and Grass very good. Sun 17 Fair warm Ther. 88o Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 18 Fair warm Ther. 88o Employd Mowing in the forenoon in Store P.M Tues 19 Fair Warm Ther. 94o Employd in Store Wed 20 Fair warm brisk breeze from South Ther. 97o @ 3 oCl Empd in Store Thurs 21 Fair Ther 96o Slight rain in evening. Mowed in forenoon attended to Store P.M. Fri 22 Fair there. 95o at 2 oCl P.M. In Store Sat 23 Fair Ther 94o do 19 Sister Procter & Miss Lee from Royalston visited at my house and returned same day. 19 Mrs. Gardner died of Consumption 21 John B. Penniman Died Aged 17 yrs 6 mos disorder in the head. 22 Joseph Jeseph Died aE Dropsey 23 Eliza Hale Died aged 17 yrs 6 mos Typhus Fever. Sun 24 Fair Ther 93o Attended Funeral of John B. Penniman in Mor. Meeting in Afternoon. Mon 25 Fair Ther 88o Employd in Store Tues 26 Fair Emp'd in Store & with Stephen Johnson ditching in the Thayer Meddow Wed 27 Fair warm In Store Thurs 28 Fair warm Reap'd wheat & in Store. Fri 29 Fair do Employd in Store & with S. Johnson in ditching Medow Sat 30 do do do do Sun 31 Foggy mor. Foggy, Cloudy Rain all the afternoon- Ther. 96o at 1 oClock P.M. Attended Meeting in forenoon Mr Fletcher preached. 25 Finished Haying 29 Gardner Ball who has lately Married in Boston, came here on a visit with his Wife & her father and Mother. 30 Extremely dry--having had no rain since the 12th Inst and then but little. Fires doing damage in various parts of the town. The long continued and extreme heat, with little dew and no rain, has almost destroyed the corn and Gardens in many places. 28th Began to ditch Meddow Land August 1825 Mon 1 Fair Employ'd in Store &c Tues 2 Cloudy Rain do. Wed 3 Fair do. Thurs 4 Fair do. Fri 5 Fair hazey evening do Sat. 6 Fair warm Ther 90o Opened water course & laid bridge at the upper end of Meddow &c &c Sun 7 Fair Ther at 90o Heavy shower at 3 oCl. P.M. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day State of Health--The long continued Hot Weather, so uncommon in this climate, has produced unfavourable Symptoms of Dysentary & fevers, of which many cases have actually taken place, and a large number of people are in a relan'd [??] & debillitated State. Mon 8 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 9 Warm & Showers severe Thunder & Lightning to the South do Wed 10 Fair do Thurs 11 Fair do Fri 12 Fair do Sat 13 Fair do 12 Burned chop'd land on Mountain Sun 14 Fair Ther 95o Attended Meeting in forenoon J. Goldsbury Preached P.M. Mon 15 Fair and very warm Ther - 95o Employ'd in Store Taken sick in evening very restless Night Tues 16 Fair warm Confined to my house took Puke & Carthartic. Wed 17 Fair Cloudy confined to house the greatest part of the day Some better in afternoon & went to Store Thurs 18 Fair In House & Store still unwell Fri 19 do do Sat 20 Rain do Sun 21 Fair pleasant Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. No Meeting Mon 22 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 23 " do Wed 24 " do Thurs 25 " do Fri 26 " do Sat 27 " In Store & with labourers diging Stones & burning off land. Sun 28 Fair and very pleasant Unwell not able to attend Meeting. Mr. Willard Preached. Mon 29 Fair Employ'd in Store and with labourers making Wall. Tues 30 " In Store. Wed 31 " do September 1825 Thur 1 Fair warm cool night Emp. in Store Fri 2 Fair do Sat 3 Fair showers in afternoon do 29 Moses Williams Brought his wife from Boston, and left her here for health. 30 Stephen Johnson & family Broke up keeping house--the family came upon the town for Support. 3d Levi Stinson & Wife & Mrs Procter from Royalston on visit. " Lynda Cobb from Orange on Visit. " Wm Bass finished Work. Sun 4 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 5 " Employd in Store Tues 6 " do Wed 7 " do Thurs 8 " do Fri 9 Rain in Night do Sat 10 Fair do 6 Broke up Sward Land 7 Sowed Rye on New land Sun 11 Fair Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mr. Willson Preached Mon 12 Fair cloudy Employd in Store Tues 13 do do Wed 14 do do Thurs 15 do Empld with hands making fence at the upper lot in forenoon in Store P.M. Fri 16 do Employ'd in Store Sat 17 Cloudy rain do. 12 Capt John Pratt Died aged 76 13 David Rich's Child died aged about 4 weeks Sun 18 Fair Lame with Gout Mon 19 Fair and very pleasant Employd in Store but very much afflictd with Gout Tues 20 Cloudy rain cold In Store but little Wed 21 Cloudy Confined to house with Gout Thurs 22 Fair do Fri 23 " Got to Store P.M. Sat 24 " In Store considerable part of the day gout some better. 19 The Officers of the 3d Reg. & 2d Brig. & 4th Div. met at this place for Drill--Entertained by S. Fay. 19 Bought a Three Year Old Bay Horse Colt of James Reed of Northfield for which I gave my note for $60, payable in Six Months. 22 Nathaniel & Henry Mayo with their wives, from Burlington Vt. on visit. Sun 25 Fair & very pleasant first hard frost this mor.* Unable to attend Meeting on account of the Gout but some better Mr. Thomson of Barre Preached. Mon 26 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 27 " do Wed 28 " do Thurs 29 " do Fri 30 " do 25* No Frost to Kill vines till this morning--Cucumbers still Growing as Fresh as in August. October 1825 Sat 1 Fair & very pleasant Employ'd in Store Sun 2 Fair & very pleasant Attended to the neccessary business of the day--Meeting in the forenoon--The Funeral of John Smith's Child attend at his house P.M. Mon 3 Fair & warm Employd in Store Tues 4 Cloudy & rain do Wed 5 Fair warm Thermometer 80o do Thurs 6 do Ther. 80 do Fri 7 Fair very warm do. Sat 8 Fair Smokey air Took a Seat in the Stage at half past 4 oClock A.M. & arrived at Boston--Cobb's Marlboro Hotel at 8 P.M. 1 Denis Fay took the Stage for Boston -- being of age, he went to seek employment for himself. 1 John Smith's Child died of the Dysentary aged 8 years. 3 General Muster at N. Salem Col. N. Bryant Commandant Lt. Col L. Wheelock Maj. ----- Sawyer Quartermaster A. Mayo Surgeon Doct A Taylor Chaplin A Harding Adjutants Office vacant Sun 9 Very Smoaky coolish Went to P. D. Richard's to inquire after the health of Mrs Richard's at 8 A.M. found her very sick* --returned to my Lodgings Mon 10 Fair mor Rain P.M. Attended to Settling accts and paying off my notes &c. Looked at some goods Tues 11 Fair Attended to purchasing Goods &c Wed 12 " do Thurs 13 " Very lame this mor. found my right foot attacked with gout-- Took my Cain & hobbled round--closed up my business & purchasd my Goods. Fri 14 Cloudy Rain Took a Seat in the Stage at half past 1 oCL. A.M. and arrived at Warwick 6 P.M. in very great pain with my foot. Sat 15 Cloudy Attended to very little business. my foot very lame. 9* Mrs. Richards of Boston, died at 6 oClock P.M. aged 69 yrs. Sun 16 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 17 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 18 Fair do. Wed 19 Fair Opened New Goods Thurs 20 Fair Employ'd in Store opening Goods &c Fri 21 Squally cool do Sat 22 Fair do 18 Saml Leonard Jr & wife from Canton N.Y. on visit and Leonard Nash in company 22 Moses Williams from Boston came up after his wife who had been here several weeks fro her health Sun 23 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mr. Estabrook preached. Mon 24 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 25 Fair Employ'd making repairs of house &c Wed 26 Fair do Thurs 27 Cloudy rainy P.M. do Fri 28 Some rain fair do Sat 29 Fair do 23 Wid Sarah Lincoln (my Mother's sister) died at Petersham aged 73 Years. Sun 30 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 31 Fair Employd with Carpenters repairing house &c. November 1825 Tues 1 Fair Employd about my house &c Wed 2 Fair In Store &c Thurs 3 Fair do Fri 4 Fair do Sat 5 Fair pleasant do 30 Mr John Humphrey of Athol up on Visit, and to make some arrangements of his property in this place 30 Wm. Procter & Wife & child from Providence arrived this evening his Wife tarries with her Father Fay for the winter to come. 3 Doct. Amory Gale Married to Patty Leland & Went to Barre, where he had lately established himself in the Practice of Physick 4th Hon. Wm. Gray Died at Boston aged 75 Years. He armed [?] & improved more Merchant Vessels than any other man in the United States Sun 6 Fair and very pleasant Attended Meeting in afternoon Mr Rogers Preached. Mon 7 Fair Employd in Store making up an account of J Humphreys property in Warwick. Tues 8 Fair do Wed 9 Fair Went to Athol & tarried at J. Humphrey's Exhibited a Statement of his Estate in Warwick Thur 10 Fair Tarried at j. Humphreys till 11 oClock A.M. --set out for home--called at A Lincoln's--then at the Cotton Factory--bot. some Cotton Goods and arrived at Warwick 6 oClock P.M. Fri 11 Fair Employd in Store and about my house Sat 12 do do 10th Distructive Fire in Court Street Boston--25 Lawyer's Offices with most of their contents was lost--2 Large Librarys valued at $10,000 each and a large number of other buildings lost. Sun 13 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 14 Fair Employd in Store Tues 15 do Went to Greenfield in Company with Capt. Whitmore Wed 16 do Returned from Greenfield at evening Thurs 17 do Employd in Store Fri 18 do windy and cold P.M. do. Sat 19 Fair very Cold mor. Ther 8o Sun 20 Cloudy & Snow 1 inch Attended to the common occurences of the day Mon 21 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 22 Snow 3 Inchs do Wed 23 Fair cool do Thurs 24 Fair pleasant Attended Meeting* Fri 25 Fair warm Employd in Store & repairing barn &c Sat 26 do do 24* Thanksgiving 26 Sidney S. Barnes from Hartford on a Visit to his friends in this place, having been absent 9 years, and visited in that time the four quarters of the globe--attended School in England one year. Sun 27 Fair pleasant Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 28 Fair Employd in Store Tues 29 " do Wed 30 " do December 1825 Thurs 1 Fair Employd in Store &c Fri 2 Fair do Sat 3 do do Went to N.G. Steven's P.M. to appraise J Rich's Land to said Stevens. Sun 4 Fair Snow in Morning Attended to the necessary business of the day. Mon 5 Fair Employd in Store Attended Annual Meeting of Peace Society. Tues 6 " Employd in Store* Wed 7 Fair cool do. Thurs 8 Fair do Fri 9 do do Sat 10 do do 6* Jacob Rich Sale to N.G. Stevens Jr 150 Acres Land with a sawmill on the same--appraised by Wm Cobb Lemuel Wheelock & Jos. Stevens. at 542 dollars. Sun 11 Fair cool Attended to the necessary occurences of the day. Mon 12 Fair cool Employ'd in Store Tues 13 Fair Cold* thermometer in mor. 16o below Zero. & ranged from 8 to 10o below thro' the day. do Wed 14 Fair more moderate do Thurs 15 Fair moderate do Fri 16 do Cloudy evening do Sat 17 Cloudy rain do. 12 Amory Mayo in company with his brother Joel went to Ware to visit the Factories that were erecting in that place--Found very elegant & extensive far surpassing their expectation. But no chance for business except under complete contraul of the Company. 13* Extremely cold & Windy -- The Thermometer ranged lower than on the Memorable cold Friday Jan. 19th 1810. Sun 18th Rain Attended to the common Occurences of the day. Mon 19 Wet & very Windy Employ'd in store Tues 20 Fair do Wed 21 Cold Fair do Thurs 22 Fair cold Employ'd in Store and at Meetinghouse setting up Stove Fri 23 Cold do Sat 24 More moderate do Sun 25 Cloudy mist and rain Attended Meeting P.M. and in the Evening an address by the Peace Society* Mon 26 Fair Employd in Store and clearing Meetinghouse of the decorations. Tues 27 Fair Employd in store Wed 28 Fair do Thurs 29 Cloudy Snow in the Evening do Fri 30 Cloudy rain do Sat 31 Cloudy rain Ground covered with a thin Coat of Ice. do * 25 The Warwick branch of the Massachusetts Peace Society held their Christmas Anniversary. The Meetinghouse was illuminated & decorated with Transparucces & Emblems suitable for this Occasion--An Address was delivered by Rev. Mr Rogers of Bernardston. 26 S. & C. Root of Montague failed--Their Store in the South part of this town was shut up and the Goods assigned to Mr. Durkee Deaths 1825 Feb 14 Mrs. Smith Wife of John Smith 15 A. Child of Abijah Eddy aged 6 Months Hooping Cough. 20 Mrs. Goodell wife of Jos. Goodell died aged 88 yrs June 2 Mrs. Freedona Miller, wife of John C. Miller aged ___ 5 Daniel Bancroft aged 64 Dropsical affection. 5 Mrs. Esther Russell wife of Justus Russell Esq aged Consumption 30 Mrs. S. Williams wife of Joseph Williams aged apoplexy July 19 Mrs. Gardner ---Consumption 21 John B. Penniman son of Bunyan P. aged 17 yrs & 6 Mo Inflamation in the Head 23 Eliza Hale aged 17 Yrs 6 mo. Typhus Fever 22 Joseph Jeseph aged Dropsey 12 Capt John Pratt aged 76 Dropsey 13 A Child of David Rich's EA 4 weeks Oct 1 A Child of John Smith aged 3 years Dysentary Dec 21 Mrs Polly Williams wife of Samuel Williams aged Years--Fever 24 Mr. Samuel Lesure aged Pleurisy 28 Mrs _____ Haskell aged Diary Of William Cobb Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1826 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun August 1999 Prices of Produce Hay Ton $10,-- Rye Bushel 67 to 75 Corn do 54 to 56 Oats do ,30 Butter per pound ,14 to,16 Cheese " ,6 to ,8 Merchandise W.I. Rum ,90 Gall. N.E. do 35 " Molasses 34 " Brown Sugar ,10 to ,12 lb Loaf do 16 to 17 Tea Souchong ,52 to ,54 " Shin 66,-- " Hyson 1,06 " Bohea ,32 Raisins 10 to 11 Flour 6,25 Bbl Brandy Cognac 1,20 Gal Gin Hollands , 85 " " American , 24 " January 1826 Sun 1 Cloudy mist Ground covered with Ice. Attended Meeting P.M. Mon 2 Fair Employd in Store Tues 3 do do Wed 4 do do Thurs 5 do cold do Fri 6 do Cloudy evening. do Sat 7 Cloudy little snow do Sun 8 Cloudy moderate Attended Meeting P.M. Mon 9 Cloudy fog & some rain Employd in Store 6th Nathaniel G Stevens Jr Failed. --- Lemuel Wheelock Experience C. Wheelock and myself took a Mortgage of his Real Estate in the following Proportions, as Sums, due to each. Viz. Experience C. Wheelock $200,-- Lemuel Wheelock $150,-- Wm. Cobb & Co $150,-- $500,-- Tues 10 Fair pleasant warm. No snow on the ground Employd in Store Wed 11 Cloudy moderate do. Thurs 12 Fair windy do Business dull Fri 13 Fair warm Employd in Store Sat 14 Cloudy Snow rain do Sun 15 Cloudy fair & very pleasant Attended meeting in the afternoon Mon 16 Fair Employd in Store Tues 17 Fair do do 12th Mr. Abel Eddy died aged 86 yrs 15 Mr. Fay and Fanny Fuller married --- went to Bolton to reside Wed 18 Fair Employd in Store making out Statement of Old Accounts H.&C Thurs 19 " very pleasant do Fri 20 " do. Cloudy P.M. do Sat 21 Cloudy Fair do Sun 22 Fair cool Attended meeting in Afternoon Mon 23 Fair cloudy evening Employ'd in Store making Statement of Humphry & Cobb's business previous to 1826 Tues 24 Cloudy Snow about 5 inches do. Wed 25 Fair do Thurs 26 Fair Employd in Store Fri 27 Fair Cloudy & little Snow in the evening do Sat 28 Fair, very Warm & pleasant do Sun 29 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mr. Prisbury Preached Mon 30 Cloudy Snow in afternoon Employd in Store Tues 31 Fair do 26 Amory Mayo took a seat in the Stage for Worcester to find a place for trade. February 1826 Wed 1 Fair Employd in Store Thurs 2 " do Fri 3 " do Sat 4 " do Sun 5 Fair Attended Meeting in Afternoon---and Funeral of Samuel Reed. Mon 6 fair Employ'd in Store Tues 7 Fair, cloudy rain in Evening do 2 Mr Jonas Clark Died 3d Samuel Reed Died at the Factory-Fall River Greenfield aged 38 yrs He had been unwell about a week but not considered dangerous till a few hours before his death. Wed 8 Fair Employd in Store Thurs 9 do do Fri 10 " Employd in assaying papers and obtaining signatures to a remonstrance against the removal of the Post Office Sat 11 " do Sun 12 Fair Attended meeting in the afternoon Mon 13 " Employd in Store preparing papers to send to P.M. Gen. Tues 14 " do Wed 15 " do 8th Rec'd a Letter from the P.M. General that a petition had been sent in for a removal of my Post-Office to the East Road. The Inhabitants remonstrate against the ,measure--almost every person in town placed their signature upon the Remonstrance--and all other necessary measures were taken to prevent the Removal. (different color pen, probably added later) From an examination of facts relative to the Post-Office, Substantiated by the testimony of Several respectable persons in this vicinity--the Postmaster General determined that there was no necessity for a removal. Thurs 16 Little Snow Employd in Store Fri 17 Fair warm do Sat 18 Fair, Cloudy do Sunday 19 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 20 Fair moderate Employ'd in Store Tues 21 Cloudy Snow da???ss--4 inches fair evening do Wed 22 Fair cold high wind & Snow drifted do Thurs 23 Fair Employd in Store Fri 24 do do Sat 25 Fair do Sunday 26 Fair Attended to meeting P.M. Mon 27 Fair Employd in Store Tues 28 " do March 1826 Wed 1 Cloudy Snow Attended Vendure of Goods at Root's Store Thurs 2 Cloudy dull Employd posting town Books &c Fri 3 do do Sat 4 do do Sunday 5 Cloudy Confined with Gout Mon 6 do Attended townmeeting Tues 7 do Employd in Store 6th Annual Meeting Town Officers Chosen Viz Jona Blake Jr Esq Town Clerk Lemuel Wheelock Joseph Stevens } Selectmen Amory Gale & assessors Wm. Cobb Treasurer Samuel Moore Constable & Collector Elias Knolton Senator Wed 8th Cloudy Employd in Store Thurs 9 do confined to house by Gout Fri 10 do do Sat 11 do do Sunday 12 Fair Snow gone Confined by Gout & Rheumatism Mon 13 Fair Got into Store & Attended School Meeting in the evening Tues 14 Fair Employd in Store Wed 15 Fair & Pleasant do 10 Jacob Rich Died aged of Influenza 13 Abner Goodell Sold the sawyer place (so called) to Melzar Williams for $102,50, Cash in 30 days. Dean Penniman exchanged his land in Barnard Vt with Humphry Wheelock for the Mason Farm (so called) on Beach Hill 15 The Committee of the Turnpike Corporation Viewed the Route from Conants Mills thro' Issac Hastings Land & down the Gulf Road to the North Turnpike with intention of Making an Alteration in the Road. Thurs 16 Fair Pleasant Employd in Store Fri 17 Fair cool do Sat 18 Fair cool cloudy eving do Sun 19 Fair Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day Mon 20 Cloudy rain & Snow Employd in Store began Inventory of Goods. Tues 21 Fair Inventoried Goods &c &c Wed 22 Fair do Thurs 23 " do 19 Mrs. Betsey Delvu wife of Samuel J. Delvu Died --aged 32 years Fever 20 A Man who called himself John Wallace was apprehended for taking a pair of Boots from James Stockwell, and Committed to Jail. Fri 24 Fair Employd taking Account of Stock &c Sat 25 " do Sun 26 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 27 Fair do Tues 28 do do Wed 29 do cold do Thurs 29 Cold do Fri 31 do do 28 Samuel J Delvu's Child died aged 5 months. 30 Col. Josiah Taft removed from the Mason house to Capt Lesure's 30th Jonathan Davis removed from Long building to the Mason house. APRIL 1826 Sat 1 Fair pleasant Employd in Store closed Acct of Stock Sun 2 Fair Attended to the neccessary occurrences of the day Mon 3 Fair Attended Store, and Townmeeting in the afternoon. Tues 4 Fair Employd in making out Return to the General P. Office Wed 5 do pleasant do Thurs 6 Cloudy Snow P.M. Public Fast Fri 7 Fair Emp. finishing the return to Gen P.O. Sat 8 Fair pleasant in afternoon Emp. in Store and viewing roads, &c 6 Manning Wheelock moved his Family from this town to Mendon. 8 Went in company with S. Fay, Capt Moore, Col. Goodell & Doct. Taylor to view the proposed route for an alteration in the Turnpike Road from Josiah Conants to the Meeting house. Subscribed $20, towards making the alteration Sun 9 Cloudy and rain in Mor. Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 10 Fair cool Employd in Store &c Tues 11 Fair & extremly cold for the season* do Wed 12 Fair cool began to moderate do Thurs 13 Fair do Fri 14 " do Sat 15 Fair & very pleasant do 11th* The weather more extremly cold than has been experienced for many years past--on the Night between the 11th & 12th the Ice froze in a Watering trough 2 1/4 Inches thick.---- And altho' the day (of the 11th) was clear, except some few flying Clouds, the Snow on the South side of the Roofs of the buildings did not melt. 15 Mrs. Ball wife of James Ball commited Suicide, by cutting her throat with a Shingle Shave Aged 66 Sun 16 Fair Attended to the common occurrences of the day Mon 17 Cloudy cool Employd in Store Tues 18 Fair pleasant Visit to Abijah Firken in the morning and Attended the funeral of Mrs. Ball in the afternoon Wed 19 " Attended to Store and arranging my Books for Inventory Thurs 20 " do Fri 21 " do Sat 22 do do Wm. Procter arrived from Providence Where he had been doing business about two years. but failed of success in processing any property to himself. He found himself Bankrupt to the Amount of Several hundred dollars. Went from this place to Albany. Sun 23 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 24 Fair Employd in Store Tues 25 " do Wed 26 " do Thurs 27 " do Fri 28 " do Sat 29 Cloudy Rain do Sund. 30 Fair do [this is probably a mistake, it being Sunday] 27 Wm Perry began work MAY 1826 Mon 1 Fair Attended to Store and Town Meeting * Tues 2d Fair In Store Wed 3 Fair do Thurs 4 Fair and very warm do Fri 5 Fair warm do made deeds of Land to & from Samuel Fay of the Thayer Farm &c Sat 6 " do *1 Jona Blake Jr Esq. chosen Representative to the General Court of this Commonwealth. Sun 7` Fair Cloudy some rain Attended to necessary concerns of the day Mon 8 Fair Employd in Store Tues 9 " do Wed 10 " Set out for Boston in company with Lemuel Wheelock & wife-- James Ball Jun carried us to Athol where we took the Stage for Boston and arrived there at 8oClock P. M.--put up at Shepards--- Thurs 11 Fair Attended to Settlement of Debts--looked at Goods &c. Fri 12 " Purchased some Goods and looked at others. 7 Andrew Russell & Melinda Fay Married Sat 13 Fair Warm Attended to buying Goods &c. Sun 14 Fair warm Attended Meeting at Boylston Hall--heard a Sermon from a Swedenborgian Minister from N.Y. + Good) Mon 15 " Employd in the purchase of Goods &c Tues 16 " Purchased Goods Loaded Team &c Wed 17 " Took seat in Stage and arrived at Warwick at 7 P.M. Thurs 18 " Employd in arranging Bills looking at farm &c. &c Fri 19 " Attended to Store and Farm Sat 20 " Goods arrived from Boston-- unloaded Team opened goods &c 19 J. Procter & L B. Procter came from Royalston on Visit &c 20 Sold Laban B. Procter the Bishop place (so called) for $350,-- took up a note he held against me for #50,-- Recd a Note signed by J. Procter & Elias Stearns for $100,-- and took his Notes for the remainder payable annually $50, each Sun 21 Fair warm & very dry Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 22 Fair shower in mor. Fair Employd Opening Goods &c Tues 23 Fair warm do Wed 24 do do Thurs 25 Fair & warm & very dry Employd on farm & little in Store Fri 26 do In Store & attending to the arrangment of Capt Lesure's affairs Sat 27 Fair Showers P.M. Employ'd on Farm & in Store 25 Sowed Oats & Grass seed on the Thayer land--upper part. 26 Capt C. Lesure--Failed-- finding himself much embarrased in his p[??]uniary concerns, he called on his Creditors to take his property and cancel his debts. 27 S. Procter returned home to Royalston 27 Planted potatoes--Pease Cucumbers &c Sun 28 Fair Attended Meeting P.M. Mr Chandler Preached Mon 29 Fair Rain employ'd in Store Tues 30 Fair cool do. do Wed 31 Fair do do JUNE 1826 Thurs 1 Fair Rain Employd in Store Fri 2 Fair do Sat 3 Fair & very Warm do Very dry in all parts of the country--the worms destroy all the garden vegetable--but very little of any thing growing in any Gardens that was put in the ground early in the Season--- Grass very small--old hay scarce and dear. Potatoes Scarce--,33 Cts per Bushel 31 Capt. Lesures Personal Property Sold at Auction. by consent of him & the creditors. June 1 Exchanged Horses with Laban B. Procter--gave $40, to boot. Mrs. Cobb & Maria Nash went to Gill 2 Sowed Beets & Carrots. 3 Finished planting potatoes--Corn large enough to weed Sun 4 Fair very warm-- Attended to the neccessary occurrences of Showers P.M. cool evening the day. Mon 5 Cloudy and cold Employd in Store Tues 6 Cloudy cool do Wed 7 Fair warm Shower in the evening do Thurs 8 Fair and very warm do Fri 9 Fair showers at a distance Warm do Sat 10 Fair Warm Employd in Store and work upon Butter Cellar-- laying Stone floor 7 Wed my Corn Sun 11 Fair warm Attended Meeting in afternoon-- Mr Estabrook preached Mon 12 Fair cool Employ'd in Store &c Tues 13 Fair do--attended a Lecture of the Association at 4 oClock P.M. Wed 14 Fair Employd in Store &c Thurs 15 Cloudy rain in night Employd in Store Gardens &c Fri 16 Cloudy Fair do Sat 17 Fair Warm Employd about my farm House &c 11 Extremly Dry--very little prospect for hay this year Grain rising-- Grass happens in great abundance 13 Maria Nash returned from a Visit to Northampton Greenfield &c. 14 Samuel Cobb went to Montague to work for Wm. Robbinson. Sun 18 Fair Attended Meeting in the Afternoon. Mon 19 Fair warm Employd in Store & about aquaduct. Tues 20 Cloudy and stedy rain all day Employd in Store Wed 21 Cloudy & some rain do Thurs 22 Fair Employed on farm & in Store Fri 23 Cloudy rain in afternoon do Sat 24 Rain in the forenoon Employd making a Gate & other repairs about the house 21 Made out a Specification of the "Revolving timber plane" for Capt. Daniel N. Smith, & forwarded it to Washington by Mail 22 Ploughed up Mowing land on the hill--harrowed it down, and planted Corn on part, & Sowed Oats on the remainder, calculating it for fodder--The draught has been so great that very little grass is growing on Mowing land that has been lately laid down. 24 Charles went to Gill. Sun 25 Fair Attended Meeting the afternoon Mon 26 Rainy Employd in Store Tues 27 Fair warm Showers P.M. do --and in Garden Wed 28 Fair Employd in Store Thurs 29 Fair--Rain in abundance P.M. do Fri 30 Fair warm do 26 Cabbage & Lettis came out of the ground that had been sown a month. 27 Planted Beets & Carrots. 27 James Goldsbury raised his house 28 Levi Whitney ploughed a piece of my Mowing Land, and planted potatoes. 29 Father Leonard from Gill on a visit and to get advice on account of his affairs with his son Moses 29 Gathered green "Pease" No rains the forepart of this month--It had became extremly dry, and the whole faces of the earth presented strong indications of famine, and almost every Heart despaired till the 20th when our desponding hopes were revived by rain during the whole day. From that time to the 30th we had five great showers, & continued rains, which put on a new appearance to the face of the earth and every thing which remained and escaped the ravages of insects, came forward with great rapidity. JULY 1826 Sat 1 Fair Cloudy P.M. rain in the evening Employ in Store &c Very lame in my right foot. Sun 2 Fair-Showers Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 3 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 4 Fair, warm Showers P.M. do Wed 5 Fair do Thurs 6 Fair Showers do Fri 7 Fair Employed in forenoon underpining a Pool house &c --in Store P.M. Sat 8 Fair warm In Store making a Quarterly return to the Gen. P Office 1 Raised a Pool-house 18 by 14 feet, which was undertaken by Jonathan Wheelock for $15,-- He found his own board and every material except nails Hinges and Shingles. 3 Mrs. Jane Pripp taken for assault & Battery, and threatening revenge upon the Family of Samuel Barnes--found guilty and required to give Bond of $100, for good behavour but not being able to procure bonds, she was committed to Jail. 4th John Adams. the second President of the United States- died at his residence in Quincy Mass. on the evening of the 50th Anniversary of American Independence--he was one of the number who signed the Declaration of American Independence. The same day & afternoon. Thomas Jefferson another President of the U.S. & signer of the Declaration of Independence departed this life-- The only person remaining, who Signed the declaration of Independence is Charles Carrol of Maryland. Mr. Adam's age was 91 years & Mr. Jefferson's 84 years Sun 9 Fair & Warm Attended Meeting in Afternoon--Mr Willson preached Mon 10 Fair warm Employd in Store Tues 11 Fair very Warm Showery P.M. do Wed 12 Fair Hazey Warm do Thurs 13 Very clear sir little wind S.W. Cloudy evening In Store & among hay Fri 14 Cloudy rain In Store Sat 15 Fair cloudy do 10 People generally beginning to Hay Crops of Grass extremly light and the Grasshoppers very plenty. Corn looks very well and grows with great rapidity. Blueberries uncommonly plenty. Winter Rye very good, and some people beginning to Reap 10 Began Haying 15 Began to Reap Rye--crop very good Sun 16 Fair Hazy P.M. Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 17 Foggy mor Fair P.M. in very heavy Showers Employ'd in Store & Stacking up Rye Tues 18 Fair Employ'd in Store & securing grain Wed 19 Fair cloudy evening Employd in Store Thurs 20 Fair do Fri 21 Fair Cloudy & Rain P.M. do Sat 22 Fair Warm do 18 finished Reaping Rye 20 Began to mow at the upper lot--Grass very thin 22 Col. Taft Removed from Capt Lesures to the Green house to live with Joel Willard. Laban B. Procter and his Mother from Royalston on Visit--took Mortgage Deed of L.B. Procter for security 150 dollars being the balance due for the Bishop place Sun 23d Fair brisk air Attended Meeting Mr. Bailey Preached Mon 24 Fair good hay weather Employd in Store Tues 25 Very Fair do Wed 26 Fair showery. In Store & on Farm Thurs 27 Fair Employd in Store fitting up some painted Casks for Rum & Brandy Friday 28 Fair & very pleasant In Store Sat. 29 Fair In Store &c Rye generally cut last week. 23 Corn Silked out and grows very fast The late rains have put a new face upon the earth-- the hills that had whitened by the drought, have become green & flourishing. 24 Mowed the Wait Land (so called) an extraordinary good crop, in comparison with other lands this year. 26 Mowed the low land on the Thayer Lot. Ploughed up a piece of Mowing land below the Barn--turned it nicely over then loosened the earth on the top of the furrows with hoes & covered all the Grass, & Sowed it with turnips. Sowed a part of my Garden with turnips where my Beets & Carrots had failed after three repeated sowings. 27 Caleb Hastings Child died, aged about 2 weeks. 29 Gathered Green Corn fit for boiling and also Shelled Beans. Sun 30 Fair Showers at a distance Attended Meeting in the fornoon. Mon 31st Fair Employ'd in costing & completing my last Spring Inventory of Goods 29th Finished Haying---The quantity of hay very small--not half the usual quantity. The late rains have moistened the earth, and pastures are much improved. The Grasshoppers continue their depredations upon vegetables Spring grain &c, in an unexampled degree--many fields of Spring grain have been mown for fodder, to save the remnant that the grasshoppers have not yet devoured. 29th Zachariah Field exchanged his Tavern Stand at Athol with a Mr Presson for a Farm in Greenfield and removed about a week Since. 31th Amory Mayo's Daughter born -- Named Caroline Augusta AUGUST 1826 Tues. 1 Cloudy and Some rain. Employed in arranging Accounts & closing up Inventory. Wed 2 Fair do. Thurs 3d Fair do Fri 4 Fair do Sat 5 do Attended to Store &c* 2 Wilder Stevens Died -- aged 79 Years. -- of no disorder, except the infirmities of old age. 4th Benja Franklin Wilson, from Prescott, Upper Canady, came to this place to procure some money out of the Estate of Saville Medcalf, late of Orange deceased. --Received $148,- and gave a discharge for all the heirs of Ebaneser Wilson. * Assisted in a Settlement between Wm. Jackson & John Bowman in Which the town of Warwick were some concerned, in regard to an Indenture executed by the overseers of the poor with said Jackson for the maintainance & Service of David N. Bishop a pauper child--Said Bowman having procured a Letter of Guardianship for said David took his proxy[?] the said Jackson without his consent, and the said Jackson sued said Bowman for the services of this David--but upon agreement of the parties and payment of $30, by said Bowman to Said Jackson, all differences were Settled. Sun 6 Fair-Cloudy little rain at night Attended Meeting Mr. Harding Preached Mon 7 Cloudy dull Employd in Store &c Tues 8 Fair do Wed 9 Fair do Thurs 10 Fair warm do Fri 11 Cloudy rain do Sat 12 Cloudy rain do 7th Jacob Coller & Betsey Smith Married. 8 John Whitney & John Whitney Jun. had their personal & Real Estate attached for several Dobbs due at Boston and in this vicinity. 10 Capt. C. Lesure's Wife very sick of a Bilious Fever 12 Moses Leonard & Wife from Gill on visit. 12 Charles exchanged his young Horse with Mathew Cheney of Orange for a 2 year old Mare Colt, and $38,-- in Cash. June 13 Cloudy rain in Showers Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr. Wellington Preached Mon 14 Cloudy rain Employd in making Writings, for a Settlement between C. Lesure and his Creditors. Tues 15 Cloudy and Some rain Employd in Store &c Wed 16 Cloudy Fair Employd making fence between J. Wheelock land & my house pastures and in Store Thurs 17 Cloudy fair afternoon and evening do Fri 18 do. little rain Employd in forenoon making fence in a new direction through my upper pasture Sat 19 Cloudy fair Showery. do 14th Rec'd of C. Lesure a Deed of all his Real Estate and the avails of his Personal Estate which had been sold at Auction &c and agreed to pay out to the Creditors whatever might realize from the property received. 17 Made a Temporary exchange of Pasture Land with Jona Wheelock and fenced out the same--gave him about 1 1/2 an Acre in addition to the west end of my Mountain Pasture--and also rec'd of him about 1 1/2 Acre at the North end of his pasture adjoining my upper lot, making a lane from grace Brook at the Turnpike Road to my pasture. 17 Samuel Fay began to make the Turnpike Road thro' Isaac Hasting's & Caleb Mayo's Land, from the Road leading from I. Hastings to C Mayo's to the Old Turnpike near Josiah Connant's Mills. Sun 20 Fair Attended to the neccessary Concerns of the day--had a fall in the morning and lamed my right side & hip---Mr Huntington preached Mon 21 Cloudy & some rain Employd in Store Tues 22 Fair Emp. in Store and about repairing Waggons for to go to Canton Wed 23 Hazey do Thurs 24 do do Fri 25 Cloudy rain do Sat 26 do do 21 Capt. C. Lesure's Wife died--of a fever--aged 37 Years. 25 Mrs. Nobby Mayo Wife of Joel Mayo Died--Consumption Aged 40 Years. 26 Capt. D. N. Smith set out for Boston with his new invented Machine for planing timber Sun 27 Fair some clouds Attended Meeting & funeral of Joel Mayo's Wife in the afternoon. Mon 28 Cloudy rain Employd in Store &c Tues 29 Fair do and fixing out Waggon for Journey to the West. Wed 30 Fair Warm In Store, & Cutting Bushes Thurs 31 do do 27 The funeral of Joel Mayo's Wife attended at the Meetinghouse this afternoon. 30 & 31 Cut bushes on account of it being in the old of the moon & sign in the heart[?] which is said will effectually kill them. SEPTEMBER 1826 Fri 1 Cloudy in the morning & some rain & Fair Employd in Store &c Sat 2 Fair do Sun 3 Fair Shower in evening Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mr Rogers Preached. Mon 4 Cloudy some rain in mor. Employed in Store &c & Showers in the evening Tues 5 Fair Employ'd in Store Wed 6 Fair do Thurs 7 Fair do 2 Exchanged Moses Leonard's Horse with Jona Burnet & took his to Span mine--which made a Very good pair--gave $20, to boot. 4th Mrs. Cobb & Charles & Maria Nash set out for Canton N.York with a Span of good Horses and a cover'd Waggon with Spring Seats 7 Mowed late Oats & sowing 7th Luke Bemis moved from Royalston to Warwick and took S. Fay's Blacksmith Shop on Shares. 8 Royal Hutchins blown up by the Accidental discharge of a Rock on the Turnpike Road. Fri 8 Hazy cool Employd in Store Sat 9 Fair warm do Sun 10 Rain in Mor Fair warm Attended to the common Occurances of the day Mon 11 Fair Employd in Store Tues 12 Fair warm do Wed 13 do do Thurs 14 Cloudy very heavy Showers P.M. do Fri 15 Fair do Sat 16 do cool some frost do 9 Mr. Henry Leland died aged 76 years. 9 Cut up the Corn that I planted (the 22d of June) for fodder. Some of the ears were fit for the Table,--and the Crop abundant--after the Sward had been turned over the ground was harrowed, and light furrows made about 2 feet apart, in which the corn, (after being soaked 12 hours) was sowed in drill. It was hoed in a slight manner twice to prevent the grass from choking it, but not earth up. This experiment proves to my satisfaction, the utility of a corn crop for fodder. Another part of the same field was sowed with oats at same time, but did not yield half the amount of fodder in proportion to the ground it occupied. 12 Cut a second clover crop which was very Good. 12 Laban B. Procter came from Royalston to Warwick and began to board with me--Went to Work upon his house, repairing and painting. Sun 17 Fair Attended meeting in afternoon Mon 18 Fair cloudy rain P.M. Employ'd in Store Tues 19 Fair do Wed 20 Fair Employd in Store & attended Probate Court Thurs 21 Fair warm Employ'd in Store & Sowing Rye Fri 22 Fair Employd in Store Sat 23 Cloudy and Rain do 20 General Muster & Inspection of 5 Regiments at Deerfield--Gov. Lincoln & the Adjutant Gen. attended. This Regiment (3d) Commanded by Col. Lyman Sawyer (N.Salem) Lt. Col. Lemuel Wheelock (Warwick) Major Amory Mayo, Quartermaster. 21 Daniel Johnson's Child died of Dysentary aged about 2 years. Sun 24 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 25 Cloudy rain Employd in Store &c Tues 26 Cloudy fair do Wed 27 Cloudy and some rain do Thurs 28 Cloudy Fair Rain in heavy Showers Attended General Meeting at Athol Fri 29 Fair Employ'd in Store Sat 30 Fair pleasant do. 27 This day was improved by 24 Hunters killing Squirrels and other Game but much dissatisfaction was expressed on Account of Joel Jennings & John Watts, as there was reason to believe that they did not kill all the game that they exhibited. 28 General Muster at Athol--The Companies appeared very finely & The Officers Splendid. Commanded by Col. Townshend --Maj. Gen. F. Gregory. 29 Mr. John Bacheller died aged 80 yrs 28 L.B. Procter went to Muster this morning & from there to Royalston to transact some business &c OCTOBER 1826 Sun 1 Fair Attended meeting & Funeral of Mr. John Bacheller Mr. Willard Preached. Mon 2 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 3 " do Wed 4 " do Thurs 5 " do Fri 6 " do Sat 7 Cloudy cool do 1 Mr. Sawyer of Lancaster and Catharine Burnet of Warwick were Married. 2 Mrs. Cobb returned from Canton with Geo. Hathaway & Moses Leonard Jr. Charles did not return--but continued to tarry till sleighing and longer if he found business to suit. 3 Mr. Joseph Williams and Widow Lucy Pratt Married. 5 L.B. Procter returned from Royalston this evening Sun 8 Fair Attended Meeting in the forenoon Mon 9 Fair Employd in Store Tues 10 Fair do Wed 11 Fair do Thurs 12 Fair Cloudy cool do Fri 13 Fair do Sat 14 Cloudy cool Took a Seat in Stage at 5 oClock A.M. and East wind arrived at Boston at 9 oClock P.M. Put up at Sheppards. 9th Samuel Leonard & his son Moses made a bargain for Separation. Moses Deeded back the Farm to his father, and his Father gave up the right of improvement of 4 Acres of Land, and paid Moses $200, in ready money-- said Moses agreeing to furnish his father with provisions for one year--leave him a horse & Cow and hay to keep them thro' the Winter next coming. 12th Doct. Benjamin Hazeltine died of Lung fever--aged 63 yrs the 8th day of July last. 12 Finished harvesting corn--found that the corn which had been cut up with the Stalk & shooked up in the field came out bright & good and the Stocks & husks very green and good fodder. Should think it a better method to cut the top stalks and let the corn stand in the field till dry Sun 15 Fair At Boston, but did not attend meeting Went to P.D. Richard's in the evening Mon 16 Fair Loaded at Goods & paid off some debts &c &c Tues 17 Fair Attended to purchasing Goods &c. &c. Wed 18 Fair do Thurs 19 Cloudy some rain do---Loaded my goods on J. Draper's team. and closed my business in Boston. Fri 20 Fair Cloudy took seat in Stage at 1 o'Clock A.M. and arrived at Warwick at 6 P.M. Sat 21 Cloudy and some rain Employ'd in Store 19 John Horsley removed from Ervings Grant to Warwick--went into a room in the Factory building 21 Sally and Lucy Williams moved from their Father's to the Factory Store & set up the Tailoring business. Sun 22 Fair Attended Meeting A.M. Mon 23 Fair Unloaded Goods from Boston &c Tues 24 Fair Employd marking Goods &c &c Wed 25 Fair do Thurs 26 Fair do Fri 27 do cold do. Sat. 28 Fair cold cloudy rain Went to Gill in order to Settle with Moses more moderate Leonard & closed our business--paid him by on demand $25 for a white horse I had put off of his property 27 The Inhabitants of Warwick assembled in Town Meeting & Chose a Committee of 3 persons - (C. Mayo Ebz Stearns & James Ball) to wait on a Committee of the Turnpike Corporation appointe for the purpose of viewing the Turnpike Roads and making alterations in the same. Sun 29 Fair Warm Returned from Gill this forenoon.--& attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 30 Rain Employd in Store. Tues 31 Fair do NOVEMBER 1826 Wed 1 Rain Employd in Store. Thurs. 2 Fair Rain do. and attended to Carpenters Shingling a part of the Roof of my house. Fri 3 Fair PM Employd in Store &c Sat 4 do do 31 A Courts Committee met at S. Fay's to examine a proposed alteration in the Turnpike Road thro' Warwick--but the Turnpike Directors having neglected to locate the Road, the meeting was adjourned. The Canal Commissioners surveyed and staked out a route for a Canal from Brattleboro Vt. thro' Vernon, Northfield, Gill &c to Northampton Ms. Sun 5 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 6 Fair rain in evening Employ'd in Store Tues 7 Cloudy rain Went to Greenfield & attended Probate Court* Fair pleasant returned to Gill and tarried at Father Leonards. Wed 8th Fair windy Returned from Gill--arrived home P.M. Thurs 9 Fair Employ'd in Store Fri 10 Cloudy rain in morning Fair do Sat 11 Fair do 7 The Directors of the 5th Massachusetts Turnpike Corporation Located a piece of Road from Doct. Taylor's House acrost his Land to the Bishop house (so called) * Took a Letter of Administration on the Estate of Doct B Hazeltine, deceaxd C. Mayo Esq Jos. Stevens & } appraisers. Elijah Fisk 8th Moses Leonard removed his family from Gill to Canton, N.Y. 11th Carried out my Summer dung. Sun 12 Fair Attended Meeting P.M. Mon 13 " Employd in Store Tues 14 Cloudy little In Store--went to Medad Pomeroy's and Joseph Snow & rain P.M. Goodell's Wed 15 Fair cold Employd in Store Thurs 16 " do & about my Barns &c. Fri 17 " do Sat 18 " do and at a Vendue at Capt. Lesure's 14 Borrowed of Wid. Sarah Pomeroy $250,~ for Samuel Leonard of Gill Sun 19 Fair cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 20 Fair Employd in Store Tues 21 Fair Cloudy rain Snow do Wed 22 Fair In Store & about my house. Thurs 23 Fair do Fri 24 Fair cold do Sat 25 Fair moderate In Store in forenoon Attended to the appraisement of Doct. Benjamin Hazeltine's Estate. 20 Samuel Gusm Jr Died aged Sun 26 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 27 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 28 " do Wed 29 " do Thurs 30 Fair and very pleasant Thanksgiving In consequence of the establishment of the alteration in the Turnpike Road across the corner of Doct. Taylor's land, Building Spots below the Meetinghouse became valuable, and in demand. Doct Taylor Sold to Samuel Fay one acre of Land for $187.50 and to Lemuel Wheelock 3/4th of an Acre for $85,~ DECEMBER 1826 Fri 1 Rain in the Morning, Fair PM Employd in Store Sat 2 Fair cool Employ'd in Store and about my farm & barn Sun 3 Fair cold no snow Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mr. Harding upon the ground. preached Mon 4 Fair Employd in Store & about my house Tues 5 Fair warm Employd with J. Moody in erecting a fire place with sheet Iron Cap in Northeast Room in my House Wed 6 do attended killing hogs &c. Thurs 7 do Cutt up & salted pork &c. &c. Fri 8 do rain in evening In Store & about the House and Barn. Sat 9 Very rainy frost all out of the ground. do 8th Rec'd a Deed from O. Holden to A. Mayo of 1/2[?] acre of Land & building, situated northeast of the Meetinghouse, near Capt James Goldsbury's--Consideration 80 dollars. Sun 10 Cloudy rain Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 11 Fair cool Attended Store and Town Meeting P.M.* Tues 12 Fair Employd in Store Wed 13 Do do Thurs 14 Do do Fri 15 do do Sat 16 Fair and very pleasant Employd with A Bass repairing the roof of my house &c &c. 11 The Town Voted to oppose the alteration of the Turnpike Road from Smith's Tavern in Orange to Brick School house in the North part of this town. Chose a committee to confer with the Turnpike corporation and adjourned the meeting to heare the Report of the Committee. 16 Joel Willard closed work in Fay's Blacksmith Shop. Sun 17 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 18 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 19 Fair cold do Wed 20 do ground hard frozen do Thurs 21 Fair do Fri 22 do do Sat 23 do cold Attended to the preparations for Christmas Sun 24 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 25 Fair cold Attended to the decorations of the Meetinghouse & in the evening to an address to the Peace Society by Mr. Perkins.* Tues 26 Cloudy snow Employd in Store &c Wed 27 Fair do Thurs 28 Fair do Fri 29 " do Sat 30 Cloudy and little Snow do Sun 31 Snow from N.E. Attended to the concerns of the day * The Warwick branch of the Massachusetts Peace Society and the Members of the Royalston Branch united and met at Warwick. the Rev. Mr Perkins of Royalston delivered an appropriate address and the lair of Singers performed their part with great precision & to the admiration of the Audience. Diary Of William Cobb Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1827 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun August 1999 JANUARY 1827 Prices Current Hay Scarse $15, per ton Rye ,75 per bushell Corn ,75 " Potatoes ,25 " Cider ,75 per Bbl Beef good $4,- per Hunded Pork ,4 to ,5 per pound Butter ,15 per pound Merchandise Rum W.I. ,80 per Gall " N.E. , 34 " " H. Gin 87 " " Brandy Cog. 1,15 " " Molasses , 34 " " Sugar Brown $9 to 11 hund [?] " Loaf ,16 lb Sou. Tea ,53 Hyson 1,00 Coffee ,17 JANUARY 1827 Mon 1 Cloudy Snow Employd in Store Tues 2 Snow Fair Snow 15 Inches do Wed 3 Fair do Thurs 4 Fair cloudy evening Went to Royalston to visit my Sister Procter--found her in a state of derangement & amaciated. Fri 5 Fair cold Employed in Store. Sat 6 Fair Moderate excellent sleighing do 1 Very little Snow upon the Ground till today. 2 James Pierce's Child died 5 Sold Horse to S. Fay for $40.~~~ Sun 7 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 8 Fair pleasant In Store--attended Town Meeting P.M.* Tues 9 Snow from the N.E. In Store Wed 10 Cloudy, snow, fair do Thurs 11 Fair warm do Fri 12 Fair, cloudy Snow in evening Painted direction Boards Sat 13 Snow in Mor. 12 inches and drifted do *8 The Town voted to oppose the alteration of the Turnpike Road from the east part of the town to the Centre. and to instruct our Representitives to opose it in the legislature. Sun 14 Fair, cold Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 15 Cold mor fair Roads blocked up Employ'd in Store. Tues 16 Cloudy misty and Snow do Wed 17 Fair cold do Thurs 18 Fair & Very cold do Fri 19 Fair Cold do Sat 20 Fair and extreem cold do 15 Capt. D. N. Smith received Patent for his "Revolving Timber Plane". 15 Made out a Copy for Advertisement &c for Capt Smiths Machine 16 Took an Assignment from Capt. Smith for one Moity of the Patents for his Timber Plane, and gave him an obligation to account with him for the Net Profits I might hereafter realize for use or sale of patents. [A Moity (moiety) is one half] 17 Amory Mayo set out this morning with Capt Smith & David Ball for Boston and carried a Machine which Capt Smith had prepared to make Trunnels for Vessels. Sun 21 Fair cold Thermometer at 22o below 0. Attended to my house and Barn Mon 22 Fair In Store &c Tues 23 Cloudy & Snow do Wed 24 Fair do Thurs 25 Cloudy fair do Fri 26 Cloudy do Sat 27 Fair warm do 22 Amory Mayo returned from Boston 24 Col. Josiah Taft removed his Furniture from Warwick to West Boylston with intention of residing at that place. 25 Rufus Knight removed from Royalston to Warwick, having purchased a Farm of Capt. Enoch Whitmore. 26 Capt. E. Whitmore removed from Warwick to Royalston. Sun 28 Fair Employ'd in the necessary concerns of the day Mon 29 Fair & very pleasant cloudy evening Employed in Store put up Medicine for Doct. Chamberlin [?] in the evening. Tues 30 Snow In Store &c. Wed 31 Snow fell about 1 foot deep In Store 31 Sleigh ride, and Ball at S. Fay's FEBRUARY 1827 Thurs 1 Fair Attended to Store & Barn Fri 2 do do Sat 3 do warm do Sun 4 Fair cold Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 5 Snow Employ'd in Store Tues 6 Fair do Wed 7 Fair pleasant Attended Probate Court at S. Fays and transacted business in Store. Thurs 8 Fair do Employd in Store Fri 9 do do Sat 10 Snow do 2 Charles C. Cobb returned from Canton N.Y. in Company with Leonard Nash & Charles Nash. 8 My Mother returned from Royalston. Sun 11 Fair, flying Clouds & very high wind & Attended to Barn &c no meeting cold Road all blocked up Mon 12 Fair & Cold Employd in Store &c Tues 13 Fair do Wed 14 Fair Moderate do Thurs 15 Cloudy moderate Snow in evening do Fri 16 Fair do Sat 17 do do 13 Leonard Nash returned from Greenfield--Father & Mother Leonard from Gill came with him. 15 Leonard Nash Left here for gill with intention of returning to Canton as fast as possible Fanny Stoughton left Warwick with L. Nash to go to her friends in York State. Sun 18 Fair moderate Attended to the Neccessary business of the day. Mon 19 Windy Cold & Blustering Employd in Store Tues 20 Fair do Wed 21 " do Thurs 22 " do. Visited at David Balls. Fri 23 " " Fair, warm Sat 24 " " do do 22 Simeon Knowlton's wife died aged 31 yrs. Consumption Sun 25 Fair Employd in the necessary business of the day Mon 26 Fair Employd in Store Tues 27 " do Wed 28 " do 28 Miss Eluthera Ball Daughter of Dea Samuel Ball aged 19 yrs. MARCH 1827 Thurs 1 Fair morning Employ'd posting Treasury Books &c Cloudy evening--rain & hail Fri 2 Cloudy do Sat 3 Fair Settled Treasury Accounts with Selectmen. Sun 4 Fair Employd at home. Mon 5 Fair pleasant Attended Town Meeting--in Store &c. Tues 6 Fair rain in evening Employd in Store Wed 7 Cloudy some rain do 1 Amory Mayo went to Greenwich to see W.P. Wing with an idea of entering into trade with him. 5 Town Officers Chosen Jona Blake Jr Esq Town Clerk Lemuel Wheelock Joseph Stevens &} Selectmen & Assessors Amory Gale Wm Cobb Town Treasurer Abner Goodell Constable & Collector 6 Charles C. Cobb went to Gill to live with his Grandfather Leonard. 7 Jona Davis removed from the Mason house to the Long Building & L. Bemis removed from the Long Building to the Mason House. Thurs 8 Fair Employ'd in Store Fri 9 Fair pleasant do Sat 10 Cloudy mor. Fair do Sun 11 Fair pleasant Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 12 Fair cloudy rain evening Employd in Store Tues 13 Fair cold windy do Wed 14 Fair cold do Thurs 15 Fair cold do 9 Exhibition of Speaking, by Dennis Fay & others at Saml Fays Hall. 13 David Burnet's Wife died aged 20 years-- Consumption 13 Miss Atwood died aged years 13 Exhibition of Speaking at Saml Fays by Schollars of the School District No.8 14 John Humphry from Athol on business. Fri 16 Fair cool Employ'd in Store Sat 17 Fair Pleasant do Sun 18 Cloudy Rain Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 19 Fair Employ'd in Store Taking Account of Stock. Tues 20 cool do Wed 21 " do Thurs 22 " do Fri 23 moderate do Sat 24 " do 17 Agreed with John Humphry to put in Stock in equal shares with me to the Amount of $2,000 and that Amory Mayo should improve[?] the Same in Trade for for one year, to commence the first of April next and that said Mayo have one half of the net Profit for doing the business and that the other half be equally divided between J. Humphry and myself. Sun 25 Fair pleasant Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day. Mon 26 Fair cloudy Employ'd in Store Taking acct of Stock. Tues 27 Fair cloudy rain in evening do Wed 28 Rain Fair do Thurs 29 Fair do Fri 30 Fair do Sat 31 Fair do APRIL 1827 Sun 1 Fair Attended to necessary Concerns of the day Mon 2 Fair warm attended to Store & Town meeting. Tues 3 Fair warm Employ'd in Store Wed 4 Fair cloudy evening & very Warm do Thurs 5 Rain mor. very warm & cloudy Fast--attended Meeting P.M. Fri 6 Cloudy showery Employd in Store &c Sat 7 Fair cool do Amory Mayo took the stock of Goods &c. in Store--J. Humphry & myself agreed to furnish the Stock in equal Shares and Mayo to do the business for one half the profits. 4th Jonathan Davis removed this town to Phillipston 7 Began to plough-- frost out of the ground and grass green 7 Timothy Carter moved his family from Ervings Grant to Warwick and went on to the Fuller place, near Francis Leonard 2d Mill Sun 8 Fair Attended meeting in forenoon Mon 9 " Employd in Store &c Tues 10 Fair and very pleasant Attended to the Sale Doct Hazeltine's Estate at Vendue. Wed 11 Fair Employd Settling accounts of sales &c Thurs 12 Fair Employd in Store Fri 13 " do Sat 14 " do 13 Laban B. Procter came home from Pittsfield on visit and in order to remove his mother from Royalston to Warwick. Sun 15 Fair Attend to the necessary concerns of the day Mr. Mason preached Mon 16 Cloudy rain & snow Employd in Store Tues 17 Fair cool took seat in Stage for Boston at 5 oClock A.M. arrived at Boston 12 oClock P.M. put up at Shepards Wed 18 Fair " attended to purchasing Goods Settleing debts &c Thurs 19 " do Fri 20 " do Sat 21 Cloudy Rain P.M. do 17 My Sister Susanna Proctor who had been in a state of derangment for Several Months at Royalston removed to Warwick 18 James Fuller removed from the old Fuller Farm to Green Factory House to pay rent monthly.--at the rate of-- Sun 22 Fair pleasant Rode to Dorchester with Mr. Shepard--returned to Boston at 12 oClock at Noon Mon 23 Fair Took Seat in Stage at half past 12 oClock A.M. --arrived home at 6 P.M. Tues 24 Cloudy Rain Employ'd in Store Wed 25 Fair do Thurs 26 Fair do Fri 27 Fair warm do Sat 28 Cloudy rain Unloaded Goods from Boston attended to marking off goods &c 25 Laban B. Procter returned to Pittsfield. 25 Samuel Cobb came home from Montague. 26 J. T. Sanger raised his house. Sun 29 Cloudy rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 30 Fair clouds Attended to Store & Farm. MAY 1827 Tues 1 Cloudy Snow Employ'd in Store Wed 2 Cloudy " Thurs 3d Fair " Fri 4 Fair " Sat 5 " " Sun 6 Fair pleasant Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mon 7 Cloudy rain Attended to Store and Town Meeting* Tues 8 Fair Employ'd on Farm & in Store. Wed 9 Fair warm do. Thurs 10 Fair-Rain in afternoon do. Fri 11 Rain do Sat 12 Fair cold do *7 Chose Caleb Mayo Esq. To Represent the town in the next General Court. Voted to oppose the alteration of the Turnpike Road, from Orange to Winchester. 10 Mrs. Green, wife of John A. Green died--aged 27 years consumption. 10 Samuel Fay raised his new Tavern House and Barn North of the Meetinghouse. Sun 13 Fair warm Attended Meeting in Afternoon Mr. Wellington preached Mon 14 Fair warm Employd in Store & on Farm. Tues 15 Fair warm do Wed 16 do do Thurs 17 do do Fri 18 do do Sat 10 do do 13 Mrs Betsey Blake, wife of Mr Samuel Blake died--aged 29 yrs. Consumption. 16 Sally Hastings died, aged 46 years--Consumption. Sun 20 Fair and Pleasant Attended Meeting in afternoon. Mr. Chandler Preached Mon 21 Fair, cloudy P.M. Employd on farm planting &c. Tues 22 Fair, cloudy little rain P.M. do Wed 23 Fair do Thurs 24 " do Fri 25 " Worked on School-house P.M. made alteration in the seats. Sat 26 " do 21 Betsey Ball died aged 17 years Consumption Sun 27 Fair warm Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr Rogers Preached Mon 28 Fair rain P.M. Employ'd in Store &c Tues 29 Fair do Wed 30 Fair pleasant do Thurs 31 " do 29 Stephen Ball Jun Died at Attleboro' Ms. of Canker Rash His Corpse was brought home and buried on the 7th of June. [NOTE: Canker Rash is likely Scarlet Fever] 31 Abigail Hazeltine began to teach School in Centre District upon the Manetorial [?] System. JUNE 1827 Fri 1 Fair dry Employd in Store Sat 2 Extremely cold night but no frost do Sun 3 Fair warm Attended Meeting in afternoon. Mon 4 "--do Employed closing up old accounts Tues 5 do do Wed 6 do do Thurs 7 Fair warm do Fri 8 " do Sat 9 Fair shower P.M. do 8 Mrs. Cobb went to Gill on Visit--returned on the 9th Sun 17 Fair cool morning Attended to the necessary business of the day. Mon 18 Fair " Employd in Store Tues 19 Fair do Wed 20 Fair rain in evening do Thurs 21 Cloudy rain do Fri 22 Showrey do Sat 23 Fair cool do 17 Charles C. Cobb from Gill on Visit, and to get articles to prepare for Haying 19 Amory Mayo took a Seat in the Stage for Boston, this Morning 22 Returned from Boston. Sun 24 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mr Thomson of Barre preached Mon 25 Cloudy some rain Employd in Store. Tues 26 Fair rain do Wed 27 Cloudy rain do--went to Capt. Procter P.M. to meet Road Commissioners Thurs 28 Fair Attended to Store &c Fri 29 " do Sat 30 " do 29 The Road Commissioners laid a New Road from near C. Mayo's in Warwick to Capt. Procter's Brickyard, and from thence Easterly down the brook to Tully River and thence down the River to the South line of Orange. The Commissioners agreed to pay to the Petitioners $300, if they would make the Road, and also all damages that might be obtained for passing over the lands fencing &c. Great dissatisfaction was give to the towns of Warwick and Orange, by this measure. JULY 1827 Sun 1 Fair Attended to neccessary concerns of the day--Considerably affected with the Goute Mon 2 Cloudy some rain Confined to house and bed with Goute Tues 3 Cloudy rain do Wed 4 do do Thurs 5 Fair do Fri 6 do do Sat 7 do do ---Mowed the old part of Clover lot on Thayer farm Sun 8 Cloudy rain Confined to my house by Goute which began to subside Mon 9 Cloudy and Some rain Goute subsided so much that I was able to walk to the Store Tues 10 Fair Employd writing &c Wed 11 Fair do Thurs 12 Cloudy & rain do Fri 13 Fair fine Hay weather do Sat 14 Fair do 8th Lyman Knolton Died aged 34 yrs--Consumption 11 Charles C. Cobb from Gill on Visit & business. 11 Samuel Sweetser from Boston came to look at the Land that he had taken as heir to the Estate of Samuel Wait Esq of Roxbury deceased-- Sun 15 Fair, Shower P.M. Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mr. Bailey of Greenfield preached Mon 16 Cloudy, fair in afternoon Employ'd in Store Tues 17 Fair cloudy evening do Wed 18 Cloudy fair do Thurs 19 Fair good hay weather do Fri 20 Fair, light Showers P.M. do Sat 21 Very clear air cool wind N.W. do 21 Finished haying. 21 Took Calf out of L.B. Procter's pasture Sun 22 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 23 Fair Employd in Store Tues 24 Cloudy do Wed 25 Fair do Thurs 26 Cloudy and heavy rain in forenoon do Fri 27 Fair do Sat 28 Fair warm Went to James Balls South farm to appraise Some Land for the Mas. H. life Insurance Co. Sun 29 Fair Attended Meeting in the afternoon Mon 30 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 31 do do AUGUST 1827 Wed 1 Fair Warm Employd in Store Thurs 2 Cloudy warm showers do Fri 3 Fair do Sat 4 do do Aug 2 Ebenezer Williams & Wife from Ohio in this town on Visit. Sun 5 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon--Mr Harding Preached Mon 6 Fair warm Employ'd in Store a part of the day & confin'd to the house a part being unwell Tues 7 Fair warm Employ'd in Store Wed 8 do do Thurs 9 do do Fri 10 do do Sat 11 do do 8 Charles C. Cobb removed his Clothing &c from Gill where he had been living with his Grandfather Leonard. -- and concluded not to work there any longer on account of some disagreement between him & his Grandfather. Sun 12 Cloudy rain Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 13 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 14 " do Wed 15 " do Thurs 16 heavy rain do Fri 17 Fair do Sat 18 " do Sun 19 Fair Attended Meeting in Afternoon Mon 20 " Employd in Store Tues 21 " do Wed 22 " do Thurs 23 " do Fri 24 " do Sat 25 " Attended to making Road between Fay's new Tavern house & Col. Wheelock's new Store. 20 Deeded the Fuller Farm to John Leonard. 22 Charles A. Nash here on visit Sun 26 Fair Employd at home in forenoon--Attended Meeting P.M. Mon 27 Cloudy & rain Employd Inventoring Accounts &c Tues 28 Fair Employed on Farm &c. &c Wed 29 do In Store &c Thurs 30 do do Fri 31 do do 28 Sowed Rye on new land 30 Charles C. Cobb & Franklin Burnet took seats in Stage for Worcester & Boston in Search of employment. 30 5th Massachusetts Turnpike Corporation now building their Road on the track of the town Road from Isaac Hastings old House to Saml Fay's Tavern south of Meetinghouse--and from Doct. Taylors house down the Gulf to the old Brattleboro Turnpike Road--The Turnpike Road thro' Pomeroy's Gulf (so called) and the one thro' the east part of this town to be discontinued. SEPTEMBER 1827 Sat 1 Fair Warm Employ'd in Store Sun 2 Fair warm Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 3 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 4 " warm do Wed 5 " do do Thurs 6 " do do Fri 7 do do Sat 8 do do 5th Charles C. Cobb returned from Boston not finding business to suit him. Sun 9 Fair Attended meeting in afternoon Mon 10 " Employed in Store Tues 11 " do Wed 12 " do Thurs 13 Some Cloudy Sprink of rain do Fri 14 Fair do Sat 15 Fair do 10 General Nevers with Several others came from Northfield to view a Route for a New County Road, South of the one now travelled. 11 Petitions were presented to the Commissioners of Highways at their Session at Greenfield for New County Roads from Northfield to Warwick, and from Warwick to the Turnpike near Millers River in Ervings Grant. 12 Charles C. Cobb took his Colt to Geo. Jones to Keep Sun 16 Fair Attended to the necessary occurrences of the day Mon 17 " Employd in Store Tues 18 " do making up accounts of Doct. Hazeltine's Estate. Wed 19 Cloudy & Rain Attended probate Court. Thurs 20 Fair--Rain Employd on Doct Hazeltine's Accounts. Fri 21 Rain do Sat 22 do making up Inventory of Notes &c. 18 John Humphry & Prescot Hazeltine came from Athol on Business &c 19 Probate Court at S. Fay's Exhibited my Acct. for Mary fisher & all owed by Judge. --- Wid. H. Rich, closed her account of Personal Estate, as administratix of the Estate of her late husband (J. Rich) & petitiond for sale of the Real Estate sufficent to pay the sum of $339, with incidental charges--And to have her right of dower in the Estate set off Sun 23 Cloudy Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 24 Fair Employ'd with several hands laying out and diging Cellar for a Store north of the Meetinghouse. Tues 25 do do Wed 26 do do Thurs 27 do do Fri 28 do do Sat 29 do Finished off Store Cellar. Sun 30 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day OCTOBER 1827 Mon 1 Fair Employed in Store & to Masons plaistering Burt Procter's house. Tues 2 Fair Employed in Store making returns to the Gen Post Office Wed 3 Cloudy & little Rain do Thurs 4 Fair showery P.M. do Fri 5 Fair & pleasant Attended to Store &c. Sat 6 Fair do 30 Charles C. Cobb returned from Greenwich, where he went on Saturday last, to get a contract for carrying the Mail from Greenwich to Keene-- but upon further information found that the business could not be accomplished till after the next session of Congress. Oct 1st Col. L. Wheelock removed his Goods into his new Store North of the Meetinghouse. Oct 3d Charles C. Cobb and his mother went to Gill on Visit. Sun 7 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 8 do In Store &c Tues 9 Cloudy rain do Wed 10 rain do--began to take down old Store on the Holden place. Thurs 11 Fair In Store &c. Fri 12 Fair Attended to taking down old Store. Sat 13 Fair do, Sun 14 Fair Attended to the Neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 15 Fair Employd in Store Tues 16 " do Wed 17 " do Thurs 18 " Took Stage for Boston & arrived at Shepard's Inn at 10 oClock P.M Fri 19 " Fair--employd in Settleing Accts at Boston.\ Sat 20 " purchased Goods &c &c 15 Fanny Cook Died -- aged Consumption. Sun 21 Cloudy mist Kept my quarters Mon 22 Cloudy rain Attended to purchasing Goods &c. Tues 23 Fair do --- loaded team --J. Blake. Wed 24 Fair Showers P.M. Returned home in Stage Thurs 25 Fair Employd in Store Fri 26 Fair do Sat 27 " do Opened Goods &c 24 Royal Hutchins Died at his father's in Winchester. aged yrs (cause unknown) Sun 28 Fair Attended to the common occurences of the day Mon 29 Cloudy & some rain Employ'd in Store opened & marked of Goods. Tues 30 Fair heavy rain in the evening do Wed 31 Fair do 29 Charles Brought his Colt home from Jone's and put him in my Barn to keep NOVEMBER 1827 Thurs 1 Fair Employd in Store Fri 2 " " Sat 3 " " Sun 4 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 5 Fair windy cool Attended to Carpenters framing Store Tues 6 Fair moderate do Wed 7 Cloudy Snow from N.E. 5 inch Employ'd in Store Thurs 8 Fair cold do Fri 9 do do Sat 10 do do Sun 11 Fair pleasant sun Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 12 Cloudy rain P.M. Employd in Store Tues 13 Cloudy and rain do Wed 14 Snow do Thurs 15 Fair do Fri 16 Fair do Sat 17 do do 11 Charles C. Cobb went to Greenwich and Worcester in order to tend Horses for Chester Williams. Sun 18 Fair Employd in house about the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 19 Fair cold Employ'd in Store Tues 20 Fair more pleasant do Wed 21 Fair cold do Thurs 22 do do Fri 23 do Went to Medad Pomeroy's & Joseph Goodell's Sat 24 do ground hard frozen and very smooth in the Roads Employ'd in Store 20 The Road Commissioners met at Northfield, and laid out a new Road from that place to Warwick, on the low land a little South of the North County Road. 23 Charles C. Cobb returned from Worcester, not having agreed to stay with Chester Williams as he expected. Sun 25 Fair Cold Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 26 Fair and cold windy Employd in Store &c Tues 27 do * do Wed 28 Fair more mild do Thurs 29 Fair pleasant cloudy P.M. rain in evening Thanksgiving Fri 30 Cloudy and rain Employed in Store * The weather for several weeks past has been extreemly cold cloudy and boistrious for the season-- the ground very hard frozen, and but a very few day that the sun had any impression upon the frozen snow and Ice on the south side of the buildings. 29 Father Leonard from Gill on a visit at my house. DECEMBER 1827 Sat 1 Fair Employ'd in Store Sun 2 Fair Attended to the necessary occurences of the day Mon 3 Fair Moderate Employed in Store Tues 4 Fair do Wed 5 Rain do Thurs 6 Fair do Fri 7 Cloudy " Sat 8 Cloudy " Dec 1st Abel Sanger came to board with me. on Account of some misunderstanding between him and his Brother, with whom he had been living. 5 Killed Hogs Weight 340 & 300 Total 640. 6 James Stockwell died of Mortification -- aged 47 yrs Sun 9 Cloudy Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon 10 Fair rain Employd in Store Tues 11 Fair pleasant do & building Well-House. Wed 12 Fair Employ'd in Store Thurs 13 Fair do Fri 14 Cloudy do Sat 15 Rainy mor. do 13 Samuel Fay removed from his tavern south of the Meetinghouse to his new House North of the Meetinghouse 15 Went to Fay's new Tavern to open Mail this mor. at 1/2 past 4 oCl A.M. for the first time Sun 16 Fair & very pleasant in Attended Meeting in the afternoon the fornoon--Cloudy P.M. Mon 17 Cloudy Snow in the evening Employd in Store Tues 18 Cloudy & some Snow & hail do Wed 19 Fair Snow about 4 inches deep do Thurs 20 Fair In house & Store unwell. Fri 21 do Still unwell confined to House Sat 22 do do 17 A. Newspaper entitled "Freedom's Sentinel" first Published at Athol--by Houra Rawson. Sun 23 Fair cool Attended to the necessary occurences of the day Mon 24 " cool Employ'd ornamenting Meetinghouse. Christmas. Tues 25 Pleasant and good sleighing Attended to ornamenting and regulating Meetinghouse &c &c * Wed 26 Fair cool In Store &c Thurs 27 " Unwell and confined to my house some part of the day Fri 28 " Confined to House Sat 29 " do Sun 30 " do Goute in both feet. Mon 31 Fair do *25 The Warwick branch of the Mass. Peace Society assembled for the Celebration of the Anniversary of the advent of the Prince of Peace Rev Mr. Harding of New Salem delivered an address, and a large Choir of Singers contributed to sustain a pleasing effect. A very large number of people from the Neighboring towns was present and much pleased with the performance. " John Humphrey & Charles from Athol to attend the celebration of Christmas Diary Of William Cobb Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1828 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun September 1999 JANUARY 1828 Tues 1 Fair good sleighing Confined to my House with Goute &c Wed 2 Rain do. Thurs 3 Snow gone & very hard travelling do Fri 4 Fair and very pleasant walked out to Store. Sat 5 Fair Went to Store. 1st The new Mail established from Greenwich Ms. to Keene N.H. made its first trip. carried by Capt Putman of New Salem. 4 Mr Jonathan Moore died aged Years --old infirmities 4 Mrs. Rich wife of David Rich died aged yrs of Consumption. Sun 6 Fair Cloudy ground Employd in the necessary concerns of the day beare & very muddy Mon 7 Fair My Health a little better went to Store wrote little. Tues 8 " do Wed 9 " do Thurs 10 " do Fri 11 " In Store &c but the inflamation came on again upon one foot & caused great pain. Sat 12 " Still afflicted with great pain in one foot. 10 Laban B. Procter came from Pittsfield on visit. 11 Singing Lecture ---& exhibition of Mr Eastman's School. Sun 13 Fair Little lame, and unwell. Mon 14 Fair cloudy Employ'd Writing to Postmaster General & Mr. Allen on and Rain P.M. the subject of a new Mail from this place to Northfield Tues 15 Fair cool in Store Wed 16 Fair " Thurs 17 " " Fri 18 " " Sat 19 Cloudy moderate " 13 Mr. Eastman closed his Singing School in this place--and 14 went to Royalston where he had engaged another School. 18th Sarah Goodell commenced keeping School in Centre District. 18th Samuel Fay & Saml Moore 2d contracted with the County Commissioners to build a new Road to Northfield for the sum of one Dollar & forty one cents per Rod. --- payable in one year from the first of Sept. next. Sun 20 Fair moderate Confined to my House with effects of Goute &c Mon 21 Cloudy mor. slight snow fair cold Employed in Store Tues 22 Fair do Wed 23 " do Thurs 24 " do Fri 25 " do Sat 26 " do 21 Took a Deed of Laban B. Procter on half of the Bishop place at &200, dollars-- to remain in Common -- and agreed to make some additions to the house &c. " L.B. Procter returned on his way to Pittsfield. 21 Samuel Moore Sen. made a partial failure. 23 Joseph Draper had his leg broken in 2 places by means of his Waggon Wheels passing over them.--he was in the town of Princeton, on a Journey to Boston. 24 Peter R. Leonard from Canton N.Y. on Visit. Sun 27 Cloudy Snow Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day Mon 28 Cloudy Employd in costing & Inventorying Notes. Tues 29 Fair do Wed 30 Fair Employd writing &c Thurs 31 Fair do FEBRUARY 1828 Fri 1 Fair Employd in writing, &c Sat 2 Fair do 30 Rec'd Letters from the Post-Office department requesting information how that Northfield could be better supplied with the Mail, and upon what terms it could be done. 30 Issued an Executor against Samuel Moore for the balance of $153,21 remaining of taxes collected by him, and not paid into the Treasury. Sun 3 Fair warm attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 4 Fair warm Employd in writing to the Post Office department Tues 5 Fair warm sleding poor Employd writing &c. Wed 6 Cloudy some rain evening do and attended probate Court at S. Fay's Thurs 7 Fair Warm Writing &c. Fri 8 Fair do Sat 9 Cloudy rain extreemly bad travelling Ground beare. do 5 Joel Mayo Jr came to study Book-keeping. 6 Probate Court set at S. Fay's L. Wheelock Letter of Administration on Jonathan Moore's Estate. J. Blake Esq. & A. Taylor appointed Commissioners on B. Hazeltine's Estate. " Samuel Moore 2d took Deed from S. Sweetser, Boston of the Wait land (so called) -- and Mortgage the same to the Mass. Hospital Life Insurance Company Sun 10 Fair ground bear & bad travelling. Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day. Mon 11 Cloudy--squals of Snow, cold. Employed with my Books of Accounts. Tues 12 Fair, cool ground hard frozen Employ in Store &c Wed 13 Fair cool do Thurs 14 Fair cold Cloudy do Fri 15 do snow in the evening Visited Schools Sat 16 Fair pleasant In Store and attended Vendue 12 Dea. Ebenr Pierce died aged years 12 Sold the Mason Estate to Nathan Taft of Nelson N.H. for $473,00 Cash $50 Shoemaking, 23- and 4 Notes of $100 each to be paid the first Oct 1st 1829 and annually after, with accrued [?] Interest. Said Estate was purchased by said Nathan, for his Son Asa Taft a shoemaker. 15 Ellis of Orange purchased a part of the Estate formerly belonging to John Whitney. 16 Joseph Williams Sold his farm to A. K. Whitney and purchased the right of redeeming Samuel Moor's Farm Sold for $1500, and Bought for a little over that sum Sun 17 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 18 " Rain Employd writing &c. Tues 19 do do Wed 20 Rain cloudy raw do Thurs 21 Cloudy some rain do Fri 22 Fair warm cool evening do Sat 23 Fair cool ground entirely bear do 22 Samuel Fay bought the Land where the Glass Factory formerly Stood, consisting of about half an Acre. gave $28, - for it. 23 Mrs. Fay, wife of Samuel Fay died of consumption--aged 50 years. Sun 24 Fair Cloudy Snow in the Evening Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 25 Cloudy Snow continues this mor. Employ'd in Store Windy Fair evening Tues 26 Fair and pleasant. Tolerable sleighing In Store Cloudy evening Wed 27 Rain took off all the Snow do Very high wind at Midnight Thurs 28 Fair windy ground beare do 25 Funeral of Mrs. Fay. 27 Rev. Mr. Presbury Ordained at Northfield. 29 Samuel Fay Exchanged his Tavern Stand north of the Meetinghouse with Timothy Dutton for the Chamberlain Tavern (so called) in Winchester --gave $2000, to boot. 29 Began to carry the mail from Warwick to Northfield Contracted to carry it in a Stage for $150, per year. twice a week. MARCH 1828 Sat 1 Fair ground bear. Employd settling town Accts. Sun 2 Cloudy Snow Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 3 Fair moderate sloppy. Attended the Annual town Meeting. Tues 4 Fair cold ground hard frozen. Employ'd in store writing &c. Wed 5 Fair cool Emp in Store &c. Thurs 6 cloudy sprink of Snow this mor. Writing &c Fri 7 Fair In store &c Sat 8 Fair Writing &c. 3d Annual Town Meeting The Choice of Town Officers were as follows viz. Jona Blake Jr Town Clerk Leml Wheelock Jos. Stevens } Selectmen & Assessors Amory Gale Wm Cobb -- Town Treasurer & Collector Stephen Ball Constable. 5th Samuel Fay rented his Blacksmith shop and tools to Levi Stimson for one year--and is to receive Thirty dollars Rent to be paid in Blacksmith work. Sun 9 Cloudy Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 10 Cloudy Employd writing &c. attended School meeting in evening Tues 11 Cloudy Snow Employd in Store Writing &c. Wed 12 Fair Employ'd Writing &c. Thurs 13 Fair pleasant Arranged old Accounts &c Fri 14 Cloudy Snow in the evening attended to Settling with Saml Fay and others Sat 15 Snow all day -- more than a foot deep. Settled with L. Whitney and attended to writing &c 10th Centre School District, Voted to build an addition to the Schoolhouse and put a new roof over the whole. " Sally William unexpectedly took a seat in the Stage, in Company with Alpheus Eastman, to go to Hollis N.H. where he resided, in order to satisfy herself in regard to his Local situation, circumstances &c. and if all was satisfactory, to marry him. 13 Joel Mayo Jr. and his brother Samuel Set out for Boston to seek employment. 13 Dennis Fay removed from Warwick, to the Chamberlain Farm in Winchester Sun 16 Fair Snow about 1 foot deep. Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 17 Fair, pleasant Attended to Settling old accounts &c. Tues 18 Fair. Employ'd in Store &c. Wed 19 Fair attended to Writing &c Thurs 20 Fair and very pleasant Attended to Old Accounts snow chiefly gone in the roads. Fri 21 Fair cool Employd in Store writing &c Sat 22 Rain Writing &c 16 Elijah Fisk Married to Experience C. Wheelock Sun 23 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 24 Cloudy some rain Employd in Store Writing &c Tues 25 Fair Settled accts with Mrs. Knolton & others. Wed 26 Fair very pleasant Attended to Settlement of accounts &c Thurs 27 Cloudy Employ'd writing &c Fri 28 Fair and extreamly pleasant. Employ'd in writing and taking a ground plot of the Buildings in Franklin Street in order to effect an Insurance on Doct Taylor's House. Sat 29 Sun, cloudy in afternoon warm-- Attended to writing & Settling accounts. 25th Levi Stamson removed his family from Royalston to Warwick --- went into the Bishop house. 25 Luke Bemis removed his family from Warwick to Royalston. 27 Lemuel Wheelock and myself bought the patent right of using Lane's Corn Sheller within the towns of Warwick Orange N. Salem Wendell & Ervings Grant for which we paid to Moses Palmer of Hallowell Maine Twenty dollars. 29 Mr Knolton from Pittsfield called on me to examine the Timber Plane with a view to obtain liberty to build the Machines at Pittsfield. Sun 30 Cloudy and misty warm. Attended to the necessary business of the day. Mon 31. Fair Warm Employ making return to General Post Office. APRIL 1828 Tues 1 Fair clear air cool. Employed making return to Gen P. Office. Wed 2 Fair Employ'd in Store writing &c began Account of Stock Thurs 3 do do Fri 4 do do Sat 5 Cloudy Fair Writing &c Apl 1st John A. Green removed from Warwick to Gill. 1st James Fuller removed from the green Factory House to Dennis Fay's House. Sun 6 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon 7 Fair cold Attended to Store and Town Meeting. Tues. 8 Fair cold Employd in taking Acct of Stock Wed 9 do do Thurs 10 do do Fri 11 do do Sat 12 do do 8th Augustus S. Carroll removed from his Father's in the north part of the town, to the Mason House in the Centre. --- and began the Wheelwright business. 9th Joel Willard removed from the Green House in the Centre of the town, to Lesure & Roots Mills in the South part. 9 Doct. Amos Taylor removed from his former residence North of the Meetinghouse, to the Green House South of the Meetinghouse which he purchased of Jonas Conant & John Champney for $300,~~ 9 Charles C. Cobb Bought a Horse of Lemuel Wheelock for $100,~ and I began to keep him. 11 Bought a yoke of Oxen of Samuel Moore 2d & agreed to pay him $55,~~ Sun 13 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 14 Fair cold East wind Attend to Inventorying Goods Tues 15 Fair cold Inventoried Goods &c. Wed 16 do do Thurs 17 do Employ'd making arrangements for Boston. Fri 18 do do Sat 19 Fair cloudy evening Attended to Store &c 14 Edwin Atwood began work 14 Samuel Fay removed from his new tavern house to his old Stand--having sold the New Tavern to Dutton & Rudduch of Northfield. 14 Medad Alexander Jr removed from Northfield to the Tavern House north of the Meetinghouse in Warwick. George Leonard with his family removed from Roxbury to Warwick a few days since. 19 Amory Mayo to a Seat in the Stage this morning for Boston to purchase Goods &c. Sun 20 Cloudy Snow & hail Attended to the neccessary occurrences of the day. Mon 21 Snow and Hail Employed in Store. Tues 22 Cloudy Snow in mor. --fair ground Employ'd in Store &c. covered 4 inches with snow and hail Wed 23 Fair, Snow mostly dissolved Employd in Store in the forenoon --in afternoon in the clear'd Land. with Dutton & Ruddic building & Post Office & Store at the Tavern North of the Meetinghouse Thurs 24 Fair Employd in Store &c Fri 25 Fair Attended to Store--closed business with Dutton & Ruddock they offering to pay $25,00 on account of discharging them from the obligation of building a Hall over my Store. Amory Mayo returned from Boston. 25 Dutton and Ruddock agreed with Samuel Fay to build a Hall & dining Room --60 feet Long & 21 feet wide to be placed over the Horse Shed at the Tavern house-- said Fay to receive of them such sum as P. Child & Calvin Stearns shall say the difference is between this building and the Hall he had agreed to build over Wm Cobb's Store Sat 26 Cloudy Rain Employed in Store &c Sun 27 Cloudy moderately warm Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 28 Cloudy sprink of Rain Employd moving Boards Stone &c off from Goldsbury Land Tues 29 Fair Employd with several other hands building wall on the North line of Store lot. Wed 30 Fair Employd on the wall north side of Store lot in fornoon & on South side of Orchard lot. MAY 1828 Thurs 1 Fair Employd with Carpenters framing Store. Fri 2 Fair and very pleasant. Employd with Carpenters framing Store. Sat 3 Cloudy some rain Attended to ploughing Store lot, and the afternoon in transplanting some Grafted Appletrees, which I placed in the Thayer lot Sun 4 Fair Attend to the necessary concerns of the day Mr. Chandler preached. Mon 5 Cloudy Fair Shower evening Attended to Store & town Meeting* Tues 6 Fair Employd with Carpenters on Store 1st Began on the Frame of New Store North of Meetinghouse Carpenters employ'd, were P. Child John Bowman & his apprentice and Capt. Burnet as assistant. 5 Jona Blake Jr chosen Representative to General Court. Wed 7 Fair Employ'd with Carpenters* Thurs 8 Fair cool Employ'd in Garden and with Carpenters. Fri 9 Fair Employ'd on Farm and with Carpenters Sat 10 Fair do Sun 11 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 12 Fair Employ'd with Carpenters &c on Store. Tues 13 Fair do. May 7th Raised Store & Post Office North of Meetinghouse 13 Capt. Smith committed to Greenfield Gael for John Joseph's Debt Wed 14 Fair Cloudy Rain P.M. Employd with Carpenters on New Store--raised Horse shed & Back Store Thurs 15 Cloudy rain. Attended to Store &c. Fri 16 Cloudy Rain Employ'd in Store &c Sat 17 Some Clouds Fair Warm Employd with Carpenters on New Store &c Sun 18 Cloudy some rain Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 19 Cloudy Fair Attended to the Carpenters &c on New Store Tues 20 Cloudy do Wed 21 Cloudy & some rain Attended to Carpenters &c Thurs 22 Cloudy & heavy rain all day Attended to writing &c. Fri 23 Cloudy Attended to Store &c Sat 24 Fair Showrey Attend to Carpenters &c 24 Lemuel Wheelock Raised his House in the North Village Sun 25 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 26 Fair, cool Employ'd with Carpenters &c Tues 27 Cloudy some rain cold Employd on Farm & . Wed 28 Fair very Pleasant Employd on Farm and in Store Thurs 29 Fair Employ'd at Store and with Carpenters. Fri 30 Cloudy--Shower & very heavy rain Employd about my new Building &c. in the eveniing and during the Night. Sat 31 Cloudy & heavy rain Employd in Store making Deeds --Taylor & Fay. 25 C. C. Cobb went to Greenwich after a Stage belonging to ___ Douglas--& returned the 26th A.M. 26 Alpheus Eastman & Sally Williams Married. JUNE 1828 Sun 1 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 2 Fair warm & pleasant. Employ'd in the Store and on Farm Tues 3 Rain Employ'd in Store Wed 4 Rain some part of the day In Store &c heavy shower in the evening Thurs 5 Cloudy showrey warm In Store Fri 6 Fair warm In Store &c Sat 7 Fair Showers in evening Store &c 2d Doct. A. Taylor sold to Dutton & Ruddick 1 Acre Land adjoining (North) to Tavern building Lot for $51,50. 2d Daniel Child died at Oxford with the Bowel Complaint -- the Corps were brought to this town and buried the 5th Sun 8 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 9 Fair Attended to Store - work in the Garden &c. Tues 10 Fair, warm. Employd in Store & with Carpenters. Wed 11 Fair Employd at new Store Thurs 12 Cloudy some rain Employ Fri 13 Fair Employd on Farm and with Mason about Store Chimney Sat 14 Fair do. 8 A contribution was made for the Greeks, who were in suffering circumstances on account of a War with the Turks-- The money collected in this town amounted to nearly fifty dollars. 13 Isaiah Moody began to build Store Chimney and finished it 14th Sun 15 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 16 Fair warm Attended to carpenters &c on new Store. Tues 17 Cloudy do Wed 18 Showrey. do Thurs 19 Fair cool do Fri 20 Fair Attended to Carpenters &c on New Store Sat 21 Fair do 19 Moody's Apprentice plastered the Counting Room on New Store equal to half days work. Sun 22 Fair warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 23 Fair, warm Employ'd at New Store with Carpenters &c Tues 24 Fair warm Employd in Store & with Wed 25 Fair warm Attended to Carpenters &c Thurs 26 Fair warm Attended to Carpenters &c Fri 27 Fair very warm Employd with Carpenters Sat 28 Fair Showers Attended to Carpenters on New Store 23 Cynthia Allen Died aged-- years Consumption. Sun 29 Fair Attended to the necessary occurences of the day. Mon 30 Cloudy Showers Thunder & lightning. Employd in Store &c. JULY 1828 Tues 1 Fair Showers at a distance Employ'd in Store &c Wed 2 Fair Showers & much thunder Employ'd in Store &c & lighting at a distance Thurs 3 Fair Showers all around us. Employ'd in Store 29th Winchester Cotton Factory Set on fire by lightning and all consumed with most of its contents. July 1 Began Haying Fri 4 Fair heavy showers at a distance Employd in Store and with J Brooks plaistering new Store. Sat 5 Cloudy Attended to some alterations in my Barn &c &c Sun 6 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 7 Fair Cloudy evening Employd in Store Tues 8 Cloudy rain constant Showers In Store &c July 5 Continued showers & much thunder & lightning for 10 days past--many cattle killed and other damage Wed 9 Cloudy and constant Employ'd in Store & fixing a New Mail portmanteau showers P.M. for Warwick & Northfield Thurs 10 Fair Employd writing & haying. Fri 11 Cloudy rain in constant Employed in making quarterly return to General Post showers Office Sat 12 Fair good Hay day worked at haying and Writing Sun 13 Cloudy & rain Attended to the necessary occurences of the day. Mon 14 Cloudy and rain Employd in making return to Gen. P. Office Tues 15 Cloudy rain Attended to Store &c 9th* Very heavy showers of Rain from 1 to 4 oClock this morning--and from 12 to 9 oClock P.M. -- This afternoon, in particular, the clouds collected in constant succession if every part of the Hemisphere--attened with Thunder and Lightning -- and when it was not showering over our heads, we could see the different showers pouring down in the North, the South or the East. -- Perhaps, more than 20 different showers were observable during the afternoon & evening. The Water in all our Streams was raised to an unusual height, the Meadows overflowed & the Roads & Bridges very much damaged, & in many places rendered impassible. Wed 16 Rain Employd in Store &c Thurs 17 Fair Shower @ 12 Noon Fair P.M. do Fri 18 Fair, Hazy In Store & house considerably unwell Sat 19 Fair showers P.M. In Store &c Sun 20 Fair showery P.M. Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day. Mon 21 Fair mowed in the forenoon --in Store P.M. Tues 22 Rain In Store &c 21 Cut and Stacked my winter Rye Wed 23 Fair showers In Store & on farm Thurs 24 Fair showers P.M. Worked some at haying Fri 25 Fair do Sat 26 Shower in Morning Fair and evening. do Sun 27 Fair, the air more clear Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 28 Fair Employd in Store & Haying Tues 29 Fair fine hay weather In Store &c. Very unsteady weather--constant and repeated showers, and almost impossible to get Hay or grain. 28 Finished Haying--Crops very large but badly got in. Wed 30 Fair Employ'd writing &c. Thurs 31 Cloudy and rain in the morning Fair Attended to writing Sowing Turnips &c 30 Joseph Drake Died aged Yrs Consumption. AUGUST 1828 Fri 1 Fair Attended to the various concerns of my business Sat 2 Fair warm do Sun 3 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mr. Presbury preached Mon 4 Cloudy Fair Employ'd in Store &c. &c. Tues 5 Cloudy do Wed 6 Cloudy fair do Thurs 7 Fogy, Mor. Fair Various concerns at house & Store Fri 8 Fair warm do Sat 9 Fair do Sun 10 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 11 Fair Various concerns of Store &c Tues 12 " warm do Wed 13 " do do Thurs 14 " do do 7 Charles Cobb brought home from Jone's 8 Harvested Oats Mrs. Bancroft--wife of Wm. Bancroft Died Fri 15 Fair Employd in Store &c Sat 16 do " In Store and Waiting on Masons laying a Brick Wall under the East end of my new Store. Sun 17 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 18 Shower in Mor Fair In Store &c. Tues 19 Fair Employd on New Store with Sanger papering & painting Wed 20 Fair do. Thurs 21 do Painted on the inside of New Store. Fri 22 do warm do Sat 23 do do 23 Bought a yoke of Steers at $50,~~ out of a Drove. Sun 24 Fair & very Warm Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 25 do Employd in Store &c Tues 26 Extremely Warm Thermometer 102o do Wed 27 Fair, warm, dry. do Thurs 28 " " Fri 29 " " Sat 30 " " Sun 31 " Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mr Willson preached 27 Mrs Chase, Wife of Thomas Chase died 30 Augustus S. Carrol & Levi Stimson having bought the old Factory long house, for about $500, commenced taking down the middle part of the building -(about on third part) in order to make two Separate Houses. 30 Charles C. Cobb brought home his new Stage Coach from Athol, which he had procured for the purpose of running from Warwick to Northfield Cost about $150,~~ SEPTEMBER 1828 Mon 1 Fair & very Warm--Shower in the evening* Employd writing &c Tues 2 Cloudy with sprinkles of rain " Wed 3d Cloudy very heavy rain " Thurs 4 Fair showry rained fast thro' the Night* Writing &c Fri 5 Fair Employed in the various concerns of business Sat 6 Fair do Sept 1* The Weather, for 9 days in Succession had been extreemly warm and the face of the earth had become extreemly dry. Many people had cut up their corn and Garden vegetables were dieing & shrinking away before the insupportable rays of the sun--Pastures had become white, and the prospect considerably effected the price of cattle--But this evening brought a copious Shower of rain and all nature seemed to revive. 1 Mrs Drake and family removed from the long building to the Bird House (so called) 2d Mrs Williams removed from the Long building to the Bird House. 4th* Great Rain--the water rose to an unusual height and washed away the greatest part of the Bridges and Dams--Connecticut River rose higher than it had been for many years--the low river lands lay under water for several days and the crops of Corn & potatoes were wholly destroyed for many miles together--many Cattle were washed away and lost, besides a very great amount of other property that lay at the Landings. Sun 7 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 8 Fair cloudy evening Attended writing & various family concerns. Tues 9 Cloudy rain do Wed 10 Fair do Thurs 11 " do Fri 12 " In Store and with carpenters at new Store &c Sat 13 " warm do 12 The Frame of a Hall 60 by 22 feet connected with the New Tavern house was raised. 13 Messrs Thomas Blake & Moses Williams and their Wives from Boston on a Visit Sun 14 Fair Employ'd in the common concerns of the day. Mr. Lincoln preached Mon 15 Cloudy & some rain Variously employ'd Tues 16 Fair At New Store & writing Wed 17 " " do & attended probate Court. Thurs 18 " At New Store &c Fri 19 " do Sat 20 " do 19 Doct. Brown & Wife from Medway on Visit. 19 Abel Sanger from Templeton on Visit. Sun 21 Cloudy Employd in the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 22 Fair Employ'd with Carpenters &c. Tues 23 " " Wed 24 " " Thurs 25 " " Fri 26 " " Sat 27 cloudy " Sun 28 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mr. Mason preached in Centre Schoolhouse Mon 29 " Cloudy -- Attended to the Carpenters on New Store. Tues 30 " do 30th Asa Taft & Married at Nelson N.H. and brought his wife home to Warwick. OCTOBER 1828 Wed 1 Cloudy rain evening Attended to clearing off. Parade ground &c. Thurs 2 Fair Variously employd Fri 3 Fair and very pleasant Attended to Store &c. Sat 4 do cloudy Variously employed 2d Noah Ripley from Barre on Visit. 3d John Humphry from Athol on business. 3d S. Weatherbee from Burlington on visit &c. 3d General Muster at Warwick Col. L. Sawyer commander. The Weather very fine and the troops made a fine appearance. Sun 5 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 6 " Employd with Joiners on New Store Tues 7 " do Wed 8 " do Thurs " do Fri 10 Cloudy do Sat 11 Fair and very warm Employed with Danl Hastings painting in New Store Thunder Shower P.M. 8 Jona Burnet Jr son of Jona Burnet Died of fever aged 23 years. 11 dismissed my Joiners from work on New Store having nearly completed it, and concluded not to do any more at present. Sun 12 Fair cool Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mr Rogers preached Mon 13 Fair cool Employed in Store Writing &c. Tues 14 Fair Windy do Wed 15 Fair cloudy squaly Snow cool Fair Variously employd attend in the afternoon at Alexanders Tavern with commissioners of Highways.* Thurs 16 Fair Cold Variously employ'd Fri 17 do Cloudy evening Painting &c Sat 18 Cloudy mor Fair more moderate Painting on New Store &c. 13 Edwin Atwood returned to work having been unwell for fortnight previous. --and done no labour for me. 15 Charles carried in his Stage the Rev Mr Presbury & wife from Northfield to Templeton. 15* Gen. Nevins, Hon. T. Langley and ---Armes, County Commissioners examined the route of a contemplated Road from Wm. Hastings to Asa Conants. to report at the next court of Sessions in March next. Sun 19 Fair very Pleasant Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 20 " Employ'd in Store &c &c Tues 21 " do Wed 22 " do Thurs 23 " do Fri 24 " do Sat 25 " Took a Seat in the Stage for Boston and arrived there at 9 P.M. 25 Edwin Atwood finished work Sun 26 Fair Took my rest at the House of P. Shepard Mon 27 Fair Made Settlements paid off debts and Purchased Goods. Tues 28 Rain in Mor. Fair Attended to purchasing Goods. &c Wed 29 Fair do Thurs 30 " do Fri 31 Fair Took a set in the Stage at 1 oCl. A.M. and arrived home at 7 P.M. 29 Mrs ___Jones --Mother of George Jones died of Consumption. NOVEMBER 1828 Sat 1 Fair Employed in Store &c Sun 2 Cloudy rain Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 3d do. Attended to Store & Town Meeting P.M. for choice of Electors for Pres. & Vice Pres, & Member of Congress.* Tues 4 Fair Employ'd in Store &c &c Wed 5 " do Thurs 6 " do Fri 7 " do Sat 8 " do 1 C.C. Cobb exchanged his mare 4 years old with Joseph Wilson for a Horse 7 Years old and gave his Note for $15, to boot. [ cut from newspaper and pasted in book--Cobb's writing around clipping: Electors for President & Vice Pres. One hundred & Eleven for each representative to Congress. Hon. Geo. Grennell Jr --104 " Elihu Hoyt ------------ 5] Electors at Large, His honor Thomas L. Winthrop, of Boston, Hon. Samuel Lathrop, of W. Springfield. Suffolk District, Hon. Jesse Putnam, of Boston. Essex South, Hon. Stephen White, of Salem. Essex North, Hon. Bailey Bartlett, of Haverhill Middlesex, Hon. Nathan Chandler, of Lexington. Worcester South, Gen. Jonathan Davis, of Oxford. Worcester North, Hon. Silas Holman, of Bolton. Franklin, Col. Eliel Gilbert, of Greenfield. Hampden, Hon. Joshua Frost, of Springfield. Berkshire, Samuel Jones, Esq. of Stockbridge Norfolk, Hon. Edward H. Robbins, of Milton Plymouth, Hon. Seth Sprague, of Duxbury. Bristol, Hon. Oliver Starkweather, of Pawtucket. Barnstable, Hon. Braddock Dimmick, of Falmouth. Sun 9 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon 10 " Variously employed Tues 11 Snow 2 Inches deep this Morning do Wed 12 Fair took Account of Medicine in order to remove it to New Store. Thurs 13 " cool removed medicine to new Store &c. Fri 14 Cool Employd Opening & setting up Medicine & Crockery ware in new Store and with Mr. Child fixing Store Sat 15 " do 9 Alpheus Eastman & Wife from Hollis N.H. on Visit. Silas Masman took down his Blacksmith Shop & removed it to Col. L. Wheelock's land near his Store. 13 Sold Horse to Ebenr Barker for $52,50. Joel Hastings from Constable N.Y. on Visit to this town. Sun 16 Cool Attended to the necessary occurences of the day. Mon 17 Fair cold Employd in Weighing off Goods and moving them to new Store &c Tues 18 " do Wed 19 " do Thurs 20 rain snow do Fri 21 Fair do Sat 22 Cloudy do 18 The Sattinett Factory at Fall River Greenfield burnt. Sun 23 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 24 Fair Removed to my new Store North of the Meetinghouse and opened Some Goods for Sale. Tues 25 Fair Attended to Store &c. Wed 26 Fair Employd in Store and with Mr Child finishing about the Store. Thurs 27 Fair Employd in Store & necessary concerns Fri 28 Cloudy rain In Store Sat 29 Cloudy fair do. Sun 30 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day 24 Opened Goods for Sale in New Store, north of Meetinghouse, It being just 32 years from the time I first opened Good in Warwick in the House of Josiah Pomeroy a few rods from this place. Commenced business here with an assortment of Medicine W.I. Goods and Crockery Ware ---relinquishing all trade in English dry Goods. 27 Thanksgiving Edw'd & Abraham Sherman & their wives on Visit from Boston & Lowell. 29 Col. L. Wheelock moved into his new House. DECEMBER 1828 Mon 1 Cloudy rain in evening Employ'd writing &c. Tues 2 Fair do Wed 3 " warm do Thurs 4 do do Fri 5 do do Sat 6 do do Sun 7 Fair little sprink of Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Snow in evening Dec 1 Mr Osgood & Miss Whitney began the Schools in the Centre district. Mon 8 Fair No Snow on the ground Employed in Store & with Carpenters* Tues 9 Fair warm do Wed 10 " do Thurs 11 Cloudy and a little rain do Fri 12 fair do Sat 13 " do Sun 14 Fair Attended to my neccessary concerns. Dec 8 *Began to frame an addition to the Bishop house of a Woodhouse Bedroom &c. A. Bass the undertaker. 9 Levi Stinson removed from the Bishop House to the Factory House in Franklin Street. Edwd Gustive of Winchester failed. Asa Hutchins of Winchester failed Justin Land of Orange failed 11 Joseph Ball Married to Miss Jerusha Hale. Mon 15 Fair Cool Employed with Carpenters & in Store Tues 16 Fair cold & Windy do Wed 17 Fair Cold do Thurs 18 " " do Fri 19 " " do Sat 20 " moderate do Sun 21 Fair cold Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day 17 Mrs. Bangs--wife of Isaiah Bangs died aged --- 20 Abel Sanger from Templeton on visit to his mother &c Mon 22 Fair Employd with carpenter's building Addition to Bishop House. Tues 23 " do Wed 24 " do Thurs 25 cool In Store and at Meeting House preparing for Celebration of Christmas Fri 26 Fair Employd in Store about preparing Bishop house for my own residence Sat 27 Fair pleasant do Sun 28 Cloudy & like for Snow Attended to the concerns of the day 25 Christmas evening -- we had a Large collection and an excellent Address from Fredrick H. Allen Esq. Mon 29 Fair cool Employd in Store and painting at the Bishop House Tues 30 Fair cold high wind do Wed 31 Fair cool do 31* Began to move some of my Furniture to the Bishop House. Diary Of William Cobb Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1829 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun October 1999 Price Current Hay ton $9,00 plenty Rye Bushel 75 Corn " 67 Oats " 30 Potatoes " ,25 to ,30 scarce Butter lb ,12 to ,14 dull Cheese " ,6 " ,7 Merchandise, Boston Prices W.I. Rum 92 to 1,00 Gall N.E. do 33" 34 " Brandy 4th pr 1,12" 1,20 " Gin Hollands 1,00" 1,05 " " American ,25 " ,----" Sugar Brown 8,~~ " 10,~ Hund " Loaf ,16" --- Tea Hyson 0,92 " 1,00 lb " Souchong ,50 " ,52 " " Shin ,45 " 50" " Bohea ,28" 30" Coffee ,14" Molasses ,30 " ,33 Gall JANUARY 1829 Thurs 1 Fair Ground bear-hard frozen Removed from My former residence to the and excellent Wheeling for Bishop house 10 days past. Fri 2 " cloudy cold Variously employed. Sat 3 Fair and very Cold the do Thermometer at 12o below Zero Sun 4 Cloudy cold Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 5 Fair cold Employd in Store making Post-Office Return &c Tues 6 Fair do Wed 7 Fair moderate do 1 Removed from my former residence south of the Meetinghouse to the Bishop House (so called) North of the Meetinghouse. 4th Charles Nash came here on a visit and went to work for Edward Russell at currying Leather Samuel Damon went from Col. Wheelock's 7th New Mail & Stage route commenced running from Ware thro' Hardwick, Petersham Athol, Royalston, Richmond & Swanzey to Keene N.H. once a week--compensation for carrying the mail $350,~~ The other Mail from Ware to Keene thro' Greenwich New-Salem-South Orange, Warwick Winchester & Swanzey to run twice a week ( Monday, & Friday) compensation $550, per Annum. Putnam of N.Salem, & Douglas of Greenwich, contractors. Thurs 8 Snow & Rain Employ'd making P.O. return &c. Fri 9 Snow in the morning Fair Employ in Store Sat 10 Fair cold do Sun 11 Cold Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 12 Fair excellent sleighing Employd writing &c Tues 13 Fair do Wed 14 Cloudy snow & rain do Thurs 15 Cloudy and rain do Thomas White Jr Deeded his Farm to Elisha Davis of Royalston.--$2,000,~~ 10 Hezekiah B. Coller failed Fri 16 Fair Snow mostly gone Employd writing &c Some Ice in the Roads Sat 17 Fair & very pleasant do Sun 18 Snow in morning 4 or 5 Inches Employd in reading & the necessary moderate occurences of the day Mon 19 Fair and pleasant Attended Vendue at H.B. Coller's good sleighing Tues 20 Fair Employd in Store Writing &c Wed 21 " do Thurs 22 " do Fri 23 " do 19 The personal property of Hez. B. Coller Sold at Public Auction by Sheriff Goodell on meane [?] process, by agreement of parties. Bought a mow of Hay @ $13,~~ " 1-8 day Clock @ 8,~~ $21,~~ Sat 24 Fair warm cold evening Employd Writing &c Sun 25 Fair cold Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 26 Fair cloudy evening Employ'd writing &c Tues 27 Cloudy rain Snow in the evening do Wed 28 Snow this Mor. 8 inches Fair do Thurs 29 Fair cold do Fri 30 Fair cold do* Sat 31 do do 24 Mrs Anna Pond went from Warwick to Boston by Stage with an intention of Staying there with her Children. The personal property of Mr Asa Conant Sen. Attached on Several Writs *Attended a Chimual [?] Lecture at Alexander's Hall by Doct. Cross, who proses to give a regular course if he can obtain Subscribers. 31 Mrs. Wheelock wife of Captain Eleazer Wheelock died aged years. FEBRUARY 1829 Sun 1 Fair Cold Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 2 Snow Employd in Store writing &c Hazeltine Estate Tues 3 Fair do Wed 4 Fair cool do and attended Probate Court. Thurs 5 Fair cold Attended to Writing & trimming Stage Sleigh Fri 6 Fair cold do Sat 7 Fair Moderate do 5 Father Leonard returned from Canton, in company with Geo. Hathaway. 7 Jonas Conant removed his family from Warwick to Vermont where he was building a Road from Bennington onto the mountain. Sun 15 Fair cool Employd in the common occurences of the day Mon 16 Fair cold pleasant sun Employ'd writing &c Tues 17 Fair Arranging Treasury accounts, &c Wed 18 Fair do Thurs 19 Fair very cold, good sleding do Fri 20 Cloudy and more moderate do Snow P.M. Sat 21 Wind and Snow --18 or 20 Inches and much drifted Sun 22 Fair cold Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 23 Fair cold & windy Employd writing &c regulating the town Accounts Tues 24 Fair and more calm & moderate do Snow at 4 P.M. Wed 25 Fair mor Snow in the evening do Thurs 26 Snow & Hail fair evening windy night do Fri 27 Fair cold and windy do Sat 28 Fair cold do 22 Weather cold--Snow much drifted and no travelling--the people from different parts of the town tackled up their teams and broke out the Roads in many places. 23 The weather extreemly cold and blustering--The Boston Mail due this day did not arrive. 24 Mail from Boston came in this morning at 7 oCl having having been on the way about 40 hours. 30 Mails, which had been done at Boston from 24 to 48 hours had not arrived 26 Another great Snow with some Hail and a strong wind again renders the Roads impassable for teams. The Snow that has fallen in one week, is from 2 1/2 to 3 feet deep. MARCH 1829 Sun 1 Fair cold Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 2 Fair not very cold. Attended Town meeting &c. Tues 3 Fair Writing &c Wed 4 Fair & very pleasant do Thurs 5 Cloudy and Rain & Snow do Fri 6 Snow this mor. fell 12 or 14 Inches do & much drifted. Blustering day. Sat 7 Fair, fine day. do 2d Annual town Meeting Chose Doct. A. Taylor T. Clerk " L. Wheelock " A. Gale } Selectmen & Assessors. " Joel Pierce " Wm Cobb Treasurer " Eldad Hodge Constable & Collector of Taxes. Granted Money for the Support of Schooling $600 " Poor & Contingencies 600 " Highways 700 2 Jona Blake Jr. returned from General Court, having been on Business 2 Months. 5 Bought a Yoke of Oxen of Joseph Draper, and gave my Note for $76,00 payable in ten days, but expect to be waited on a longer time. -- Let James Fuller have said oxen to keep, and work, and agreed to sell the Cattle to him upon condition that he pays said note when it is demanded, and as an indemnity to me, he has turned out one Cow which I am to give up to him if he should injure that cattle and to pay the use of them if he should fail to pay for them when required. Sun 8 Fair cool bad travelling Attended to Post Office and other necessary concerns Mon 9 Fair moderate Employed writing & attended School meeting in evening Tues 10 " do Writing &c Wed 11 Cloudy moderate do Thurs 12 Rain do Fri 13 Fair cold do Sat 14 Some clouds very cold Employd making & Settlement with Charles &c and disagreeable weather 7 J. Estabrook of Royalston Died aged 58 years. Gravel complaint. 12 Charles A. Nash went from J. Russell's in this town to Worcester, in order to obtain work at the currying business. 13 Musick School closed this evening--taught by Mr. Upham of Royalston. Sun 15 Fair cold good sleighing Went to Gill with Mrs Cobb to see here father having received information that he was very Sick. Mon 16 Cloudy Snow. Returned from Gill in forenoon, and attended to Store P.M. Tues 17 Cloudy Snow Employd in Store Wed 18 Fair cold & windy Unwell in forenoon in Store P.M. Thurs 19 Fair moderate do Fri 20 Fair do Sat 21 Fair cool do 17 Mr. Joseph Goodell died aged 94 years & months. 19 Mr. Goodell Buried 20 Harriot Whitney Died of consumption. aged 16 years " David Ball's Child died of the Influenza aged 11 months. Sun 22 Fair cool Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day Mon 23 Fair cold Employd in taking Acct of Goods at the Old Store. Tues 24 " " do Wed 25 " " do Thurs 26 " very cold do Fri 27 Cold do Sat 28 Fair moderate do 23 Thomas White sold his Stock & Hay together with nearly all his Personal Property, having previously dispersed of his farm and made calculations to remove to West Boylston. 25 Silas Masman Moved his family to Springfield factory. 28 James Fuller Moved from Fay's House to the place where he formerly lived near the east Bank of the Pond. Sun 29 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 30 " Employd at Old Store taking acct of Goods with A. Mayo Tues 31 " do APRIL 1829 Wed 1 Fair Attended to Inventorying Goods at old Store Thurs 2 " do Fri 3 " do Sat 4 " do Sun 5 Fair pleasant Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 6 Fair cool Attended town meeting &c Tues 7 " cool at Old Store in the forenoon and making returns to Gen. Post. Office P.M. Wed 8 Fair cool Making return to Gen. P. Office Thurs 9 Cloudy rain & little snow Fast. Fri 10 cloudy rain Attended to Store Writing &c Sat 11 do do Sun 12 Fair and pleasant Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 13 Fair Attended to writing and School meeting P.M. Tues 14 Fair Attended to making out Inventory of Merchandise. Wed 15 Fair warm do Thurs 16 Fair and little cooler Unwell not able to do but little Fri 17 Fair, Cloudy Attended to closing up Inventory of Goods Sat 18 Fair do Sun 19 Cloudy Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 20 Cloudy rain Employd in Store Tues 21 Cloudy rain in mor. fair do Wed 22 Fair do Thurs 23 Fair and very pleasant do Fri 24 Cloudy rain and little snow do Sat 25 Fair cool do 20 Calvin Gunn began work for me--agreed to work 2 days in week Mondays & Tuesdays at 10 dolls per Month 23 Agreed with Warren Atwood to pick up Stones & mow the brush on a piece of New Land about one acre--for the sum of --$1,00 Also to chop up fit for fire, about 2 1/2 Cords wood that remained on my Lot cut 8 feet Long by L. Whitney for the sum of 75 Cents---- Also to put up all the fences on my upper Lot for ,25. Sun 26 Fair cool Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 27 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 28 Fair pleasant do Wed 29 Fair very Warm Employ'd in old Store Thurs 30 Cloudy Misty rain Employ'd making Board fence &c 25 Amory Mayo bought hay to keep his Cow after the date 28 Lieut. Col. Lemuel Wheelock chosen Colonel MAY 1829 Fri 1 Fair Employd in old Store Sat 2 " do making out Memoranda for Boston Sun 3 Fair Cloudy Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 4 Cloudy rain Attended to the Store & Town Meeting Tues 5 Fair Employd in Old Store Wed 6 Fair & Warm do Thurs 7 " do do in mor. remainder in Garden and Post Office Fri 8 " do Hazey do. Sat 9 Fair do 5 Planted early Potatoes 5 Amory Mayo and wife took seats in the Stage for Boston. 7 Planted peas 8 " peas & Beans and potatoes Lettis &c. Sun 10 Cloudy Attended to the common occurences of the day. Mon 11 Fair Employd in Old Store Tues 12 " do Wed 13 " do Thurs 14 " Variously employ'd Fri 15 " do Sat 16 " In Garden &c 13 A. Mayo & Wife returned from Boston. Sun 17 Fair Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 18 Fair Attended to Moving Barn on Bishop place Tues 19 Cloudy Rain P.M. Attended to making fence &c.&c. Wed 20 Fair Employ'd in Garden making fence &c Thurs 21 " do Fri 22 " Attended to various concerns. Sat 23 " do 18 Removed Barn on the Bishop Estate from Road to the West part of the House lot. 22 Samuel Blake with a loaded Waggon & 6 horses broke thro' Miller's River Bridge at Athol & all went down about 12 or 15 feet into the water--one horse was killed & others some damaged Blake himself not much hurt The loading consisted of 3 or 4000$ worth English goods belonging to Wm. Pomeroy which were considerably damaged. 23 Capt D.N. Smith returned from Pittsfield where he had been to erect a Planing Machine--Elmer Knolton came in company with him Sun 24 Fair warm Attended to the neccessary business of the day. Mon 25 Fair warm Employ'd planting in Garden &c Tues 26 do do Wed 27 do Gen. Election attended to the concerns of the day. Thurs 28 do Employ'd writing &c. Fri 29 do do Sat 30 do do Sun 31 do do JUNE 1829 Mon 1 Fair Rain Employ'd in Garden & Store Tues 2 Fair Employd in Store writing &c Wed 3 " do Thurs 4 Cloudy rain do Fri 5 Fair warm Employd with Mr Child making a Milk room Sat 6 Cloudy do 4 Charles C. Cobb drawed 600 feet Boards from Leonard's Mill for Cheese room &c At Bishop house Sun 7 Fair Attended to the neccessary business of the day Mon 8 Fair mist & rain Employd with Mr Child making Milk room &c Tues 9 Fair Attended to cutting and drawing Timber for addition to Barn pamp [?] Logs &c. Wed 10 Fair warm Employd in old store with A. Mayo arranging Cash Accts &c Thurs 11 " do Fri 12 " Writing &c Sat 12 " very dry Employd with Watts making Aquaduct to Barn. 8 P. Child worked 4 day making a cheese room Cinque &c in the Bishop house 9 James Full with his oxen worked 1 short day drawing timber 9 Laban B. Procter from Pittsfield on visit 11 Charles C. Cobb drawed a load Boards from Leonards Mill for addition to Bishop Barn 814 feet 13 John Wats & Franklin Whitney Bored Logs & laid dow [n] Aqueduct to Barn began at 9 oCl. A.M. 13 Laban B Procter had Gig to Royalston Factory 14 miles. Sun 14 Fair warm Shower Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day in the Evening Mon 15 Fair rain P.M. Variously employ'd Tues 16 Fair worked in Garden Wed 17 Fair writing &c Thurs 18 do dry do. Fri 19 do do Sat 20 do do 15 Signed a Note with Levi Stimson to Oliver Hill for $15, payable the first of October next and took a Note of Laban B. Procter for same amount as Security Mrs. Marsh Widow of Amos Marsh, from Utica on Visit. among her friends in this place 16 Phelps & Clark closed their Copartnership in publishing the Gazette and Herald-- And Phelps & Ingersoll commenced the publication of that paper. 18 Bought L.B. Procter's half of the Bishop House $209,00 and sold him the Factory building owned by J. Blake Esqr, Stephen Ball and myself, consisting of about one Acre of Land, with a dwelling House & half a Barn thereon for the sum of $233,00 and passed Deeds of the same Sun 21 Fair cool Attended to the common concerns of the day--Mr Bailey Preached Mon 22 Fair cool Employed with Carpenters framing addition to Barn Tues 23 do do Wed 24 do Employ'd with James Fuller under-pinning Barn &c. Thurs 25 do Employd with J Fuller building Shed and hog pen. Fri 26 do warm Variously employd Sat 27 Fair & Warm Clouds do in the evening Very dry. 22 Col. Lemuel Wheelock took in Samuel Damon a partner in trade under the Firm of L. Wheelock & Co. 23 Pemelia Russell Daughter of Justin Russell Esq. Died aged 10 Years. 24 Chahafine Holden worked framing & covering addition to Barn Aaron Bass worked 2 days on Barn Asa Atwood worked 1 day on Barn 25 James Fuller worked 3 3/4 days on Barn & Shed. 27 Very dry--Grass suffers much the crops very light on dry land many people have began to hay to save the Grass from the destruction of the drought. Sun 28 Steady rain Attended to Post-Office &c --Heard Mr. Balch (a Universallist) preach at Alexander's tavern in the afternoon. Mon 29 Cloudy & rain by turns Employ'd arranging accounts & making Settlements Tues 30 Cloudy & little rain Went to the Haziltine Farm and measured a piece of wall built by Levi Whitney--13 Rods. Attended to Accounts &c. JULY 1928 Wed 1 Alternate rain & sunshine Employd writing &c Thurs 2 do do Fri 3 do do Sat 4 Cloudy & constant rain do 29 Dean Penniman's Child died aged about 4 years--Bowel complaints Sun 5 Cloudy and some rain* Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 6 Fair Cloudy Writing &c Tues 7 Fair-cloudy evening Variously employd Wed 8 Cloudy some rain In Store, Writing &c Thurs 9 Fair Worked at Haying &c Fri 10 " do Sat 11 " Attended to Old Store A. Mayo absent * 5 *Rains commenced 28th June and continues 8 days--more or less every day --Grass that was mown 10 days ago still out and nearly spoiled. 6 Mrs. Atwood-wife of Asa Atwood Died-aged 7 Began Haying--cut new ground on the Stevens lot 8 Commenced runing the Brattleboro' Stage under the new arrangement. The Oposition from Brattleboro' thro' Fitzwilliam, brought out the old line from Winchester to Brattleboro' and Field & Young continues to run it from Athol to Winchester--Fuller commenced driving from Athol to Winchester. 11 Benjamin Porter died this Mor in a fit of apoplexy. 11* Charles went to Westmoreland with Stage to carry Amory Mayo & Wife--Edward Mayo & Wife & Sally Mayo to attend the Funeral of Mrs. Shaw. She was found on Friday morning in the Mill pond near the house Sun 12 Fair Shower at Sundown Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 13 Fair Employed in Store &c. Tues 14 do do Wed 15 Fair very warm do Thurs 16 Fair do Fri 17 " do Sat 18 " do 13 Charles Humphrey, who had lately returned from S. Carolina came up from Athol in Stage & requested that a Statement of all our old concerns in trade should be made out, and a Settlement made with his father so far as to ascertain the Amount of Property he has here. Sun 19 Fair Attended to Post-Office and necessary concerns. Mon 20 Fair Employd in Store Tues 21 Fair good hay weather do Wed 22 Fair Cloudy even'g rain in the night do Thurs 23 Cloudy and rain do Fri 24 Fair do Sat 25 Fair warm do 21 Mr. Nathan Williams died at Andover Connecticut of dysentary aged 52 Years. formerly of Gill--latly a pedlar in the State of Ct. -- his wife and family resided in this town. 24 Amanda Fay left Warwick with intention of going to Cincinati Ohio. with a view of marrying her Uncle Asa Mayo. This Marriage took place at Albany on the 26th Instant. Went from thence to Troy in the State of Ohio the place of his residence about 80 Miles North of Cincinati. 25 Charles C. Cobb finished Haying on my old farm. Sun 26 Fair Attended to the Post-Office &c. Mon 27 Fair Cloudy Making up Accts &c &c Tues 28 Cloudy fair do Wed 29 Fair very warm and dry do Thurs 30 Cloudy rain do Fri 31 Cloudy rain fair do AUGUST 1829 Sat 1 Cloudy Rain do 29 Mr. Levi Hedge from Cambridge on visit at Warwick Sun 2d Fair Emplyd in P. Office & necessary concerns Mon 3 Fair Attended to writing &c Tues 4 Cloudy and heavy rain do Wed 5 Fair and warm do Thurs 6 Fair warm do Fri 7 Fair, very Warm do Sat 8 Fair and extreemly warm do Wm. Dinsmore of Keene N.H. appointed Postmaster, in room of J.M. Edwards removed ` 6 Asa Wheeler began work in Col. Wheelock's Blacksmith's shop. Sun 9 Fair warm Shower P.M. Attended to Post Office & other necessary concerns Mon 10 Fair cool Employd writing &c Tues 11 Fair do Wed 12 Fair do Thurs 13 Fair do Fri 14 Fair cloudy do Sat 15 Fair Warm Variously employed 12 Charles C. Cobb Cr__By drawing a Load of Lumber from Lesures Mill with 2 Horses 13 Samuel Blake killed two valuable team Horses by means of the Staple drawing out of the yoke while descending the long Hill on the turnpike Road just above grace Brook ---finding himself unable to manage his Horses, and placed in a difficult Situation he leaped from his Seat without receiving any injuries--soon after one of the Wheel Horses fell and was drawn under the Wheel--the waggon went into the ditch and upset--the leading Horses receiving no injury but the Wheel Horses were truly mangled & their limbs broken to pieces. Sun 16 Fair Employd at Post-Office &c. Mon 17 Fair Employd Inventorying old Accts &c Tues 18 Rain do Wed 19 Fair do Thurs 20 Fair do Fri 21 Fair warm do Sat 22 Fair do 15 Mrs. Hall, wife of Doct. E. Hall, and her Daughter from Woodstock N.Y. on a Visit to her friends in this place. Sun 23 Fair Employ'd at Post Office and other neccessary concerns. Mon 24 Fair warm Variously employ'd Tues 25 Fair & warm do. Wed 26 Fair warm do Thurs 27 do Attend old Store while Mayo went to Athol Factory. Fri 28 do Employd about my House making preparations to build a Chimney &c in back part Sat 29 Fair warm and dry Laid foundation for chimney &c &c 24 The Warwick branch of the Massachusetts Peace Society met agreeable to adjournment and dissolved their connexian with the parent Society and also their Constitution and at the same time formed an Association for the Promotion of Peace & diffusion of useful Knowledge. 27 Rev. Swan L. Pomroy from Bangor State of Maine here on Visit. 28 Col. Wheelock Moved the old Taylor House on to the Widow Reed's thirds. Sun 30 Fair Attended to Post-Office & necessary concerns Mon 31 Very warm & dry Employ'd with Mr. Moody building Chimney in back Kitchen. SEPTEMBER 1829 Tues 1 Fair warm Employd with masons on Chimney Wed 2 Fair and Very Warm about house & Chimney &c &c Shower about Sundown Thurs 3 Fair Employ'd writing &c Fri 4 do do Sat 5 do cold do 1 Built Chimney in back Kitchen of Bishop House 2d The Weather extreemly warm an earth very dry great want of Water-- By a very heavy Shower about Sundown -- Samuel Bliss' Barn, near the Baptist meetinghouse in Royalston struck by lightning, and consumed with all its contents. His dwelling house was saved by removing the shed which connected the House with the Barn. Sun 6 Fair Attended to Post-Office &c Mon 7 Fair cold night Employd writing & closing old Accts Tues 8 Fair, flying Clouds cold & Windy do Wed 9 Fair do Thurs 10 Fair do Fri 11 Fair do Sat 12 Fair do 8 Joseph Procter from Boston on a visit to his Mother & Sister, and this day took the Stage for Northampton & Pittsfield, calculating to go from there to Albany and New York, and home by way of Providence. Sun 13 Fair rain in evening Attended to Post-Office &c &c Mon 14 Fair Employed about my House--plaistering &c Tues 15 Fair do. Wed 16 Cloudy rain in afternoon Attended Probate Court &c &c Thurs 17 Fair Variously employd Fri 18 Fair Attended to Writing & Appraising the Personal property of Joseph Goodell deceased Sat 19 Fair hazy In Store &c 14 Asa Wheeler moved his family from Hubbardston to Warwick and went into the House of Col. L. Wheelock, on the Widow Reed's thirds 16 Attended Probate Court and proved Joseph Goodells Will. Myself & Zina Goodell Executors Sun 20 Fair rain in evening Attended to P. Office and other necessary concerns of the day Mon 21 Fair Attended to making Potatoe Bins &c Tues 22 Fair Variously Employd Wed 23 " do Thurs 24 " do Fri 25 " do Sat 26 " do 21 Dea. Conant and ___ Morse began to repair School-house. Sun 27 Fair Employ'd in P. Office and necessary concerns of the day Mon 28 Fair and pleasant Attended to sowing Grain & Hayseed Tues 29 Cloudy rain Employd in Store &c Wed 30 Fair warm Employd in Store OCTOBER 1829 Thurs 1 Fair cold In Store Fri 2 Fair do Sat 3 " do Oct 1 My Mother removed from Amory Mayos to my House Sun 4 Fair Attended to Post Office &c &c Mon 5 Fair cold & windy Employd in Store Tues 6 Fair and pleasant Attended General Muster at Northfield Wed 7 Fair pleasant Attended to Store & writing Thurs 8 do do and attended to Capt Smith who was painting my Store Fri 9 do do Sat 10 do do 5 Stephen Kendall commenced driving Stage from Athol to Winchester, and __ Fuller left it. 6 General Muster at Northfield. Reg Commanded by Col L. Wheelock Lt Col. Powers & Maj Lawrence. Wm. E. Russell adjutant Amory Mayo Quarter Master ___Ferrin paymaster Doct A Taylor Surgeon Rev A Harding Chaplin. Several Independent Companies from N. Hampshire & Vermont attended, & appeared very brilliant The day was fine and no accident occured. Maj. Gen Sheldon Brig. Gen Hooker & Maj A Clark Inspector attended. Sun 11 Cloudy and Some rain Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 12 Fair Employd in Store Tues 13 do " Wed 14 do " Thurs 15 do " Fri 16 do " Sat 17 do " Sun 18 Cloudy Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon 19 Cloudy Fair P.M. Employd in Store Tues 20 Fair Cold & blustering do Wed 21 Fair hard frost do Thurs 22 Fair and pleasant Employd about Killing Hog and boarding hog house Fri 23 do About Barn &c Sat 24 do Variously employed Sun 25 Cloudy Warm Attended to P. Office and necessary concerns of the day Mon 26 Cloudy warm Writing &c Tues 27 Fair do Wed 28 Fair pleasant do Thurs 29 Cloudy do Fri 30 do do Sat 31 Cloudy wind Easterly little rain cold do 30 H. Barnard Esqr. removed from Saml Williams' to Jonas Conant's House. NOVEMBER 1828 Sun 1 Cloudy little rain Attended the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 2 Cloudy little rain In Store & Town meeting* Tues 3 Cloudy rain at night Employd in Store Wed 4 Fair do Thurs 5 do do Fri 6 Cloudy cool do Sat 7 Rain do Nov 2 Sold the personal Property of the Estate of Jos. Goodell deceased at public Auction. Nov 2d* Town Meeting was called this day to accept of a Road lately laid out from Wm Hastings to Asa Conant's thro Land of Capt Jos. Stevens and the Goodell Estate varying to the South West from the former Turnpike Road-- but was rejected by a large majority -- a Survey of a Road on the east line of Saml William's Land adjoining Aaron Bass from the old South County Road to the Turnpike was accepted, as was also a piece of Road from Perley Leland's to the New County Road, leading to Northfield. Sun 8 Cloudy cool Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 9 Fair and pleasant Worked on Barn with James Fuller making Horse Stable &c Tues 10 Fair do. Wed 11 Fair Employd in Store &c. Thurs 12 Fair do Fri 13 do do Sat 14 Snow 2 1/2 Inches do 9 Rec'd information that Joel Mayo, who had gone to Brighton with a large drove of Cattle, and sold out on Monday the 2d Instant had absconded with all the avails of his drove, for which he had taken Credit of the Inhabitants of this and the neighboring towns to a large amount. Having a Book Account against said Mayo for about 30 dollars for sundry Merchandise delivered in the years 1826 & 1827, made an attachment of his Household furniture which was left in the care of his father. 13 David Putman Jun agreed that he would pay Henry Balls acct for the use of his horse Amount $4,00. 14 Amory Mayo took a seat in the Stage for Boston to purchase goods. Sun 15 Fair cool Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day Mon 16 Cloudy little rain in evening Employ'd in Store &c Tues 17 Cloudy rain Variously Employed Wed 18 Cloudy, rain, fair do Thurs 19 Fair do Fri 20 Fair and pleasant do Sat 21 Cloudy warm do 15 Horsley Leonard from Canton New York (a son of Samuel Leonard) here on visit. 17 The County Commissioners laid a County Road on the track of the Turnpike from the South line of the town of Orange to Northfield Street and also from Warwick Meetinghouse to Winchester South line----and the Road was then discontinued as a Turnpike 20 Amory Mayo returned from Boston by Stage. Sun 22 Cloudy some rain Attended to the neccessary occurences of the day Mon 23 Cloudy and heavy rain Employ'd writing &c Tues 24 Fair cold do Wed 25 Fair cool do Thurs 26 Cloudy Snow Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day the evening 4 Inches. Fri 27 Fair Employ'd in Store Sat 28 Fair do 28 A Committee chosen by the town Viz. L Wheelock--S. Fay--Jona Blake Esqr. laid out a new Road on or near the track of the old Turnpike Road from Asa Conants to Wm Hastings. Sun 29 Cloudy Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 30 Fair Employd writing &c DECEMBER 1829 Tues 1 Fair moderate do Wed 2 Fair cloudy moderate do Thurs 3 Fair cool do Fri 4 Cold cloudy Snow do Sat 5 Snow this Mor 2 Inch. do 2 Benjamin Simonds died aged 77 years. Sun 6 Cloudy rain P.M. Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 7 Cloudy warm Variously employ'd ---* Tues 8 Cloudy warm Employ'd writing &c Wed 9 Fair cool do Thurs 10 do cold do Fri 11 Cloudy do Sat 12 Cloudy rain very heavy at evening do *7 Killed fat Cow weight 523 lb Beef Good sold half the Meat at 3 1/2 Cents. 7 The Warwick Association for promotion of Peace and useful Knowledge adopted thier Constitution and chose their Officers for the year ensuing. 7 Wm. Hamilton arrested on a Warrant as an Idler and Vagabond--had his trials before J. Blake Esqr and found guilty of the charges, but made his escape from the officer. 10 Mason Leonard -- Son of Jonas Leonard jun. Died of Consumption aged __ yrs. 12 S. Weatherbee & Wife from Burlington Vt on Visit to their friends in this place. Sun 13 Fair Employd in the neccessary concerns of the day. Mon 14 " Employ'd in Store writing &c. Tues 15 " " Wed 16 " " Thurs 17 "pleasant " Fri 16 Cloudy snow in evening " Sat 19 Fair except a little Snow in mor. " 13 Laban B. Procter from Pittsfield on visit. Had just returned from a Fair in the State of N. York for selling Rights for the Revolving Timber plane, but had not suceeded in the business as he expected --Sold his Modle Machine at Rochester and left the business with an agent at that place. 16 Mr___Foster of Winchester returning on the Richmond Road in the edge of the evening, riding one horse and leading another (which he had taken with him to assist a heavy loaded teamster) was by some unknown cause flung from the horse while one of his feet was entangled in the traces which he had substituted for sturipes: The horse perhaps from fright or other cause ran with him in this situation to Parkers Tavern & here he was found stript of all his Clothing, his limbs broken -- the flesh torne from his body and life extinct. Sun 20 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day, reading &c. Mon 21 Fair Employd Writing &c Tues 22 Fair cold do Wed 23 Fair cool do. * Thurs 24 Cloudy little rain Employed at the Meetinghouse preparing for Christmas Fri 25 Fair some clouds Moderate do Sat 26 Fair Moderate Variously employed *23 Closed the sale of the Jackson Farm with Ruel Coller & Ebena Collar and delivered Deeds of the same from J. Champney Roxbury. 25 This evening the Celebration of Christmas was Solemnised by prayer and an appropriate address by Mr. Keith, principal of the Literary School at Northfield. The Meetinghouse illuminated and adorned with appropriate emblems, and attended by a large and respectable audience. Sun 27 Fair warm Employd in the necessary occurences of the day. Mon 28 warm and foggy Employed writing &c Tues 29 Fair do Wed 30 do do Thurs 31 do do Diary Of William Cobb Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1830 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun October 1999 Price Current Hay Ton $8,50 to 9-- Rye Bushel ,75--83 Corn " ,62 to 67 Oats " ,30--,33 Butter lb ,12"14 Cheese " 6"7 Pork " ,4 1/2 " ,5 Beef " , 4-- Merchandise W.I. Rum ,90 to ,95 per Gal. N.E. do ,28 " ,29 " Brandy 1,05" " 1,17 " Gin Hollands 1, " " " American , 29 " ,30 " Sugar Brown 7,~ " 9,00 per C Teas Souch -,50 per lb Hyson ,90 " 1,00 " Y. Hyson ,70 " ,80 " Skin ,48 " ,50 " Coffee ,12 " ,50 " Molasses ,26 " ,28 Gall. Flour $5,25 " 5,50 Bbl JANUARY 1830 Fri 1 Fair cool ground bare & frozen Employd Writing &c Sat 2 Fair & very pleasant do Sun 3d Fair and extreemly pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day mor. Cloudy evening Mon 4 Fair windy & cool Variously employd Tues 5 Fair Cold Employed making Post-Office Return. Wed 6 do do Thurs 7 do do Fri 8 Fair morning Clouds Measured Wall for L. Whitney on J. Humphry's & squals of Snow P.M. Land 68 rods made in fall of 1828& 1829 @,75 Sat 9 Fair & pleasant in Mor. Went to M. Pomroy's in morning Settled Clouded up in afternoon Interest on Noted &c. 1st Gave Charles C. Cobb a Deed of about 20 Acres of Land being a part of the Thayer Farm Situated on the South Side and near the foot of Little Grace Mountain for which he gave his Noted for $300,~~ to pay to the town of Warwick $105, by installments of $15,-- Annually--and the remainder in three payments Annually of $65, each. 5th Wid. Tryphena Dutton died after an illness of about 5 or 6 days Aged 80 Years. Sun 10 Cloudy rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day (Snow in mor 4 Inches) Mon 11 Fair cold Snow & Rain in Employ'd arranging old Accounts. morning, and froze hard upon the ground 2 or 3 inches thick Tues 12 Fair hazy do. Wed 13 Cloudy do Thurs 14 do do Fri 15 do. little rain evening Variously employd Sat 16 Fair do 10 No Snow upon the ground this year till this morning--the Ground has been frozen in sharp hobbles or converted to a "Mortar bed" for several weeks past. The Rain today is mixed the Snow and is all splash. Sun 17 Fair Cloudy Snow in evening Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 18 Fair & Cold Employd writing Letters &c &c Tues 19 Fair cold do Wed 20 Cloudy Snow do Thurs 21 Fair do Fri 22 Cold " Sat 23 Cold windy & very blustery " 18 Mrs Lydia Pierce wife of Joel Pierce died Aged Year---Consumption Post Office established at Root, Lesure & Co's Store entitled "South Warwick" Sun 24 Fair, bright Sun more Attended to the Post Office & necessary concerns of moderate--Sleighing the day not very Good Mon 25 Cloudy Snow Employd in store writing &c Tues 26 Fair high wind do Cold & tedious Wed 27 Cold unpleasant Snow do P.M. & high wind Thurs 28 Fair pleasant Mor. hazy P.M. do Fri 29 Cold do troubled with Gout in my right foot. Sat 30 Extreemly cold & blustering do Sun 31 Fair cold confined to house with Gout 27 Putmans Shingle Mill and Sawmills burnt, also a Gristmill with 2 runs of Stones--1 Carpenter's Shop & a large Quantity of Lumber--Situated on Miller's River at South Orange damage estimated about $4,000 30 Sent to Franklin Bank by Capt John Stearns $253,87[1/2?] for Cobb Mayo & Co -- and $76,17 for Asa Conant Jr. FEBRUARY 1830 Mon 1 Fair Snow P.M. Confined to house with Gout Tues 2 [written down page] Weather cold good Sleighing Wed 3 Confined to my house with Gout, and unable to help myself but little Thurs 4 Fri 5 Sat 6 Sun 7 Fair sloppy Mon 8 Some Snow, mostly fair weather and Good Sleighing. ---to Boston and elsewhere. Tues 9 Confined to my house with Gout did some Writing &c Wed 10 Thurs 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Fair Mon 15 Warm & fair and Sleighing gone Tues 16 Confined to my house with gout getting better and posting Books &c. Wed 17 Thurs 18 Fri 19 Fair pleasant Went to my Store in a sleigh Sat 20 " Went to Store a part of the day. 16 Alonzo Rawson commenced the publication of "Freedom's Sentinel" at Greenfield. 18 Samuel Cobb went from my house to E. Knoltons to board. Sun 21 Fair Unwell & kept my house Mon 22 Fair employd at Store & house posting & arranging town Accounts Tues 23 " " Wed 24 " " Thurs 25 " " Fri 26 " " Sat 27 " " Sun 28 " Attended to Post-Office &c MARCH 1830 Mon 1 Fair cool Attended to Store and Town Meeting health some better but much fatigued Tues 2 Cloudy & Snow P.M. Attended to Store & walked on foot for the first time to my house since my sickness. Wed 3 Fair Employ in Store &c Thurs 4 Fair do Fri 5 do do Sat 6 moderate do Mar 1 Town Officers chosen---- A. Taylor Town Clerk L. Wheelock J. Blake Esqr } Selectmen & assessors. A. Lesure Wm. Cobb -----Treasurer Eldad Hodge Constable & Collector 3d Charles C. Cobb Married to Sarah Ann Thayer. 4 Rev Mr ___ Godard & wife from Winhall Vt. called on me & tarried over Night. 5 Chauncey P. Cassal taken on a Warrant of Assault and Battery by Abijah Fisher fined $2,00 a cost of Court--said Cassal was charged with entering Fisher's House in the night time & conducting in a rude manner Sun 7 Fair Cloudy rain in Attended to the necessary concerns of the day evening & through the Night Mon 8 Fair Attended to the P. Office & Store Tues 9 " do Wed 10 cold windy do Thurs 11 do do Fri 12 moderate do Sat 13 do Cloudy do 7 My health poor---having just recoved the use of my limbs, from a severe turn of the Gout, which confined me to my house for about 4 weeks. The County Commissioners ordered the town of Warwick to open the Road, prayed for by Capt. John Stearns & others from Asa Conant's, through the Goodell Farm (so called) and land of Capt. Jos. Stevens to the tract of the old Turnpike Road & thence to the house of Wm. Hastings 11 The General Court of this Commonwealth closed a session of nearly 10 weeks during which time the first grants for Rail Roads were made. Sun 14 Rain Fair Attended to Post-Office &c quite feeble from the effects of Gout. Mon 15 Fair cool Attended to Store &c. Tues 16 Fair pleasant cloudy evening do Wed 17 Cloudy Snow in mor, rain high wind do Thurs 18 Cloudy rain in forenoon Fair P.M. do Fri 19 Fair do Sat 20 do do Capt. Joseph Stevens, who Represented the town of Warwick in the General Court the 2 last sessions, Rec'd a Commission as a Justice of the Peace. Sun 21 Cloudy rain Attended to Post Office & the necessary concerns of the day Mon 22 Fair cloudy P.M. Employ'd in Store Tues 23 Snow this mor. 5 Inch do Wed 24 Fair cool do Thurs 25 Fair pleasant Sun, Hazy P.M. do Fri 26 Severe Snow Storm from the N.E. do Sat 27 Fair cloudy do 25 Wm. Wood's Property all attached to Secure his Debts. Sun 28 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day. Mon 29 Fair Cloudy evening Employ'd making acct Post Office Return Tues 30 Cloudy mor. Fair do Wed 31 Cloudy rain P.M. Variously employd APRIL 1830 Thurs 1 Fair Employd making a return of P. Office Fri 2 Fair Rain in evening do Sat 3 Fair Variously employd 30th _____ Kinney began to carry the mail from Greenfield and took the "Greenfield Gazette" to distribute on his own Acct. Mrs. Deborah Oliver wife of ____ Oliver Esqr. of Royalston died --- of consumption Sun 4 Fair and pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 5 Fair Employd in the various concerns of the day Governor Meeting Tues 6 " Began Inventory of Goods at old Store. Wed 7 " Employ'd Inventorying Goods Thur 8 Fair Fast Fri 9 Fair Employd in taking Inventory of Goods Sat 10 cool cloudy some rain do 6th A Mr. Joseph White of Salem, a man of Fortune & Respectability aged 82 Years, was Murdered while asleep in his own Bedchamber by some person or persons unknown who had entered the house at a back window of the basement Story and proceeded upstairs undiscovered by the domestics of the house who slept at a distance from the place of entrance. [ IN MARGIN: See June 1st--July 20 & August 21st] 7th Stephen Perry removed from the Johnson farm to the Davis farm (so called) on Chestnut Hill--which farm Wm. Perry & Harriot Perry wife of said Stephen, had purchased for the Sum of $163,-- under an incumbrance to the Mass. Hospital Life Insurance Company of $300---making the sum of $463 only. The farm contains about 140 Acres of Land. Sun 11 Cloudy Attended to the necessary concerns of the day No Meeting Mon 13 Fair Employd taking Inventory of Goods at Old Store Tues 13 " do Wed 14 " do Thurs 15 " do Fri 16 " Attended to Post Office &c Pain in my legs & joints. Sat 17 " Confined to my house by a paroxesm of the Gout 12 Agreed with James Fuller for his son James to work for me & Charles for one year from this date for one year from this date for the sum of $20,~ half in Cash & half in clothing--and 1 pair of Calfskin shoes -- said James Jun. to attend the Winter School Sun 18 Fair Confined to my House by Gout. Mon 19 " do Tues 20 warm do Wed 21 do do Thurs do do Fri 23 cooler do Sat 24 do do 18 Rev. Mr. Estabrook of Athol Died --aged 72 Years 22 Mr. Samuel Leonard Brought from Gill a Yoke of Oxen which he valued at $60,--and left them with C. C. Cobb to Work & Sell if he had a chance. Lent him $15, till the sale of the Cattle could be made Sun 25 Cloudy & little mist Still confined to my House, but the effect of the Gout has Subsided in a great Degree. Mr. Harding Preached. Mon 26 Cloudy rain Fair My Health so much better as to go to my Store. Tues 27 Fair cold mor. Pleasant Attended to Writing &c Wed 28 Fair do Thurs 29 Fair warm In Store in the forenoon, and appraising the property of the Wid. Sanger Deceased, in afternoon Fri 30 Fair & Warm Finished appraising Mrs Sanger's property in forenoon--in Store P.M. 30 Medad Menard removed his family to Northfield MAY 1830 Sat 1 Fair Warm Employd with J. Fuller & Cyrus Drake ploughing & planting Sun 2 Fair " Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 3 Fair " Attended to Store and Town Meeting* Tues 4 Cloudy Attended to Store &c Wed 5 Cloudy fair Employ'd costing the Inventory of Goods Cobb Mayo & Co Thurs 6 Fair windy do Fri 7 Fair writing &c Sat 8 Fair do. 1 Planted Store lot with potatoes & Corn *3 Capt. Joseph Stevens chosen Representitive. 5 Medad Alexander Jr left the Tavern in this place 5 Spring very forward, most of the Land in good order for planting --Appletrees in Blossom. 7 Samuel Damon moved into the Tavern house on Lease from Dutton & Ruddock Sund 9 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 10 " Employ'd about Planting &c Tues 11 " warm do. Wed 12 " warm In Store & Garden Thurs 13 Cloudy & rain In Store writing &c Fri 14 Fair do Sat 15 Fair do 11 Planted Corn and Garden Vegetables Generally. Sun 16 Fair pleasant cloudy evening Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 17 Cloudy rain Employ'd in Store Tues 18 Fair do Wed 19 " do Thurs 20 " Attended to making up accounts at old Store &c Fri 21 Fair cold morning In Store &c Sat 22 Fair cool do 19 John Humphrey from Athol came up on business. 20 Levi Stearns died aged Years 20 Amory Mayo went to Boston after Goods, to Settle Accts &c Sun 23 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day* Mon 24 Fair Employ'd in Store Tues 25 " do Wed 26 " do Thurs 27 " do Fri 28 Fair do Sat 29 Cloudy and some rain do 23* Attended to an Address by Mr. Plumley on the Subject of Slavery. 27 Mrs. Allen--wife of Major P. Allen died aged yrs Consumption. Sun 30 Cloudy rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day No Preaching Mon 31 Fair Employd in Store JUNE 1830 Tues. 1 Fair Variously Employd Wed 2 " do Thurs 3 Cloudy rain P.M. Writing &c Fri 4 Fair do Sat 5 Foggy mor fair do 31 Bought a Cow of A. Goodell & agreed to pay $20, in one year, with Interest--let the Same to Capt. D.N. Smith to be returned on demand and he accountable for the use of her. 1st An accidental discovery was made of the Murderers of Mr. White of Salem (see April 6th) by means of a Letter went from Belfast Me. under signature of "Grant" but whose true name was Palmer, who was knowing to the conspiracy that was formed at Salem to take the Life of Mr. White, and distroy his will, which if accomplished would leave the descent of a large estate to an heir by Name of Knapp--said Knapp having agreed to pay the sum of $1000, for the accomplishment of the deed. Said Palmer left Salem before the Murder, but afterward hearing it was done, wrote to said Knapp to send him a certain sum of Money by Mail within a stated time, or he would expose the whole affair the letter happening to fall into the hands of another Man by name of Knapp, was given to the Committee of Vigilance, and the whole affair brought to light. [Margin note: See April 6th--July 20th--Aug. 21] Sun 6 Cloudy Rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 7 Fair Employd in Store writing &c. Tues 8 Cloudy rain Fair Shower P.M. & hail do Wed 9 Fair do Thurs 10 Rain in Mor. fair do Fri 11 Fair and agreeable weather do Sat 12 Fair do 6 Samuel Fay and the Wid Nancy Mayo Married. 8 association of Ministers met in this town. 9 Rev. Mr. Hosmer Ordained over the Unitarian Society in Northfield. Salary $700, 11 James Leonard, son of Jonas Leonard Jun. died aged 5 years--infection of the brain. 11 Planted Blood Beets for Winter use Also planted Red Cabbage --and Savoy do. Sun 13 Cloudy rain in forenoon fair Attended to Post Office &c. Mr. Sullivan Preached Mon 14 Cloudy little rain Variously employed Tues 15 Fair and very Warm do Wed 16 do Showers do Thurs 17 Fair warm do Fri 18 " do Sat 19 " do 18 Choice of Officers in the South Company. Ens. Jas. Ball chosen Captain David Burnet Lieut and Asa Wheeler Ensign. Sun 20 Cloudy rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 21 Rain cold Employd Writing &c Tues 22 Showrey do Wed 23 Fair variously employd Thurs 24 " " Fri 25 " " Sat 26 " do 21 Col. Wheelock's Daughter (Antinett) Died aged 3 years 22 Mrs. Weeks (Mother of Caleb Weeks) Died aged 92 Years. 25 Mr. David Godard's Child aged about 3 months. 26 George the 4th King of England died, aged 68 years. He was appointed Regent with sovergn Powers AD 1811 and became King on the Death of his Father (Geo, 3d) AD 1820. Sun 27 Fair Shower in afternoon Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 28 Foggy mor Fair shower P.M. Writing &c Tues 29 Fair showery P.M. do Wed 30 Fair do JULY 1830 Thurs 1 Fair Employd Settling Accts at Old Store &c. Fri 2 " Warm Attended to making Post Office return Sat 3 Cloudy and muggy warm do 28 Celia Cobb Daughter of Josiah Cobb Esq --South Orange died aged__ 28 John Fuller second teller of the U.S. Branch Bank Boston, absconded with about $41,000 dollars, taken from the Bank--and was found to be deficient otherwise to the Amt. of about $07,000 unaccounted for. July 3d Mrs. Abigail Allen died Wife of Calvin Allen Aged Years. Jaundice Sun 4 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 5 Fair Employd making Return to General Post-Office Tues 6 " variously employd Wed 7 " warm do. Thurs 8 Cloudy rain in the afternoon do Fri 9 Fair do Sat 10 Fair cool morning do 5 Gen Bournmond at the head of the French Army completed the subjugation of Algiers--having been landed upon that coast but 20 days. The expedition consisted of 28 ships of War--277 Transports & 17 Sterm Vessels and about 37,500 men. The loss of the French is variously stated, but is probably 5000-- the Algrine much more. 6 Mrs. Cobb an Sary Ann went to Northfield on Visit to Mr Websters. 10 Asa Conant Jun. Sued by the Executors of Joseph Goodell's will and went to Jail upon one writ. The Action commenced upon two Notes given by said Asa in consideration of the old Goodell Farm of which he had a Bond for a Deed, but thinking that he had a hard bargain, he gave up the Land, and refused to pay his noted. Sun 11 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 12 Cloudy Employd writing &c Tues 13 Cloudy & heavy rain do Wed 14 Fair warm light Shower arranged old Accts &c Thurs 15 Fair do Fri 16 Fair and very Warm do Sat 17 Fair and extreemly warm Variously employd 12 People Just beginning to make Hay--crops of Grass very light on old fields and other Grass about 10 days later than usual 14 Sent a "Revolving Timber Plane" to Mr David Young's Shop at Athol to be set up there for trial. 15 Charles Humphrey from Athol, came up and gave Notice that he should want a considerable Sum of Money this fall. Sun 18 Fair and Warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 19 Fair warm Employd writing &c Tues 20 do do Wed 21 extreemly Warm do Thurs 22 Fair warm Hazy evening do Fri 23 Hazey a little Cooler do Sat 24 Fair do 19 Began Haying at my west Lot---Grass light. 21 Franklin Glass Fact. Co. Sold the Old Factory Store to Augustus S. Carroll for $ 21 Capt. D. N. Smith sold his Wheelwright Shop, old Pot. house and land, to Col. L. Wheelock for $110,~~ 20 The Supreme Court commenced a Special Session at Salem for the trial of Joseph J. Knapp Jr John F. Knapp & Geo. Crowningshield who were supposed to be concerned in the Murder of Joseph White of Salem---Richard Crowningshield who was also charged with the Murder and supposed to be the one who committed the deed with his own hand had hanged himself in prison. The Judges were Parker Putnam Wild and Morton [Margin note: see Apl 6th June 1st & August 21st] Sun 25 Fair Mor Showrey at Attended to Post-Office & necessary concerns 4 P.M. & continued rain of the day Mr Rogers preached Mon 26 Cloudy and some rain Employd on old accts Tues 27 Rain do Wed 28 Cloudy & some rain do Thurs 29 Cloudy do Fri 30 " Rain do Sat 31 Fair and pleasant variously employd 26 Judge Parker of Boston chief Justice of the Supreme Court of this Commonwealth died this Morning aged 63 years--of Apoplexy " The continued rains raised the Water very high on Connecticut River--the Streams in Vermont rose to an unusual height and great damage was sustained -- One small village was washed entirely away and 14 persons with it. 28 S. P. Damon & his Sister started for Saratoga Springs 31 Cut & Secured my Rye in the Barn 31 Revolution in France a dreadful scene of Civil War ensued by which the King was dethroned and the Duke of Orleans set at the head of the Government. 100,000 National Guards and populace had collected under command of Gen. Lafayette, and in 3 day took all the strong holds in Paris--about 5000 lives lost. AUGUST 1830 Sun 1 Cloudy Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 2 Cloudy more Fair Employ'd arranging old accounts &c Tues 3 Fair do Wed 4 Fair warm do Thurs 5 Fair fine Hay weather do Fri 6 do do Sat 7 Cloudy, Fair do 1 Doct. J. Brooks preached in the Schoolhouse. 4 Rev. P. Smith moved out of his House to S. Fay's, and the workmen began to prepare for the removal of his House to the Village north of the Meetinghouse. Sun 8 Fair heavy Shower P.M. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 9 Fair Employ'd writing &c Tues 10 " do Wed 11 " do Thurs 12 " do Fri 13 " do Sat 14 " do 8 Very fine Season taken all together. The 2d week in July people generally began to make Hay weather cloudy the forepart the latter part fair---the 3d week fair and warm, extreemly good hay weather--the 4th week very rainy and nothing of consequence done about hay or grain--the first week in August, weather very good in general and many people finished their Hay & winter grain. The seasonable rains have preserved the grass in old pastures, and the Mowed lands have become very green & flourishing Corn tho' backward in the fore part of the season has come forward very rapidly, and if the season should continue favourable there will be good crops. 12 Rev. P. Smith gave up the Contract he had with John Bowman for removing his dwelling House from its original Standing to the village north of the Meetinghouse, and made a new agreement with Said Bowman, Charles B. Haynes & Eldad Hodge to Remove the House and Risk the same for the sum of $190,~~ 14 Visited Mr Smith's House, in order to ascertain the State of the building before it Started from the place where the undertakers received it. --found the front part all sound and in good condition except a small place on the right hand side of the west room fire place.--A small piece of plaistering off, at the head of the Chamber Stains and the plaistering in the west in the west Chamber a little started in the upper corner of the room South Side. The L. part not in so good condition, the floor settled down in one or two places, but not essentially damaged the inside, except the north side, where it was separated from the other part of the building Sun 15 Hazy mor. rain P.M. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 16 Cloudy fair Employd on Accts of old Firm &c Tues 17 Fair do Wed 18 Cool mor Fair & exceeding fine weather do Thurs 19 do do Fri 20 Fair do Sat 21 Fair do 20 Abel Sanger, who had been to the South for the improvement of his health arrived at this place on a Visit to his Brother. 21 John Francis Knapp of Salem who had been on trial ever since the 20th of July, for the Murder of Mr. White was found guilty & this day received his Sentence to be hanged. The Court had adjourned one week on Account of the death of Chief Justice Parker (which took place on the 26th July) but had been in Session the remaining part of the time on the trial of said John Francis Knapp. The first Jury could not agree, consequently a new Jury was empanneled, & the trial again gone through--They brought in a verdict of Guilty. The Court then adjourned to the 9th of November next for the trial of Joseph J. Knapp Jun & Geo. Crowningshield. Sun 22 Cloudy rain in evening Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Thunder & Lightning Mon 23 Cloudy Attended to old accts &c Tues 24 Fair Cloudy Shower P.M. do Wed 25 Cloudy do Thurs 26 Cloudy and extreemly cold do rain in evening Fri 27 Fair and a little more comfortable do Sat 28 Fair warm do 19 Mrs Lydia Nash wife of Mr Calvin Nash & Sister of my Wife died at her residence in Canton N.Y. --of Dysentary--aged 67 Yrs & 6 months. 24 Mr. Luther Lincoln of Norton called on me and tarried over Night. Visited M. Williams Clothing & Carding works in Mor. 26 This day was the coldest I ever remember, at this season of the year--it was necessary to build up a fire in my stove to make it comfortable. 28 Thomas White Sen. from West Boylston here on Visit. Sun 29 Fair Employ'd in the common concerns of the day. Mr Harding Preached Mon 30 Fair warm Attended to the adjustment of Old Accounts of Partnership & other concerns of Post Office &c. Tues 31 Fair do SEPTEMBER 1830 Wed 1 Fair Employd writing and arranging old Accounts Thurs 2 " do Fri 3 " do Sat 4 " do 30 Deliverd Wm. E Russell--$102, to carry to Boston to pay Cobb Mayo & Co. Note to Wm Fowle. " The undertakers for the Removal of Mr. Smith's House meet with many obstacles to impede their progress--about 4 weeks have been spent upon it, and the front part of the House has been got only to the flat on the old Turnpike Road. Sun 5 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 6 Fair Variously employd Tues 7 Cloudy & Some rain do Wed 8 do do Thurs 9 do do Fri 10 Cloudy Fair P.M. do Sat 11 Fair do 6 Saml P. Damon Purchased a large dapple Grey Horse of Joseph Young of Athol for $100, and I signed the Note with him and took Seventy in other Notes. 6 Charles lost one of his Stage Horses--having his thigh broken by the kick of another Horse. in so bad a manner that it was concluded best to kill him. Value about 60 dollars. Insurection in France News is just received that an insurrection broke out in France about the last of July. The "Liberals" commanded by General LaFayett, embodied a large force and an Action commenced in which 5000, or 6000 of the King's troops were killed, and he fled for safety. 10 Charles C. Cobb bot of George Jones a four year Old Mare and agreed to pay $65, for her. Sun 12 Fair Attended Meeting Mr J. Goldsbury Preached Mon 13 Fair Warm Employd in writing--attending town Meeting &c. Tues 14 do Attended to old Accts &c &c Wed 15 do do Thurs 16 cool do Fri 17 Cold Severe frost water froze 1/16th in Thick do Sat 18 Cool Frosty morning In Store in forenoon Afternoon went to Wid. Goodells & brought away a number of articles of the Goodell Estate & sold at Auction 14 The undertakers of the removal of Mr Smith's House completed the first part, and commenced upon the 2d 18 Henry Ball chosen Captain of the North Company of Militia in Warwick. 18 Anna Procter wife of Wm. Procter died at Lowell aged years. Sun 19 Fair Attended Meeting &c J. Goldsbury preached Mon 20 Fair Employ'd writing &c Tues 21 " do Wed 22 " do attended Probate Court in this place Thurs 23 Cloudy Attended to Store &c Fri 24 Fair warm do Sat 25 Cloudy & fair do 17 The Inhabitants of Boston celebrated the completion of the second Century from the first Settlement of the City. At this time the Old State House at the head of State Street, which had been recently repaired and altered in its apartments &c. was christened by the Name of "City Hall" This Building is now occupied in front by the Post-Office next to which is a Reading Room & commercial intelligence--The Hall above is for the Municipal Court & City business &c &c 23 Officer drill at Warwick Sun 26 Rain A.M. fair P.M. Attended Meeting P.M. Mr. Willson Preached Mon 27 Fair Employd on Post-Office Accounts Tues. 28 Rain in Mor. fair warm Variously employd Wed 29 Fair windy cold writing &c Thurs 30 Fair warm do OCTOBER 1830 Fri 1 Fair warm Employd in Making return to Gen. P. Office Sat 2 Fair warm do attended Court at Damons P.M.* 28 John J. Knapp who had been found guilty in the Murder of Mr. White Of Salem, was Executed this day between the hours of 8 & 9 A.M. 2* Stephen Ball commenced agt. Calvin Allen for Assault & Batery the Court fined A. $600 & Cost Nevers for Ball & Olmsted for Allen. Sun 3 Fair Attended Meeting Mr Hasmore of Northfield preached Mon 4 Fair Attended to Store Writing &c Tues 5 " do Wed 6 " do Thurs 7 " do Fri 8 " do Sat 9 Cloudy rain P.M. do 4 Quartus M. Webb, who was employed in Gen. Never's Office at Northfield in the Study of Law, & an assistant in the post-Office, was detected in taking money from the Mail and absconded. a reward of 200 dolls was offered for his apprehension, and he was taken near Providence, a few hays after. (See Oct 15) 8 Dug Potatoes--had 30 Bushels in the Store lot. 8 General Muster at Montague Reg. Commanded by Col. Wheelock Lieut Col. Powers Maj Lawrence Adjutant Russell Quartermaster Damon. 9 Charles Humphrey of Athol married to Miss ____ Jones of that place. 9 Prudence Lincoln of Petersham on her return front Winhall Vt. (where she had bee to assist her sister) called on us this morning, calculating to make a visit of a few days. Sun 10 Cloudy Attended to necessary concerns of the day Mr Rogers preached Mon 11 Fair Attended to closing old Accounts &c Tues 12 Fair warm do Wed 13 Cloudy rain P.M. do Thurs 14 Cloudy do Fri 15 Cloudy and some rain do Sat 16 Fair do 11 Rev. P. Smith Moved into his House after it was removed from its original place of standing to the Village North of the Meetinghouse. 15 Quartus M. Webb who was detecked in taking Money from the Mail at the Post Office in Northfield, had his trial before the United States court at Boston, & was sentenced to 10 years Imprisonment in the Common Jail. 16 Henry Fuller Jr. died aged 23 years Consumption. Sun 17 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Bascomb of Ashley Preached Mon 18 Cloudy rain Employd on Accounts &c Tues 19 Cloudy Variously employ'd Wed 20 Fair upon Accts Thurs 21 " " Fri 22 Fair Cloudy rain in evening " Sat 23 Fair " 21 Yasner Cobb, wife of Geo. Cobb of the town of Phelps, State of New York, died aged Sun 24 Fair cool Attended Meeting in Forenoon Mr. Rogers Preached Mon 25 Fair cool rain evening Attended to Store Writing &c Tues 26 Fair rain evening do Wed 27 Fair pleasant do Thurs 28 Fair warm do Fri 29 " do Sat 30 " do Sun 31 " Attended Meeting in afternoon 27 Mrs. Clapp & Mrs. Foster from Petersham on Visit. 29 Mr. ____Smith a transient Person Died at S Damon's Tavern from the effects of Opium, as was supposed He having bought half an Ounce on the afternoon of the day before his death, and there being but about one third Part of that quantity found about him the next morning. NOVEMBER 1830 Mon 1 Cloudy fair Employd in Store Tues 2 Fair & pleasant do Wed 3 Cloudy Made up Accts if J. Goodells Estate &c &c Thurs 4 Fair Employd in Store Fri 5 Fair Went to James Ball's Farm in South part of town to appraise land* Sat 6 Fair and very pleasant Banked up my house ploughed Garden & prepared other things for Winter 5th * Appraised 130 Acres of Land for James Ball, at the South part of the town together with the House Barn corn Barn--Shingle Mill, Saw Mill & Shingle House &c. as follows Viz. Land $1200 House 125 Barn & Corn Barn 100 Shingle Mill 200 Sawmill 200 Shingle House 50 $1875 For the purpose of Mortgaging it to the Life Insurance Company. Lemuel Wheelock was the other appraiser Sun 7 Cloudy Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 8 Fair Employd in Store Tues 9 Cloudy Went to Greenfield to Attend Court-- arrived at 10 oCl A.M. Wed 10 do Attended Court &c Thurs 11 do do Fri 12 do do Sat 13 do little rain returned home Alpheus Eastman & Wife from Hollis N.H. on Visit 13 Mrs. Abigail Leonard, wife of Francis Leonard died aged years. Sun 14 Cloudy rain Attend to necessary business of the day Mon 15 Cloudy sprink of rain Went to Athol in company with Amory Mayo to exhibit statement of trade &c &c to John Humphrey Tues 16 Cloudy Employ'd in Store Wed 17 Cloudy Assisted at Old Store to get ready for Mayo to go to Boston. Thurs 18 Rain in Mor. Fair Variously employ'd Fri 19 Fair do Sat 20 Fair do John Erskine Jr moved from Winchester N.H. to Warwick went into the House which was purchased by his sons of David Rich. 17 Mother Leonard and her Daughter Mary from Gill on Visit 18 Amory Mayo went to Boston in Stage. Sun 21 Fair Attended to Post-Office and the necessary business of the day. Mon 22 Snow & rain Went to Greenfield* and attended to the examination of the Bank. Tues 23 Fair Went from Greenfield to Sunderland --examined Bank a few hours, and adjourned to Dec 21st left that place at Sundown and come to Montague & tarried. Wed 24 Cloudy cool came home in the forenoon Thurs 25 Rain, Snow in the evening 3 inches. Employd in Store &c Fri 26 Cloudy cold evening do Sat 27 Fair cold Mor. ground frozen do 22* Charles Phelps of Hadley -- William Whitaker of New Salem & myself were commissioned by the Gov. to examine into the State of the Banks in the County of Franklin. Found the Franklin Bank at Greenfield in good standing--the Sunderland Bank not having their Accounts reduced to a proper System it was deemed expedient to give a little time for them to arrange their concerns and posponed the business to the 21st day of December next. " Samuel Fay sold his Mountain Land to Abel Sanger for the sum of $323,~~ 20 Acres Sun 28 Fair Attended Meeting in afternoon Mon 29 Fair Employd in Store &c Tues 30 Snow from N.E. 4 inches Atten the Funeral of Mary Wheeler &c. DECEMBER 1830 Wed 1 Cloudy Fair Attended to Store &c Thurs 2 Fair Thanksgiving visited at Mr. Smith's in the evening Fri 3 Cloudy rain P.M. Employ'd in Store Sat 4 Fair do 28th Mary Wheeler (aged 15 years) committed Suicide by tieing together the corners of a Handkerchief, placing it round her neck & hiching it to the Bedpost--She was discovered in 15 or 20 minutes after she left the room, placed beside the Bed upon her knees & her neck in the Hdkf--She had some symtoms of life, but could not be restored. No adaquate cause could be assigned, which could induce the commission of this act. Sun 5 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 6 Cloudy cold Snow Attended to Vendue of Joel Mayo's Goods at his late P.M. 2 inches dwelling house. Tues 7 Fair P.M. Attended to Store in forenoon, and in afternoon to Sale of the remainder of J. Mayo's Goods at S.P. Damon's Tavern Wed 8 Fair, Cloudy rain in evening Employ'd in Store and packing up wood in the woodhouse. Thurs 9 Cloudy, snow in afternoon Attended to Store in forenoon and visited School in the afternoon. Fri 10 Fair cool Employd in Store &c Sat 11 Fair moderate do 6 School commenced in the Centre district by J. Mc'Cumber. 6 Joel Mayo's household furniture sold on Executions in favour of Wm Cobb & Co, C. Mayo Esqr and John Bowman. 8 Rev. Josiah Moore Ordained at Athol, over the 1st Society, in that place. 9 Charles C. Cobb's First Child born---son. Sun 12 Fair Employ'd at Post-Office and at Meeting P.M. Mon 13 Fair cool Attended to Writing &c Tues 14 Cloudy, rain P.M. do Wed 15 Fair do Thurs 16 " do Fri 17 " variously employd Sat 18 " do 12 Widow Gale, relic of Jona Gale Died aged yrs. 15 Daniel Hastings removed from Wheelock's House to his Father's. 16 Hannah Whitney, daughter of Widow Hannah Whitney died of Consumption aged years. 17 A Justice Court was holden at the Tavern of S. P. Damon on an action commenced by Joel Jennings vs. Anna Watts for theft. The plaintiff prevailed. " A number of Gentlemen called at the house of Rev. P. Smith for the purpose of forming a Lyceum and adopted a Constitution as a Basis of their proceedings. Sun 19 Cloudy & Snow Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Went to Northfield in the evening & tarried. Mon 20 Cloudy & little Snow took a Seat in Stage at Northfield and went to Sunderland to examine the Bank* Tues 21 Snow in the mor. Attended to a further examination of Bank & returned Fair Good Sleighing home. Wed 22 Fair cold. Attended to Store &c Thurs 23 Fair do Fri 24 " do and ornamenting the Meetinghouse Sat 25 Rain worked at the Meetinghouse in making preparations for Christmas. 17 The Death of Gen. Simeon Bolivar -- the South American liberator, occurred on the 17th December inst. This event is considered as a great misfortune to the anticipated freedom of the South American States. * Attended to the examination of the Sunderland Bank--assisted by Charles Phelps Esq of Sunderland & Wm. Whitaker Esq of New Salem. Found that the Bank had suffered many loses at the commencement of their business, & had taken in 358 share which had been pledged and forfeited to the Bank. --that they had of late getting rid of their difficulties and had at this time attained to a State of Solvency that rendered the Public secure. Sun 26 Fair & very pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 27 Very rainy Employd in Store Tues 28 Fair Attended to Store & Lyceum in evening Wed 29 Fair Employd in Store Thurs 30 Cloudy moderate do Fri 31 Great Rain Attended Store & Temperance address 28 Commenced the Lyceum with an introductory Lecture by Rev. P. Smith--about 40 members were admitted. 30 Widow Sarah Goodell went to Asa Conant Son's to board. 31 James Alvord Greenfield delivered an address before the Temperance Society in this town. 31 Joseph J. Knapp of Salem (Mass) Executed as an acsessary to the Murder of Capt. Joseph White of that place. Diary of William Cobb, Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1831 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun October 1999 Price Current Hay Ton $9,50 to 10 Rye Bushel ,75--83 Corn " ,62 to 67 Oats " ,30--,33 Butter lb ,12 1/2 Cheese " ,4 to ,7 Pork " ,5 Beef " 3 1/2 to 4 Merchandise wholesale W.I. Rum ,95 per Gall. best N.E. do ,32 " Brandy Cognac 1,30" Gin Holland 1, to 1,12 " " American ,30 " Sugar Brown 7 to 10 pound Teas Sou -,55 to ,58 " Hyson ,90 " ,95 " Skin ,50 " Coffee ,12 to 14 " Molasses , 32 Flour $6, Bbl JANUARY 1831 Sat 1 Fair--Ground bear and Employd in Store &c full of Water Sun 2 Fair cool Attended Meeting in afternoon. Mon 3 Fair pleasant Attended to Writing &c making up Post Office returns. Tues 4 Cloudy & some Rain P.M. do Wed 5 Rain & mud do Thurs 6 Fair do Fri 7 " do Sat 8 Fair cold the Ground frozen Variously employed Cloudy evening 4 Capt D. N. Smith set out for Pittsfield with a small planing Machine--Charles carried him to Deerfield. Sun 9 Cloudy Snow 3 inches deep Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 10 Fair cold Employ'd in store &c Tues 11 Cloudy mist of Snow & rain in the evening do Wed 12 Fair tolerable Sleighing cold night do Thurs 13 very cold morning--Fair do Fri 14 Cold fair do Sat 15 Cloudy Snow P.M. from N.E. & drifting do 12 Charles Humphrey & his wife from Athol on visit--and to consult upon Settlement of his father's old Copartnership. Sun 16 Snow from N. & much Employd in the necessary concerns of the day drifted. Fell about 1 foot deep* No Meeting in consequence of the Storm. Mon 17 Fair windy Employ'd posting Books. Tues 18 Fair cold Employd in Store Wed 19 do Variously employ'd Thurs 20 do " Fri 21 Fair very cold " Sat 22 Cloudy Snow " 15 & 16* Very severe Snowstorm from the N.E. it extended but about 18 or 20 Miles to the North & 30 to the West--at the East & South it was very severe in Boston, and the vicinity the Snow fell about 2 feet deep upon an average but very much drifted. Many Vessels on the Coast were cast on shore. travelling was completely blockaded in the vicinity of Boston Providence &c 20 Father Leonard from Gill on a visit--he had been very sick, but so far resolved as to ride here. Sun 23 Fair cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 24 Fair very cold Posted Books &c Tues 25 Fair cold Employ'd in Store. Wed 26 Fair cold do Thurs 27 do do Fri 28 do do Sat 29 Fair and pleasant cloudy evening do 23 Mr Flag preached to the Universalist Society at the Tavern Hall. Sun 30 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 31 Fair, Cloudy Snow at 10 P.M. Employ'd in Store FEBRUARY 1831 Tues 1 Severe Snowstorm from N.E. Variously employd. & high wind Snow much drifted Wed 2 Fair do Thurs 3 Fair Cloudy Snow in evening do Attended Lyceum in the evening. Fri 4 Cloudy fair Snow fell during Employd in Store. the night about 9 Inches Sat 5 Fair Cold do Mr. James Kilton died aged 81 Sun 6 Fair very cold. Good Sleighing Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 7 Fair cold Mor. pleasant Employ'd in Store Tues 8 Fair cool pleasant do. Wed 9 Fair cold do Thurs 10 do do Fri 11 Cold mor a little warmer at evening do Sat 12 Fair Sun eclipsed do 6 A great body of Snow upon the ground--from 2 1/2 to 3 feet deep in the woods & very much drifted in the Roads throughout the New England States--also long & continued turns of very cold weather. 10 Great Sleigh ride from Winchester & Orange to this town. 12 Sun O almost totally eclipsed. Sun 13 Fair Cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 14 Fair pleasant sun cool Variously employed. Tues 15 Fair do Wed 16 Rain do Thurs 17 Fair moderate do Attended Lyceum at evening Fri 18 Fair cool Employd in Store Sat 19 Fair warm Snow melts, do & gone in the Road in some places. 15 The Branch Bank of the U States United with the other Banks in Boston, & established the Value of the Foreign Coins as Follows. Spanish Quarters at 24 Cents Headed pistereens 20 " Crop do 17 " Ninpences 11 " Half pistereens 8 " Fourpences 5 " [In Margin] But these were soon restored to their former value. 18 Sleigh Ride from Athol took Dinner at Damon's. Sun 20 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 21 Fair cool Employd in Store Writing &c Tues 22 Fair cloudy do Wed 23 Rain and Snow in evening do Thurs 24 Cold mor Attended to making out papers for Thos. Mallard's Pension Fri 25 Cold Variously employd Sat 26 Fair pleasant do 21 George Mason Died of the Consumption Aged yrs. He was supported by the town & died at Elias Knolton's. 26 Mr. Joshua M. Macumber closed his School in the Centre District. Upon the examination of the School, it was considered the best we had had for many years. Sun 27 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Moore of Athol preached. Mon 28 Fair Pleasant Employed in Store &c MARCH 1831 Tues 1 Fair pleasant Employd writing &c. Wed 2 do Attended to Settlement with the Collector, &c Thurs 3 do Posted Town Books Fri 4 do Settled Town Accts with Selectmen Sat 5 do Closed up town Books &c 28 John Humphrey and his son Charles from Athol--came up to make arrangement for Settleing affairs of partnership which had existed for 33 years, and agreed to dissolve. Sun 6 Cloudy and Snow P.M. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 7 Fair moderate very sloppy Attended Store & town Meeting Tues 8 Fair Variously employd Wed 9 Cloudy cool Assisted Amory Mayo to inventory his Goods Thurs 10 Fair do Fri 11 Fair do Sat 12 Fair do 7 Annual Meeting choice of Town Officers Doct A Taylor was elected Town Clerk Jona Blake Jr Ansel Lesure & Abijah Eddy Selectmen & Assessors Wm. Cobb Town Treasurer Eldad Hodge Constible & Collector 8 Capt Eleazer Wheelock died aged 81 years. Sun 13 Fair, Cloudy rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Hosmer and Snow P.M. preached. Mon 14 Fair Employd with A. Mayo taking Acct of Stock. Tues 15 do do Wed 16 do do Thurs 17 Cloudy cool do Frid 18 Fair Snow in evening do Sat 19 Snow fell about 4 inches do 16 Keith White bought half of the Tavern Stan of Asa S. Ruddock--the other half is owned by Timothy Dutton. 19 Mr. Lysander Fay of Athol closed the Writing School which he taught in this place. Sun 20 Fair cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 21 Fair Attended to Refference Ansel Lesure & Wm. Wood Tues 22 Fair warm Employd writing Wed 23 Fair do Thurs 24 " do Fri 25 " do Sat 26 " do 22 Joseph Williams Jr. having Sold out his part of the Reed Estate arrived in Company with his Gather, to his Brother Chester, removed his family to Aaron Bass' House. Sun 27 Cloudy Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 28 Fair Attended to Writing &c Tues 29 Cloudy cold east Wind do Wed 30 Cloudy and rain do Thurs 31 Fair and Pleasant Variously employed 28 Widow Sarah Goodell left boarding at Mr Conants 29 Mr. Reuben Wheaton died of Consumption aged 51 years. 29 The Working Men of Warwick assembled at the Hall of Samuel P. Damon to take into consideration the existing evils of the State, in regard to the public expenditures &c Col. L. Wheelock was called to the Chair and J. Blake Esqr. appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting and the explanation of the views of the County Society were explained by the Moderator. A Nomination of Candidates for Senators was proposed, and the Hon. Saml C. Allen & Doct. John Brooks selected. Wm. Cobb Jona Blake & Ansel Lesure were chosen a Committee of Correspondence and to call future Meeting when necessary APRIL 1831 Fri 1 Cloudy fair cold evening Employd making out Post Office return. Sat 2 Fair do Sun 3 Fair and very pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 4 Cloudy rain in the evening Attended to Store and town meeting. Tues 5 Rain in Mor. Fair P.M. Employed making out Post Office returns Wed 6 Fair and pleasant do Thurs 7 Fair do Fri 8 Rain fair Rain in the evening & windy do Sat 9 Flying Clouds & very heavy wind S.W. Variously employed 1 Dennis Fay removed from the "Chamberlain Farm" in Winchester to Lowell. Amory Mayo began trade for himself haveing dissolved his copartnership with John Humphrey & Wm Cobb. 4 Mr _____ Green Married to Charlotte M. Fay. went to Lowell to live 8 Amasa Lincoln & Son returning from Westmoreland called on me and tarried overnight--Agreed with him to take his Son Charles into my Store and instruct him in the methods of Mercantile business. &c &c. for the time of one year and he to Clothe him and pay all his expenses except his board. 9 Amory Mayo took the Stage for Boston Sun 10 Fair Cloudy Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 11 Cloudy Windy Employd in Store Tues 12 Fair windy do Wed 13 Fair pleasant Variously employed Thurs 14 Cloudy fair In Store &c Fri 15 Fair warm & pleasant do Sat 16 Cloudy rain Employd in Store & set as an Referee on a Case between Stephen Reed & A. S. Carrol. 12 Samuel Fay removed from Warwick to the Chamberlain Farm in Winchester. Mr John White removed from South Orange to Warwick went into Mr Fay's House. 13 Charles Lincoln came to Live with me. 14 Samuel Cobb took a seat in the Stage and went to Westminster on Visit, and to stay through the summer if it should be agreeable. Sun 17 Cloudy and Rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 18 Fair and pleasant Variously employed Tues 19 Cloudy little Rain Employ'd in Store Extraordinary Arora Borealus. Wed 20 Fair Attended probate Court at this place &c &c Thurs 21 Fair Variously employd Fri 22 Fair do do Sat 23 Fair do 18 Keith White took possession of the tavern Stand in this place-- Aaron Bass moved into the Tavern house. 21 Began to plough 22 Samuel Blake brought Miss Hildrith, his intended wife into town, on Visit. 23 Cloudy little rain " planted early potatoes. Sun 24 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 25 " Attended to Store and various concerns. Tues 26 " do Wed 27 " do Thurs 28 cloudy rain do Fri 29 do Attended to setting off Asa Conant Jun. Land on execution* Sat 30 do attended to writing &c Keith White married to Laura J. Robbins of Templeton & moved her home to Warwick. *Several pieces of Land belonging to Asa Conant Jr was appraised off to satisfy an Execution in favor of the Estate of Jos. Goodell deceased 22 A. 16 Rod, near J. Fisker's @ 6,66--$147,18 12 A 148 R do $6-----71,55 21 1/2 A west of Asa Conant Sen. $20 --$30,-- 3 A 91 Rods near Asa Conant Jr dwelling house 78,86 $727,59 MAY 1831 Sun 1 Cloudy & some Rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 2 Fair Cloudy Employed on farm &c Tues 3 Fair Variously emplyd Wed 4 " do Thurs 5 Rain do Fri 6 Fair do Sat 7 Fair and pleasant do 4 Mr. Levi Hedge--professor at Cambridge University, with his Wife--here on Visit, & tarried several Days. Mr. Hedge was a Native of this town--his father the former Minister. 6 Mrs. Lois Fisher and her Daughter Mary-Ann left Warwick for Windham Vt. The conduct of the family had been such that they could not be suffered to continue together--and the whole were dispersed. Sun 8 Cloudy & hard rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 9 Fair cold Employed making Tax Books &c Tues 10 Cloudy & Cold Variously employed Wed 11 Fair do Thurs 12 " do Fri 13 " do Sat 14 Fair & very Warm do 10 Charles C Cobb went to Templeton to drive Stage from thence to Worcester. His wife & Child came to board with me. 11 Joseph Stevens Esq chosen Representitive to the Gen Court of this Commonwealth. 13 Planted Corn--Beans--Pease &c 14 Appletrees begin to blossom Sun 15 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 16 Fair Employed on farm Tues 17 " do Wed 18 Fair Showers P. M. do Thurs 19 Cloudy rain Wind N.E. Variously employed Fri 20 Cloudy rain in Mor. fair P.M. do Sat 21 Fair shower at Sundown Attended to planting &c &c 16 Charles Rich began work agreed to work half his time 6 Months. for the sum of twenty six dollars. Viz $18 in Cash for first 2 Months & $8, for the last month to pay for pasturing his Mother's Cows in John Humphrey's Pasture. 17 Miss Mary Wellington of Templeton began her School in the Centre District in Warwick. 21 Finished planting Sun 22 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 23 Fair Employd in Store Tues 24 Cloudy rain do Wed 25 do do Thurs 26 Fair warm Variously employd Fri 27 Cloudy rain in forenoon do Fair evening Sat 28 Fair & Warm In Garden field &c 23 Charles C. Cobb came home from Templeton on Visit, & returned the next morning. 26 Removed the Widow Sarah Goodell to Royalston where she had agreed to go & support herself by receiving $20, for one year, out the Estate of her late Husband deceased Sun 29 Fair & very Warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Slight Shower at 1 P.M. Mon 30 Fair warm Employ'd on farm &c. Tues 31 Fair Warm do JUNE 1831 Wed 1 Fair & very Warm Variously employed Thurs 2 Fair and extreemly Warm do Fri 3 Fair Warm do Sat 4 Fair little cooler do 30th The season very wet--many fields intended for Planting are yet too wet to put in seed. Grass & grain has a promising appearance--more grass now than is Generally seen the 15th or 20th of June. This week considered the Warmest within the recollection of the People taking the whole week together, & considering the Season of the year. Sun 5 Fair warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 6 Cloudy rain in mor. fair Variously employ'd Tues 7 Fair warm do Wed 8 do do Thurs 9 do do Fri 10 do do Sat 11 do & very dry in many places do 6 Vegetation very rapid tho' the Earth is rather dry upon the Surface 8 Capt D.N. Smith & Laban B. Procter arrived here from Pittsfield. 10 Charles C. Cobb came home from Templeton on Visit 10th & 11th Samuel Fay raised his Water Shop on my Land. 11 Planted Winter Beets and Carrots --also French Turnips. Sun 12 Fair Rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 13 Fair Employed in Store &c. Tues 14 Fair, rain do Wed 15 Warm Showers do Thurs 16 Fair warm do Fri 17 Fair Warm Went to woodlot & began to draw out Wood Sat 18 Fair very warm Employd in Store. Sun 19 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon 20 Fair warm Employd in Store &c Tues 21 Fair Showers P.M. do Wed 22 Fair cooler do Thurs 23 Cloudy very rainy day do Fri 24 Fair do Sat 25 do do 20 Charles C. Cobb came home from Templeton on visit Took Charle's Stage Horses from Capt. Lesure's to keep in my pasture. 22 Royal Hastings, son of Caleb Hastings died--aged 12 Years. Rheumatic fever. 24 Charles C. Cobb returned from Templeton -- having closed his business there. 25 Geo. Hathaway & wife from Pottsdam N.Y. here on Visit. Sun 26 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 27 Cloudy little rain Employd in Store Tues 28 Cloudy rain in Showers do. " Wed 29 Cloudy do Thurs 30 Cloudy Fair Showery P.M. do JULY 1831 Fri 1 Cloudy & some rain in the afternoon Employed making out Post office returns Sat 2 Fair Variously employd 28 took young Cow. to Bull 30 Charles C. Cobb removed his Wife from my house to his former place Sun 3 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 4 Fair fine Hay Weather Variously employd Tues 5 Fair Shower P.M. & heavy Wind. do Wed 6 Cloudy rain Closed the Quarterly Return to Gen. P. Off Thurs 7 Fair Employed in Writing &c Fri 8 Cloudy fair Showers do Sat 9 Cloudy Fair then heavy Shower at 5 P.M. Variously employd 4 Began Haying Great crop of Grass 5 Ashley Pomroy killed by lightning at Vernon. 6 Mr Samuel Conant & Lucy Ann Carroll Married. & removed to Barnard, VT. Sun 10 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Wellington preached Mon 11 Fair Good Hay weather Variously Employed My hands Haying Tues 12 Fair do Wed 13 Fair do Thurs 14 Fair do Fri 15 Fair do Sat 16 Fair Cloudy sprink of rain do 10 The weather for 3 weeks past had been cloudy & wet--but very Hay got in, a great quantity down and considerably injured. This is a fair day & the weather a little cooler and altho' it is Sunday people generally are at work among the hay. It is expected that Grain is considerably damaged, by the Wet weather--many people are cutting it down. 12 Circus performances at K. White's Tavern in this Town. Some disaffected people procured a warrant against the performers and made a number of them prisoners before the performance was finished--as they had not proper Licence from the Selectmen The business was, however Settled by paying $13,~~ 12 Charles Rich who was at work for me at Haying, cut his Knee very badly. Sun 17 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 18 Cloudy dull Variously employd Tues 19 Fair Worked some at Hay &c &c Wed 20 Fair shower Employd in Store Thurs 21 Fair shower do Fri 22 Fair do Sat 23 Cloudy rain do 19 Mrs. Lincoln & her son Wales L. from Athol on Visit. A child of Mr Charles Moore in the South part of the Town died. Sun 24 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Rev Mr. Sullivan of Keene preached Mon 25 Fair warm Attended to Store and other things Tues 26 Rain do Wed 27 Fair Mowed in forenoon & raked P.M. &c. Thurs 28 Rain In Store &c. Fri 29 Fair do Sat 30 Fair do & made Hay Sun 31 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr. Moore Preached 25 Eunice Morse Daughter of Nathan C. Morse Died of Consumption aged 30 Mrs. Leonard wife of Mr Jonas Leonard died of Pleurisy -- aged 82 Years. 30 Amory Mayo took seat in the Stage for Boston. AUGUST 1831 Mon 1 Fair some clouds Went to Asa Conants in forenoon to See about getting the Hay There--In afternoon at Charle's when his Child died. Tues 2 Variable Shower in the evening Attended to Store &c Wed 3 Rain in Forenoon Fair evening Attended to the Funeral of Charles Child in forenoon & Store in the afternoon. Thurs 4 Fair Employed in Store &c Fri 5 Fair do Sat 6 Fair do Aug 1 Charles C. Cobb's Son William died-- aged 8 months--disorder of the Bowels. 5 Serepta Wyman a Girl living with Joshua T. Sanger died of Bowel Complaint or what the Doctors called Cholera--aged 10 Years. 6 David Rich's Child died of the same disorder as above aged 1 year. Sun 7 Fair Attended the Funeral of Serepta Wyman and also Meeting and at 4 oCl. the Funeral of David Rich's Child. Mr Wilson of Petersham Preached & attended the funerals. Mon 8 Fair cloudy rain in evening In Store &c Tues 9 Cloudy rain in Abundance In store Wed 10 Cloudy great rain in Variously Employed the forenoon Fair P.M. Thurs 11 Fair do Fri 12 do do Sat 13 do Writing Deed & Bond S. Leonard 10 Abel Sanger died of the Consumption--aged 39 years. 13 John Whitney Jr Child died of Cholera--aged 2 years. 13 Father Leonard gave me a Deed of his Farm in Gill, for the purpose of my making sale of it, & gave him a Bond to account for the avails of it Sun 14 Fair warm Attended to the necessary business of the day. Mon 15 Fair very Warm Employ'd Writing &c Tues 16 do Shower P.M. do Wed 17 Fair Warm Extreemly warm do Thurs 18 do do Fri 19 do do Sat 20 do do 16 Mr. Harrington Exhibited a Rail Road, with Cars & Locomotive Engine at the Tavern Hall. He Lectured upon the origin, construction & various uses of the Steam Engine He also exhibited the transparent Orrery and Lectured upon Astronomy--He closed by exhibiting transparent Images, showing a new mode of giving visible illustrations in almost every branch of Education. 19 Sarah Whitney Daughter of John Whitney Jr Died of Cholera aged 8 years. 19 John Bowman's Child died of Cholera aged 1 1/2 years 20 Nancy Bowman Died of Cholera aged 42 years Sun 21 Fair Warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mr. Bailey Preached Mon 22 Fair Warm southerly wind Employed in Store Tues 23 Cloudy Great Shower at 9 oCl. do Wed 24 Fair Employ'd in Store and drawing out timber at upper lot. Thurs 25 Rain Employ'd in Store Fri 26 Warm Shower PM do Sat 27 Fair do 22d Mrs Kilton Wife of Thomas K. died aged 84 years. 23d Hannah Holden Died of the Cholera aged 22 years. 26 Father Leonard & Wife from Gill on Visit. Sun 28 Fair cool Attended Meeting Mr. Huntington Preached Mr Balch preached a Lecture at 5 P.M. Mon 29 Fair Employd in Store & measured a lot of Wood for A Bass on Goodell's Land. Tues 30 Fair warm Attended to Store &c Wed 31 Fair warm do SEPTEMBER 1831 Thurs 1 Fair Employed writing in Store & at A. Mayo's Fri 2 Cloudy Wrote for A Mayo about half a day Sat 3 Fair Employ'd in Store. 29 Elisha Brown Jr Child died of Cholera aged 2 years. 30 John Bowman Died aged 37 years of Cholera 31 A Child of J. Bowman aged 3 years--Cholera Sept 1 Lieut Benjamin Conant returned from Vermont, where he had been to visit his Children a year or more 2 Elisha Browns Jun"s Son died aged 4 years--Cholera. 2 Widow Mary Fuller Died of Consumption aged 80 years. Sun 4 Fair cool Attended Meeting in the afternoon. Mr a Methodist minister from Winchester Preached. Mon 5 Fair pleasant cool nights Employed writing &c Tues 6 Fair pleasant do Wed 7 Fair cloudy evening Attended to Store and burning over a piece of Land on West lot--binding up stocks &c. Thurs 8 Cloudy little Rain Employed with Capt Lesure & Charles Rich levelling the Hill on South side of my house. Fri 9 Fair Employ in Store Sat 10 Cloudy fair Went to Orange with Goodell Russell and Moore to appraise Land on Exsr for J. Wheelock 5 Two of the Selectmen--J. Blake Jr Esq & Ansel Lesure refused to approbate Col. Wheelock & Amory Mayo for licence to sell Spiritous Liquors. They having Approbated me for Licence to sell Spirits & Wines. They considered it unnecessary that any other should be Licenced in the Town. Abijah Eddy the other Selectman--approbated Wheelock & Mayo and they got up a petition to the Court, and obtained the names of the first men in town stating that impropriety of resusing them the privilege enjoyed by others in this vicinity, and that in their opinion, the public Good required that they should be licenced. 8 Stephen Perry's Child died of Cholera & worms aged Sun 11 Fair & very Warm Attended Meeting Mr. Thomson preached Mon 12 Fair Variously employed Tues 13 Fair cool In Store & House unwell Wed 15 Fair hazy Wrote for A Mayo Thurs 15 Cloudy rain do. Fri 16 Fair In Store &c making up Account for Probate Court Sat 17 " Variously employd 14 Clark Ware died of Consumption Aged Sun 18 Fair Myself unwell Rev P. Smith Sen. preached. Mon 19 Fair Attend to making up Accounts against the Estate of J. Goodell. Tues 20 " do Wed 21 Cloudy fair Attended Probate Court at K. White's in this town Thurs 22 Cloudy Employed in Store and leveling dooryard. Fri 23 Cloudy Rain Writing &c Sat 24 Fair Employd moving small Wood house to the Barn. 20 Judge Newcomb gave an address upon Temperence at the Meetinghouse at 4 oCl. P.M. 21 I presented Abel Sanger's Will for Probate-- J. T. Sanger contested it, or otherwise prepared to do it--but on account of not having sufficient proof of notice to one of the Legatees. it was continued to the first Tuesday of Nov. next. at Greenfield. Sun 25 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr. Harding preached Mon 26 Cloudy rain Employed writing Tues 27 do Attended to making out return of Post Office Accts Considerably unwell, with Cold & hard Cough Wed 28 Windy and flying Clouds cool. do Thurs 29 Fair do Fri 30 Fair do OCTOBER 1831 Sat 1 do do health a little better 25 Mr. Issac Hastings Died of Cholera--Aged 80 years 27 Mrs. Whitney Wife of John Whitney Jr. Died of Cholera aged years 27 Laban B. Procter from Pittsfield on Visit. 30 Capt D.N. Smith returned from Lowell where he had been employed to build a Planing Machine. Sun 2 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 3 Fair Employed in Store Tues 4 Cloudy do Wed 5 Cloudy rain Went to the House of the late John Bowman to Appraise the Estate with J. Russell & J. Blake, Col. Goodell Administrator. Thurs 6 Fair Went again this mor to finish appraising said Estate. came home at noon. Fri 7 Fair Employed making out Quarterly return to the Gen. Post- Office. Sat 8 Fair Attended to making out Inventory of Bowman's Estate &c Oct Jona Wheelock & James Fuller completed the building of a Woodhouse which they undertook to do for the sum of $14,00 viz. to take the timber standing or down on my land, hew & draw it to the spot where the building Stands, and make the frame & cover it with Shingles and rough boards. Sun 9 Cloudy & heavy rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 10 Cloudy & constant rain Closed the Inventory of Bowman's Estate Amounting to $939,83. Tues 11 Cloudy and some rain Employed in store Wed 12 Snow this mor. to cover the Ground do Thurs 13 Fair do Fri 14 do do Sat 15 do Employed with A. Bass fixing Meul room 10 Wid Rebekah Packard died of Cancer in her face aged years. 10 Capt D.N. Smith went to Jail on Roots Execution. 13 Capt Smith discharged from prison and came home. 13 Nathan Ball Died at Sherburne. 15 The Corps of Nathan Ball was brought home this afternoon from Sherburne. Sun 16 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr. Jones of Hubbardston Preached. Mon 17 Fair & very warm Employed with A. Bass in forenoon finishing Meul room--in Store in the afternoon. Tues 18 Fair Shower P.M. Employed in Store Wed 19 Fair and a little cooler Employed in Store &c Thurs 20 Fair-pleasant Variously employed Fri 21 Fair and pleasant Employ'd in Store Sat 22 Fair & pleasant Employed in Store and making Barnyard fence 17 The funeral of Nathan Ball was attended at the Meetinghouse this afternoon Sun 23 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 24 Cloudy heavy rain Employd writing &c Tues 25 Fair pleasant do Wed 26 Fair do Thurs 27 do do Fri 28 do Cold do Sat 29 Cold mor. Fair do 26 Alexander Blake's Child died aged 23 months Quincy Sun 30 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Rogers preached. Mon 31 Cloudy rain Employd in Store &c NOVEMBER 1831 Tues 1 Fair Went to Greenfield in Stage & returned at Night* Wed 2 Fair Employed in Store Thurs 3 Fair do do Fri 4 Fair Employd Auditing the Account of Capt. Nathan Ward Executor of the Will of Edward Ward. Geo. Grennell Jr & James C. Alvord Attornies. Sat 5 Fair Employ'd Writing &c Nov 1 Dwight Mayo broke his leg. Nov 1 Attended Probate Court at Greenfield and proved Abel Sanger's Will witnesses present was Amory Mayo & Charles C. Cobb--Took Letter of Administration & gave Bond as Executor of said Will--Col. Wheelock & Amory Mayo Bondsmen. Attended the Country Convention in afternoon--and nominated Doct. Enos Smith & Jona Blake Jr Esqr for Senators at the next election. Amory Mayo took $600, from the Bank on Note discounted--for the late firm of Cobb Mayo & Co---also $150, for himself. Sun 6 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 7 Fair Employed Writing &c. & preparing for the Singing School Tues 8 Fair cool attended to writing. Wed 9 " do Thurs 10 " do Fri 11 Cloudy rain do Sat 12 " Worked on Woodhouse with A. Bass 7 Mr. Ford began his singing School agreed to keep for 10 shillings an evening 3 evenings in a week so long as we wished to hire him. 8 Center District School commenced by Mr. Osgood. 8 Amory Mayo took a Seat in the Stage for Boston this morning. 10 Ira Draper & Emily Ball Married. 11 Reuban Fisher purchased the Old Factory Carpenters Shop & removed it. James Goldsbury's Land. Sun 13 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 14 Cloudy cool Attended town * Meeting and Vendue of Sangers property Tues 15 Fair Employed writing &c. Wed 16 Fair Employed writing &c Thurs 17 Fair cloudy evening Employd about my house fixing up for Winter &c Fri 18 Cloudy Attended to Store &c Sat 19 Fair do 14* Agreeably to a revision of the State Constitution, A Town Meeting was holden this day for the Choice of Governor Lt Governor Senators & Representatives. " Col. Lemuel Wheelock was chosen Representative for the first time. 17 Alpheus Eas[t]man & wife from Hollis N.H. on Visit. Sun 20 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 21 Fair and pleasant Variously employd Tues 22 Cloudy Snow this mor. till Posted Books &c. 11 oCl. --4 inches then fair Wed 23 Cloudy Variously employd Thurs 24 Fair Cloudy do Fri 25 Fair do Sat 26 Fair do Sun 27 Snow Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 28 Snow 6 In In Store &c Good Sleighing* Tues 29 Fair do Wed 30 Fair cold do Nov 29 Erastus Eddy & Abigail Allen Married. * Snow fell about 6 inches which together with the previous Snow, makes good Sleighing. DECEMBER 1831 Thurs 1 Fair and cold Thanksgiving attended Meeting Fri 2 Fair cold Employd posting Books Sat 3 Cold & Snow In Store &c Sun 4 Continued Snow. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 5 Snow & Cold Employ'd in Store Tues 6 Fair cold " " Wed 7 Fair and Very cold " " Thurs 8 Fair cold " " Fri 9 Cloudy & moderate " 3 Amory Mayo took a seat in Stage for Boston to attend the Municipal Court at that place as a Witness in case of the North Bank vs. __Fifield, who had been caught in desecting the Bills of that Bank in Such manner as to make 13 Bills from 12 of the original of same Amt. each. 4th Samuel Blake Married to Miss Lucretia Hildrith of Bolton. 8 S. Blake arrived in this town with his wife & Furniture. Stilman Blodget began School 5th Dec. Sun 11 Fair cold good sleighing* Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 12 do Employd writing &c Tues 13 do do Wed 14 do do Thurs 15 do do Fri 16 do do Sat 17 Snow & Blustering cold do * Sleighing continues good altho' the ground was not frozen at all when the snow first fell. It appears that the Snow has fallen about an equal depth throughout all the New England States and some distance to the South. Sun 18 Fair cold Attended to necessary concerns Quite unwell Set up but little part of the day. Mon 19 Fair cold In Store writing &c Tues 20 do do Attended Lyceum in evening Wed 21 do In Store writing &c Thurs 22 Extreemly cold. In Store writing and Settleing Accounts Fri 23 Not quite so cold. do Sat 24 Cloudy Snow rain Fair Read News &c &c The Influenzy prevails in a great degree throughout all the Northern & Middle States. 20 Rec'd Letter from L.B. Procter, Baltimore stating that he and Mr. Elmer Knowlton were engaged making a Planing Machine to Plane timber for Rail Road Cars & should soon build another to plane Boards on Bord the Steam Boat Sawmill Also rec'd a Letter from Capt. D. N. Smith Philadelphia giving account of his tour from Pittsfield to that place--that he was then engaged in putting a Machine in operation, & should soon go to Baltimore Exceedingly cold weather since the first of the Month: it has not ever thawed the Snow on the South side of buildings. Snow enough to make good sleighing--a great Amount of business has been done. Sun 25 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 26 Fair Cold Employd in Store &c but much effected by Influenza Tues 27 " do Wed 28 " " Thurs 29 " " Fri 30 " " Sat 31 " " Diary of William Cobb, Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1832 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun October 1999 Price Current Hay Ton 8 to 9 Dollars ---plenty Rye 90 Cts to 1 $ per Bushel Corn ,62 to ,75 " " Oats ,37 1/2 " " Butter ,12 to ,14 per lb Cheese 4 to 8 " Pork ,5 to 5 1/2 " Beef 4 & per hund. W.I. Rum 90 to 95 per Gall. N.E. do ,32 " Brandy Cognac 1,75" Gin Holland 1,25 " Sugar Brown ,6 to ,10 per lb Loaf do ,13 to ,14 " Teas Bohea 30 to 32 Sou 40 to 44 Hyson 80 to 84 Coffee 14 to 17 Molasses 30 to 32 Flour $6,50 to $7 Bbl JANUARY 1932 Sun 1 Fair cold Good Sleighing Confined to my House with Influenza and Gout. Mon 2 Fair Rode to my store & tarried a part of the day. Tues 3 Snow & Blowy Roads blocked up do Wed 4 Cold do Thurs 5 do do Fri 6 Moderate do Sat 7 Moderate & fine Weather * do 4 Samuel Leonard Jr from Canton N y came to my house on visit and brought Father & Mother Leonard from Gill. 6 S. Blodgett dismissed his School in the Centre District on account of ill health 7 Charles C. Cobb brought a pair 3 year old Steers of John Day, and gave his Note for $45, payable in 6 months with interest. 7* The weather becomes moderate & reviving, after Suffering under a pressure of Continued cold for 5 or 6 weeks past--perhaps, there has not been, for more than 30 years, so long a time of continued cold weather, without any change. Sun 8 Fair Rain in evening Attended to P.O. &c unwell Mon 9 Rain Snow Fair variously employed in Store &c Tues 10 Fair cloudy do Wed 11 Fair do Thurs 12 Fair cold Employ'd making Post Office return &c--- Fri 13 Fair do Sat 14 pleasant do Father Leonard agreed with his wife to separate, not on account of any difficulty between them, but his Children at Canton N. York were desirous that he should go to that place in order to take care of him in his old age, he being in his Ninety second year, and past doing much Labour upon his farm. -- his Wife having Children in Connecticut was unwilling to remove to Canton with him, prefering to go to her Children. --consequently He sold his Farm in Gill to Samuel Stratton of that place for the sum of $750,-- and gave his Wife $160,~ which she agreed to accept of as her full proportion of his Estate 12 Calvin Nash and his son Wm. C. Nash from Canton on Visit. Sun 15 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 16 do attended to making out return to Gen. P.O. Tues 17 do Fair cloud evening Attended Lyceum in the evening. Wed 18 Cloudy rain Worked on P. Office return & closed it up. Thurs 19 Fair Attended to Writing &c Fri 20 Fair cloudy evening little Snow. do Sat 21 Fair cool do 15 A Large number of schollars in the Centre district, taken down with the Measles--having taken them at School of the Master 15 Joel Willard with his family, left Warwick for Dummerston. took the advantage of Sunday to get away from his Creditors. 17 Father Leonard left Gill. with his Son Samuel for Canton N.Y. with intention to reside there the remainder of his days. 18 Charles O. Lincoln, (my Clerk), taken down with Measles. Sund 22 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 23 Fair Cloudy evening Variously employed Tues 24 Cloudy Mist Snow & rain do Wed 25 Warm Mor but very cold Attended to Store & Lyceum in the evening. blustering evening Thurs 26 Fair and very Cold Variously employed Fri 27 Fair cold do Sat 28 Fair cold do 22 Amory Mayo taken down with the Measles unexpectedly supposing that he had the disorder when he was young. 24 Josiah Cable Esqr (of South Orange), died aged 81 years & 7 months. 26 Charles O. Lincoln, having recovered from his sickness of the Measles, so as to go out, took a seat in the Stage this Morning to return to his father's in Athol. 26 Stephen Johnson attempted Suicide by cutting his Throat with a Razor--but did not succeed--he lost considerable blood however. Sun 29 Snow Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Hosmer Preached Mon 30 Snow continues with Employed in making out report of Nathan Ward's Strong Wind Account as Audited by me--by the direction of the Judge of Probate. Tues 31 Fair do. FEBRUARY 1832 Wed 1 Fair Employd writing &c Thurs 2 Fair cloudy rain do Fri 3 Cloudy Heavy Snow much reduced do Sat 4 Cloudy warm do 29 Mary Fisher came down with the measles--No others in my family subject to them. 30 Calvin Nash of Canton, State of New York Married to Mrs. Tarzah Smead of Greenfield. 3d Held a School District Meeting in order to ascertain the minds of the people in regard to commencing a School it having stoped by reason of the prevalence of the Measles. Voted not recommence and Mr Blodgett was discharged from his engagement. Sun 5 Cloudy and Snow Attended to P.O.. &c Mon 6 Fair Employd in making Report of Nathan Ward's Acct of Administration Audited by me. Tues 7 Snow Made Acct on the Administration of A. Sanger's Estate. Wed 8 Cloudy mist & Snow Attended Probate Court returned Inventory of A Sanger's Estate and N. Wards Audited Acct. Thurs 9 Snow Variously employd Fri 10 Fair do Sat 11 " do 11 A child of Elisha M. Davis died of Canker Rash -- Aged 7 Months. Sun 12 Rain Snow dissolved very fast. Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day John Goldsbury preached Mon 13 Fair cold Employed upon Accts Tues 14 Fair Moderate Variously employd Wed 15 Fair cold do Thurs 16 Fair cold " Fri 17 Cloudy " Sat 18 Cloudy " 12 Mr. James Ford closed his Singing School--having kept 32 afternoons & evenings at 10/ an evening--amounting to $53,33. 13 Levi Whitney's Child died of Measles & Canker Sun 19 Cloudy Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Singing Meeting at evening Mon 20 Cloudy and rain Variously employed Tues 21 Snow in mor. fair Attended to Store and Lyceum at evening Wed 22 Fair cold Writing &c. Thurs 23 Cloudy little Snow do Fri 24 Fair do Sat 25 " do 21 Asa Conant died of the infirmities of Age Aged 81 years. Sun 26 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 27 Fair Employed writing &c Tues 28 Cloudy do Wed 29 " do on town Books MARCH 1832 Thurs 1 Fair Posting town Books. Fri 2 Cloudy posted & Settled town Accts Sat 3 Fair regulate the Town Books. Sun 4 Fair Attended to the Post Office &c Mon 5 Very rainy Attended town meeting &c Tues 6 Cloudy rain Fair Variously employd Wed 7 Cold windy in Store Thurs 8 Fair do Fri 9 Fair do lame arm with Gout Sat 10 Fair Warm do 4 Martha Sandin died of Lung fever --aged years 5 Justus Russell Jun. Died of Consumption aged years " Capt. Barber's Infant child died. 5th Town Officers Chosen Doct. A. Taylor Town Clerk Jos. Stevens Esqr Abijah Eddy } Selectmen & Assessors Jacob R. Gale Wm. Cobb Town Treasurer. monies raised For town Expenses & poor &c $1000,-- " School 600,-- " Public Worship 375,-- " Highways 800 Sun 11 Cloudy Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Rogers Preached Mon 12 Cloudy warm Shower, Employed writing &c Thunder & lighting in the evening* Tues 13 Fair pleasant do Wed 14 Fair & Very Cold do Thurs 15 Fair do Fri 16 Fair cool do Sat 17 Cloudy do Settled accounts with Charles C. Cobb in the evening. 13 Great Freshet--raised the Water in the Connecticut River & Broke up the Ice--carried off the Bridges at Cheshire, Walpole & Sunderland, and many others on Miller's & Ashuellot Rivers. * The shower which passed this place commenced in the Western States and extended to the State of Maine--the Lightning struck in many places & Several buildings were burned & some persons hit. 13 Charles C. Cobb sold his two Stage Horses to Daniel Gale for $185,~~Cash in hand. ---this transaction was very much against my will & contrary to my advice it caused me much regret, for so imprudent a measure, as Charles was under engagement to transport the Mail to Northfield and had a Gentle & fine pair of Horses to perform the service I consider the risque of obtaining good Horses, to supply those that he parted with to be equal to half the value of those he sold. 14 Borrowed of Wm. E. Russell Jr the Use of the town--$400,~ 16 Wm Hastings Son died of dropsey Aged 4 years Sun 18 Snow & cold Fair P.M. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Meeting but half the day. Mon 19 Fair very cold mor. Employd writing &c Tues 20 Moderate do Wed 21 Cloudy Some rain do Thurs 22 Fair windy raw Cold do Lyceum this evening Fri 23 Fair Attended to writing and making up account of Partnership with J Humphrey Sat 24 more comfortable weather do 18th Samuel Abbot died with Measles & Fever aged 39 Years. Accounts from various parts of the United States, give Meloncholly details of human suffering & loss of Property, occasioned by the floods, and braking up of the ice in the large Rivers. 21 Charles C Cobb Bought at Brattleboro' two Horses for which he paid in Cash $190 dolls 23 A Child of ____ Sheldon died aged about 10 Months. Sun 25 Fair & pleasant Snow Attended to the necessary concerns of the day mostly gone in open land Mon 26 Cloudy rain in afternoon Attended to store &c in forenoon, and to Town then Snow and extreemly meeting P.M. cold night. Tues 27 Fair cool Attended to a review of Old partnership Accounts Wed 28 Fair more pleasant do Thurs 29 Fair some Clouds do Fri 30 Fair do Sat 31 Fair warm do Measured 16 Cords Wood cut on my West lot by Lemuel Whitney--paid 33 Cts per cord for Cutting 25 Col L Wheelock returned from the General Court where he had attended 11 weeks. 26 Joseph Whitney took all the Poor of the town with the exception of 3, to support for 1 year, for the sum of $334,00 28th Capt Mark Moore died effects of Palsey-- Aged 83 Yrs 29 Leonard Bancroft Moved his family from Northfield to Warwick 30 Dennis Fay from Lowell on visit APRIL 1832 Sun 1 Fair pleasant cold, Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Windy, evening Mon 2 Fair Employed making out Post Office quarterly return. Tues 3 Snow from the S.W. do 3 inches deep Wed 4 Fair Snow partly gone Finished the P.O. return. Thurs 5 Cold Variously employd Fri 6 Fair do Sat 7 " do 4th Joseph Williams Jun removed from A. Bass's House to Fay's Wheelock house (so called) 4th Wid. Polly Drake removed from Fay's Wheelock house (so Called) to his great house near the Meetinghouse. Bought a Cow & Calf of Col. L. Wheelock for $24,00 Sun 8th Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 9 Fair Employd writing &c Tues 10 Fair pleasant went to N. G. Stevens in forenoon, and set in Arbitration P.M.* Wed 11 Fair variously employd Thurs 12 Fair pleasant do Fri 13 very warm Attended with Amory Mayo on Settlement of old Company concerns. Sat 14 Fair warm Went to Conants in forenoon to see about Lands belonging cool evening to the Goodell Estate. Settled with A Mayo P.M. 10 * Wid. Hannah Rich made a demand on N.G. Stevens Jr for dower in lands sold him by Jacob Rich her late husband--The parties agreed to Submit the demand to the determination Justus Russell & Jona Blake Jr Esqrs & myself We viewed the premases-- consisting of about 26 Acres pasture and old Sawmill, and agreed that said Stevens pay to the said Hannah Eighty dollars in addition to twenty eight dollars previously paid. Sun 15 Fair cool Attended to P.O. &c Mr. Sullivan of Keene preached. Mon 16 Cloudy rain in afternoon Examined old Accts of 1830 &c Tues 17 Cloudy and heavy rain Went to A Mayo's Store to arrange old Accounts Wed 18 Cloudy cool Attended the common concerns of Store Thurs 19 Cloudy little rain Snow* do Fri 20 Fair Attended with A. Mayo in arranging Accounts of 1830 Sat 21 Fair Very Sick, kept my bed all day called for Doctor took an emetic &c 13 Nathaniel G. Stevens Died --Aged 80 Years 12 Samuel Gunn & family removed from the old Dike farm south of Pomroys pond to Aaron Bass' House. 15 Funeral of Mr. Stevens. 18 Daniel Hastings removed from the house of his late Father to J. T. Sanger"s. 18 Louisa Howard came to board at my house. *19 Very Cold backward Spring very little ploughing done. Hay is, however, plenty & cheap best Hay 8 to 9 dolls per ton. Exchanged a Fallow Cow with Col Wheelock for a New Milk Cow & Calf--paid him $5,~~ to boot. Sun 22 Fair My health some better so as to set up most of the day Mr Farr of Gardner Preached Mon 23 Fair Employed in Store. Tues 24 " cool do. had a severe night of Gout. Wed 25 " " Emp. in Store rather unwell Thurs 26 " variously employd Fri 27 " do Sat 28 Rain in mor. Cloudy Confined to my House with Goute 24 Amory Gould & Wid Clarissa Nash Married. 28 Amory Mayo & wife took Stage this Mor. for Boston to purchase Goods. Sun 29 Fair Attended P.O. &c Mon 30 Cloudy rain in forenoon Employed in Store MAY 1832 Tues 1 Cloudy mor. fair PM Employed in Store but troubled with Goute. Wed 2 Fair do Thurs 3 " do Fri 4 Cloudy & rain do Sat 5 Cloudy mor Fair PM do 29 John C. Miller, a Native of Germany, Died--supposed to be about 90 years Old. He was a disserter from the British Army under Bourgoin--and came to Petersham where he tarried 2 or 3 years & then Came to Warwick--married a woman by name of Shepardson with whom he lived a number of years, till her death, but had no Children. He then married a Second time to a woman by Name of Chase, who died about 7 years Since. 2d Asa Wheeler purchased L. Wheelocks Blacksmith Shop and a piece of land about it of $ --Also Doct. Taylors Land consisting of about 12 Acres on the East side of the Winchester Road at $12, per Acre. Col. Wheelock Sold the old Glass Factory Pot-house with about 1/4 Acre of Land, to the Trinitarian Society --for $85,-- for a Meetinghouse Spot. Sun 6 Fair cool mor Attend P.O. &c Mon 7 Fair Employed about farm &c. Tues 8 Fair rain in evening do Wed 9 " do Thurs 10 Fair pleasant do Fri 11 Fair warm do Sat 12 do In Store &c 8 Planted Potatoes in Store Lot. 9 Set out Maple trees on the West Side of the road near my House 10 Planted Beans & Peppers 11 Sowed Parsnips & Beets. 12 Charles Lincoln who had been with me in Store about a year went home to his Fathers in Athol on Account of ill health. Sun 13 Fair & Warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 14 Fair Warm Employd plantg &c Tues 15 Cloudy Sprink of rain Variously Employd Wed 16 Fair Shower P.M. In Store Thurs 17 Fair warm variously employd Fri 18 do do Sat 19 Rain cool In Store painted a Balance for Wheeler 14 Planted Corn &c North of my House. 14 Amaziah Kilton Died of Bowel complaint -- aged 43 Years. The Season rather backward People generally employed planting Corn Hay plenty--General price about $9,- per Ton for best. 18 Ploughed land South of my house & prepar'd it for planting Sun 20 Cloudy Attended to the Post Office and the necessary concerns of the day Mon 21 Fair cold night Attended to Store Tues 22 Fair cold Windy Planted Corn on ground south of my house Wed 23 Fair Employed in Store &c Thurs 24 Rain do Fri 25 Snow 1 to 2 inches deep & lay on the greatest part of the day do Sat 26 Cloudy & some rain do 21 Daniel Gale removed his Stage Horses from Winchester to White's tavern in this town --with a calculation to exchange horses at this place, and run with 4 to Keene & 2 from this to South Orange. 25 The Post-Office Northfield removed from Gen. Never's Office to Wm. Pomroy Store. Wm. Pomroy Jr appointed Postmaster. vice Gen. John Nevers resigned. 25 Mrs Abigail Leonard the wife of Samuel Leonard of Gill, with her daughter Mary Robinson left Gill and went to in Connecticut to live with her son in Law. Sun 27 Cloudy and rain in the morning Attended Post Office Mr. Bailey preached Mon 28 Fair cool In Store &c Tues 29 Fair pleasant do Wed 30 Rain do Thurs 31 Cloudy rain Fair P.M. Went to C. Mayo Esqr having givin Notice that I should attend to Sealing Weights & Measures at that place JUNE 1832 Fri 1 Fair Went to West Lot mended Fence &c in forenoon. Afternoon in Store. Sat 2 Fair In Garden & Store 27 John Bass & Tripheny Fisher Married. " Ichabod Whipple & Fanny Simonds Married. 30 Charles C. Cobb Sold his Stage Horses, Carriage, Waggon, and Stage Sleigh & Harnesses to Daniel Gale Sun 3 Fair Attended to the necessary Occurences of the day. Mr Fessenden of Deerfield preached Mon 4 Cloudy Employd in Store &c Tues 5 Cloudy rain do Wed 6 do cool do Thurs 7 Fair do Employed at Russells Sealing Measures &c and in Store. Fri 8 Fair warm cloudy P.M. Variously employd Sat 9 Fair warm worked on L.B. Procters Garden ground &c. 4 Charles C. Cobb set out with a Horse for market. 6 Capt D.N. Smith returned from Baltimore where he had been during the Winter employd in building Planeing Machines--had sold two of them to a Mr Tunis of Norfolk, Virginia. who has agreed to furnish money to build machines. 7 Mrs. Barber, wife of Capt Eleazer Barber died of Consumption aged___ 9 Levi Stimson's Daughter born --named-- 9 Charles C. Cobb returned from Boston where he had been with a Horse for Market, but did not sell. Sun 10 Cloudy Attended Post Office &c Nahum[?] Gould preached Mon 11 Fair warm Variously employd Tues 12 Fair, very warm Shower P.M. In Store and Garden. Wed 13 Cloudy and some rain In store &c Thurs 14 Fair, very Warm In Store & Garden Fri 15 do do Sat 16 do do The Cholera Morleus, or the Asiatic Cholera, as it is called, after passing over all Europe was introduced into Quebeck about the first of this Month. by Irish Emigrants* about 20,000 of whom had arrived in Canada, & 4000 of them Landed at Quebeck. This mortal disorder had also been communicated to Montreal, where, as well as at Quebec the disorder was sweeping off the Emigrant and other people of the lower orders to a most alarming extent. They did not live more than 6 hours after the attack. *some doubts exist as to the means by which the Cholera was introduced into this country--it is thought by some that it was communicated by the Atmosphere and that it is Epidemical & not contageans Sun 17 Fair warm but Windy Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 18 Fair--heavy shower PM Attend to Store &c hail in some places. Tues 19 Fair cold evening do Wed 20 Fair do Thurs 21 Fair & warm do Fri 22 Fair warm In Garden & Store Sat 23 do do An Act in addition to the Pension Act was passed on the 7th Instant which gave a pension to all those who had served 2 years in the Revolutionary War equal to their full rate of wages. and for a less time in proportion-- but none for less than 6 Months. 19 Chas C. Cobb Started to Boston with Saml Blake's team. 21 Mrs. Burnet wif of Wm. Burnet died aged 21 Mina (a Spaniard) who had in connection with a Mrs. Chapman of Philadelphia, or that vicinity, poisoned her Husband, and afterwards married to this Lady--was arrested tried, found guilty and this day executed. He was said to be one of the greatest Impostors that ever visited out Country Sun 24 Fair warm Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day Mr Harding Preached Mon 25 Fair very Warm. In Store and field hoeing Corn Tues 26 do Attended to Store &c Wed 27 Cloudy Rain do. Thurs 28 Fair do I went to Asa Conants & let out Grass to J.R. Gale & Eben. Allen.* Fri 29 Fair Store & Garden Sat 30 Fair hazey Employed in Store & Garden-- and in preparing ground & sowing Oats & Grass Seed in the low land in the Thayer lot. 26 Cholera commenced in the City of New York. 28* Sold all the Standing Grass on the Conant Land to J. R. Gale & Eben Allen for $24, payable next fall. JULY 1832 Sun 1 Fair--Hazey & warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 2 Fair warm Employd in Store & on Farm. Tues 3 do do Wed 4 do do Thurs 5 do making Quarterly return P. Office Fri 6 very warm Variously Employd Sat 7 Extreemly hot Shower P.M. do Great exertions are making in all the Cities & Populous towns in the United States, to cleanse them from all impurities, to prevent the introduction of the Cholera, or to render it less distructive to the lives of the inhabitants. 6 Burt Lincoln from Hardwick called on me today, being on his return home from Richmond with his daughter. Sun 8 Cloudy cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 9 Cloudy rain at 6 P.M. In Garden & Store Tues 10 Cloudy little rain cool do Wed 11 Cloudy & Rain through the In Store day very cold Kindled up fires to keep warm. Thurs 12 Cloudy rain do Fri 13 Cloudy do Sat 14 Clouds Fair Showrey In Garden and Store. Charles C. Cobb Bought a part of the line of Stage from Athol to Greenfield viz. from Athol to Erving's Grant for which he agreed to pay to ____ Sibley (the owner) the Sum of Commenced running upon that line on Monday the 9th Inst. 14 Let the standing grass in my western Mowing Lots to Augustus S Carroll to cut an make the Hay on Shares & to divide it equally in the cocks. Sun 15 Fair Attended to the necessary duties of the day Mr. Rogers Preached Mon 16 Fair, Some Clouds P.M. Variously employd Tues 17 Fair Worked at haying Wed 18 Fair do Thurs 19 Fair Shower at 12 oCl. Among Hay & in Store. & during afternoon Fri 20 Fair Attended to Store &c & Haying. Sat 21 Rain In Store 16 Began Haying--Grass very good. 17 Rev Mr Godard & Wife from London Derry caled on me & tarried over night. 19 The General Congregational Association of Massachusetts set apart this day for public prayer that God would preserve our country from the ravages of the Cholera Sun 22 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 23 Fair fine Hay day Attended to haying Tues 24 Fair, Cloudy Sprink variously employ'd rain at evening Wed 25 Fair shower P.M. do. Thurs 26 Fair good hay day Employ'd among Hay & in Gardens. Fri 27 Fair Attended to haying Sat 28 Fair do The Cholera continues to rage in N. York--about 100 die dayly--also a few cases in Philadelphia--very prevalent in Albany Rochester and many other places in the State of N. York and it appears to be Spreading through all the Western country. 28 Finished English Haying. " Geo. Wells went home to Shelburn on account of ill health having had the Mumps & taken cold. Sun 29 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mr ___ Tucker Preached Mon 30 Cloudy Attended to Store &c Tues 31 Fair skuds of Clouds &c do AUGUST 1832 Wed 1 Fair showers Attended to Store &c Thurs 2 Fair warm Worked at Haying in Swail &c Fri 3 Fair warm do Sat 4 Fair warm variously employd 29 Josiah Procter Jr. died of Typhus fever settled upon the brain aged 28 yr 3 Finished Haying. 4 A large Caravan of Animals exhibited in this place. Also a Museum large enough to hold 80 or 100 persons placed upon wheels & drawn about by Horses--In this was exhibited a Musical Box and great variety of Small Images put in motion by turning a crank.--1st Gallery a House of industry 2d a large parly of pleasure 3d a Military parade of Cavalry & infantry &c 4th Wire dancers. Sun 5 Rain in Mor Fair P.M. Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 6 Foggy mor. Fair Shower P.M. Employd reaping Rye in forenoon in Store &c P.M. Tues 7 Cloudy little rain P.M. In Store --Attended to a Sermon and addresses from the Association of Ministers-- P.M. Wed 8 Cloudy fair In Store--made out Thos Hurd's Statement of service in the Army of the Revolution in order to obtain a Pension. Thurs 9 Fair Cloudy Attended Meeting & necessary business. Fri 10 Rain Fair In Store-- Attended to Applicants for Pensions &c. Sat 11 Fair warm Attended to getting in Rye from upper lot &c 6 Mrs Cathan from Townshend Vt. on Visit to see her son living with Amory Mayo. 9 This day was set apart as a day of Fasting & Prayer in this State, on Account of the Cholera which had reached this Country & was raging in New York and many other places. 10 Mr. Joel Wheeler arrived from Lowell with his Daughter who had been sick Sun 12 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 13 Fair warm In Store and with C Drake hoeing Potatoes. Tues 14 Fair very warm In Store & Field Wed 15 do Showers in the In Garden in forenoon & Store P.M. evening. Much Lightning. Thurs 16 Rain In Store &c Fri 17 Rain in Mor Cloudy, Fair do Sat 18 Fair warm do 15 Cholera commenced in Boston -- two fatal cases. Viz Miss Elvira Lord aged 25 years & Miss Meriam Foster aged 35 years. The first lived about 12 hours and the other 8 hours after the attack. Sun 19 Very rainey Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 20 Fair Attended to Store writing &c Tues 21 Fair warm cool nights do. Wed 22 Fair shower P.M. Variously employd Thurs 23 Fair Made preparations to build a Fireplace in back Kitchen Fri 24 Fair heavy shower at 3 P.M. Attended to Mason in building a fireplace &c. Sat 25 Fair & very Cold for the Season In Store & field binding up oats &c Sun 26 Fair Attended Meeting Mr. Hudson of Westminster Preached Mon 27 Fair warm Employed writing Tues 28 do do Wed 29 do do Thurs 30 do Attended to writing & Settling with Burt & Alanson Lincoln, old Card Factory business--in the afternoon Fri 31 Cloudy Shower PM Variously employd Chapin Holden's Child died of Dysentary aged 30 Burt Lincoln from Hardwick and Alanson Lincoln & wife from Petersham at my house on Visit--and attended to a Settlement of Card Factory business. 31 Col. Abner Goodell Died relaps of Fever, aged 50 years. SEPTEMBER 1832 Sat 1 Fair cool Employed in Store Sun 2 Fair and very pleasant Attended Meeting & Funeral of Col. Goodell. Mon 3 Fair variously empd Tues 4 Constant rain Employd in making out probate accounts. Wed 5 Fair do Thurs 6 do do Fri 7 Cloudy Shower PM do Sat 8 Fair Variously emplyd 1 Charles C. Cobb's Daughter Semira Born. 5 Daniel Burnetts Child died of dysentary--2 years 7 Abijah Eddy returned to this town having been absent to Boston Hingham &c. about 6 months. Sun 9 Fair pure air Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr of Charleston N.H. preached Mon 10 Fair Frost this mor. Attended to writing &c for Probate business Tues 11 Cloudy do Wed 12 Fair do Thurs 13 Cloudy rain in mor do for Pensions &c Fri 14 Fair do Sat 15 Cloudy & Fair do 9th This evening, Charles C. Cobb went to Athol to drive the Stage which he had purchased, to run from Athol to Erving's Grant. Daniel Gale having driven for him 2 months. 12 Dea Isaac Prior of Northfield Died of fever. aged 15 Levi Stinson arrived with teams to remove his family to Pittsfield. Sun 16 Fair Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day Mon 17 Fair warm Employ'd in making out Pensioners Declarations, &c Tues 18 very warm do Wed 19 Fair & Warm Attended Probate Court at Warwick* Thurs 20 Fair very Warm Variously employd Fri 21 Cloudy rain Writing application for Mail Contracts Sat 22 Cloudy rain fair do 16th Levi Stinson started this Mor. with his Family & Goods for Pittsfield--Berkshire County, Mass. 20 Mrs. Pond and her Daughter Mary Chever returned to Boston, having been here on a Visit of several Weeks. 19th* Attended Probate Court and presented my second Acct of the Estate of Abel Sanger which was allowed Also the Declarations of John Whitney--Abraham Albat, Philop Atwood & Richard Wastcoat, who applied for Pensions under the Late act of June 1832. Thomas Hurd---Samuel Gunn Wm. Burnet also applied for Pensions. Jona Blake Jr Esqr took administration upon the Estate of Col. Abner Goodell late of Warwick deceased. Also upon the Estate of N.G. Stevens. Sun 23 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 24 Fair variously employ'd Tues 25 Rain fair P.M. In Store Wed 26 Fair Writing &c Thurs 27 Fair warm Writing &c Fri 28 Fair do Sat 29 Cloudy some rain do Sun 30 Cloudy some rain Attended Meeting J Goldsbury Preached 30 Jonathan Mason of Orange, Committed Suicide by cutting his arm in such a manner as to bleed to death in the space of about 20 minutes. OCTOBER 1832 Mon 1 Rain Making out Quarterly return to Post Office Department. Tues 2 Fair warm Attended to writing &c. Wed 3 Fair rain in the evening do Thurs 4 Fair Cloudy some rain PM Worked on Road to my upper lot in the forenoon with J. Fuller & went with him after 1 load wood in afternoon & then in Store. Fri 5 Fair In Store Sat 6 Fair do 2 Ansel Lesure appointed Deputy Sheriff--took his oath and entered upon the duties of his office------ His Bondsmen were Wm. Cobb Jonathan Blake Jr Saml Moore 2d Stephen Ball Mosely Clap Wm. Putnam Fordyce Alexander Appollas Root ______Thayer Sun 7 Cloudy Attended Meeting in forenoon Mon 8 Cloudy fair Employd in Store Tues 9 Fair do Wed 10 Rain do Thurs 11 Rain, fair evening do Fri 12 Fair Employ'd digging Potatoes &c &c Sat 13 " In Store &c 8 Wm. Hastings & James Ball had Arbitration to Settle all their difficulties, having been long in contention. Alvord & Curtis Attornies. 10 Attached James Fuller's property for Debt of Cobb Mayo & Co of about $50.-- he finally gave a Bill of Sale of property sufficient to indemnify, with condition to redeem the first of December Next. 13th Doct Geo. Wright Removed his family from Goshen to Warwick, and occupied a part of Stephen Reeds house. Sun 14 Cloudy cool hard frost Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day Mon 15 Fair cold night Employed in Store & getting in Potatoes &c. &c Tues 16 Fair cool do. Wed 17 Fair In Store Thurs 18 Fair Attended to Store & getting in potatoes. Fri 19 Fair Variously employd Sat 20 Cloudy, Fair & very Warm do The circuitous Mail Route from Greenfield through Bernardston, Gill, Northfield Warwick New Salem &c to Greenfield--discontinued, after the first of January next. Sun 21 Fair and pleasant Attended Meeting. Mon 22 Fair Cloudy Employ'd in Store Tues 23 Fair do Wed 24 " do Thurs 25 Fair cold Attended Store & Temperence Lecture. Fri 26 Very cold Mor. Fair Employd in Store &c Sat 27 Fair cold mor. more comfortable Variously employed 24 Timothy Reed delivered a Temperence address in the Meetinghouse 25 Harvey Barber Married to Hannah Leland. 27 John Humphrey & Charles came up from Athol and said John made a Deed to his son Charles of the Real Estate that he owned with me in Company. Sun 28 Fair cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mr Wellington of Templeton Preached. Mon 29 Fair cool Attended to Store Moving Mrs Procter to Charles C. Cobb Tues 30 Fair & very pleasant Variously employd. Wed 31 Fair very Warm and pleasant do NOVEMBER 1832 Thurs 1 Fair & very Warm Employed in Store. Fri 2 Fair do Sat 3 Fair pleasant Variously employed 30th Widow Sarah Pomroy died aged 87 years. 30 Dean Penniman & Jesse Penniman finished drawing 19 Cords wood from my West lot at ,42 Cents per Cord. Performed it all in two days with 2 teams. -- one team consisting of 1 pair large Oxen and the other a small pair oxen & horse. Nov 3 Susanna Procter went to Charles C. Cobb's to board. Sun 4 Cloudy warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 5 Cloudy Attended to Store &c Tues 6 Cloudy Snow rain do Wed 7 Cloudy Banked up house &c &c Thurs 8 Cloudy mor. Fair Attended to Store in forenoon & out banking house &c P.M. Fri 9 Fair Employed on farm &c. Sat 10 " do 5 Mr Osgood commenced School in Centre District. 5 Col. Goodall's personal property Sold at Auction by his Administrator. 6 Mr Lynde Moved his family from Leicester to Warwick & went into Frank Whitneys house near the Brick School-house.--a Shoemaker 6 This evening Theatrical performances at K. White's Hall. Sun 11 Fair Attended to the concerns of the day Mon 12 Fair pleasant Attended to Store & Town Meeting for Choice of Governor Elections &c. Tues 13 Fair Attended to Store Writing &c. Wed 14 " do Thurs 15 Cloud mor. Snow fair do Fri 16 Fair Variously employd Sat 17 do do 12 [pasted in book is a printed list of the People's Ticket with notations of numbers of votes] PEOPLE'S TICKET Constitution and Laws. For Governor, Morton----1 LEVI LINCOLN. 136 for Lieut. Governor, SAMUEL T. ARMSTRONG. 137 For Senator for Franklin County, DANIEL WELLS. 137 _________________________ NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET. For Electors. At large---Charles Jackson, Boston. Suffolk----Thomas H. Perkins. Essex South---Gideon Barstow. Essex North----Ebenezer Mosely. Middlesex------Nathan Brooks. } 137 Plymouth-------Jotham Lincoln. Norfolk-----James Richardson. Bristol-----Cornelius Grinnell. Worcester South---Aaron Tufts. Worcester North----Samuel Lee. Hampden----James Byers. Franklin----Ebenezer Mattoon. Berkshire---Henry Shaw. Barnstable---Nymphas Marston. _________________________________ [Handwritten] Antimasonic. Gov. Samuel Lathrop 20 Lt. Gov Timothy Fuller 20 Senator Elihu Hoyt 22 Electors Antimasonic list 20 Lemuel Wheelock Representative. Sun 18 Cloudy rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mr Brown of Brattleboro' preached Mon 19 Cloudy Employ'd in Store &c Tues 20 Fair cool do Wed 21 Fair cold do Thurs 22 Fair do Fri 23 Cloudy Rain do Sat 23 Cloudy Fair Squally do 17 Capt. D.N. Smith removed from the old Factory Store--to the House purchased by his daughter of Col. L Wheelock near the Centre School-house. 23 Cumings Lesure returned from Springfield where he been at work for 6 or 7 months. Sun 25 Fair cool Attended to the various concerns of the day Mon 26 Fair Cloudy Moderate Went with Col. Wheelock to divide fence between his Land & John Humphrey's -- Then in Store &c Tues 27 Fair very Warm In Store Wed 28 Cloudy moderate do Thurs 29 Fair and very pleasant Thanksgiving Fri 30 Cloudy rain Employd in Store Divided the Fence between John Humphrey's & Leml Wheelock's Land on South & West sides of Said Humphrey's land, formerly the Eaton Farm--L. Wheelock takes all the West Line & about 3 Rods of the South line at the west end, and Humphrey takes all the remainder of the South line.--each measuring about 48 1/2 Rods. DECEMBER 1832 Sat 1 Cloudy & Snow 4 inches Attended to Barn & Store Sun 2 Fair cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Hosmer of Northfield preached Mon 3 Snow & rain & hail Attended to Store &c Tues 4 Fair cool In Store--visited at Doct Wrights in the evening. Wed 5 Fair Attended to Store Thurs 6 do do Lyceum in the evening Fri 7 do warm Attended to Store Sat 8 Rain do Dec 1 Joel Wheeler put a Machine in Operation at Fay's Water-Shop to turn Rake Stails & teeth. " Mr ____ Bixley of Worcester killed by the force of a Grindstone which split in consequence of its rapid motion. 4th Maranda Taylor Daughter of Doct Amos Taylor, died. aged 8 Years 4 Mr. Ford began Singing School. 6 Lyceum commenced its operation for this Season. Sun 9 Cloudy rain fair evening Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 10 Fair In Store Tues 11 " In Store Wed 12 Rain " do Thurs 13 Fair do Attended Lyceum in evening Fri 14 Little Snow In Store Sat 15 Fair Cloudy do 9 Leonard Bancroft left Warwick. Sun 16 Cloudy Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 17 Snow Attended to Store Tues 18 fair good Sleighing do Wed 19 Fair Cloudy do Thurs 20 Fair do Fri 21 Fair do Sat 22 Fair cold do 20 Mr Bigelow moved his family from Dover to Warwick 22 Charles C. Cobb Started with Samuel Blake's team for Boston. Sun 23 Fair cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 24 Fair pleasant Attended to Store and killing Hog. Tues 25 Fair P.M. Cloudy Cut up & Salted pork and attended to Store. Mor. moderate Wed 26 Cloudy Snow in the Evening Writing &c Thurs 27 Cloudy Snow rain in do Attended Lyceum in the evening the mor. moderate Fri 28 Fair cold Writing &c Sat 29 Fair cold do Salted Beef &c &c 24 Geo. Bacheller Broke his leg in the place where it had before been broken. 25 Nabby Jones died. 27 Lyceum Lecture by Wm. H. Andrews--on Water. Debate--"Which has the greater influence on Mankind Hope or Fear" The debate was quite Metepisical & entertaining and was decided in favour of Hope. Sun 30 Fair good Sleighing Attended to the necessary concerns of the day thawed a little in the sun. Mon 31 Cloudy Empd in making P.O. Return Diary of William Cobb, Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1833 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun October 1999 Price Current Hay ton $9,~~ Rye 1, Bushel Corn ,83 " Oats ,42 Butter ,15 per pound Cheese 4 to 8 Cts " Pork 5 1/2 " Beef 4 to 4 1/2 W.I. Rum 90 N.E. do ,33 Brandy (Cognac) 1,50 Gin--Holand's 1,17 Sugar Loaf ,12 1/2 " Brown 6 1/2 to 9 Tea Hyson 90 Souchong 40 lb Coffee 12 to 14 Molasses 33 Gall Flour $7, Bbl JANUARY 1833 Tues 1 Rain fair evening Employd making out Post-Office Returns Wed 2 Fair do Thur 3 Cloudy- hail & rain do Fri 4 Cloudy fair Warm & pleasant Writing &c Sat 5 Cloudy fair very Warm Attended to writing & fixing Chimney in back kitchen 3d Leonard Bancroft removed his family from Warwick to Rutland in the County of Worcester. Mass. 5 Keith White bargained his part of the tavern Stand to Martin Paige for $1400,~~ Sun 6 Fair warm Snow Gone Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. bad travelling Mon 7 Fair Writing & attending to Store Tues 8 Cloudy fair do Wed 9 Fair warm Attended to Store &c Thurs 10 Cloudy fair Attended to Store & the Lyceum in the evening. Fri 11 Fair & very cold Sprink Variously employd of Snow in the mor. Sat 12 Fair cold do 8 Alva C. Page & Mary Ann Blake Married 7 removed to the State of N.Y. 9 Doct Geo Wright & Wife & Aaron Bass & Wife Visited at my house 11 C. C. Cobb Sent his Horse from Athol to my Barn to Keep. Sun 13 Fair cold Attended the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 14 Cold Windy disagreeable Variously employed Weather Tues 15 Fair cloudy evening Employd in Store & about Wood at the door with Wm & Snow Hastings & Tho Blake Wed 16 Fair cool evening Attended to the common concerns of Store and house Thurs 17 Fair Cold do Fri 18 Fair pleasant forenoon Cold do Sat 19 Fair very cold mor. Good Sleighing do Sun 20 Fair cool Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon 21 Warm Attended to Store writing &c. Tues 22 Fair moderate Attended to Store and Visited School in Afternoon. Cloudy evening Wed 23 Cloudy Snow Moved a load of Hay from Old barn for Charles Horse keeping at my Barn. In Store &c Thurs 24 Cloudy moderate Attend to Concert of Music at the Meetinghouse and Lyceum in evening. Fri 25 Cloudy Snow Attended to Store Sat 26 Fair do 21 Timothy Dutton of Northfield assigned all his Property to Gen Nevers, Wm. Pomroy, & ___ Curtis to be appropriated to the payment of his Debts. 21 John Bass removed his family from Abijah Fishers to Joel Jennings House. 23 Moved a Load of Charle's Hay to my Barn, & kept his Horse upon it after this time. 24 Singing School & Centre Dist. Schools closed. 28 On the evening of Monday the 28th instant a package of Bank Bills belonging to the Greenfield & Adams Banks, containing $12,020, was delivered by the Cashere of the G. Bank to a young Mr. Leavitt to carry to Boston the next day, as he contemplated going in the Stage. Said Leavitt slept that night at the Stage house and left his Trunk which contained the money in one of the lower rooms,--he started with the Stage at 1 or 2 oCl. A M and took the Trunk with him, and when he arrived at Boston the same evening, found the lock forced & money gone. Sun 27 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 28 Fair Moderate Employd writing &c Tues 29 " " do Wed 30 " " do Thurs 31 Snow from N. East do 10 Inches FEBRUARY 1833 Fri 1 Fair & Cold Employd writing &c Sat 2 Fair very cold Mor. Variously Employed 1833 Jan 30 Charles C. Cobb sold out his Stage Establishment at Athol for $800,~ to J. Young & I. Newton of Greenfield. 30 Martin Paige removed his family from Greenfield to Warwick. Feb 1 Martin Paige took possession and openened tavern in the North Village in Warwick. 1 Aaron Bass removed from the Tavern house to his Farm. Sund 3d Fair Cold Attended to the concerns of the day Mon 4 Fair cold Employed Writing &c Tues 5 Fair moderates a Little do. Wed 6 Snow from N.E. 6 inches Attended Probate Court in this town Thurs 7 Fair mor very blustering Attended to writing &c afternoon Snow from N.W. Fri 8 Fair cold do Sat 9 Cloudy not very cold Writing &c.c. made Deed from Ebenz Barber to Harlow Bank 6 Probate Court sat in this town. Presented Acct of Administration in the Estate of Benjamin Hazeltine--and also Joseph Goodell " Lemuel Wheelock appointed Administrator on the Estate of John Bowman, to close up the Settlement and Mrs. Bowman was discharged from further duty in regard to said Estate. 8 Horatio Leavitt of Greenfield to whom the Bank Money was intrusted to carry to Boston, and Money lost, was taken on suspicion of being guilty of secreeting the Money, as it was found in the drain of his Cellar--and so much was found against him, as to induce the Court to put him under $1500, Bonds. Sun 10 Fair cloudy Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 11 Fair Attended to Writing &c & to Lyceum in the evening. Tues 12 Snow & Hail 4 inches Employed writing &c Wed 13 Snow --6 inches do Thurs 14 Fair moderate Windy-- do Snow drifted Fri 15 Fair cool do Sat 16 Fair pleasant do Feb 9 Removed Susanna Procter from Charles C. Cobb's to my house to board. 9 Ebenr Barber Quitclaimed all Rights and title to his Real Estate to Harlow Barber, for the consideration of $1200, to give possession the first of April next. 11 Mr. Alonso Andrews gave a Lecture before the Warwick Lyceum upon Electricity with experiments. 14 Elder John Shepardson Died Aged 59 Years. Sun 17 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Harding of N. Salem preached in forenoon Mr. Maynard of Winchester in the afternoon. Mon 18 Cloudy some rain Attended to writing &c Tues 19 Alternate rain & fair do Wed 20 Fair do Thurs 21 Fair do Fri 22 Fair do Sat 23 Fair pleasant Variously employd 20 Timothy Dutton's personal property Sold at Auction. 21 Sleigh ride to Winchester & returned & attended a Ball at Paiges. 22 Jonathan Moore's property attached by Several Creditors. Sun 24 Cloudy little Mist of Snow Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Snow in evening Mon 25 Fair windy Snow drifted Employed posting Town Books &c very blustery. Tues 26 Fair cool cloudy evening do Wed 27 Cloudy, Snow in mor. fair do Thurs 28 Fair Settled Treasury Accts with the town Committee. MARCH 1833 Fri 1 Moderate Snow Employed about Town accts. Sat 2 Fair, Squally very windy do Snow fell last night 6 inches now in heaps Mar 1st James Goldsbury's son born. Sun 3 Fair cold Roads block'd No Meeting in the forenoon Attended to the up up with Snow necessary concerns of the day. Mon 4 Fair cold Attended to town Meeting &c. Tues 5 Fair very cold mor. Variously employed moderated in afternoon Wed 6 Fair cool Attended to writing &c Thurs 7 Fair cloudy Snow P.M. do Fri 8 Fair moderate do Sat 9 Fair Pleasant do 4th Town Officers elected for the ensueing year. Doct A Taylor Town Clerk Jas. Stevens Esq Abijah Eddy } Selectmen & Assessors. Jacob R Gale Wm Cobb Treasurer Eldad Hodge constable and Collector Monies raised by town For support of poor &c $800 " Schools 600 " Highways 800 7 Thomas Hurd Died aged 72 years. Sun 10 Fair Moderate Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 11 do but snow during Employed Writing &c the last night Tues 12 Cloudy rain PM do Wed 13 Snow in Mor fair cool do Thurs 14 Fair cool In Store --Lyceum in evening Fri 15 Fair Writing &c Sat 16 " do 12 Mrs. Polly Monsell of Winchester died Sun 17 Fair Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day Mon 18 Fair Variously employd Tues 19 " Assisted A Mayo about Books 1/2 day remainder in Store Wed 20 Rain 1/2 day at Mayo's remainder in Store Thurs 21 Cloudy some rain & fog 1/2 day at Mayo's and half in Store Fri 22 Cloudy fair 1/2 day at Mayo's remainder in Store. Sat 23 Variously employed fair Variously employed Wm Wood removed his family from winchester to the Bowman place in Warwick Sun 24 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 25 Fair Assisted A Mayo a part of the day & in Store Tues 26 " cool do Wed 27 " do do Thurs 28 Fair windy cool In Store attended Lyceum in evening. Fri 29 Fair pleasant Employd making up Quarterly return in the Post Office Sat 31 Fair pleasant some Windy do 26 Wm. Hastings Dwelling house Woodhouse & Store destroyed by fire--about 9 o'Clock this Morning. 29 Col. Wheelock returned from the Legislature. 31 David Goodell Sold his Share of 3 year old Colts to Holman and Chamberlin of Royalston for $225,-- Sun 31 Fair & very Pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day APRIL 1833 Mon 1 Fair & warm Attended to Store & town Meeting* Tues 2 Fair & very Warm Attended to Post. Office Return--went to Levi Whitney's and appraised some Hay to E. Miller at $10,-- Wed 3 Fair warm Snow gone Attend to P. Office return &c except some Banks. Thurs 4 Cloudy rain Fast. Mr Chandler of Boston preached Fri 5 Some Cloudy Employed in Writing &c Sat 6 Fair warm do. 1 Seth Fisher Removed from Winchester to the farm which he purchased of Samuel Fay in Warwick, called the Old Stevens Farm. 1* Town Meeting for choice of Representatives to Congress. Hon. Geo. Grennell Jr had Votes & Col. Wm. Whitaker 1. 2d Levi Whitney removed from the Hazeltine place (so called) to Elisha Brown Jr (old Knowlton place) 2 Elijah Miller Moved from the Old Perry place in Northfield to the Hazeltine place in Warwick about half a mile South of the Meetinghouse. The farm owned by John Humphrey of Athol. 2 Israel Fisher Jun. Returned from Brattleboro' where he had been working at shoemaking for 2 or 3 years. 4 Abijah Fisher died aged 72 Y Sun 7 Fair Attended to necessary business of the day Mr Moore preached Mon 8 Cloudy heavy rain in Employed in Store writing &c forenoon & same in afternoon Tues 9 Cloudy mor. Fair do Wed 10 Fair do Thurs 11 Fair Attended to Store in forenoon & with A. Mayo P.M. in making up old Accounts of Trade &c Fri 12 Cloudy Employed in Store & with Commissioners on Col. Goodells Estate Sat 13 Fair cold In Store made out a Diagram of Post Roads &c. 4th Wm. Lynde and Ira Holbrook who removed from Leicester a year or two ago to this place returned in the Night time. 9 John Bass's first son Born. Sun 14 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mr Stearns of Rowe preached. Mon 15 Fair cool Variously employed Tues 16 Fair In Store writing &c Wed 17 Cloudy and some rain do Thurs 18 Fair do Fri 19 Fair pleasant do Sat 20 Some cloudy Warm Variously employd 18 Rev. P. Smith Sen. Removed from Rowe to Warwick to live with his son. 19 Began to plough 20 C. C. Cobb bot. a pair of Oxen of Caleb Weeks at 53$ and gave his note for the same Sun 21 Fair warm Hazzy evening Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 22 Fair windy variously employd Tues 23 " In Store &c Wed 24 Cloudy cold in Store Thurs 25 Fair pleasant do Fri 26 Fair do Sat 27 Fair employd Sowing Oats & Grass seed at west end of lot 21 Four Oneida Indians put up at the Tavern in this place and tarried over Sunday, being on their way to Keene, and performed the Indian ceremonies of worshiping the Great Spirit--Scalping and the War dance on Monday evening at Mr. Paiges Hall 23 Martha Wheeler Daughter of Joel Wheeler died at Lowell. 24 James Fuller, son of James Fuller, died of Meazles, aged 16 1/2 years. 24 Col. L. Wheelock having been appointed Administrator to close up the settlement of John Bowman's Estate, a new appraisal of all the property remaining unsold was made by Jona Blake Jr, Justis Russell & Wm Cobb---The Real Estate, 54 Acres Land & buildings values at $792,-- Cash and Notes 100,-- Pew & Horseshed 9,-- Sun 28 Fair Attended to the concerns of the day Mr Harding Preached Mon 29 do warm Variously employed Tues 30 Extreemly warm & dry do. MAY 1833 Wed 31 [sic] Fair Variously employed Thurs 2 Fair very warm do Fri 3 Fair windy extreemly dry do Sat 4 Fair cloudy evening do 28 Augustus S. Carrol and Wife parted in consequence of his savage treatment to her. --She went with 2 of her children with her Brother Abijah French to Westmoreland NH. 2d Joseph G. Whitney Married to Polly Bishop.---Went to Winchester to live in the house, formerly occupied as a Store by Capt. Thayer. 4 Planted early Potatoes, Peas, Beans &c. Sun 5 Cloudy some rain. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 6 Fair Employed in Store Tues 7 Fair Shower P.M. Thunder Worked in Garden &c Wed 8 Fair warm heavy Shower worked in the Garden &c P.M. Thunder Thurs 9 Fair and beautiful air. do Fri 10 Fair cloudy evening do Sat 11 Cloudy rain Writing &c, &c, 6 Cyrus Drake died of Fits and Cramp --- aged Sun 12 Cloudy rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 13 Fair Great shower Employed about Planting &c at 6 P.M. Tues 14 Cloudy rain Went to Greenfield and attended Probate Court tarried over night on Account of rain. * Wed 15 Rain in Mor. Fair Warm Returned from Greenfield in forenoon --in Store P.M. Thurs 16 Cloudy Variously employed in Store & on Farm Fri 17 Cloudy misty Employed in Store Sat 18 Fair warm Variously employed 12 Appletrees in full blossom, and uncommonly full. Farmers have generally done their planting--the Season is earlier than usual. --- Grass & Grain look very promising. 14 Geo. Fisher's Son drowned, aged about 8 years. * Attended Probate Court at Greenfield and proved Thomas Hurd's Will of which I was appointed Executor Witnesses to the Will was Jona Blake Jos. Stevens & } Esqrs Leml Wheelock 14 Jona Blake Jr Esq appointed Administrator of the Estate of Abijah Fisher deceased. Sun 19 Fair showers Warm. Attended to the various duties of the day Mon 20 Cloudy Variously employed Tues 21 Cloudy and rain Made Books and ruled them for the Assessors. Wed 22 Fair warm Employd in Store &c Thurs 23 Fair Employed in attending to the appraisal of Thomas Hurd's Estate Fri 24 Fair Employd in Store Sat 25 Fair Cloudy Variously employed 19 Mr. Andrews, preached to the Baptist Society in the Schoolhouse 21 Wid. Polly Drake removed from Saml Fay's house to A. S. Carroll's house. 22 Chapin Holden removed from Root's Mills in the south part of this Town to Samuel Fay's House near the Meetinghouse and Commenced the Work of a New Meetinghouse for the Trinitarian Society. Very great Freshets in all the United States--commencing at the South about the first of April--the Weather remarkable dry in many Sections of the Country for 5 or 6 weeks previous to the rains. 25 Abraham Abbot received a Pension Certificate giving him $44, per. year during his Natural life Sun 26 Cloudy rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 27 Fair Employed Writing &c Tues 28 Fair Employed about build. a Wall & board fence on the West Side of the Garden, & making a Road to my Barn Wed 29 Fair Cloudy rain Variously employed. in evening Thurs 30 Showrey in Mor In Store--attacked with Goute in one foot last night. Went to Wid Fishers to appraise the Estate of Abijah Fisher deceased Fri 31 Fair Attended to Writing &c 28 Mrs. Cobb Went to Athol on Visit & returned the 30th " The Young Company Danced at Paige's Hall. 30 Amory Mayo & C. C. Cobb planted Potatoes on the Ground near Mezar Williams House. 30 Rhoda Cook Deeded all her Real Estate to Asabel Cook in consideration that he supports her during her natural Life. JUNE 1833 Sat 1 Fair Writing &c. &c. Sun 2 Cloudy rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Fletcher of Boxberry preached Mon 3 Fair--very cold Employ'd in Store and Garden. night. Frost in some places. Tues 4 Fair do Wed 5 " " Thurs 6 " In Store Fri 7 " do Sat 8 " do. The Trial of Ephraim K. Avery a (preacher of the Methodist connection) for the Murder of Sarah M. Cornell commenced at Newport R.I. on the 6th of May and continued to the 2d day of June (27 days) when the Jury brought in their verdict of Not Guilty. 122 Jurymen were summoned before a sufficient number could be obtained. About 120 Witnesses were examined on the part of the Government and about the same number for the defendant. The said Sarah M. Cornell was found dead hanging to a Stake in a Stockyard in Tiverton about half a mile south of Fall River Village--I was at first thought that she had committed Suicide but numerous circumstances afterward appeared to favour the supposition that she had been Murdered by the said Eph. K. Avery, but there was not sufficient proof obtained to condemn him. He however, does not stand wholly acquitted in the public mind. Sun 9 Fair and very cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Fessenden of Deerfield Preached. Mon 10 Fair cool Frost in Employd writing &c Many places. This morning--rain at 6 P.M. Tues 11 Cloudy rain Fair cool do Wed 12 Fair Employed with hired man about the Farm. Thurs 13 Fair warm cloudy P.M. Employed Writing &c Fri 14 Fair Employed on farm in forenoon--in Store P.M. Sat 15 Fair warm in Store 10 The Stage which has formerly run from Ware Ms. to Keene N.H. is extended to Hartford Ct. and this day went through for the first time--arrived at this office, from Hartford at 4 o'Clock P.M. 10 Augustus S. Carroll deeded his House & Land attached to it, to Francis Leonard 2d & Chapin Holden for the Sum of two Hundred & Fifty dollars. 10 Asa Conant Deeded to James Lamb of Hubbardston (a chairmaker) the House and old Mill, and water privilege, formerly owned by Jonas Conant, with about 1 acre of Land the consideration was $230,~~ 12 Asa Wheeler raised his House on the Winchester Road about 80 rods North of the Meetinghouse. Sun 16 Fair short shower P.M. Attended meeting in forenoon--Mr Bailey Preached Mon 17 Fair Variously employed Tues 18 Fair Went to Greenfield in Company with Esqr. Ward to attend probate Court. Wed 19 Fair Employed in Store & in Garden Thurs 20 Cloudy Rain In Store and Garden transplanted Cabbages &c &c Fri 21 Rain Employed Writing &c Sat 22 Cloudy mor. Fair Warm Attended to Store & Garden 18 The Trinitarian Society raised their Meetinghouse. Situated on the ground where the old Glass Factory Stood. 18 Attended probate Court at Greenfield and obtained Liberty to sell the personal Estate of Thomas Hurd deceased--Returned an Inventory of Sd Estate. Signed a Bond with Samuel Blake as Guardian to David Goodell & Elizabeth Goodell miner children of Col. Abner Goodell deceased. 21 President Jackson & Suit arrived at Boston where he was received with great ceremony. 22 Planted French Turnips. Sun 23 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 24 Fair Employ'd in Store and Garden Tues 25 Heavy Rain In Store Wed 26 Fair do Thurs 27 Cloudy rain in morning Attended to the Sale of the personal Estate of fair Thomas Hurd Fri 28 Fair Mowed Grass about the House & made up Acct of Sales Hurd estate Sat 29 Fair, fine Hay weather Attended to settlement with J. Foster respecting the Hurd Estate. 24 Geo. Harris & Wife from Providence came to board at Mr. Page's Tavern 27 Oldest Cow driven away. Sun 30 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day & Sunday School Lecture @ 5 o'Cl. P.M. JULY 1833 Mon 1 Fair Employed making out P.O. Quarterly return Tues 2 Fair shower P.M. do Wed 3 Rain do Thurs 4 Fair do Fri 5 do do Sat 6 do warm Variously employed 4 Charles began Haying 5 Fanny Whipple, wife of Ichabod Whipple Jr died--Consumption aged 36 yrs. Sun 7 Cloudy mor. some rain Attended to the concerns of the day Fair Mon 8 Fair Employd in Store Tues 9 Cloudy rain do Wed 10 Fair Worked some at Haying and in Store. Thurs 11 Fair shower in evening do Fri 12 Fair do Sat 13 Fair do 7 Funeral of Mrs. Whipple attended at the Meetinghouse. Hay in home Barn 1833 Old Hay & cut about home 10 Cut 11 1 Load from Orchard (Divided) 10 " 13 1 do-- " Mountain Lot (Divided) 10 " 12 1 do below old Garden 10 " 1 do South end Town Common 6 " 1 do East Side do 8 " 22 1 do West Side do 10 64 reccovered [?] in of Common land hay in Old Barn Sun 14 Cloudy Mor Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day Mr. Warm Shower @ 5 P.M. Leonard of Dublin Preached. Mon 15 Fair Employed about Hay & in Store. Tues 16 " do Wed 17 Fair, slight shower do Thurs 18 Cloudy fair Attended to Store & Slight attack of the Goute. Fri 19 Fair do Sat 20 Cloudy went to my upper lot--Sold Grass &c Attended to store 18 Nathan Leonard died of a lingering Sickness of a year and an half. -- Aged -- 70 yrs 18 Charles C. Cobb sold his Mare to Reuben Fisher for 70 dollars and Harness for $14,~~ 19 Sold Henry K. Johnson the Standing Grass on the North Mowing lot for which he agrees to pay me Eleven dollars. 20 Sold Seth Fisher the Standing Grass on the Two mowing lots North of his present dwelling house, for which he agrees to pay me 8 dollars, & 9 if he can afford it. Sun 21 Fair Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Mon 22 Fair, & Very Warm. Attended to Store &c Went to Northfield in Stage on business with Mr Curtis in regard to the Carroll Farm. Tues 23 Fair, fine Hay weather Employed in Store Wed 24 Fair forenoon Showers P.M. In Store &c Thurs 25 Fair cooler In Store &c Fri 26 Fair warm variously employd Sat 27 do Attended to Store & writing. 22 Charles C Cobb Sold his oxen to Samuel Blake for $55,~~ 22 Mrs White (relic of John White formerly of Warwick) died at the Poor house in this town. Supposed to be about 80 years of age. 23 Charles C. Cobb's wife & Child came to my house to stay a week or two to avoid the Child's taking the Hooping Cough which had come into the Village South of the Meeting house. My mother & Sister Procter went from my house to occupy the house which Charles had left in the South Village. 24 Charles C. Cobb went to Brattleboro to driving Stage for Farr. Sun 28 Fair cool Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 29 Fair cloudy Sprink Attended to Store writing &c of rain in evening Tues 30 Some rain do Wed 31 Fair do AUGUST 1833 Thurs 1 Fair pleasant Employd in Store Writing &c. cool nights Fri 2 Fair warm dry Posted Books &c Sat 3 do do 28 Drove away the large Cow. 28 Asa Taft's child (son) died of Hooping Cough --aged 29 Stephen Ball commenced an action against A. Mayo for Mixing Liquor. 31 An Elephant and other Animals, exhibited at Paiges Tavern 3 Susannah Sprague of Petersham died. Sun 4 Cloudy mor Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day warm rain at 6 PM Mon 5 Foggy mor Slight Showers do Wed 7 Fair Attended to Mowing Oats and to Store Thurs 8 Fair Attended to turning Oats & getting them into the Barn. Fri 9 Cloudy rain Attended to Store Sat 10 Fair Went to E. Carroll's Farm on Flour Hill & took possession of the Same. Afternoon in Store. 8 Samuel G. Robbins bought of Asa Conant the House which was formerly owned by Joseph Goodell, deceased, together with about 11 Acres of Land adjoining other Lands owned by Sd Robbins. 9 Stephen Ball & Amory Mayo, Settled the suit which Ball had commenced vs Mayo for selling mixed Liquors 10 Elijah Carroll gave me possession of his Farm on Flour Hill in consideration of the non-performance of the condition of a Mortgage which I had purchased of Justis Russell in presence of Doct. Geo. Wright } Witnesses David Ball Sun 11 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 12 Fair Cloudy strong Employd making out Writing Mr. Carroll &c Southerly Wind Tues 13 Fair very warm in Attended to Store & Surveying the ground about the forenoon. Old Glass Factory Spot. Wed 14 Fair Mowed some Oats for Charles on the Thayer lot and Attended to Store Thurs 15 Fair forenoon In Store & House Unwell. Rain P.M. Fri 16 Fair forenoon rain In Store P.M. & evening Sat 17 Fair do 12 Elijah Carroll gave to his son Augustus S. Carroll a Quitclaim Deed of all his Right to redeem the Farm which he Mortgaged to Justis Russell & Wm Cobb. --for the consideration of $300, and a further sum of such amount as might remain of paying the Mortgages & and the Sd $300, & Int. from the proceeds of the Sale of Said Farm. 13 Samuel Fay Sold to Chapin Holden a house lot on the east side of the road between the Old Glass Factory Store & the Trinitarian Meetinghouse & containing about 105 rods of land for the sum of $45,00 15 Charles C. Cobb returned from Brattleboro' where he had been driving Stage. 15 Mrs. Robbins Relict of Ephraim Robbins deceased --died aged 88 Yrs 15 Jerusha Coals Daughter of T Hurd, from Onandaga N.Y. here on Visit 17 David Burnet chosen Captain Henry Barber " Lieut. Harlow Barber " Ensign Sun 18 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 19 Fair warm Attended to writing & altering fence on the Thayer lot. Tues 20 Fair Employed in Store Writing &c. Wed 21 Fair do Thurs 22 Fair warm do Fri 23 Heavy Thunder do Showers in the Mor. Cloudy day* Sat 24 Fair warm do 18 Charles Lincoln from Athol on visit. 20 Charles C. Gale sold out his Contract & Stage Establishment to Moseley Clapp & others-- and Sullivan Smith sold his team &c to same Gale for $200,~~ Smith for 390,~~ $ 590,00 The Contract was for carrying the Mail from Ware to Keene and the part of the Road occupied by Smith & Gale was from So. Orange to Keene. 20 Ichabod O. Mann began driving said Stage from South Orange to Keene. 23* The weather had been fair and dry for some days, and on Thursday evening no clouds appeared, but at 4 o'Cl. in the morning we were awakened by heavy Thunder and Sharp Lightning-- the shower was slight as to rain, passing mostly to the south. -- About 7 o'Cl. another Shower collected which gave heavy rain & severe Thunder & Lightning 3 Oxen belonging to Joel Pierce in the east part of the town were killed with Lightning, and a Barn of Moseley Clapp near Miller's River was Struck and a Horse killed that was within it. The hay took fire but was extinguished. Sun 25 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Rogers preached Mon 26 Fair Employed in Store Tues 27 Fair cloudy sprink Employed in Store & burning over Land at West Lot. rain P.M. Wed 28 Fair Cool Mowed Rowen & Attended to Store. Thurs 29 Fair forenoon Variously employed Rain P.M. Fri 30 Fair cloudy PM. do Sat 31 Cloudy rain In house & Store some unwell 26 Daniel Pratts child died of dysentary 27 Burnt over the last piece of land on my West. Lot The east side of the Road leading to Fisher's house 30 Rev. Mr Kingsbury Moved his Furniture from Jamaica Vt to Warwick & commenced keeping house in the House lately occupied by Augustus s. Carroll near the Unitarian Meetinghouse 30 Wid Polly Drake removed from the house above mentioned to the house formerly Occupied by Joseph Goodell, deceased. now owned by Saml G. Robbins. SEPTEMBER 1833 Sun 1 Fair Cold Frost Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day in Some places Mon 2 Fair cool Frost Employd in Store writing &c Tues 3 Fair pleasant do Wed 4 Cloudy and some do rain Thurs 5 Fair Warm do Fri 6 Fair very pure air do Sat 7 Fair do 2 Great Camp Meeting at Bernardston commenced today. 3d Samuel Goldsbury Sold to Elisha Brown Jr 25 Acres of Land from the West end of his farm bounded West by the track of the Old Road leading from Warwick to Winchester. $25 per Acre. 5 Asa Wheeler raised an Addition to his Blacksmith Shop 7 The "Franklin Mercury" first published at Greenfield, Edited by Geo. I. Davis. Sun 8 Fair Attended the necessary concerns of the day Mon 9 Fair Employed on Store &c Tues 10 Cloudy some rain do Wed 11 Fair, very pure air do Thurs 12 Fair cloudy P.M. do Fri 13 Cold mor Great Frost do froze corn in the ear in some places Sat 14 Fair pleasant In Store in forenoon Went to Wid Hurd's in afternoon after some articles left unsold of his Estate. 11 James Lamb removed his Family from Hubbardston to Warwick. 11 Mrs. Carroll, wife of Augustus S. Carroll who had parted from her husband and went to Westmoreland came down on a visit to her Friends and Husband in this place. Sun 15 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 16 Fair pleasant Employed in Store Frost in Mor. Tues 17 Fair pleasant Attended to Store & various other concerns. Wed 18 Cloudy & Rain Attended to Store & to a Sitting of Commissioners on Col Goodell's Estate. Thurs 19 Very warm some In Store --Writing &c rain in the Mor. Fri 20 Fair, Clouds very warm Attend to Sowing Rye Hayseed &c. at West lot--Capt Lesure & C. Green harrowed in Rye Sat 21 Cloudy some rain In Store &c 15 Asa Wheeler's Brother from New York 16 Cut Stalks Rev. Mr Goddard and Wife called on us at dinner --returning from Petersham to Vt. Tarried with Rev. Mr Kingsbury over night & called on me again on the 17th. " Wm. Hastings visited the east part of Warwick & part of Orange to obtain Subscriptions for the Greenfield Gazette, but obtained none. 18 At an extra Session of the Commissioners on Col. Goodell's Estate, the Note said to be given by Sd Goodell Robert G. Cook & transferd to Thomas Lord, was again presented for Allowance, and much testimony introduced to support the claim, but it was not allowed by the Coms as they could not be satisfied that the Note was genuine. 18 The probate Court that should have set in Warwick today was adjourned to the 10 day of Oct. next, on account of the sickness of the Judge of probate 20 Joel Wheeler from N. York returned home an his Sister Annis accompanied him 21 James Lamb bought Charles B Hayne's Blacksmith Shop, water privilege &c $220.-- Sun 22 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Rogers preached Mon 23 Fair Began to transfer the the Post Office Accts for this quarter Tues 24 Fair do Wed 25 Fair do Thurs 26 Fair warm Broke up new ground in forenoon, in Store P.M. Fri 27 Fair pure air Attended to writing &c Sat 28 " do 24 Charles dug the Potatoes on my Thayer lot.--30 Bushels 27 Linus Woodward left Henry Ball's where he had worked for 4 years past. Sun 29 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon 30 Fair Variously employd OCTOBER 1833 Tues 1 Fair Attend to Post. Office Returns. Wed 2 Cloudy Rain do Thurs 3 Fair do Fri 4 Fair do Sat 5 Fair variously employd 4 Charles C Cobb began to drive Stage on the Ware & Keene line 5 Amory Mayo went to Boston to purchase Goods. Sun 6 Cloudy Common business of the Day. Rev. J. Goldsbury preached Mon 7 Fair Variously employ Tues 8 Very Steady Rain Attended to Writing. for 24 hours 6 or 7 inches Water fell Wed 9 Cloudy mor Some do rain Fair P.M. Thurs 10 Fair Employd in Post-Office writing &c. Fri 11 Fair Variously employed on Farm & in Store Sat 12 Cloudy In Store &c 7 James Newcomb as Agent for the "Franklin Mercury" was employd to get Subscriptions for the paper in this town. 9 Gen. Muster at Orange. 10 Probate Court Sat in this town at Paige's Tavern. New Commissioners appointed on Col. Goodell's Estate. The former ones-- J. Russell Esqr & Ansel Lesure, having completed the examination of all the Claims against the Estate, were rejected on Account of being Interested in the Estate. --Col. Whittaker of New Salem & Ashbell Ward Esq of this town were appointed to reexamine all the claims anew Sun 13 Cloudy rain in Attended to Post-Office &c. forenoon fair evening Mon 14 Fair Employed in Store Tues 15 Cloudy forenoon In Store writing &c Fair PM Wed 16 Fair, rain at Night. Attended to Store & to workmen on Farm--Framing Rye on west lot. Thurs 17 Cloudy and very warm Attended to store & Lyceum Meeting at Night.--Made choice of Officers for the ensuing year. Fri 18 Fair, Warm mor cold Attended to Store &c evening Sat 19 Fair Variously employd The Steam Boat New England on her passage from N. York to Hartford, burst both her Boilers distroyed a considerable part of the Boat and the lives of Nine passengers--6 or 8 more died soon after-- about 50 others were more or less scalded and otherwise injured. 15 Mr Joel Wheeler set out on a Journey to the City of New York via Hartford. " Charles C Cobb left driving the Stage on the Ware and Keene line. Phinny of New Salem married to Lucy Fisher of this town. 18 Charles C. Cobb Started for Boston with S. Blakes large team Sun 20 Cloudy Snow all Attended to Post Office & other concerns of the day. day but melted as it came down Mon 21 Rain all day very wet. Attended to Store and Vendue of the Right in Equity of Redeeming Jona Moore's Real Estate Tues 22 Constant Rain lands In Store &c. much flooded. Wed 23 Fair Attended to Store, and Setting Current Bushes &c &c. Thurs 24 Fair cloudy evening Variously employed Fri 25 Fair do Sat 26 Fair clouds in evening do had a slight touch of Gout. The late rains have done Much damage between the Green Mountains & Connecticut River--The water rose higher than it has done for many years Many valuable Bridges were carried off & Many Cattle & Sheep drowned. 21 The Right in equity which Jonathan Moore had to redeem his Mortgaged Real Estate was Sold at Auction to Satisfy Several Execution which were levied upon it, to the Amount of about $250,00 ---52 1/2 Acres of wood & Pasture land situated west of Capt Barnet's, and under the incumbrance of a mortgage to the town of Warwick for $190, was Sold to Saml Moore for $110,-- This homested consisting of about 60 Acres land and Buildings under a Mortgage of $110, to J Russell Esq was Sold to David Godard for $220,00. 23 Cattle Show at Greenfield 25 Job Goodell Esqr of Bernardston died aged 72 years. Sun 27 Cloudy rain in evening Attended Post Office & the necessary concerns of the day. Mr Wilson preached Mon 28 Fair cool Attended with the Selectmen examining the ground for a new Road to Seth Fisher's &c &c Tues 29 Fair cold Employed with team getting in Apples & making side walk by the Tavern Barn. Wed 30 Fair very Cold. Attended to Store pulled Beats &c ground hard frozen. Thurs 31 Cold Attended to Store &c &c NOVEMBER 1833 Fri 1 Fair wind shifted Variously employd to South & weather Moderated Sat 2 Fair pleasant do 28 Alpheus Eastman from Hollis N.H. came to Warwick to instruct Singing for the Trinitarian Society. 30 Barnard Fisher (Blacksmith) Came from Winchester to Warwick and went to Work in Saml Fay's Blacksmith Shop 30 John Humphrey at Warwick on visit, and called for 7 or 800 dollars to be collected of the old debts of the Company of Humphrey & Cobb & Cobb Mayo & Co. Fire Nov 2 This Morning at about 2 oClock the Blacksmith & Wheelwright Shops of Endracus & Asa Wheeler (near my House) were discovered to be on fire the first nearly consumed and the other in a Situation that it could not be saved. all the tools & other property in the first was consumed, and but very little was saved from the latter. Damage estimated at $500,-- Sun 3 Fair cool Attended to Post-Office &c. Mon 4 Fair & cold ground Variously employed hard frozen. Tues 5 Fair cold mor-- In Store &c more pleasant P.M. Wed 6 Fair mor cloudy, do then fair. Thurs 7 Fair & very pleasant do Fri 8 do do Sat 9 Cloudy Rain P.M. In Store &c 3 Richards and Prescott Hazeltine from Belfast, Maine, on visit to their friends in this place. 3 Mrs. Weatherbee from Salisbury, Vermont, came down to visit her friends and take some Money that was due from the Estate of Thomas Hurd her late Father deceased---paid her $104,~~ The Trinitarian Meetinghouse dedicated 6 rev. Samuel Kingsbury Installed over the Trinitarian Society in Warwick. They continued their Meetings through Thursday & Friday following, with intention of gaining converts to their cread, but without great success. 9 Asa Wheeler raised his new Blacksmith Shop--on the ground near where the one stood that was burnt. Sun 10 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mr Bates of Chesterfield preached. Mon 11 Fair Attended Store & Town Meeting. Tues 12 Cloudy rain P.M. Variously employd Fair windy Wed 13 Clouds and chilling wind do do Thurs 14 Fair and very pleasant do Fri 15 Cloudy rain in afternoon do Sat 16 Fair In Store &c 11 Col. Lemuel Wheelock chosen Representative to the Gen. Court. had 96 Votes Ebenz Stearns had 16 J. R. Gale " 12 Jos. Stevens " 7 Jona Blake " 1 Votes for Gov. J. Davis 98 M. Morton 10 S. C Allen 10 J. Q. Adams 6 J.C. Bates 1 Lt. Gov. S. T. Armstrong 104 S Fowler 10 S Lathrop 5 Senator D. Wells 105 W Billing 5 The Yeas and Nays taken upon the Amendment of the 3d Article of the Constitution were 118 yeas, and 9 nays. 11 Charles C. Cobb Bot of Jasper Leland 1 yoke of Oxen for $ And a Horse at Auction for $35 14 Shooting Match by Chandler Whitney. 14 Deeded Endracus Wheeler a spot of ground for Shop & Shed &c 54 by 30 feet received $8, and gave the remainder Sun 17 Fair Attended to the necessary Concerns of the day. Mon 18 Fair cool Employed in Store Tues 19 Fair Cloudy Fair do cold night Wed 20 Cold mor. Fair do Thurs 21 Fair pleasant do Fri 22 Rain do Sat 23 Fair Variously employed 18 Mr ____ Chase commenced School in Centre District. at $18.50 per Month. 20 Mr. L Brewer of Leicester married to Rachel B. Howard of this Town. --- Mrs. Mary Ann Page, Daughter of Jona Blake Jr Esqr died at N.Y. 23 Charles C. Cobb removed from my house to Widow Leonard's Farm (South Side of Mount Grace) which he hired one year for $35,00 Sun 24 Fair hazy evening Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon 25 Cloudy Snow all Went to Wid Leonard's to measure off & estimate a day 5 inches quantity of Hay that Charles Cobb had bought. In Store remainder of the day. Tues 26 Fair very good Employed in Store & Shovelling Snow Sleighing. Wed 27 Fair Employed in Store &c Thurs 28 Fair very pleasant Thanksgiving good sleighing Fri 29 Fair Snow in evening Employed in Store Sat 30 Snow from N.E. do 26 Asa Wheeler commenced work in his new Blacksmith Shop--tho' not nearly completed. DECEMBER 1833 Sun 1 Fair Attended to Post Office & necessary concerns of the day Mon 2 Fair Employed about killing Hogs &c. Tues 3 Cloudy Cut up and salted 2 Hogs -- in Store &c Wed 4 Cloudy moderate In Store Thurs 5 Fair warm cloudy In Store evening Fri 6 Cloudy warm In Store Sat 7 Fair About House & Store 1 Mr Nathan McIntosh, from Needham with his wife (she was Patty Fisher) on Visit at my house. 2 Lucius O.H. Cathan's time of engagement with Amory Mayo having expired he returned to Townshend, Vt. 3 Some failure of the Ware Bank is rumoured today. 5 The Lyceum commenced their Lectures &c. for the present Season. Sun 8 Cloudy Snow in In house and Post Office the Evening N.E. Mon 9 Fair Employd in Store Tues 10 " do Wed 11 " do Thurs 12 Fair cold In Store Attended the Lyceum in evening Fri 13 Very cold mor. Fair In Store Sat 14 Fair cold good sleighing do 9 A Petition for altering the County Road from Miller's River flats to Orange Meetinghouse was presented to the people in Warwick for their Signatures. The Alteration to commence at the foot of the hills in Athol & beare a more easterly course & rise gradually to the Centre of the town of Orange. 10 Chapin Holden moved his family from S. Fay's House to J.T. Sanger's Having made a bargain with Sanger for his buildings & about 1 Acre of Land--to pay for a part of the Same in erecting a New House and Barn for Sanger on his land Northwest from the Meetinghouse. 12 Vendue of personal property which remained unsold of Col. Goodell's Estate. at Paige's Tavern 14 Jacob R. Gale bought the Bowman Farm (so called) on Flour Hill, at public Auction for the sum of Eight hundred & forty one dollars $521, of the purchase money to be paid to the Life Insurance Company and $320, in Cash the first of April next. Sun 15 Fair cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mr. Hosmer Preached Mon 16 Fair moderate weather. Variously employd Tues 17 Cloudy began to snow In Store &c 4 P.M. Wind Strong in the east.* Wed 18 Clouds high Wind cold do Snow had fal'n during last night 15 to 18 Inches, but the most drifted I ever saw it. Thurs 19 Fair cold do Fri 20 Fair some clouds. do Sat 21 Fair cool pleasant Sun do 17* Snow--commenced half past 3 P.M. and fell during the Night about 18 inches but more drifted than, perhaps, it ever has been at the same time of year--Many places in the Roads were left nearly beare while others were filled 6 or 8 feet deep for Miles together. 18 Joel Jennings taken before a Justice of the peace, accused of Stabbing John Bass with an intent to Kill--and was bound over to take his trial at the County Court, in Bonds of $300,~~ 19 Augustus S. Carroll Sold the Old Factory Store to Col. Wheelock for the sum of in Merchandise Sun 22 Fair Attended to Post Office and other concerns of the day Mon 23 Fair Cloudy evening Attended to Store Tues 24 Cloudy Snow 6 inches In Store Visited at A. Bass' in Co Doct Wright & M Paige & Wives' Wed 25 Cloudy some mist Attended to Store & with Wm Hastings making a new fireplace in Bedroom Thurs 26 Pleasant in the forenoon In Store attended Lyceum in the evening Fri 27 Windy cold In Store but considerable lame in one foot with inflamatory Rheumatism Sat 28 Fair & pleasant Not able to go to Store Dwight Mayo Attended. 22 Nancy Fisher's Son born-- the Father of it is said to be Albert Bass. 24 Rev. P. Smith Sen removed from his Son's to Col. Wheelock's house oposite side of Road. Sun 29 Fair pleasant forenoon Confined to my house with Reumatism which Cloudy & Cool P.M. affected my feet legs & knees. Mon 30 Cloudy uncomfortable do weather Tues 31 Cloudy Foggy little do rain moderate 30 Reuben Fisher began to Attend to my Post-Office, as I unable to leave my house. Diary of William Cobb, Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1834 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun October 1999 Prices Current Jan. 1st 1834. Hay per ton $12,~~ Rye per bush 1,~~ Corn do 0,92 Beef per Cwt $4 to 4,50 Pork ,6 per # Tallow ,10 to ,12 per # Potatoes scarce ,20 to ,25 per B. W.I. Goods retail prices. W.I. Rum 1,12 per Gall NE do , 44 " Brandy 1,75 to 2,~~ Gin Old Holland 1,50. Brown Sugar ,10 to ,13 Loaf do ,17, to ,18 Tea Souchong 34 # Coffee 17 # JANUARY 1834 Wed 1 Fair, pleasant day Confined to my house & bed with Goute & good sleighing a large Rheumatism body of Snow on the ground. Thurs 2 Cloudy hail and rain do. Fri 3 Cold & very Icy do Sat 4 Fair & Cold do. Sun 5 Cloudy sky cold. do. Hon. Theodore Lyman Jr chosen Mayor of the City of Boston. Mon 6 Fair & Cold Still confined with Rheumatic Goute. Tues 7 do. do. Wed 8 Fair pleasant Sun do--the disorder subsiding in some degree. Thurs 9 do do Fri 10 Some clouds Moderate Health a little better Transcribed some Post - Office Accounts. Sat 11 Cloudy Snow PM do 8 Charles Callender of Northfield Died of quick consumption aged 31 years. 9 Asa Wheeler removed from the Wid Reed's house, opposite to the Rev. Mr Smith's to his New house on the Winchester Road Sun 12 Cloudy Hail & Rain Still confined to my house but gaining a little. Mon 13 Fair & Cold very Windy Employed writing &c. Still confined to my house Tues 14 Fair do Wed 15 Fair cold do Thurs 16 Fair Hazy do Fri 17 Cloudy Rain do Sat 18 Fair very pleasant Quit Sick today took an Emetic Snow Settled No choice of Gov. nor Lt. Gov was made by the people, consequently the Legislature proceeded to make a choice agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution. Hon John Davis of Worcester was chosen Governor, and Samuel T. Armstrong of Boston Lieut Gov. J.C. Calhoun chosen Speaker of the House Rev. Edward I. Taylor Chaplin Edward D. Bangs Secretary. Hezekiah Barnard Treasurer Governor's Counsell----- Luke Fisk, Jos. Bowman David Mack Jr Benj Sheldon Howard Lathrop Elijah Swift James Richardson, Wm. Ferson James Savage. Sun 19 Cloudy Sky little A little better today but my pains have not left me snow in the evening entirely Mon 20 Fair Windy cold P.M. Attended to some writing--health a little better Tues 21 Fair cold do Wed 22 Fair & cold Busily employed in making Quarterly Post-Office Return Thurs 23 Fair & very cold. do Fri 24 Fair very Cold Employed writing in forenoon-- Went to Store P.M the first time for 4 weeks. Sat 25 Cloudy the cold Went to Store the afternoon subsides in Some degree 19 Abijah Eddy Jun. Married to Lucretia Stearns, daughter of Capt John Stearns. 25 Mrs Moses wife of Samuel Mose Died aged FEBRUARY 1834 Sat 1 Cloudy moderate Employed in Store Sun 2 Fair & very pleasant Attended Post-Office & the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 3 Fair Employed writing in Store making up probate Accts. Tues 4 do do do The Gout attacked me again & was very painful this evening. Wed 5 do Confined to my house and could not attend Probate Court. Thurs 6 Fair still confined to house Fri 7 Cloudy snow 4 do or 5 inches very cold. Sat 8 Fair, cold do 1 Augustus S. Carroll left Warwick with the intention of again living with his wife, (They having parted and she went to live with her Brother at Westmoreland in the Month of April last) he had agreed for a Tenniment suitable for carrying on his trade (Wheelwright) in the town of Stockbridge Vt. 4 Rec'd a Pension Certificate for Thomas Hurd, deceased--- About 160 dollars was due upon it previous to his death which according to the late law of the U.S. fell to the Widow. 6 Centre School District School closed. 8 Mrs. Procter went from my house to Charles' to board. Sun 9 Fair Confined to House Mon 10 Fair--not very cold Some better today and Attended to Writing Tues 11 Some clouds Fair do Wed 12 Fair cold. do Thurs 13 Fair Cloudy P.M. do Fri 14 Cloudy Moderate Attended to some writing--quite unwell Sat 15 Cloudy warm and Attended to little Writing 14 Jos G. Whitney's first Child born. 14 Capt. D.N. Smith returned from Lowell where he had been at work for about 6 months past. 14 Abigail Hazeltine on visit at my home took Stage Sat. Mor. for Athol. 15 James Ball Jr moved his family from the South part of the town to the Sattinett Factory Near Esqr Russell's and undertook to board the Factory house. Sun 16 Fair pleasant Confined to my House health a little improved Mon 17 Cloudy Moderate Went to Store P.M. Tues 18 Fair At store part of the day. Wed 19 Cloudy--Moderate At Store all day Thurs 20 Fair & very pleasant do Fri 21 Fair pleasant do Sat 22 Fair very pleasant do cloudy evening 17 Mr James Ford returned to Rowe, having attended to the Instruction of Our Singers One week. --- paid him $10,~~ 22 Reuben Fisher closed his attendence in my store & Post. Office, and set out for West Boylston and Boston on business of his own. His time in my office was from the 30th day of December to the 22d February 7 weeks & 5 days. Sun 23 Cloudy rain Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day Mon 24 Cloudy little Snow Employed about town accounts. in evening Tues 25 Cloudy & Snow do Wed 26 Fair do Thurs 27 Fair do Settled with Selectmen Fri 28 Fair In Store writing &c 25 Selectmen at My Office Posting town Accounts. 28 Mrs. Procter came home from Charles C. Cobb's where she had been boarding about 3 weeks. MARCH 1834 Sat 1 Fair cloudy Moderate Attended to Store and Post Office Sun 2 Cloudy Snow 3 inches Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 3 Fair cold Employed in Store &c Town Meeting P.M. Tues 4 Fair In Store &c Wed 5 Fair moderate do visited at Mr Smith's in the evening Thurs 6 Cloudy Moderate In Store Fri 7 Fair very pleasant do Sat 8 Cloudy rain do Mar 1 Joseph Williams Jr removed his family from L.B. Procter's house to Capt. Black's in Winchester. 1 Capt D.N. Smith took seat in the Stage this Morning for Worcester in Order to finish a planing Machine which his son Daniel was building. 3d Annual Meeting Officers chosen Amos Taylor Town Clerk Jos. Stevens Jacob R Gale } Selectmen and Assessors. Saml Blake Wm. Cobb, Town Treasurer Eldad Hodge-- Constable & Collector Money granted For Support of Poor & Contingency $700,~ For Schooling 600 For Support of Highways 1000 7 Samuel Cobb returned from Westminster. Sun 9 Fair Attended to Post Office & necessary Occurences of the day--went to A Mayo's at evening, not having been into the upper village for 2 or 3 months on account of sickness. Mon 10 Cloudy cool Attended Store and School meeting in the evening. Tues 11 Fair Employed in Store. Wed 12 Fair do Thurs 12 Fair do My lameness began to come on again Fri 14 Fair very lame unable to go to Store Sat 15 Fair Confined to my house by reason of Rheumatism 8th Mary Bacheller Died aged yrs. Consumption. Sun 16 Fair & pleasant Confined to my House by Rheumatism. Mr. Winslow preached. Mon 17 Fair cool do Tues 18 Fair & very pleasant Got out to Store & tarried through the day--- did little business Wed 19 Fair confined to house Thurs 20 Cloudy rain do Fri 21 Heavy shower Thunder Employed in Store & lightning at 1o'Cl this mor. Sat 22 Fair Windy very cold do 18 James S. Hodge Elvira P. Stearnes Married. 21 Elisha Brown Jr purchased of Caleb Hastings 10 Acres of land near the head of the Gulf (so called) for $160, and commenced digging a Cellar for a Dwelling House. --this day. Sun 23 Fair pleasant Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day. Mon 24 Fair Employed in Store and Parish Meeting. Tues 25 Cloudy Snow 1 inch In Store Wed 26 Fair cold do. Thurs 27 Fair Cloudy snow In Store and at upper Village in evening. Fri 28 Fair cold In Store Sat 29 Fair warm mor. do Cold PM 23 James Blake from Sunderland Vt called on me after Meeting 24 The first Religious Society in Warwick held a Meeting for the purpose of forming a Parish and made choice of Amory Mayo Clerk Wm. Cobb Treasurer Josiah Procter Lemuel Wheelock } Committee & Edward Mayo Eldad Hodge--Collector Voted to raise the Money for Public Worship the present year by Subscription. Voted that the Manner of calling all future Meetings of the Parish shall be by a Warrant from the Committee to the Clerk whose Duty It shall be to post up a copy of the same at Meeting house a least seven days previous to the time of said Meeting. 25 Alden Pratt removed from Royalston to Warwick, and went into Laban Burt Procter's House, on a rent of $25,~~ a year to be paid Quarterly. Sun 30 Fair & very cold. Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day. Mr. Brown of Brattleboro' preached. Mon 31 Fair pleasant Employed in Store on Post Office return. APRIL 1834 Tues 1 Cloudy Snow rain Employ'd on P. Office return. Wed 2d Fair do Thurs 3 Fair Fast. Fri 4 Fair Employed in Store Sat 5 " do. 29 Lysander Whitney stoped work for me 30 Asa Wheeler's Daughter born named. 30 Asa Taft's Son born named Mr Thomas Kilton died. 4 Exhibition of Speaking, by the Schollars from the North district, at the Tavern Hall--in the Center of the town. Sun 6 Fair Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day. Mon 7 Fair Employed in Store Making out Post. Office return &c Tues 8 " In Store writing &c. Wed 9 " do Thurs 10 Fair In Store -- attended Lyceum & delivered a Lecture on Book- keeping & Exchange. Fri 11 Fair warm In store Sat 12 Fair, quite warm In Store but quite unwell dry 8 Jona Blake Jr. Esqr. Administrator of the Estate of Col. Goodell Submitted to the decision of Refferees a demand of Robert G. Cook against said Estate of $850,~ it being a Note which sd cook presented signed with the Name of Abner Goodell, but suspected to be counterfeit. The References finally gave their Opinion in favour of the Note's being Genuine. Refferees --- Col. Whitaker N. Salem Ashbel Word Warwick Elijah Alvord Greenfield Col. N. Bryant N. Salem Doct. Washburn Vernon 8 D. Willard Esqr Began Writing School in Centre School house. 8 Wid ___ Pickering died. aged 11 Mr Joel Wheeler returned from New York City where he had been for about 6 Months. 12 Cow Calved Sun 13 Fair & Warm Health some better today--Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day Mr of Athol preached. Mon 14 Extremely warm Attended to Store & workmen on Farm began to plough. for the time of year Tues 15 Fair & Warm Attended to Store Wed 16 do do Thurs 17 Fair & very Warm Attended to Store & Lyceum in evening. Fri 18 Fair cold morning& evening Attended to Store and Garden. Sat 19 Cloudy rain at 4 P.M. Employed in Store and on farm. These pages were never designed for a Political Register--but under present circumstances, & very from my accustomed practice to record the great pecuniary distress of the country originating from an Act of the President of the United States, (Mr Jackson) in removing the National deposits from the Bank of the United States, to the State Banks. The President had, for some cause or other entertained a great hostility to Bank of the U.S. and gave his Veto against an Act of Congress for rechartering the Bank. His prejudices seemed to rise from an idea he had formed, of an improper use of the Money in influencing Elections contrary to his mind--and perhaps, desirous of obtaining the full controul of the National Treasury, he ordered the Treasurer to remove the deposits but Mr. Duane (then Treasurer) refused to perform the act, upon which the President discharged him from Office and appointed Mr Tarsny [?], who obeyed his order--this measure was considered unconstitutional, by many, and a great clamour arose throout the United States--the U.S. Bank considering the measure to be directed against them, curtailed their discounts and the Country was flung into great distress--Failures took place in an unexampled degree--Manufacturing was stoped in such a manner as to create great distress in the community, and Memmorials constantly flowed into congress for relief. Sun 20 Fair Employed in the necessary concerns of the day Mon 21 Fair Cloudy Went in morning to the Carroll Farm in company with I. White looked over the farm & had talk with David Ball about renting to him Sowed Hay seed on the hill & in Thayer land P.M. Tues 22 Cloudy misty Employed In Store. Wed 23 Fair do Thurs 24 Fair Windy do & cold Fri 25 Fair cool Endured a Severe pain in my teeth & Jaws & Side of my face but attended to my Store Sat 26 Fair cool Attended to Store pain in my Jaws Subsided --but was transfered to my Elbow. 14 Began to plough --the Weather very warm & the ground dry many people Sowing Oats & Spring grain. 22 Asabel Cook removed from Holliston to Warwick 24 Joseph Whitney removed from Saml Fay's House to his Mother's on Flour Hill. very unwell 26 Abijah Eddy commenced keeping house at L. Wheelock's House on the hill south of the School house. Where the Wid. Reed also resides. Sun 27 Snow Storm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr commenced & Stearns of Rowe preached. continued thro' the day.-- 6 Inch Mon 28 Fair Snow mostly gone Attended to Store at night Tues 29 Fair cloudy Worked out on farm in forenoon --in Store P.M. Wed 30 Fair In Store MAY 1834 Thurs 1 Fair cool variously employed Fri 2 Fair In Store Sat 3 Fair pleasant On farm the most of the day 28 Levi Whitney removed from the old Knowlton farm to Seth fishers House. Error 30 Charles B. Haynes removed his family from Warwick to Norwich in the State of N.Y. 29 May 2 Elisha Brown Jr raised his house on the Winchester Road about on fourth of a mile North of the Meetinghouse. Sun 4 Fair pleasant Attended to P.O. & necessary concerns of the day Mon 5 Fair Rain in evening Attended to farm in forenoon--Mending fence at my West Lot. In Store P.M. Tues 6 Cloudy Rain In Store Wed 7 Cloudy rain P.M. do. Thurs 8 Fair Went to West lot & attended to repairing fences in forenoon In Store P.M. Fri 9 Fair cloudy evening In Store & Garden Sat 10 Rain in Morning In Store &c fair evening 4 Col. Greenwoods Sattinett Factory burnt this Morning--The fire tool by Spontaneous combustion. 5 Joshua T. Sanger's house woodhouse & Barn raised. 8 Rec'd four Oxen from James Oliver of Athol to Pasture. 8 Endracus Wheeler moved into his new Wheelwright Shop. 9 Samuel Moses, Sen. died Sun 11 Fair rain at 5 P.M Attended to P.O. &c &c Mr. Leonard of Dublin Thunder Shower in Preached. the evening Thunder & Lightning very severe.* Mon 12 Cloudy cold & In Store &c &c blustering P.M Tues 13 Flying cloud very cold Went to Greenfield with Moses Johnson to attend Probate court, returned late in evening. + Wed 14 Fair cold mor Ground Attended to Store &c hard frozen. Ice 1/8 inch thick Thurs 15 Snow this Morning one Quite unwell today effects of a bad cold. in inch deep Cold & Blustering Store part of the day. Fri 16 Fair ground hard frozen Employed in Store this mor. * Sat 17 Fair cool do 11* At 7 oCl. P.M. a heavy shower of rain commenced accompanied with severy Thunder & Lightning--Two Barns with 4 Cows, some calves and a Sow & pigs & 5 or 6 tons of Hay was burnt at Templeton by the lightning 13+ Attended Probate Court at Greenfield on Account of Jos. Goodell's & Tho Hurd's Estates --Mrs. Bowman by her Attorney, presented a petition for further allowance out of the Estate of John bowman, her late Husband deceased, but did not obtain it. Great press of business at Court. Paid M. Johnson One Dollar for a passage with him to Greenfield and back. * The continued frosts for 3 or 4 Nights in succession, has killed the leaves on the Maples and many other trees --- So long a time of cold days & nights in succession is not remembered by people now living. 17 Mr. Aaron Morse died aged 95 years--the oldest man in town. Sun 18 Fair & pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. but afflicted some with Rheumatism in one leg & Knee. Mr. of FitzWm preached. Mon 19 Fair warm Attended to Store & work on farm very lame. Tues 20 Cloudy and sprink. In Store -- Ruled Tax Books &c of rain in forenoon Fair & Warm PM Wed 21 Fair Attended to store &c Thurs 22 Fair In Store forenoon on Farm P.M. Fri 23 Fair mor Cloudy P.M. In Store some lame but just able to move about. rain in the evening Sat 24 Fair Shower P.M. In Store much Thunder & Lightning 18 Saw a very large & briliant Metior in the North at 3 oCl. A.M. --it appeared to be but a little distance from me. 18 Great Cow calved this morning 20 General Lafayette died in France aged 77 Years. The wonderful Scenes in both America and Europe which he has experienced renders him the most conspicuous character of any one in the known world, the present time. 23 Eliza Stimson arrived here this evening from Pittsfield on a visit 23 Attached the property of the Wid Lucinda Bowman on a writ in favour of Myself and Jona Blake Jr -- on account of being holden as Bondsmen to Said Lucinda & Abner Goodell on a probate Bond in the Settlement of John Bowman's Estate. Sun 25 Fair shower PM. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr. Fessenden of Deerfield preached Mon 26 Foggy Mor Warm Employed in Store Hazy evening Tues 27 Foggy Mor Fair Warm In Store in the forenoon -- on Farm &c P.M. Wed 28 Fair cooler Employed in Store &c Thurs 29 Cloudy little rain P.M Variously employd Fri 30 Cloudy Employed in Store Sat 31 Cloudy Worked on hog pen --in Store &c. 26 Wm. H. Andrews of New Salem & Mary Procter of this town Married. 27 Widow Perry relict of David Perry, died. 29 My Sister, Susanna Procter, left Warwick with her daughter Eliza Stimson, for Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire Mass. where she was calculating to reside. 29 The Selectmen surveyed a route for a new Road from Morse's Pond (so called) thro' the land of Ansel Lesure, Henry K Johnson, Samuel Fay & Melzar Williams to the Road leading to Northfield. 30 Jos. G. Whitney's Child died--aged 3 1/2 Months. JUNE 1834 Sun 1 Cloudy rain P.M. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mr. Anderson preached Mon 2 Warm Mor Shower Variously employed in forenoon and very cold after it Tues 3 Very cold mor. In Store & Garden in forenoon --making fence on warmer P.M. Thayer lot & in lane near the old house P.M. Wed 4 Fair pleasant In Store & Garden Thurs 5 Rain from N.E. In Store. high wind & cold. Fri 6 Fair cool night Assisted Mr Fay in putting down an Aquaduct to convey the Water &c from the Cinque at his great house. In Store P.M. Sat 7 Fair & very pleasant. In Store May 31 Jona Deluce' Jr's Infant Child died. 4 Chapin Holden Sold the Land North of the Trinitarian Meetinghouse that formerly belonged to the Glass Factory Company to Barnard Fisher for the sum of $70,~~ 106 rods of ground. 4 Rev. Swan L. Pomroy came into town on visit from Bangor Maine. 5 Amory Mayo brought home a Cow which he bought of Capt. J. Goldsbury for $22,~ and I took her in to Pasture. Sun 8 Fair warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 9 Fair very warm In Store & Garden Tues 10 Fair Cloudy P.M. warm do Wed 11 Fair do Thurs 12 Fair cool In Store in the forenoon and attended Temperance Lecture P.M. * Fri 13 Cloudy and some In Store &c slight showers. Sat 14 Fair cool evening in Store & Garden 8 Rev. Swan L Pomroy preached at the Trinitarian Meetinghouse 9 Elisha Brown Jun. Moved from S. Fay's house to his New house at the head of the Gulf on the Winchester Road. Henry Ball carried to the Insane Hospital at Worcester on the 6th day of June instant He had become so raving mad that it was not safe for him to have his liberty. 11 Alvira Leonard died of consumption. aged 25 yrs. Daughter of Jonas Leonard Jun. 12* Mr. Frost, a Temperance agent for the County of Franklin delivered a Lecture in the old Meetinghouse in this town, and formed a new Temperance Society.-- 150 persons gave in their names as members of Said Society before they left the Meetinghouse. 13 Capt. Joel Jennings, upon complaint of Wm. H. Bass, was tried and bound to good behavour for the term of 6 months. Sun 15 Fair --frost this morning Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 16 Cloudy rain In Store, writing &c. Tues 17 Cloudy rain P.M. do Wed 18 Rain do Thurs 19 Rain do Fri 20 Fair, showry P.M. do Sat 21 Fair In Garden & Store 14 Capt Jennings not being able to obtain bonds agreeable to the sentence of the Court, was committed to Gael. 16 This morning the doors & Windows of Capt Jennings house were found to be broken in & totally destroyed by a mob who had Collected the evening before --It was said to be a house of ill fame. Franklin Whitney (who had been with Capt. Jennings, and in his employment a considerable part of the time for a year past, and who had probably indulged in the laciveousness of his house)--was called on by the Sheriff for a considerable Amount of debts which he owed, and all the property he had was attached. 16 the New Temperance Society in Warwick held their first meeting this evening (280 members) and made choice of Officers --Rev. P. Smith Jr Pres. Rev. S. Kingsbury Vice Pres. & J. Blake Jr Esqr Secretary, a Board of 6 Directors was also chosen. 21 Widow Lois Fisher's windows all broke in about 11 o'Clock this evening by a Mob --the pretence for breaking was, that she had kept a house of ill fame. Sun 22 Fair Hazy Employed in the necessary concerns of the day. Mr Field of Charlemont Preached. Mon 23 Warm Ther. 85 degrees Variously employed Tues 24 Rain in Mor very In Garden & Store warm & muggy Wed 25 Fair do Thurs 26 Fair shower at do 2 P.M. Fri 27 Fair do Sat 28 Cloudy rain P.M. do Sun 29 Cloudy rain Attended Post Office and necessary business of the day Mon 30 Fair Employd making out Post Office Quarterly return. JULY 1834 Tues 1 Cloudy mor Fair worked on Post-Office return &c. cloudy evening. Wed 2 Cloudy rain Employed at M Paige's taking Account of his household furniture with Blake & Lesure.* Thurs 3 Rain in Mor Fair Employed in Store and at Paige's Fri 4 Fair In Store Sat 5 Fair & very warm Attended to ploughing out corn & Potatoes & in Store PM. 30 Geo. M. Pride began the study of Physic with Doct Wright. July 1 The Selectmen carried Jesse Gould to Greenfield for examination before the Judge of Probate. 2 Martin Paige failed and delivered up all his property to creditors. Keith White came into possession of the tavern and put in a man to manag the concerns of the Barn and Bar & Paige remained in the house and provided Lodging & victualling. Sun 6 Fair, very Warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Showers P.M. Mon 7 Fair warm Employed about Hay and in Store. Tues 8 Fair--very warm do Thermometer 95o Wed 9 Fair extreemly attended to Store &c warm--96 deg. Thurs 10 Cloudy mor. mist do little rain Fri 11 Fair do Sat 12 Fair warm do 8 Martin Paige took seat in Boston Stage in search of a place of residence. Sun 13 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day John Goldsbury Preached. Mon 14 Cloudy Employd in Store Tues 15 Fair forenoon Cloudy do & rain P.M. Wed 16 Cloudy fornoon do fair P.M. Thurs 17 Fair mor. Shower @ worked at haying in forenoon in Store P.M. 12 oCl. rainy afternoon Fri 18 Fair Hazzy worked at haying & in Store. Sat 19 Fair fine hay day Variously employed Haying in Store &c 13 Jona Blake 3d from the City of N.Y. on a visit to this town with his wife Sun 20 Fair Attended to Post Office and necessary concerns of the day Mr Sullivan of Keene Preached. Mon 21 Fair some Worked at haying in forenoon in Store P.M. cloudy by turns Tues 22 Fair good hay day Worked at haying a considerable part of the day Wed 23 Fair excellent Worked among hay & in Store hay weather Thurs 24 do Employed making a map for P. Office Department. Fri 25 do Thermo 91o do Sat 26 very hot some do clouds P.M. 23 Finished cutting all my Grass except what I sold Standing Sun 27 Fair Warm Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day. Mon 28 Fair Variously employd Tues 29 Cloudy morning Fair In Store making maps of Post Roads &c &c. Showers P.M. Wed 30 Fair In Store and attending to other concerns Thurs 31 Fair Shower P.M. and Variously Employd another in the evening with hail which cut up the Corn & Vegetables very badly AUGUST 1834 Fri 1 Fair In Store Sat 2 Fair do Aug 1 Thomas Cobb Esq of Orange died aged yrs Inflamation on the brain. 2 Lemuel Wheelock Bought the Stage Coach & Horses that were the property of Martin Paige at Auction for the sum of one hundred and seventy dollars. Sunday 3 Fair warm Employed in the necessary concerns of the day. Mr Wilson of Petersham preached Mon 4 Fair & very warm Employed in Store Tues 5 do Attended to Store and Vendue of the Tavern Stand* Wed 6 do In Store Thurs 7 Still Fair and very do hot & dry Fri 8 Fair do Sat 9 " do 3 The Funeral of Thomas Cobb Esq Attended today --Mrs. Cobb and Charles attended --my health not permitting me to go. 5* The Tavern Stand in the centre of Warwick, on half of which was owned by Keith White & the other by the Assignees of Timothy Sutton, was sold at Public Auction, and bought by Keith White at the sum of $1500,~~ he owing one half, pays over to the Assignees $750,~~ 5 Keith White rented the above mentioned Tavern Stand to James M. Bryant of Templeton for the term of 3 years & 5 Months, unless sold previous to the expiration of that time, for the sum of $150, per annum. 5 Peter Pride, who carried on the Manufacture of Negro Cloth at the Muddy Brook Factory --Failed, and had all his property attached. 7 Joseph Whitney Died aged yrs Consumption. Sun 10 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr of Athol preached. Mon 11 Cloudy fair Employ'd in Store Tues 12 Fair Showers do Wed 13 Cloudy mor Fair Attended to farm and Store. Thurs 14 Cloudy mist Showers In Store--making Map of Post Roads &c in the evening --very severe Thunder & lightning. Fri 15 Fair showers In Store Sat 16 Cloudy mor Fair do 11 A great excitement was raised in Boston and the vicinity on Account of a certain Lady by name of Harrison who had left the Ursuline convent at Charleston but had returned and was said to be confined there contrary to her own will. --this not being fully ascertained, a riot ensued and the Convent was cleared of its inmates 60 or 70 in Number --the Valuable Furniture Instruments of Music &c destroyed a large amount of Money & other property taken, and the buildings set on fire & consumed. in the night time. 13 James M. Bryant removed from Templeton to warwick and took possession of the Tavern Stand in the centre of the town on a rent $150 per Annum 14 Martin Paige removed from Tavern house to S. Fay's great House, South of the Meetinghouse. 15 Charles C. Cobb Bought of Samuel Morse of Brattleboro' his 6 horse Team waggon & Sleigh &c and gave him Notes for $300, payable Apl next $200--in 1 year from April & $200, in 2 years from April next & began teaming from Boston to Brattleboro' Sun 17 Fair rain P.M. & Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. evening Mon 18 Cloudy mor. Fair Employed in Store Tues 19 Fair mor Cloudy P.M. do Wed 20 Fair do Thurs 21 Fair warm Attended in Store & with County Commissioner* Fri 22 Fair Employed in Store &c Sat 23 Fair very Warm Employed in Store & attending to labourers on my farm 15 Rev. Preserved Smith Sen. Died aged 75 years. 21* The County Commissioners viewed a route for a Road from Melzar Williams to Morse's Pond. 22 Mary Atwood (Daughter of Warren Attwood) Died aged 12 years. Dropsey upon the brain. Sun 24 Fair Warm Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 25 Fair In Store common concerns Tues 26 " warm do Wed 27 " " do Thurs 28 Cloudy cool Attended to workmen Cutting Brush &c and in Store. Fri 29 Fair warm attended to Workmen Cut Rowen &c Sat 30 Fair warm In Store --got in Rowen &c 27 Col. Wheelock completed a platform Hay Scale --Cost $100,-- 29 Barnard Fisher raised Blacksmith Shop near the Trinitarian Meetinghouse. Extreemly dry in many places considerable want of rain here. Sun 31 Fair Attended to Post Office &c Mr. Harding preached SEPTEMBER 1834 Mon 1 Cloudy rain Employed in Store Tues 2 Fair do Wed 3 Fair & very warm do Thurs 4 Fair very Warm do Shower P.M. Fri 5 Cloudy and some do rain Sat 6 Fair do Sept 1 Camp Meeting of the Methodist commenced at Winchester N.H. Sept 1 Examined five Cast Iron Ploughs No turned out by Asa Wheeler to satisfy a demand in favour of Anson Ramsdell. Marked the ploughs with a prick upon the Left handle, just under the beam. 4 Joshua T. Sanger moved into his New house on the hill near the old Meetinghouse 6 Charles C. Cobb returned from Boston quite unwell, having left his team at Leominster, and hired a man to drive it to Athol. Sun 7 Cloudy Rain Common concerns of the day Mon 8 Cloudy some rain Employed in Store Tues 9 Cloudy mor shower do " Wed 10 Fair Went to Greenfield in company with Capt Stevens & Alden Pratt* Thurs 11 Fair cool night. Attended the Court &c Fri 12 Fair Attended Court in the forenoon & returned home between the hours of 11 & 3 P.M. Sat 13 Fair Employed in Store 10 * Attended the Supreme Judicial Court at Greenfield, as a Witness in case to of Wid. Laura Howe vs. Benja Perry in an Action of Slander --in which the 12 verdict of the Jury was $1250,~~ damages & all cost. 10 This evening attended a Whig meeting in the Court house at Greenfield at which time the Hon. Issac C Bates addressed the Meeting on the subject of National affairs Mr Newcomb Alvord and others spoke upon the subject Sun 14 Fair Common concerns of the day. Mr Rogers of Bernardston preached. Mon 15 Fair Attended to Store &c Tues 16 " warm Variously employed Attended temperance Meeting at School house in the evening Wed 17 Fair warm Attended to Store and Probate Court in this place. Thurs 18 do Employed in Store Fri 19 do do Sat 20 do do 16 Caleb Leonard & Wife from Champlain on Visit to their friends in this place. 16 Judge Newcomb attended a Temperance Meeting at the Schoolhouse and addressed the Audience in a very happy manner. 17 The Real Estate of Abner Goodell Sold at public Auction by his Administrator Acres pasture to J. R. Gale @ per acre--The home farm acres & Buildings for with an incumbrance of about $ The Perry farm in Northfield not sold but adjourned to Friday of next week. 20 Sold Charles C Cobb's Oxen to General Nevers for $67,~~ Sun 21 Fair mor Shower PM. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 22 Fair Variously employed Tues 23 Cloudy rain P.M. In Store Wed 24 Fair do Thurs 25 Fair windy do Fri 26 Fair Attended to Store & burnt over a piece of Land on Mountain lot. Attended Vendue of Some of A Goodell's Real Estate and Mrs Bowman's Cattle. Sat 27 Fair Strong South Wind In Store 20 Alpheus Eastman & wife from Hollis N.H. on Visit to their friends in this place. 23 Mary C Fisher took seat in Stage this morning to go to Watertown where she expected to meet her Brother in-law N. McIntosh to carry her to Needham. Saml Fay raised a house which he engaged to build for Col. Wheelock for the use of David Bigelow (Blacksmith) Situated on the Winchester Road north of Asa Wheelers. 24 Thomas Bacheller with his Wife and Daughter Lucy removed from Warwick to Syracuse N.Y. 26 The Perry Farm (so called) belonging to the Estate of Col. Goodell deceased sold at Auction for the sum of $ over & above the incumbrances upon it. Sun 28 Cloudy cool Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 29 Fair Windy cold evening Variously employed. Tues 30 Fair cold Mor. some ice Attended to Post Office Quarterly returns. OCTOBER 1834 Wed 1 Cloudy rain Attended to making Post Office returns. Thurs 2 do do Fri 3 Fair fine weather do Sat 4 Cloudy rain do Sun 5 Fair Attended to Post Office &c Mon 6 Fair fine day Employed on Post-Office return &c. &c. Tues 7 Fair mor Some clouds do Wed 8 Fair do Thurs 9 Cloudy rain In Store &c Fri 10 Fair flying Clouds " windy & cold Sat 11 Fair " 6 Geo. M. Pride, left Doct Wright & went to Winchester to Attend Store for Hammond. 6 Jabez Whiting of Northfield Died ----aged 8 Wid. Hastings, relict of Isaac Hastings deceased, removed from Warwick to Shoreham Vt. to live with her daughter, who married Thos Atwood. 8 Robert Nash from Canton N.Y. on visit at my house. Sun 12 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 13 Fair warm forenoon In Store &c cool evening & Cloudy Tues 14 Cold Snow laid on the do Mountain this mor. Wed 15 Fair do Thurs 16 Fair cloudy evening do Fri 17 Cloudy do Sat 18 Fair and very pleasant do 17 Mary C. Fisher returned from her visit at Needham. Sun 19 Cloudy rain Attended to the P. Office and necessary concerns of the day. Mon 20 Cloudy fair cool Employed in Store Tues 21 Fair cool do Wed 22 Fair " do Thurs 23 Fair Moderate cool do evening Fri 24 Fair do Sat 25 " " 21 Amory Mayo took Stage this mor. for Boston, to purchase Goods. 22 Mis Milly Shepardson Died Aged Years --Consumption 22 A Daughter of Ezekiel Ellis aged 5 years died by the effect of a burn by her Cloths taking fire. 25 David Godard--Albert Lesure--John Bass--Jesse Gould and James Stockwell taken upon the complaint of Joel Jennings for Riot, in breaking the Windows and doors of his house. The alledged trespasers were taken to Greenfield for trial, before ___ Chapman Esq. Gould & Lesure were discharged and the others recognized to appear again on Thursday next for further proof Sun 26 Rain Hail & Snow Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 27 Fair cool In store with Carpenters making some alteration. Tues 28 Fair Attended to arranging my Goods in Store &c Wed 29 Fair pleasant Variously employed Thurs 30 Fair In Store & P.O. Fri 31 Cloudy mist Went to C.C. Cobb's at N. Leonards old place returned at Noon NOVEMBER 1834 Sat 1 Fair Employed in Store 29 a Caravan of wild Animals & Splendid views exhibited at Bryants Tavern. 30 David Godard, John Bass and James Stockwell, were again tried before Justice Chapman at Greenfield, on Jennings Complaint for Riot in breaking his windows &c Godard was discharged and the other two bound over for trial at the next Court. 30 Doct Geo. Wright removed from Stephen Reed's to Saml Fay's House--South of Meetinghouse. Sun 2 Rain Attended to the concerns of the day Mon 3 Fair pleasant Went to the Wid Leonard's and packed up Crockery for Charles he being about to remove from that place to my old house. Attended to Store P.M. Tues 4 Fair do Employed in store and Wed 5 Fair pleasant In Store &c Thurs 6 " cool do. Fri 7 Fair do Sat 8 Fair cloudy fair cold do evening windy 1 Ebenr Bird Jun Bot of Saml Moore 52 Acres Land, the same that was formerly Jona Moore's--and paid for it the sum of $360,~~ 3 Charles C. Cobb removed from the Wid. Leonard's to my house in the South Village 4 John Humphrey from Athol on visit at Warwick. 3 Mr. John Whitney died at Samuel Fay's in Winchester on Monday 3d Nov--aged 85 ys 7 Daniel Cook (Son of Ezekiel Cook) formerly of Warwick died at his residence in Worcester of Consumption. Sun 9 Fair & pleasant Employed in the necessary concerns of the day Mr. Winslow preached. Mon 10 Fair and very pleasant Attended Store and Town Meeting. Cloudy evening. Tues 11 Rain and Snow in Employed with Mason on Chimney at east end of the the forenoon Fair Store. Wed 12 Fair Cloudy little Rain do do finished Chimney. Thurs 13 Fair pleasant Variously employed Killed Hog &c Fri 14 Moderate Fair Attended to Store Cut up Hog Wt. 235# Sat 15 Cold mor. & tedious day In Store &c 10 The General Election of State Officers. Votes for Governor. John Davis 133 Marcus Morton 24 Saml C. Allen 7 Lieut Gov. Saml T. Armstrong 131 Wm. W Thompson 31 Senators Eph. Hastings 138 Thomas Mason 11 Wm. Billings 2 Representitive to Congress. Geo. Grennell Jr 129 Israel Billings 20 Representitive to Gen. Court. Lemuel Wheelock 95 Elected Saml Blake 70 Sun 16 Fair cold Attended to P. Office &c. Mon 17 Fair, Cloudy afternoon In Store and evening Tues 18 Cloudy little Snow rain do Wed 19 Cloudy mist moderate Variously employed Thurs 20 Fair pleasant Employed at the Meetinghouse erecting stove & pipe Fri 21 Fair Variously employed Sat 22 Cloudy sprink of do Snow moderate 17 Mrs. Linda Russell--Milliner & Mantaumaker moved into Mr. Fay's great house commenced the business of her trade. 19 Capt Joel Jennings was arrested on complaint of David Godard for keeping a House of ill fame, was tried before Justices of this town & put under bonds of $250, to take trial at the next court of Com. please at Greenfield in March next. Sun 23 Rain warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 24 Cloudy little Snow In Store in evening Tues 25 Fair Cloudy raw cold Variously Employd Wed 26 Fair pleasant Mor. In Store Cloudy & cool P.M. Thurs 27 Fair pleasant Thanksgiving Fri 28 Fair warm & pleasant In Store Sat 29 Cloudy, rain P.M. do. Sun 30 Cloudy fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day 24 Shooting of Turkies at Bryant's 24 Rec'd Letters from the Post Office Department, that the Mail Route No. 339 from Warwick to Northfield was discontinued--Also that the Route No. 346 Athol Ms. to Winchester N.H. end at Warwick, and that the frequency of trips be reduced from three to two per week. The resources of the Post Office Department, having become inadequate to the support of all the Mail contracts, these, among other retrenchments were ordered by the P.M. Gen. 27 Robert Nash from Greenfield, on Visit 27 Wm. H. Bass & Susan Allen Married " Caleb Maynard & Maria I. Green Married. 30 Great Eclipse of the Sun--nearly total. Beginning half past 1 o'Cl. P.M Duration two & half hours. The clouds obscured the sun till past the middle of the Eclipse--it was then visible at intervals, the flying clouds covered it a considerable part of the time DECEMBER 1834 Mon 1 Fair cloudy Employed in Store &c Tues 2 Cloudy little rain warm do Wed 3 Fair do Thurs 4 Fair do Fri 5 Fair and very pleasant Variously employed Sat 6 Stormy In Store 1 all the personal property of Joseph Williams and his Son Chester sold at Public Auction one half of the avails went to pay Chester's Debts and the other part to his father. 1 Wm. L. Moore's Wife died of Consumption. __Aged yrs 4 David Bigelow removed from Fay's Great house to Col. Wheelock's new House on the Winchester Road 3 Elijah Wright Russell son of Justus Russell Esqr died at Springfield of Lung fever Aged 25 years. Sun 7 Fair moderate Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr. Harding preached Mon 8 Cloudy Snow In Store and rain Tues 9 Fair cold afternoon do & evening Wed 10 Fair Employed making ash bin Thurs 11 Fair In Store Fri 12 Fair cloudy do Sat 13 Snow & Rain in do forenoon fair PM 9 Calvin Gunn Went from Warwick to in Worcester County with intention to tarry there through the Winter. 12 Martin Paige's family removed from Warwick to Ware, where he had been some time previously engaged in a dye house. 13 Charles C. Cobb Sold half of his Brattleboro Team to David Goodell and Said Goodell began to drive the team. Sun 14 Cloudy Snow in Mor. Attended to Barn and necessary business of the day. grew very cold P.M. No Meeting in afternoon Mon 15 Fair & extreemly cold In Store Thermometer 10o below Zero Tues 16 Fair cold Ther. 20o above Z. do cut up pork for Charles Wed 17 Fair cold Ther 3o Attended to store &c above Z at sunrise Thurs 18 Cloudy Ther 15o above Z. In Store &c Fri 19 Clouds Moderate Attended to Store & Killing Hog Wt 300# Sat 20 Fair and very pleasant Cut up pork &c &c 14 Chester Williams Daughter died aged 11 year 8 months--Quincy. 14 One trip of the Ware & Keene Mail discontinued today 14 Mrs. Bass, wife of Aaron Bass attempted to drown herself --was missing a short time & found in the Well--she was taken out lifeless to all appearance but by great exertion was resusitated. 14 Charles C. Cobb commenced driving Team for Saml Blake. 20 Miss Sarah Whitney died (at Joel Pierce's--his Wife's Sister) aged 36 yrs Child bed. Sun 21 Fair cold Attended to the P.O. & necessary concerns of the day. Mon 22 Cloudy Mor. Fair cold In Store 10 0 Tues 23 Fair do 20 0 Wed 24 Cloudy moderate do Snow in Evening Thurs 25 Snow this mor. 5 do attended Lyceum in the evening inches Fair PM & Blustering Fri 26 Fair cold Ther. 0 sunrise In Store 5 Sat 27 Fair pleasant but In Store cool air Sun 28 Fair cold air warm Sun Attended to P.O. & necessary concerns of the in Middle of the day day. Mon 29 Cloudy cold, raw wind Employed in Store began P. Office Return. Tues 30 Severe Snow Storm do from the N.E. 1 foot Wed 31 Fair moderate cloudy evening do Diary of William Cobb, Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1835 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun November 1999 Prices Current Spirits W.I Rum ,92 to 1,~~ N.E. do ,30. ~~~ Cog Brandy 1.50.-- Holland's Gin 1,15. Molasses ,28. to ,32 Teas Souchong 22 " 28 Hyson 42 " 55 Young Hyson 38 " 42 Hyson Skin 23 ,30 Sugars Brown 8,00 to 10, per pound " Loaf ,12 " ,133 per # Coffee ,12 " 14 per # Hay $12, per ton Corn ,75 per Bush Rye ,92 " Oats 38 " Flour (at home) $7,~ per Bbl Potatoes ,25 per Bush Wood (4 feet) 1,67 to 1,75 load JANUARY 1835 Thurs 1 Fair, cold good sleighing Attended to Store & Parish Meeting P.M. and Snow 1 foot deep Lyceum in evening Water Scarce Fri 2 Fair not very cold In Store visited at Col Wheelock's in the evening a short time Sat 3 Very Cold--Fair Ther. In Store &c 0/5 5 degrees below Zero. Sun 4 Very clear sky & extreemly Attended to the necessary concerns of the day 0/20 cold Ther. 20 degrees below Zero at sunrise & below Zero all day. In some places the Mercury sunk below 20o Mon 5 Fair cold, cloudy evening In Store 0/17 Ther 17o below at sunrise Schoolmasters keeping in this town. District No 1.----- Henry S. Cheese (Guilford) " " 2 ----- Alfred Field (Northfield) " " 3 ----- Bridge Harding (New Salem) " " 4 ----- Wyman Carroll _______ " " 5 ----- _____ Jacobs (Royalston " " 6 ----- Harvey Barber _______ " " 8 ----- Alvin Barrus (Richmond) " " 7 ----- T. __ Clark (Royalston " " 9 ----- Miss _____ Bliss do " " 10---- Miss _____ Eddy 3 Abijah Eddy Jr removed for Col. Whrs house in the South Village to Wid Ree House oposite Mr Smith's in North Village 5 Chester Williams with his family left Warwick, secretly, being involved in debt. 5 The right of redeeming Laban B. Procters Real Estate, under a Mortgage of about $200, was Sold on an Execution in favour of Wm Cobb & bid off by him at $5,00. 5 Aaron Bass went away with his wife in order to carry her to the Insane Hospital at Worcester where he left her on the 6th Inst. Tues 6 Cloudy mor. Fair & cold Employed making out Post Office Quarterly return 0/12 Ther. 2o below Z & did not rise above 3o above Wed 7 Fair and extreemly cold do " 0/10 & blustering Ther. 10o below Zero at Sunrise and did not rise above Z. all day Thurs 8 Fair hazzy evening cold do 0/6 Ther. 6 deg below Zero at S. rise Fri 9 Fair cold Ther. 3 degrees Variously employed in Store. 0/3 below zero at sunrise Sat 10 Very clear sky cold do. 0/2 Ther. 2 deg. below Zero at S. rise 7 Isaac Pierce died aged 71 yrs 9 The weather began to moderate having had 6 or 7 days of the coldest weather known for many years. The Thermometer Sunk to 36 degrees below Zero in many places. The Snow a little more than a foot deep and excellent sleighing. Sun 11 4/0 Fair Mer. 4/0 Zero Attended to P. Office &c Mon 12 Fair very pleasant Employed writing &c 7/0 Mer 7/0 Zero Tues 13 Fair pleasant do 14/0 Mer 15/0 Zero Wed 14 30 Fair Cloudy do Thurs 15 Cloudy rain do 33/0 Fri 16 Cloudy rain little do 38/0 snow Sat 17 30/0 Fair cool do 13 Sleighride from Warwick to Winchester--27 couple--danced at Bryant's Hall in evening. Sun 18 Fair moderate cold Attended to P. Office and necessary concerns of the 24/0 evening day. Mon 19 10/0 Fair Employed Instructing Isaac Holman in Bookkeeping Tues 20 20/0 Cloudy mor fair Writing &c Wed 21 Fair Cloudy, Snow do 15/0 Rain in the night Thurs 22 Fair, windy Went to my west wood lot set hands to chopping & 30/0 piling wood--returned & Attended Lyceum in evening Fri 23 24/0 Fair moderate Employed in Store writing &c Sat 24 20/0 Fair pleasant Writing & settling accts. 24 Clark Stearns and Wife & son from Champlain on Visit to their friends in this town. Sun 25 Cloudy Snow rain Attended to the concerns of the day Mr Hosmer of 16/0 in evening Northfield preached Mon 26 39/0 Fair Employed writing &c Tues 27 Fair very pleasant do 30/0 Clouds in evening Wed 28 Cloudy little Snow Variously employed 31/0 rain fair evening Thurs 29 Fair & pleasant do Attended to Carpenters to work on Store and 30/0 Cellar petition. Fri 30 Cloudy and Constant Employed with Holden to work on room in Store 27/0 rain Thunder & lightning east end. in Night Sat 31 Cloudy warm Snow Variously employed 35/0 gone and very Muddy 31 Sold 1 Bedstead & 2 Grecian Tables belonging to L.B. Procter on execution Bedstead $2,00 1 Table 3,50 1 do 4,15 $9,65 FEBRUARY 1835 Sun 1 Fair wind N.W. ground Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. 20/0 hard frozen--Snow mostly gone in cleard land. Mon 2 12/0 cold Employed posting up Accounts &c Tues 3 4/0 Cold Fair do attended a Temperance Address by Mr. Curtis from Greenfield. in the evening Wed 4 0/9 Fair very cold In Store & Probate Court. Thurs 5 0/4 Fair cold Attended to writing &c Fri 6 10/0 Cloudy Snow do Sat 7 Snow in Mor. about do 20/0 4 inches Fair PM 4 Jona Blake Jr. Esqr took a Letter of Administration on the Estate of Isaac Robbins, deceased, and I became one of his Bondsmen. Married--Mr. Eph. Fairbanks of Sterling to Miss. Susan Stearns Daughter of Mr Simeon Stearns. Also Mr Maury Sabin of Winchester NH. to Miss Almira Wheaton Daughter of Widow Wheaton. Sun 8 Fair, -- Thin Clouds Attended to my common concerns 0/3 Windy cold & blustering Mon 9 0 Fair cold Employed in Store Tues 10 0/1 Fair cold do Wed 11 Fair mor. Hazzy do 0/3 Cloudy Snow in the evening 4 inches. Thurs 12 13/0 Fair do Fri 13 17/0 Cloudy Snow do Arranged my things in East Store room 1 inch Sat 14 23 Fair Clouds Cold Set Glass for East Store room door--Fixed it in &c &c 11 Reuben Fisher began to Board with me. 11 Several Attachments were put on to the property of Geo Flagg who had been Manufacturing at the works in the North part of this town. 14 Ansel Lesure's property Attached in consequence of his taking some works at Pride's Factory that was said to be the property of ____ Newton of Fitchburg. The property of Lesure's attached & Receipted for by me--was --2 oxen $65,-- 3 Cows $50, 1 Horse $60,-- 1 Gig & harness $20,-- 1 horse waggon $35,-- One Cart $20, Sleigh & harness & Bills $25, 1 Calf & 4 Chains $8,~~ Total $283,~~ Sun 15 Cloudy cold Sprinkling Attended to Post-Office and common concerns of the 3/0 Snow in evening day Mon 16 14/0 Cloudy Attended to writing &c Tues 17 23/0 Cloudy, misty do Wed 18 Little rain warm P.M. do 32/0 Foggy Evening Thurs 19 31/0 Fair warm do Fri 20 Cloudy fair do Sat 21 Cloudy Variously employd Painted Desk &c 17 Reuben Fisher started this forenoon on a Journey to Worcester County with a Load of Glue. 21 Reuben Fisher returned from Worcester County. Sun 22 37/0 Fair Attended to P.O. & necessary concerns of the day. Mon 23 Fair Variously employed Tues 24 24/0 " arranged town Accts Wed 25 20/0 Moderate do Thurs 26 18/0 do cold evening Emp. with Selectmen Settling Town orders &c. Fri 27 Snow from the N.E Attended to town Accounts. 12/ continued to 2 oCl. P.M. (2 inches) Sat 28 0/1 Fair cold variously employed 26 Mr. Chase closed District School in Centre. MARCH 1835 Sun 1 1/0 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon 2 0/4 Fair cold Attended town meeting Store &c. Tues 3 Fair Clouds cold Attended to store &c 10/3 & disagreeable weather Wed 4 2/0 Fair cool do Thurs 5 3/0 Fair do Fri 6 8/0 Fair very pleasant do Sat 7 16/0 Cloudy colder do Snow in evening 2 Town Officers chosen for the ensueing year. Amos Taylor Town clerk Jacob R. Gale Saml Blake } Selectmen & Assessors. Abijah Eddy Jr Wm. Cobb Treasurer Eldad Hodge Constable and Collector 3 Mr Chase commenced private School 3 Mrs. Ball wife of Joseph Ball died of Consumption aged yrs. 2 Levi Whitney removed from Warwick to Halifax Vt. On Sunday evening last, the Orthrodox Society in this town closed a protracted Meeting of 17 days--A Mr. Allen from the State of N.Y. preached the whole time, in a very loud & terrifying Manner. Tues 3 Reuben Fisher left after breakfast for Fitchburg with a load of Glue. Returned Thurs. 5th before dinner Sun 8 29/0 Fair In Post Office &c Mon 9 Cloudy and Some Employed in Store Writing &c * 28/0 Snow Tues 10 Cloudy & Some Snow do " 25/0 afternoon & evening 5 inches Wed 11 28/0 Fair and very pleasant Posted Books &c Thurs 12 28/0 Fair do Fri 13 31/0 " Windy do Sat 14 29/0 " do 9 Mrs. ____ Griffith ( a town Pauper) died --aged yrs. 9 School district No 1. held their Annual Meeting & made chair of Wm. Cobb, Clerk & School Committee. Sun 15 Fair pleasant Snow Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day 33/0 mostly gone in clear'd land. Mon 16 Fair warm very Posted Books &c 37/0 muddy travelling Tues 17 Cloudy rain in mor. do. 9/0 fair cold evening Wed 18 18/0 Cloudy do Thurs 19 28/0 Snow fell 5 inches do Fri 20 Fair good sleighing do 26/0 in forenoon Sat 21 Pleasant Snow Posted Post Office Accounts &c. 33/0 mostly gone 16 Rev. Mr. Bailey of Deerfield died of an affection of the Heart--aged 51 years. 17 Charles R. Mallard from Watervleit N.Y. on Visit 20 Sold my large cow to Eli Forrister for $25,~~ 21 Joel Jennings convicted of keeping a House of ill Fame at the Court of Common pleas at Greenfield and bound over to appear at the next August Court to receive his Sentence. Sun 22 Snow & Hail Attended to the common concerns of the day 23/0 6 inches Mon 23 Fair windy & Blustering Employed in Store writing &c Tues 24 16/0 Fair--beautiful Sleighing do. Wed 25 9/0 Fair cool do Thurs 26 18/0 Cloudy moderate do Fri 27 Cloudy rain Fair. do 37/0 Sledding poor. Sat 28 35/0 Fair warm Sloppy do 23 William Burnett Died aged years. Sun 29 35/0 Cloudy moderate Attended the concerns of the day. Mon 30 28/0 Fair Cloudy Blustering. Employed making out Post- Office Return. Tues 31 34/0 Fair do APRIL 1834 Wed 1 32/0 Fair pleasant Attended to P. Office Return. Thurs 2 38/0 Fair pleasant do Fri 3 38/0 Fair Cloudy evening do Sat 4 32/0 Snow this mor. Moderate In Store arranging Post Office Accts &c Apl 1 Alden Pratt removed from Warwick to Royalston 1 Joseph Williams removed from Beach Hill to the house lately owned by L.B. Procter near the Trinitarian Meetinghouse. 1 Mrs. Paige and 2 Children came from Ware. to board with Doct. Wright. 3d Bought of Mrs. ____ Holden a Yellow Cow 6 years Old---paid $23,50. Sun 5 Cloudy rain wind Attended to the necessary business of the day Easterly Mon 6 Cloudy rain Variously employed Tues 7 Cloudy mor Rain In Store Snow last night 1 inch deep Wed 8 Fair In Store Thurs 9 Fair & very pleasant Fast Fri 10 Fair pleasant variously employed Sat 11 Fair warm & pleasant do 6 Parish Meeting Amory Mayo chosen Clerk Ebenr Stearns Jos. Stevens } Committee & Assessors. Asa Taft Wm Cobb Treasurer & Collector 6 Delivered Joseph Williams a Deed of the House & Land that was Laban B. Procter's (or South Factory Building) near the Trinitarian Meetinghouse and received $275,00 in payments. 8 Mr. Davis of Boston and Julia Russell of Warwick Married. Sun 12 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day cloudy evening Mon 13 Cloudy rain Fair In Store Writing &c evening Tues 14 Fair windy cold do Wed 15 do do Thurs 16 do do Fri 17 very cold & disagreeable do Sat 18 Very cold Mor. ground do Ther 15/0 very hard frozen cold day but clear sky 13 Charles C. Cobb's Son Charles Wm. born 2 oCl P.M. 18 Preserved Smith Jr Son of Rev. P. Smith Went to Lowell and engaged as a clerk in the Store of Sun 19 Cloudy South wind Attended to Post-Office & the necessary concerns of rain in evening the day Mr Noyes of Petersham preached. Mon 20 Cloudy moderate Variously employed Tues 21 Fair windy Employed on Farm & in Store Wed 22 Fair pleasant forenoon do slight Showers P.M. Thurs 23 Fair do Fri 24 Fair do Sat 25 Snow all day--melted do as it fell except about 1 to 2 Inches 21 Joseph Smith Died aged 90 years Sun 26 Cloudy fair moderate Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mr Stearns of Rowe preached. Mon 27 Very pleasant cloudy Attended to writing &c Tues 28 Snow this mor. from In Store the East extreemly high wind* Wed 29 Fair do Thurs 30 Fair Worked with A. Pratt mending fences &c MAY 1835 Fri 1 Fair Cloudy mor. I Store Sat 2 Cloudy mor. Fair Employed on farm Sowing Oats &c * Extreemly high wind from the East turned over and otherwise destroyed a large number of the Meetinghouse Sheds. 29 Henry Fuller Died aged years --Consumption May 1 Amory Mayo put his Cow into my Mountain pasture Sun 3 Fair Attended to the Post-Office &c Mon 4 Cloudy rain in evening Attended Store and Town Meeting. Tues 5 Cloudy Attended to Store Wed 6 Cloudy rain in forenoon Employed in Store & on Farm Fair P.M. Thurs 7 Fair fine day do Frid 8 Cloudy some rain do forenoon Fair P.M. Sat 9 Fair ground hard do frozen this morning. 4 Town Meeting for choice of County Commissioners under the New Law (They were previously appointed by the Gov. & Counsel) The Votes in this town stood as follows viz For Horace W. Taft Sunderland 74 " Jona Blake Jun. Warwick 71 " Noah Wells Rowe 60 " Thos Langley Hawley 12 " Scattering 8 Special Commissioners For Thaddeus Colman Greenfield 66 " Richard Colton Northfield 66 Scattering 6 5 Capt. Asa Gould died aged 72 Years.--He had been in a low state of health for some time--but was able to be removed from Newfane (where he lived) to this town last week. 6 Charles C. Cobb Bought a Cow of Noah Moody (Northfield) and brought her home to be kept upon my Hay Sun 10 Fair pleasant Attended to P. Office and necessary business of the day. Mon 11 Fair pleasant Employed in Garden and Store Tues 12 do warm do Wed 13 cold mor. Fair do Thurs 14 Cloudy mist in forenoon Attended to Store & some work about Garden in constant rain P.M. Snow forenoon Snow at 10 P.M. Fri 15 Snow this mor 3 inches Attended to writing &c deep ceased Snowing about A.M. Sat 16 Fair Cloudy cold wind In Store 12 Bargained with Chapin Holden to Sell him a piece of Land containing about 2 1/2 Acres from the N.E. Corner of the Thayer Land (so called) including all North of the Pasture land and the West bank of Meadow--for $100,-- 14 Capt. D.N. Smith put his new planing Machine in Operation at Fay's Shop. This machine was calculated to plane tongue & groove floor boards.--The board moved by roolers instead of a Carriage. Sun 17 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Wilson preached Mon 18 Fair pleasant some Employed on farm with J. Fuller and S. Knowlton. Wind fr. N.W. Tues 19 Fair pleasant and Employed in Garden &c. warm Wed 20 Fair very Warm do Thurs 21 Fair some cooler In Store mended fence round Brook Pasture P.M. Fri 22 Fair Employed in Store Sat 23 Fair do 17 Reuben Fisher went on a Journey to Northampton this morning after Breakfast 19 Jesse Penniman went from Warwick to Phillipston to Work engaged fro 1 year @ 12$ per Mo. Vegitation comes forward rapidly---Hay very Scarce from $15 to 20 per ton. 20 Reuben Fisher returned having extended his Journey as far as Hartford, & returned late at night. 22 R. Fisher started after Breakfast with a Load of Glue for Saxon River Village Vt. --Returned Sunday Mor. (24th) before breakfast. Sun 24 Fair pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 25 Fair very warm Employed in garden in forenoon Store P.M. Tues 26 do Went out with the County Commissioners in the morning on South Road, in Store PM Wed 27 Fair warm Employed in Charles Garden & trimming Appletrees in forenoon --in Store P.M. Thurs 28 Fair Cloudy little rain Went to West Pasture in mor. Mended fence &c in forenoon--fixed a temporary lane from Barnyard to Road &c &c Fri 29 Cloudy and some In Store Showers Fair evening Sat 30 Fair pleasant Attended to Store in the forenoon--In Gardner &c P.M. May 25 Asa Taft bought the Tavern Stand of Keith White for $1600,~~ 26 County Commissioners laid out the ground for a new Road from the Northfield Road near Melzar Williams in a Southerly direction by Johnson's tan yard to Francis Leonard 2d 27 Danced at Bryants Hall. Sun 31 Fair Employed about the necessary concerns of the day No Meeting Mr Smith Absent. JUNE 1835 Mon 1 Cloudy and con- In Store siderable rain in Mor Fair P.M. Tues 2 Fair, Warm On farm in forenoon in Store P.M. Wed 3 Fair Warm In Store & Garden Thurs 4 Fair some Clouds In Store & Garden P.M. Wind S.W. Fri 5 Rain this mor In Store & Garden Cloudy Shower PM Sat 6 Fair In Store &c May 31 Justus Russell Esqr Married to Mrs. Fanny Pomroy of Salem. 1 Mrs Bass returned from the Worcester Insane Hospital. 2 Appletrees in blossom 2 R. Fisher Started for Southbridge after Breakfast today. Wid. Lydia Smith returned from Lowell where she had been employed in the Factories for Several years. & buried two of her daughters in that place. Her object is now, to reside in Warwick, (her native place.) 5 R Fisher returned from his Journey this afternoon. Sun 7 Fair cool evening. Attended to P.O. and the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 8 Fair Employed in Store Tues 9 Fair Hazzy P.M. Employed in store and Garden. Wed 10 Hazzy forenoon Cloudy do " P.M. some Thunder Thurs 11 Cloudy forenoon very Variously employed. little rain Fair & Warm P.M. Fri 12 Some Clouds in forenoon do light Shower towards Night Very Warm Sat 13 Very Warm do 7 Asa Wheeler & Wife--Asa H. Conant & several others were dipped, and taken into the Baptist Church at Royalston 7 Jona Gale Married to Elmira Leonard. 9 Josiah Wheelock (Postmaster at Orange) died aged 39 years. Reuben Fisher absent 2 days at Bryant's. 11 Five Spanish Pirates Executed at Boston for having, while belonging to the Schooner Panda committed piracy by robbing the brig Mexican of Salem of $20,000 and afterwards attempting to destroy the crew by setting fire to the Vessel. Two others who were condemned to be executed at the same time were reprieved--one for 30 & the other for 60 days. Sun 14 Fair cool evening Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 15 Fair cool Mor. & Employed making Safety Boxes for Garden &c &c Evening Tues 16 Fair Employed with workmen Cutting Brush in pastures &c Wed 17 Fair Employed in Store. Thurs 18 Fair warm Employed in Store and Garden Fri 19 Fair mor Cloudy rain In Store &c P.M. & evening Sat 20 Cloudy cold evening do. 17 Reuben Fisher absent 4 Meals to Gardner &c Sun 21 Fair cold Frost in Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Many places. Mon 22 Fair--frost in Many Employed in Store & with E Brown & C. C. Cobb places this morning cutting Bushes in pasture Tues 23 Fair a little warmer In Store &c Wed 24 Fair warm Cloudy In Store most of the day. evening Thurs 25 Fair Hazzy Warm In Garden & Store Fri 26 Fair do Sat 27 Fair Cloudy rain in Night do 22 Rev. S. Kingsbury discharged from his Ministerial Labours with the Trinitarian Society in Warwick 22 Asa Taft sold his House Barn & Land South of the Meetinghouse, to John White for $450,~~ $300, to be paid in Cash, the remainder in a waggon Cabinet Furniture &c. Sun 28 Fair cloudy evening Attended to the necessary business of the day. rain this Mor. Mon 29 Fair very Cold Fire Employed making P.O. Return &c necessary for comfort. Tues 30 Fair cold evening In Store &c JULY 1835 Wed 1 Fair Cloudy Sprink of Attend to making Post-Office returns rain, cold made fire in store Thurs 2 cool do Fri 3 Fair Warm do Sat 4 Fair & very warm Attended to store & posting Post Office accounts Rail Road from Boston to Providence and also from Boston to Lowell went into operation with Locomotive Engines. 2 Abraham Shearmar & wife from East Cambridge on a visit to their friends in Warwick 3 Asa Taft & Lemuel Wheelock commenced an action against Keith White for a breach of covenant founded upon a Warrantee Deed of the Tavern Stand in Warwick, when it was incumbered by a Lease to James M. Bryant who would not relinquish possession. 4 Rail Road from Boston to Worcester opened on the whole extent of the line, more than 1500 passengers were conveyed through the whole line on this day Sun 5 Fair Shower at Attended to the necessary business of the day 12 oClock Warm Mon 6 Fair warm Employed in Store & Garden Tues 7 Fair do Employed in Store & Garden. Wed 8 Fair--some clouds In Store &c Thurs 9 Fair some clouds do Fri 10 Cloudy rain Set Cabbage plants and Attended to Store Sat 11 Fair very growing weather Attended to Garden & Store Reuben Fisher absent 4 days except Breakfast & Supper Sun 5 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 6 Fair Showers afternoon Employed in Store Tues 7 Fair warm Showers P.M. do Wed 8 Cloudy rain do Thurs 9 Cloudy rain towards do evening Fri 10 Fair Employed in Store and about farm Sat 11 Fair do Sun 12 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 13 Fair Showers Employed in various ways. Tues 14 Cloudy rain in showers In Store &c Wed 15 Some Showers do Thurs 16 Fair rain at night do Fri 17 Fair do Sat 18 Fair some Hazzy Began to Mow worked at haying part of the day 13 David Goodell took Horse out of My Pasture----Pastured him 18 days.---,87 Reuben Fisher absent 2 days at Bryants do " absent 2 days except 1 Breakfast & supper 18 Mrs. Triphena W. Smith, wife of the Rev. Preserved Smith died. Aged 34 Years. 18 Col. Samuel Billings & wife from Hardwick, on visit to their friends in this place. Sun 19 Fair warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day No preaching at the old Meetinghouse Mon 20 Fair Rain Showers Worked at haying Mowed Store lot. Warm. Tues 21 Warm Showers round Attended to hay &c us but little rain here Wed 22 Fair & Warm worked at Haying &c Thurs 23 do do Fri 24 do do Sat 25 Fair Showers P.M. Haying in forenoon in Store P.M. 20 Reuben Fisher started this mor. after breakfast for Boston. 21 The funeral of Mrs. Smith attended today--Mr Hosmer of Northfield preached the funeral sermon. Sun 26 Fair a little cooler Attended to the necessary concerns of the day No Meeting at the old Meetinghouse till 4 oCl. P.M. -- Then Mr. Hosmer of Northfield gave us a Sermon. Mon 27 Fair Worked among hay and in Store--Attended Town meeting at 6 oClock to vote for County Commissioners. Tues 28 Cloudy rain P.M. Worked among Hay and in Store. Wed 29 Rainy Day In Store writing &c Thurs 30 Some rain & Clouds In Store & Garden Fair P.M. Fri 31 Fair forenoon Variously employed Showers P.M. 28 Reuben Fisher returned from his Journey to Boston Needham &c ---absent 9 days except Super & Breakfast. 31 Mary Ann Drake, died aged 17 years wanting 14 days. Consumption. AUGUST 1835 Sat 1 Fair showrey Fair & Employed in Store & Garden. cool evening Sun 2 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 3 Fair some Clouds Attended to Writing & Posting Books Some frost in low places. Tues 4 Fair cold night In Store Wed 5 Fair warm do Thurs 6 Cloudy Fair cloudy do evening Fri 7 Cloudy and some rain do Sat 8 Fair warm In Store in forenoon Went to Medad Pomroys in afternoon to take the dimensions of his building for Insurance Aug 1 Abby A Pomroy closed the Centre School--Kept 9 weeks @ 1,622 per W. Board $1,~ per Week. 3 Alfred Wright closed up his business at Athol and left that place--Went to Northampton 6 Wid. Eunice Smith, Moved from Wheelock's house to live with her son the Rev. Preserved Smith. " Reuben Fisher absent 2 Days except 1 Breakfast & Supper " Col. Wheelock raised a Shoemaker's Shop a little West of his Store Sun 9 Fair warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Barnard of Chesterfield preached Mon 10 Fair very warm In Store made out insurance papers for Doct. Taylor Tues 11 do Went to Capt Stevens took measure of his buildings-- and made out application for Insurance Wed 12 Very warm cloudy In Store mor fair Thurs 13 Cloudy some rain In Store fair & Warm P.M. Fri 14 Fair Warm do Sat 15 " do 12 Asa Taft removed from his residence in the South Village to the tavern in the North Village-- And J. M. Bryant (who had occupied the tavern for one year past) removed to L. Wheelocks house oposite Mr Smith's 13 John White removed from Fay's Great house to the house he bought of Asa Taft near the Water shop Sun 16 Rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day John Goldsbury preached Mon 17 Fair warm Attended to store & Mowed Oats. Tues 18 Fair rain at 4 P.M. In Store & assisted in getting in Oats. Wed 19 Fair Attended to Store &c Thurs 20 Fair do Fri 21 Little rain in mor. Attended to Store and to Labourers cutting Bushes on West fair Lot. Sat 22 Fair light showers do 20 CC Cobb took his Horse from my pasture & James Pierce took it home. 21 Doct. Wright Raised his office west of Wheelocks Store 22 Asa Wheeler raised the addition to his Shop & Coal house Reuben Fisher absent from Thursday after Breakfast till Saturday afternoon Sun 23 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 24 Fair some clouds Employed in Store Tues 25 Fair clouds in evening do Wed 26 Cloudy rain in do morning Fair Thurs 27 Fair Warm do Fri 28 Fair shower at do evening Thunder Sat 29 Fair Hazzy afternoon do 27 Reuben Fisher started for Worcester after breakfast this mor. and returned on Sunday the 30th 29 Wid. Lois Fisher died this evening of Consumption Aged Years. Sun 30 Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day Mr. Rogers Preached Mon 31 Fair In Store &c SEPTEMBER 1835 Tues 1 Fair Cloudy Employed in Store &c Wed 2 Fair cloudy Showrey In Store & went to Amory Goulds Mill to Select Rain Lumber Thurs 3 Fair warm Employed in Store & with Carpenters about House Fri 4 Fair warm do Sat 5 Fair warm do 2 Reuben Fisher went on Journey to Worcester County this morning after breakfast and returned. 3 Began to frame an upper story to my Dwelling house--with a calculation to raise the roof 5 feet from the old plates, and extend it over the the tier of back rooms 10 feet wide, and make another bedroom on the Ground floor 10 by 8 in the Northwest corner of the house. Sun 6 Fair very warm Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Shower in the evening Mon 7 Cloudy Employed in Store & with Carpenters on house Tues 8 Fair frost this mor. do Wed 9 Fair do Thurs 10 Fair some clouds P.M. do Fri 11 Fair cloudy evening do Sat 12 Cloudy mor Fair do 8 Reuben fisher Started on Journey this Mor. after Breakfast.----and returned 10th in forenoon 11 R. Fisher absent after Breakfast till 12th in the afternoon. Sun 13 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 14 Fair Employed in Store & with Carpenters on house Tues 15 do do Wed 16 do Frost do Thurs 17 do Frost do Fri 18 Foggy mor do Sat 19 Fair Cloudy do 15 Geo. I. Davis gave a Temperance address in the Centre School-house in Warwick. 15 Widow Gould Moved into Samuel Fay's large House in South Center Village 16 Probate Court at Warwick. 17 Amasa Cobb From Mentor Ohio at Warwick on visit--formerly lived in Lock N.Y. removed from there to Ohio about 6 years since. 19 Reuben Fisher absent 3 Meals Sun 20 Cloudy--Rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Fair evening Brown of Brattleboro' preached Mon 21 Fair showrey Employed about my House with Carpenters & in Store Tues 22 Fair fine day do Wed 23 Fair Attended to Store & fixing about the house. Thurs 24 Fair variously employed Fri 25 " do Sat 26 " transcribed P.O.Accounts &c 20 Richard Clapp of Dorchester & Wife on visit to their friends in Warwick. 22 Finished the Carpenter work about my house, for the present, having finished the outside, one South Chamber and put up some other rough petitions Sun 27 Fair and very pleasant Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day Mon 28 Fair Attended to making Post-Office return. Tues 29 " Attended to Masons building Chimney in back Kitchen & plaistering Chamber. Wed 30 Cold flying Clouds. Attended Post Office returns. OCTOBER 1835 Thurs 1 Fair Attended to P.O. Return. Fri 2 Cloudy, Fair Cloudy do Sat 3 Fair Cloudy P.M. Variously employed Oct 1 Charles C. Cobb having exchanged Horses with Capt S. Ward brought home the Mare he had of him & put it in my mowing lots to keep. Sun 4 Fair Cloudy some rain Attended to Post-Office & necessary concerns of the day Mon 5 Fair cloudy little In Store rain PM Tues 6 Heavy rain all day, do and preceeding Night Wed 7 Some lingering do Clouds --Fair. Thurs 8 Ground considerably In Store & in House with Mr Cutting & Wife frozen this Mor. Fair & some flying clouds Fri 9 Fair --some clouds Variously employed in Store & with E. Brown getting in potatoes &c 7 Squiril Hunt--Capt. A K. Whitney & Capt Eldad Hodge, & 13 hunters each--Capt Whitney's side brought in 61 the most. 7 Mr ____ Cutting & Wife called at my house & tarried over Night & returned home to Northfield on the 8th P.M. Nancy Brown came to my house on the 8 P.M. took Dinner & returned to Northfield with Mr Cutting & Wife 8 Dennis Fay on visit from Lowell Sun 11 Fair Cloudy fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 12 Fair very fine day Employed with Carpenters on house Tues 13 do do Wed 14 Very Warm Variously employed Thurs 15 Fair warm do Fri 16 Fair In Store &c Sat 17 Foggy mor some do clouds Warm 10 Jonathan G. Stearns, son of Capt John Stearns, died at his residence in Amsterdam N.Y. of a consumption aged 27 years. 13 Charles C. Cobb took his Mare out of my Mowing and Swapt her away with Charles D. Gale. 13 James M Bryant removed his family from Warwick to Templeton, Baldwinsville Village. 13 Keith White's wife died at Brattleboro" with a quick consumption She was confined a few weeks Since with a pair of twin Boys. The lived but a week or two, after they were born. 15 Hatsell Purple of Gill died of Billious Fever--Aged Sun 18 Some Cloudy Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day Mon 19 Foggy mor cloudy fair In Store Tues 20 Fair warm Attended to under-pinning & wharfing the N.W. corner of my house &c Wed 21 Cloudy windy Southerly Worked with Simon Knowlton packing up wood in Wood-house Thurs 22 Fair wind N.W. Warm In Store. Fri 23 Fair do Sat 24 do do 19 Charles C. Cobb left work at Asa Tafts. 22 John Humphrey from Athol came to my house last evening and tarried till afternoon today. Made out a Will for him Sun 25 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day Mr of Athol preached Mon 26 Cloudy Employed in Store Writing &c. Tues 27 Fair do Wed 28 Fair warm do Thurs 29 do do Fri 30 do do Sat 31 do do 31 James Pierce took Charles More to keep till first of April next for $5, and the use of him, or to exchange for a Colt & $30,~~ NOVEMBER 1835 Sun 1 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 2 Fair Cloudy evening Variously employed with Carpenters &c Tues 3 Fair Went to Greenfield & attended Probate Court Acct Jos. Goodells Estate. Wed 4 " In Store writing &c Thurs 5 " Attended to Banking up house &c &c Fri 6 Fair Cloudy rain Built shed over my Water trough in Barn-yard and fixing up in evening for Winter. Sat 7 Cloudy rain Employed in Store 1 Charles C. Cobb went to Athol to work for Joseph Young. 2 Charle's Cow took away from my pastures. Mr ____ Johnson of Fitzwilliam commenced teaching Instrumental Music to a number of Young men in this place. 5 Col. L. Wheelock returned from General Court. Sun 8 Fair warm & pleasant Attended to Post-Office &c Mr. Wellington of Templeton preached Mon 9 Fair cool Attended to Store & town Meeting Tues 10 Fair do " Wed 11 Continued rain do " Thurs 12 Fair cool Attended Store in forenoon Went to Jona Wheelocks P.M. Measured and exchanged lands, in order to accomodate S. Fisher with a Road Fri 13 Cold & Blustering In Store writing &c froze very hard Sat 14 Fair do 9 Annual town Meeting Votes were given as follows viz For Gov. Edw'd Everett 99 " Marcus Morton 55 " S. T. Armstrong 2 Lt Gov. Geo. Hull 107 " Wm foster 54 Senator Eph. Hastings 103 " R. Dickenson 51 Col. Lemuel Wheelock Representative to the Gen. court. 12 Agreed with Jona Wheelock to exchange a part of my pasture land adjoining him, for a 3 cornered piece between the Old & New County Roads, westerly of Grace Brook bridge, in order to have the old Road discontinued, & a new one located in another place for the convenience of Seth Fisher, now living on the Old Stevens farm. Sun 15 Fair moderate Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 16 Cloudy some rain Employed in Store moderate Tues 17 Fair cloudy evening do do Wed 18 Fair warm do do Thur 19 Cloudy and little rain do do Fri 20 Cloudy Rain in do do afternoon & evening Sat 21 Cloudy Fair do do 15 Mr Asa Woods of Orange was flung from a one horse Waggon in Winchester & broke his neck--he lived but a few minutes. 15 James Ford began Singing School in this place. Sun 22 Cloudy cold Ground Attended to P.O. & necessary concerns. Frozen Mon 23 Cloudy Snow all In Store &c day 5 In. Wind N.E. Tues 24 Cloudy Moderate Attended to store and Went to the Carroll Farm to Good Sleighing attend the Sale but not sold. Wed 25 Fair good sleighing Employed in Store Thurs 26 Fair do Fri 27 Fair cold little Snow Attended to Store & made Deeds &c of the Carroll in the night land Sat 28 Fair cool Attended to writing &c 23 Deeded the Burnet Farm to John Humphrey--consideration $900,-- Incumbrance of Mortgage to the Mass H. Life Insurance Co. $600,-- to the paid from the avails of said Farm. Reuben Fisher absent 4 days excepting 2 Meals 27 John White & Augustus S. Carroll having the right to redeem the Carroll Farm (so called) from the Mortgage which I held, amounting to rising of Seven hundred dollars--made sale of all that part of said Farm which lay North of the Northfield Road to Major Amory Gale for $500, and about 22 Acres on South Side of said Road to Brown & Holman for $232,~~ Said Carroll then sold his right in the remaining part of the farm to said White for about $130,--- Sun 29 Fair cold Attended to P. Office and other concerns of the day Mon 30 Fair Cold Snow Squals Attended to Store &c Ther 5/0 DECEMBER 1835 Tues 1 Cold Squalls of Snow Attended to Store &c. &c. Wed 2 Fair cold very Blustering. Employed in Store &c Thurs 3 Fair cold moderates Thanksgiving. A. Mayo & family & Chs C Cobb toward evening & family at my house to Supper Fri 4 Fair cool In Store Sat 5 " " 30 Henry S. Chase commenced School in Centre District. Dec 1 Mrs. Betsey Bass, wife of Aaron Bass, (and Daughter of Col. Josiah Taft of Uxbridge) committed suicide by hanging herself with a scane of Yarn, about 2 oClock this day in the absence of her husband, who was gone from the house about 2 hours, and on returning found her hanging. ---- She had on the 14th of Dec. last made an attempt to destroy her life by flinging herself into a well, but was rescued in time to save her life---She was afterwards taken to the Insane hospital at Worcester where she remained several months, and returned in a composed State of mind, but gradually became more melancholly till she destroyed herself as above stated. Reuben Fisher absent 2 days except 2 Meals. Sun 6 Fair cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 7 3/0 Fair cold & Blustering In Store Tues 8 Fair more comfortable do but cold Wed 9 Cloudy Snow P.M. Common business of the day. Lightning in the evening Thurs 10 Fair cold do. Visited School P.M. Attended Lyceum in evening. Fri 11 0/1 Fair very cold morning Attended to store Sat 12 Moderate Some Snow Attended to store & Killing Hog. 6 Mrs. Nancy Wilson Wife of Joseph Wilson & Daughter of the late Rev. Saml Reed of this town Died of Consumption aged 51 yrs. 7 Elhanah Gould Married to Miss. of Hinsdale N.H. and brought her to live with his Mother in Fay's great house. 9 Reuben Fisher absent to Saxon's River 2 days. 10 Lyceum commenced their Meetings for the season. Harriot Stearns board 2 1/2 days Sun 13 Fair considerable Attended to the necessary business of the day Snow fell last night Mon 14 Fair Attended to Salting Meat-- Store &c. Tues 15 Fair cold evening Attended to Store cut up Beef &c. Wed 16 Fair & Very Cold Attended to the common concerns of House & Store. Therm 0/11 Mor do 0/17 evening Thurs 17 Fair cold In Store mor 0/17 Night Fri 18 Fair Cloudy little Snow do Mor 0/9 Sat 19 Cloudy and some Snow do & sleet. 14 Marshal Brown Assigned all his Real & Personal Estate (except what the law reserved) to the benefit of his Creditors --- Joseph Stevens & Saml W. Goldsbury assignees. 15 A new line of Stages commenced running from Brattleboro' Vt. to Worcester Ms. in order to connect with the Boston & Worcester Rail Road. 16 Great fire in New-York City. The greatest in America, and the greatest in the world except the Great fire in London 1666 and that of Macaw at the invasion of Bonapart. The fire originated in the heart of the City Ward No 1--& demolished 52 Acres of closely compact Buildings--being the seat of business, of Importing & Commission Merchants. Also, nearly all the Insurance Offices--Insurance Stock at this time being at a higher premium than any other, a greater part of the property of Widows and orphans was invested therein & became the greatest sufferers.---about 3000 Clerks porters and Servants, many of whom had families dependant on them for Support, were deprived of employment and became great sufferers. The total Amount of property destroyed cannot be accurately estimated--but is considered by competant Judges, to be from 15 to 20 Millions. this amount does not all fall upon that City as much of the Merchandise belonged to other parts of this country & Europe and the Insurance falls heavily on Boston and other places. Sun 20 Cloudy & mist moderate Attended to P. O. &c &c Mon 21 Fair Moderate Posted old accts &c &c Tues 22 Fair cool Went to John Bass' and appraised the remains of Widow Lois Fisher's Estate in forenoon--In Store P.M. Wed 23 Fair pleasant Attended to writing &c Thurs 24 Fair do Fri 25 Cloudy warm some do rain P.M. Sat 26 Rain Warm do 22 Harriot Stearns Board 3 days 23 Rev. R. C. Hatch Installed over the Trinitarian Society in Warwick. 24 Charles C. Cobb finished work at Athol & returned to Warwick. " Chapin Holden purchased the House & Lands owned by Frances Leonard 2d & others being the North part of the Factory buildings & next South of Doct. Taylor's---consideration $275,--- Sun 27 Fair cold Windy Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 28 Cloudy not very cold Employed making Quarterly return of Post Office Tues 29 Fair some clouds do moderate Wed 30 Warm Misty do Thurs 31 Wind N.W. Blustering do attended Lyceum in evening mor. not very cold 28 Harriot Stearns board 1 day Diary of William Cobb, Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1836 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun October 2000 Prices Current Jan. 1836 Spirits W.I Rum ,90 to 1, Gall N.E. do ,32. " " Cog Brandy 1.50 " --- " Holland Gin 1,17 to 1,25 " Molasses 32 to 34 --- " Teas Souchong 34 to 36 lb Hyson 60,,62 " Young Hyson 50 ,, 54 " Hyson Skin 30 ,, 33 " Sugars Brown ,8 to ,10 lb " Loaf ,14 to ,15 lb Coffee ,13 to ,14 lb Hay $15 to 20 per ton Corn 1,~ per Bushel Rye 1,~ per " Oats ,50 --- " Flour (at home) $9,~ per Bbl Potatoes ,25 per Bushel Wood (8 feet) 1,33 per Cord do (4 feet) 1,75 " JANUARY 1836 Fri 1 Fair excepting some Hazzy Attended to Store & making up Post Office Clouds indicating Snow return Cold Sat 2 Cloudy mor. -- Fair P.M. Closed Post Office Return & forwarded it by Moderate Southern Mail. Sun 3 Fair Cool Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 4 Cloudy Snow rain Made sketch of Post Roads and wrote to Post Office Department for a New Office at Clapp's Hotel in Erving's Grant. Tues 5 Cloudy some rain Attended to Writing &c. Moderate Wed 6 Cloudy east wind little Snow do at Night. Thurs 7 Cold east wind mist &c do attended Lyceum in the evening. Fri 8 Cloudy easterly wind Attended to Settling Accounts &c &c indicating Snow Sat 9 Cold Snow Commenced at variously employed 10 A.M. and contined MEMORANDUM 2d The Corps of Rufus Conant deceased (who died in Boston) was brought to Warwick to be buried. Wm L. Moore Married to Patty Shepardson. Great scarcity if Water, very dificult to get Cattle to Water, or to get grinding at the Mills. Have had excellent sleighing for 6 weeks past. Sun 10 Snow from the N.E. --fell Attended to Post Office &c. no meeting about 8 inches Mon 11 Fair & Cloudy Warm Attended to the arrangement of old Accounts &c Tues 12 Fair warm do. Wed 13 Very pleasant do Thurs 14 Cloudy cool do Fri 15 Cold P.M. & blustery do Sat 16 Fair hazzy in So. West Made assignment for Mrs. Hurd &c in Mor 0/5 MEMORANDUM 12 Rev. R.C. Hatch moved his family into Warwick from Hopkinton N.H. & went into C. Holden's House, where J.T. Sanger formerly lived. 12 Doct Geo Wright was called upon by his Creditors-- and I was so fortunate to get Seventy of my demand by Mrs. Billings for $58, and Amory Mayo for between 30 & 40 more. Sun 17 Fair cool Snow Attended to the common concerns of the day. 0/5 Mon 18 Fair Snow Attended to Store Writing &c. Tues 19 Fair do Wed 20 Fair cool Went to Geo Grennell & the P.O. Department 2/0 Thurs 21 Cloudy raw cold Weather Variously employed attended Lyceum in the evening. Moderation in the evening. Fri 22 Moderate weather rain Attended to writing &c this mor. snow soft: cool evening Sat 23 Fair pleasant Sun Attended securing wood Writing &c. &c. but cool MEMORANDUM 19 Wid Esther Hurd made an assignment of all her personal Estate consisting of One Horse and Sleigh---Waggon & Harness 2 Cows and all her Household Furniture -- with obligations for $245,00 in money. And on this day after the assignment was made, she was Married to Phinehas Stiles of Wendell. 21 Reuben Fisher returned from Worcester County. -- Absent from Sunday 17th after Breakfast till this evening. Sun 24 Fair cool fine sleighing Attended to P. Office &c &c Cloudy evening Mon 25 Snow from N.E. 15 inches Attended to removing Snow from my buildings had fallen at Sunrise & which was considerably drifted continued till evening fell about 18 inches Tues 26 Fair. Variously employed. Attended a Meeting of the Unitarian Society* Wed 27 Fair pleasant in the Middle do. Attended Lyceum in the evening of the day. cold evening Thurs 28 Fair & cold Attended to writing &c 0/3 Fri 29 Fair cold mor. do " 0/2 Sat 30 Fair Cloudy Warmer at evening Common concerns of the day. MEMORANDUM 26 * The Unitarian Society being in want of a New Meetinghouse, a plan for raising a fund for the purpose of erecting one, was proposed [?] by Jona Blake Jr Esq. and a Meeting notified to take it into consideration. It was stated that $15,00 [sic] would be sufficient for the purpose. -- This amount was divided into 60 shares of $25 each. -- and when the House was complete, the pews to be sold to the highest bidders, to reimburse the the money paid upon the shares. A committee of 5 was chosen to obtain the necessary subscriptions. 30th Post Office established at the East part of Ervings Grant by the title of "Irvingsville" and Ansel Lesure appointed Postmaster. Sun 31 Snow from S.W & N.W. Attended to the neccessary business of the moderate day FEBRUARY 1836 Mon 1st Fair cool Attended to writing &c Tues 2 Cold & Blustering do mor 0/13 Wed 3 Fair cold do mor 0/3 Thurs 4 Fair cold windy do Attended Lyceum at evening mor 0/10 norm 0 Fri 5 Fair but very blustering & Variously employed Visited School P.M. mor 0/10 disagreeable weather norm 0 Sat 6 Fair & cold Mor. Moderate do mor 0/10 at evening MEMORANDUM 5 Capt E. Barker returned from the West having been absent a year or more. Sun 7 Cloudy and Sprink of Snow Attended Post Office &c. mor 0/1 Mon 8 Great Snow Storm from Employed on Old Accts. the East* Tues 9 Fair Attended to Shovelling Snow--Store &c. Wed 10 Fair Attended to Writing &c Lyceum at Night Thurs 11 Fair pleasant Attended to writing &c Fri 12 Cloudy little Snow " " Sat 13 Snow 6 inches * " " MEMORANDUM 8* The Storm was tedious, tho' not very cold. Southern Mail due at 1 o'Cl P.M. came in at 9 o'Cl P.M. by the assistance of 12 or 15 Men and as many Oxen. Boston Mail did not arrive till the 9th at 2 o'Cl P.M. * The greatest quantity of snow now on the ground that has been for many years---if it was all level it would measure 4 feet at least. Sun 14 Fair windy Cold. Attended to the neccessary concerns of the day Roads blocked up with snow Mon 15 Fair cold cloudy Attended to writing &c. mor 0/5 Tues 16 Fair cold do mor 2/0 Wed 17 Hazzy mor. Little snow do. mor 0 Thurs 18 Fair very cold do. Attended Lyceum in the evening. mor 0/8 Fri 19 Fair very cold Attended to writing &c and in the evening to a mor 0/11 meeting of the Subscribers for a new Meetinghouse and chose A Mayo Clerk Wm Cobb Treasurer and Jas. Stevens, Jona Blake Jr & Saml Moore Building Committee. Sat 20 Cloudy, little Snow the weather moderates. MEMORANDUM 14 Reuben Fisher returned from a Journey to Boston &c -- absent 13 days. 15th Henry S. Chase began private School 15 Reuben Fisher settled up his Board Bill previous to this time. ---- and commenced board for another term. The long continued cold weather for about 90 days & the great body of Snow upon the ground (now nearly 4 feet) and the extreems of cold which come so frequently upon us, has stoped all business abroad, except such as cannot be avoided, and renders life a burden to those of middle and old age. It is confidently stated that this is the severest Winter that has bee experienced since the year 1780. Sun 21 Fair, some clouds arise. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Moderate Snow begins to settle and is softer than it has been for many weeks before. Mon 22 Fair mor. very pleasant day Attended to Store &c Tues 23 Warm, Cloudy Snow Soft Attended to Store &c -- Made Petition in the evening for County Road* Wed 24 Cloudy, warm Rain P.M. variously employed mor 35/0 Thurs 25 Cooler and Squals of Snow Attended to Writing &c Fri 26 Cloudy Snow 6 inches do 8/0 Sat 27 Fair and pleasant sun Attended to Mails Settled with James Fuller &c 2/0 &c MEMORANDUM * Said Road to commence at the County road, near M Williams Clothing works, or some other convenient place on said W's Land, and running Northerly through land of Jona Wheelock A. Bass Wid. M. Leonard & David Goodell to the County road leading to Northfield. 26 Mr. ______ Barrows & Robert Nash from Canton N.Y. Tarried at my house over night & went to Greenfield on Saturday the 27th. Sun 28 Fair cool Attended to the neccessary business of the day. mor 9/0 Mon 29 Cloudy cold Snow & mor 0/2 rain in the evening MARCH 1836 Tues 1 Moderate and Rain Employed on Town Accounts Wed 2 Cold Fair mor Cloudy PM do 0/2 Thurs 3 Cold Fair Mor Cloudy do attended Lyceum in the evening * mor 0/2 P.M. Fair evening Fri 4 Fair cold windy Writing &c on Town Accounts Mor 10/0 Sat 5 Fair pleasant mor. Windy P.M. Attended to town Accounts & a Meeting of the subscribers for new Meetinghouse MEMORANDUM 28 Mary Mayo (Daughter of Samuel Mayo, Deceased) died at Saml Fay's in Winchester -- Consumption aged years * Doct. Washburn of Vernon, delivered a Lecture at the Lyceum, giving an Historical & Biograplycal account of the events of the American Revolution. 4th John Ball Jr committed Suicide by cutting his throat with a Penknife. Aged yrs. He was observed to be in a dejected state of mind for some weeks on account of his pecuniary embarrassments as he conceived. Sun 6 Fair hazzy Cold Attended the P.O. on necessary concerns. mor 0/2 Mon 7 Fair cold Attended Store and Town Meeting * Tues 8 Fair pleasant Attended to writing &c 10/0 Wed 9 Fair hazzy P.M. Attended to writing &c. 3/0 Thurs 10 Cloudy mor. rain at 4 P.M. do Fri 11 Fair windy moderate do. Sat 12 Fair some Wind, cold do. MEMORANDUM 6 The funeral of John Ball Jr attended at the Meetinghouse P.M. 7 * Town Meeting-- Officers chosen. Amos Taylor Town Clerk Saml Blake Abijah Eddy Jr } Selectmen & Assessors Jasper Leland Wm Cobb Town Treasury Eldred Hodge Constable & Collector Committee of Accts --- J. Russell Esq A. Ward Esq S.W. Goldsbury Money raised For poor & contingencies ------$1000,-- " Schooling ---------------------- 600, " Highways ----------------------- 899,99 10 Henry S. Chase Closed his private School Sun 13 Fair, cloudy Little Snow Attended to the necessary concerns of the day 0/1 P.M. in evening Snow fell 6 inches Mon 14 Fair Employed writing &c Tues 15 Fair cold do Wed 16 do. do Thurs 17 Cloudy Sprink of Snow do attended Lyceum in the evening. in the Mor. rain moderate Fri 18 Fair, but cold & blustering Employed in writing &c. Sat 19 Fair cold mor. pleasant sun. Variously employed MEMORANDUM 13 Henry S. Chase left town today having taught School in the Centre District 3 Winters & two private Schools. He exelled all the teachers in this Vicinity -- raised the youth in this place to an unexampled degree of Learning, which will be remembered with gratitude for his exertions & devoted attention ^ 15 James Stockwell & Abby Leland Married. Capt. Wm. Burnett gave up his property to his Creditors -- and left town. His farm had become the property of John Humphrey of Athol, and all his personal property was given up to Apollos Root and Mosaly Clapp -- leaving a large number of Debts unprovided for. 18 Alfred Wright at Warwick on a visit having lately returned from the South. 19 The Committee for building a new Meetinghouse, met at my store and made a contract with Chapin Holden & Samuel Fay to build said House for $1700, all above the underpinning. Sun 20 Fair -- cool Attended to the P.O. & the necessary business of the thawed a little day Had some symptoms of Goute. Mon 21 Fair moderate Goute removing, & attended to transcribing Post Office Accounts Tues 22 Cloudy, Snow at 5 Variously employed -- made Deeds for H. Barber &c P.M. Moderate Wed 23 Fair Snow this mor Attended to Transcribe Post Bills &c was 5 inches deep Thurs 24 Fair cloudy little do. attended Lyceum in the evening 8/8 Snow in evening Fri 25 Fair cold Attended to Parish Accounts &c 10/0 Sat 26 Fair cold Employed Writing &c 8/0 MEMORANDUM 21 Capt. Burnett's personal property sold at Auction. 20 Reuben Fisher Absent on Journey to Fitchburg -- 7 meals. 21 Mrs. Hazeltine who returned from the State of Maine not long since visited at my house and several others in the neighborhood. 22 Hervey Barber sold out his land to his Father & David Burnett, excepting about 2 acres and his Buildings which he Deeded to Abigail Barber, and took a Deed from her of the old farm, formerly owned by Zachariah Barber, deceased. 23 Catharine Johnson left Warwick for Lowell, in Stage. --- having boarded in my family 4 months and attended School 10 weeks. 23 -- Mr. Abijah Eddy Died -- of consumption - aged 26 Towns Poor taken by A. Gould to be supported for one year next following 4th of April for $240,-- Sun 27 Fair, hazzy Moderate Attended to the necessary business of the day Snow melted considerably but yet very deep Mon 28 Fair Employed writing &c Tues 29 Cloudy do Wed 30 Fair do Thurs 31 Fair warm bad travelling Employed making P. Office returns Attended Lyceum in the evening. APRIL Fri 1 Fair warm Snow wasted fast Made P.O. Returns &c Sat 2 Some Cloudy Warm Attended to writing &c MEMORANDUM Mar Ezchial Ellis sold his farm to Timo H. Phillips of Royalston and bought of Jacob R Gale the Bowman Farm (so called) Ellis sold for $1400, & paid $1000, for Gales. 30th Stetson & Charity Cook Married. A very cold & tedious Winter, the Snow deep & drifts remain in the Roads in many places from 3 to 6 feet deep --- cannot get into Woodlots only by shovelling the paths. There has been 4 months sleighing without interuption except by drifts. The ground beare in no place in this part of the country. Many Cattle suffering for hay every little to be had at any price -- selling from $20 to 24 per ton -- Corn scarce, and selling for 1,25 per bushel. 31 George Bacheller Assigned his property to Jas. Stevens Esq for the purpose of making a dividend among his Creditors. 31 Charles Humphrey from Athol. Closed his Annual business with A. Mayo--received his rent for for the Real Estate he owned in law with me, & gave direction in regard to the Burnett Farm. Sun 3 Fair warm Snow goes fast Attended to the necessary concerns of the day ground beare in some spots, but deep in others. Mon 4 Fair cloudy fair evening Attended to Store & Parish Meeting P.M. Tues 5 Cloudy raw cold In Store writing &c Wed 6 do do Thurs 7 Fair a little warmer FAST Fri 8 Fair pleasant Attended to writing &c. Sat 9 Cloudy foggy & some rain do MEMORANDUM April 2 James Pierce assigned his property to Joseph Stevens & Joel Pierce, for the purpose of making a dividend among his Creditors. 4th David Rich failed, and turned out all his property, (that was not attached) to his Creditors. 8th Harlan Baker gave up the Farm that he had bought of Elijah Fish -- and advertised all his personal property for Sale. The Snow begins to yield to the influence of the sun, and dissolves rapidly -- there is still a great quantity upon the ground heaped up about fences and in hollows, and in the Roads & lanes. Some Small spots of ground appear in the open fields and about buildings There has been continued Sleighing for 130 days only by snow drifts at short intervals. And More cold during this time can be remembered by those now living. Sun 10 Cloudy & Rain in forenoon Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 11 Fair cold Attended to various concerns. Tues 12 Fair cold mor. pleasant Attended to writing &c &c 10/0 Sun in Middle of the day Wed 13 Cloudy, Snow in afternoon Employed in Store & at A Mayo's arranging 5 inches old Accts. Thurs 14 Cloudy Fair In Store Fri 15 Cloudy Snow 3 or 4 inches do Sat 16 Fair and very Pleasant In Store Made a Deposition in case Douglas & Newton vs. Charles & Gale. MEMORANDUM April 9 Ebenr C. Eddy left Warwick and went to Barre to tend Bar for _____ Hathaway. 11 Rec'd information from the Clerk of the County Commissioners that they had passed an Order --not to licence but one Tavern & one Retailer in a town. And that they had Licenced Asa Taft as Innholder, and Wheelock & Eddy as Retailers, --and that my application was refused. 13 == Wm. Pomroy Jr Died, Northfield. 13 Col. Wheelock, our Representitive, returned from Boston, the Legislature being about to rise. 14 Stephen Douglas Jr & Laban Marcy Esq of Greenwich called on me for information respecting Charles D. Gale's Stage business & his contract with Douglas & Newton. 16th Gave my Deposition in the case, and Mosely Clapp gave his also. 15 Calvin Gunn left Warwick to go to Worcester, to work for Sumner Cook at $11, per month for the Season. Sun 17 Fair Attended to P.O. & necessary concerns Mon 18 Cloudy little rain warm Employed with A Mayo on old accounts South wind Tues 19 Cloudy Fair At Mayo's Store in the forenoon at P. Office P.M. Wed 20 Fair & very pleasant In Store Thurs 21 Cloudy Misty Fair Cloudy evening do Fri 22 Fair, flying clouds and Windy do Sat 23 Fair cloudy windy do Quite unwell today Sun 24 Fair pleasant Sun Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 25 Fair cool Employed in Store Writing contracts Deeds &c. Tues 26 Cloudy rain Fair little rain In Store fair evening Warm Wed 27 Fair Attended to Store & probate Court Thurs 28 Fair some clouds P.M. Warm. Employed with workmen cutting Wood & Snow mostly gone--people bushes on Wheelock Land west of Grace beginning to plough Brook Bridge in forenoon, in Store P.M. some unwell Fri 29 Cloudy, rain Attended to Store Sat 30 Fair do do MEMORANDUM Apl 24 = Mr James Ball died aged 77 years. Dropsey in the chest. 26 Funeral of Mr James Ball Seth Fisher failed -- Mortgaged his personal property and Sold his farm to Mezar Williams and Col. Wheelock for $480, ---- 27 A Temperance Lecture was given by Judge Newcomb at the Trinitarian Meetinghouse 27 Cow calved 29 Charles C. Cobb bought a Cow of James Goldsbury & kept her on my hay. 30 Joshua T. Sanger raised his Cabinet Maker's Shop on the high rocks south of his Dwelling house, and upon the North line of the town Common. Rev. R. C. Hatch purchased of J.T. Sanger about 15 Acres pasture on E. side of little Grace Mountain $20, per acre MAY 1836 Sun 1 Fair & very pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 2 Fair warm Attended to Store & ploughed Garden Tues 3 Fair warm Employed in Store Wed 4 Fair warm Employed in Store and about garden at house & old place Thurs 5 Fair not very warm Attended to workmen laying Wall on line between Mrs. Knowlton's Thirds & my pasture Fri 6 Fair Attended to Store Some unwell Sat 7 Rain Attended to Store Symptoms of Goute MEMORANDUM April 30th James Pierce's Farm Sold at Auction for $ under the incumbrance of a Mortgage for the support of Widow _____ Clark during her natural life. 3 Geo. Bacheller's farm was sold at Auction for $5, under the incumbrance of a Mortgage to Benja Bacheller for $900,~ and another to the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Co. for $400,~ Col. L. Wheelock bought said Farm, and hired Geo. Bacheller for 4 months to carry it on -- to pay him 60 dollars, give in his house rut [??] , Garden & keeping a Cow. 3d Seth Fisher's personal property Sold at Auction. 5 Seth Fisher removed to Saml Fay's great house in the center of the town. -- and gave up the farm he had sold to Wheelock & M. Williams. Sun 8 Fair cool Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 9 Fair warm Employed in Garden and Store some Gouty Tues 10 Fair warm In Store & House Gout troublesome Wed 11 Fair do do Thurs 12 Warm fair Attended to workmen on farm. Fri 13 Warm mor. foggy --weather In Store & Garden changed at 9 A.M. strong wind N.W. Very cold Sat 14 Very cold mor hard frost do do MEMORANDUM 9th Miss ____ Brooks commenced School in the centre District. 12 Amory Mayo & Wife took seats in the stage this morning for Boston. Sun 15 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 16 Fair Worked with J. Fuller on farm &c Tues 17 Warm Fair Attended to planting Wed 18 Fair Worked with J Fuller and C. C. Cobb planting &c. Attended Parish Meeting Thurs 19 Fair very dry cool nights Employed in Store warm days. Fri 20 Fair -- little rain towards Worked in Garden for Charles & Jeff evening Shower in the night Sat 21 Fair cloudy rain in the night Attended to Store Made Valuation Books &c Troubled with pain in my feet. MEMORANDUM 18 The proprietors of the Meetinghouse Met this afternoon and & voted to dispose of the old Meetinghouse in the best way they could for the benefit of the proprietors. And cose [sic] a Committee to effect the object by sale, removing or taking down the house --also chose a committee of 3 disinterested persons to appraise the pews in said house. 19 Charles C. Cobb started for Boston with Blake's team. 20 Amory Mayo & wife returned from Boston Sun 22 Cloudy some rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 23 Fair Cloudy Employed in Store quite lame Tues 24 Cloudy rain in night do Wed 25 Cloudy and little rain do Thurs 26 Cloudy Cold do Fri 27 Cloudy rain in afternoon do MEMORANDUM 23 Stage from Ware Ms. to Keene N.H. commenced running oposite days from what it had done -- It is now to go down Mon. Wed. & Friday, & up on Tuesday Thursday & Saturday 25 David Goodell & Marereth Ballard Married 28th A Committee consisting of Wm Pomroy James White & Richard Colton of Northfield appraised the Pews in the old Meetinghouse as follows viz 44 pews on the lower floor at $3, each ________ $132 24 in the Galery @ $1, each 24 $156,~ 28 R. Fisher absent Friday after dinner till Sunday mor before breakfast. Sun 29 Cloudy cold Attended P. Office & no preaching Went to C. Allens P.M. to take minutes for a Will, he being Sick Mon 30 Cloudy some rain cold Quite unwell -- had a poor night's rest unable disagreeable weather to be in the store in the forenoon --better in the afternoon -- Wrote a Will for Calvin Allen Tues 31 Fair cool air Frost this mor Employed in Store JUNE Wed 1 Fair pleasant some frost Went to C Allens in forenoon to have his Will signed he being very sick attended to Store &c PM. Thurs 2 Fair Employed in Store Fri 3 Fair Cloudy evening Attended to Store &c Sat 4 Cloudy Rose at 1/2 past 2 A.M. to make security on demands against Asa Wheeler MEMORANDUM 31 Fair but cool--the first fair day for more than a week -- Considerable rain has fallen in the past week and the weather very disagreeable. Great complaint about corn not coming up. --a considerable part planted over the Second time. Tues 31 -- R. Fisher started on Journey to Southbridge after Breakfast -- returned on Friday in forenoon 4 Asa Wheeler left town in Stage this Morning for Boston. -- He having brought his business pretty much to a close in this place, secured the most of his Creditors, which took about all his property. His object in leaving was to get Work at his trade in Boston or New York. Sun 5 Fair Attended to P. Office Mon 6 Cloudy Attended to Store Tues 7 Cloudy & some rain do Wed 8 Cloudy do Thurs 9 Cloudy do and in Garden Fri 10 Fair do Sat 11 Fair cloudy rain in evening do MEMORANDUM 5 Seth H Peebles removed his family from Root's Mills in the South part of Warwick, to some place in the State of Vermont. Peebles left some days before, & made a Bill of Sale of his Cow & household furniture to the person who came after them & took them away on Sunday. --- Peebles left a number of Debts unsettled in this place. 7th -- Calvin Allen Died, aged 66 years -- Dropsey 10 Mrs. Joanna Pond from Boston on Visit. 10 Reuben Fisher went to Gardner absent 3 meals. Sun 12 Fair good fresh air Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Stearns of Rowe preached. Mon 13 Fair fresh air Attended Store & town Meeting P.M. Tues 14 Fair In Store Wed 15 Fair windy do Thurs 16 Fair some clouds -- cold mor. Attended to workmen cutting over land above Grace Brook Bridge. Fri 17 Cloudy sprink of Rain in Mor. Variously employed not very well heavy Showers in Afternoon & evening Sat 18 Cloudy very little rain Variously employed Measured Oats for A. Taft MEMORANDUM Mahetable Fuller died 13 Mrs. Cobb & Charles' Wife and Boy went to Jaffrey on visit 13 Town Meeting to see if the town would build a Town House, or make any arrangements for procuring a Building for Town Business --- The Meeting passed without agreeing to do any thing in regard to the House. 14 ____ Morse commenced work on Col. L. Wheelock's House oposite his store near the town common land. 15 Mrs. Cobb returned from Jaffrey R. Fisher absent 3 dinners on 3 different days. 18 Measured Oats for A Taft that was left with him in Store --47 1/2 Bushels Sun 19 Cloudy Attended to P.O. &c. Mon 20 Cloudy rain Attended to Writing Tues 21 do " Cold do Wed 22 Cloudy do Thurs 23 Fair Cloudy do Fri 24 Cloudy some rain cool do Sat 25 do do MEMORANDUM 23 Charles C. Cobb Sold his Horse to Reuben Fisher 23 Reuben Fisher set out (after breakfast on Journey to Needham &c--- Returned Friday 1st day July in forenoon Sun 26 Cloudy Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 27 Fair Employed making P.O. Return Tues 28 Fair warm heavy shower do from East in afternoon. hail in Some places. Wed 29 Clouds and Sultry-- Worked in Garden & and among corn the most rain at a little distance PM. of the day Thurs 30 Fair warm Attended to Post Office Quarterly Returns JULY 1836 Fri 1 Sultry weather Attended to P.O. Return &c Sat 2 Fair warm Attended to Store &c MEMORANDUM Mr. R Bartlett preached at the Tavern Hall. 28th James Madison late President of the U.S. Died 29 Col. Wheelock raised his House oposite his store. July 1 R. Fisher put his Horse in my pasture to keep. July 3 Fair Attended to P.O. &c Mon 4 Cloudy rain in abundance Attended to store concerns Tues 5 Fair showers P.M. do Wed 6 Fair brisk Air light Shower P.M. do Thurs 7 Fair Warm do Fri 8 Fair and extreemly warm do Sat 9 Fair warm Hazzy evening do MEMORANDUM 3d Took in David Goodells Horse to Keep-- Jumped out of pasture and took him away to G's pasture. 6 Gen Franklin Gregory of Royalston died of Lung fever. 6 The Parish Committee sold the Old Meetinghouse at public Auction to C. Holden for the sum of $101,00 to be taken down or removed from its present location before the third day of August next. People beginning to Hay -- Grass rather green & growing fast -- A prospect of good crops. Sun 10 Cloudy some rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 11 Fair, Cloudy Variously employed went onto the new Road to Morse's pond (so called) to view it for the first time -- not yet quite finished Tues 12 Attended to Store & haying Not very favourable hay weather. Wed 18 Cloudy fair poor hayweather In Store & on farm as occasion required Thurs 14 Cloudy great rains. In Store Fri 15 Some clouds Variously employed Sat 16 Fair windy Worked at Haying MEMORANDUM 11 Began Haying 15 Charles C Cobb Bot horse of David Goodell & put the same in my pasture Sun 17 Fair cool mor Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 18 Fair Attended to Store & Haying Tues 19 " do Wed 20 " do Thurs 21 Fair mor -- Rain P.M. do Fri 22 Fair do Sat 23 Fair fine finished Haying MEMORANDUM 17th Mr. Smith gave a farewell Sermon to the Old Meetinghouse 18 Commenced taking out the pews & inside work of the Old Meetinghouse 18 Reuben Fisher started this mor after Breakfast to go to Southbridge Returned 21st at noon. 18 R. Fisher took his Horse from my pasture 22 Caleb Pomeroy & Wife from Cincinnati, O. on a visit to their friends in Warwick. 23 Finished Haying all I cut for myself -- Sold some standing Grass -- Let the old place to Charles to cut on Shares. Sun 24 Cloudy and little rain Attended to Post Office &c. Mr. Noyes of Petersham preached. Mon 25 Foggy Mor. Fair Attended to Store Writing &c. Tues 26 Cloudy fair Unwell today having a poor night most the last night & distress in the Stomach Wed 27 Fair Attended to Store &c Thurs 28 do do Fri 19 Cloudy rain do Sat 30 Cloudy mor fair warm Went to Winchester in forenoon * and Attended to Store P.M. MEMORANDUM 24 The pews of the old Meetinghouse having been taken down -- commenced preaching in S. Fays Hall. 25 The Subscribers for Shares in the in the proposed new Meetinghouse and other members of the first parish met in Order to determine on a place most suitable for the location of said Meetinghouse and finally determined on placing it on the West side of the Road on the town Land. Col. Wheelock agreed to pay $50, for his choice of the spot for said house. 30 -- An infant Child of Elihu Grout died * Went to Winchester in company with Col. Wheelock, Capt Stevens, C Holden Wm Hastings & J.T. Sanger to view the Meetinghouse in that place in order to pattern the same in one we are about to erect. Sun 31 Fair warm Attended to the P.O. & necessary concerns of the day AUGUST 1836 Mon 1 Fair shower P.M. Variously employed Tues 2 Fair fine hay weather do Wed 3 Fair, Cloudy do Thurs 4 Heavy Shower this mor Hard in Garden Attended to Store &c took tea at 3 o'Cl some clouds at A Mayo's in company with Dec. Mayo & Fair P.M. Wife. Fri 5 Fair Attended to Store &c Sat 6 Fair, some clouds P.M. variously employed MEMORANDUM Mon 1st R Fisher went on Journey this mor. after breakfast --& returned Wed 3d before dinner. 1 The Meetinghouse building Committee contracted with C. Holden & S. Fay to put on a projection to the Meetinghouse in form of One at Winchester & agreed to pay them $150,---- Fri 5 R. Fisher went on Journey after breakfast returned in evening absent 2 meals 6 Assisted the Building Committee in staking out the ground for the new Meetinghouse. Holden took the roof from the old Meetinghouse. Sun 7 Fair very pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr _____ of Fitzwilliam Preached. Mon 8 Fair Employed in preparing for the foundation of the New Meetinghouse Tues 9 Fair Attended to the labourers on the foundation for New Meetinghouse Wed 10 Fair cold Some Frost do Thurs 11 Cloudy rain P.M. do in the forenoon in Store PM Fri 12 Cloudy Fair P.M. Attended to the labourers on the foundation of the New Meetinghouse Sat 13 Fair Warm do " MEMORANDUM 8 The Stage from Athol to Winchester commenced running daily, and put on 4 more horses to be stationed at this place--Sibley & Harwood of Athol owners. 8 Mary C, Fisher commenced teaching School in Beach Hill District at $1,25 per week 10 R. Fisher left after breakfast and returned 12th before dinner --- absent 6 meals 13 R. Fisher absent at dinner 13 C. Holden completed taking down the old Meetinghouse, and the Building Committee nearly completed the foundation for the new house. Sun 14 Slight showers Fair Employed in the Necessary concerns of the day. Mr Hosmer of Northfield preached. Mon 15 Fair cool evening Employed in Store Tues 16 Fair, serene sky. do. do Wed 17 Fair do do Thurs 18 Fair Warm Worked with A Bass on House -- laid Garret floor fixed Bedroom &c Fri 19 Rain -- Fair Employed about house in forenoon in Store P.M. Sat 20 Fair warm cool evening variously employed MEMORANDUM 15 Mrs. Ward wife of Archibald Ward Died of Consumption Tues 16 17 R Fisher absent -- 4 meals 18 19 R Fisher absent -- 4 meals 20 21 R Fisher absent --- 3 meals 20 Raised the basement Story to the New Meetinghouse. Sun 21 Fair cold Mor. Frost Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 22 Fair cold night Variously employed Tues 23 do do Wed 24 do do Thurs 25 do Warm night fog mor. do Fri 26 Fair Warm Foggy Mor Attended to banking up the Meetinghouse foundation Sat 27 Fair and very warm & dry do MEMORANDUM 26 R. fisher returned from a Journey to Worcester Co. absent 9 meals 28 R. Fisher absent 3 meals Sun 28 Fair and very warm Attend to Post Office & the necessary concerns of the day Mr Harding preached Mon 29 Fair Employed in Store Tues 30 Fair do Wed 31 Fair warm variously employed SEPTEMBER Thurs 1 Fair Shower P.M. Worked about Meetinghouse door steps &c. Fri 2 Fair Attended to Store Sat 3 Cloudy and little rain do MEMORANDUM 28 Mr Hosmer of Northfield preached his farewell sermon -- having obtained dismission from that place he engaged to go Buffaloe N.Y. 29 & 30 R. Fisher absent 2 Meals 3 Doct Geo Wright returned from a Tour to Worcester & New York City in search of business. Sun 4 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day J. Goldsbury preached. Mon 5 Cloudy warm mor./ Cold Made pension powers &c &c evening Tues 6 Fair frost this mor. variously employed pleasant but cold evening Wed 7 Fair hard frost this morning Attended to Store and burnt chopped Land above Grace-brook Thurs 8 Fair little frost this mor Attended to Store & raising Meetinghouse. Fri 9 Fair warm Slight shower P.M. Variously employed in Store at Meetinghouse & building fence on line between my land & A. Bass MEMORANDUM 5 Dwight Mayo, and Wm. D. & George Hastings, went to Hardwick in order to attend J. Goldsbury's School for one Quarter. 5 Reuben Fisher left boarding with me this morning -- and went to Abijah Eddy's to board. 5 Mr Joel Wheeler and his Daughter Annis took seats in the stage this morning by the way of Hartford for the City of New. York. 8 Commenced raising Meetinghouse got up the Body of the house and a part of the Belfrey. All well and no man hurt in the Const. 9 Finished raising the Meetinghouse. Sun 11 Cloudy little rain Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 12 Cloudy Employed in Store Tues 13 Cloudy fair evening warm Variously employed Wed 14 Fair Foggy Mor--Cloudy in Store &c P.M. sultry Thurs 15 Fair air more pure Wind N.W. In Store &c Fri 16 Fair do Sat 17 Cloudy rain cold do MEMORANDUM 11 Endracces Wheeler taken down with a fever --- his father absent & the care devolved on me. 12 Mr Fay finished the New Road from Morse's Pond to the Road leading to Northfield near to Melzar Williams. 13 Mrs. Martha Billings left Warwick and went to stay with her Daughter Martha at Feeding Hills -- Springfield. 14 Squirrel hunt 14 upon a side killed about 1200 squirrels and other game -- difference in the number of Game only 38 on the winning Side 15 Mr Thomas Blake & Moses Williams and their wives from Boston on visit to their friends in this place. 17 Charles C. Cobb took his Horse from my pasture -- where it had been since July 15 except one week on Journey to Boston. Sun 18 Fair very pleasant Attended to the common concerns of the day. Mon 19 Extreemly warm Sun Attended to writing &c Tues 20 Some flying clouds warm variously employed Made Deed from Saml Fay to Greenleaf & Hill Wed 21 Fair little cooler cloudy evening Attended to Store & Probate Court Thurs 22 Fair Cloudy evening Employed in Store Slight touch of Gout in left foot. Fri 23 Cloudy rain in forenoon Attended to Store Sat 24 Fair some Clous [sic] P.M. In Store foot lame MEMORANDUM 19 Charles C. Cobb Swapt Houses with Asa Conant Jr -- and Sold the one he had of Conant to Chapin Holden, for 35 dollars 20 The Meetinghouse building committee agreed with C. Holden to a spire upon the Bell Tower 24 Feet high for $40,00 20 Samuel & Dennis Fay Sold the Chamberlain Farm to Daniel Greenleaf Jr. & Levi Hill for $4500,~ 22 Joel Wheeler returned from N.York City where he had been to accompany his Daughter home. & visit his son in that place. Mr. Benja Yeaton and Wife of Boston on visit to their friends (Messrs Wm, & Henry Hastings) of this town. Sun 25 Fair dry & cooler Thunder Employed in P.O. & necessary concerns Shower this Mor 12 to 1 oClock of the day Mr. Fessenden of Deerfield Preached Mon 26 Fair Employed making Post Office return Tues 27 Cloudy shower P.M. Employed with workmen Sowing Rye on new ground above Grace Brook Wed 28 Cloudy some rain Employed making P.O. Quarterly return Thur 29 Cloudy do Fri 30 Fair do OCTOBER 1836 Sat 1 Some clouds not very cold Attended to Quarterly P.O. Return Sun 2 Cloudy strong south wind Attended to the necessary concerns of the day. Mr. Hudson of Westminster preached. Mon 3 Fair pleasant Employed about making Vane for the Meetinghouse Tues 4 Fair Cloudy rain PM do " Wed 5 Rain do Thurs 6 Fair windy flying Clouds do Fri 7 Fair do Sat 8 Fair Variously employed securing Apples Potatoes &c MEMORANDUM 7 John Eagere bought the Bacheller Farm (so called) for the sum of $1450,~~ 8th Mr. Jona Blake died this mor. aged 88 Yrs --- inflamation & canker in the throat Sun 9 Fair pleasant Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 10 Fair Employed in Store & gathering in Sauce from the Garden Tues 11 Fair cloudy Employed with Capt Barker in erecting a Necessary at west end of Woodhouse Wed 12 Snow this Mor. 2 or 3 inches In Store Heavy Rain P.M. Thurs 13 Fair and very pleasant Variously employed Fri 14 Fair Cloudy Moderate Attended to Store & fixing Chimney's &c Sat 15 Fair moderate Weather Employed gilding Vane for Meetinghouse. MEMORANDUM 10 Melzar Williams sold the Stevens farm (so called) to Mr Holton of Winchester for the sum of $600,--- 10 Mr Jona Blake's funeral attended at the Unitarian Meetinghouse 13 Mr James Haughton from Winchester moved his family to Warwick to the House lately occupied by Seth Fisher or Stevens place (so called) 13 Doct. Geo. Wright's Daughter born 13 Abijah Eddy Moved into Col. Wheelock's New house oposite his store. Sun 16 Fair Rain P.M. Fair evening Attended to P.O. &c Mr. Huntington of Hadley Preached Mon 17 Fair slight shower PM. Attended to gilding the Vane for Meetinghouse & Town Meeting PM. Tues 18 Fair windy calm evening Variously employed Wed 19 Cloudy snow rain Employed with A. Bass on west end of Woodhouse Thurs 20 Cloudy high Wind this mor. In Store &c Showerey Fri 21 Fair windy & cold variously employed about Farm &c. Sat 22 Fair and very pleasant PM. do " MEMORANDUM 17 A Town Meeting was called to choose an Agent to oppose the laying of a County Road through the West part of this Town --- from Northfield over land of Samuel Fay Saml Moore, N.G. Stevens Jona Blake Stephen Ball and others to Francis Leonard 2d -- Voted to oppose the laying of said Road & chose L Wheelock Esq Agent. 18 Charles C. Cobb removed his family from my old house in the South Village to my House in the North Village. 19th Elisha Bishop removed from this town to the western part of the State of N. York. 19th Amory Gould Sold his farm to Russell Brown of Hubbardston for the Sum of 13 hundred Dollars and agreed to give possession the tenth day of April next. Sun 23 Fair pleasant mor. Cloudy P.M. Attended to P.O. and the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 24 Fair & very pleasant Laid floor in Barn shed and fixed a pen for Hogs. &c &c Tues 25 Fair cold Variously employed Wed 26 Fair cloudy do Thurs 27 Cold Mor. Fair pleasant do. in the middle of the day Fri 28 Cold mor Ther 18 degrees do above Zero. Cloudy evening Sat 29 Fair windy & flying clouds do Ground hard frozen for this week MEMORANDUM 24 Geo Bacheller removed from Warwick to Syracuse N.Y. 24 The members of the first parish met to consult on the expediency of procuring a Bell for the Meetinghouse and agreed to procure one by Subscription of about one thousand pounds weight. and chose a Committee to solicit Subscriptions. 24 Sold my old Wheelock Cow to Henry Ball for $15,00 Sun 30 Fair cold Attended to the P.O. & the necessary concerns of the day Mr. Barnard of Chesterfield Preached Mon 31 Very cold mor Fair pleasant In Store Sun NOVEMBER Tues 1 Fair cold mor pleasant In Store &c Wed 2 Fair Pleasant In Store but lame in left foot. Thurs 3 Snow this mor Confined to my house with Inflamatory Rheumatism in left foot & leg Fri 4 Cloudy Snow 3 or 4 inches do -- took Medicine used Sleds & Sleighs Sat 5 Fair some clouds P.M. do. " MEMORANDUM 30 Rev Pitt Grovenor Lectured on Slavery before the Unitarian society in the forenoon & the Trinitarian Society in the afternoon and then closed with an evening Lecture, at the South Meetinghouse. Eliza M. Green formerly of this town, late of Ware Married to Jabez Manning, and removed to Warwick, having purchased a Small Farm, formerly owned by John Packard near Jona Deluce's Sun 6 Fair pleasant Still confined to my Chamber and the inflamation increases in my leg. Mon 7 Fair very pleasant but My leg very painful fore part of the day Snow is seen in the fields Tues 8 Some clouds Fair warm Some better today walked my room on crutches. Wed 9 Fair pleasant Some better today Thurs 10 Fair pleasant Snow My right foot attacked with pain in heel & great mostly gone. toe joint-- very painful Fri 11 Cloudy mist & some rain Some better today little pain in my head Sat 12 Cloudy and heavy rain in continued to be comfortable forenoon Fair at 4 P.M. MEMORANDUM 7 Capt Wm Burnetts goods removed from Warwick to Troy N.Y. where he had been the summer past. His Wife & family left the old place and went to their son in law's (Clapp of Irvingville) in order to take the Stage in the course of the Week. 12 Bought a Cow of Mrs. Lydia Smith for which I paid her $17,00 Sun 13 Fair & very pleasant Still confined to my Chamber --but went down to supper Mon 14 Cloudy and Moderate Snow The pain & inflamation in my feet & legs gradualy passing off, & I feel able to go out but the weather will not permit Tues 15 Considerable Snow fell last Rode to my Store in Sleigh and staid through night and some during the day. the day. Wed 16 Cloudy warm commenced Rode to Store & staid till 9 P.M. Snowing in evening Thurs 17 Moderate some clouds Snow Rode to Store in Mor. & back at 9 P.M. 10 or 12 inches Fri 18 Fair mor Cloudy PM Snow Rode to Store in mor. Snow squals but not very cold Sat 19 Fair cold Attended to Store &c walked from House to Store MEMORANDUM 14 Annual Town Meeting Jacob R. Gale chosen Representative to the General Court. Samuel Blake was the opposing candidate Sun 20 Fair Moderate Attended to Post-Office and necessary concerns of the day. Mon 21 Cloudy & Steady rain Employed posting Books &c Fair at 8 oCl. P.M. Tues 22 Fair Moderate Posted Accts for Linus Woodward. Wed 23 Cloudy the Snow mostly Posted Books, and other business. Thurs 24 Fair cold & windy Attended to Store Writing &c Fri 25 Some clouds cold variously employed disagreeable weather Sat 26 Fair cold ground hard do. Ther 11/0 frozen MEMORANDUM 21 Commenced plaistering the Meetinghouse 26 Dwight Mayo returned from Hardwick where he had been attending School for 3 months past --Mr. Goldsbury Instructor Sun 27 Fair cold Attended to the P.O. & necessary concerns of Ther 11/0 the day Mon 28 Fair pleasant sun in Variously employed the Middle of the day Tues 29 Cloudy Employed in Store Wed 30 Fair mor. Cloudy P.M. do. do DECEMBER Thurs 1 Fair cool Thanksgiving A. Mayo & family & Charles C Cobb & family took Supper with me. Fri 2 Fair pleasant Sun cold air Attended to Store &c Sat 3 Fair pleasant Sun in In Store and about House Killed Hog. forenoon Cold clouds PM MEMORANDUM 28 Danced at Taft's Hall Sun 4 Cloudy Mor. Fair Ground Attended to the necessary concerns of the day hard frozen good Wheeling Mon 5 Fair cold Employed in Store Tues 6 Moderate do Wed 7 " do Thurs 8 Fair do Fri 9 Fair Attended to Store &c taken quite unwell this evening -- had a very uncomfortable night Sat 10 Rain Confined to my house had a sick night The Goute attacked my right foot. MEMORANDUM Great distress in the Money Market -- Banks in Boston do not discount a dollar, consequently the Country Banks do not risque to make discounts to any considerable amounts Many of the Boston Merchants have stoped payment. The cause of this distress is said to be owing to the heavy drafts for Specie from the West to pay for Western lands, for which nothing by specie is received, and also, the demand for Specie for exportation to liquidate the Colume of trade with England The Importations for the last year, exceeding the explanations about 60 Millions -- The difference was occasioned in some measure by the great fall in the price of Cotton in England -- the former price reduced to nearly one half Sun 11 Fair Still confined to my house. Mon 12 Fair Confined to my House. Tues 13 Cloudy and a slight Snow " Wed 14 Cold & very Windy lameness no better Thurs 15 Fair & cold little better today Ther 7/0 Fri 16 Fair cloudy evening Not so well today Sat 17 Cloudy, Snow this Mor. rain Some better today MEMORANDUM 12 Meetinghouse Committee met and made arrangements for sending for a Bell. 13 Paid Samuel Blake $150, towards purchasing a Meetinghouse Bell and $10, towards a pulpit soffa 13 The Mail from Greenfield via Gill, & Northfield to Warwick reestablished & commenced running this day. --- to be carried in one horse Carriage once a Week. Col. Phelps of Greenfield contractor carried by Thomas Dodge of Deerfield Sun 18 Fair My health about the same. Mon 19 Fair Sleighs run brisk today Attended to some Writing today --- my lameness a very little better Tues 20 Fair Wrote a Petition for a Mail from Three Rivers to Belchertown. Wed 21 Rain from S.W. Snow Attended to Writing &c still confined to my all all dissolved house Thurs 22 Fair & cold Some better today -- walked across the room. Attended to making out my Post Office Returns Fri 23 Cloudy began to Snow 2 P.M. Attended to copying post-Office accounts Wind South Sat 24 Fair pleasant day do do MEMORANDUM 21 Benjamin Dean of Worcester and Mary Ann Russell of Warwick, were Married 22 Keith White of Brattleboro and Mary Goodell of Warwick, were married. 24 Delivered Jos Draper $36, to pay interest to the Life Insurance Company on the Mortgage of the Burnett Farm 24 Raised the Bell upon the New Meetinghouse -- Weight 1089 lbs cost 30 cents per pound Sun 25 Cloudy moderate weather Still confined to my house but some better Mon 26 Rain Snow at 3 P.M. Attended to writing &c --health improving Tues 27 Fair cold & Windy Rode to Store this mor. and staid till 8 P.M. returned in Sleigh Wed 28 Fair -- Cold Rode to Store & tarried through the day 0/4 Thurs 29 Fair not quite so cold Attended to Store & Post Office Accts Fri 30 Very cold & blustering Wind do do Sat 31 Cloudy Fair moderated do do a little MEMORANDUM 24 Maryann Fisher Died of consumption. ______ aged Diary of William Cobb, Jr Warwick Massachusetts 1837 Transcribed by Beth Gilgun October 2000 Prices of Produce Jan. 1837 Hay per ton $12 to 15 Corn (per Bushel) 1,, 50 Rye " 1, 50 to 1,75 Oats " ,62 1/2 Flour per Bbl $12,00 Potatoes ,30 Cts Butter per lb ,20 Cts Pork " 10 Cts Beef per CWt $5,00 Cheese per lb 10 Cts Merchandise by Retail W.I. Rum per Gal. 1,17 N.E. do " , 56 Brandy Cognac 2,~~ Hollands Gin 1,50 Molasses ,58 to 60 Brown Sugar 12 to 14 Cts Loaf do 17 Cts Tea Souchong 40 Cts " Hyson 75 Cts JANUARY 1837 Sun 1 Cloudy moderate Snow Confined to my House by lameness in my right foot. Mon 2 Snow continued through the Rode to Store & tarried through the day Tues 3 very cold do Wed 4 Cold do Thurs 5 Cold do Fri 6 Very blustering but not do so cold Sat 7 Cloudy cold & blustering do 17/0 MEMORANDUM (son of Henry Fuller) 1837 Jan 1 Harris Fuller ^ died aged 27 Years. He had been subject to spasmodic fits for nearly 15 years --which at length wore out his constitution, impaired his reason & caused his death. The Government of Massachusetts for the year 1837. Edward Everett Governor George Hull Lt. Gov. John P. Bigelow Secretary David Wilder Treasurer Julius Rockwell Speaker of the House Horace Man Pres. of Senate. Charles Calhoun Clerk of Senate Luther S. Cushing Clerk of the House 6th The Athol Stage began to carry the mail through to Winchester by my request. -- as the Southern Mail had stoped and left us destitute of any Mail from here to Winchester. Sun 8 Fair & not very cold Went to P. Office staid till Meeting was done & went to house Mon 9 Fair Moderate Rode to Store and attended to Writing &c Rode home at 9 P.M. Tues 10 Cloudy little Snow --Moderate Rode to Store in mor & back at 9 P.M. Wed 11 Fair Moderate Rode to Store in Mor. & back in evening Thurs 12 Fair Cool Attended to making up Meetinghouse Accts Fri 13 Fair cool Rode to Store in Mor. not very well -- wrote some attended to Mail in evening. Sat 14 Fair cold Attended to Meetinghouse Committee & their Th. 0/1 Accounts MEMORANDUM 11 Amos Doan of Royalston, & Luceba Penniman Married. 12 David Alonzo Rich who had been in a store in New York for nearly a year, was taken unwell and staid about a fortnight at N.Y. after his illness commenced --- he then came to Hartford Ct where he remained about 2 weeks and his friends in Warwick having Notice of his situation, Sent for him and brought him to Warwick. His Father & family had removed from this place last fall to Wisconsin Territory. Sun 15 Fair cold Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 16 Fair Rode to Store attended to business thro the day & Meeting of the Stockholders of the Meetinghouse in the evening Tues 17 do cool Rode to Store and attended to business there thro' the day Wed 18 Fair cool Attended to Store and Dedication of the New Meetinghouse Thurs 19 Fair Attended to Store & the sale of Pews in New Meetinghouse & to a Meeting of the proprietors in the evening Fri 20 Fair & very pleasant Quite unwell and confined to my house today. Sat 21 Cloudy & Snow from N.E. Rode to Store and attended to business till 6 P.M. MEMORANDUM Jan 16 David Goodell Moved his Family from Warwick to Brattleboro' 18 The New Meetinghouse Dedicated this day --- A very large assemblage of people attended from the adjoining towns. The services were all performed in a regular order and in a manner very satisfactory to the numerous audience. This House was built by a number of Subscribers to a Stock, raised for the purpose in shares of $25,~ each. Several additions were made to the original plan of the house --- Private subscriptions were made to the amount of nearly $500,-- and the regular bills in addition to this amounted to $2525,00 -- making the whole expense of the House, Bell and furniture about $3000,~~ The Amount of the Bills $2525,00 was apportioned by appraisment upon 58 pews (2 being reserved as free Seats) The day after the dedication of the House, the Pews were sold by bidding for choice and the sums given for choice was $407, above the appraised value. The Basement Story of the House was not finished upon the inside at this time. Sun 22 Snow Storm continues -- Confined to my House windy & snow much drifted. 6 inches on level. Mon 23 Fair Went to Store and attended to business & Meetinghouse accts. Tues 24 Fair cold do Wed 25 Fair cold very bright Aurora Borealis do Thurs 26 Fair very cold mor do Ther 0/9 Fri 27 Fair hazzy P.M. cloudy evening cold Assisted the Meetinghouse Committee Ther 0/6 to make Deeds of Pews &c Sat 28 Snow moderate weather Attended to meetinghouse concerns Fair evening MEMORANDUM 23 Mosely Clapp obtained Notice from the P.O. Department, that his proposal for carrying the Mail from Keene N.H. to Ware Ms. 3 times a week was accepted for 6 mos. next following the 1st of Jan. 1837 and he commenced this day __________________________ 25 John Humphrey Died. ================================================ 27 Patty Brown Daughter of Elisha Brown Died aged 25 Years She had for many years past been subject to sporadic fits, which at length wore her out and ended her days. Sun 29 Fair & very pleasant Rode to Post Office in morning and attended till afternoon My lameness in some measure abated Mon 30 Cloudy mist warm Employed making out Pew Deeds etc Tues 31 Cloudy Moderate Misty In Store FEBRUARY Wed 1 Cloudy Misty Snow soft, and Attended to Meetinghouse Accounts. many beare spots in the Road. Thurs 2 Fair cooler froze considerable do last night. Fri 3 Fair do Sat 4 Fair do Sun 5 Fair cloudy Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 6 Cloudy Fair warm Attended to P.O. accounts Tues 7 Cloudy do Wed 8 Cloudy little cooler Attended to parish accounts &c Thurs 9 Fair cool evening In Store attending to Accounts &c Fri 10 Fair cold do Sat 11 Pleasant do MEMORANDUM 7 Charles C. Cobb Traded with Joseph Draper for his Waggon & One Horse and agreed to pay $60,~~ for them. Sun 12 Fair and pleasant Attend to P.O. and the necessary business of the day. Mon 13 Flying clouds extremely cold Employed in Store & strong wind from N.W. Tues 14 Cold morning but moderated do mor 0/10 before night. Wed 15 Moderate Snow melted considerably do Thurs 16 Fair cloudy evening do Fri 17 Snow cold evening do Sat 18 Fair and cold do mor 0/9 MEMORANDUM run 14 The Ware & Keene Stage which had ^ down on Mondays - Wednesdays & Fridays, commenced running down on Tuesdays, Thursdays & & Saturdays & up on Mondays, Wednesdays & Friday This Stage is now to form part of a line from Keene to Worcester & runs as far as Barre on that route, and from thence to Ware. -- This line has also put on a Stage from Brattleboro to Winchester, to meet the Keene Stage at that place. These stages arrive at Worcester at evening of same day. Returning leaves Worcester at 7 A.M. and arrived at K. & B. same evening. This arrangement is calculated to carry passengers from K. & B. all by day light to Worcester, where they may tarry over night and there take the morning Rail Road Cars for Boston. 18 Charles Humphrey from Athol, to see about making an exchange of is Real Estate arrived in common with me, for some Land in the State of Illinois Owned by J.T. Sanger and myself. No trade completed. Sun 19 Fair moderate Attended to the P.O. & necessary concerns of the day. Mon 20 Fair Cloudy evening Employed in Store & attended a meeting of Pew holders in the New Meetinghouse. Tues 21 Snow from N.E. In Store Wed 22 Fair warm do Thurs 23 Cloudy Snow from S.E. do 1 foot moderate & still Fri 24 Fair do Sat 25 Fair cloudy evening do MEMORANDUM 25 Seth fisher moved from Fay's House to Chapin Holden's farm in Northfield. Sun 26 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 27 Cloudy Snow 6 inches Attended to writing &c Tues 28 Fair Windy blustering cold Attended to posting Town Books MARCH 1837 Wed 1 Fair Employed in Store Thurs 2 Fair cold Attended to Settlement of town Accounts Fri 3 Cold Fair Attended to various concerns in Store &c 0/10 Sat 4 do do 0/6 MEMORANDUM 1 Charles C. Cobb Started with a load of Chair Stuff to carry to Gardner for D. Penniman. 3 Bought a 3 year old Heifer of Elijah Miller, and agreed to pay him $25,~~ for her. 3 Amory Mayo Bought a Cow of E Miller & agreed to pay $28,00 for her Sun 5 Cloudy Snow Fair evening Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day Mon 6 Fair Attended Town Meeting & Store Tues 7 Cloudy warm In Store Wed 8 Cloudy some rain warm do Thurs 9 Cloudy some rain do Fri 10 Fair moderate do Sat 11 Fair cool do MEMORANDUM 6 Annual Town Meeting Town Officers Chosen Abijah Eddy Jasper Leland } Selectmen & Assessors Ira Draper Doct Amos Taylor Town Clerk Wm. Cobb Town Treasurer Eldad Hodge Constable & Collector 8th Rev. Oliver Everett ordained over the Unitarian Church Society at Northfield. 11 John Whitney removed his Shoemaking business from Asabel Cooks shop to Samuel Fay's in the South village Sun 12 Fair Attended to Post Office and necessary concerns of the day. Mon 13 Rain Employed writing &c Tues 14 Cloudy do Wed 15 Fair cool do Thurs 16 " " do Fri 17 Fair hazzy do Sat 18 Cloudy rain do MEMORANDUM 14 Wm. H. Bass removed from Warwick to Greenfield. 16th Charles Humphrey executed a Deed of his half of the old place (that I owned in Company with him in the South Centre Village) to J. T. Sanger & myself in exchange for a quarter Section of Land owned by sd Sanger & myself in Illinois. To pay us $15, in the exchange. 16 James S. Hodge removed from Wheelocks House in the centre of the town to the Bacheller Farm (so called) which he hired for 5 years at a Rent of $90,-- a year 18 Amory Gould moved his family the Farm he sold in the North part of the town to the Burnett Farm -- in the West part of the Town. Sun 19 Fair cold Windy Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 20 Fair cold morning Employed Writing &c Ground beginning to be beare begin to go with Wheels. Tues 21 Cloudy cool Wind S.E. Hail do in evening Wed 22 Fair Cloudy mist do Thurs 23 Cloudy mist do Fri 24 Fair do Sat 25 Fair very pleasant In Store making Barn door &c MEMORANDUM 19 Wid Rebecca Moore died aged 88 years. Sun 26 Fair Attended to P. Office &c Mr Everett preached Mon 27 Cloudy warm Employed Writing &c Tues 28 Cloudy sprink of rain foggy Warm do Wed 29 Cloudy foggy mor do Thurs 30 Fair cold do Fri 31 Fair Cloudy evening Transcribed P. Office Accounts &c APRIL Sat 1 Rain & Snow 2 inches Snow fell Attended to Post Office Accts &c MEMORANDUM 27 Otis Allen removed from Asa Conants to L. Wheelocks old house in the North Center Village A child of Apollas Root Died with Lung fever aged 9 months. 31 Amory Mayo took his Cow to his own Hay --- he had kept it upon my Hay 4 weeks. Sun 2 Fair cool Attended to P. Office & concerns of the day Mr Hall of Rainham preached Mon 3 Some Snow cold evening Employed in Store and parish Meeting. Tues 4 Fair cold Mor moderate Attended to writing &c Wed 5 Fair do. Thurs 6 Fair Fast Fri 7 Fair Cloudy evening Attended to Store Post Office &c Sat 8 Rain in the forenoon Fair do P.M. Shower Thunder & lightning MEMORANDUM 3 Alston Rich began work for 8 Months at 8 dollars per Month 5 Mr Harvey Goddard Moved his family from Athol to Warwick, and went into the Johnson House (so called) at the Old Tanyard. -- A mile S.W. from Meetinghouse. 5 Philbrook Holden & Abigail Cooke Married and moved into my old house in the South Village. 6 Elijah Miller removed his family from the Hazeltons place (so called) to Springfield -- Cabetsville Factory. 8 Asa Taft removed from the Tavern to L. Wheelock's New-house. " Walton C. Dickerson from West Royalston, took possession of the Tavern on rent--or same arrangement with Col. Wheelock, into whose hands the Tavern Stand had fell, in consequence of Taft's not succeeding in the payment of one half of the Stand as first agreed Taft's internfearance [sic] & Mismanagement caused him to leave the Tavern. Sun 9 Fair Attended to P.O. & the necessary concerns of the day. Mr from Keen N.H. preached Mon 10 Cloudy fair cool Attended to Store &c Tues 11 Fair pleasant do Wed 12 Fair " do Thurs 13 Fair warm do Fri 14 Rain in Mor. Fair --rain P.M. Attended Store & funeral of Mrs. Mayo. Sat 15 Fair pleasant Went to look at the Burnett Farm, with Harvey Humphrey & returned at noon Attended Store P.M. MEMORANDUM Russell Brown removed from Hubbardston to Warwick, having purchased the Farm & sawmill of Amory Gould -- near Asa Conants. 10 A. Mayo began to tear down & alter his Store with a calculation to convert a part of it into a dwelling house. 11 Calvin Gunn left Warwick and went to the County of Worcester in order to obtain work. 11 Mrs Molly Mayo, wife of Caleb Mayo Esqr. died aged 79 years Consumption. Great failures have taken place at New Orleans and the southern cities, which has affected business to a great extent in this part of the country -- The manufacture of shoes in particular --- The shoe makers in Lynn, Grafton and many other country towns have failed -- Money in Boston is now worth 2 per Cent per Month Sun 16 Cloudy sprink of rain. Attended P.O. and the necessary concerns of the day. Mon 17 Fair Attended to the various concerns of Store & Post Office Tues 18 " do Wed 19 " cold night cold clouds do Thurs 20 Cool weather flying clouds do Fri 21 Fair Cloudy evening do Snow at 9 PM Sat 22 Fair cloudy Assisted Amory Mayo putting up shelves in Store MEMORANDUM Samuel Underwood removed from Amos Smith's House in the N.E. corner of this town, to David Ball's Tenement in the West part of the town -- The place where my father formerly lived Asa Wheeler went to the City of N.York to work for his Brother at the Blacksmith business. 18th The corpse of Ira Kilton, and also of his Child, was brought from Worcester (where he resided) and buried near his Father residence in the town. Sun 23 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Rogers of Bernardston preached Mon 24 Cloudy raw cold weather Variously employed Tues 25 Cloudy windy & disagreeable In Store weather Wed 26 Cloudy Fair do Thurs 27 Fair Warm do Fri 28 Fair Warm do Sat 29 Fair very strong South wind. Cut ho hog that Charles killed -- worked in the Garden and repaired fences & Bars about the house and Garden MEMORANDUM 23 Calvin W. Deluce & Lucy Fuller Married. 26 Mr. Eli Hardy of Hollis N.H. and Eunice Williams of this town Married 26 Probate court Set today in Warwick and I was called as a Witness to Mr Jona Blake's will. --- and signed a Bond with Jona Blake as Executor to the Will Sun 30 Fair mor. rain at noon Attended to P.O. & some unwell Thunder Light rain P.M. MAY Mon 1 Clouds windy & very cold Variously employed in Store & disagreeable Tues 2 Very cold Mor ground In Store hard frozen. Cloudy evening Wed 3 Cold Clouds do Thurs 4 Fair Pleasant Thunder In Store & on Farm Shower at 3 oCl A.M. Fri 5 Cloudy fair showers P.M. Attended to writing & Town Meeting rainy night Sat 6 Cloudy some rain In Store MEMORANDUM 2 John Cunningham removed from Brattleboro' Vt to Warwick & worked at the Tanning business for Nathl G. Stevens. 5 Held a Town Meeting and agreed to receive our proportion of the Surplus Revenue and chose Wm Cobb agent to receive the money The two first Installments being $1676,94 -- Voted to loan the Money to the inhabitants of this town in sums of not less than $100, nor more than $200 to one person Sun 7 Fair cool Attended to P.O. &c attended a Lecture this evening on the Hindus. Customs. Mon 8 Fair Variously employed Tues 9 Fair Mor cloudy and Posted Meetinghouse Accounts &c rain P.M. Wed 10 Rain in forenoon fair PM do Thurs 11 Fair pleasant do Fri 12 Fair warm and pleasant do Sat 13 Cloudy Rain in fornoon Variously employed MEMORANDUM The Times are very distressing throughout the United States -- Failures and assignments, are become the common occurrence of every day, in the commercial Cities, and their effects are visible throughout the whole country--Many branches of business that has afforded sustenance to Millions of poor people are Entirely stopped, and almost every branch curtailed in some degree, for want of Money, & confidence in Credit. The Banks have cease to discount through fear of having their Specie drawn from them to supply the demand of foreign Merchants who are deeply indebted to England & France for Merchandize that has been flying into this country by the Merchants & Manufacturers of those countries. The Banks of New York, Hartford and Boston, have come to the determination not to make Specie payments for their Bills, and the Country Banks are, of course, compelled to follow, and abide the consequences. By this measure it is calculated that Banks can make discounts, sufficient to sustain the credit of the Merchants, and save many from impending ruin. Widow Anna Reed left Joseph Wilson's where she had lived several years & returned to live with her son Stephen Reed. Sun 14 Fair & very warm Some unwell attended to Post Office at noon and kept my bed some part of the afternoon. Mr Stearn of Rowe preached. Mon 15 Cloudy and some rain Employed in Store Tues 16 Rain ditto Wed 17 Little rain Fair ditto Thurs 18 Fair warm cloudy PM variously employed on farm & in Store & some rain Fri 19 Cloudy rain very fast A.M. In Store less P.M. Sat 20 Cloudy, fair In Store MEMORANDUM 15 Andrew Russell's family removed from Saml Fay's house to the house formerly owned by David Rich, very near Russell's Tanworks. --- and Mrs. Bowman removed from the Rich house to Samuel Fay's great house in the centre of the town. 15 Mary C Fisher began School in Dist. No 8. 16 Mr. M. Goodwin --- Tailor --- came to Warwick and began work in Col. Wheelock's Store Chamber. 18 Joseph Wilson & Widow H. Ball Married. 18 County Commissioners laid out a new County Road from Grace Brook Bridge through the Leonard Farm (so called) to intersect the old road in David Goddards land, near the termination of the N.W. corner of Mount Grace. 19th Mr. Jonas Leonard died aged Years. Sun 21 Fair but rather cool. Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 22 Cloudy Employed in Garden and in Store. Tues 23 Fair do Wed 24 Fair Attended to Store and preparing tax Books &c Thurs 25 Cloudy & Rain In Store preparing Tax Books Fri 26 Rain in Mor Fair In Store Sat 27 Fair do MEMORANDUM The Collector of Customs in the City of Boston received Orders from the heads of Department to receive nothing but Specie in payment of Customhouse Bonds . The Postmaster at Boston also rec'd orders from the Postmaster Gen. to receive nothing but Specie for Letters, to render his Account Weekly & be prepared to pay over the same when drafts were prosecuted. Then orders caused great agitation among the people and Meetings were called to discuss the subject and resolutions passed expressive of the indignant feelings of the people. 26 Jesse Penniman removed from Mendon to Warwick & went on to the Goodell Farm near Mount Grace. Asahel Wood (a coloured transient person) died at the poorhouse of consumption aged 30 years. He came from Hardwick to this place. Sun 28 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 29 Fair Attended to Store &c Right hand very lame with Goute. Tues 30 Fair do do Wed 31 Fair warm do do JUNE Thurs 1 Fair very warm in Store but quite laid up with Goute in my right hand and arm Fri 2 Fair very warm do Ther 90/0 Sat 3 Fair cloudy & heavy showers do at evening Severe Thunder & lightning* MEMORANDUM 29 Lucy Robbins died of fever aged 21 years 29 Rev. P. Smith married to Miss Fidelia Estabrook of Athol. June 3 Asa H. Conants child died AE 9 Mo. * The Thunder Storm appears to have spread far and Wide --- The clouds were heavy & setted very near the Earth -- there appeared to be one continued blaze of fire to which the Electric fluid descended in every direction in darting streams of Liquid fire & repeated streaks of heavy Thunder Sun 4 Fair Confined to my house by Goute in my right arm & foot Mon 5 Rain in mor Fair In Store able to do but Little. Tues 6 Fair do do Wed 7 Fair Warm " " Thurs 8 Cloudy mor Misty by " " turns all day Fri 9 Fair 7 pleasant Sat 10 Cloudy cool Wind Easterly " MEMORANDUM 5 Madam Eunice Smith removed from her Son's (Rev P. Smith) to Mr Fay's large house in the South Village 10 Henry Hastings raised his new House. Sun 11 Fair Attended to P. Office &c Mon 12 Fair beautiful weather Attended to Store & P.Office did but Little -- Very sore eyes Tues 13 Rain Fair evening do do Wed 14 Fair Warm do do Thurs 15 Fair Slight Shower P.M. do do Fri 16 Fair rain in evening do do Sat 17 Cloudy rain cold do do Sun 18 Fair Attended to the Necessary concerns of the day Mon 19 Fair clear air cloudy evening In Store & about my house & Garden Tues 20 Cloudy rain cold. In Store Post Office Accounts Wed 21 Fair do Thurs 22 Fair do Fri 23 Fair and very pleasant do Sat 24 Cloudy some rain P.M. In Store &c MEMORANDUM ========================================= 20th William 4th, King of England died aged 72 years. -- He had reigned about 7 years. ========================================= The Princes "Victoria" immediately took her Station as Queen of the Realm. -- She is daughter to the Duke of Kent, 4th son of George the Third. Aged 18 Years, the 24th day of May last. It appears that all the sons (4 in number) of old King George 3d are dead. leaving no heirs except the present Incumbent of the Throne. 24 Raised a New Meetinghouse Bell which we had just received in exchange for one that broke. Weight 1049 pounds. Sun 25 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Burnard of Chesterfield preached. Mon 26 Fair Employed in Store Tues 27 Cloudy Rain do " Wed 28 Fair clean air do --- went in afternoon to look at some Timber for an Addition to my Store. Thurs 29 Fair cloudy P.M. & little rain In Store Fri 30 Fair very Warm. Attended to copying Post Office Accts &c Ther 84/0 JULY Sat 1 Fair warm Attended to Post Office Accounts. MEMORANDUM Ages of the Soverigns of Europe Charles John King of Sweeden 72 Yrs Wm 4th King of England &c (died June 20th 1837) 72 " Fred. Wm. King of Prussia 66 " William King of Holland 64 " Louis Phillippe King of the French 63 " (The Richest man in the World) William King of Wertemburg 55 Emperor of Turkey 51 Ferdinand 1st Emperor of Austria 43 Nicholas Emperor of Russia 40 Maria Queen of Portugal 17 Maria Isabella Louisa Queen of Spain 6 Maria Christiana 2 Regent of Spain 30 Sun 2d Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 3 Fair Cloudy rain P.M. In Store -- posted Accts of Newspaper &c Tues 4 Fair Went to F. Leonard's Mill & selected some Lumber in forenoon in Store P.M. Wed 5 Fair In Store & attending to team drawing timber for House. Thurs 6 Fair In Store Fri 7 " do Sat 8 " do MEMORANDUM 4th The "Greenfield Gazette & Herald", and the "Franklin Mercury" were both discontinued and a New Paper entitled "Gazette & Mercury commenced the 4th of July -- published by Phelps & Ingersoll, Greenfield Sun 9 Fair Unwell kept my Bed a part of the day Mr Noyes of Petersham preached. Mon 10 Fair In Store posting accts. Tues 11 Fair rain in evening do Wed 12 Fair do Thurs 13 Fair do Fri 14 Fair very Warm do Shower at Sundown Sat 15 Fair warm In Store & with Carpenters about putting up Woodhouse for Store. MEMORANDUM 13 Col. Josiah Taft Moved into this town from West Boylston --- to live with Aaron Bass. 15 Framed & Raised an addition to the Northwest part of my Store, intended for a Wood room. Sun 16 Fair cool Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 17 Fair & Warm Attended to Carpenters to work on Wood room Tues 18 Fair Warm In Store & among hay. Wed 19 Fair warm Mor. Cloudy In Store & among Hay. at 10 AM and rain at 5 PM Thurs 20 Fair In Store Fri 21 " do Sat 22 " do MEMORANDUM 17 Began Haying moderately 21 Received information that David Alonzo Rich was in N.York City -- had stolen a Gold Watch valued at $250. and was arrested & imprisoned to take his trial the first tuesday in August. Sun 23 Fair Attended to P.O. &c Mr Lysander Fay preached -- Baptist Mon 24 Cloudy rain In Store &c Tues 25 Fair do Wed 26 do do Thurs 27 do do Fri 28 Foggy mor. Fair In Store & among hay. Shower PM Sat 29 Cloudy Fair P.M. worked with A. Bass on Wood room MEMORANDUM 28 Mary C. Fisher finished her School in No 8 district. kept 11 weeks at $1,33 per Week Sun 30 Foggy mor Sun came out Attend to P. Office and necessary occurences dimly till 3 P.M. Cloudy of the day. Wind S.W. Mon 31 Cloudy & some rain In Store AUGUST Tues 1 Fair warm In Store & among Hay. Wed 2 Fair cloudy evening do Thurs 3 Fair forenoon rain at In Store 1 P.M. & continued nearly all the afternoon Fri 4 Fair do Sat 5 Fair Frost in low places cool air Attended to making &c MEMORANDUM 3 Professor Hedge, from Cambridge & Daughter here on visit. 5 One of my Hogs died this morning worth $12,~~ cause unknown. Sun 6 Fair very pleasant little Attended to the necessary concerns of the day frost in low lands Mr Brown of Brattleboro preached. Mon 7 Fair mor rain at 10 oCl & Attended to Store continued Wet all day Tues 8 Fair rain in evening In Store & among the Hay. Wed 9 Cloudy rain In Store Thurs 10 Fair Cloudy PM variously employed Fri 11 Cloudy mor. Fair In Store &c Sat 12 Rain in Mor. Fair, cloudy do do evening. MEMORANDUM Mon 7 Mrs. Cobb Went to Montague on a visit to Doct. Wrights -- Carried down Rebecca Smith who was teaching School at that place, and brought back Mrs. Billings on Tuesday. Tues 8 A Mr. Sheldon was ordained as a Missionary at the Trinitarian Church in this place Sun 13 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 14 Cloudy In Store writing &c Tues 15 Cloudy fair evening cool do Wed 16 Cloudy rain Fair evening do Thurs 17 Fair do Fri 18 Cloudy Mist Wind S.W. do Sat 19 Fair a very fine day do MEMORANDUM 14 Sarah R. Smith began the Fall School in centre District. 14 Mary C. Fisher began School in Beach Hill District. 16 Amory Mayo removed from my old house to the Apartments he had prepared for his family in the large store in the South Village. 16 Saml W. Goldsbury Married to Miss Mary Ann Church. and brough her home without making it Known to any one his intention of Marrying. Sun 20 Fair Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 21 Fair In Store Tues 22 Some clouds & Fair do Wed 23 Cloudy cold little frost do Thurs 24 Fair Employed with Carpenter, making an alteration in Store for a bedroom Fri 25 Fair do " Sat 26 Fair Cloudy afternoon & Variously employed evening MEMORANDUM 21 Mr. Edmund Wilson Commenced a high School in this town in the Basement Story of the New Meetinghouse. 26 Mr Eastman & wife from Hollis N.H. on Visit to friends in this place. Sun 27 Fair warm Attended to the common concerns of the day Mr. Huntington preached Mon 28 Fair Attended Store and Town Meeting PM* Tues 29 Fair, beautiful air. cloudy Went to Conants Mills to look for Lumber, in evening mor. returned at 9 oCl. and attended to Store &c. Wed 30 Rain and fair alternately In Store through the day Thurs 31 Fair cool do SEPTEMBER Fri 1 Fair and pleasant some Frost Variously employed Sat 2 Fair Variously employed Went to Deluce's Mill & agreed for Boards &c. MEMORANDUM Saml Fay Jr. Sarah Taylor & others from Lowell on visit. * 28 In compliance with a petition of the Inhabitants, the Selectmen laid out an alteration of the Road across Dean Penniman's Land from Dea. Mayo's Meadow in a southeasterly course 53 1/2 Rods to the County road, which was this day accepted by the town. The object of this alteration, was to avoid the steep Hills on the old road, and the expense of rebuilding the crossway over the deep Gulf which had given away. The old Road to be discontinued, is 83 Rods in length --- The new one 53 1/2 Rods which makes a saving of 29 1/2 rods of Road to be supported --- altho' it increases the distance about 40 rods in travelling to the east part of the town. but it saves 102 rods travel from the east part of the town to Conants Mills. 31 Moses White from Cleveland Ohio at Warwick on visit to his friends. Sept 1 Stillman Barber & Mary C. Fisher Went to Keene, for a ride. Sept 2 The Selectmen contracted with Col. Buffum & Capt Sweet of Richmond to make the County Road from Grace Brook Bridge -- Through the Leonard farm to David Goddows land 4 rods for $2,25 per Rod ----- to be made pasable this fall & completed by the 1st July next. Sun 3d Fair Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 4 Fair cool mor. In Store Tues 5 " do Wed 6 Fair warm do Thurs 7 do do Fri 8 Cloudy fair evening do Sat 9 Fair Warm do Sun 10 Fair Warm Attended to P.O. and necessary concerns of the day Mon 11 Foggy mor. Warm Showery Employed with Carpenter & in Store heavy rain in the evening Tues 12 Fair cool do Wed 13 Fair Windy & cold do Thurs 14 Fair cold mor. Frost do Fri 15 Fair do Sat 16 Fair do MEMORANDUM 11 Began to frame addition to my Store, for the purpose of a Dwelling Apartment. Chapin Holden Master workman, A. Bass & H. Grout under workmen. 12 removed my Horse shed & wood house 16 feet to the East in order to place the new addition between that and the Store Doct. Wm H. Williams appointed Postmaster at Athol instead of Lincoln B. Knowlton discharged. 14 Raised the Frame of an addition to my Store for a Dwelling house. Sun 17 Fair & very pleasant Attended to necessary Occurences of the day Mr Fessender of Deerfield preached Mon 18 Fair & very Warm Employed in Store Tues 19 Fair cool do. Wed 20 Fair fine weather Employed with workmen about underpining & filling up shed Thurs 21 Fair attended to Carpenters Fri 22 Fair warm do Sat 23 Fair cool mor. Very Windy do MEMORANDUM 18 Col. Buffum & Capt Sweet of Richmond began work on the New Road leading from Grace-Brook bridge through land of Jona Wheelock - A. Bass - Wid Leonard & David Goodell to the Old County Road leading to Northfield. The contract was $2,25 per Rod distance about 430 rods. 18 Widow Mahetable Cobb relic of Josiah Cobb Esq of South Orange died. aged years. 21 Mrs. Russell wife of Andrew Russell & Daughter Removed from Warwick to Lowell Sun 24 Fair very dry Attended to P Office &c. Mon 25 Cloudy Attended to Carpenters and Store Tues 26 Fair " Wed 27 Cloudy rain in evening " Thurs 28 Cloudy & some rain Attended to Meetinghouse Accts and Meeting of the proprietors Fri 29 Cloudy Attended to Store and Carpenters Sat 30 Cloudy Rain P.M. do MEMORANDUM 25 Mail re-established & commenced running from Warwick to Northfield. Contract by Joseph Young for $140, per Ann. L. Wheelock agreed to carry the Mail for the above sum. Burnard Fisher afterward contracted with Col. Wheelock, and took the Mail of his hands. at the same price. OCTOBER Sun 1 Fair Attended Post Office &c Mr Willard preached Mon 2 Fair cloudy sprink of rain Employed with Carpenters & making Post Office quarterly return. Tues 3 Fair do Wed 4 Fair Windy & cold do Thurs 5 Cloudy cold Ice froze do 1 Inch thick & the ground 2 inches Fri 6 Fair moderate weather do Sat 7 Fair do MEMORANDUM 6 Sarah N. Goodell went to Worcester to work at Milinary & Mantua Making. Sun 8 Fair Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 9 Fair cool cold mor. Employed with Carpenters. Tues 10 Fair cloudy P.M. moderate do Wed 11 Fair and pleasant do Thurs 12 Cloudy rain do Fri 13 Rain this mor. Wind Attended to Store N.E. cold P.M. & evening Sat 14 Fair cold mor ground Employed with Masons building Chimney in new hard frozen pleasant sun house MEMORANDUM 10 Hosea Barrus Moved from Richmond to Warwick -- to live on the Farm he purchased of Francis Leonard, on Chestnut Hill (so called) 12 Mrs. Abbot, wife of Abraham Abbot died aged 74 yrs. Dropsey. 14 A new piece of Road from Dea. Mayo's Meadow, extending South westerly 54 rods thro' land of D. Penniman to the County Road, was made & compleated by S. Fay at ,75 per rod & accepted by Selectmen Sun 15 Fair cool Unwell Goute in my right elbow Mr. Hudson Preached Mon 16 Fair Employed in Store arm lame Tues 17 Fair Warm Attended to Mason's on Chimney &c Wed 18 Fair pleasant Attended to Store & Carpenters. Thurs 19 Cloudy cool evening. do Fri 20 Cloudy Rain do Sat 21 Cloudy do MEMORANDUM 16 David Goddards Child Died aged 2 years -- Clera Morbus. 18 Messrs Daniel Weld & Otis Everett from Boston at Warwick & Northfield on visit Moses Gould Removed from Brattleboro' to Warwick --- a few days Since. 20 Dea. Ebenr Stearns Died of Mortification, which followed a turn of the gravel, but from which complaint he had partially recovered. Aged 60 Yrs. His death was very sudden & unexpected. --- He possessed great Moral Worth -- had many friends, but no enemies. Sun 22 Fair fine weather Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mon 23 Fair & very Warm. Employed with Carpenters and Masons. Tues 24 do do Wed 25 Cloudy and rain do Thurs 26 Cloudy little rain do Fri 27 Fair do Sat 28 do do MEMORANDUM 25 Col. Josiah Taft removed from Warwick to Phillipston Sun 29 Fair cool Some unwell Attended P.O. &c Mon 30 Fair cold Employed with Mason plaistering house &c Tues 31 Fair do NOVEMBER Wed 1 Fair moderate do Thurs 2 Fair cold Wind N. Attended to Store &c &c Fri 3 Fair do Sat 4 " Quite unwell Staid in Store MEMORANDUM 1 Finished my Dwelling house at the east end of my Store except the hanging of a few doors &c which I omited till the plastering got more thoroughly dry. 1 Sabrana Thayer came from Winchester to Warwick to Stay a while with Charles C Cobb Sun 5 Rain Quite unwell kept my bed most of the day Mon 6 Fair cool Attended to Store &c &c Tues 7 Cloudy Rain in Mor. do do Fair PM. Wed 8 Fair cold do do Thurs 9 Cloudy Moderate Attended to removing furniture from the Bishop House (so called) to my new House adjoining Store. Fri 10 Fair -- warm little rain Employed in Store &c. before day light. Sat 11 Fair cool Mor Cloudy Variously employed P.M. rain in evening MEMORANDUM 7th Mr. Edward B. Wilson finished his Select School in this Town. 9 Removed ---- my family from their place of residence in the Bishop House (so called) to my New tenement adjoining my Store & Post Office. Sun 12 Cloudy rain this Mor. Attended to the necessary business of the day Mon 13 Fair Attended to Store and Town Meeting. Tues 14 Cloudy Snow at 10 A.M. In Store & House unwell. fell 1 inch Wed 15 Fair cold Attended to Store &c Thurs 16 Fair Moderate do Fri 17 Fair do Sat 18 Fair warm Pleasant Attended to Store & fixing up Barn &c MEMORANDUM 13 Annual election of Gov. Lt Gov Senators & Representatives. Votes for Gov. E. Everett 108 M. Morton 88 " Lt Gov G. Hull 108 " Wm Foster 88 Senator J.C. Alvord 106 Tho. Nims 88 Representative Jacob R. Gale. ---- Daniel Putnam appointed Postmaster at New Salem. Post Office removed from the Hill near the Academy to the intersection of the Post routes from Boston to Greenfield & the one from Greenwich to Keene. 18 Alston Rich closed working for me. Sun 19 Fair and pleasant Attended to the necessary concerns of the day Mr Brown of Brattleboro' preached Mon 20 Cloudy mor sprink rain In Store &c Tues 21 Fair very Warm Employed with A Bass building Hog pen. Wed 22 Cloudy warm do do Thurs 23 Fair flying clouds Employed about Hogpen & fixing up about my High wind cold buildings for Winter Fri 24 Fair Moderate Hazzy Variously employed. Sat 25 Snow from N.E. all day In Store 5 or 6 inches MEMORANDUM Revolt from the government in Canada --- 200 regular troops were sent out to reduce a fort which the Revolutionists were repairing, were met before they reached the place & repulsed with the loss of 16 killed & wounded. 21 People employed ploughing as the ground is damp and free from Frost. 22&23 County Commissioners examined the Road from Orange to Warwick & proposed several alterations. Sun 26 Fair cool Attended to the common concerns of the day Mon 27 Cold Mor Fair Employed writing &c Tues 28 Cold Moderate before night do Wed 29 Moderate Variously employed Thurs 30 Fair Moderate Snow Thanksgiving Had no one to supper but mostly gone Myself, Wife, Mary and Mr Aaron Bass. DECEMBER Fri 1 Cloudy Moderate bad Employed in Store & about Killing Hog. Had travelling -- little rain but one Small one Weight about 175 lb Sat 2 Cloudy warm Cut up pork and did various kinds of work. MEMORANDUM Tolerable sleighing 27 Shooting Match at Dickenson's Tav. Sun 3 Cloudy, Fair warm mor. Attended to the necessary concerns of the day cooler at evening no frost in the ground. Mon 4 Fair Attended to Store and Parish Meeting. Tues 5 Fair In Store Wed 6 Fair Employed in Store and with J Blake about wood Thurs 7 Fair do Fri 8 Fair cold evening In Store &c Sat 9 Fair cold do MEMORANDUM 4th Kingsley W. Macomber began School in Centre District. 7 James Ford commenced Singing School Sun 10 Snow 3 inches Attended to Post Office & necessary concerns of the day. Mon 11 Fair in Store writing &c Tues 12 " do Wed 13 " do Thurs 14 Fair & Cold do Fri 15 Fair cold do Sat 16 Fair cold mor. cloudy evening do Sun 17 Cloudy and Snow P.M. at home & in Post Office Mon 18 Heavy rain in forenoon Attended to transcribing Post Office Accounts & till 3 P.M. Windy night Tues 19 Fair cloudy moderate do Wed 20 Fair Cold Went to West Wood lot to bargain with Mr Goddard to cut & draw wood --- Posted Newspaper Accounts Thurs 21 Fair cold In Store Fri 22 Fair very cold " Sat 23 Fair cold Moderated " Ther 0/7 some in evening MEMORANDUM 19 Calvin W Delver Deeded the Farm on which his father resides to Alvin Deluce Sun 24 Cloudy fair Attended to P. Office & other concerns of the day Mon 25 Fair & very Pleasant Attended the Store and & Christmas Lecture in the evening Tues 26 Cloudy fair Moderate Employed in Store Writing &c cool evening Windy Wed 27 Cold Attended to P.Office Accounts &c Thurs 28 Cloudy Snow at Noon do Took tea at Mr Smith's fell 1 inch -- fair evening Moderate Fri 29 Cloudy moderate Attended to P. Office return. Sat 30 Fair moderate do. wind Southerly Sun 31 Cloudy moderate Attended to the necessary business of the day. MEMORANDUM 27 Eliakins Sawyer left Warwick for Boston. Mrs Baker visited at my house Several days.