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10 Dec Deacon Peter goes over to Staats and agrees to buy his farm.
12 Dec Deacon Peter goes to Albany to geta blank deed to make out a conveyance of the
Cherry Valley farm to Thomas Staats.
-15Dec Derrick Vedder finishes paying the CF for building his gristmilland insists
on taking
his daughters Clancy,. Polly and Catharine with him. "His intentions are to flatter the
girls to giveup their privilege in the CF and live with him. Accordingly they go with
him out of a view of convincing him of the steadfastness of their faith. "
16 Dec "Derrick1; after allhis flatteries,reproofs, Injunctions upon his daughters, finds himself
unable to turn .their minds, so fetches_ them allback this evening. "
17 Dec "Lev!, Joel-y*rYudence and ZeviahM^ome and open their minds this forenoon. Elder
Brother Seth and Elder SisterHannah open their minds this afternoon."
18 Dec "Tina Seaton 7having losther union in her own order, has requested to open her troubles
to the Elders of the CF. Her request being granted, comes today, gets released and
returns home in peace."
22 Dec Thomas Staats and his wife come and the deeds are executed selling his land to the
Believers and the Believers' land in Cherry Valley to him and he gets $3000 to boot,
$2000 of which they give him then,
31 Dec Three brethren go "over beyond Cheesman's with two wagons to get ash timber fordippers. 1

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15 Jan Levi Pease begins today to take charge of meetings at the Meeting House.
16 Jan "It is concluded that the boys of the 1st and 2nd families will attend school the afternoon
of every day for the present and they begin today In our north shop and David Hawkins*"
Is theirschoolmaster."
17 Jan Give new titles to the several families. The 1st family in the Church is now called
the 1st Order; second family Is called 2nd Order; what has been called the "families'
order" is now called 2nd Family
Stephen Evans runs away from 2d Order.
24 Jan John Spier deed his land at Lebanon and Hancock to Morrell Baker and David Hawkins.
28 Jan Elder Brother Seth and Calvin Green are "writing a declaration to be shown to the officesd
of government respecting our religious scruples concerning bearing arms or paying any
military requisition etc." They show this to Lawyer Van Vechten and two brothers go
to Lebanon and get their endorsement also. They they arrange to have it printed.
9 Feb Distribute nearly 200 of their printed pamphlet to the Legislature and other state officers.
11 Feb Pay Staats the last $1000 for the River Farm.
16 Feb Deacon Peter and Henry to go Capt. Van Olinda's at his request as he is planning to
build a sawmill and wants them to look over the site and make out a bill forthe timber
he will need.
27 Feb Elder"Brother Seth and I begin again to work on the book entitled "Mother's Sayings. "
28 Feb Deacon Peter and David Osborn go to Albany to pay the rents.
11 Mar Appointed in2d Order to take charge of temporal things are David Hawkins, Walter'
Waterman, Phebe Horsford and Betsy Hawkins.
14 Mar At 2d Family, Luther Wells and Joe! Smith are to go out and do business and David
Train Jr7.is tostay at home and take care of the farm.
16 Mar Betsy and Rhoda go to 2d Family and "have a serious labor with Elizabeth Bowser as
she has been an unreconciled sou!. "
17 Mar Elder Sister and RuthJohnson go to 2d Family to labor further with Elizabeth Bowser.
18 Mar Our deacons sell their right tothe Cherry Valley mortgage land to Isaac Seely.