#293, AFM-22, Reel 46, NYS Library, Western Reserve Collection



DAVID'S JOURNAL (DAILY)

A Dayly Journal Beginning December 1, One thousand
eight hundred and seventeen (1817)


1 Dec. "Hezekiah Hammond arrived this evening with a request that the elders ofthe NF want
Henry Bennet to go to Savoy to plan a grist millfor the young Bel ievers. "
31 Dec Brethren begin to lay the floorin the new dwelling house.

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18 Jan El izabeth'Goodrich died. Had been taken very sick on Jan. 3d.
22 Jan Morrell Baker released from doing business in the Office.
1 Feb A great many spectators attend meeting today.
2 Feb Many people here in search of a crazy woman.
4 Feb Crazy woman found.
8 Feb A great many spectators. 65 carriages so judge there were between 300-400 people.
25 Feb Two brothers arrive home from a journey west and say that the snow between Utica
and Rome is 6-7feet deep.
28 Feb 78 carriages loaded with spectators for theirmeeting.
2 Mar One "Ingeon" (Indian) man/ 2 squaws with 5 children tarry all night. "The above
coloured people go off today w e l l
satisfied. "
5 Mar Phebe Horsford "taken insane."
1 1 Mar William Chappel comes and desires to be taken in again.
13 Mar Eunice Chapman's bill passes in Assembly by vote of 85-27.
18 Mar "Deacon Peter goes to the patroon to get timber on the vacant land."
20 Mar Jesse and Issachar bring 14 doors for the new dwelling house.
25 Mar Elder Brother Seth and Calvin Green go to Albany toget published Eunice Chapman's
letters, one Mother Lucy wrote her, and two she had written to Mother and to Elder
Brother Seth.
6 Apr The brethren and sisters begin to whitewash and clean up the new d w e l l i n g .
7 Apr "Joseph Chappel shut out of union for his bad conduct. "
12 Apr "David Miller starts for Lebanon to inform them that the billto oblige us to pay or be
taxed for not doing military duty had passed the Legislature."
1 8 Apr El ias Bunne!arrives at the South House and lefthis wife in Albany."
6 May "Three of the brethren go to the riverto stick wil lows by the bank side. "
14 May Nathan^Slosson goes into the blacksmith shop to take charge of the work.
25 May "Some of the sisters in walking out today slew a blacksnake 5 feet long. He climbed
a tree but they get him down and slew him."
10 July "William Chappel and old Prime (Lane) come here."
12 July hu*^Benjamin Birdsell was shot by Ham I Inton about 6 p . m .
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24 July "Young Stephen Van Rensselaer and Phil ip Broadstreet here today. "
10 Aug We begin to furnish the new house with stoves.
15 Aug Philip Schuyler and family call and view the new house.
19 Aug The LjeSjiutenant
Governor here today.
25 Aug Jesse and Issachar finishhanging doors in the new house.
1 1 Sept Philip Van Rensselaer and wife here and take dinner.
19 Sept We are preparing to move to the new house.
23 Sept Today we make a general move and the family eats supper in the new gjw el I ing
house .