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          DABuckingham    - <b>1859</b>   & <b>1860</b>                                                           page 8
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<b>29  Dec</b>       Meeting   to divide   Church  property   and  "to set  the  2d  Order  off  as far  as
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                        temporal   matters go, hoping     it may  work  for  the benefit   of both    families."
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<hr>          <b>1860</b><br>
<b>3  Jan</b>        Eliphalet   Nelson,   almost  17,  brought   over  from  SF to  live  in n.w.  chamber
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                        with  A.  TWiss  and  work  in Herb  Shop with   Chas.  Bir'ackett.
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                        CF  family  property   divided,   1/3 going   to 2d Order,   in  proportion   to  number
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                        of  covenant  members   in  each  order.
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<b>13 Jan</b>        Tina  Seaton  died   at 6 p.m.    "She  was much  beloved   by all  who knew   her.   She
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                        died  of  apoplexy  and old age."
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<b>3  Feb</b>        "We understand    that  Elizabeth   Youngs   at SF was found    out  on the  ice  of  the
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                        mill  pond with   the  Intention   of destroying   herself.     She is  and has   been  of
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                        late,  somewhat   deranged   and has   some strange   ideas."
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<b>29  Feb</b>       Maynard  Treadway   and Lucy   Bates  left.   "They were    settled  with  by  the  Trus-
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            * *      -  tees,  "Maynard  was  taken   to Niskayuna   depot,   Lucy  to-Albany   depot.   It  appears
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                        their  intentionls   to  go west  as  far  as Wisconsin."                        '   t.
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<b>8 April</b>   The cows owned by the   Church  Family and those to  milk them are:
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                      ^Stanton -Tame,     Dot, Noble,   Tulip        Chas.  B.-Curry,  Clever,  Bud, Pink    jr?
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                     itf John D. - Red, Dollar,  Rich, Dash   f      Geo. P.   - Carmel,  Rack,  Dove,  Day ^
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                     37 NehemiaH -   Fanny, Skip, Curl, Yellow       DAB   - Bloomy, Button,  Beauty,  Robin  $$
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                      ^1 James L. - Gentle,  Rose,  Plum             Henry B 0 - Poppy, Violet,  Reno,  Peony   ?
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          ~27 Apr   "Set     out  10,000  of his  strawberry   plants   "on "west  side  of road  or~lane,--beiiween-
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                        the-lane   and.the  creek.",,.  _
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<b>18  MAY</b>       The farm   in  Illinois  is  167  acres,  In  Town  of Hudson.
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<b>18  May</b>       Start  setting   out  an acre  of  Austin  strawberries    at SF   (<b>4380</b>  plants).
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<b>20  June</b>      Sent  specimens   of  Austin  strawberry   to  NYC,  Boston,  Fhila.   & Rochester.
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<b>26  June</b>      Shipped   1 plant  and basket    of berries   to:
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                        Wm.  S.  Carpenter,   468 Pearl   St.,  NYC
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                        Office   of Harvey's   Magazine   of Horticulture,    Boston
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                        Office   of Rural  New Yorker,    Rochester
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                        Office   of Country Gentleman,     Albany
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                        Farmers   Club  of American   Institute,   NYC   & Phila.                               ;
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<b>2 July</b>        Other  Shaker   families   Invited  to  pick  berries  for  themselves:                :
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                        2d  Order   30  qts.                     2d  Family            40 qts.
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                        SF          32]qts.                      CHF                   60 qts.
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                        CHFamily   for  sale  - 120 qts. 'Total    '282 qts.
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<b>4 July</b>    One  man and two women made balloon ascension from       EastTroy,  landed near West  Albany.
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  \e had a fine view of them . .  . .  "  *
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<b>27 July</b>   "This evening a number of the   brethren and sisters here went to the South or  Gathering
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  /jflfc_          Family to attend a kind of meeting, partly got up to accommodate the spirit mediums of the
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       '|         world's order,  who are there partly on a visit and partly to obtain knowledge   In the faith of
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                  the  Believers., Both mediums spoke   ~ thefemale medium spoke for    the spirit thatcall eat her
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                   name Charlotte Turtle.   Good order attended the   meeting which was composed of    some  members
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                  from each of the families, and all, I think, felt  satisfied with the spirit
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                                                                                             communications and
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                  the  Elders speaking etc"
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