DABuckingham - 1877 page 29

5 Feb EphrairriPrentiss dead",'" "He'bore his last sickness with muchpatience & quietude."


9 Feb. Sent 45 or 50 letters & postal cards to differentcustomers west.


13 Feb. Write to Sister Mary Whitcher, Canterbury NH in answer to postal card from her about
the origin of the broom mfct 0

Every Sunday are having "singing meetings,,"

8 Mar. Philip Smith bought span of black horses at West Albany for $400.

9 Mar. DAB is 74 years old.

16 Apr. Stanton / Eldress Lydia & Sister Mary go to Albany "tosee some children offered us0"
Brought back a boy 7 named George Armington, and a younger girl.


I May Nehemiah & Sylvester are filling up the vacant places in the orchard with young trees fl

7 May Sylvester moves from above into Ephraim's shop, the n.w. end of brick house.
The three youths, Henry, James &. Thomas,, move into the brick house or shop,

9 May Henry & James move into dwelling house. Bros. Lewis Funk &. Henry George and 3 small
boys come from SF & move into brick house. Lewis Is tohave charge of all the boys - 6,
and Henry is to "act as a sort of pedier forC. Miller in theOffice Dept 0 "

15 May DAB is grafting quite a number of grapevines.

27 May Society meeting in Meeting House. "It is a meeting for organization to regulate for
public worship; it continued 1 3/4 hours*

9 July Cathol Ic school in Albany - allboys - had picnic in "our old field by burying ground. "
Some 60 children and a dozen or more men.

II July Took 2 little boys from Albany - one motherless, other father!ess 0

22 July Immense crowd for service, probably over 1000. Hundreds could not get in.
Sunday