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                               Then   to  Niskayuna      by  railroad,      then   brethren     walked    &
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                               Hired   a  "worldling"       to  bring    the   sisters    for   $1.00.
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<b>13  June</b>       Go  to  WF   to  see   workmen's     progress     inj^  putting     a  tin
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                               roof   on  two   new   brick    buildings.
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<b>12  Aug</b>        Harvard    ministry     came   by   railroad     via   Boston,    Norwich,
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                               NYCity    & Albany--400       miles    in  34  hours.
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<b>15  Aug</b>       v/Lucy  Prescott     died   -  79.    "A   faithful     pillar    in  Zion"
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                                [Getting    messages     from   Mother    Wisdom    thru    Sophrona
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                               Smith;    from   "little     shepherdess"       thru   Sarah    Simons]
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<b>22  Aug</b>       David    Parker    arrived    from   Canterbury;       "a  messenger      of
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                               Heavy    tidings."      Rufus    is  to   go  back   with   him   on   Monday
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                               &  stay   a  few   days   &  "if   possible,     do   something     to  help
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                               them   out   of  their    troubles."       Reached     there   on   26th.
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                               "To   describe     all  my   labors    night    & day   while    there
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                               would   be   lengthy     & perhaps     unnecessary--sufice          to  say   I
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                               was   prospered     beyond    my   expectations."
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<b>7  Oct</b>        Ministry,      Lebanon    elders    &  deacons     &  CF  trustees     made
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                               an  unanimous      agreement     "to   give   up  the   use   of  pork    as
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                               soon   as  we   could   bring    the   thing   about    without     too
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                               much   sacrifice      of  property."
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<b>27  Oct</b>        Putting    a  new   tin   roof   on  dwelling     house    in  place    of
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                               shingles;     putting     on  an  addition     also    & masons     finish
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                               the   4th  chimney     on  the   31st.
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<b>2  Nov.</b>        S.  Kibbee    died    -  80.  "7
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                             "fency    Wells    died   of  TB   - 24   yrs.
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                    Jan    (Sun)   Had  public    meeting     because     of  20-30   males    from   Leg-
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                               islature    but   no   females.      6  below   zero.     Some    of  NF
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                               froze   their    ears   while    returning     from   afternoon      meeting
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<b>24  Jan</b>      i/Abraham    Hendrickson' s      clothes,     chest    & bed   were    brought
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                               from   Lebanon    because     it  is  decided     for  him   to   live   at
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                              Wisdom's     Valley     "because    he   might   be   made   more   comfort-
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                               able   here."
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                1  Feb(Sun)Maria       Treadway,      Sophrona     Smith,    Maria   Gillet,     Phebe    Ann
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                               Smith,    Betsy   Harrison     &  Emily    Conklin    "were    inspired".
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<b>4  Feb</b>         "Stanton     {Buckingham]      and   Chauncey     {Copley]     went   to   the
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                               Patroon's     ofice    and  bought    the   right    of  soil   for   the
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                               land   possessed     by  the   Church    Family    except    the   half   of
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                              the   Groat    farm."
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<b>5  Feb</b>         "Two   world's    men   attempt     to  take   a  boy    (in his    16th
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                              year)    by   force   from   the   WF  but   the   boy   ran  to   the   NF  &
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                               thence    to  the   CF  &  so  kept   out   of   their   reach."
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<b>14  Feb</b>        "A  German    who   is  an  Elder    in  the   Society     of  True   Inspi-
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                               ration,    residing     about    7 miles    from   Buffalo,      called
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                               Here   today   wishing     to  spend    the   Sabbath,     which   was
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                               granted.      He  is   the  Legislature       in  hopes    of  getting     an
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