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27 Oct Abiel Hathaway & wife Mary visit. They are from
Dover, Vt. And "seem to be promising young Believers."
''Ruth Green went to NF to live and^urilla White came
to CF.
30 Oct vSeth Y. Wells diedW"*^
1 Nov CF have "a fine crop of turnips, more apples than com-
mon, a good stock of broom corn & I should think 2000
bushels of Indian corn."
4 Nov (Thurs) Governor Young & wife took dinner at the office
"And some of us noticed him some."
23 Nov Thanksgiving - proclaimed by 20 Governors.
14 Dec (NL) Elder Rufus stored away the French, Greek & Latin
books which Brother Seth left, "which will be useless
among us unless some learned person comes in among us."

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7 Feb Eldress Ruth & Sister Asenath go to SF to speak to
Eldress Rebecca [ Care because of bodily infirmity.
10 Feb Visit NF and WF and "exhort them to unite with zeal" to
build a new meeting house next year.
20 Feb Lois Brackett died. /V*~ ?
22 Feb Brethren of CF are preparing to move their old sawmill.
26 Feb Made a drab coat for Albert Twiss.
1 Mar Big fire in Albany. Burned nearly a whole square oppo-
site Eagle Tavern. Four people died.
13 Mar (NL) ^"William Seely came from WF to get union in his
counselling his son Joseph against slandering the work
of God as he talks of writing a history of the Shakers.
8 May Mason begin foundation for Meeting House.
Are/noving "the old office."
George Peavy addressed the world at public meetings on
Sundays.
24 May Elder Rufus went to NL to tell them that Eldress Ruth
was very sick at WV and not expected to live.
29 May Elder Rufus returned to WV.
1 June The Lebanon CF elders came to see Eldress Ruth.
4 June (Sun) "The inspired communication was read which requires
Mother's first born to bless the rising generation and
the gift was attended to in the meeting & afterwards at
the Savior's Fountain."
8 June Eldress Ruth walked from Meeting House to 2d house -
1st time she has been out since May 2d.
12 June "C. Copley & Channing Prentis started for Jefferson Co
with brooms & Frederick W. [icker] to/Vlbany to help the
South family elders confuate a falsehood, which a young
woman who hajbeen there told in Albany, viz. That she