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the Lebanon Ministry or to meet them at Alfred.
15 Feb Ministry decided for Bro Daniel Boler to go to Alfred
to help them & he was taken to Albany to go by r.r.
24 Feb FSW learns that the Legislature is working on laws that
will cut off the right of any religious society or com-
munity unless they incorporate according to law & then
have their officers chosen by vote "which things we
cannot agree to." Informed Lebanon.
27 Feb (NL) Frederick Evans goes to Hudson to see their lawyer
Hogeboom about this matter.
28 Feb (NL) Bro Daniel returns. At Gloucester Elder Bro John
Coffin released, replaced by Otis Sawyer.
19 Mar Wilson Youngs died at WF^1T tfohn O'Neil, a young Be-
liever at SF, recently.
24 Apr Ben jamin S. Youngs died - 81. "He is the last one of
the three that left Lebanon Jan. 1, 1805 to preach the
gospel in the west, Ohio, Kentucky & other states."
27 Apr ^Fanny Waterman of WF died "general debility" - 78.
1 May Deacons begin plowing on Island.
1 May Brethren begin planting garden east of the dwelling.
July * 7 Aug ^Mary Ann Whittaker died at WF - 55.
12 Aug George Peavy addressed the world.
13 Aug Elder Issachar Bate^s, Richard Dean, Eldress Perlina
Bates, Irena Bates, Mary Ann Ayers & Clarissa Shufelt
left on visit to Enfield, Conn., Shirley, Harvard,
Canterbury & Enfield, NH & back via Boston & NYC.
26 Aug KJuda Bishop died at CF - 85.
Elizabeth Bowser died - 90.
31 Aug Loads of visitors from both Shirley & Canterbury ar-
rived at same time due to some misunderstanding between
their ministries.
22 Oct Somone got in the CF Office kitchen by a window not
fastened; but the sisters heard him & called the bre-
thren & the burglar heard the stirring above & made
his escape.
26 Oct Chauncey Copley, Sylvester Prentis & Daniel Sherman
went with their teams to Niskayuna with 4 sisters,
Elder Amos & Bro Daniel & gathered apples--80 bushels
of winter apples, 110 bushels of cider apples.
31 Oct General turnout to pick up cider apples - got 300 bu.
2 Nov Making cider, gathering pop corn & apples. Elder Amos
begins digging a hole to bury apples - put in 50 bu.
17 Nov A brother from Shirley came to buy broom corn.
19 Nov CF to put an addition on their horse stable 18' long &
make preparations for next summer to build a new barn
for their stock 42 x 84' with a 16' bridgeway which