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                  [Entries     up  to  May   22  not   legible     because    ink   has   faded.]
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<b>22  May</b>      KAbiah    Crary    moved   from    SF  to  NF.
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<b>10  July</b>       Reservoir     for   Shirley     factory    broke    &  swept   away    7  dams
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                                &  did   other    damage,    amounting      to  $10,000.
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                  [For   July   &  August    Ministry     were   at  WV   but   ink  is   too  faded.]
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<b>2  Aug</b>         Got   175  loads    of  hay   from   river    farm.
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<b>10  Aug</b>    (Sun) Abial     Hathaway     addressed      meeting.     (He lives     at   "west
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                                family    of  SF--about     6 miles.)       Ministry     visited     there,
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                               then    went   "to   Isaac's    farm,    called    the   north   farm,
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                                rather    a hard    place.     We  think    it  is   a  pity   they   ever
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                               bought     it  &  should    welcome    they    sell   it  if  they    could
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                                get  their    money   back    &  enough    to  pay   them   for   their
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                                expense    they   have   been to."
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                  11-21   Aug    Illegible
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<b>22  Aug</b>       Returned     to  NL.     In  Greenbush     at   the  "flats",     water
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                                covered     the  road    from   12-20"    for   some   20  rods   "but we
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                                passed    through     safe,   a  fine   chance     to  wash   our   wagon."
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<b>26  Aug</b>       Group    from   C^ went    to   visit   at   Lebanon--Stanton        Buck-
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                                ingham,     Betsy   Hawkins,     Aurilla     Whbite,    Phebe    Ann   Smith,
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                                Sarah   Ann   Wood    &  Catherine     Ferguson.       Then   on  to Han-
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                                cock,    Canaan,    etc.     Home   on   Sept.   6.
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<b>29  Sept</b>      DABuckingham       went   to  Lebanon     "on   school    matters."
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<b>1  Oct</b>         (NL)   Ministry     have   letter    from   Canterbury      Ministry
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                                ^fabout   their    trials    &  troubles     with   the   people    in  Maine
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                                &  requesting      advice    or   a visit.      "The nature      of   things
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                                were   such    that   it  was   impossible      to  give    satisfaction
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                                by  writing"      so  Elder   Amos,    Sister    Betsy    &  another    sis-
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                                ter   were   to  go   the   next   day.    Were    gone   3 weeks.
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<b>3  Oct</b>        Abram    Newman    went   from   WV   to  see   the   Ministry     at  NL
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                                "And   if   possible     get  their    union    &  counsel    in  doing    as
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                                he   pleased    in  regard    to   his  wife    &  children.       He  stated
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                                he   had  taken    his   oldest    boy   away   from   the   Believers     &
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                                placed    him   with   his   relatives      in  the   worldl,    and   that
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                                he   intended    to   take   his   other   boy   with   him   &  go   &  live
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                                with   his   wife    & family    until    his   children     were   old
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                                Enough    to   take   care   of  themselves,       & when    he  had per-
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                                formed    that   duty    {as  he   explained     it)   he  would    want   the
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                                privilege      of  returning     to   Believers     again    &  wished    to
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                                obtain    our   union    &  liberty    in   so  doing.    We   endeavored
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                                to   show   him  that    he  was   taking    a  dangerous     step,    and
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                                One   that   we   could   not   bless--that      the   gospel    of   Christ
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                                required     a  sacrifice--a       forsaking     of   natural    ties--that
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                                when   he   had   provided     a place    for   his   children     in  the
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                                world,    he   had  performed      a  reasonable     parental      duty,   and
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