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<hr>                <b>1863</b><br>
<b>12  Feb</b>      At  CF,   Henry    Bussell,     William's     son,    "is  again    here   as   a
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                             candidate.       He   has   long   been   sick,    now  has   fits    &  came   here
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                             under    the  mere    pretense     of  a  visit.      The  Elders    have    got
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                             into   some    trouble    about    him,   considering      the   conditions-     of
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                             the   family,    father     &  children    all   being    here."
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                15   (Sun)   Attended     meeting    with    CF.    "Some    increases     spiritually
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                             since    we  were   at   WF  before,    more    zeal   &  freedom    in   meeting,
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                             &  members     of  the   family    much   more   orderly."
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                16           Elder   Daniel     preparing     a  machine     to  split   basket     stuff    for
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                             fancy   baskets.       Giles    began   a  writing     desk   for   the   Ministry
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                             Shop.
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<b>18  Feb</b>      A  bill   has   just   passed    the   Legislature       "authorizing      the
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                             town   supervisors       to  levy   a  tax    on   the   towns   to   raise
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                             money    to  pay   bounty    to  volunteers      or   to  refund    to  those    who
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                             loaned    money    to  the   towns    last   fall   for   that   purpose.
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<b>14  Mar</b>      Giles    finished     the  desk.
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<b>18  Mar</b>      Ministry     back   to   Lebanon.
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<b>10  Apr</b>      Fred   Evans    &  Ben j .  Gates    go  to  Albany     to  see   Judge    Harris
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                             relative     to  the   bearing     of  the   Conscript     Law   on  the    Shakers
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                             in  general.       "Our   State    Legislature      has   repealed     the   law
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                             passed    last   season     exempting     Quakers     & Shakers     from   military
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                             duty"    thus   making    all   eligible     to  by^ear   arms   or  pay   $300    not
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                             to  fight.      Judge   Harris's      opinion    the   same   as  Ex-Go v. Morgan----
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                             to  be   quiet   and,    if  drafted,     he  &  others    would    actively
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                             assist    in  procuring      their    exemption.
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<b>21  Apr</b>       (NL)    Elder    Daniel    works    on  baskets;     Giles    is  learning
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                              tailoring     &  cutting     clothes.
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<b>9  May</b>        Ministry     come   to  WV.
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<b>11  May</b>      The   Clement    family,     about    14  in  number,     "are   now   ready    for
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                             a  removal     out  again    into   the   world."
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<b>13  May</b>      Bro.   Richard     Dean   came   to  Ministry      Shop   "concerning      a  very
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                             disorderly      &  improper     use   of  cider    at  WF  here."
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<b>14  May</b>      Giles    engaged    in  making     up  an  account     of  the   pensions     due
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                             to  persons     who   died   among    Believers     who   served    in   the
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                             Revolutionary       War   &  War   of   <b>1812</b>.
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                17   (Sun)   First    public    meeting    of   the   year.
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<b>19  May</b>      Ministry     went    to  Groveland.       Return    on   28th.
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<b>3  June</b>      At  WF   to  make    arrangements      for   Polly    Wicks    to  go   to  a  phys-
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                             ician    &  surgeon    named    Greene    to  have    a  cancer    removed.
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                             Also   to   talk   to  prominent      leading    brethren      about   our   dis-
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                             pleasure     with   them    for  the   habit    of  using    cider,    which    they
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                             have   been    doing   again    after    it  had   been   abandoned      for  many
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                             years.
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                             Also   concerning      the   younger     ones   using    tobacco.      "We   en-
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                             deavor    to  make    a  clean    sweep   of   the  whole    concern."
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