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1870
14 July Ministry go to NF & release Sarah VanWyck & replace with
Aurelia White as Eldress, and Electa Thomas to live with
her. Harriet Hutchinson sent to WF to live.
17 (Sun) EldflgJ Fred Evans comes to WV & addresses world today.
18 July Giles goes to Cohoes with Jesse Harwood to get cement to
mend cistern under Ministry Shop.
21 July Ministry return to Lebanon.
2 Aug Ministry go to Tyringham. Go up on mountain west of their
village "to see their pasture lands & woodlands & make up
our minds relative to the question of selling out the place."
7 Sept Ministry go to WV.
10 Sept Nelson Nichols to see Ministry, seeking another privilege.
11 Sept Giles goes to WF & SF to see what their feeling would be
about taking back Nelson Nichols.
18 (Sun) Giles addresses public meeting; Albert Lomas having gone
to NYC on business.
19 Sept Giles takes a load of apples to Lebanon East Family as gift
^_ from WV, East Family having none & WV a super abundance.
^^^^B
22 Sept Ministry go to Groveland.
26 Sept Arrange with Groveland elders for John Lockwood to return
to Groveland & spend the balance of his life.
A new railroad is being built thro their lands, to go to
Dansville & onward."
Entries for Sept. 27 thrulOct. 3 missing.
4 Oct Ministry back from Groveland.
13 Oct In afternoon Giles visits some of the families to find out
what they think about a knitting machine.
16 Oct Last public meeting for the season. Ministry attend even-
ing prayer meeting at WF.
17 Oct Eld Issachar conies to Ministry Shop "relative to the rela-
tions between Bro Albert & the brethren there."
20 Oct Ministry return to Lebanon.
28 Oct (NL) Have final decision from Court of Appeals in case of
a child, Marion Barbour. Main points are: 1) Neglect of
putting on a government stamp to the indenture did not make
it illegal, sos far as binding the child by the mother con-
cerned; 2) it reversed some former judicial decisions which