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1872 & WF
Order to help SF/build new cowbarns.

20 Nov Giles spend day with C. Miller about seed business.
Chauricey "is very determined that no brother shall serve
with him in the office in any capacity whatever as an
officer."
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22 Nov Giles spend t^he day with Philip Smith & other brethren
about taking the seed business; he consents to take it.

23 Nov Giles goes back to Lebanon.

24 Nov (NL) Giles goes to NF to see Oliver Prentiss "who is to go
to WV tomorrow to see authorities in WF and make a draft
for a new barn

25 Nov Elder FW Evans, Eld Antoinette Doolittle & Rachel Webb
come.to WV "to make arrangements for taking all the burdens
of editing & circulating "The Shaker."

30 Nov (NL) Giles writing a circular : about graveyards & monuments

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1873
3 Jan Giles
Gile drafting a new barn for Watervliet SF.

13 Jan Gale
Galen Richmond goes to Lebanon about draft for new barn.

15 Jan (NL) Permission has been given by Ministry for persons
affllicted with bad humors of throat & face to wear their
beards under the chin and^- some, whose eyes were very weak, .,
to wear steaa? the beard on the whole face."

27 Jan Ministry come to WV.
28 Jan Eld Albert Lomas goes to Tyringham "to see the society
concerning selling out the property there to some men in
Albany who want to buy the place for speculation."
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30 Jan "Intensely cold, 25 below. Elder Daniel is working in the
stone quarry for Elder Albert. Giles arranging to get a
school teacher."
7 Feb Giles goes to Albany to get some music books for a singing
schqol at WV.

8 Feb Ministry & CF Trustees spend most of day at WF with their
elders & deacons "concerning the location, size, & style
of their new barn. Giles & a hired man make a bill of
timber."
10 Feb Giles spend most of day at WF with Waterman, the carpenter
hired to build their barn, working at the draft & making
out the bill of timber.
Had met in morning eith elders & deacons of SF about the
same matters.
11 Feb Lucy Horton died, at SF