VB-350, Wvlt SF - Graves page 5

1886 (cont.) j
24 June Rachel not any better. Watches every night.
28 June Doctor thinks hope for Rachel.
29 June Dr.Ruggs and family bring Lizzie Hege^_gpm here to live.
30 June Rachell/the same. Doctor comes and brings Dr. Boyd to see her.
Ab icil ^expected to die any minute.
2 July It is excessively warm. Rachel^suffers a great deal with heat; Sister^
Annie nearly sick, she is ironing dresses for the girls.
13 July Racher improving.
14 July AbieiKHathaway died. ,
25 (Sun) Go to Meeting House. Rachel able to be left alone.

VB-350 ends with July 26, 1885.


VB-351, Sept. 1, 1886 - December 1888 (Same a uthor)

6 Sept Rachel goes for first ride with Josfe.
29 Sept Oziasr took 10 gal.of his catsup to West Albany Hotel.
14 Oct Eldress^Rosetta and I get Josie ready to go away. Rachel takes her into
the nurse's apartments until she goes.
15 Oct Eldresses go to Albany and put Josie on train for New Bedford.
19 Oct Sister^Annie and company picked up about 40 barrels of potatoes.
21 Oct El dress Rosetta starts for AcHushnet.
23 Oct El dress^Rosetta returns home, Josephine with her.
23 Nov Finished, after several days, picking corn husks. Now pick 10 turkeys
and 10 chickens.
25 Nov Thanksgiving. Had very good meeting at home and a very nice dinner
of turkey, celery and cranberries.
29 Nov Start shirt business again - 20 doz. from Troy at 600 a dozen.
1 Dec W I I IianrJohnson came to start their engine and see that it Is all right
and John Hill Is going to run It.
6 Dec Finish the 20 doz. shirts. Get more.
(During the winter, the number of shirts done reads 20, 20, 52, 32, 38,
30, 50, 40, 40, 20 or 342 doz. shirts, or 4,104 shirts)
26 Dec RacheKvery miserable. I doubt she will live until spring. (Died Dec 1888)

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1887
3 Jan Very cold. Making hoods for all the sisters. I^ove my rabbits Into
Ab IQ.I 'sshop.
12 Jan MA^cuts out 3 cloaks for Sister Annie, Eva and IG.
22 Jan Racherqulte feeble. Keeps to her room and does what she Is able on the
shirts In her room.
25 Feb Nehemlah White died at CF.
26 Feb Elder Charles Brackett died at CF. John Hill left.
6 Apr Henry George comes back bag and baggage, goes In the front room to live.
7 Apr Edmond goes to Troy to take care of his ch I I dren,they are having some
troub le.
14 Apr Cleaning the drying house and "pinacle" "house pinacle"
18 Aap Joseph Quintal came here to live.
Spring cleaning In Abram's and George's rooms, workmen's house, Polly's
room at 2d house, feather bed room at yellow shop, back shed room, sew-
ing room, Ironing room, nurse's apartment, woodshed chambers, good
clothes rooms, north & south garrets, Ablel's room, music room, middle
hall at shop, 2d house kitchen, sisters1 chamber and Elder brethren rooms,
workmen's kitchen, Jacob's room and hall , brethren's front room, sisters'
meeting room, dining room, workroom, 2d house cellar and buttery, wash
house, etc.