VB-350, Wvlt SF - Graves page 5

1886 (cont.) ,/
24 June Rachel not any better. Watches every night.
28 June Doctor thinks hope for Rachel.
29 June Dr.Ruggs and family bring Lizzie Hageb oom here to live,
30 June Rachel1' the same. Doctor comes and brings Dr. Boyd to see her..
Ab i(c)J ^expected to die any minute.
2 July It is excessively warm. RacheKsuf fers a great deal with heat; Sister1'7
Annie nearly sick, she is ironing dresses for the girls.
13 July RacheK improving.
14 July Abial y Hathaway died. / ,
25 (Sun) Go to Meeting House. Rachel" a b l e
to be left alone.

VB-350 ends with July 26, 1885.


VB-351, Sept. 1, 1886 - December 1 (Same author)

6 Sept Rachel goes for first ride with Josie.
29 Sept Ozias took 10 g a l . of
his catsup to West Albany Hotel.
14 Oct ^
El dressRosetta 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\/Ann ie and" company picked up about 40 barrels of potatoes.
21 Oct El dress Rosetta starts for AcXushnet.
23 Oct El dress^Kosetta returns home, Josephine with her.
23 Nov Finished, after several days, picking corn husks. Now pick 10 turkeys
and 10 ch ickens .
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 Wi I I iam^Johnson 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 "move my into
Ab i oj 'sshop.
12 Jan MA^cuts out 3 cloaks for Sister Annie, Eva and IG.
22 Jan Rachel quite feeble. Keeps to her room and does what she is able on the
shirts in her room.
25 Feb Nehemiah 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,theyare having some
trouble.
14 Apr Cleaning the drying house and "pinacle" "house pinacle"
18 Aap Joseph Quintal came here to live.
Spring cleaning in Ab ram's and George ' s rooms, workmen 's house, Pol I y 's
room at 2d house, feather bed room at yellow shop, back shed room, sew-
ing room, i ron i ng room, nurse ' s apartment, woodshed chambers, good
clothes rooms, north & south garrets, Abiel's room, music room, middle
hall at shop, 2d house kitchen, sisters' chamber and Elder brethren rooms,
workmen' s kitchen, Jacob's room and h a l l ,
brethren's front room, sisters'
meeting room, d i n i n g ' room,
workroom, 2d house cellar and buttery, wash
house, etc.