Jesse Wells - 1823 page 3

15 Sept ^"This day we attended the funeral and all the elders and nearly all the young brethren
and sisters ofthe CF attended, a very great company and beautiful procession."
24 Sept Brethren raise roof on schoolhouse.
30 Sept (ssachar returned from Lebanon having been gone 16 weeks. He turns b&om handles at
mill for both his family and SF. Their trustees go out peddling brooms.
19 Nov About 30 brethren went to Albany to attend court martial and about 20 of them were fined,
22 Nov Elders and deacons had meeting at CF on subject of military matters.
23 Nov * Nathan Spier comes to tell them of death of Hezekiah Rowlefnast night.
27-28 Brethren from WF and SF work "on drawing down the sand hilP1 (where the school house
islocated ?)
5 Dec Strong h)W wind, we saw broom handles by wind, nearly 800 today.
11 Dec Seth c>egan to teach school in the new schoolhou e.
25 Dec "Christmas today. We had meeting at 10, then again at 12 and read tfie Covenant, and
a love dance in the evening,"
28 Dec "We went to meeting and shuffled 3 songs and walked 6. "
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1824
8 Jan "A coostable came here and took 12 brethren to jail -5 from here, 5 from CF, 1 at 2d
Order (NF), and 1 SF."
9 Jan "The brethren got a discharge from jail and returned home."
17 Feb "Good wind from the NW for sawing wood. I went to the 2d Order and saw their mill
in operation. "
20 Feb "Eider Brother and 1 went to the CF to hear and sign a memorial to send to Congress."
2 Mar "David went to Albany to help draw some trees for S. Van Rensselaer Jr."
28 Mar "Afternoon. Singers here from SF to sing. We had a gift for the family to stir them up
Sun in the temporal . "
4 Apr Sun "Aaron Burr here. "
14 May "Elder Brother and I went to the CF to see the ministry and elders concerning the brethren
leaving the state. Four brethren went to get certificates."
15 May "Eleven brethren leave the state from the 1st Order, 2 from 2nd Order, 3 from here."
17 May Five brethren from SF move out of state - David went with them to Lebanon.
25 May Brethren return from Massachusetts.
Peddling cradles - to the north, to Schenectady, Albany, Troy.
28 May "Elders labor with Abiathar and convict him of his folly." (Does he mean "convince"?)
24 Oct "We attended at the Meeting House A man from Albany by^ the name of Brooks got up
Sun and testified his faith. "
31 Oct "We attended at the Meeting House, had rather a short meeting. After the Ministry,
elders, brethren and sisters of the CF marched around to every family and the Believers
nearly all followed after them, and went to the Meeting House and had a very powerful
meeting and a very good exhortation."
12 Nov "The cold weather comes on and Vegetation decays, gloomy winter approaches etc."




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