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27 Feb "justice moved to the office, Joel Teleased from the office to take care of the farm,
David released, etc."
2 Apr Justice went to Albany to get hog feed and pay the rent,
I 7 AprSat "Capt. Groot and a constable came here after fines and took the one-horse harness."
19 Apr Mon "Stephen and Justice went to Albany to get a writ of replevy to take the harness back,
taken Saturday."
(Webster's Unabridged: Replevy - archaic. Replevin - thej- ecoveryof goods claimed to
be wrongfully taken upon the person's giving security to try the matter in court and
return the goods ifdefeated in the action.)
27 Apr Two stone cutters came to put up the steps to our new house.
24 May "Brethren make a fire on the hill this evening and likewise the brethren at Lebanon on
the mountain to get a direct line to Watervliet."
9 June Writer began to layfloors in the new house.
18 June Got some masons from Albany to build arches and ovens.
14 Sept Sisters beginpainting anofitaining in the new house.
17 Sept Champion Chamberlain came here to work.
24 Sept Eldress Elizabeth and Hannah Youngs came to help sisters with painting.
28 Sept Justice and Frederick go to Hudson "to attend ourt to try the forged note, etc."
19 Oct Justice got a "keg of tobacco" in Albany. "Jane Thomasded. >$%w
21 Oct ^Jane's funeral at9 a.m. "The SF and some of the world attended with us and we had a
very solemn meeting and performed funeral services in good order."
Writer goes to CF every few days "to grind paint."
5 Nov Justice bought a paint mill* V/j
7 Nov Sun "We went to Meeting House and had a comfortable meeting. Crazy Eunice shut up."
13 Nov Move Eunice to the cheese house.
K) Dec "Windy day. Brethren saw with the windmill."
II Dec Brethren move the windmill to the kiln house.
21 Dec Move into thenew house.

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1831
13 Feb Sun "Windy and rather cold. We attended at theMeeting House but did not have so agreeable
a meeting as we could wish on account of great crowd of spectators."
Are consistently making brooms and taking loads of them into Albany to be shipped to NYC
20 Apr "Sisters began to cook and the family to eat in the new house."
21 Apr "Justice went to Albany and got Elder Brother and I each a hat."
23 May With other elders set off on a trip. Went to Jackson 38 miles and put up for the night.
24 May LeftThomson early in a.m. and went on to Arlington and had breakfast, then to D.
Tuttle's on the mountain and put up for the night.
25 May Left Tuttle's and went to Downers, 32 miles, and put up for the night.
26 May Left Downers early, went to Windsor and took breakfast and went on to Enfield, NH,
arriving about 6:30 p.m.
31 May Left Enfield for Canterbury.
7 June Went to Harvard.
13 June Went to Shirley.
16 June Set out forEnfield, Ct. and arrived on the 17th towards evening.
22 June Left forTyringham and arrived on 23d about 9 a.m.
24 June In afternoon started forHancock, arrived about 4:30 p.m.
(AtWatervliet, tJezekiah Hammond and Lucy Butler went to the world from the WF.)
25 June Left Hancock and went over the mountain to Lebanon and put up at the 2d Family.
27 June Left Lebanon for Watervliet in a.m. and arrived about 4:30 p.m. "Glad to get home again
Justice went to take Hezekiah and Lucy's clothing to them.