Jesse Wells - 1834 page 11

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1834
1 Jan Luther went to the river to getsome pepper ground.
21 Jan Took Thomas and Alfred Ayres to Troy and had them bound.
28 Jan Took in two littlegirls from Schenectady - Margaret and Emily.
"David Osborn died. ^>"
19 Apr ""William Seely set off forhis native land to see his mother," (He's mentioned again on
18 Juneth so he didn't go too far,)
21 Apr Alexander Boyd and Charles Chadwick went to the world.
7 May "Stephen, Oliver and I went to the river to pull down the Negro house."
19 May "I went to the river with Stephen and Oliver to help raise the house for the miller."
10 July Charles Stevens came here to live.
21 July Charity Saunders and her two girls went to the world.
15 Sept "Our miller set outto seek a place that suited him better than ours but found none."
2 Dec Crandie children ran away. Went to see the corpse of their grandfather.
4 Dec Jeremiah and 1 went to the SF to saw broom handles in theirnew mill.
8 Dec Oliver and I went to SF to turn broom handles.

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1835
22 Jan "Charles Stevens came after a further privilege and we took him him in."
25 Feb "'Ruth Johnson andlEliza Wells came to WF to live.
1 Mar Sun "The family assemble at 6 this evening to sing in commemoration of Mother Ann's
birthday."
2 Mar Funeral at SF of ^Rachel Lyon. 7?-2**-
9 Mar Justice took four Sisters to CF to learn to sing.
26 Apr Abigail Chadwtck went away.
9 May Sat Brother Rufus here this morning. Remove Mother Lucy's grave.
11 May "Elder Brother and I went to help dig up the remains of Mother Ann and Father William Lee,
Brethren begin to plant broom corn."
12 May "Ministry allcame here today. Elder Brother and I went to help bury the bones of
Mother Ann and Father William. "
10 June "Oudith Rich "here to teach the sisters toweave bonnets."
16 June ''Polly Vedder here to teach the susters to make bonnets.
21 July We raised our mill house - 42' x 28' and two stories.
17 Aug "I went to the CF after some tools for making chair balls."
24 Aug Two carpenters came to work on mill house.
10 Sept "I begin to paint the mill house."
1 Oct Two military officers here after fines and seized some property.
5 Oct John Clark brought his sons John and George for us to keep.
27 Nov Rebecca went with the Crandie girls to see their dead grandmother.
10 Dec Joel and I took John and George Clark to their father to have them bound.
12 Dec Began to buzz broom handles in the new horse mill.