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For the year 1841
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17 Oct -some of the sisters went to Stone Shop to sleep.
28 Oct Ephraim Prentiss dismissed from the care of the boys and went
to North Chamber to live and Chauncey Miller took his place.
7 Nov I moved into the Stone Shop, on the 3d story, the NE room which
is for the tape looms.
11 Nov Brethren kill 4 beef.
16 Nov The sisters begin to card tow in the "great spin room."
20 Nov Finish carding tow in evening.
1 Dec Brethren kill 17 hogs and 5 shoats. Have 492 Ibs. I ink meat.
2 Dec Betsy Hastings d i ed . tLt. CF-2"-^
15 Dec Sylvester P. killed about 30 chickens.
25 Dec "Today we keep holy and hear the holy laws of/Zion read to us."
30 Dec Two men come to skin the hogs. They have 17 hogs to kill.,
finished in a day,
1841
1 Jan. Dolly Harwood died at WF. t o u 1 \ - n - \
4 Jan The coldest day we have had.
7 Jan "Very warm indeed for the season. The snow goes off upon the
full gallop; great damage done to the RiverFarm by the ice
damming up the river so that it overflowed to the hill above
Witbecks and the ice took off a great part of the fence. The
Island was all under water to the top of the little shanty. The
brethren went to Witbecks in a boat or to the foot of the hill."
27 Jan A kitchen set up in the Second House in the old dairy rooms
for all the'children to eat. Moriah (Gillet) and Abby (Messenger)
to take the burden.
10 Feb I have knit 1 doz. of work bags for sale and 2 over.
17 Feb C. Copley, Clarissa V. & Lucy Fairchild go on 2 days1 journey.
27 Feb The sisters in general finish spinning tow.
3 Mar C. Copley, Clarissa & Lucy go to Troy.
13 Mar Catherine Reamer died. #- ***'
17 Mar FSWicker, DABuckfngham, PAnn Buckingham, A. Annas & SH Smith go
to Ministry Shop "to wri-ting."
1 Apr Betsy H. & Lucy F. put linen yarn to soak.
2 Apr PAB, AA & SHS finish writing, the brethren are not done.
14 Apr MaryjVedder died.
16 Apr FSW and DAB finish writing at present.
19 Apr Sisters begin to hatchel & card tow, 341 Ibs. flax.
21 Apr Narissa Clary died - her b i rthda y . /Ay*t-{3
23 Apr Sisters card 55 Ibs. tow - finish.
30 Apr "Cold & rainy, very humbly disagreeable weather."
10 May Sisters lay out cotton cloth to whiten.
18 May "Great day among us. Moriah Gi I let & Abby M. resigned their
commission among the girls and come into the meeting room to
live. Jennet Angus & Matilda Wells take their place. Lucy
Fuller took Jennet's place in physician's line & Elizabeth took
Lucy's at the washhouse. Nancy White went to the Office kitchen
to work and that is not all. Mercy Harwood & Caroline Downs
went in the North Chamber to live and Almira T. & Ephraim P. went
down into the meeting room to live. Some more - Sylvester P.
went into the NOrth Chamber to live."
20 May Sisters wash the cotton cloth.
29 May Brethren wash sheep.
31 May Three boys came to CF - Christopher Smith, Nehemiah SV and John S.
1 June Brethren shear sheep.
14 June Willard Allen began to card, Elizabeth T. & Sarah Ogden to comb,
Eunice J., Desire H., Betsy H., Elizabeth S. to coloring blue.
20 (Sun) Arrived-'from PLeasant Hill, Eldresss Anna A., Elder Brother
Edmond, Micajah Burnett & a young sister Sarah Jane McBride.
7 July Morrel I Baker & DAB go to BaI Iston after herbs.
8 July Brethren in general turn out to raise a barn at WF.
14 July "Something of a tumult among the bogtrotters to the river."
19 July Greatest part of brethren are haying at River' Farm.
20 July Few brethren left at home spend time fighting fire.
7 Aug Sarah Ogden's mother came to see her with a constable and a
young man to take her. (In the following weeks, Sarah's case
was in court, with the elders going to Albany, but Sarah con-
tinuing her regular life with the Shakers.)
21 Aug One dozen of draw baskets made for sale (by herseJf-PAB).
27 Aug River farmhouse is cleared out of all furniture for Laban Hill
to move i nto.
31 Aug Brethren are busy on Stone Shop. One dozen more baskets from
PAB.
15 Sep 18 more baskets for sale taken to Office.
24 Sep Sisters finish spinning worsted.
12 Oct Willard/A. finished carding wool - very late on account of low
water.
15 Oct Sisters finish spinning on the jenny!
26 Oct Boys' garret is nearly finished & plastered.
30 Oct Smith brought his- two children here to live - Lucretia & Philip.
4 Nov Sisters gathering husk for mattresses for sale, they are boil-
ing cider and cleaning house.
9 Nov Sisters put up garden seeds this week, all that c a n .
19 Nov Sisters quilt 9 comforters in 2 days.
30 Nov "Nothing very new nor very strange, I have to'tell."
4 Dec "The advertisement was put by the Great Gate."
14 Dec Brethren kill 20 hogs, 900 Ibs. link meat.
17 Dec "The gates are all closed and locked, no more to be opened
at present. "
1842
7 Jan "This day we all in silence keep, and are very still with
walking with our feet."
1 Feb "The brethren watch all night on account of danger."
2 Feb "The whole family watch till 12 o'clock and the brethren all
night; At 12 in the evening, the Brethren & Sisters assembled
together and shouted several times & then sung a song of victory
and kneeled & returned thanks to God for our protection from the
hands of the wicked, for they were at that time plotting evil
against the Believers to destroy them."
21 Feb Francis Goodrich came out of Deacon's Order & Daniel Sherman
went in to live with Wm. Yearsley. Zeviah Spier out of Deacon-
esses ' Order & moved to meeting room to Ii v e . Mati Ida Wei Is &
Betsy Harrison to Deaconnesses Order to live; Nancy White to
live with girls with Jennet Angus; Nancy Wells to North Chamber
to I ive and PAB went across the ha I I "into the other union
meet i n g . "
25 Feb "This evening while we were in silence attending to some read-
ing, we were disturbed with a sound of a drum which proved to
be a number of ruffians, 22 in number, who had got into our door-
yard, then made use of their drum & other music to frighten &
disturb us. Finding they were followed up by the Brethren, they
w i thdrew . "
For the year 1841
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