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10 Oct Brethren from Lebanon - 21 from all families - come to help
raise the mill.
11 Oct Mill raised, "got all of the bends up."
12 Oct Raising finished. AA finishes girls1 school.
13 Oct Lebanon brethren return home.
16 Oct some of sisters making mops for sale.
26 Oct Had Harriet Slater and Catherine A.S. bound.
9 Nov "Made my quincy sauce."
21 Nov Morlah T. and I "went to reeling silk."
23 Nov Freegift & Nathan Slosson very sick with inflammation of bowels.
24 Nov Mary Mu I I ey d i ed . M~ tf-fl ~3
9 Dec Freegift able to go outdoors; Nathan very sick.
12 Dec Freegift ableff-o go some to his shop.
27 Dec Nathan Slosson d i ed . AJL 7$-3-}?
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4 Jan Azuba leaves girls & Nancy Wells goes to live with them.
8 Jan Elder Brother resigned his place to Freegift.
25 Jan Ministry returning to Lebanon. With them halfway went Eld Bro
Freegift, DAB, Moriah T., Eld Sis Eliza W., Benj. T., Willard A,
Angeline Annas & PAB. Met with Lebanon elders & party - 20 in all.
12 Feb I start spinning linen.
6 Mar Changes at NF. Jane H . " out of Eldress Order & Phebe Smith in.
23 Mar The brethren saw 135 loads ofwood this week and sisters carded
266 Ibs. of tow.
26 Mar Sisters finish tow - 308 Ibs. "There has also been spun for
mops yarn for 3 doz. and 10 runs forcarpet yarn.
Mori I la Camel went to her mother gain.
Deacons have bought Jacob Groat's farm - 80 acres, together with
his part of the house which he & his brother occupied, $635 or
$6350, to be paid quarterly.
29 Mar Elder Bro. moving scuttle door from north to south side of
dwelling house to make room for belfry.
3 Apr "Thisla.m. is spent by ma.ny in cleaning. This p.m. there was 12
instruments in company with the beloved Ministry & Elders. They
took waterffrom the Saviour's Fountain and sprinkled it thru the
buildings. There was no one to out of the Valley."
4 Apr VThis day we keep in solemn feat for we are visited by the
hosts of heaven . "
5 Apr This a.m.STanton took George Woods to his father.
"Henry & Josephine Eagles to Elsa their mother in N.J. They
were taken into this family when very young., Henry was 4 and .
Josephine 2 yrs. Here ends the story of the two Eagles."
Little William Edwards who is about 3 yrs. came here to live.
6 Apr Stanton & Ephraim P. take Wm. Brooks to his parents in Albany.
9 Apr Stanton went to Yearsleys (now Latham) to town meeting, then
to Albany & brought home 120 clams.
10 Apr Trustees went to Groats tojdivide the land with the North Family
15 Apr Abby Messenger left largest girls to goyo dairy with Betsy
Hawkins; Emily Conkling takes the girls.
16 Apr Henry Watson, abou$dt 21, comes from SF, wi II (i-ve in meeting room.
Peter Gosman, youth, comes fromSF to live in boys' order.
17 Apr "The bell, whichjwas fastened to the woodhouse, is taken down by
Elder Brother who is going to put it on top of the dwelling
house . "
19 Apr Chapman Buckingham came to see the brushmakers, "those he had
learnt to make brushes. He feels very well satisfied with them."
23 Apr Catherine V. & Elizabeth S. work in washhouse, " b o i l ing out"
cotton cloth & tow & I i nen yarns."
24 Apr Deacons brought home 100 shad; we keep 70, send rest to NF.
Have spooncakes for supper first time this year.
25 Apr The brethren help raise the belfry on top of first house. Get
it up to ring for supper.
26 (Fri ."The brethren were al I warned by Elder Brother in meeting last
night to appear this a.m. to splitting & piling wood to the
washhouse woodhouse. They accordingly obeyed."
Joseph Mul ly came to see his daughter Sal ly & Jeremiah.
Harriet & Anna Slater's aunt & their schoolmaster came to see
them .
29 Apr "Children had spoon cakes for supper. Lucy F. & myself fried
them. "
30 Apr The sisters have a bee, raking around the mill & pond. After
supper the brethren turn out too.
5 May "The whole of the CF attenrfmeet i ng in the Meeting House with
the Ohio Ministry, who receive much love & blessing from all
the hos'4' of heaven. We al I go to the Centner where we have a
beautiful & heavenly feast of divine things from the eternal
world. We also have a short meeting at the Holy Saviour Fountain
in the Center of the dooryard, where Elder Brother John brings us a large
store of lovejfrom the Holy Mount."
9 May DAB painted the belfry yellow.
15 May One brother & 2 sisters went to river "after birch bark for
coloring."
Elder Bro Freegift (accompanied by David Miller) went to doctor
in Albany "to have them cut something that was thought to be a
cancer" out of his eye.
1 Jun Took some of their wool to French's Mills to have made into cloth
1 July Sarah Simons & Sarah J. Ogden finish combing.
9 Jul DAB & Deaconess went to SF^ f or youth & children - Sarah Ingham,
Frances S^^HTdelaide S^T^Samuel s3>^John [ngham, Or i n Bates &
Martha J. Bates .
19 Jul This week., Elder Calvin Bates at SF resigned his place and moved
to the NF and Issachar became elder and Richard Dean lives with
him.
9 Aug "Went after reed root for tea."
16 Aug "I have made 1 doz. of draw baskets this week."
21 Aug "After supper some of the boys were in the garden shed up garret
when by a misstep Alexander Brown fell thru the trapdoor and
broke his neck. He was taken fo(the 2d House where he was taken
care of. He only lived 15-20 minutes, then expired."
4 Sep "I have made 2% doz. draw baskets and 6 covered work baskets
for sale."
6 Sep C a t h e r i n e Vedder
and Elizabeth Seely colored pursley blue this
week .
14 Sep Everyone busy gathering in seeds, broomcorn, herbs, apples &
ever yth i ng e I se .
21 Sep "somejof Satan's imps set fire to the woods; the brethren go to
see to it."
23 (Mon) This day we keep sacred; we clean our buildings as is the
Lord ' s c o m m a nd . "
.26 Sep Morfah & some of young sisters go to Island to gather broomcorn
for I i tt I ebrushes.
"Elder Sister & myself make some of the bull's crackers."
13 Oct "All four families attend meeting at the Center." A few spec-
tators .
19 Oct We hear of death at Union Vi I l a g e ,
Ohio of Andrew Houston who
fell from a building he was working on.
30 Oct Matilda Wells has cut & dried 70 pumpkins.
4 Nov Lucy Brown at NF very low; sisters take turns watching with her.
16 Nov Brother Abiathar B. quite sick, "has almost lost his senses."
21 Nov Lucy Brown died. AJLt-&~-7-}'
26 Nov Elder Bro Freegift digging a spring north of 2d House.
10 Dec Moriah T. & Clarissa V. go to Albany with Sarah Jane Ogden "who
is not expected to return no more."
17 Dec Brethren kill 18 hogs, four chop 676 Ibs. of link meat, fill
them the same day, finish 11 p.m. Also have 530 Ibs. lard.
22 Dec Sally MuI Iy began weaving in tape room.
24 Dec Molly Youngs died at SF.A^-//-
27 Dec "I have gone to making baskets. One dozen taken to Office and
one for home use." (In year past made 5 doz. baskets and 1
for home use. )
9 Jan Somefof brethren work at quarry getting out stone for WF.
19 Jan Anna Benedict died. -
18 Feb New mi II started today.
19 Feb I made some bu I I 's crackers.
26 Feb Meeting of Ministry, elders & trustees from other families
about building a new meeting house.
1 Mar (Sat) 1st & 2d Orders attend meeting in Meeting House tohear the
Holy Laws read, it being Mother Ann's Birthday.
6 Mar "Great stir among the indwellers of the Church; there is a
union meeting established in the garret against Elder Brother's
room and also in the brethren's porch."
Barnet & Abraham Hummel came hereto live.
18 Mar FSWicker, Freegift & Eld Bro Jos. Hodgson went to Albany "to
attend a memorial on behalf of the Society."
24 Mar Barnet Hummel has decided to go to his mother.
27 Mar Elizabeth See I y has made 18 bonnets for home use.
28 Mar "I finish 4 doz. baskets for sale & 6 for home use."
1 Apr "Eld Bro has finished the lye leach and Daniel has placed it
south of the ashhouse."
Begin hetcheling flax & carding tow.
7 Apr C. Copley brought home 2000 clams.
8 Apr Jonathan Slosson 'died. ^icS'S^n-^'
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