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For the year 1845
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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-^'
17 Apr Sisters finish 11 doz. mops.
18 Apr "Mary Gillet has con.cluded after all to'find herself a new home
in the world."
21 Apr Archibald Meacham who lives at Office very low with a fever.
30 Apr Family had spoon cakes for supper.
8 May "Archibald is sicker ... no hopes of him."
9 Ma y School beg i n s .
11 May Archibald d i ed . ^^ 6 -3 -/
12 May His funeral. Elders, deacons, deaconesses from WF and SF attend
"Considerable speaking on the occasion, quite lengthy, sisters
go to/grave . "
19 May Eld Bro put a pump on his well between 2d House and Stone Shop.
28 May "The little chippen bird by the Ministry's kitchen began to
hatch, also the little duck hatched this week."
Elizabeth Ingham came here to live.
Eliza Golden, Polly Edwards and Jane Golden came out of girls'
order .
30 May Philip & Lucretia Smith's mother came to see them.
1 Jun "Second Family held a meeting at Father Joseph's Fountain on
the hill beyond the young orchard. It is the first time."
8 Jun Both orders of the Church & 2d Family (WF) attend meeting on the
h i l lby the young orchard. They assembled round Father Joseph's
Founta i n .
24 Jun Simon Atherton of Harvard came on a visit.
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1 July FS W i c k e r
to Albany on law business re. Sarah Ogden.
3 Jul FSW, David Miller & Loren Wicks to Albany re. S a r a hOgden.
9 Jul Beginfro spin on the jenny, the roping was done in the world.
12 Jul "Weather is extreme hot, one of Moses 1 days, too bad to work
such days."
24 Jul Catherine Vedder & Elizabeth See I y color cotton cloth butternut
for frocks & trousers.
15 Aug Lucy Prescott died, after being laid up 8 weeks.
18 Aug Begin to dig cellar of new part or T of dwelling house.
23 Aug Hired man digs d r a i n fromcreek to new cellar.
27 aug Bring 8 hired men f romjschenectady for mason work on new part.
1 Sept Take Abraham Hendrickson to NYCity for his eyes -nearly blind.
Back on 3d.
2 Sep "My peach tree by Ministry Shop had 58 peaches, one of which
weighed 5-| oz . "
3 Sep C. Miller and 3 sisters went after pennyroyal.
10 Sep Masons finish cellar walls.
11 Sep At River Farm a train ran over 17 of their lambs. Brethren
did not find until the next d a y .
19 Sep Sisters have a spinning bee to try to get worsted done. Nearly
finish, have 42 + runs.
20 Sep Brethren begin raising somepf new building.
30 Sep Begin to raise rafters on new building, finish Oct. 4.
27 Oct Masons come to build chimneys & arches in new part of building.
Finish 31st.
28 Oct Have taken shingles off old part of dwelling house, now have
tinners put on new roof.
1 Nov (Sat) Tinners finish except soldering'.
4 Nov Tinners go to election.
7 Nov Tinners finish both old & new parts except door'caps.
Raining. DAB takes them to Albany in "the covered ark."
10 Nov Wind blew like a hurricane all yesterday & night and took some
of tin off new part.
17 Nov Three or four of brethren are clapboarding the new house, "but
it is very cold work for the hands."
23 Nov Brethren finish clapboarding west side of new house.
25 Dec "Today being Christmas, we keep it very sacred; we attend two
meetings which occupied 6^ hours."
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8 Jan Nancy Wells died, aged 23-10-17.
10 Jan Her funeral. Her father Benjamin and Alexander Youngs from
SF attend.
13 Jan A. Train and Ruth Green move into North Room; PAB & Sally MuIly
move down into meeting room; Nancy White moves into North
Chamber from Stone Shop; Eliza Ask took her place.
Finish fitting window frames in new building.
For the year 1845
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