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6 Dec Jane Dunford moved to her home.
17 FSW went to Albany to get a proof for Calvin Green.
19 (Sun) "Calvin Green attended the families' meeting; gave them a
short sermon. In the p.m. he spoke quite lengthy to the
whole church . "
21 Ki I led 22 hogs, avg. 41 5 Ibs.
22 NF took 2 little Simmons girls to the poor master.
24 "We had the gift to wash each other's feet, being the night
before Christmas."
25 "This is the day we keep in remembrance of the birth of our
Sun. Saviour. We had a very good & satisfactory meeting. We re-
ceived some particular notice, a seal etc. Calvin Green had
a gift to speak upon worldly knowledge - the difference between
our Lord & Saviour and the wisdom of Solomon, etc. General
Humphrey and Crosby came and had dinner. We had meeting at the
usual time and a good one it was."
29 "NF deaconesses came to make their yearly visit."
1848
! Jan "We arise at 3:30 a.m., had meeting at 4 until 6V10 - an
exceeding good one."
2 The Office folks attend union meeting with the Elders in the
new part, have an excellent time, many new things."
6 Three of WF sisters come to see them. Reel silk.
7 Calvin Green taken back to Lebanon.
11 Catherine &'Clarissa filled emery balls. Gave the family 4
doz. knives and forks.
18 Delia Smith made up her mind to leave so she was taken to
Schenectady and put on train to go to her friend in Rochester.
22 Ground entirely bare, CM went to look for elecampane.
23 "No public meeting on account of smallpox." (In world, not
in Shakers . )
27 "Plenty of beggars today."
28 Shipped 6 doz. brooms to Utica for York Mi I Is.
1 Feb FSW went to Albany to see about the Shaker bill. A Mr. Rose
has brought our bill in question again.
4 Henry DeWitt came from Lebanon for broom handles.
7 Geo. & Abiah Peavy bound their son, George, to Stanton B.;
also EM Norton's father bound h i m .
9 Feb Eldress REbecca Carter resigned at SF, Paulina Bates to take
her place.
11 FSW brought Mary & Kate Young, daughters of the Governor, from
Albany to stay all night.
12 Governor and his wife, with Arthur Root & woman, had dinner
and took their children home.
14 "For the evening we had a setting meeting with the good Ministry
about building a new Meeting House. The gift is go 'ahead and
build as soon as possible."
22 First stone drawn for new Meeting House.
23 "A meeting of the Deacons and principal joiners at 3 p.m. at
the Office c o n c e r n i n g the
Meeting House."
29 "This day we keep in commemoration of Mother's birth. The good
Ministry attend both meetings. We had very good meetings etc."
4 Mar CCJand FSW to Albany. "The Trust bill is again revived the
second time this winter and it seems must take its course."
10 SB and some brethren went to help Hills move a barn & House.
12 (Sun) "Poor sleighing but we had 33 of the Legislature attend public
meeting and all have dinner, besides 5 drivers, making 38."
13 Three brethren attend to Albany with $20 worth of things members
of Legislature had ordered, & got the money for the sisters.
19 Two Senators, Hall & Frost, and 4 young women come to meeting
and had dinner.
27 Caleb Bates died at SF. /*.*73-7-v
29 Henry Kerker and fami ly moved to River Farm to I ive this summer.
James Langridge came here to live and help C. Miller with herb
business.
30 "A little boy came by the name of Edward 0' Conner. He wanted
to live with us and it was thought best to let him stay with
Tom WaIde (hired man) a few days on trial."
5 Apr Stanton in Troy on business, made some inquiries about Edw.
O'Conner. Bought a fur hat for Morrell B. for $5.50.
15 Edwsard was taken to live with the boys; he came on March 30th
and' has been with the hired men.
17 Divided the cloth - 1031 yds. for 1st Order; 573 yds 2d Order.
22 Two men came with loads of lime, "the first for Meeting House."
8 May Four masons came to work on Meeting House foundation. Began
drawing stone for Meeting House.
14 May No public meeting because Eldress Ruth is so sick and the
noise would be disagreeable.
17 Shipped a box of bonnets to Harvard Shakers.
26 Have 12 hired hands & upwards working.
27 Twelve young collegians came and had dinner after the hired
men. Luther Parks taken to Albany "to live with his mother or
where he pleases." Sam Allen taken "wherever he wanted to go."
31 Our' c l o t hwhich had been dressed at Lebanon was brought home -
cost $60.90 for dressing.
10 Ju.ne There have been 12-15 hired men the last 4 weeks.
12 "Eldress Paulina and Mary Ann came down last evening to see
the Ministry concerning some false stories told by Mary Ann
Stewart, a young Scotch girl, pretending she was taken care of
through her troubles by the Shakers."
14 C. Mi I l e r and 3 sisters went after boneset. Stanton & Sylves-
ter went after butternut bark for extract & coloring.
17 Man named Prandel and wife from NYC abought $28*63 worth of
bas kets.
20 Masons finish Meeting House wall - 7th week since starting.
22 Family eat in the new kitchen at noon for the first time.
26 Went to Troy and bought Davy Patent cookstove for Island,
price with all the trimmings $25.
27 Meeting House raised, Oliver Prentiss boss. "All Shaker bre-
thren who could do as much as pull on a rope were encouraged
to take part; 101 sat down to dinner in new dwelling house
kitchen. They also served supper and in between had lemonade,
peppermint and small beer, made by doctor.
28 The brethren who are working on the Meeting House begin board-
ing at the Off i ce.
1 July Loren & Justice return from Lebanon and brought with them to
work on theJMeeting House Elder Amos Stewart, Isaac Youngs and
Benjamin Gates from the Church Family to tin the roof; Amos
Bishop ( 2 d,'"Fam i I y ), James Wickersham (North House), James
Wilson (Canaan) to work on woodwork.
3 David Allen & John Edict (not Shakers but contractor's men)
began the Meeting House chimneys.
4 Had 31 guests for dinner.
5 C. Miller and 2 boys go to Schenectady for cicuta; Judge (Amasa)
Parker and family to dinner.
6 Julyi/an Rensselaer & Co. come but don't eat. Began to tin the
Meeting House roof after supper.
7 "Van Rensselaer came with his gals and had dinner."
14 Rebecca Jackson and some of her Philadelphia friends came here
to visit. Had supper.
18 "Jos.Goodenow run over our favorite hen, little [da. She had
21 little chickens left without a mother. A solemn time indeed."
20 Elders Amos STewarf & Benjamin Gates went home.
21 A woman about 40 named Clute killed on-railroad track near
Second Family's mill (at Mohawk River). She was deaf and
didn't hear the bell or whistle. Had been visiting on/other
side of river and was returning home. '
28 Judge Harris and family have dinner & supper. Root, wife &
child., that have factory on Patroon Creek, had dinner.
7 Aug "A boy by name of John Burt came. Is an orphan and wanted a
home and they concluded to take him."
15 Isaac Youngs taken back to Lebanon. We saw the balloon sailing
in the air about 5:30 p.m.
17 Big fire in Albany. $2 million property damage.
21 brethren and sisters went to Camp Meeting.
23 Stanton,Clarissa & Betsy Hawkins went to Ida Mills in Troy and
"saw the military parade of General Wool."
Bringing lath for Meeting House from Albany.
.14 Sept Brought man from Albany "to make mortar for Meeting House"
under Woodruff's direction.
15 "The Mexican came again to get some seed bags cut; has taken
$100 worth of seeds . "
18 Five teams went for stone beyond Schenectady.
20 DAB took Almira and all the little girls (14) for a ride in
the Ark.
23 One of Hunters with a drove of sheep came and stayed all night.
25 Six men from Albany came to plaster Meeting House.
26 Digging dock at River 'Farm.
27 Sisters finish painting the Meeting House window sash.
29 Went tojSchenectady for stepping stones for Meet i n g House.
Last load of broom corn for this year - 90 loads, excellent
qua I i ty.
10 Oct Took Li Mis Wood to Dr. March in Albany "to take off a finger."
15 "The sisters are assembled and spoken to about the pork and
Ruth Green's coming here to live."
16 Got 3 masons from Albany to put up steps to Meeting House.
17 BEcause it rains, the masons start plastering.
19 EIdfiej F r e e g i f t
and others went to look at Camp's farm he wants
to sell.
21 (Sun) "This is the yearly feast on bread and water. No meeting
but the fam i I y ' s . "
27 Took hogs to market. Made out wel I .
29 Went beyond Schenectady for stone.
30 CC & CM go to Island to plow & plant dock.
1 Nov Two men came with loads of elecampane.
4 Men finish plastering at Meeting House.
5 (Sun) "A man came from Scotland., stayed all night and wanted to be
hired. Had no money."
6 SB & CC went to Albany to do something about buying the Camp
f arm .
9 Three men come with a large load of elecampane.
10 MorrelI went to Johnstown on rai Iroad to get basket timber.
Spent $7.15 for timber., $3 for passage.
13 Hired men filling up the hole where the old mill stood.
14 John Decker came from SF to live.
15 Brought out men to put up furnace in Meeting House.
18 Took furnace men home.
21 Brethren dig a drain from boys' shop to creek - 17 feet.
22 Judge Parker and family have dinner and he bought a cheese
for $4.00. SB to Ida Mills to give them order for South
Un i on, Ky .
27 CC and Geo. P. to Stockbridge with scrap iron "to get it man-
ufactured." "Could not get it worked so brought it back and
sold it in Albany, after paying $11 freight on it."
30 Jesse & Ch. went after pipe stems.
13 Dec "SB & CC stay at home and make the account of expenses on the
Meeting House. The CF has paid out $2505.79 thus far."
15 Dec "Elder Richard & Edw. Fowler came soon/after breakfast. Had
wanted FSW to assist them. Their case had gone against them.
The judge pronounced the indentures illegal, etc. CC got up
a team & took them a]I to Albany.
18 Two brethren went after pipe stems.
19 Two brethren went over the river for broom handle plank.
31 "Pleasant. Some 15 or 20 brethren & sisters attend public
meeting by request as the families are quite out of health.
2d Order (NF) came also."
1849
3 Jan "This morning there were two sun dogs all beams to be seen--
said to be a sign of a bad storm."
4 Catherine & Moriah started weaving carpeting for Office.
5 One of Witbecks came to tell Stanton that barn at River/Farm
had caught fire from locomotive and, with much difficulty, had
been put out after burning through the roof. Henry Sr. went
up thru the burning roof and threw wafer on, to the surprise
of all. Stanton and 4 others went down with load of planks
and boards to mend barn. Got home 9 p.m.
6 Stanton went to Troy to see railroad company about fire.
8 Mercy Everett d i ed at Wf\ 7/-t/~i/
9 Catherine & Moriah finish carpets.
10 SB went and paid taxes - $325.62.
19 Bought 5 loads of basswood plank.
20 Legislators came to meeting; Peavy spoke nearly 2 hours, BS
Youngs spoke also. 42 had dinner at Office.
24 Finish picking husks - all the Society. WF had 300 Ibs.
25 Deacons of all families have meeting in evening about building
Meeting House shed.
28 CC started western journey, after unpacking his sleigh and
putting his load on a wagon.
29 NF and SF have been hauling sand around Meeting House - 10 or
11 teams - over 400 Iaods in 2 days.
2 Feb Get request from CC for his sleigh. CF & NF befltinue hauling
3wajid^--j^_Q_r_se Jeam-s, 6-7 .ox _tearns . "Good whe^e.l j-ng- -a-r-o.und
here . "
3 Take CC' s sleigh to Schenectady and put on train for Rome.
Still hauling sand. "Ephraim came home last evening."
1849 CHARGES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT AGAINST Ransom Parks
5 March 1849 (Monday) *
Ransom Parks, immediately after breakfast, was t asked to
appear before Elders Freegift Wells and David A. Buckingham, and
a number of brethren--David Miller, B.S. Youngs, F.S. Wicker,
Jesse Harwood, Stanton Buckingham, Chauncey Cop ley, Charles Brae-
kwrr, Shubel Prentiss, W. Allen and Chauncey Miller-- "to hear a
statement of his disorderly and improper conduct in relation to
certa i n things..."
Freegift presented the case. 1) a pair of boots being
made for Ransom with deep red morocco -tops turned down about 3",
extravagantly stitched with lining up the back part of pale red,
"which fashion was nowise allowable in our Society."
2) Unbecoming talk and harsh conversation and replies to Elder
Freeg i ft.
Those present did not* bel ieve Ransom had any basis for
his treatment of Freegift. "After 'an explanation of much good
feeling of charity and love and a desire for his reformation, he
was told he might have the day to examine himself and makae up his
mind what course he wants to take--whether to acknowledge his wrongs
and amend his improper hab'Its and behavior or to chose his way by
absenting himself from our Society." All knelt in prayer. He was
released from work, told to talk to noone so. he could g've'- his
whole attention to making up his mind.
Next morning, all (except FW & CM) met and thought Ransom
had not repented and was therefore still unprepared to make a final
decision.
On Wednesday, had a 1^ hour meeting. Although at the
beginning he knelt for several minutes, he was told to take a seat.
His statements were were-not satisfactory as tokens of reformation
or,-repentance. Gave him further time for reflection, although he
could go back to work.
On Thursday, 14th, met and all agreed it would be better
for Ransom to leave the Society peaceably. So his things were to
be gathered and taken tothe Office and there packed, and he was to
be taken to his mother in Albany.
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