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1 Jan Singing meeting this morning. Afternoon meeting rather better than common. Many
Sun. spoke and expressed their faith, etc.
2 Jan Eldress Elizabeth & Katy went to 2d Order to see and watch with the sick Sarah Van Wyck
and Louisa Fairchild.
11 Jan C. Miller has purchased TOO loads of manure from one of the stables.in Albany where the
government horses are kept.
12 Jan C. Miller and Daniel started the Western seed journey intending to be absent for 5 weeks.
13 Jan Sarah Cregier brought her daughter to have her teeth fixed.
14 Jan Witbank from Philadelphia wanted to see C. Miller. Would like to order 1000 bu.
popcorn if we have itto sell. .Brought two work baskets for his wife and mother.
15 Jan "It is verycold and tedious; glad to remain by the fire."
16 Jan Shubel Prentiss came to have something done to his teeth. Had dinner.
17 Jan Three of the neighbors came to have their teeth fixed and had dinner.
18 Jan G. Jenkins from Cincinnati, Ohio came with his niece Delia Badgley of Albany and
bought $96 worth of baskets and paid for them. C. Brackett came and helped pack them
and Jenkins tried to put them in his cutter but could not. We gave them dinner.
19 Jan Sent the box of baskets to Albany with hired man.
20 Jan A neighbor woman, Mrs. Winne, is spinning flax forthem.
23 Jan A woman came to have a boy taken. We gave her 60< to get back to Schenectady.
The boy had sore eyes.
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26 Jan Clara Harris came with her sister from N.Y. Bought $5 worth. (Is thisJudge Harris' w-ife-?)
27 Jan A womantlinamed Christiana Fisher came to partly pay for a wood lot - $35 all she could get.
Her husband has gone to the war and spent all the bounty money before he went and left
her needy with two small children to support.
9 Feb Had quite a bit of snow, requiring hired men to "break roads" the evening before, but on
this day had four different companies for dinner - 12 in allbesides hired men & themselves.
14 Feb Lucy and Lydia work on their "Drale alaplaca gowns."
15 Feb Robert Wagan and Moses Clement from New Lebanon -brought 1 1/2 doz. table chairs
for Office dining room - $2.00 each.
19 Feb We ^egin the "new arrangement to omit forenoon union meeting. All eat dinner same as
Sun. any other day at 12, supper at 6, and evening union at 7 p.m. "
Chauncy & Daniel returned about noon, worn and weary.
22 Feb Jessie /Abbie & Lucy Fuller went to Schenectady to buy tinfrom Andrew Van Patten who
Is going out of business because of poor health, Get $30 worth - prices lower than usual.
2 Mar The 2d Order, EldressEliza Wicks is released from Eldress and will come back to ChF;
Sally Van Wyck will take her place.
8 Mar Teamsters are drawing lumber & stone to build two tenants houses.
11 Mar Benj. Chick has been there the last2 days canning 90 doz. 'apple butter made from dried
apples and boiled cider.
13 Mar Received 7 Ibs. of wove rug forchairs from Eldress Ann ^Buckingham) and Elizabeth Seely
paid her in 30 run 1 inen yarn weighing 12* from the wheel.
16 Mar Jesse goes to Albany hoping toget the seeds from England but the v wateris so highthey
cannot cross the river.
18 Mar Jesse took nearly $500 worth of seeds to Higgins in Waterford to sellon commission.
20 Mar Finally bring home the English seeds C. Miller has been wai ting for to fillthe gardeners
orders forseeds.
23 Mtar A man came from the Oneida Community to see Geo. Price about a pea machine.
5 Apr "We receive the news that Richmond is taken."
8 Apr "Business crowds 7 not one moment to spare. Drive, drive, drive is the order of each day."
10 Apr We received the news that Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant.
14 Apr Lydia cleaned two of side garrets so the spring cleaning is begun. Probably it will take
4 weeks before it is done once over.
15 Apr This morning we heard the news that the President Abraham Lincoln was shot by an assassin
at 10:15 p.m. and Secretary Seward stabbed in theneck by another assassin in his private
dwelling at the same time while lying in a criticalposition with a broken jaw and arm,
and this evening we learn that his son Frederick is dead of wounds received from the assassin.
16 Apr "All things wear a gloom while thinking of the sad news of yesterday while we were anxious
to see peace again rested and the time seemed near at hand. 11
18 Apr "We have word that all Seward family is allalive. Frederick, the son, is not out of danger;
the father is thought will survive] The other son, Augustus, was wounded bu/t not dangerous.
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19 Apr "President Johnson advised all tojhelp the day, especially Christians, in consequence of
the death of President Lincoln. Accordingly we all assembled in the meeting room right
after dinner, sung an appropriate song, kneeled in prayer, a number spoke etc. All hands
turn out and rake dooryards in the afternoon."
2 May Lydia cleaned and whitewashed in hen house in a .m.
3 May Man named Goodrich from Gouverneur came to visit the Shakers. His father lived at Han-
cock "in the first opening"and he had a great desire to come and see the Shakers.
4 May Some from all the families came to clean the Meeting House. 16 to dinner.
11 May Betsy Stone and Lucina McDonald came from the SF at New Lebanon to live atthe North
Family.
13 May Robert Wagan brought a load of the sisters'*things from
New Lebanon.
16 May Sarah Ann Wood died of consumption / 30 years old. Carae to live at ChF when 18 months
old; confined to her room about 2 weeks.
18 May Funeral at 2:30 p.m. North Family came, "we had a good one, nearly 1 1/2 hours."
19 May Fort, a horse doctor, came to see a horse that has been sick for 10 days. Thinks he can be
cured; he gave him considerable one thing and another in the course of the day.
20 May Horse found dead in the stallthis a.m. They opened him and found itwas the dropsy that
ailed him. It was a realloss tous; he was young and we had not had him but a few months.
21 May The Society all assembled in the Meeting House at 9 a.m. to have a Society-meeting which
continued for 3 1/4 hours and a very good one we had.
A boy slept under the shed in a wagon. This morning he said he wanted a home or work but
his father came after him. He ran away to escape a flogging ord: forsome misdeanor bjut
1 expect he has got itbefore this time.
30 May Joshua Downs came to see his sister.,
Caroline. He has not seen her formore than 25 yrs.
8-13 Man shearing almost 200 of ChF sheep, then went to North Family to shear theirs.
June
20 June Sisters pick 16 bushels of strawberries forcanning.
21 June Sisterspick 15
22 June Ephraim went to Albany and Acy went to take care of him if he should take with a fit.
John Willis, the wheelwright, came and brought his little daughterto leave with us for
the present.
23 June The German spectacle man came. Lydia bought $10.50 worth of him.
30 June "Daniel and several sisters went to get elder flowers; made out ewell except they got their
faces burnt. "
3 July Elder DABuckingham, Acy Seaton, Maria Gillet, Lucy Fairchild, Mary Nelson and Ellen
Bussell started for Mt. Lebanon in good health and fine sprhits anticipating much comfort."
4 July All the hired men went away to keep the 4th - not one here for dinner or supper.
5 July A number of different companies came to see the Shakers, walked about, looked and wonder,
and went away.
We received two letters from Lebanon, one from Elder Austin, the other from Mary Nelson.
"They are taking comfort without bounds or limits."
6 July Sisters picking currants and gooseberries for jelly, "They do not put the sugar to ituntil
fall."
Patrick Burk soldered them up in the cans.
15 July Elder Austin and company returned in good health and spirits.
22 July Daniel is directinghaying at River farm. Thomas Almond at Osborn Place or South Farm $2,
and Staunton at home. Have 20 hired men.
25 July Two women from Troy walked from depot with 2 little boys to have taken but they are too
young. C. Miller took them back to the depot.
26 July Phil ip went to the depot to meet his sister,Lucretia Smith Miller, a recent widow.
1 Aug Went to factor at Burnt Hills tosee about having their wool worked. Other families have
had theirs worked there forthe last season and had good satisfaction.
Justice Harwood came and spent the day. "He is a great sufferer in
the body."
15 Aug Mrs. Tompson came with a women from Troy desirous of having a little boytaken but we
did not take him.
A widow with four children came to have 2 boys taken, the oldest not quite 10. Elder
Chauncy being here took the oldest boy home with him.
16 Aug Considerable company today, some from Schenectady, others from Albany, all were very
anxious for dinner but we refused them all for we could not possiblrfy do it.
Philip (Smith) took Phebe Ann, Magdalena and Barbara after whortleberries. Chas.
Brackett went with them, itbeing almost dangerous for females to be out in these days. ;
Got 5 pecks.
22 Aug Elizabeth Youngs died at South Family
26 Aug Albena Hosack's mother and another woman came to visit. Eldress Harriet Bullard of 5F
here, the women went home with her to see how she would like it.
27 Aug The air is filled with smoke, probably the woods are on fire.
30 Aug A German woman (Hannah Ricket) with a b.oy and girl, 7 and 5, came to join. Shewnt
Wed. )&b*xHis)TOogckx;geb4^ night toSF and Sister Harrriet came home
here with them this morning to get the sanction of the Ministry. The women went to Albany,
the children stayed here.
The grandmother of the Jameson boys came to see them.
31 Aug Boy, 12 or 13 years, named Easterly came on Monday but they sent him back to have one
of his parents come with him. His mother brought him today.
12 Sept Man brought 3 Sisters ofCharity, dressed in their usualway, from Troy. We gave them
dinner and they enjoyed !their visit well.
15 Sept Some went to Van Vranken's after milkweed or silk grass.
18 Sept After washing and ironing done, sisters cut 5 barrels of pears fordrying.
22 Sept Lydia and Phebe Ann went to Niskayuna and gathered nearly 20 bu. offall apples. "The
world were steal ing them. "
Stephen Yates and wife of Schenectady and Jane Yates, C. Miller's sister, came and spent
the day with us.
27 Sept Masons finish work on new house at South Farm and acorne to ChF to fix "the asylum."
9 Oct Hannah Ricket came from the SF to see her children. The little girlset up a great cry
to go home with her."
13-14 Oct Bringing from Albany loads ofbroom corn that came on railroad from west.
14 Oct Enphemia Boyington came to make this her permanent home. Her son has been at the ChF
a few weeks and they went tothe SF.
21 Oot A company of four from the Arsenal came to see ..ifc; they could buy eggs, butter, poultry,
potatoes, etc. They bought a few cans of corn, appie butter, etc.
11 Nov "It is a busy time, a great deal of teaming to be done carrying things to ship (before
river closes),bringing barrels home, broom corn, coal and the like."
18 Nov All the cooking that is done in this house has tobe done on the little stove in thedining
room. No water today, only what is broughtto us. (Have steam range out of order.)
22 Nov "Elder Daniel came to the Office and called the sisters to account about buying lamp of
EijjphraimPrentiss and positively forbade any of us from buying or selling to the inmates
of the Church."
26 Nov "A singular looking women came here this a.m. called Lois Loomasi. She talked of
joining. We all took her to be a he woman for she looked like a young (man) in woman's
attire."
Elizabeth Train died 11 p.m. Has been fail ing for
some time but has been to the Shop
and done more or less work till within thelast week. She thought she had a cancer inside
her stomach and throat. Her mouth was all white inside. "
28 Nov Funeral at 2 p.m. Considerable speaking in praise of the deceased. A very gobd:rneeting.
It was a beautiful coffin made of white wood with a glass in so anyone could see the head
and shoulders. Itis the first
one ever made so here.
7 Dec C. Miller leftfor Illinois. Thanksgiving.
10 Dec Laura Prentiss very sick, get Dr. Mulford Wade. Janett Angus all broke out with erysipulus.
12 Dec Lydia has canker in mouth on tongue and throat.
13 Dec Nehemiah has bad leg. Dr. Wade orders him shut up and treated for erysipalus.
23 Dec German whose wife had died brought his littlegirl, Agnes Pottger, to live.
Man went to SK^ SF; Elizabeth Seely has become interested in little girl
and interceded
for her to be taken at ChF.
25 Dec German went back to Greenbush . Left his I ittle girl.
30 Dec Ephraim had a bad fit this morning and fell out of doors. One of hired men found him on
the ground ONE! little beforebreakfast.
1866
1 Jan A. Twiss quite sick, "rather doubtful whether he will make it or not." Laura is
not healed and her case is considered bad.
3 Jan G.Miller has made arrangements with A. Miller to let the last farm bought in
Illinois for 5 years.
8 Jan Taxes amount of $1350, $78 for Niskayuna.
12 Jan No prospect of snow which is anxiously looked and hoped for.
13 Jan Dr. Wade and son took 3 qts of water from A. TWiss which relived him much.
15 Jan Gatie Rockenstire brought 31 run of linen yarn she has spun. Gave her 20 knots
woolen yarn for stockings, $3.50 and some provisions.
25 Jan "Paulina Bates returned to her Watervliet home at the 2d Family to take charge
of their little girls for the .present."
1 Feb Elder Daniel Boler and George Price went to Schenectady to get something cast
for rolling basket stuff in lieu of pounding.
5 Feb "Jesse went to Troy, brought home some boxes to be put together on trial to
see how we can make out making some for Waters."
10 Feb Jesse went to Troy and took the few boxes Mary had made "which gave good
satisfaction."
11 Feb "Had a very extra singing meeting, pearly all the elders and quite all the
Sun. singers in the Society came. The good Ministry presided over all. Ihe object
of the meeting is to improve in the songs and to speak the words plainer and
sing with more life."
Catherine Bickford, "a girl from the East," came to live at the 2d Order.
Robert Wagan came from Mt. Lebanon South Family and brought 2 doz. chair frames
without varnishing or bottoms. Price - $44 (sizes 1, 2 and 3)
2 Mar Daniel took Abbie, Adelaide and Mary to Waters' Box Shop in Troy and they had
dinner at his house.
4 Mar Mary is to teach some of thepther girls to make paper boxes.,
5 Mar Lydia begins varnishing chair frames.
9 Mar Jesse went to Troy with 3000 boxes the girls have made for Waters and brought
some more to make.
10 Mar Lydia has varnished the 2 doz. chair frames 3 times.
13 Mar Society has given Elder Amos $51 to help pay for an artificial hand.
17 Mar Lydia has bottomed 9 chairscthis week.
Little Agnes Bottcher was taken away to go to her godmother.
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