Monday, November 25, 1833: Today I went and took up two notes I owed to Hazard Morey. The first note of 45 dols we calculated the interest for one year and nine months, which was five dol and 55 cts, and the sixty dollars we calculated nine months, which was three dol and fiteen cents, which makes one hundred and thirteen dol and seventy cts. I paid eighty dol and gave a note of thirty three dol and seventy cents. Today I went to Thomas G. Carpenter’s and took up a note of sixty dol and interest six dol and twenty six cents, said note given to his daughter Cornelia Sweet. I walked to Hancock to Squ John Gardner’s to see if he would change some Adams money and let me have this state money. He told me to go to Jerid Rifle and get other money and he would take the Adams money of him. I went to said Rifle and he changed fifty five dol and gave me Troy money and Daniel Gardner changed twenty dol and gave me Pittsfield. This evening I chopped up wood, quite snowy today.
Tuesday, December 17: Today quite snowy and a heavy wind. I only tended to my chores. The snow drifted our roads and stopped the passing.
Wednesday: In the forenoon I tended to chores and chopped to the door and this afternoon I shoveled snow on the highway.
Thursday: I shoveled snow on the highway all day.
Friday: I went to Troy with my sleigh and horses. I had to get Platt Wylie to help me through the drifts to Russel’s corner, and then I went by the way of Eliah Douglass’s to get on to the north turnpike on account of the drifts. My wife went with me to Sand Lake to Mr. Withees on a visit, and I carried the widow Sefrona Booge to Troy. I called to Philip Kilmer’s and bated. I had some wine and pie and cider and paid seven cents. From Philip Kilmer’s I drove into Troy, where I left the widow Sefrona Booge to Price’s Tavern. I peddled off part of my load of apples. At evening I returned to said Price’s and put out my horses on my own hay. This evening I walked down River Street and called in to Kimbles and Hills book store and paid 56 cts for a book called The Scientific Class. I paid 12 cts for a pamphlet called The Reply to Hawes Reasons. I returned to said Price’s and went to bed.
Monday, December 23, 1833: I tended to chores and chopped wood to the door. Tonight the schoolmaster Hiram Mattison began to board with us.
Tuesday: Today some stormy. Platt Wylie took his ox team and I went with him to beat the highway road about two hours. Tonight we kept a trunk peddler by the name of Wheeler.
Wednesday (XMAS) This morning said Wheeler’s bill was 31 cts. We traded it and paid him about twelve cts more in cash. The vial of oil of soap pine was 18 cts and my wife traded out the remainder in pine.