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The Life Of George Holcomb – Wm’s Wife Returns

March 12, 2015 By eastwickpress

Monday, Nov 3, 1834: This forenoon a drover from near New York called and offered fifteen dol per head for a part of my cows such as I would choose to sell, but it was not high price as I wanted. This afternoon I walked over to Claudius Moffett’s to Election. I put in a Jackson vote and I paid Mr. Dabill 62 cts, which pays him up for the cheese hoops he made for me last summer. This evening I walked to Hazard Morey’s and paid him up the note and interest which was thirty five dol and 25 cts.

Tuesday: This afternoon I drew two loads manure on the hill and I broke the axletree. I had my small wagon.  Tonight I am quite unwell with a cold and I took phisic.

Wednesday: I am quite unwell. I rode to Lebanon to Doc Right’s and got a puke and this evening I took said puke.

Thursday: I took another puke and kept the house.

Friday: I am some better of my cold. This forenoon I pinned on a piece to my axletree and this afternoon took said single wagon and carried my wife to Lebanon.

Monday: This evening I walked over to Mr. Abraham Winston’s and got a side of shoe leather. Mr. Winston went down in the lot and got me some brook lime to put into rum to take for the Sathume on my hands. Today I lent James Adams Jnr one hundred and eighty dollars and took a note on interest for one year.

Tuesday: Tonight brother Wm returned from Hudson with his wife, she was some better, her crazyness. She had been there three months.

Tuesday, November 11, 1834: On this evening brother Wm and I settled our dealings and I paid him one dol in cash which makes all our deal even.

Wednesday: This morning brother Wm and wife left my house for Hoosic and calculated to start on the canal on Friday to move to the westward.  Mother gave Wm a featherbed and a coverlet and I gave him about sixteen pounds of cheese, and I rode along with Wm to Mr. James Adams and said Adams paid him up for his farm. (two days earlier, George lent Adams the money to buy Wm’s farm) William gave me his old sled and small notions and I returned home when William and his wife went on to Hoosic, and I drew out manure.

Thursday: I drew out manure.

Friday: I drew out manure.

Sunday: This afternoon I walked up to the post office at Squ Nathan Howard’s to see if brother Wm wrote me a letter but he had not, and I walked up to Rufus Rose’s with said Nathan Howard and I handed Howard five dollars and twelve cts and he called over to Mr. Watson’s and paid it to Eunice Watson for me, which was her demand in full for the nine weeks work at one dol per week with what I had paid her before.

Filed Under: George Holcomb

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