Friday, April 10, 1835: I plowed sward. Today Doctor Right came to doctor my wife. She was taken while I was gone to Troy and the doctor called.
Sunday: Today Doctor Right came as well as every day to attend to my wife. She has a run of fever. Towards night I took the wagon and fetched Harriet Chapman to work for us this season. Tonight Charlotte Pierce watched with my wife.
Monday: I rode over to Sylvester Carpenter’s the second and paid him for a cow that I bought of him a few days past. The price agreed on was twenty-three dollars, but he took off one dollar on the account of one of the tits failing.
Wednesday: I plowed sward and finished plowing my corn ground. Said doctor continues to come to my wife, her fever does not abate.
Thursday: I cut straw, snowy and in the afternoon I drew a load stone on to my Rodgers farm and drew rails, I moved a meadow fence. Brother Sylvester’s wife rode home with me and watched with my wife tonight. Said Doctor Right attended to my wife as usual, fever still continues to rage.
Friday: Today Kent Harrison came and bargained for eight calves which was all I had on hand. He agreed to pay me two dollars and fifty cts per head and eight runnets for the whole. He took four of said calves and paid ten dollars, and told me he would take two more calves the fore part of the week and take the other two when they were four weeks old and he would fetch the eight runnets as soon as it was convenient. Today Doctor Right came and tended to my wife, her fever continues, today quite cold for the time year. Deborah Wylie watched with my wife.
Saturday: I drew out manure on to my garden. Said Doctor Right came and tended to my wife, her fever has abated a little.
Sunday: Towards night Kent Harrison came and took two more calves and paid me five dollars but said he could not get any of the runnets conveniently, yet.
Monday: I walked to Lebanon. I went to N. Nichols store and paid 19 cts for a pint of wine, and I called to Ludwicks Babcock’s tavern and paid six cts for six sugar cakes and I paid two cts for a lemon to Joseph Lord’s tavern, these things for my wife, she is getting better.