Sunday, December 1, 1839: This morning I took my two-horse pleasure wagon over to Joshua B. Maxon’s and had a new bolt and nut made and paid in cash for making it twelve cts. [private]I got the said wagon mended for my children to go to a Methodist meeting near Moffitt’s store today.
Monday: Today we butchered our pork, five in number and I guess to average two cwt apiece. Mr. Chapman butchered for me and I paid him 68 cts cash, and I changed works with Charles Morgan and he helped us butcher and this evening I cut up pork and salted all but the hams.
Tuesday: This forenoon I fetched water from what is called Danford’s Spring to wash with and this afternoon I changed works with Charles Morgan and helped him fan up my oats. I went with my team and fetched Mr. Pierce’s fanning mill and at night I carried it home again for him. I help him for him helping me butcher yesterday and this evening Geo P took the double wagon and carried his three sisters to singing school to Samuel Holcomb’s. On this evening we heard that the sister of Samuel Holcomb died on Sunday last, her name was Betsey Ham.
Friday, December 6: This morning I started at six o’clock for Albany and my two oldest daughters with me. We called and bated at Nassau at Lawree Tavern near the Union Village. We had tea and I had bitters and I paid twenty five cts and we went in to Albany by four o’clock and we drove up to Washington Street and put up to Look’s tavern and this evening while we were in Albany I and my two daughters went to the Museum and I paid seventy five cts for us three. This evening at eight o’clock an exhibition and Dance by a small girl six years old. On the road I met Rufus Withee and paid him twenty one dol interest money.
Saturday: This morning I paid my bill to Looks, lodging 37 cts, tea 19 cts and stable 12 cts. We came down into Market. I sold my bag of sweet apples at fifty cts per and sold about ten dollars worth of late-made cheese at 8 dollars per cwt, and fetched home about three cwt cheese that I could not get my price for it. I paid one cent apiece for twenty two lemons and we came out of Albany at four o’clock and at Greenbush Village we took in two passengers, a woman and a small boy, and we fetched them to Nassau to Lawree’s and she paid me 63 cts for fetching them. We started from there at 7 o’clock this evening. [/private]