Tuesday, January 10, 1843 – Today I took my one horse sled and carried a grist of corn one bushel, and one and a half of barley to Adams Mill. I called to Newton Goold’s and took up a note of sixty nine dollars that I had given to Samuel Beers, given April the first 1841 and paid up the interest up to January first 1843, which was eight dol and 46 cts and then I gave a new note to said Goold dated from Jany first of the same amount, 69 dollars payable in six months from date. I then returned to the mill and got my grist. I called in to see old widow Platt. She was but alive and she died this evening.
Thursday: Today I rode on horseback to Windsor twenty miles to cousin Samuel Minor’s. It was nearly sunset when I got to Windsor. The roads were very muddy and some snow drifts.
Friday: This morning while I was at said Samuel Minor’s I borrowed one hundred dollars of him and gave my note for one year, and I borrowed fifty dollars of Ruth Minor and gave my note. I then started for home. I called to brother F. J. Wylie’s in Pittsfield and bated my horse. I called into the bank and gave Adams money for Pittsfield money to the amount of 150 dollars, the same I took of Samuel Minor and daughter.
Sunday: My wife remains feeble and cough continues.
Wednesday: I walked over to my Rodgers farm. I took tea at brother Sylvester’s in company with Elder Jones and wife and sister Betsey told me to hire out my house that they live in, for it was better for them to move into their own house.
Thursday: I walked to Westalo Rodgers to let him know my Rodgers house was to hire out but he did not make up his mind to pay me my price 30 dol but agreed if he had the house to let me know it by nine o’clock tomorrow morning. From there I walked to Hancock Village. I called to Abel Gorton’s but he told me he did not want the money that I had borrowed of him and I called to Mr. Amos Delano and found that he had repaired my clock. I then called to Johnson Brown’s and left word for Angeline’s school money. Today an Irishman by the name of Daniel Brada came and bargained with me for my Rodgers house and agreed to pay thirty dollars cash, 15 dollar on the first day of July and 15 dol on the first Jany and the garden enclosed round the house.
Friday: Today I took my single wagon and carried Mr. Amos Delano four bushel of oats at 25 cts, which pays him for repairing my brass clock.
Saturday: I and my two sons chopped and drew two loads of wood from off my hill, and towards night I took my one horse wagon and carried my daughter Charlotte to cousin Nicholas Gardner’s and left her to stay all night on a visit.
Sunday: Today I took my one horse wagon and carried my daughter Sarah up to cousin Gardner’s where I left Charlotte yesterday and then we all went to the Chapel to meeting in company with cousin Gardner’s people. Elder Smith baptised Charlotte. My two sons walked to meeting today.
Monday: I took my one horse wagon and went to Hancock Village. I called to Mr. Amos Delano’s and fetched home my clock that he had repaired.
Tuesday: This forenoon Aaron B. Chapman made a shelf to set my brass clock on.
Thursday: Today cousin Nicholas Gardner and wife and Elder Smith and wife visited us. I made a present of a cheese of about 20 pounds to Elder Smith. Sarah rode home with cousin Gardner on a visit. On this evening I walked over to Alonzo Rodgers and Manuel Butens to let them know my oats were threshed and they might have oats on account.
Friday: Today Mr. Aaron Merrils and I measured up our oats that he had threshed on shares. One bushel he has out of ten. We measured up today sixty bushels and said Merrils’ share for all the oats he has threshed was twelve bushels and he took them. Today Mr. Alonzo Rodgers came and got ten bushels of oats and Mr Manuel Buten came and got five bushels of oats at 25 cts which makes all of our account even.