Page 83 - September 1, 1839 - Landed Home

September the. 1. 1839 Page 83

Sun 1 Clear this morning and quite pleasant

we started from Wm Buckleses about ten

Oclock and we cam to Sugar creek and we

put up and their was 7 teams bound for

Chicago all lodened for salt with oats 1839

Mon 2 Clear this morning quite pleasant all day

I broke down my waggon two miles this

side of pareshes grove and I took it

back the six barels of salt to the grove

and thean I came on with my waggon

looked to big pine and put up 1839 as

Tue 3 Clear this morning and quite pleasant

I started from pine and landed home after nilght

quite pleasant all day I got 12 aples and 12 more

for 18 cts came hone with a broken waggon 1839

Wed 4 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

quite warm I done nothing of enny consci

equence to day in the evening It got some

cloudy I g at 2 . calvs of Wm Bostick

for 6.00 and one of Hiram genings at

2. 50 cts and one of S. Pulver at 2. 50.

Thu 5 Cloudy this morning and in a few moments it

began to rain and it continued s till late in

the evening it broke away and got clear

nearly I went after my salt to parishes

grove I got their and loded up my salt

and came five miles to mud pine I got 2

bushels of crab aples I camped at dark. . .

Peter Caster staid with me after night

it came up a hard storm of rain and 1839

Fri 6 Cloudy this morning quite cool about nine

it broke away thee sun shoen out in the after

noon it got quite clar I got home at sun

set John Rowls got one barel of salt ce

containing 2. 90 pounds and Jonson

graves got one which contained 3. 10.

pounds of salt 1839 H. R Lucas

no more at this time 1839 Hirame

Page 82 - August 26, 1839 - In Chicago

August the 26 . 1839 Page 82

Mon 26 Clear this morning quite pleasant we

lost 2 yoke of oxen belonging to James

Pierces we laid at Jacksons all day and all

night he found the cattle Just at night

Tue 27 Clear this morning we got in to Chicago

we got in about ten oclock I got 25 cts

for oats I sold 57 bushels of oats and

I got six barles of salt three of them

containing 3. 10 pounds each and three

barles containing 2. 90 pounds each and

it cost 16,93. cts three pints of tar at

18 3/4 we got back to Jacksons six miles

east of town I got half pound of reasons

at 12 cts one dosen of appels 6 cts 1839

Wed 28 Clear this morning we started from Jacksons

we lay by thorn creek and camped all night

quite cool I got a cag at 37 cts half pound

of raisens 12 cts H. R. Lucas 1839

Thu 29 Partly clear this morning quite nice

we lay at a grove 8 miles north

of the kankakee quite pleasant 1839

Fri 30 Clear this morning but soon clouded

up and rained it rained in the evening

again we lay at Rake straws 183.9.8

Sat 31 Clear this morning quite pleasant

we came from Rake straws to the

Irecoise to Wm Buckleses after

night when wee got their 1839 H

one day after date we or either of us do

promise to pay the sum of one hundred

dollars for Value Received Witness our

hands and seal this the 10 of December

1839 James live for ever and Jonathan

never die Received on the within note

fifty dollars January thee 16. 18340 er

Andrew nichelos Thomas anthony peter

dunfee and John Love gold. 1839 H.