Page 174 - 1845, Harmon's Accounts - Ciphers

Harmon R Lucas Dr to Mr. Nolten

Jan 1. 1845 to three pair of shues . . . 2.00

to two pair of shoes . . . 1.45

to one pair of shoes for H.ge . . . 1.25

to one pair of shoes for J. Sh . . . 1.00

one pan price 37 cts . . . 0.37

1 one pare of boots for C. pirces . . . 2.50

2 pans to price 37 each C pirce . . . 0.75

David Archibald 3 pair of shus . . . 2.25

1 set of chek lines 1.50 . . . 1.50

12 I am to settle 12 cts with I.g . . . 0.12

5 pounds of rice . . . 0.25

half bushel of aples . . . 0.65

I got in cash 3.63 . . . 3.63

1 bridle the price . . . 1.00

the fixing of pierces shoes . . . 0.12

to 1 dollar lent money . . . 1.00

to 100 hundred and 5 rails . . . 1.05

to 200 hundred and ten . . . 2.10

2 pair of bely bands 37 each . . . 0.75

1 back band and cupling str . . . 0.62

1 pair of fine shoos price . . . 1.25

fixing mother's shoes . . . 0.30

mending my shoes . . . 0.25

1 bridle rain the price 25 . . . 0.25

1 pair of shoes the price . . . 0.62

1 pair of shoes price . . . 1.25

1 pair of shoes price . . . 1.25

64 x 26 = 384 + 1280 =

243 x 12 = 486 + 2430 + 121 1/2 = 3037 1/2

1664 x 4 = 6656 / 9 = (long division) = 739

13 x 13 = 39 + 130 =

167 x 8 = 1336

205

100 + 100 + 135 + 41 + 10 + 25 + 10 = 421 + 300 + 205 = 926

5345 / 9 = (long division) = 594

3500 / 85 = (long division) = 41

596 + 739 = 1335 x 30 = 40050

1336 x 4 = 5344

Page 166 - 1844 Dividing Beef

August the 31 1844 Page 166

Vancamp Dr. to H R L 21 of beef . . . 0.52

george franklin to 16 pounds of beef . . . 0.40

Wm. Klepinger to 9 1/2 of beef . . . 0.19

B Lucas to 9 of beef . . . 0.18

H genings 11 of beef . . . 0.22

H Lucas 10 of beef . . . 0.20

Hide weighing 12 3 ounces . . . 0.98

sep 4 Vancamp got 24 . . . 0.48

george franklin got 22 . . . 0.44

Wm klepinger got 22 1/2 . . . 0.45

Hiram gening got 8 1/2 . . . 0.17

hide weighed 36 1/2 . . . 1.49

Wm simes got 1X0 104 . . . 2.60

Sep 10 Vancamp got of beef 23 1/2 . . . 0.47

gibson got of beef 41 1/4 . . . 1.04

B. Lucas of beef 43 . . . 1.08

Do to 37 pounds of beef . . . 0.74

Wm. Klepinger got of beef . . . 0.09

george Franklin 13 1/2 of beef . . . 0.27

Hide weighing 31 1/2 . . . 1.26

Septe 23 I got of H. genning 23 1/2 of beef . . . 0.47

Sep 31 H. R. Lucas got of Wm. Kleppnger 26 . . . 0.52

D Oogden got of Wm Kleppnger 26 1/2 . . . 0.53

Do to X pounds of salt . . . 0.X

April the 2 . 1845 david Archibald

I got 100 rails of him

Page 134 - July 16, 1840 - Still Breaking

July the 16 1840 Page 134

Thu 16 Clear this morning quite pleasant but

it got cloudy and theere was severall little

showers then I went to plowing I broke

till noon then I quite and went down

to Hecka thorns after a horse in the after

noon I helped the old man Shigly till

four oclock then I went braking John

Pulve worked all Day for me 1840

Fri 17 Clear this morning but clouded up and

at noon it rained some it soon broke away

and got clear and nice I plowed 19 rounds

quite pleasant John pulver worked all day

Sat 18 Cloudy this morning with a heavy fog on

cool and nice it broke away and got warm

I plowed till noon 10 rounds in the aftr

noon I went four rounds Davis Menden

hall held the plow for mee John pulvr

worked half a day it got some cooler in then

Sat 19 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

nice I fixed and went down to the battle

ground to a two days meeting in the evenig

it got quite cool I came home after evening

services after nid night H. R. Lucas

Sun 20 Cloudy this morning and quite cool to

I went to braking again I brok 21 rounds

quite pleasant and nice Harmon R

Tue 21 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

nice I finished one land and laid of an

other land and run five rounds on it I

lost half a day a hunting one oxen H.

Wed 22 Clear this morning with the exception of

a few flying cloudys I broke 19 rounds and it

cam up a very hard shower of rain late

in the evening and rained on all night

one day after Date we or eithe of us

Do agree to pay William Henry

Harrigson the sum of one hundred

quaails Witneess our hands H. lucas

Page 118 - April 16, 1840 - Easter Sunday

April the 16 , 1840 Page 1 . 18

Thu 16 Clear this morning with a frost

on I made rails till at nine oclock

I hurt my right eye so that I

done no more that day I was in

a perdigious site of pain mind I tell

you after night it raind quite hard

Fri 17 Cloudy this morning but soon

brok away and got quite warm I

made some rails a little while but

my eye hurt so bad that I quit

and went to traden I traded off my

spunkey mare to David Clevenger

for tow three year of stears and one

two year old stear I give him a halter

and .50. cts quite windy at night

at dark it thundred lightned and

rained per digious hard quite a storm

Sat 18 Cloudy this morning but soon broke

away I went down home a foot and back

again then I fixed and went down to

Mr. Genings I got there at darke

Sun 19 Clear this morning I went down to

Egbot Pattersons to meeting from

Mr. Gening quite a frost on quite

pleasant all day at four I came up to

Salem meeting house this being on

easter Sunday in the year of our lord

Mon 20 Clear this morning quite a frost on

quite pleasant all day I made rails all

day quite a fine day for working 18

Tue 21 Clear this morning for a little season

and then it got cloudy and in the after

noon it rained some I made rails all

day after night I went to the young

converts meeting then home again

so no more at this time but

Reemmember your affection

or your friend Hiarm Lucas

Page 115 - April 1, 1840 - New Furniture

April the . 1.st. 1840 Page 1. 13

Wed 1 Clear this morning quite cool we

had a cow to be swamped down in

the mud I fixed my House it got

some cloudy in the evening Harmon

Thu 2 Clear this morning the cow died

I fixed my house up I bought my

a pair of bed steds and table for

2.7 bushels of corn to be delivered

at Wm. Simses quite pleasant all

day I slept in the kitchen for the

first time 1840 Harmon Lucas

Fri 3 Clear this morning quite pleasant

with a frost on quite pleasant in the

evening it got some cloudy and

after night it rained some I cut

down six large rails trees 1840

Sat 4 Clear this morning with some frost

I went down home and I came back

home against 2 oclock P.M and

went down to Hiram Genings

then home again so no more at

Sun 5 Clear this morning at 11 oclock

I went to meeting and at four

oclock I went to meeting again

at Salem Meeting house I

went over to Mendenhalls awhile

it turned in to raining it thundrd

rite smart in th evening 1840

Mon 6 Cloudy this morning and raining

some and has the appearance of holding

out all day I went up to Wm Shigl

to get my table I went to Harison

Ville to the election the sun shoen out

Mr Genings and Mr. Hays

traded horses even up after night

I went up to Isaas Klepingers

set up but was enoug with out us

so david Klepinger and me came

Page 96 - November 29, 1839 - Mud and Logs

November the 29 . 1839 Page . 96 .

Fri 29 Cloudy this morning and it rained

lightly it thoughed rite smart quit

smokey all day Mr. Genings got

2 barels of salt one for him self

containing 2.90 pounds and Mr

Barnes one containing 3.00 pounds 21

I drowd stable logs all day it was 39

quite heavy draging through the mud 18

Sat 30 Cloudy this morning and sleaty quit

a disagreeble day Father raised his

stable quite a disagreeable and mudy

day I drowd logs all day no more at

Sun 1. Cloudy this morning quite smokey

I went up to J. Irelands to seeson a

ground to tend then I came to meeting

I got my colts up from Mendenhalls

after night I went to Salem meting

house. Harmon. R. Lucas 10840

Mon 2 Cloudy this morning it rained some

two or three times in the day I cut rails

timber till noon in the after I went up

to David Knites to lake him 1.37 cts

it snowd one time I was braking my

colt S. Pulver and Father settled

up every thing up to this time he ow a

me 14. dollars 37. cts Wm Hunt

commenced his school no mor at this

Tue 3 Cloudy this morning it rained some I

made some rails for S. Colbert S

Pulver helped me make rails Mrs.

Pulver and the preacher and simes was

hear after night we had a husking we

had five at it. it got clear but soon got

cloudy again no more at present 18

Wed 4 Cloudy this morning it rained some

I helped to caut out the windows out

Father went to mill at no more

at this time 1840 H. Lucas

Page 90 - October 16, 1839 - Quilten Bees

October the 16. 1839 Page 90.

Wed 16 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

look Joshua Burches waggon to hum.

in the fore noon in the afer noon I dug

my potatoes quite pleasant Harmon.

Thu 17 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

husked corn till noon in the after noon

I got my calf up out of the praire quit

pleasant all day Luisa Pulver and

Meriah Mansfield was hear to a

quilten no more at this time 1839

Fri 18 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

warm I husked corn all day after night

burned up a consciderable heap of fence

after night it turned some cooler e

Sat 19 Cloudy this morning I went over to

a sale at John Bars I got me an

old oxen for 20 dollars Thomas Huf

man went my bale David Klepinger

got a colt at 54. 62 cts John.

Graves went his bail 1839 Harmon

Sun 20 Clear this morning quite cool I went

over to hear a new preacher preach

at Salem meeting house at 11 oclock

after night I went to H. Genings

to meeting no more at this time 1839

Mon 21 Clear this morning with a frost on

quite cool I went to Bars after my ox

but dident get him. in the evening I

went to Erastus barness to get a wagon

but dident get none H. Lucas 1839

Tue 22 Clear this morning Father u sold 11 head

of calvs to James Servisons and 16 head

of pigs for 4. 6. to be paid in five

monthes this makes four loads of corn 1839

Mrs genings Mirs barnes Mrs pulver and

Mrs ogden was hear on a visit or rather

on a quileten bee no more 1839 H.

Page 77 - July 22, 1839 - Radical Campmeeting

July the 22. 1839 Page 77

Mon 22 Cloudy this morning and foggy some quite

pleasant the sun shoen out quite warm

but some few flying clouds over us at

this time I finished cutting our wheat

and I began to cut my oats in the evening

it rained some little 1839 H. R. Lucas

Tue 23 Clear this morning quite pleasant and it

is quite warm ther was severel showers went

round to the north we got one shower our selves

after night it rained again Wm Shigley

Father and mee cradled oats in a Wm Hunts

field / Mendenhalls cut theere wheat 1839

Wed 24 Cloudy this morning but broke away thee

sun shoen out but we got a shower we finis

hed our oats liking a few down oats quite

warm Luisa Pulver staid heear all night

Thu 25 Clear this morning quite pleasant it

continued so all day in the evening it got

som cloudy I bound and cut som oats the

radical Campmeeting commenced on pine

Fri 26 Clear this morning som foggy quite warm

I was binding oats Wm. Samuel. David

Klepinger helped us bind oats in hunts

field we dome fine buisness we bound

up 2. 30 dosens of oats four hands of us

quite warm in the evening it had the

appearance of rain Harmon R Lucas

Sat 27 Cloudy this morning quite warm it rained

a hard shower on mee when I was going to

campmeeting yon side of stogdens I cut som

oats before I started and at night I went

to Samuel Shigleys 27. 1839 H. Lucas

Sun 28 Clear this morning quite pleasant there

was considerable out to day I started home

at 12 O clock and as I cam hom I got a

shower and at four I went to H. genings

to meeting after night I got the bag

Page 76 - July 17, 1839 - Cradling Wheat

July the 17. 1839 Page 76

Wed 17 Clear this morning with a heavy fog

on quite cool it turned quite warm in

the corse of the day I finishe laying my

corn by in the for noon in the after

noon I cut 18 dosens of my wheat and

Father and Samul Pulver cradleed

wheat for Wm and Josshua Burch

Thu 18 Clear this morning quite pleasant

withe exception of a few flying clouds

I helped Wm Klepinger cradle in

his wheat it made my arms quite

soar Father helped Adam Best

Fri Clear this morning with the exception

of a few flying clouds over us at this

time quite warm in the fore noon I

cut wheat in our field in the after noon

I helped Klepingers cradle in the eve

ning it got cloudy and rained some

it continued so all night in the eve

ning Father and Mother went up

to adam Bests with the Provisions 18..

Sat 20 Cloudy this morning and raining some

it broke away quite warm there was sev

ral showers went rounld Father and

mee cut our wheat I had 2. 00 hundr

dosens Father had 2. 40 dosens of wheat

the mens names that helped us reap

S. Pulver Wm Shigley Wm Burch

Wm Klepinger Jacob Klepinger Isaac

Klepinger S. Klepinger David

Klepinger B. Burch A Yarnold

A. Best B. Lucas we finished cutting

our wheat and cut 44 dosens for Dave

Klepinger July the 20. 1839 1839

Sun 21 Cloudy this morning and it rained

all day by turns the sun shoen out in the

evening it came up a desperate storm

with thunder and lightning I was at

Isaac Klepingers all day Bettsy Pierce

Benjamin graves was on a visit hear

Page 51 - February 24, 1839 - Rain Bow

Febuary the 24 , 1839 Page 51

Sun 24 Cloudy this morning and raining

slowly quite warm and foggy

this morning it continued so all day

I fig wrvited all day . H. R. L.

Mon 25 Cloudy this morning and rained

some little it turned some cooler

than it was Father Went to tend

Court in Lafayette I killed a

goose fourty two steps with my

shot gun I made 25 rails for Silas

Tue 26 Cloudy this morning and some

foggy I worked for Joshua Burch

in the evening it rained some the

sun shoen out very pleasent it

its setting it formed a beautiful

rain bow it turned some cooler

Wed 27 Clear this morning and froze

the ground some some time in and

through the course of the day it

clouded up in the evening it turned

some cooler it snowed a little

squall it got quite cloudy at dark

I worked for Joshua Burck H. L

Thu 28 Cloudy this morning and snowed

it snowed about one inch deep

last evening it proved to be a

Blustering day the sun shon out

some few times I killed five

doves at one shoat and two

prayre hens at one at an other

shoot I got some little wood

one day after date Value Reced

we or either of us promised

pay H. Calhoon the sum of ten

cents in full Thornton Clevenger

David Klepinger Harmon L

E. G Layne got elected and John

Downing and oyler all got and

office two March the first 1839

Page 46 - January 22, 1839 - Go Baering

Jenuary 22 1839 Page 46

Tue 22 Cloudy and windy and after night

it blowed Desperately hard I worke

for Jacob Klepinger and after

night went to Sollomon Bests

and it stormed quite hard 1839

Wed 23 clear and continud so all day after

night I went to meting I worked

for JacB Klepinger I went home

with H. B. their was 20 out

Thu 24 clear this morning I worked for

Jacob Klepinger after night

Mahen and the wife caame to Jacob

Fri 25 cloudy and snowing and raining

som all day after noon it rained

quite hard I finished my work

for Jacob Klepinger H L 1839

Sat 26 cloudy this morning it got some

clear I and David and Samuel

Klepinger had the most fun with

a little calf it would make at us

as hard as it could I got it of

Wm. Burch Feelden Clevenger

had a child to depart this life.

Sun 27 clear this morning Mr. Wood

preached at Salem meeting house

after meeting I went to the baering

then to Mr. Barnards to meeting

Mr. Cook preached their was

eight or ten Joined meeting 1839

Mon 28 cloudy this morning it snowed

ritet smart all day I worked

for John Graves till three O

clock it comtined to storm so Bad

that quit and went home 1839

One day after date I promised

to pay Thomas C Barnes the

sum of tten dollars Value Reced

Page 36 - December 1, 1838 - Canal in Vain

December the 1 1838 Page 36

Sat 1 quit smokey and cloudy at ten it snowed

a little I went over to the canall to get som

money but in vein so no more at present

Sun 2 clear this morning quite cool at eleven O. clock

I went to meeting over at Salem meeting

house to hear Mr. Wood preach their was

considerable out to day I parted with my

watch to David Klepinger for ten Dollars

and fifty ctts I went down to Mr. Simses

school house to hear Mr. Wood preach

Mon 3 partly clear all day Father went over

to mill over the river I went and picked

out suitable timber for making rails

for Silas Colbert and in the evening

I went out and killed three praire hens

Tue 4 cloudy this morning and has the appear

of rain or snow Mr. Barnes commencd

his school on the third of December 1838

I killed two praier hens in the day

it snowed some and sleted some it

rained some in the evening I drowed

stove wood for the meeting house and

Father came hom from mill at

noon with 26 Bushels of mele and

a flower so man at present 1838

Wed 5 cloudy all day it snowed some in the

morning I went over to the canall to get

some money but in vain I got their

dew Bill which cald for fourteen Dollars

and six cts Robert hogens was there

with mee I went to meeting at night

their was Mr. Wood Mr. Yarnald Mr.

Timmons Mr. Best and wife Mr.

Shigley and wife and daughter Mr.

Maken Mr. Mendenhall Mr. Lucas

one Day after date wee or either of us

promised to pay Mr Slick the sum of

ten Dollars for Value Received

witness my hand Mr. Slick 1838