Page 173 - 1852, James Ireland Writing?

Dec 9th 1852 James W Ireland and

William M Mansfield settled all

these accounts in fall and I owe

Mansfield for one days gathring

Corn and Mansfield is to bucher

hogs 1 day

to Frank husking corn 2 days to self 1 day . . . 1.87

to Mansfield hold Corn . . . 1.00

to Nate at Mcormicks sale 2.64 fo lag chare

to cash paid to winer for scholling . . . 1.33

Jack Smith Dr to 12 bush Con

at 28 cts per bushel . . . 3.36

to 2 hats . . . .87 1/2

to 1 pare shoes . . . 1.25

to 1 pair pants . . . .62 1/2

. . . = 6.11

Cr to Isaac working 21 1/2 day . . . 7.52

at 35 cts pr day

george Enis on Dr to balance due

on settlement oct 1853 . . . $11.42

5h May Cr to stocking shovelplow . . . .75

to one days Clearing . . . .75

to one 1/2 day in Clearing self s west . . . 0.75

Dr to 4 galons Molases . . . 2.00

Cr to stocking Cradle . . . 1.50

Dr to 1 Pair shoes . . . 1.25

to 1 pair boots for self . . . 2.00

Cr to waggon wheal . . . 1.00

to boys 1 day thrashing . . . .75

Dr to one day thrashing 2 horses . . . 1.50

to pare boots for charles . . . 2.00

Cr to boys husking Corn

3 days Each . . . 2.25

Cr to stocking shovelplows . . . 1.25

one to be paid by M Rooney at 75

Dr to 456 ft sheeting at rage . . . 9.12

24 x 12 = 48 +240 = 288 + 12 = 300

456 x 2 = 912 - 675 = 237

Page 59 - April 11, 1839 - Trembling Pen

April the 11. 1839. Page 59

Thu 11 Clear this morning with the exception

of a few flying clouds some cool to it

continued clear till nearly night then it got

cloudy and at night it bgan to rain quite

hard I went to Lafayettte I got me two

blind bridles and a collar at five dollars I

got me a hat at fifty cts at MC Cormicks

one dollars worth of trimmons and twelve

cts worth of shot I foand a six pence two

Fri 12 Cloudy this morning and raining it

rained till ten O clock then it broke away

som about twelve the sun shoen out in

the after noon it got qute clear and nice

I don mothing in the fore noon in the after

noon I made fence ine the after noon

Sat 13 Clear this morning with a heavy frost it

continued clear all day James W Ireland he

spaid four hogs one died in less than five minut

after sh was spaid their was an election held

for the purpose of electoon Captain Lieutenan

and ensign James W Ireland got two vots

more than Timmons Wm. Graves got in

to be Lieutenant and Silas Colbert got

in to be ensign I voted for them all my 21

self I mustered two up in the praire 1839

Sun 14 Clear this morning with a heavy frost I

went over to Mr. Mendenhalls and staid

all day at night I went over to Feeldens

and staid all night in the evening it clouded

up and had the appearance of rain but dident

Mon 15 Clear this morning some cooler it has the

apparance of a fine day it thundred some

quite warm I plowed for oats in the evening

it got som cloag after night it rained som

little a man of words and not of deeds

is like a garden full of weeds and no

Dear miss it is with much trembling

of the pen at this tim tha presume

to address you on this subject 1839

Page 39 - December 14, 1838 - First Church

December the 14 1838 Page 39

Fri 14 clear and pleasent all day I thrashed and

cleaned up 28 bushels of corne I felt

some under the weather all day 1838

John Graves commenced bording on the 8th

day of April AD. 1837 Benjamine

Lucas commenced laboring on the Eri

canall on the 28 th day of March

AD 1837 and continued till the last

Day of October A.D. 1837 8383

December the 14 1838 Dew Harmon

Lucas 14 dollars and 50.6 cts for

Value Received of hime Smith John

Lafayette July the 6.th 1836 H Luca

Bot of John Mccormick 3 yards of muslin

one dozens buttens 100 3 1/2 yards of

Jenes 5. 50 cts Trimmons 200 dollars

totle amount 8. 80 cts cutting 37 cts

and making 200 Dollars 1838

Sat 15 clear early this morning but soon

clouded up and got cold enouh to

snow I went over to the canall

to get some money but in vain

I got home and went down to

Mr. Simeses School house to

a quartley meeting after night

Sun 16 partley clear this morning 1838

the sun shoen out dim all day I went

down to the quartily meeting at Mr.

Simeses school house the house was full

I went and drawed or went and ate

my dinner and Wm Pierces

and went down to servisons and

down to Isaac Graves then back to

meeting Wm. Dollyhide Joined the

church I came hom at nine O. clo

Mon 17 cloudy and snowing and continued so all

day Father went over to mill with

28 bushels of corne I killed 8 praire

hens and two quails and one rabit it

turned some colder than it was 1838

Page 37 - December 6, 1838 - Overcoat

December the 6. 1838 Page 37

Thu 6 Clear and quite cool all day I went

down to Harison Ville to pay a

gudgment of lying betwene father

and Burgate the amount was

two dollars the cost one dollar I

got Receipt in full of all the

ammount I brought anc Ex

ecution against John G Smith

I killed five praire hens to day

Fri 7 partly clear early this mornig

very cold sun Rises at 25 mi

past seven O. clock it thoughed

a little in the day I drawed wood

Father sold two hogs to Mr.

Gennings for twelve Dollars

father and John Graves made

a find settlement up to this date

I Received fifty cts on hanvey

Sat 8 quite cloudy early this morning some

snow on the ground it broke away and

got clear and pleasent all day I went

to Lafayette and got an over Coat

cut out I gave one dollar I bought the

clothe at three dollars and fifty cts

per yard I got a bill of it Luas bot

of MC cormicks three yards and three

fourths of a yard of cloth 13. 12 cts

Trimmons 2. 75 cts handkerchief

37 cts and of powder 50 cts pound

of lead 12 cts totle amount 16. 87 cts

I started home from town after sun

set and got home half past seven

Sun 9 clear and quite cool at present I

went over to Salem meeting house

to prayr meeting there was at night

meeting too and I went to it 1838

Mr. Reasen frasure please thet

the Barer John Smith have the

full amount of ten Dollars and

by so doing you will oblige youfrei

Page 1 - 1839 - Harmon Lucas, Tippicanoe

Harmon Lucas his book

this being on the 9 of November

1839 in the Stait of Indiana and

in Tippicanoe Township Tippicanoe

County in my 21 year from the

12 of July 1839 I have got a

reasonable portion of health at this

time and am very thankful of

itin glory be to the highest amen

for ever When I have been there

ten thousand thousand year 1839

The price of this Book is one

dollars and Twenty five cts bought

at Mr. MC Cormicks Store

in the town of Laffayette in the

year of our Lord- 1838 Harmon

Harmon R Lucas

William Henry Harrison

65 x 5 = 325 + 25 = 350

Harmon R Lucas

Harmon R Lucas Harmon

Wm Birch 19 1/2 . . . 58 1/2

I got 2 hogs and is to make 150 rails

I all so got one on the 50 cts that be owd

me 1844 Wm Burch Jun

Harmon R Lucas

10000 - 1805 = 8195 - 5400 = 2795 + 27 + 14 = 2836

27 + 14 = 41

8 x 22 = 160 +

3965 - 2836 = 1129 - 41 = 1088