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 132 - July 4, 1840 - Yankee Girls

July the 4. 1840 Page 1.32

Sat 4 Cloudy this morning quite cool too

the sun shoen out I went to Laffaitt

it was a poor gethring for the fourth of

July I had a ride on a canall boat the

first one that ever past through the

Town of Lafayette I rode about 6 miles

on it quite warm all of the yankee

girls was there at the time I got

mee a razor strop and half a quire of

paper 50 cts I got home at dark it got

quite cloudy after night it rained some

Sun 5 Cloudy this morning and quite nice at

nine oclock I went to Sabeth School but

dident stay long there I went down to

the batle ground at 11 oclock meeting

then back home and at four oclock

I went to Egbert Pattersons to a

meeting we had a fine shower to of rain

Mon 6 Cloudy this morning and has some of

the appearnace of rain I helped to mow at

the poor farm Wm Graves S. pulver

E. Downey mowed for us I came home in

the evening it came up quite a shower

of rain no nore at presant 1840

Tue 7 Cloudy this morning and rained several

times I and Pulver and S.Jacksen all

mowed Father and Mother went to town

after the Suit for Mary Janes manedge

we finished mowing about 4 oclock in the

evening it rained nearly all night

Wed 8 Cloudy this morning and rained some and

it continued so all day ue cut wheat till noon

in the after noon we pup up some hay then we

cut some wheat we had a shower in the

evening Wm Shigly feched my cradle

and hay rake down to the county farme

May god look dawn up on us in his ifitat

merce come let us goe to meeteing at

Salem meeting house Harmon

Page 128 - June 13, 1840 - Bull Hunting

June the 13. 1840 Page 1. 28

Sat 13 Clear this morning quite pleasant

till 8 oclock then It got cloudy and looked

like raine it did rain some but broke

away again and looke nice I went down

ato home at four I started home and stoped

at Hiram Geningses Harmon Lucas

Sun 14 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

fixed up and went over to Sabeth

school and got mee 2 books and quit

as Sabeth School was over I went

down to home for there was a quarterly

meeting there I got there at 12 oclock

and at four oclock I went down to the

meeting it rained some and we came to

home an-- --d Mis Bilder back got a

faul from a horse and had liken to have

been kiled after night I went down

to meeting then back home at 12 ocloc

Hiram Genings and wife horatio A

Barnes and wif and Mother Daniel

Ogden and wife J. J. Cooper and me

staid all night Harmon R Lucas

Mon 15 Clear this morning quite warme

I came home I feched old tom with me

in the after noon I went down to

John Robrtses after a bull of

Hirram Gening and hunted till

sun set then he came up wee yoked

him and feched hime home we got

home after dark a while Harmon

Tue 16 Clear this morng quite pleasant I

drowd two loads of rails then I went

to braking we broke five or six round

Hiram Gening drove the cattle I

quite and laid up fence we had four

yoke of cattle pap and mamma and

John came up I went up to the home

William Henry Harison Departed

this tife on the 4 oh April 11841 in

the city of Washinton so no more r

Page 116 - April 7, 1840 - Yankees' Meeting

April the 7. 1840 Page 1. 16

Tue 7 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

quite a cool aire stiring I went down to

to Mr. Simses Store to get some thing

I got me one set of plates price 1. 25 cs

one set of cups and saucers 50 cts one

set of knives and forks 2.00 dollars

one hankerchief 18 cts I cam home and

helped Wm Shigley rais his house

after night I went to the young con

verts Meeting and was cald on to por

aut my fervent prays to the lord

by Mitten Maken so nore at this

Wed 8 Clear this morning quite pleasant

and nice Father and Mother came up

to see meee hear I Made rails to day

quite fine all day Maria Came to

see mee for the first time a cence

I mooved heare quite pleasant all day

Thu 9 Clear this morning I made rails till

noon all day in the after noon I burnt

my stibles off at bests but I dident

take the ground quite pleasant all day

Fri 10 Cloudy this morning and has the

appearance of rain it rained rite smart

I went down home but dident trade 8

Sat 11. Cloudy this morning and raining some

I went to the battle ground I went

Timmonses bale betwene him and

Marten .Mendenhall for ten Dollars

and Timmons went my bale for the

sum of 5. 67. cts betwene me and

Jesse . Andrs the sun shoen out nice

about noon in the after noon I made

rails after night I went ta meeting

at four oclock all of the yankees

come to meeting Maria and Venatta

was hear I got a bedd cond and one

butter plate and half poun of nails

so no more at presant 1840

Page 99 - December 20, 1839 - Sley Ride

December the 20 .1839 Page 99

Fri 20 Clear this morning with a heavy frost

on it continued clear till in the evening

then it got some cloudy 5 or 6 went on

a wolf hunt and killed 3 wolvs we did

goe to Finches grove after night I went

down to H. Genings to meeting H.

Sat 21 Cloudy this morning and snowd some

very hard and it continued snowding all

I killed four Rabits and one plaesent quite

a deep snow at this time no more at a

this time but Remember me when oo

this you see Ruth Baismen 1839 21

Sun 22 Cloudy this morning I wrot all day it

snowd some in the evening no more at

this time but Remember me Maria.

Mon 23 Cloudy this morning I done nothing

much all day Father and Mother went

down to coopers mill and store and got me

one pound of powder two pounds of shot

one pound of lead price was 87 cts 1839

Tue 24 Cloudy this morning I drowd hay till

noon in the after noon I went up to Isa

Klepingers and got my hair cout after

night I went to Watch meeting it

lasted till ten oclock in the evening

Wed 25 Cloudy this morning and snowd some I

made a sley for to ride in I went to the

school house a while then I came home and

fixed and went to Watch Meting at

James Murfeys such a ride I never saw

Maria Mansfield Luesa Pulver and

Ruey ann and Mary Iam Wm Mansfield

I and John Pulver was in the sley we went

up and down from Erastus barnes thence

two miles north then back the road is

now caled the rase ground they make

fun of our ride but I never had

such a ride in my life H. L

Page 93 - November 7, 1839 - Wagons North

November the 7 . 1839 Page 93

Thu 7 Cloudy this morning but soon broke aw

-ay it got clear in the evening in the

evening it turned some cloudy I work

-ed the road begining at Feelden

Clevengers and we cut one half mile

dew west Father and Mother went

ona visit to St. Mendenhalls 1839

Fri 8 Clear this morning with the exception

of a few flying clouds quite cool a heavy

frost on I helped Timmons husk corn

Sat 9 Clear this morning with a heavy

frost on I puled corn till noon for my

self in the after noon I kiklled a hog

Sun 10 Clear thiis morning with a heavy on

in the evening it got cloudy at 11 I

went Salem meeting house B. E.

Wood preached was quite a congragation

out to hear him after night I went John

graves to singing school 1839 H . L

Mon 11 Cloudy this morning and rained all

day after night it easeth some we lay

at big pine cool a and disagreeable we

was that for on our journy to Chicago

Tue 12 Cloudy this morning the sun shoen

out once we killed 2 hens and 3 pesants

we met 16 waggons from Chicago

we lay at sugar creek at old pecks

Wed 13 Cloudy this morning we got to the

buck horn tavern after night it rain

-ed I got 25 cts worth of powder

and shot and 6 cts worth of oats 1839

Thu 14 Cloudy this morning and raining some

we came to the kankakee the sun

shoen out clear I spent 43 cts 1840

noe more at this time I thank

you sir Harmon R Lucas

Page 92 - October 31, 1839 - Fine Exhibition

October the 31. 1839 Page 92

Thu 31 Clear this morning quite pleasant we

gethered five loads of corn this makes

nine loads this makes the last day of the

Fri 1 Cloudy this morning quite cool the sun

shoen out some of the time I went to a

fine Exibition quite funy there was a

great meny out at it our tow girls and a

girl by the name of Luesa pulver went

from hear with me. H. R. Lucas

Sat 2 Cloudy this morning I cleaned up 15

bushels of oats and up to fix fence I

killed 2 hens Father went to mull and got or

Sun 3 Cloudy this morning and cool I went

to Salem meeting house to a prayr

meeting after night I went to H.

Genings to meetnig the sun shoen out

some two or three times no more 1839

Mon 4 Clear this morning till nearly noon

then it got some cloudy and smokey at

dark it began to blow and rain quite cool

Father and Mother went on a visit to

Jacob Klepingers I puled two loads of

corn in the fore noon I puled it down in

the after noon I drowed it in after

night it rained hard 1839 H. Lucas

Tue 5 Cloudy this morning and raining some

by turns all day I husked corn a while

then I came in and wrote a while after

night it snowd one inch in depth 1839

Wed 6 Cloudy this morning and snowing som

by turns till nearly noon I went

out and killed one dosen of praire

hens I killed 3 at one shot I got hom

at noon in the after noon I drowd wood

it broke away som 1839 no more at

this presant pearied of time william

H. Harison Harmon R Lucas

Page 78 - July 29, 1839 - Salted Heifer

July the 29 . 1839 Page 78

Mon 29 Clear this morning quite pleasant it

got some cloudy in the evening I cut and

bound up oats and Michel dunfee cut hay

Tue 30 Clear this morning but soon got som

cloudy and sprinkled some of rain I

drowed in wheat for our selvs in the fore

noon in the after noon I drowed wheat

for Adam Best quite warm all day

Wed 31 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

bind up oats in hunts field we put up

66. dosens of oats in the after noon I

cradled in oats quite pleasant. 1839. 31

Thu 1 Clear this morning quite cool and nice

I am very much afflicted with boils at

this time other wise I feel quite well at

this time I finished cutting my oats in

the fore noon in the after noon I raked hay

I counted up the dayys which made four

hundred and eighty one days 1839 20

Fri 2 Cloudy this morning and raining

it continued raining we drowed in oats

in hunts field we built 2 stacks up

their it broke away the rest drowed down

oats I bound up oats for my self in

the evening I went and hired Johnsons

Graves wagon he gave me the waggon a

tirip and one dollar for a parcl of salt

Sat 3 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

bound up oats for my self in the after

noon I helped to draw in oats and claar

of a thrashing flower and then I went

down to Hirams Ginings to salt my

heifer and back home Faher and mother

went on a visit to Wm Pierces 1839

Sun 4 Clear this morning quite pleasant it got

very warm I went to Salem meeting hous

at 11 oclock I wrote some little I was in

a good dale of pain 1839 . and bouoth

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 73 - June 28, 1839 - Great Oration

June the .28. .1839 Page 23

Fri 28 Clear this morning and quite pleasant in the

evening it gat soma cloudy I plowed in my

corn it turned some warmer than it has been

for some time Harmon Reasnor Lucas pensman

Sat 29 Clear this morning with the exception of a few

flying clouds it is quite warm Father came

home from Chickgo he got ten bushels of appels

Dried 2.50 cts per bushels four bolts of cotten

one barrel of sugar two hundred pounds of

coffey he all so lost a horse within ten miles

of home he died with the bots quite warme

I plowed in my corm so noe more at this

Sun 30 Clear this morning quite pleasant 1839

it got some cloudy in the after noon I went

up to the prayerer to l see the wheat and

then over to Salem to meeting and in the

evening I went down to Mr. Genings

to meeting S. K went with L. P.

desperate warme day noe more at prease

Mon 1 Partly clear this morning quite pleasant too

it got o little dime quite warm I plowed in

my corn Father and Mother went on a visit

down to Mr. Ginings Harmon. R

Tue 2 Clear this morning with a light fog on and

quite pleasant through out the day in the

evening was a few flying clouds over us

and thundered in the South I plowed in

my corn tilt noon theen I began to lay by

Wed 3 Clear this morning quite pleasant

it continued so all day quite windy I plowed

in my corn I plowed forty rowes of corn

Thu 4 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I went up to Delphi to a great oration

and big diner I seen g a great meny

people out there the mare fell down in

lafaye the wabash I went clean under

I came from Delphi to Pills burgh

Page 70 - June 11, 1839 - Road Work

June the 11 .1839 Page 70

Tue 11 Cloudy this morning and thunders some

in the west it has very much the appearance

of rain but dident it broke away and the

sun shoen out and turned quite warm in the

after noon it looked some like rain but soon

broke away and got clear and nice in the fore

noon I groubed breash in the after noon I

plowed my corn but very wet H. r L

Wed 12 Clear this morning and quite warm and

pleasant and nice it continued clear with the

exception of a few flying clouds till late in the

evening it rose a very dark cloud in the north

west after night it rained I made a mistake it

dident rain it only thundered and lightning

I plowed in the corn all day father and mother

went on a visit to Aarons Yarnalds 1839

Thu 13 Cloudy this morning and it rained some two

or three times the l sun shoen out of the time

it has some notion of continuing on I think

I plowed till in the evening then I quit father

helped me plow desperate cool for the season 183

Fri 14 Cloudy this morning and raining some it

has turned some cooler than it has been for

some considerable length of time it broke

away and got quite clear and pleasant I worked

on the road under Egbert Patterson he had

about twenty hands a working on the road

Sat 15 Clear this morning and quite pleasent it is

a few flying clouds over us quite warm I

plowed in my corn all day Mr. Green and

his companion cam out ond visit from town

I got my calf hom from Mr. Barneses 1839

Sun 16 Clear this morning and quite pleasent I

went down to Mr. Pattersons to meeting and then

hom and back to Mr. Gening to meeting at four

O clock then I went to Mr. barnards to meeting

after night S. R K staid with L. P

all night moe more at the tine 1839

Page 42 - December 29, 1838 - New Years Eve

December the 29 1838 Page 42

Sat 29 Peartly clear and desperately coald I

suffered pain with a thumb that had

got hurt with being mashed father

came home he sold meel at 50 cts

per bushel and oats at 38 cts per bushe

I done nothing of eny conciquence 1838

Sun 30 some cloudy this morning but broke

away and was quit coald I laid about

and at night I went to meeting at

Salem meeting house their was 22

Mon 31 Clear this morning and continued so

all day quite pleasent I bought five

head of calvs of John Graves I was to

give hime 22 days work for them I

cut down a shugar tree down and

Father and mother went on a visit

up to Aaron Yarnald I discharged

one gun a new years eve I heard

several guns dischargeed Snidder

sent our waggon home after night

By Richardrd Miller and a

little duchman Harmon Lucas

I Am I a souldier of the cross

A follwer of the lamb noemor

and shall I fear to owne his cause

or blush to speak his name

one Day after date we or either

of us promis to pay Henry

Love silver the sum of Thirty

five Thousand Dollars for Value

Received of Witness our hands

this the thirty first day of

December 1838 Thomas Smith

Mary R Carter and 1838

Eliza B Carter and 1838

Ethen I Carter and 1838

Jacson L Carter and 1838

Harvey F Carter and 1838

Richard Carter and . 1838

Esther B Carter and 1838

Harmon R Lucas and 1838

Page 34 - November 17, 1838 - Grandfather's Letter

November the 17 1838 Page 34

Sat 17 clear this morning not so cool as it has

been for some time it clouded up in the

after noon and got very cold I bought

fifty bushels of corne of Silas Colbert

at 25 cents I got three bushels of corn

per day and five bushels per hundred

for rails and I found the timber 1838

Sun 18 cloudy this morning wind west cool

brease it continued so all day I wrote a

letter to Grand father I was at home

all day to gansey County Ohio

Mon 19 clear this morning it clouded up at noon

and in the after noon it snowed rite smart

at night it snowed very hard I husked 12

shocks of fodder for Silas Colbert at 3 push

Tue 20 cloudy this morning the sun shoen out some

two or three times in the evening it

clouded up and got quite cool I husked

fourteen shocks of fodder for Silas

Colbert so ends the present account

Wed 21 clear and pleasent all day quite windy

I husked eleven shocks of fodder for

Silas Colbert old Mr Shigley got eighteen

Bushels of corn from mee father went to

town and mother too he got a table at

six Dollars no more at present amen

Thu 22 partley cloudy this morning it was

quite warm all day I husked ten shocks

and a half I wrote a letter to Sarah

And munson we gethered 3 loads of corn

Fri 23 some smokey this morning about noon it

turned quite cool and at night it snowed

quite hard old mr. Shigley got seven

bushels of corn which makes 25 bushels

of corn I husked ten shocks a and a half

of fodder wee got in three loads of

corn no more at present 1838

Page 29 - October 15, 1838 - Clothing Swap

October the 15. 1838 Page 29

Mon 15 cloudy part of the day some cooler

than common I worked on the canall

father got home at two O clock 1838

Tue 16 cloudy and a heavy frost this morning

Beard and fraiser had a fight old

beard came on with 8 hands and

went to work on the culbert he worke

till noon and gave it up for a dry

Job I worked on the canall 1838

Wed 17 some cloudy all day and cool easy work

on the canall I worked on the canall

Thu 18 cloud this and mist a little at noon

it raind hard for a while I traded

coats with dow Chism and gave eleven

Dollars to boot and .Robert hill

andnd Robert hodgens swapt even

Alfred toliver and thornton

Chevenger traded coat and thornton

Received 2.75 cents to boot 1838

and I trded pantaloons even with

Robert Chism dow and James

toliver traded wescots I worked 1838

Fri 19 cloud and cool all day I worked on

the canall 19 1838 Indiana 1838

father and mother started to shoney

Sat 20 tolerable clear till noon then it

got cloudy and cool I came home

against noon then I went out

and killed three wild hens so no more

Sun 21 clear and cool with a heavy frost

quite nice I went to meeten over

at the salem meeten house 1838

Mon 22 cloud this morning I started over to

the canall at day light it continude

so all day Mcenelld dide at night

we dell went to set up there

I worked half of the day 1838