Page 175 - 1845, Lucas - 1853, Ireland

Mr. Nolten Dr to H R Lucas .

J 1845 two hundred and ten rails 240

the H1 / 4.3 2l 41 H 3 b 42 S 4 b 43 S 5 l 43 A 6 b 41 A

711A b HB 511 H 8 l 51 9 b 50 10 b to A 50 11 l of

H 52 12 b of A 50 1.35 2.35 35 . 55 50

16 46 55 59 50

. . . = 13.56

for 1 2 year old heifer . . . 4.00

for 2 bushels of potatoes . . . 1.00

for 20 bushels of oals . . . 4.50

for 2 1/2 bushels of eals . . . 0.55

for 2 bushels of oats . . . 0.44

for feching things from town . . . 0.50

Wm. Ireland feb 1853 to

Cash . . . 20.00

grue to Cash . . . .50

to cash . . . 2.00

to cash for ad petter . . . 5.00

to cash for Wm snider . . . 35.00

. . . = 62.50

to Cash to gow for waggon . . . 01.50

. . . = 64.00

to pare boots . . . 2.50

to Cash . . . 20.00

. . . = 86.50

Ballance due Wm . . . 3.50

Wm Dr to 22 bushels corn . . . 5.50

Cr by 1 Dr Mits fr frank . . . 1.00

to tea & salaratts . . . .60

140 - 45 = 95 - 75 = 20

6500 + 2000 = 8500

70 - 45 = 25

6500 + 2500 = 9000 - 8650 = 350

6500

70 - 45 = 25

140 - 75 = 65

Page 91 - October 23, 1839 - Traden Party

October the 23. 1839 Page 91

Wed 23 Clear this morning quite pleasant I

went after my ox and got him again

noon in the after noon I went to mill

Thu 24 Clear this morning quite pleasant

I thrashed wheat up at Adam Bests

It got some cloudy and looked like

raine Benjamin Burch raised his

house Luesa Pulver was hear and

Margret Yarnald was hear all nig

Fri 25 Cloudy this morning and looks like rain

it rained a little in the evening it cleard

up we cleaned up 21 bushels of wheat in

the after noon I thrashed wheat 1839 r

Sat 26 Cloudy this morning it rained some

we cleaned up some wheat till noon in the

evening I went on a traden party Mr and

Mrs pierce wife staid hear was meeting

at Timmonses The boys cut a high swell

after night a trying to scare the girls.

Sun 27 Cloudy this morning and raining it

continued to hold out all day it thund

red quite hard I went to salem to

hear mr. Peters preach 1839. 18.

Mon 28 Cloudy this morning it broke away

in the evening and got clear I

helped Jonson graveses chusk corn

after night I helped him at a huske

Tue 29 Clear this morning with a frost on

it looks like it will be a fine day I

puled corn till noon in the after noon

I helped husk a load of corn 1839

Wed 30 Cloudy this morning and rained som it

got clear wee swaped with dolechide for a hor

we gave one yoke of cattle and ten dollars

for the horse I helped John graves to

get in corn we got in four loads 1839

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.