Page 119 - April 22, 1840 - Whig Convention

April the 22 .1840 Page 1. 19

Wed 22 Cloudy this morning and rained some

I made some rails old Man Shigley got

of me ten barles of corn at noon I

got wood for Coopers on Adams bests

acount one Dollar quite warm after

night It rained quite hard and it

thundred and lightned very much

Thu 23 Cloudy this morning and looks like

rain it rained some of the time a

little I cut some timber then I

wrote some Harmon R. Lucas

Fri 24 Cloudy this morning and raining

some but som broke away and got

clear quite warm I cut timber and

made some rails I went to limmon

and took tea with the Ladies 1840

Sat 25 Clear this morning and quite pleasant

and nice I started and weent to the

Town of Laffayette with Hiran

Genings in his wagon 9 went in

it some of the way it got cloudy and

rained some then it broke away and

the sun shoen out but soon got

a tremendious hard shower on the

southe side of the Wabash a fine

convention a 1.000. good old

fashoned Whigs at Lafayette

they marched all around the

Court house and the there was

several orations Deliverad then

a long came 2. fool barles of

the old hard cider free for

the company I got one pint

of the cider it continued to rain

on all all night Wm Klepinger

staid all night I got a pam

life hat 31 cts at hanners store

one day after date we or either

of us Dood promis to pay

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