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Thursday, January 27, 2011

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

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Page 102 - January 12, 1840 - Bed of Ease

January the 12 , 1840 Page 1. 2

Sun 12 Cloudy this morning and snowd some
quite sliperly I started from Joshua
Bomans at 11 oclock and got to Mr.
Grumanses at 3 oclock and staid all
night with theme no more at this time

Mon 13 Cloudy this morning but soon broke
away I got some nails drove in my horese
shoes price was 12. cts I staid all night
with Isaac Grummonses after night
I went to Singing school in con cord
house full of folks no more at presa

Tue 14 Cloudy this morning I started home
from Con Cord quite cloudy this morning
it began to snow very hard I got home
about four oclock 1840 Harmon L

Wed 15 Clear this morning I went up to Mr.
Adamses store then back to a whig
meeting it was the coldest day I have seen
this winter after night I went and staid
at Thomas . Smiths frost flew fast 1840

Thu 16 Clear this morning quite cool the sun
shoen out quite pleasant I went up to Mr.
Stillwells old place I frose my ears very
bad after night I went to meeting then up
to Josiahs . Smiths and staid all night 18

Fri 17 Cloudy this morning it snowd some I done
nothing all day after night I went over
to Singing school they sung by figurs
commencing at 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. this king
of singing I care nothing about I staid at
Aunts all night no more at this time

Sat 18 Cloudy this morning it has some appearanc
of snow I staid at Thomas Smiths
am I a soldier of the cross a folower of
the lam shall I fear to on his cause
or blush to speak his mame must I
be caried to the skies in flowery bed of ease