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Nov-2 1852 Benjamin Winver Dr to

70 lls beef . . . 2.45

to Cash one dollor . . . 1.00

to Cash paid on schooling . . . 1.50

. . . = 4.95

to 8 1/2 lbs pork . . . .42 1/2

to pork 87 lls 5 cents pr th . . . 4.35

to 2 bushels corn . . . .50

Dec to Cash 2 dollars . . . 2.00

to 55 lls flower . . . 1.10

to 3 bushels Corn . . . .75

675 + 1242 = 1917

Jack smith workt 5 days 62 1/2 pr day . . . 3.12 1/2

Cr by Cash one dollar . . . 1.00

Isaac workt 5 1/2 days Tuesday ramd . . . 1.75

Cr to 12 bushels Corn . . . 3.00

to cash 50 cents on well . . . .50

Cr to 1 day ly boy . . . .31

Dr to 4 bushel corn Dec 24th . . . 1.00

haskt Corn for Embrson

3 1/2 days at rooneys

to one day on road

1142 + 200 + 125 + 200 + 125 + 225 = 2017

2017 - 775 = 1242

75 + 175 + 150 + 150 + 225 =

Nov 1852 to work done by Winen

Cr to 1/2 day . . . .37 1/2

to 1 day by self and boys salrday . . . 1.50

to 1 Do Do Do monday . . . 1.50

1 Do Do Tusday . . . 1.50

to 1/2 day 1 load Thussday . . . 37 1/2

. . . = 5.25 1/2

to 4 days by John . . . 1.50

Dec 10 to 1 day husking corn . . . .75

to 1 day gathring corn . . . .75

. . . 2.25

775

450 + 225 = 675

Aprle

4th 1853 settled the above account

in full and selld for house

rent up to the 26 the March 1853

and also for two ares and one

hundred rods of Clearing ground

and a balance due winner of

thirty cents

Cr to John Winer plowing 4 day . . . 2.25

1142 + 200 + 125 + 200 + 125 + 200 =

1992 - 515 = 1477

75 + 75 + 75 + 75 + 215 = 515

Page 126 - June 1, 1840 - Writing Letters

June the 1.st. 1840 Page 1.26

Mon 1 Clear this morning quite warm in

the evening it rained some little I

drowd 9 loads of rails 46 at a load

Tue 2 Cloudy this morning and rained some

it soon got clear and nice in the after

noon it got cloudy and after night it

rained quite hard I drowed 8 loads of

rails 46 at a load Harmon . Lucas

Wed 3 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

nice it got cloudy and rained several

showers I drowd 6 loads of rails 48 at

a load at dark it looked like that we would

have a storm but it dident storm much

Thu 4 Clear this morning quite pleasant and

nice quite warm I made 2.00 hundrd

thirty tow rails I got 2 letters from

Ohio one from uncle Wm. Lucas

the other from Cousin Mary Carter

pap hauled some rails Harmon

Fri 5 Clear this morning quite pleasant

the after noon it rained quite a

shower I worked for S. Pulver

on the road by Hirram Genings

Sat 6 Cloudy this morning and raining

I made fence till noon in the after

noon I grubed and plowed some and I

went up to grany Klepingers and I

got 400 hundred cabich plants 1840

Sun 7 Clear this morning quite wrote till time

to goe to Sabeth school then I fixed

up and went to it after meeting I wrote

four letters onee to Wm Lucas one

to Mary Carter one to Ruth Baismen

one to Samuel Smith quite a fime day

at half past four oclock I went to

meeting again so noe more at presant

I still Remain yours and so fourth

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 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 64 - May 14, 1839 - Good Men

May the 13. 1839 Page 64

Tue 14 Clear for a few moments and then

it got quite cloudy with a desperate cool

wind from the South West and

rained some it got quite clear in the

and the wind raised and blew hard

Wed 15 I furrowed out for corn and planted too

it got very warm in the middle

of the day after night it rained hard

Wed 15 Partley clear but in a few moments

it got quite clear quite cool this

morning in a few moments it got

cloudy and rained it thundred qute

hard I finished planting corn and

I thank the good beiing for seeing

mee out withit in the after noon

it rained some I done nothing amen

Thu 16 Cloudy this morning and raining

some it broke away the sun shoen

out I went out and worked for Mr.

Joshua burch I made fence it is quite

cool but turned some warmer Harm

Fri 17 Clear this morning with some frost

it continued clear and quite warm all

day I made fence for Joshua Burch

and after night I came home and

stoped at Jacb Klepingers no more

Sat 18 Clear this morning with some frost

I went down to Jacob Fierces to help

father to carry a bee stand and I

went down to shoney quite warm I

landed at henry cambbells at four

O clock and found the folks all well

I went the river road to quite loa

Sun 19 Clear this morning and quite warme

at eleven O clock I went to Bethel

meeting house to hear Mr. Biers

preach at four we went back to meeting

again I staid both nites at Henry

Campbelles good men my out at it