May 1 ~ 1 Clear & cloudy & some Rain -- I took walk from 9 to 10 ¼ a.m. about a mile from town -- It clouded and drizzled before I got home and I stopped in Mrs. Rodney’s till it was nearly over -- one of her sons lent me an umbrella and I got home without wet-- I am little or no better -- To bed at 9 p.m.

2 ~ 2 Rain all morning -- Cloudy & clear in afternoon -- Paid for 1 lb. Prunes 25 cts. Recd. of Jno. Philips for the heirs of James Trimble decd. $15 on a/c of the quarter’s rent for the house of said heirs he lived in -- Sd. [Said] Quarter from 1 Apl 1842 to 1 July 1842 the Rent being payable in advance per the quarter and being $80 per year and the Taxes. Wrote letter to Wm. J. Cochran Esqr. Atty at law formerly my student (present) & kept copy. I am still very unwell -- little better -- To bed 10 p.m.

3 ~ 3 Rain all day -- got 2 cord oak wood and load of Hickory wood of Geo. P. Weistling Paid for qt. port wine 62 ½ cts. & for 1 lb. Prunes 25 Amt. 2 Items 87 ½ cts. Recd. letter from Thos. G. McCulloh Esq. Chambs. [Chambersburg] May 2, in answer to mine of 25^th Feb. last and 28 ultimo. wrote in reply & kept copy. I am still improving in health a little. Spent day chiefly in my office & to bed 10 p.m.

4 ~ 4 Clear & coolish -- paid for marketing 50 cts. and pd. Mr. Brownewelt 75 cts. in full of 6 Bunches of asparagus deld. at my house by his wife a few weeks since (present D.W Rawn) amt of 2 Items $1.25. Paid man for sawing &tc. 1 cord of oak wood got yesterday of Geo. P. Weistling 75 cts. In full (present D.W.R.) Wrote leter to John McFaden Pittsburg in answer to his letter recd. 29 ultimo & kept copy. Pd. P.C. Sedgwick Ck [ ? ] &tc for [ ? ] of Error in Jm Ekel vs. Jno Merily no. 54 April 7 1839 DG Pleas (v. loose Receipts) -- wife, son Charles, his aunt M.S.C. & self took walk about a mile from home about 4 p.m. & back -- I bore the walk tolerably well -- I am yet very unwell -- very weak – hoarse -- irritation of and weak breast -- I have felt rather better today than usual, spent evening in my office and to bed 10 p.m.

5 ~ 5 Clear & Pleasant -- I rode on Horseback from 10 a.m. till 12 noon principally at a walk -- enjoyed the ride tolerably -- am rather better in some respects but still hoarse & breast weak -- Paid by M.S.C. for calico binding or edging for my wrapper yesterday at

[ ? ] 39 cts. for oil &tc. 37 ½ cts. Amt. 2 items 76 ½ cts. Son Chas. & self took walk about 5 p.m. were joined by B. Parke Esqr. who talked about Jno. Merily taking benefit of Bankrupt law &tc. wrote note to W.J. Cochran Esqr. Present & kept copy -- on subject of that of 2 inst. spent Evg. in office and to bed at 10 p.m.

6 May 1842 Friday 6 ~ 6 Clear & Beautiful -- Paid Martin, Hahnlen’s Ostler 10 cts. Paid Betsey Nathans 62 ½ in full for washing & baking this week. Paid Gemperling & Dannals (per D.W. Rawn) 50 in full for a sorrel Horse this day from 10 a.m. to 12 ½ p.m. for M.S. Clendenin to ride with me, and we rode on horseback for that length of time, myself on my own Horse. Handed my wife to buy ribbon for her Bonnet $1.00 -- amt.. of 4 Items $2.22 ½ My hoarseness still continues, my breast is weak and I am still wholly unfit for business -- I spend my time principally in my office and attend to such things as cannot be avoided -- Had personal interview with W.J. Cochran Esqr. in my office this morning on subject of the notes addressed to him the 2d & 5 inst. (present D.W. Rawn) which in my apprehension was anything but creditable to him. To bed 10 p.m.

7 ~ 7 Clear – Pleasant. Pd. Milleisen (per hands of Mother E. Clendenin) $5 in full for butter to this day inclusive for the ten last market days (I think) at 2 lbs. a day, that is for 20 lbs. Recd. of Jno. Philips for the heirs of Jas. Trimble decd. $5 Bal. of his quarters Rent to the 1 July next (v. 2 inst.) Recd. credit as of 2^nd inst. in my Dept. [Deposit] Book at Hs. Savs. Instn. For Dividend $9 on my 12 shares of stock at $25 per share, all paid in for the last six months. Paid Martin (Ostler) for throwing wood in cellar 12 ½ pd. for 10 oz. Nutmegs 18 ¾, for 1 lb. Prunes 25 cts., for Sundries 3 –--Amt. 4 Items 59 ¼ Cts. M.S.C. & wife took walk with self 5 p.m. to bed at 9 p.m.