Sunday, September 9, 1849 page icon [Intro & Addenda] pdf icon [PDF]

9--1 Clear & fine. Cool in mg.. & in house shade all day. Spent day at Methodist Ch this mg.. and at [?] own in Evs.. where Rev Mr Mitchell of Paxton Ch preached. Rev Mr. Simenton in mg.. Mr Dewalt yet absent. I walked after breakfast before church time 1 ½ or 2 miles. Gave poor boy from York County 5 cts. Home from Ch. with [?] & Falsicks. 8 ¼ home to bed 8 1/2 .

Monday, September 10, 1849 page icon [Intro & Addenda] pdf icon [PDF]

10--2 Clear. fine-quite cold early. A.M.work RlRd. walked before breakfast from 6 to 7 A.M. 3 ms.. was at prison from 10 ¾ A.M. to 12 ½ P.M. to see Mills. Rode in carriage with wife & children form 3 ¾ to 5 ¾ P.M. 8 or 9 ms.. Evs at home to bed 9.

Tuesday, September 11, 1849 page icon [Intro & Addenda] pdf icon [PDF]

11--3 Clear & fine-Cool early. A.M. Work at RlRd. I rode on horseback from 5 ½ to 7 A.M. Taking gun along for wild pigeons which have been about three or four days. Saw some flying but did not stop to hunt them. Handed wife to buy. Yarn. Aprons [?] for children $1.00. Spent day chiefly at home and Evs also to bed 8 ½ P.M.

Wednesday, September 12, 1849 page icon [Intro & Addenda] pdf icon [PDF]

12--4 Clear. Cool in mg..-A.M. work at Rl.Rd. Paid for washing soda 6 Monday or Sunday to buy for 6. This morning 2 lbs butter 39. 4 ¾ lbs beef 34. 3 pints peach butter 18 ¾ and squashes for 9. amt $1.12 3/4 . Paid at Edward's shoe store for 1 pair shoes for son Chas. $1.00 & pair for son J Calvin 68 ¾ . amt $1.68 ¾ . Rode in carriage from 3 ¾ to 6 PM. With children stopping at Stovers Inn by Shoops Church & paying 6 ¼ for Gingerhaus. amt $1.75. Spent Evs home to bed 8 ½ . [?]. Med. 12 ½ . amt 1.87 ½ . Wrote to Saml. T. Shunk Phila in reply to his rev [?] inst & to A.Rhawn. Milton Pa. Enclosing Subpa in Mills case for witnesses. To bed 8 ½. Yesterday revd of Saml.. Neidig 3 Bus potatoes $2.25 for which he has credit on [?][?][?] in my Day Book-(this makes 7 5/8 Bus. Potatoes [?])-

Thursday, September 13, 1849 page icon [Intro & Addenda] pdf icon [PDF]

13—5 Clear. Pleasant-very dusty. A.M. work at RldRd. I walked 3 ms.. circular from 6 to 7 A.M. to Jacob Fislers about hay. Paid said Jacob Fisler for 1976 lbs hay deld. This morng... $11.86 in full by Ck. On Daubets Bank. [The following sentence/words are crossed out with a backwards slash] Rode in carriage with children 3 ¾ to 6 P.M. round by Shoops Chruch. Stopt. Spent after[?] Evens chiefly at home and to bed at 9 P.M.

Friday, September 14, 1849 page icon [Intro & Addenda] pdf icon [PDF]

14—6 Clear-warm-very dusty-A.M. work at [?]. rode on horseback form 5 ¾ to 7 A.M. 9 ms.. Mr. Emerson & self at prison from 11 ½ to 1 P.M. to see our client Mills. Revd.. of Elisth Goff form Trimbles heirs $3.50 Rent.-revd of my client Saml.. Fishburn 9 Bus. Wheat [?] fees for profl. Services which he says is $1 per Bus. Therefore [?] Fee $9. Recv of James Bredin Fee $30.00 being 1st instalment under our agreement on his pupilage as a student of Law under my instruction ([?] 1 July last) Examined him on 1st vol. of B’s[?] commentaries form 7 to 8 ¼ P.M. This is 1st Examination

Sept 14—6 contd.. – pd.. Saml.. Duff col.. shoemaker $1.87 ½ for in full or fall demands (v.[?] B & R) to bed 9 P.M.

[A sheet of paper that was glued into the original journal page had additional writing from Rawn that covered 14 Sept 1849. The following passage is what was included on this page]

Sept 14. 1849 Samuel.. Fishburn owed me to this day or charged at a low rate in my Day Book for profl services the sum of $10.00The 9 Bus. Wheat deld.. by him this day [?][?] should be $9.00 which is something over the price of wheat—and he also requests that it may square our accts to this day inclusive and I have consented there to & all accts between him & myself are settled in full.

About[?] $1 from [?] ___________________ $9.00 =

Wheat ---- $9.00 -

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Saturday, September 15, 1849 page icon [Intro & Addenda] pdf icon [PDF]

[September 1849]

15-7 Clear & fine – hot sun – A.M. work at Rt. [?] Rl. [?] Rd. Paid for 3 lbs butter 51 [?] - 10 lbs beef [bone?] 63 1/2 100 g Eggs 10 and for apples 4 - (Yesterday) forstell [?] here 7 to another Jos. S. one Box Blacking 4 – 5 lbs crackers 25. Amt. $1.69 1/2 – Paid Buffington for [Mo Albright?] – for 1 cart load oak wood $1.12 ¼ in full deld. this day – pd. Mo Albright for 7 ½ weeks Ice from 17 July to 6 Sept. – both dates inclusive at 18 ¾ per week for ¼ peck per day $1.40 1/2 (~ BAR.) ~ pd. At Zollingers for a cap for son Chas. 31 ¼ Rode in carriage with children from 4 ½ to 6 P.M. 5 or 6 miles taking gun along – Exd. Mr. Bredin my student from 7 to 8 ¼ P.M. [?] est. at home and to bed 9 ¼ [?] P.M.

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