21 – 1 Rain – wife & Children & Self at Ch. in Morning spent rest of day & Ev. at home & to bed 8 P.M.

22 – 2 Rain – Cloudy afternoon – A.M. home spent day in Court – was engaged in afternoon for Deft. in Trial of Murray’s Ex. in Kernan No. 65 Nov. T. 1843. Recd. of Michl. Kernan deft. FEE $10. on ap in said case. adj. 6 P.M. Spent Ev. in office – R. McAllister in. To bed 9 ½ P.M.

23 – 3 Clear & fine – Cloudy & Hazy after 3 P.M. AM home. Was engaged from 8 ½ to 10 ½ or 11 A.M. in Kernan case commenced Yesterday – rode in carriage with wife & Children from 3 to 4 P.M. Emerson & Self at Prison from 4 ½ to 5 P.M. to see Mills, spent Ev. chiefly at home & to bed 9 P.M.

24 – 4 Cool, fine through day- A.M. home – pd. for 2 lbs Butter 39 ½ - ½ Bus Turnips 32 – 2 lbs Beefsteak 14 – Amt. 85 ½ Emerson & Self walked from 10 to 11 A.M. 3 ¼ miles. Was in and out of Court through day – Ev. in office & to bed 9 P.M.

25 – 5 Clear & fine – Pleasant – A.M. home – Rode on horseback from 6 ¼ to 7 ¼ A.M. 6 miles – Was engaged in Court from 8 ½ to 12 ½ & from 2 ½ P.M. to 4 P.M. in trial for Plff. of Single v. Stoner 23 Nov. T. 1846. F. Clearson with me in place of McClure who is unable to practice – M. Fishkin [?] untrue [??] – Emerson & Self walked from 4 ¼ to 5 ¼ P.M. 3 ½ ms. – Spent ½ an hour or more in Saunders Hotel abt. 7 ½ P.M. with Emerson, Sedgwick etc. [?] – Emerson & Self took drink at bar at 8 [?] P.M. at his instances [insistence?] & after a few minutes walk each retd. home – to bed 9 P.M.

26 – 6 Clear & fine – Pleasant. Indn. Summery A.M. home – rode on horseback from 6 ¼ to 7 ¼ AM. for 7 ms. Paid Funk & Miller (v. Book) for 2 Tons Hard Egg Coal $5.50 (superscript note: 1 ton [?] deld. tomorrow & all pd tomorrow [?]) deld. this day. (v. 13 inst. 2 Tons Lykens Valley Coal). Paid Edwards for 1 pair shoes son J. Calvin 68 ¾ - Was in and out of Court through day – Rode in carriage with wife & Children from 3 to 4 P.M. for 7 ms. ~ Spent Ev. chiefly home & to bed 9 P.M.

Oct. 27 – 7 Clear & fine – Indn. Summery – A.M. home – pd. 1 lb Butter 18 ¾ apples 12 ½ Horse Rad & Sundries 8 ¾ 6 Bus. oats $2.00, 28 lbs wht. flour 75. Amt. $3.15. Paid for a Hind Quarter of Beef 71 lbs at 4 ½ cts. $3.19 ½ - pd. Funk & Miller for 2 Tons of Hard Stone Coal $5.50 in full of Bill & R. [?] entered Yesterday as one Ton deld. then the other (superscript note: to be deld.) to day & whole pd. today. McKeene [?] & Self walked about 12 noon 2 ms. circular, when I stopped at F & M’s warehouse as above & pd Coal & ordered the 2^nd Ton. Wrote to Capt. Mo. H. Cheyney Del. Coy. & pd. Pos. 5 on Subject of Potatoes [?] & Emerson & Self took walk about 4 ½ P.M. 2 ½ or 3 ms. cir. He & one Geo. Bretz (Ornstill [?] of Carlisle called here while I was at dinner and again about 3 P.M. to look at the Mills ornstat [?] instruments which he desires to purchase etc. [?] I paid for a copy of Police Gazette conts. a portion of Mills’ trial 5 cts. – Was at Saunder’s Hotel awhile after tea & also in Court after that till near 8 P.M. rest of Ev. at home & to bed 9 ¼ P.M.