Wednesday, October 23, 1850: Today Geo P. took his horse and carriage and rode to Pittsfield to see Squ. J. A. Gold, Esq. concerning the proposals or the offer that Mr. Ross makes to satisfy the judgement my daughter holds against him but the proposals we did accept and Geo P. fetched Cornelia Wylie home with him. Today I pulled and cut turnips. This forenoon John F. took the horse and carriage and fetched Laura Worden to the widow Eliza Wylie’s to sew and prepare for the funeral of H. P. Wylie.
Thursday: I and my family went to the funeral of H. P. Wylie at his house, Elder Nathan Sweet preached. Brother F. Jay Wylie from Pittsfield tended the funeral and took dinner with us, and returned home tonight and carried his daughter Cornelia. I sent a line and proposals by him to J. A. Gold, Esq., that I would settle with Mr. Ross for nine hundred and fifty dollars and said Ross pay all cost.
Friday: This forenoon I pulled and cut turnips and this afternoon I took the one horse wagon and carried 14 bushels turnips to Geo W. Glass factory hands and he agreed to pay me in flannel, a yard flannel for a bushel of turnips. He now owes me 20 yards, Quite rainy this afternoon.
Saturday: I continue to wear the truss I bought in Troy and do but little work. Today I patched and pieced the stoop floor.
Sunday: I took my one horse wagon and carried my wife to Elder Sweet’s meeting and then I went to Elder Havens’ meeting. I then met my wife to cousin John Wylie’s and we stayed there tonight for it was rainy.
Monday: This morning after breakfast I and my wife returned home from John Wylie’s. Today I and my two sons gathered apples and pulled and cut turnips. Tonight Mr. Minor from Windsor stayed with us with a span of horses, he came to buy apple trees of Geo P.
Tuesday: This morning Geo P. went to his nursery with Mr. Minor and got up part of the trees and then John F. went and took Geo P. place getting said trees up, 61 in number and Minor paid eleven dollars. Geo P. went on to White Creek, Washington County and stayed to Cornelias Van Vecton to buy his flock of sheep, but the sheep were sold and Charles Palmer went with Geo P. to help drive the sheep if Geo P. had bought them. Towards night John F. went to Hancock with one horse wagon and carried Agustus Landon two bushels toward the five bushels that he bargained for to paint my one horse wagon and four bushels to Tracy’s store on account and one bushel to a shoe maker that tapped his boots.