A Trip To The West

Thursday September 18, 1851: This morning Geo P. took my two horse lumber wagon and carried myself and wife, Sidney Grosvenor and wife and sister Harriet Grosvenor to Troy to go west on the cars. We stopped in Sand Lake to Upums and bated. We had tea with our cake and S. Grosvenor paid 44 cts and six cts for our gate and I paid 25 cts gate. We all put up to Hull’s at the Congress Hall on the way into Troy.
Friday: This morning I paid my bill to Congress Hall which was for self and wife, son and daughter, all two meals but my son one meal and horse keeping and I paid two dollars and 75 cents and we took the cars at  seven o’clock and got to Utica at half past ten o’clock and paid for my self and wife fare four dollars and twelve cents. I called on cousin Orra Holcomb in Utica and he invited us and our cousin Grosvenors all went with him into the museum there we parted with our cousin Grosvenors, they took one stage for home and we stopped and took dinner with cousin O. Holcomb in Cooper Street, and then I paid 50 cts for our fare in the two o’clock stage to Sequoit, then walked nearly half a mile to Geo Greenlief and took tea, and then G. Greenlief took his one horse wagon and carried us to brother John Campbell’s. I took up a note that sister Miriam Campbell held against me of 46 dollars and paid up the two years interest at six per cent, which was five dol 54 cents and gave a new note to her son Henry Campbell at six per cent.
Sunday: towards night I rode up to John Campbell’s Jnr with Geo Greenlief to see if he would let us have his horse and wagon to go to Lebanon.
Monday: Today Geo Greenlief took the before-mentioned horse and wagon and brother Campbell’s horse and carried myself and wife and sister Miriam Campbell to Lebanon on the plank road from New Hartford village to Eaton Village, and I paid 25 cents for gates and 59 cents for tea and horse feed and gin and 20 cts to set two shoes and five cts for peaches. We stayed tonight to cousin Beriah Wylie’s half a mile south of Eaton Village.
Wednesday: today we went to Sidney Grosvenors and stayed tonight. Today I rode to Toad Hollow with B. Wylie. He and his wife visited with us to Grosvenors.
Thursday: Today I and my wife continued to S. Grosvenors and we had roast turkey and tonight we went to Edwin Lewises and stayed.
Monday: Today B. Wylie took his one horse wagon and carried I and my wife to Rome on the Plank Road. I paid 18 cts for gate and 12 cts for brandy, and went to brother Reuben Morton’s.
Thursday: Today I and my wife rode to Rome with brother Reuben Morton and wife, we all took dinner to Oscar Morton’s and then returned home with Reuben Morton and wife. Tonight said Morton and wife had their Gayratific (photograph) taken while we were in Rome village.
Friday: This morning cousin Elisha Morton carried us to Rome village and at ten o’clock we took the cars and got to Troy at half past three this afternoon, and I paid our fare four dollars and seventy two cents. I paid 12 cts for peaches and 12 cts for cakes coming on the cars.