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The Life Of George Holcomb – Buying Out Brother Wm

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Wednesday, February 6, 1828: Today I am unwell, with a pain in my head.  Today I went up to Mr. John Russel’s, and Doc Bacholer from Pittsfield came and cut out a wen or substance from near the end of my second finger on my left hand, on the inside of said finger, which was very painful in taking it out and scraping the bone, and I paid him one dollar for the job, and tonight I took the single wagon and fetched my children from school.  Tonight my finger was some painful.
Thursday: I was quite unwell and I took phisic and my lame finger kept me confined to wetting it in spirits and water.  Tonight Hiram Spring stayed with us.
Friday: Today I kept confined to the house with my lame finger and some unwell.  Today Elijah Hatch buried his oldest daughter.  She died with the measles.
Monday: Today I walked to Richmond to brother Jay Wylie’s to see if he was getting the money five hundred dollars to lend me the first of April.  He agreed to get the money by that time.  On the way I called to Mr. Dewey’s to let him know that Henry Stanton wanted his money by the first of April.
Tuesday, February 12: On this day I bought brother Wm’s half of the single wagon with the pleasure box and lumber box and the chairs that we used in said boxes and one cushion that belonged to it, likewise his half of the cutter, and his half of the double and single harness to have a pair of single whiffletrees and the two set of trace chains with said harness., and for the same I gave a set of single wagon on wheels 12 dol delivered at Samuel Holcomb’s shop, and my half of the cast plow, 2 dol and 50 cts for my half of the horse collar, and I paid him five dol and 50 cts to the Shakers in harness leather, and I paid him three dollars in cash, and one dol remains unpaid yet, which makes 24 dol that I pay him for his half of the before-mentioned articles, calling said wagon 25 dol and cutter 12 dol and harnesses 11 dollars.
Thursday: I walked up to Squ Gideon Martin’s to see if he was intended to lend me money this spring.  He gave me encouragement.  I borrowed a book of his, Mary Dyre’s writings against the Shakers.  Hiram Spring stays with us tonight.