Saturday, August 20, 1831: This morning I took the single wagon and carried Mother Holcomb and my wife over to I Newton’s on a visit and at night I went after them. On this evening my hired girl Fanny Roberts rode my bay mare home on a visit.
Wednesday: Today I had Platt Wylie’s single wagon and rode to Canaan to what is called Whiting’s Pond and took dinner with Munson. I then tried to bargain for a chance to peddle to camp meeting but I did not find a place. This morning my wife was going to Canaan with me, she got ready but she was taken unwell. I fetched up old Mrs. Morey, she told her her journey was too hard.
Wednesday, September 7: Today I went to Williamstown to commencement peddling. I cleared six dol and twenty five cts and John Dean went with me and peddled to the halves. He got for me one dol and ten cts and Sylvester went with me and he got for me one dol and seven cts. I Newton went with me but he peddled for himself.
Thursday: I took the covered wagon and carried my wife and daughter Charlotte and hired girl Martha Kittle to camp meeting to Canaan on the bank of Whiting’s Pond. I paid six cts for cake.
Friday: We gathered apples. On this evening I put up apples into bags for market.
Saturday I went to Pittsfield with apples and two small kegs of cider. I got four dol and 50 cts.
Sunday: Today I took the covered wagon and carried my wife and two daughters Charlotte and Angeline and cousin Aseneth Newton and my two hired girls Fanny Roberts & Martha Kittle to Camp meeting to Canaan at the before-mentioned place.
Friday, September 16: This evening I rode over to Doc Elijah Graves and he gave me a certificate to clear me from Military duty, and I carried it to Capt. Johnson Brown and he signed it.
Saturday: We gathered apples and I made cider, and said John Dean helped which pays up for his rent. I Newton helped and I am to let him have cider to peddle and carry him to training.
Sunday: This evening at nine I started for old Hoosic.
Monday: This morning I got to Hoosic Four Corners where I continued through the day peddling to training. Asa Sheldon went with me and peddled to the halves, and I carried John Dean and a barrel of cider for him that he agrees to give me one dol for and I carried I Newton and two kegs cider for him. Tonight we came on towards home and stayed on the river near the narrows to one Gary Forks. I paid 25 cts for my horse keeping and lodging.
Tuesday we came on to Petersburgh and their training was again we peddled tonight we came home by eleven o’clock, and I found that I had got seventeen dols for the two days works.
Wednesday I went to training in our own town to S. Cranston’s. I made about four dols and John Dean peddled on shares, I got ninety cts for my share.