Tuesday, June 1, 1831: This morning about eleven o’clock we got into Troy. (He describes the details of the trading he did in Troy)
Wednesday: This morning at six o’clock we got home from Troy by traveling all night. I took breakfast with brother Wm and then he fetched me and my load home.
Thursday: We worked on the highway, I and my Swan boy, two days worked and Samuel worked his day. Today Mr. Harvy Wheeler’s oldest son died, age six years, name Harvy Augusta, only three days sick with a coramorbos.
Friday we worked on the highway, three of us and my team, and I am credited four days works more.
Saturday: This morning I took my two year old colt to Lebanon to have him altered, but Mr. Allen Spencer was not to home and I returned with said colt without having him altered. Today I had Doctor Right call from Mr. Harvy Wheeler’s to my house and bled my wife and leave some medicine. Today I took my mares up to brother Wm’s and had them shod. While he was shoeing one I put the other in his wagon and rode to Hancock. I returned to brother Wm and took dinner and then I changed my horse and went to the southwest part of this town near Squ Thomas’ and hired old Mr. Robbard’s daughter Fanny and fetched her home with me, no bargain made, the widow Wheeler rode with me to see Fanny and persuade her to come and make my cheese.
Sunday: On this day Mr. Harvy Wheeler’s second son died age three years, named Dwight, with the same complaint as his brother last week. Today I took my single wagon and carried my wife to said Wheeler’s. The child was alive when we left there, but died in a few minutes after we came home.
Monday: Today Mr. Eber Moffitt came and altered my two year old colt and I paid him 50 cts for it. This afternoon I went to the funeral of said Harvy Wheeler’s child at the schoolhouse in Goodrich Hollow. I took the single wagon and carried my wife and Hulda Smalley. I left said Hulda, she quits working for us, her health is very poor. Elder Jones preached.
Tuesday: today I worked on the highway half a day and Samuel half a day and my hired boy all day, which makes three days, which is all my highway tax now worked out, nine days in all. On the afternoon I went on to the hill to look for stone for chimney in my cheese house.