Tuesday July 10, 1832: This afternoon the neighbors came in and helped raise up said barn. E. Pierce and J. Glass and hands, J. Russel and hands, Zach Chapman and hands, and F. Buten. We pried up said barn and said Carr leveled in the sleepers.
Wednesday: Today quite rainy. We under-pinned the cross sills to the barn and we made a stone boat and helped said Carr lay the barn floor. Tonight I reckoned with said Carr his demand was two dol and 59 cts and I paid him one dol in cash and one dol and 59 cts remain unpaid and Carr went home tonight.
Thursday: Amos Chapman took the wagon and carried the school mistress Mercy Carpenter and my children to school. On this day Mr. Ephraim Pierce came to my house to have me go and divide the line fence above R. Danford’s. I told him that he and I had divided it some years since. He would not believe it. I told him I had it on record but he went home. I went and searched my books and found it recorded in June in the year 1828. I took my book and went to said Pierce and showed it to him in writing where the divisions is in our line fence.
Friday: Said Chapman and I nailed the boards on to the barn, the ones that we took off when we new silled it and today we underpinned said barn and some showery today.
Saturday: We drew stone and underpinned the barn. Said Chapman laid chief of said stone.
Friday, July 20: We did some nailing boards on the barn and dried hay and drew in and hoed some corn. Simpson worked 3/4 of a day and Dean all day towards house rents. This morning as our school Miss Mercy Carpenter, the daughter of Solomon Carpenter, was passing I requested her to stop a moment. I wanted her to answer me the question if Pearl Dean told her he would speak the letter she bid him if she would kiss him. Said Mercy answered me without stopping or turning her head in a short disdainful manner “he did” and passed on. I did not say anything more but immediately went on and passed her as I went by her I says if you think I am beneath your notice my children shall not go to school…I passed on and called to my children to return home and they obeyed me. I returned and met said Mercy but not a word from either of us.