Sunday, November 3, 1833: This evening I rode over to Christopher after a Hays girl that my wife bargained to come and work for us, but the girl did not come. Her excuse she was not able to do the work.
Monday: I today attended election as one of the board to the west part of town to John Babcock’s Jnr Inn. I paid 31 cts for my dinner and 3 cts for grog. This evening I went up to the widow Betsy Wylie’s and reckoned with her daughter Eliza for her work for us this season, which was 31 weeks at 75 cts per week, which was 23 dol 25 cts and for the same I paid her cash. Tonight severe cold weather for the time of year.
Tuesday: I attended election to Claudius Moffitt’s I attended as one of the board and I paid 31 cts for my dinner.
Wednesday we continued the election to Simon Cranston’s and this evening we canvassed the votes. Our Jackson Party got a handsome majority. I paid 31 cts for my dinner and I paid twelve cts for grog and in the evening I paid 25 cts for brandy wine and crackers and my two little sons went to election with me and I paid 19 cts for them, cake.
Saturday, November 16: On this evening I rode up to cousin Samuel Holcomb to a Universalist Society meeting, but it was bad weather and we did not do any business.
Sunday: Today Mother Spring slipped down or fell over backwards. It hurt her bad, and sent for the doctor and was bled.
Monday: I chopped wood to the door. Today our school began. Hiram Mattison keeps for ten dollars per month. My five children all goes to school and I give my hired boy a chance to go but said boy Charles Booge is not quite ready on account of clothes. I paid him 31 cts and today he went to the store to buy trimmings for his clothes.
Sunday: I walked over to Mr. Philander Carpenter’s to the funeral of his infant daughter. Elder Jones preached. On this evening Mr. Moses Rouns came to my house and took Mrs. Dean and her goods and started for Albany, and Mrs. Dean gave me two old chairs and an old hoe for what trouble she had been to us.