Tuesday, April 15, 1834: This afternoon I went with my horses and wagon and moved Mr. Henry Ostrander into my house.
Wednesday: This forenoon I finished plowing the gardens. On yesterday: brother Wm moves to Hoosic.
Friday: I walked up to the widow Jane Carpenter’s to buy cows, but could not buy any.
Sunday: On this evening at nine o’clock I started for Troy with a load of calves
Monday: this morning at 7 o’clock I got into Troy and sold my calves, six in number, at three dollars and fifty cts per head to Mr. Allen at the center market. I got home about twelve this evening.
Friday, April 25: This forenoon I went after a load of goods for Mr. Henry Ostrander and for the same charge him 75 cts on account and today I drew off stone and plowed sward land.
Saturday: I called to Abner Bull’s to engage Mrs. Sefrona Booge to teach our school, but she would not engage to keep school. This evening very dark and rainy. I called to Samuel Holcomb and stayed until the moon rose.
Sunday: Today quite a snow storm.
Tuesday: I took my wagon and young horses to Lebanon to engage Minerva Matison to teach our school, but she was not to home.
Thursday, May 1, 1834: (returning from Troy) I came home by way of Seamihorn village to go to Mr. Daniel Sanford’s after his daughter Sarah, but she was not to home, but her father told me she would be home the beginning of the week and ready to come with me to work for me as she agreed last winter.
Sunday: Today I took my wagon and horses and rode to the south west part of the town to Mr. Daniel Sanford’s after his daughter Sarah to come work for us as is before agreed, but she does not come. I did not see her for she had gone to Schodack, what I was told, to be married.
Monday: This afternoon I took the wagon and horses and carried my wife to Ralph Rose’s on the Thomas G. Carpenter farm. We went there to hire Charlotte Brown, but we could not hire her. This afternoon a very hard rain and wind.
Tuesday: Today I took my horses and wagon and carried a grist of rye and corn to H. Platt’s mill and got ground. From there I went to Allen Main’s and engaged Unice Matson to come and make our cheese and help wash and spin and weave, at one dol per week and to go after her on Thursday. From there I went to Hancock and carried ten pounds of butter to Wm Lapum’s store and traded it at 12 cts per. I bought one pound gun powder, tea, and twelve cts worth coffee.
Thursday: Today my wife went after Eunice Watson as is agreed before.