To Troy For a Medical Consultation
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Tuesday, April 7, 1846: Today I took my old double wagon and carried my two daughters to Hiram Newton’s on a visit and went on to Daniel Allen’s to town meeting. J. B. Maxon rode with me to town meeting but rode back with his son and Jerry Vary and Hiram Newton rode home from town meeting with me and I took tea with him. On the way home I came by way of Elisha Clark’s and Jerry Vary sold me two twelve foot planks ¼ inch thick and 19 inches wide. I intend them for bottom boards for my new two horse wagon. They are pine, a few small tight knots in them. I paid him in cash 68 cts for the plank.
Wednesday: This forenoon we plugged up our sap trees with cobs and fetched all the troughs and pans and spouts home from the woods. This afternoon I made partitions in my hog pens for to keep them separate while having an increase of little ones.
Sunday: On this evening all my children went to Hancock village to meeting in a two horse lumber wagon and carried three of the widow Eliza Wylie’s daughters and others, the Rev. Mr. Hews preached.
Monday: Today some snow squalls, and today while I was at Hancock I called to Mr. Hazard’s on a short visit to see the Rev. Mr. Hughs the Universalist minister and today while I was gone from home my son Geo P sold a cow and calf to —- and took a note of Geo W. Glass and when I returned home I told him it was not safe, I thought and I would not risk it and he must return the note in the morning and get the cow again.
Tuesday: Today the Rev Mr. Hughes called and took dinner and made us a short visit and today H. P. Wylie held plow to plow sward for us in the way of changing works.
Thursday: At 11 o’clock I and my daughter Charlotte started for Troy, we got to Wynantskill at five this afternoon and there I left my daughter and went into Troy and I paid five dollars and 50 cts for one barrel of super fine flour and fifty five cts for two hundred weight of plaster at the mill near the state dam and then I returned to Wynantskill to James Bush’s and stayed tonight, I got there at half past nine this evening.
Friday: On this morning I borrowed Mr. Wolf’s wagon to carry my daughter down into Troy for my wagon was loaded and I didn’t want to take out the load. Mr. Wolf is the man Mr. Bush lives with and this morning I and my daughter Charlotte went to Doctor Mattock’s and I paid him one dollar for council and strengthening salve for Charlotte’s weakness. I took dinner in Troy with Mr. Wm Chapman and Charlotte took dinner with the Rev. Mr. Smith.