The Anti-Rent Fight Turns Violent
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Wednesday, July 24, 1844: We worked at haying and hoed potatoes and plowed up saffron beds. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
George Holcomb
The Life Of George Holcomb
Unsatisfactory Tradesmen; Legal Papers Filed
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Monday July 15, 1844: I called to Sylvenas Carpenter the second and got nine of my cheese boxes that he fetched for me from Pittsfield. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
The Life Of George Holcomb
George Prepares A Lawsuit
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Friday, July 12, 1844: I walked over to Simeon Wylie’s to find out if he knew of any of Gillett Goodrich’s hands would testify that I gave my consent to have one of the sills cut into and only a part of the sill put under my Rodgers house. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
The Life Of George Holcomb
A Journey To Vermont Is In Vain
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Monday, July 8, 1844: On this morning I and my son Geo P we started for Vermont to look for a match colt that we were recommended to look of by John Covey. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
The Life Of George Holcomb
Anti Rent Meetings; A Visit From Sister Twichel
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Friday, June 28, 1844: This afternoon I and my son John F went with my two wheel carriage up to Hastings Village to an anti-rent meeting. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
The Life Of George Holcomb
by George Holcomb
Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
The Cheese Business; An Unruly Bull
Monday, June 17, 1844: Today I went to Pittsfield with my one horse wagon and Russel Palmer with his one horse wagon and we carried 25 boxes of new cheese to Dodge & Peck to sell on commission in Boston. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
The Life Of George Holcomb
Getting A Swarm of Bees Home
by George Holcomb
• Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Monday, March 22, 1841: Today I went to Squ Nathan Howard’s. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
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Looking For A Colt To Match His Own
• Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Tuesday June 11, 1844: This morning I and my son Geo P. starts for the north part of the county. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb by George Holcomb
The Life Of George Holcomb
by George Holcomb • Transcribed by Betty McClave • Edited by Alex Brooks
Finishing The Two Wheel Carriage
Wednesday, May 29, 1844: I stayed three hours in Albany to see the funeral procession of the Colonel who fell in the battle at Sackett’s Harbor in the late war which was 30 years ago and his remains were fetched to Albany and interred in the front of the Capitol. I returned across the river to Bath. Ferrage both ways, 4 cts. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb
The Life Of George Holcomb
Building Up George’s “Dairy Concern”
Monday, May 6, 1844: I took my ox team and carried my whole concern to make cheese to Russel Palmer and his boys drove my cows and he makes my cheese as is before agreed for ¼ of the cheese and ¼ of the butter. [Read more…] about The Life Of George Holcomb