2016 April 18, Amanuensis Monday: J.P.McPherson's Diary, July 1 through September 30,1852

JGH NOTE: Here is another diary entry of James Peter McPherson.  Final drafts on my book, The Jabezes in My Tree,  writing on a new book and family things  again have put blogging and the diary at the end of the To-Do List.  I am sorry about that, but here we are again. 

  

Diary entries for July 1 through September 30, 1852

July, 1852

1^st Thurs. Digging well forenoon. Ground scythe and cut hay P.M.

2^nd Fri. Cutting hay – & helping Mr Jackman to haul his hay.

3^rd Sat. At laying out of road by Jackmans and Hendersons.

4^th Sun. At home. Visited by Mr. & Mrs. Anderson & Mrs. Lester.

5^th Mon. At Curtis's with assessment roll to hear appeals. Meeting of Democrats. At Lamberts in the evening where I met with Messers Bird and Crawford, and remained all night.

6^th Tues. At home.

7^th Wed. Rec'd a letter from Ann Adamson. Mary at store.

8^th Thurs. At Mr. Blackburns forenoon --- hoeing Corn for Mr. Lester afternoon.

9^th Fri. Hoeing corn for Mr. Lester.

10^th Sat. Cutting hay. Addressed letters for Mr.Malone. Storm of thunder, lightening, wind and rain towards evening.

11^th Sun. At home. Mary at Hendersons & Jackmans. Had call from Mrs. Thomson and Jessie Stewart.

12^th Mon. Making hay forenoon; raining afternoon.

13^th Tues. Making hay.

14^th Wed. DO DO

15^th Thurs. DO DO

16^th Fri. Posted letters to Ann Adamson & S Giles. Hauling hay with Mr. Anderson.

17^th Sat. Hauling hay with Mr.Hendersons steers and Mr. Lesters waggon assisted by W Cairncross. Stopt by rain shortly after dinner.

18^th Sun. At meeting in Verona, and at Primrose. Showing Thoms O'Neal some land.

19^th Mon. Made out tax list for School district No. 8. At Squire Lesters getting out summons for Wm Dunkle at the insistance of P. Nash.

20^th Tues. Hauling hay for Self forenoon and for Mr. Anderson afternoon.

21^st Wed Harvesting for Mr. Anderson.

22^nd Thurs. DO  DO  DO  DO   til noon. Harvesting for Lester P.M

23^rd Fri. Harvesting for Mr. Lester.

24^th Sat. Raining early in the morning and a little during the forenoon. At home till after dinner. Harvesting for Mr. Lester from between 2 & 3 o'clock til evening.

25^th Sun. At home. Mary at Miles & Lamonts.

26^th Mon. At home forenoon making vest. At Squire Lesters attending suit between P. Nash and Wm. Dunkle which was adjourned till 14^th of August. Harvesting for Mr. Lester afternoon.

27^th Tues. Raining. At home - finished vest.

28^th Wed. Harvesting for Mr. Lester – binding A.M., hauling P.M.

29^th Thurs. DO      "      "               "             "

30^th Fri. Posted letter to John Mitchell. Hauled hay forenoon, assisted by Mr. Lester. Cut wheat for chickens at Mr. Lesters.

31^st Sat. At Madison attending County Judicial Con. with Messers Beard & Malone.

August, 1852

1^st Sun. At Mr. Andersons afternoon.

2^nd. Mon. Harvesting for Mr. Lester.

3^rd Tues.   DO  DO  til 20 minutes past 4 o'clock when stoped by rain.

4^th Wed. Harvesting for Lester ¾ of a day. Recd letter from Father in Law.

5^th Thurs. Writing forenoon. Harvesting for Lester P.M.

6^th Fri. Posted letter to Father in Law. Harvesting for Lester.

7^th Sat. Binding for about an hour in the morning for Lester, when it came on to rain and continued so at intervals during the day.

8^th Sun. At Mr. Miles and met Jackman and then went with him to see where W. Dunkle was hauling logs on 2^nd July. At Mr. Bairds, went from there to Mount Vernon to hear Mr. (Name unreadable)

9^th Mon. Harvesting for Mr. Lester from 10 AM till 4 o'clock.

10^th Tues. (Cut off on photocopy //JGH)

11^th Wed. Served subpoena on Wm. Jackman. Recd a letter from Ann Adamson.

12^th Thurs. Cutting hay, assisted by Wm. Cairncross forenoon.

13^th Fri. At Madison in company with Wm. Jackman. Posted letter to C. Wilson, Blk Earth.

14^th Sat. Raining forenoon. Attending case of Nash versus Dunkle. Jury returned a verdict of “no cause of action.” Dd Beat, S. Lamont, Dd Bright, J.P. Beard, Thomas Anderson & Wm Henderson composed the jury. Agreed to cut 3 tons of hay for H. Boland.

15^th Sun. At Mr. Miles. At Mr. Henderson and Olegs at night.

16^th Mon. Messers Henderson and Oleg at my house in the morning when latter settled with former for damage done to farmers barn by latters cattle, by giving his note for $10, secured by Mortgage on a Corn. At Christs forenoon. Put up hay afternoon.

17^th Tues. Making hay.

18^th Wed. At Lesters for chicken feed forenoon – making hay afternoon - at Christs & Nashs evening.

19^th Thurs. Making hay.  Messers Mann, Sweat, Bishop & Rice, called when out shooting.

20^th Fri. Making hay – Sent for 5 books for Library.

21^st Sat. Hemming sleepers, forenoon – putting up hay afternoon.

22^nd Sun. At Bairds & H. Bolands in the (“evening” lined out //JGH) afternoon. Thunder storm in the evening.

23^rd Mon. At home braiding straw and weaving the breaking. Mary at store. Norwegian who cut hay for Mr. Bright came to board. Mr. B to pay his board at 2/^ per day, on his return from the lake..

24^th Tues. At H .Bolands forenoon – making hay P.M.

25^th Wed. Making hay. No Paper.

26^th Thurs. DO DO

27^th Fri.    DO DO

28^th Sat.   DO DO

29^th Sun. At Mr. Hendersons. Visited by Baird, Anderson & Lester & wives

30^th Mon. Thrashing for Wm. Henderson.

31^st Tues. At home forenoon. Taking name of children in school district afternoon. H. Thomason came to board for a short time. Recd 31 lbs flour from Jackman.

September, 1852

1^st Wed. Cutting hay. H Boland stacked his hay. H. Thomason left for home after dinner. Recd a letter from Charles Wilson, Blk. Earth. Raining afternoon and very heavy in the evening.

2^nd Thurs. Dull and cold forenoon. At William Cairncross land, Barnett Brinks & Stephen Hales, afternoon.

3^rd Fri. Posted letter to land office in relation to preemption fees. Visited by Messers Bird, Mann and Sweat. At Christs at noon. Mowing forenoon – At Olegs afternoon. Jackmans, Edis, Cummings and Hendersons Cattle lost.

4^th Sat. Put up last of Christs hay forenoon – Christ hauled his hay – Cut hay afternoon.

5^th Sun. Went with John Counahan to see his claim. At Miles in the afternoon.

6^th Mon. Pulling up weeds forenoon. At John Edi's afternoon.

7^th Tues. Hauled my seed wheat from H Bolands and began to drag it in with John Edi's oxen.

8^th Wed. Dragging in wheat. Recd a letter from the land office in relation to pre-emption Claims – At Mr. Bartells in the evening; recd from him $1.91fees and postage for entering pre-emption Claim, from 1^st visit for D. Bartell.

9^th Thurs. Dragging in wheat. Made out pre-emption Claim.

10^th Fri.   DO   DO  DO  Posted letter to land office.

11^th Sat.  DO   DO   Do  At Jn Edi's & Hendersons, P.M. Recd 49 ½ lbs flour from Mr. Anderson.

12^th Sun At Mr. Miles P. M. Recd 81 lbs from Mr. Stevenson.

13^th Mon. At Mr. Joel Brits, Primrose. Recd 64 cents from Mr. Lester and 10 cents from Mr. Ashmore.

14^th Tues. Posted Notice of Judical Election. Went to Mr. J.W. Thomas, Black Earth

15^th Wed. Went to (photocopy cut off //JGH)

16^th Thurs. Returned home by a little past noon.

17^th Fri. Making corn crib and stacking corn. At Squire Lesters afternoon.

18^th Sat. Went up in the morning to thrash for Mr. Lester – horses did not come till near noon. Began to thrash after dinner.

19^th Sun. At Mr. A. Davidsons afternoon.

20^th Mon. Began to thrash at Mr. Lesters. Stopt by rain at 10 o'clock A.M. Cut pants for Billy.

21^st Tues. Made pants for Billy, etc.

22^nd Wed. At assemby district convention at C. Lamberts Recd 6 votes for assembly – Mr. Barnes nominated, he receiving 10 votes out of 18 cast.

23^rd Thurs. Writing and working about the house.

24^th Fri. At Squire Lesters attending to suit of Nash Vs Morigh. Squire took till next day at noon to make up his mind.

25^th Sat. At Madison with Mr. Baird attending County Convention. Took advice of Counsel on Nash case and found that he is entitled to a judgment in his favor, for such sum as the Squire may please to give him. Left Madison at 12 o'clock at night – clear moon light but very cold.

26^th Sun. At Mr Miles afternoon –learnt from Mr. Lester that he had given judgment against Nash.

27^th Mon. At judicial election, held in schoolhouse of N.E. district.

28^th Tues. Went up to Lesters to thrash but found my services were not required. At Mr. Nashs. Commenced to lift my potatoes.

29^th Wed. Finished lifting my potatoes. Stacking corn afternoon. Recd a letter from John Mitchell.

30^th Thurs. Cutting & carrying thatch.

End of entries for July 1, 1852 thrugh September 30, 1852

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