DIARYOF ALSON WARD 11. July 1844 10.dinner returned to the store staid a short time until nearly time for the boats:then went to West 'St and called ·a short.time on the VanVliets took the~Gayell for home at 5 Oclock 11..Fo.undmyseJf pn the Gaye11half past three oclock in the morning at Union Lqnding prepared for home as soon as possible got home sun half an hour high after breakfast went to mowingwhich occupied the day. ~
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12.Spent the day in the east lot mowingspreading and preparing hay. 13.Spent the day working in hay in the afternoon there was a shower and wet the hay and stopt our work and left the h~y in a bad condition for Sabbath. 14.Sabbath Spent the day homewriting in the forenoon in the afternoon it went to see if the hay stack stood to work a short time to fix it for hay which laid scattering over the
Father Mary and Sarah went to Church looked like a shower Father and myself right but found the top off and had rain~ it rained a little and wet the field
15.Spent the day in the east lot in hay got it well cured and in good cock looked like rain. 16.Waked up in the morning and found it raining very fast which continued most of the day giving our hay a good soaking cleared off just at night. 17.Father went to Pokeepsie in the forenoon and I spent the time in the mill. Ward and Angevine opened the hay in the new ground in the afternoon drew most of it together in a stack. •
18.Spent the day cutting wheat and helping Ward Wesley cut his grass just at night took a load of hay down to the Valley for Theodorus Brownhe having bought an acre of us on the ground. 19.Spent part of the forenoon in the mill the rest of the day drawing hay to the Valley for Theodorus Brownand Ward Wesley just at night as we had the last load hay partly unloaded there came a dash of rain and wet it s6me but it slacked raining so we were enabled to get it unloaded after which we had quite a hard shower. There has been plenty of rain lately thepond is full and waisting. 2O.Rainy Cradled the rest of the wheat between showers The afternoon resulted ina confirmed rain storm clearing off just before night. 21.Sabbath In the forenoon went to Church Mr Wile preached . Saw Carpenter Angell at Grandpa1 s his health being poor he received a liefe of absence from Yale losing his trunk on his way he was compelled to stay from church, It having been left at some of the other landing places through mistake is the supposition.
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22.S~ent the day mowingand raking wheat finished the wheat drawing and all. Carpenter went to Pokeepsie to look for his trunk. Mary went along as far as Mr Platt and staid until he returned _]e·found his tru6k 0bich-0as;returned without expense at the exchange. 23.Spent the day woriing in hay it being quite poor hay weather the sun most of the time under clouds Carpenter Angell came at our house just before noon helped us some in hay Father and Mother went, J Pokeepsie with butter and and for the purpose of making some this trade &
