April continued
S 3 Had J.W. Wordens sleigh and horses to go to Mexico to move my wife home.
M 4 (no entry)
T 5 To work about home.
W 6 (no entry)
Th 7 Went and bought a reel
F 8 Went to Oswego Village P.M.
S 9 Boiling sap.
S 10 About home.
M 11 (undecipherable)
T 12 Do
W 13 Do
Th 14 Boiling sap.
F 15 Choping. Put 10 pails vor Vinegar.
S 16 Broke flax and gathered sap.
M 18 Boiling sap, burnt up some.
Th 21 Stuck up cherry boards and set out apple trees.
F 22 To work at pasture, fence...
M 25 Plowed garden with Mr. Churchs oxen. Had Robert Church to drive 2 1/2 hours.
th 28 A.M. Choping. P.M. Attended election at Fathers.
F 29 Sowed wheat. Father steered to drag it in.
S 30 Sowed wheat and flax. Finished.
May 1814
M 2A.M. Hoeing in wheat. P.M. Sowed onion seed and making garden
T 3A.M. Went to Oswego. P.M. Fixed hog pasture and turned my hog out to grass
Th 5 An alarm at Oswego. Turned out and went down. The British shiping lay off. Sent out thier gun boats and fired upon the fort and village. Did not land this day