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August 1814

T 16 Choping A.M. P.M. Went to warn the men to training.
W 17 A.M. Warning men to training. P.M. reaping my spring wheat.
Th 18 Went to traning at Fathers.
S 21Reaping and drawing in wheat Samuel Coon and Philo Stone worked for me.
M 22 A.M. Finished my wheat. Anson and Philo helped. P.M. I helped then get in oats.
T 23 Pigeoning with Mr. J. Coon. Carried a horse load to Oswego.
W 24 Drawed five wood and chopt.
Th 25 Choping and other work.
F 26 Choping for myself
S 27 A.M. to work in the nursery P.M. went to Oswego
S 28 Went to meeting at Fathers Barn.
M 29 Spreading Flax ect. ect.
T 30 Diging potatoes P.M. went out with butler to look for bees east of E. Stone found none.
W 31 Diging potatoes and spreading flax. Burnt Brush, ect.

September 1814

Th 1 Choping and other work
F 2 Diging elders, burning bush.
S 3 Went to Oswego with a load of potatoes horses and wagon etc.
M 5 Training J Buels, ect.
T 6 Choping brush fence.
W 7 Choping and burning brush.
Th 8 Choping ect. ect. ect...
F 9 Thrashing. P.M. Went to Oswego
S 10 Choping part of the day. Rained.
S 11 Went with S. Coon to look of lot number 106
M 12 Spliting rail oats and Choping
T 13 A verry rainy day
W 14 Went to Burdick's. One shoe taped. J Stone started Soldiering.
Th 15 Choping A.M. P.M. thrashing. 2 bushels.
F 16 Loging. J Church R Church A.M. Their oxen P.M. rained.
S 17 Went to mill. Churches Oxen and Fathers waggon, Staid all night.
S 18 Came from Braytons mill home. (side note: Town of New Haven, Cheevers mill, Catfish Creek at North Road).
M 19 To work P.M. toping stalks.
T 20 Am. grinding my own? P.M. Choping.
W 21 Choping some.
Th 22 Spreading my corn stalks. ect.
George W. Burt, E. Stone, Genessee, Butlers Ball, Taylors Saw Mill, Mr. Serenus, Mr. Buels, bee tree, Holden corp, Mr. Wordens, Mr. Baldwans, Lay-Preacher, Mexico, sap making, maples, J.S. Morgans, price of sugar, Marriage to Miss Sally Evans, Esq. Crockers, March, April 1814, J.W. Wordens, wife, Oswego Village, flax, wheat, British shipping layoff, Fired upon Oswego, April, May, British cannonading Oswego, troops retreat, British land and plunder, troops, logging bee, George Wales RIchland, corps, pre Army, May, June Serenus, nursery work (garden), Hubbard Church, bark, Rattrays raising, Burts raising, clay, shoes C. Crane, Samuel Cool, j. Stone, C. Crane, S. Coon, thistles, Father Everts, Robert Church, haying, L. Everts, haying bee, harvesting, Oswego Warn men to training, reaping, Samuel Coon, Philo Stone, Pigeoning, seasonal farm work, Bee Trees, weather talk, land lots, Braytons, Catfish Creek, Cheevers Mill, New Haven, Mr. Burdick, Soldiering, Calvin Tiffany, Henderson Harbor, Jefferson, 8 day pass, service ends, Mr. Church, Robert, September, October, Nobember, Dr. Clarkes, pork barrel, food preparation, rail work, Mr. Church, leg ailment, job from Rattways, Fire Wood, winter activities, November, December 1814, Christmas Day, J.S. Sweet, W.M. Burt, Winter cold, heating issues, wood chopping increases