THE JOURNALS OF EDWARD PAYSON CHASE

1874

Thursday Jan 1, 1874. Went claming & got about a peck. A warm pleasant day with southerly winds.
Jan 2. Went to see Joseph Coggeshall about my house; also went to Spooner’s shop; stoped at Fathers, coming back; turned a few pins A rainy day
Jan 3. Worked all day repairing north barn door. Foggy all day
Sunday, Jan 4. Stayed at home all day. Rainy day.
Monday Jan 5. Went down to Fathers. Cold, foggy weather
Jan 6,7. Went to Fathers and worked all day in the Shop. Stormy
Jan 8. Went to see Joseph Coggeshall this morning. Helped dig some rocks at home.
Jan 9. Worked 7 hours on Henry Brown's barn. Received $637.57, the amount of my deposits in the Citizens Savings Bank, Fall River [MA]
Jan 10. Went to the City. Spent the morning at Uncle James. Very mild weather.
Monday Jan 12. Went down to Fathers and help dig rock.
Jan 13. Went to the City with team and got some lumber for window frames.
Jan 14 . Very heavy fall of snow last night, average about one foot deep. Worked 7 hours on window frames
Jan 15,16,17 Worked 6, 7 and 6 hours on window frames. Very cold weather.
Sunday, January 18. Went sleighing
Jan 19. Worked 7 hours on window frames. Foggy all day
Jan 20,21 Worked all day & 8 hours on window frames
Jan 22. Went to the City, brought some nails & window pulleys. Worked 4½ hours on window frames
Jan 23,24. Worked 6½ and 8 hours on window frames
January 25. Very cold weather, wind blowing a gale all day
Monday Jan 26. Worked 8 hours on window frames. Very cold.
Jan 27. Helped Charles draw stone. ? load on the drag
Jan 28. Worked 8 hours on window frames, cut in 38 pulleys. Rainy day
January 29,30. Worked 8 & 8½ hours on window frames. . Very cold day
Jan 31. Went to the City and got some molding & cornice. Worked 4 hours on window frames.
MEMO Jan 13^th bought of Finch Engs & Co 276 ft of surfaced pine @ .07½, 42 ft do @ 7½, 154 ft of pine plank @ .07, & 176 ft yellow pine @ .05. Whole amount $40.67
Jan 22^nd bought 7 doz window pulleys at 50 cts, 6 lbs 10d, 5 lbs 8d, 5lb 8d heads, 5 lbs 6d, & 2 lbs 6d nails. 1 gr 1½ No. 10 screws and 2 gr ¾ No 9
Jan 24^th exchanged window pulleys $1.40 Jan 31^st Cut 48 ft cornice & 48 ft molding, $4.80

February 1. Stayed home all day. Very cold.
Monday Feb 2. Worked 8 hours on window frames. Snowing all day.
Feb 3. Stormy all day, stayed at home. About a foot of snow this morning
Feb 4. Worked 8½ hours on window frames. Good sleighing
Feb 5. Went in town with Sallie sleighing. Stoped at Fathers & worked 3 hours on window frames.
Feb 6. Worked 6 hours on window frames. Spent the evening at Wm. B. Chases.
Feb 7. Worked 7 hours on window frames. Heavy fall of snow last night.
Feb 8. Stayed at home all day.
Monday Feb 9. Worked 5 hours on window frames. Went in town with Sallie sleighing. Moderate weather. Worked 12 days and 8 hours on window frames up to this date.
Feb 10,11,12 Worked 5, 5½ and 5 hours on window frames
Feb 13. Done some turning
Feb 14. Went to the City
Feb 15. Went up to Joseph Coggeshall's this morning. Afternoon went to Dr. Howe's and got a black walnut board.
Monday Feb 16, 17. Worked 8 and 6 hours on window frames
Feb 18. Worked all day on stands
Feb 19. Went home and finished stand. Afternoon, went to Dyers Island clamming.
Feb 20. Worked 6 hours on Father's oxcart.
Feb 21. Went to the City
Feb 22 Stayed home all day
Monday Feb 23. Worked 8 hours on the oxcart
Feb 24. Worked 6 hours on oxcart, and 1½ hours on window frames. Total amount of time making window frames, 15 days and 8 hours; and 7½ painting.
Feb 25. Worked 2½ hours painting window frames, & made a cr???et or ed. Driving snow storm all day.
Feb 26. Worked a while in the shop.. Went down to Wm. B Chases with Sallie & spent the eve.
Feb 27. Worked 4 hours painting window frames
Feb 28. Worked all day in the shop making a table. Spent the evening down stairs playing euchre.

MEMO Feb 14^th 26ft ½ in pine @ 6½ ($1.56), 12 ft yellow pine @ 5 (.65cts), 2 lbs putty (.16)
Feb 21^st 32 ft molding 1.60, 29 ½ lbs lead @ 13 (R3.83)

March 1. Went up to Joseph Coggeshall's this morning.
Monday Mar 2. Went to the City and got some lumber to make door frames. Came home and carried Sallie down to Fathers. Worked 4 hours on door frames
March 3, 4. Worked 8 and 8½ hours on door frames.
March 5. Worked 8 hours on door frames. Attended the Social at Dr. Saunders.
March 6. Worked 2½ hours on door frames and the rest of the day on table.
March 7. Ground covered with snow this morning; went to the City.
March 8. Stayed at home all day
Monday March 9. Worked part of the day on table; and turned some pins,
March 10. Worked all day on rocks. Very cold with snow
March 11. Carried Sallie down to Fathers. Worked in the shop most of the day making a ladder. Very cold weather with high wind from the west.
March 12. Went to Henry Brown's auctions
March 13. Went to the City. Paid Finch Engs & Co $ 50 on account. Society met here this evening.
March 14. Went to the City with two teams and brought out 28 hundred ft of lumber
March 15. Went up to see Joseph Coggeshall. Went with Sallie down to Noel Coggeshall's this evening.
Monday March 16. Went to the City with team and brought out 2432 ft of frame at one load, with two pair of oxen.
March 17. North East rain storm. Stayed at home all day; had my hair cut. Geo. B Coggeshall and Henry Anthony spent this evening with me & played high low.
March 18. Broke ground for the cellar, worked 7 hours.
March 19. Worked at home in cellar
March 20,21. Worked all day in the cellar
Monday March 23. Worked all day. ½ day digging in cellar. Drawed stone all the afternoon
March 24. Worked all day drawing stone. Half a day for myself
March 25. Went to the City with team and brought out 1700 ft hemlock boards
March 26. Went to the City twice with team after lumber.
March 27. Cleaned out the shop. Helped fill up some rock holes. Spent the evening at the Burdicks.
March 28. Ground covered with snow this morning, went to the City. Paid Finch Engs & Co. one hundred dollars on account.
Monday March 30. Commenced to stone cellar; worked all day. Samuel & John Gould worked all day.
March 31. Worked all day, carting stone into cellar. Sam Gould worked 8 hours & John worked all day.

MEMO Mar 2 bought 22 ft hard pine $1.10, 47 ft pine @ 6½ ($3.05), 32 ft door frame @ 8, $2.16.
Mar 5^th 5 lbs 10p nails

April 1. Went to the City with two teams and got some hemlock boards. Worked on the cellar afternoon.
April 2. Worked before noon carting stone; went to the City after noon and got the rest of the hemlock
boards. The Goulds worked all day. Society met here last night.
April 3. Worked all day carting stone. The Goulds worked all day.
April 4. Light fall of snow, went to the City. Sold one hundred and fifty dollars of 5 twenty bond for one hundred and seventy dollars.
Monday April 6. Went to the City with team twice; got 1000 ft of surfaced pine and 800 bricks.
April 7. Worked half a day.
April 8. Worked all day drawing stone for cellar. The Goulds worked all day.
April 9. Rainy day; worked in the shop 7 hours getting out stuff for window frames.
April 10. Rainy day; went to the City this afternoon with Joseph Coggeshall. Paid Finch Engs & Co. one hundred dollars on account. Ordered my sash at Wilbors.
April 11. Worked all day diging in cellar
Monday April 13,14. Worked all day carting stone for cellar. The Goulds worked all day.
April 15. Worked all day carting stone. The Goulds worked till about 4 oclock and left on account of the rain.
April 16. Worked all day carting stone. The Goulds worked all day. Went down to Jim Anthonys and spent the evening.
April 17. Worked ¾ of a day. The Goulds worked 4 hours.
April 18. Worked half a day.
April 19, 1874
Monday April 20. Worked all day in the shop making window frames. Rainy all day with heavy thunder in the evening.
April 21. Worked all day framing. Boss, Spooner, Wyatt & Scott worked all day, and Sherman worked half of the day. [Joseph Coggeshall usually pays EPC, think he may be "Boss"]
April 22. Worked all day. Boss, Spooner, Wyatt , Seatle & Sherman worked all day.
Brought home 212 lbs. of coal from Fathers tonight.
April 23. Worked half a day, rainy afternoon. All hands worked half a day.
April 24. All hands worked all day. Went to the City this after noon to order some lumber.
Paid Samuel Gould $57 for building the cellar wall, which he finished today. Put on the sills of the house and laid most of the floor.
April 25. I worked half a day; the rest of the gang worked 4 hours and quit on account of storm; it has been showing all the afternoon; raised the main part of the house today.
April 26, 1874. Went down to W. B. Chase; carried the washing to Mrs. Champlin.
Monday April 27. Worked all day; all hands there except Wyatt who went to the Odd Fellows turnout.
Mason Peckham’s team brought me a load of lumber. Charles and Dennis Mahan brought out 1500 bricks.
April 28. Worked ¾ of a day, all hands there but Seatle. Began to snow about 3 oclock. Raised the first pitch of the roof.
April 29. Cold north east rain storm, stayed at home all day.
April 30. Worked all day, all hands present

May 1. Worked all day; all hands present. Raised the uper pitch of the roof. Charles and Dennis Mahan brought out 18 casks of lime and 200 brick. Broke the axle tree of one cart.
May 2. Went to the City. Dennis Mahan brought out a load of lathes. Sold $1100 in gov. bonds for $1292. Ordered some stuff at the steam mill.
May 3. Went down to New Town to see Parker Faulkner; sent the Dr. to Sallie.
Monday May 4. Worked all day, all hands present. Went to the City and got a load of shingles. 8/4m
May 5. Worked all day, all hands present. Began to shingle this after noon. Went to the City and got the rest of my shingles and some hundred boards. Faulkner & Fish began to tin the gutters today.
May 6. Worked all day; all hands present. Uncle Joseph shingled half a day.
May 7. Went to the City this morning and got a load of molding for the house. All hands worked all day.
May 8. Went to the City this morning. Dennis Mahan brought out a load of lumber. Began to shingle the lower pitch of the roof and sett the dormer window frames.
May 9. Worked all day; all hands present except the Boss.
May 10. Dug up flower garden. Thermometer at 83 all day.
Monday May 11. Worked all day, all present except Seattle
May 12. Worked all day, all present except Seatle
May 13. Worked all day; finished shingling the roof. All hands present except Spooner. Paid Faulkner & Fish one hundred dollars for tining roofs and gutters and took their reciept
May 14. Worked all day; all hands present except Seatle
May 15. Worked all day painting; Spooner, Wyatt & Sherman worked all day; Boss worked 3 hours.
May 16. Rainy day; no work. Made a cuting board.
Monday May 18. Worked all day, Spooner & Sherman present, the rest went down to Wm. B. Chases. Went to the City this morning, agreed with Allan & Costelo to glaze my sash. Paid Joseph Coggeshall $200 on account. Began to clapboard.
May 19,20. Worked all day; Spooner & Sherman present.
May 21. Rainy day; cleaned out the cellar; and worked up stairs the rest of the day.
May 22. Worked all day, Spooner & Sherman present. Went to the City.
May 23. Worked all day, Spooner & Sherman present. Went to the City at night to order some lumber and brought 150 brick.
Monday May 25. Worked all day; Spooner worked 8 hours, cut his thumb and had to leave. Sherman worked all day; the masons began to build the chimneys. Rained hard most all day; heavy thunder tempest at six oclock.
May 26. Election Day. Worked alone all day. Fire went out last night.May 27. Worked all day; Spooner & Sherman present. Masons worked today. Mason Peckham brought me a load of assorted lumber. Went to the City and got 200 brick. Saw a man on Barfoms[Barfams] Hill who had fallen from a load of lumber and broken his arm.
May 28. Worked all day, Spooner and Sherman present. Masons finished the chimneys, time 10 days. Finished the clapboarding.
May 29,30. Worked all day; Spooner & Sherman present. Went inside to work today.

Monday June 1. Worked all day; Spooner present. lather came out about ten oclock and began to lathe.
June 2. Worked all day; Spooner & Sherman present. Faulkner come and finished the tining . Paid him eight dollars and sixty eight cents.
June 3, 4. Worked all day; Spooner & Sherman present.
June 5. Worked all day; Spooner & Sherman present. Went to the City this morning and got a load of laths. Paid Wilbour one hundred dollars on account.
June 6. Worked all day; Spooner & Sherman present. Paid John Spelman $29.25 for lathing. Went to the City and got my sash.
Monday June 8. Worked all day; went to the City after dinner; ordered my doors. Spooner & Sherman present; discharged Sherman tonight.
June 9. Worked all day with Wm. Weaver making mortar for the house. Stacked 12½ bbls of lime. Discharged Spooner tonight.
June 10. Worked all day. Slaked [Stacked?] a barell of lime, oiled the piazza floor, cleaned out the house and picked up all the chips around it.
June 11. Worked all day, went to the City and got some plank for the masons and the blinds.
June 12. Finished hanging the blinds and painted them.
June 13. Went to the City. Paid Allan & Costello $82.75. Renewed subscription for Harper’s Periodical, $10.00. Worked half a day.
Sunday, June 14. June Meeting; stayed at home all day.
Mondy June 15,16. Worked all day diging trench under bay window, and stoning it. Masons began to put on the mortar. Four men and two tenders. Paid Clark T. Barker $1.00 for drawing load of sand. Four masons & two tenders.
June 17. Worked half a day. Only 3 masons to work today. Rainy day.
June 18. Worked all day; four masons & one tender.
June 19. Sick all day; one mason today.
June 20. Worked all day. Cleaned out the house; carted a load of stone and put them under the bay window. Paid Joseph Coggeshall one hundred dollars on account. Delivered one m laths for Dr. Howe.
Monday June 22. Went to the City and carried the masons stageing and brought out 4 bbls cement & 200 brick. Paid Finch Engs & Co $200 on account. Mason Peckham brought me a load of floor boards.
June 23. Worked all day building wall under bay window.
June 24. Worked all day building wall under bay window. Took up carpet in our room this morning.
June 25. Worked all day; finished the bay windows, shocked up around the cellar windows and fitted some sash.
June 26. Worked all day fitting window sash. Sallie went down to Fathers and spent the afternoon.
June 27. Worked all day laying floor in closet and went to the City after dinner.
Monday June 29. Worked all day: Hung trap door, cleaned out the garret and laid floor the rest of the day.
June 30. Worked all day: layed floor in the forenoon, went to the City after dinner and got two of the outside doors and hung one of them. Paid Wm. Irish one hundred and five dollars and fifty cents for mason work on the house.

July 1, 2, 3. Worked all day laying floor.
July 4. Worked all day: finished laying floor. Sallie spent the day at Fathers. Began to rain about sunset.
Monday July 6. Worked all day: went to the City and order a load of lumber; got the front door & hung it, ordered the glass for it at Allens.
July 7. Worked half a day, came home after dinner and helped get up hay. Went down to the house after supper and put in a load of lumber that Mason Peckham brought me.
July 8. Went down to G. B.Coggeshall’s and framed a couple of sticks to go in his barn. Helped get hay after dinner. Jos. Gould called here this afternoon, played three games Croquett
July 9. Worked half a day on the house and half a day getting hay.
July 10. Worked all day in the house putting shelves in the closet.
July 11. Worked half a day in the house and half a day making hay.
Monday July 13. Worked all day in the house. Spooner, Sherman & Wyatt came on the noon.
July 14. Worked all day. Went to the City and got some doors. Spooner, Sherman & Wyatt all present.
July 15. Worked half a day on the house and half a day getting up hay. Spooner & Wyatt worked all day.
July 16. Went to the City and [got] the rest of the doors and the triming for the stairs. Spoooner, Sherman & Wyatt worked all day.
July 17. Worked all day on the stairs. Spooner, Sherman & Wyatt worked all day.
July 18. Worked all day, Spooner, Sherman & Wyatt present. Body of a woman who jumped from a steamer Long Branch last Wednesday was found on the shore of G. B. Coggeshall’s place.
Monday July 20. Worked all day on the stair rail. Spooner present.
July 21,22. Worked all day, Spooner present. Finished the stairs.
July 23. Helped get up hay this forenoon, worked half a day on the house. Spooner worked half a day.
July 24. Worked all day; painted tin roofing. Spooner worked all day.
July 25. Went to the City and got some ash for door sills. Spooner worked all day.
Monday July 27. Worked all day. Spooner not present.
July 28. Worked all day, Spooner present.
July 29. Worked all day, finished the steps. Spooner worked all day.
July 30. Worked all day. Went to the City after dinner. Spooner worked all day.
July 31. Worked all day, Spooner present.

August 1. Worked all day, Spooner got through tonight.
Monday, Aug 3. Worked all day building pillars under the piazza.
Aug 4. Worked all day diging in the cistern. Dan worked 2½ hours. Went down to Wm. B. Chases this evening.
Aug 5. Worked all day in the cistern. Dan worked 2 hours.
Aug 6. Worked all day: Finished the cistern. Dan worked 7 hours. Whole time diging cistern, 4 days and one hour.
Aug 7. Worked all day: went to the City after dinner. Paid Francis Wilbour’s bill of 121 dollars. Went to the shore and got a load of sand.
Aug 8. Rainy, worked half a day.
Aug 9. Rainy all day. Had my hair cut.
Monday Aug 10. Worked all day: went to the City after dinner. Carted a load of sand.
Aug 11. Worked all day: Went to the City with Sallie.
Aug 12,13. Worked all day.
Aug 14. Worked all day: went to the City, heavy rain last night and today.
Aug 15. Worked all day.
Monday Aug 17 and 18. Worked all day painting the roof of the house.
Aug 19. Worked all day painting. Dan worked half a day.
Aug 20 Worked all day painting. Dan worked 6 hours.
Aug 21. Worked all Day: Dan worked 6 hours. This has been the hottest day this summer.
Aug 22. Went to the City, rainy forenoon. Worked half a day. Dan worked half a day.
Sunday, Aug 23. Paid Joseph Coggeshall $130 to ballance accounts
Monday Aug 24. Worked all day painting. Dan worked 7 hours.
Aug 25. Worked all day painting, Dan worked 6 hours.
Aug 26. Worked all day painting.
Aug 27. Went to the City this morning. Worked half a day painting.
Aug 28. Worked all day helping about the cistern: Two masons and two tenders. Dan worked 3 hours
Aug 29. Went after the masons this morning and carried them home at night; finished the mason work.
Monday Aug 31. Worked all day painting; Dan worked six hours. Went in town with Sallie at night.

September 1,2,3. Worked all day painting, Dan worked 6, 7 and 6 hours.
Sept 4. Worked all day painting, finished the blinds. Dan worked 6 hours.
Sept 5. Went to the City and ordered some stuff for lattice. Worked half a day in the house.
Monday Sept 7, also 8 Worked all day around the piazza.
Sept 9. Worked all day painting lattice and striping wall
Sept 10. Worked all day grading round the house.
Sept 11. Went up and worked on Barker’s barn. Laid nine bundles of Southern cedar shingles. Hottest day this summer.
Sept 12. Worked all day grading round the house. Light shower last night, the first in 3 weeks.
Monday Sept 14. Went to Boston with Joseph Coggeshall; bought a mantle for the parlor; price $26.50.
Sept 15. Worked half a day grading round the house.
Sept 16. Worked half a day grading; went to the City after dinner and got the mantle.
Sept 17. Worked all day grading.
Sept 18. Worked all day plastering cellar wall. Rainy.
Sept 19. Went to the City, Paid Finch Engs & Co. three hundred dollars on account. Worked half a day in the cellar.
Monday Sept 21. Went to the City; worked half a day in the cellar.
Sept 22. Went after a mason to sett the mantel, worked half a day.
Sept 23. Worked all day; painted lattice and piazza and back doors.
Sept 24. Worked all day diging cess pool.
Sept 25. Worked all day; finished the cess pool, about a day’s work.
Sepe 26. Went to the City; paid Wm. Irish $19.00 for mason work. Worked half a day grading and cleaning up around the house.
Monday, Sept 28. Worked all day drawing stone for wall.
Sept 29. Painted all day in the house. Rainy day.
Sept 30. I stayed at home and cleaned the stove and sett it up. Done some other little jobs.

October 1. Worked ¾ day painting, finished upstairs.
Oct 2. Worked all day building wall.
Oct 3. Went to the City, worked half a day building wall.
MEMO: Damper for stove. 14 locust posts. 100 ft pine fence stringers. 210 pine fence pickets. 30 ft matched pine 7/8. 100 ft surfaced pine. 60 ft1½ ma_e, spruce. 50 ft hemlock boards. ½ m cedar shingles. 4 4x4s, 5 ft long. 4 3x4, 7 ft long. 8 2x3, 7 ft long. 1 gross 1½ No. 10 screws. See about some coal.
Monday, Oct 5. Worked all day building wall. Sallie went down to fathers and spent the day.
Oct 6,7,8, 9. Worked all day building wall.
Oct 10. Worked all day: built wall forenoon; when it began to rain. After noon worked in the house caseing sink. Paid P M. Peckhams bill for carting lumber, etc. $20.
Monday, Oct 12. Went to East Greenwich with Uncle Joseph in Peleg Coggeshall’s boat. Started at quarter past seven and got there at half past two. Got underweigh for home at half past three and arrived at six.
Oct 13. Worked all day building wall.
Oct 14. Worked half a day on the wall and finished it. Made fire in the stove tonight.
Worked 7½ days on the wall.
Oct 15. Repaired Father’s crib.
Oct 16. Worked all day framing, raising and boarding the privy.
Oct 17. Went to the City, worked half a day on the privy.
MEMO: Get something to heat water in. Look for a pump. See if posts have come. Go to Wilbours Mill. Get 5 lbs 10 pn heads. 6 lbs 5 . heads. Hyacinth bulbs. Files.
Oct 18. Rainy day. Poted a lot of plants.
Monday Oct 19. Worked ¾ of a day on the privy. Went to the City after dinner and got some posts for the fence, two hours time.
Oct 20. Worked all day on the privy; shingled the roof and put on some triming. Sallie went down to Fathers and spent the day.
Oct 21. Worked all day clapboarding the privy.
Oct 22. Worked 7 hours; finished clapboarding the privy and did the floor.
Oct 23. Worked 8½ hours on the privy. Painted it this afternoon.
Oct 24. Worked 8½ hours on the privy; used nearly three bundles of laths.
Oct 25 MEMO: 2 pair back flaps. 2 doz. escutcheons inside. 3 escutcheons covered. Box collars, hatchet, some Nitre, oil can, sweet oil.
Monday Oct 26. Worked all day on the fence; dug 16 post holes.
Oct 27. Worked all day on the fence; set the posts.
Oct 28. Worked all day on the fence; put on the stringers and cased one part.
Oct 29. Worked all day on the fence; painted and put on one hundred picketts.
Oct 30. Worked 8 hours on the fence; put on the rest of the picketts.
Oct 31. Went to the City this morning. Stayed at home afternoon.

November 1. Went to see the Dr. for Sallie.
Monday Nov 2. Worked 8 hours on the fence, began to paint.
Nov 3. Worked 7½ hours painting fence.
Nov 4. Worked 8 hours painting fence.
Nov 5. Worked 8 hours on fence; made gate and painted it.
Nov 6. Worked 6 hours, 3½ on the fence, 2½ on the privy.
Nov 7. Went to the City this morning; worked 4½ hours afternoon.
MEMO: Flaxseed; tub, boots, gates hinges, butts.
Monday Nov 9. Stayed home all day.
Nov 10. Worked 8½ hours; painted the privy second coat and worked 2 hours on the sink.
Nov 11. Filed two saws for Edward Almy, worked one hour in the house. Went to the City after dinner and got some balusters for piazza, and 115 ft of pine boards. Returned 6 bundles of laths and some of the nails.
Nov 12. Worked 7½ hours in the house.
Nov 13. Worked 7½ hours on piazza railing.
Nov 14. Stayed at home all day.
Monday, Nov 16. Worked 7 hours, put up one section of the piazza rail and painted it.
Nov 17. Worked 7½ hours; put up another section of rail and painted it.
Nov 18. Worked 7½ hours on the piazza railing and painted it.
Nov 19 Went to the City; worked 1½ hours on the piazza and finished it.
MEMO: 1 skein of red yarn. 2 oz. white infant wool.
Nov 20. Worked 7 hours; finished the privy and worked the rest of the day in the closet.
Nov 21. Stayed at home forenoon; afternoon worked 6 hours in the closet.
Monday Nov 23, and 24. Rainy day, stayed at home all day.
Nov 25. Went down to the house and worked 1 hour painting piazza railing.
Nov 26. Stayed at home all day; cut down an apple tree in the orchard.
Nov 27. Stayed at home all day; cut some wood and built some wall.
Nov 28. Stayed at home all day and cut wood.
Nov 29. Rainy day; went down to Fathers and carried the wash, and brought home some tools.
Monday Nov 30. Stayed at home; built new cellar stairs, and made a window for the barn.

December 1. Fixed a fireboard upstairs; sawed some apple tree planks and cut some wood. Light snow which has turned to rain.
Dec 2. Went home and worked 6 hours painting piazza railing.
Dec 3, 4 and 5. Stayed at home all day and cut wood. Cut down another tree.
Dec 6. Went for the Dr. for Sallie.
Monday Dec 7. Went for the Dr. again abut 6 oclock; raining very hard.
Tuesday Dec 10. Our Baby was born at twenty minutes of two oclock this morning.
Dec 11. Went for the Dr. again this morning.
Dec 12. Went for the Dr. again tonight.
Dec 14. Helped do some washing and went in town this evening.
Dec 15. Coldest day this winter; thermometer at 1 degree above zero.
Dec 16. Went for the Dr. again this morning. Baby died this morning.
Monday Dec 17. Went with Annie over to St. Marys Church to select a burial lot.
Dec 22. Went to the City, drew 400 dollars from Coddington Savings Bank. Paid Finch Engs & Co. 300 dollars balance of account
Dec 24. Went to the City with Annie.
Dec 25. Went down to the house and worked 6 hours; made water tank.
Dec 26. Worked 4 hours in the house, made draw for closet, made cover for garret scuttle and put some shelves in the presser.
Dec 28. Stayed at home all day.
Dec 29. Went to the City; worked 3 hours sweeping out the house and painting.
Dec 30. Worked 7 hours painting.
MEMO: 2 weather strips, 1 Diary, Zinc
Dec 31. Worked 7 hours painting.

MEMORANDA 1874
Jan 13^th Bought of Finch Engs & Co 276 ft surfaced pine @ 16½; 42 ft do at 17½; 15-4 ft of pine plank at 07; & 176 ft yellow pine @ 05. Whole amount $40.67.
Jan 22^nd Bought 7 doz window pulleys @ 50¢; 5 lbs 10d, 5 lbs 8d, 5 lbs 8d heads, 5 lbs 6d, and 2 lbs 6d nails. 1 gr 1½ no. 10 screws and 2 gr ¾ no 9.
Jan 24^th exchanged window pulleys $1.40.
Jan 31^st Got 45 ft cornice, 48 ft molding $4.80.
Feb 14^th 20 ft ½ in pine @ 6½ ($1.56); 12 ft yellow pine @ 5 (.60); 2 lbs putty (.16);
Feb 21^st 32 ft molding 1.60; 28 lbs of lead @ .13 $3.83.
March 2^nd bought 22 ft hard pine $1.10; 47 ft pine @ 6½ $3.05; 32 ft door frame @ 8 $2.16; 5 lbs 10d nails.
Work done on house: [work day is 10 hours]
Coggeshall 17 days 7 hours
Spooner 52 days 4½ hours
Sherman 39 days 6½ hours
Wyatt 29 days 1½ hours
Seattle 14 days 9 hours
Chase 81 days 2½ hours
18 days building wall; 2 days cess pool; 15 days painting; 7 3/10 hours painting (Dan); 6 days cistern,
4½ days gradeing; 2½ days painting wall etc; 12 days odd jobs.
Washing
August 31 9 pieces 56¼
Sept 7 6 " 37½
Sept 14 10 " 62½
Sept 19 paid $1.56
Sept 21 7 pieces 43-3/4
Sept 26 7 " 43-3/4
Oct 6 7 " 43-3/4
Oct 12 6 " 37½
Oct 17 6 " 37¼
Oct 26 7 " 43-3/4
paid 2.50
Nov 2 8 pieces
Nov 7 5 " 52
Nov 17 6 "
Nov 23 4 "
Nov 28 6 "
Dec 8 5
On sink 2 days, 2 hours
Piazza railing 4 days
Cost of Privy: 7 9/10 days work $21.72, plus materials, Total $44.36
Cost of Fence: 8 9/10 days work $24.47, plus materials Total $62.86

1874 Balance Sheet
Date	Item	Rec'd	Paid
Jan. 1	Cash on hand	$240.14
	Rec. of J Anthony	$0.35
	Rec Dep. in Citizens Savings Bk	$637.57
	Red flanal		$3.19
	Pack of cards		$0.75
	Pipe & Pills		$0.30
	Rec Intrst on bonds	$38.14
	Deposit in Bank		$700.00
	repairing lamp		$0.10
	1 gross matches		$0.65
	Lamp chimney		$0.10
	Tobacco		$0.75
		$0.40
	Lamp		$2.75
			$0.25
	Book		$3.50
	Flower Pot		$0.18
	By eror		$0.02
	By cash on hand		$203.41
totals		$916.60	$916.60

Feb. 1	Cash on hand	$203.41
	Turning coat		$4.00
	Sallie's shoes		$3.00
			$2.00
	cigars		$0.10
	Oak plank		$1.98
	box collars		$0.25
	sand paper & screws		$0.25
	tobacco		$0.25
	new rum		$0.50
	putty		$0.16
	Rec of J Anthony	$0.25
	Molding		$1.60
	Flower pot		$0.18
	29½ lbs paint		$3.83
	pain killer		$1.00
	oranges		$0.15
	tobacco		$0.20
	Rec of Father	$2.00
			$0.15
	Cash on hand		$186.06
totals		$205.66	$205.66

Mar.1	Cash on hand	$186.06
	tobacco		$0.20
	Alcohol		$0.40
	Nuts		$0.24
7	Bottle ink		$0.10
	Shellac		$0.35
	tobacco		$0.50
	tea		$0.70
	nuts		$0.28
	Hard bread		$0.10
	kerosene		$0.25
	screws		$0.16
13	Paid Finch Engs & Co		$50.00
	tobacco		$0.37
	Dipper		$0.35
28	550 lbs coal		$1.93
	Flower pot		$0.37
31	Paid Finch & Engs		$100.00
	Cash on hand		$27.75
totals		$186.06	$186.06

Apr. 1	Cash on hand	$27.74
	Rec. for bonds	$177.00
	hat		$2.75
	box collars		$0.25
	hard bread		$0.50
	Apples		$0.37
	Tobacco		$0.75
	Paid Finch & Engs		$100.00
	Repairing boots		$1.50
	Providence Journal		$3.50
24	Paid Sam Gould		$57.00
	Cash on hand		$38.12
totals		$204.74	$204.74

May 1	Cash on hand	$38.12
	Apples		$0.40
	Tobacco		$0.75
	Washing		$0.50
	Pipes		$0.02
2	Rec of Govt. bonds	$1,292.00
4	kerosene		$0.25
	Nitre		$0.16
13	Paid Faulkner & Fish		$100.00
	washing		$0.80
18	Paid Jos. Coggeshall		$200.00
	2 lbs. dates		$0.30
	tobacco		$0.10
	1 gal oil		$1.15
	??ar		$0.10
	Washing		$0.50
	overalls		$1.00
	tobacco		$0.10

June		$0.02
			$0.05
June 5	Paid William		$100.00
	2 lbs raisons		$0.40
	2 lb currants		$0.20
	1½ lbs citron		$0.80
	sugar		$1.00
6	Paid J. Spelman		$29.25
	tobacco		$0.18
	Flax seed		$0.10
	Lead pipe		$3.75
	Washing		$1.00
13	Paid Allen & Costelo		$82.75
	Paid C Hammet		$10.00
	tobacco		$0.20
	washing		$0.38
	Pd Clarke T Barker,load of sand		$1.00
	Pd Jos Coggeshall		$100.00
22	Pd Finch Engs 7 Co on acct.		$200.00
	tobacco		$0.25
	strawberries		$0.30
	washing		$0.80
30	Paid Wm Irish for masonry		$105.50
	box collars		$0.25
	boots		$2.50

July	tobacco		$0.25
	washing		$0.56
	illegible		$1.00
	tobacco		$0.25
16	Paid Green		$20.00
	pants, vest, hat, & suspenders		$9.50
	alum		$0.05
	laths & nails	$5.25
	tobacco etc		$0.41
	tobacco		$0.25
	Apples		$0.06
	stone		$0.50

Aug 4	Pd Mrs Champlin		$0.90
	Gave Sallie		$5.00
	tobacco		$0.25
12	Paint brushes		$0.54
	??? brushes		$2.05
	box caps		$0.25
	Washing		$1.00
	drain pipe		$1.60
	Casters		$0.75
	Washing		$0.50
	Glass for door		$12.83
	Cork		$0.34
	Burnt Siena		$0.30
	Peaches		$0.26
	Apples		$0.66
	Tobacco		$0.15

Sept	Sallie		$5.00
	Japan varnish		$1.60
	Kerosene		$0.25
	Tobacco		$0.25
			$0.10
	Sallie's boots		$3.00
	Trip to Boston		$4.42
	sink		$3.50
	chimney		$0.15
	Seidlitz		$0.50
	Tobacco		$0.25
19	Postal order		$0.15
	Gal spirits		$0.65
	Wire 5		$0.25
	repairing shoes		$0.30
	Finch's bill		$19.00
	Bridgit		$0.50
	Whiskey		$1.25

Oct 3	Pd C H Hammet's bill		$9.09
	Damper		$0.33
	Apples		$0.25
10	Pd P M Peckham		$20.00
19	14 ?? posts		$8.40
	tobacco		$0.50
	tobacco		$0.25
	tin dish		$0.62
31	EW Lawton's bill		$25.83
	T. Wilbours		$3.24
	bottle sweet oil		$0.55
	6 oz nitre		$0.60
	oil dropper		$0.37
	putty		$0.10
	box collars		$0.25
	washing bill		$2.50

Nov.	tobacco		$0.25
	Salts & flaxseed		$0.10
	Japan		$0.60
	Washing		$0.52
	Gate Hinges		$2.50
	Flax seed		$0.05
	boots		$5.50
	rum		$0.10
	Paid Green's bill		$7.15
	yarn & worsted		$0.76
	tub		$0.50
	tobacco		$0.50
	wick		$0.05

Dec	tobacco etc.		$1.00
	washing		$1.00
	Sallie		$0.85
	washing		$0.20
	Mrs. Champlin		$1.00
	fixing bolt		$0.05
	washing		$0.40
	Oranges & such		$0.35
	Gliserine		$0.30
	tobacco		$0.25
22	Pd Finch Engs & Co.		$310.00
	candy		$0.89
	Swifts		$0.69
	rum & crackers		$0.60
	meat		$1.26
	??asia wood		$0.05
	washing		$1.00

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