THE JOURNALS OF EDWARD PAYSON CHASE

1875

Friday, January 1, 1875. Went to the City, with 50 lbs of lead & ½ gal & Dasnar varnish. Worked 3 hours
Jan 2 Worked 7 hours
Jan 3 Filed two saws for J. Anthony and made some shelves for Mrs. Dennis.
Monday Jan 4 Home all day, stormy.
Jan 5, 6, 7, 8 Worked 7, 7, 6½ and 7 hours painting
Jan 9 Went to the City. Worked 4 hours painting
Jan 10 Coldest day this winter. Sallie had a stiff neck all day. Cleaned the Soc. of the flowers
Monday Jan 11 Went to the City & carried the tank, & brought out a bathtub & boiler.
Jan 12 Worked 6 ½ hours; sized the closet, put weather strips on the doors, etc.
Jan 13 Worked 6 hours, made ladder to get up garret with
Jan 14 Worked 2 ½ hours; went to the City and brought out a pump.
Jan 15 Went to the City and ordered a Wyoming range of Brown, Goddard & Barlow price 35 dollars.
Jan 16 Went to the City
Monday, Jan 18. Worked 5 ½ hours putting up grounds for the water pipes. Two plumbers here today.
Jan 19 Worked at home; plumbers worked 8 hours
Jan 20 Worked 4 hours, plumbers 8 hours
Jan 21 Plumbers worked all day. Ordered 6 pear trees of Perry & Co H.G.
Jan 22 Worked all day: laid floor in bathroom, cased door and put down threshold, stoped holes around water pipes, etc.
Jan 23 Worked 5 hours: finished stoping up holes around pipes, swept out house and painted one window. Plumbers got through 2-30
Jan 24 Carried Sallie down to Fathers
Monday Jan 25 Worked 8 hours painting, had my hair cut
Jan 26 Went to the City and got some lumber for bath room; worked 5 hours painting and in the bathroom.
Jan 27 Worked 8 ½ hours: finished the bathroom and painted some
Jan 28 Worked 8 hours painting
Jan 29 Worked 8 ½ hours painting; began the closet
Jan 30 Worked 8 ½ hours painting the closet
Jan 31 Went down to R.D Hall’s; first rate sleighing

Monday Feb 1 Worked 8 ½ painting; heavy fall of snow last night.
Feb 2 Went to the City: worked 5 hours painting
Feb 3 Worked 8 ½ hours painting, had rain storm
Feb 4 Worked 8 ½ hours painting. Joseph Coggeshall brought me a gal. of oil
Feb 5, 6 Worked 8 ½ and 8 hours painting
Feb 7 Very cold
Monday Feb 8 Worked 8 ½ hours painting, finished dining room and second coated the bath room
Feb 9 Worked 7 ½ hours: painted the closet walls second coat. Filed 2 wood saws for E. Almy. Ther. 6 degrees below 0
Feb 10, 11 Worked 7 ½ and 8 ½ hours painting
Feb 12 Went to the City: paid plumbing bill $1.70. Drew $300 from Coddington Bank Worked 4 hours painting
Feb 13 Worked 8 ½ hours painting in dinning room; sized the kitchen walls
Feb 14 Went down to the shore to see the ice
Monday Feb 15 Worked 9 hours painting in the dining room
Feb 16 Worked 9 hours painting, finished the dinning room & painted the kitchen walls
Feb 17, 18 Worked 9 & 9 hours painting in the kitchen
Feb 19 Worked 8 ½ hours painting; finished the kitchen. painted the closet shelves second coat and began to finish the bath room
Feb 20 Worked 8 hours painting up stairs
Monday Feb 22 Worked 9 hours painting in the parlor
Feb 23 Worked 9 hours painting; finished the parlor & second coated the kitchen. Went over to Mrs Dennis’s this evening
Feb 24 and 25 Worked 8 ½ and 8 ½ hours in the kitchen
Feb 26 Worked 8 ½ hours; finished second coat in kitchen and began to gloss the parlor
Feb 27 Worked 8 ½ hours glossing parlor

Monday Mar 1 Worked 7 hours glossing parlor
Mar 2 Worked 8 hours painting pipes in kitchen
Mar 3 Worked 9 hours painting in kitchen
Mar 4 Worked 9 hours, finished the kitchen and parlor
Mar 5 Worked 9 hours in the hall
Mar 6 Worked 9 hours in hall and closet; went to Dr. Saunders to a party
Mar 7 Went down to Wm. B. Chases this evening
Monday, Mar 8 Worked 7 ½ hours painting closet. Heavy snow storm
Mar 9 Went to the City with Sallie
Mar 10 Worked 8 hours painting and fixing drawers in closet
Mar 11 Went to the City and got some Zink. Worked 2 hours in hall
Mar 12 Worked 8 ½ hours in the hall
Mar 13 Worked 8 ½ hours painting and doing odd jobs
Mar 14 Had my hair cut
Mar 15 (Monday), 16, 17, 18 Worked 9, 9 ½, 10, and 9 hours glossing the hall
Mar 19 Finished glossing the hall, 1 hour; the rest of the day whitewashing, etc.
Mar 20 Worked 9 hours whitewashing; swept out the house
Monday Mar 22 Worked all day hanging paper
Mar 23 Worked all day papering. Spent the evening at Humphrey’s
Mar 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, April 1, 2 Worked all day papering

Apr 3 Worked ½ day; finished papering.
Monday April 5 Stormy; stay at home and sewed on carpets
Apr 7 Went to the City; worked 6 hours diging trench and laying suction pipe
Apr 8 Worked all day: laid pipe in sink drain; washed & oiled the hard pine floors, spent the evening at Peleg Coggeshall’s.
Apr 9 Put down carpets, washed dining room floor
Apr 10 Put carpets in dining room and blue room
Apr 11 Went down to D Halls
Monday Apr 12 Went with Sallie down to Dr. Greens etc., from there to the City. Went home afternoon, put the water on
April 13 Heavy snow storm. Finished table
Apr 14 Washed harness; made towel roller etc.
Apr 15 Went down to Dr. Greens with Sallie, made hall carpet
Apr 17 Washed dishes and parlor floor
Monday Apr 19 Went in town
Apr 10 Went down to the Doct. with Sallie; got Charlie shod
Apr 21 Made stair rods, pollished chair, put up hooks in press, etc.
Apr 22 Went to town and got some chairs; after noon moved privy and graded gate way
Apr 23 Went to town and got a load of furniture
Apr 24 Went down to Doct’s with Sallie; after noon worked awhile on the under pinning of the house
Apr 25 Went down for the Doct
Monday Apr 26 Stayed home and sewed on carpet
Apr 27 Went to town and got a load of furniture
Apr 28 Sewed on carpet
Apr 29 Moved and began house keeping
Apr 30 Put up window shades

May 1 Put down hall carpet
May 2 Went down to Doct. Greens
May 3 Went to the City
May 4 Stayed home and done odd jobs
May 5 Went to the City with Dan; got some molding for the parlor and put it up; had my hair cut
May 8 Went to the City and got a load of coal 770 lbs
May 9 Went down to Doct Green
May 10 Began to work on Fales’s stable. Paid Brown, Goddard & Barlow 51 dollars
May 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Worked all day at Fales
May 16 Planted currant bushes
Monday May 17, 18, 19, 20 Worked all day at Fales
May 21 Worked all day at Fales; plant some pears
May 22 Worked all day at Fales; received $25 of Joseph Coggeshall on acct.
May 23 Went to St. Mary’s church
Monday May 24 Worked ½ day at Fales and finished; 11 days work. Worked ½ day at Abraham Coggeshall’s
May 25 Election day. Stayed at home and laid out path around the house
May 26, 27, 28, 29 Worked all day at Abraham Coggeshall’s
Monday May 31, June 1 Worked all day at Sarah I Chase’s

June 2, 3 Worked all day: half a day for Sarah and half for Wm. B. Chase
June 4 Worked half a day at Abraham Coggeshall’s
June 5 & 7 Worked all day at Abraham Coggeshall’s
June 8 Worked all day; finished at Abraham Coggeshall’s and went to Anderson’s 3 oclock
June 9 Worked 9 hours at Anderson’s
June 10 Rainy day; spread manure around house, went to the City
June 11 & 12 Worked 10 hours and 8 hours at Anderson’s
Monday June 14 Worked all day at Ed Almy’s, Mason Peckham brought a load of coal
June 15, 16 and 17 Worked all day at Ed Almy’s
June 18,19,21, 22, 23, 24 Went to Abraham Coggeshall’s, worked all day
June 25 Worked all day at Humphrey’s. Received Joseph Coggeshall $77.51 in full to tonight
June 26 Worked all day at Humphrey’s
Monday June 28 Began on schoolhouse, worked all day
June 29, 30 Worked all day on schoolhouse; raised on 30^th

July 1 and 2 Worked all day on schoolhouse
July 3 Worked all day at Robert Sherman’s, putting up hay elevator
Monday 5 No work
July 6 Worked all day on schoolhouse
July 7 Went to Robert Sherman’s and worked 4 hours, worked the rest of the day on the schoolhouse
July 8, 9 and 10 Worked all day on schoolhouse
July 11 Went to ride around Coddington Point
Monday July 12, 13 Worked all day on schoolhouse
July 14, 15 No work, sick
July 16, 17, 19, 20 Worked all day on schoolhouse.
July 21 Worked 8 ½ hours on schoolhouse
July 24 Files, hooks, tunel. Paid E Seebury 9.75. Paid Finch Engs & Co 6.35. Paid Brown Goddard & Co.
July 25 Went to ride. Paid P. M. Peckham 2 dollars for drawing coal
Monday July 26 Went to the City, helped Father get up oats
July 30 Worked all day building chimney
July 31 Received $39.08 of Joseph Coggeshall

Monday August 2 Went to the City
August 3 Went out to Uncle Joe’s and helped build pig house
August Went out to Uncle Joe’s
August 9, 10 and 11 Worked all day at Isaac Coggeshall’s & 8 ½ hours on the 11^th
August 12 Worked 9 hours at D H Barker’s
Aug 17, 18 Worked all day on schoolhouse
Aug 19 Worked all day on schoolhouse, laid floor
Aug 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 Worked all day on schoolhouse
Aug 26 Worked on the house at Father’s
Aug 27 Did some jobs in the shop
Monday Aug 30 31 and Sept 1 Worked all day at Father’s

Monday Sept 6 Went to the races at Sachuest Point
Sept 7 Worked ½ day at Father’s and ½ a day for myself
Sept 8, 9 Worked all day at Isaac Coggeshall’s
Sept 10, 11 Worked 7 hours and all day at Isaac Coggeshall’s
Monday Sept 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,Monday 20, 21 Worked all day at Isaac Coggeshall’s
Sept 22 Worked ¾ day building fence on schoolhouse lot
Sept 23 Went to the fair
Sept 24 Worked all day at Isaac Coggeshall’s
Sept 25 Worked all day at Ben White’s
Monday, Sept 27 Worked all day for Anderson making table tops
Sept 28 and 29 Worked all day at Ben White’s
Sept 30 Worked all day at Ben White’s; Went up to O F Lodge [Odd Fellows] to call for a dance

October 1 and 2 Worked all day at Ben White’s, received ten dollars on account
Monday Oct 4 Worked 8 ½ hours at Ben White’s
Oct 5 Worked all day at S I Chase, rec. 8.80 on account
Oct 6 Worked all day at S I Chase's
Oct 7 Raining, no work
Oct 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13 Worked all day at S I Chase’s Finished
Oct 14,15, 16 Worked all day at Isaac Coggeshall’s. Rec 19.25 for work on S I Chase’s crib.
Monday Oct 18 and 19 Worked all day at Ben White’s
Oct 20 and 21 Worked all day on schoolhouse. Rec 7.25 on account
Oct 22, 23 Worked all day on schoolhouse. Rec 1 dollar on account. Rained
Mnday Oct 25, 26, 27 Worked all day on schoolhouse
Oct 28 Worked all day on schoolhouse. Attended the Social at General Gould’s
Oct 29 Worked all day on schoolhouse; P M Peckham delivered a load of nut coal 35 hundred
Oct 30 Worked all day on schoolhouse. Rec $20 on account

Monday Nov 1 and 2 Worked all day on schoolhouse
Nov 3 Worked all day on schoolhouse, raised bellfrey
Nov 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 Worked all day on schoolhouse. Finished the plastering the 9^th
Nov 10, 11 No work
Nov 12 Began work at Ben Howland’s
Nov 13 and 15 Worked all day at Ben Howland’s
Nov 16 Worked 6 hours at Ben Howland’s. Rec $3.56 of J. Coggeshall for work on schoolhouse.
Nov 17 Worked 5 hours at Ben Howland’s
Nov 18 No work, went to the City
Nov 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29 Worked all day at Ben Howland’s
Nov 30 Worked ½ day at Ben Howland’s

Dec 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Worked 8, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9 hours at schoolouse
Dec 11 Worked on bookcase
Dec 14 and 15 Worked 9 and 9 hours on schoolhouse
Dec 21 Worked 9 hours at Ben Howland’s
Dec 22, 23,24, 27, 28, 29 and 31 Worked all day at Ben Howland’s

January 1, 1876 Worked all day at Ben Howland’s. [Diary missing, also 1877.]

1875 Balance Sheet
Date	Item	Rec'd	Paid
Jan 1	Cash on hand	$117.18
	Lead & varnish		$9.25
5	Paid nurse		$10.00
6	Paid for caskett		$14.00
9	Salie's shoes		$2.00
	1 pt wht shelac		$0.50
	tobacco		$0.50
	Diary		$0.40
	Weather strips		$1.50
	From Ed Almy	$0.75
11	piece of mutton		$0.35
14	14 ft pine board		$0.84
15	Strength plaster		$0.25
	buttons		$0.12
	sundries		$0.09
26	30 ft pine boards		$1.80
	exchange of nails		$0.30
	sash etc		$0.32
31	Paid Nancy		$3.00
	Paid Dr. Green's bill		$58.75

Feb 2	white lead		$2.75
	zink		$1.80
	crusher		$0.40
	tobacco		$0.25
	washing		$1.63
	sundries		$1.00
12	white lead		$2.75
	plumbing bill		$170.00
	tobacco		$0.15
	5 lb 8 d nails		$0.33
			$1.00
	medicine		$0.60
	spirits of turpentine		$0.33
	1½ gal japan		$2.40
	1 lb. umber		$0.32
	1/2 lb glass or gloss		$0.37
	Paid Dan		$5.00

Mar	Sallie		$1.75
	Stable		$0.50
	Advertising		$1.50
	Brush		$2.50
	1 pt alcohol		$0.40
	1 pt. alcohol		$0.50
	½ gal spirits		$0.33
	rubber boots		$3.50
	Zink		$0.50
	lime		$0.50
	flour		$1.00
	glue		$0.16

April	cement		$0.33
	Pd bill for dishes		$29.63
	lead pipe		$3.90
	Hooks, casters, etc		$0.71
	Washing		$1.06
	Tobacco		$0.25
20	horse shoeing		$1.60
			$0.50
	stair rods		$0.90

May	picture molding		$1.86
	meat		$0.25
	nails		$0.04
	Paid Allen & Costelo		$2.53
	770 lbs coal		$3.66
	Apples & raisons		$0.60
	meat		$0.80
	shoes		$3.00
10	Brown, Goddard & Barlow		$51.00
	cloths pins		$0.08
	chimney cover		$0.20
13	Cornel & Son		$32.00
	pear trees		$12.50
	Fish		$0.30
	Grater		$0.25
	tobacco		$0.50
	meat		$0.45
	subscrp. H. Bazaar		$6.00
	Pipe hole cover		$0.20
	fish		$0.15
	suet		$0.25
	fish		$0.15
22	Rec'd of Jos. Coggeshall	$25.00
	3½ lbs veal		$0.50
	mucilage		$0.15
	beef		$0.25
	beef steak		$0.31

Transcriptions, text, and pictures provided by Barbara J. Austin 2002. All spellings are as written. Any comments by transcriber are entered in brackets [ ]. Diarist is Edward Payson Chase. See genealogy before this series.

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