1800, 1st Jan. This Day Salley Pierce dined at my house. 6th. Sent a letter to the Sheriff at West Chester to inform him that I would be no longer accountable for Buntings Property (which I had engaged to do). First day. Jan. 12th 1800. Doct. Roberts and wife, Eli Hunt & wife, Nathan Sharpless …
Jan. 1st 1801. Went to William Smith’s. Recev’d of him forty Dolls which he borrowed some time ago. 3rd. Went to Wm Weston’s, found it a most severe cold day: from thence to Isaac Woodwards at the sign of the Indian King: stayed all night: came on snow. 7ch. Started to Philadelphia to settle with …
Jan. 1st 1802. A beautiful fine clear warm morning: larks a singing. 2nd. A very warm day for this season: almost too warm to be pleasant. I and mj Boys picking stories of the ground I expect to mow next year. 3rd. I and my Wife paid a visit to Richard White & Wife, this …
Jan. 2nd 1803. This night fell a pretty large snow, the first we have had this winter of any account. , ,, 5th. this day thomas England and Mary Clemson laid their intentions of marriage before freinds for the first time. William England Jun. and Lydia Pierce came to my house. This night fella great …
Jan 1st 1804.This morning coming into my store I happened to look at one of the windows observed the key that keys the bar from the outside was dropped out of the bolt, the key was fastened with a String, the bolt had been screwed round till it broke the String and then the key …
Jan. 1st 1805, Went to Wilmington; Bought 6 Bls Midlings @ $7.37 and 1 Bl. 8. fine @ 11 Dols. of James Jefferis. Returned This evening as far ss John Hickman: lodged there: came on Snow; left one of my horses on account of its not being willing to draw, borrowed one of Hickman to …
Jan. 1st 1806: this evening Patty Taylor. Nancy Jackson, Polly Jackson, Betsey Johnson, Hannah Entrikin, Hannah Sharpies, Rebeckah Sharples & Patty Taylor again & Isaac Weaver & Moses Peirce, Doct., was at my house. Jan. 5th 1806: this is a beautiful fine warm day. a number of Small flies resembling mosquitoes flying about, this night began …
5th Jan. 1807, Went to Waggontown: lodged at John Hughes. 6th. rode about through that neighborhood collecting old debts. Eli Hunt, grandson of John Hunt and son of John Hunt, came to my house from Virginia. This night lodged at John Sloans. 7th. Got home. Jan. 9th, 1807. Asher Hunt and Frederick Richards ‘came to …
1st Jan. 1808, Return’d Home. 12th: Ebenezer Worth died. 13th: James Gibbons, son of Thomas Gibbons, died, this night came on snow. 14th: Snow continues till about noon: in the afternoon clear & and windy. 27th: Wm Huey & wife came here: this Night snow. 28th: Richard Jones died, aged about 70. 30th, Went to …
Jan. 2nd 1809. wrote a letter to Ashur Hunt in Bald Eagle Valley by Job Backer. 4th. Caleb Hannum died at Emmor Bradley’s in West Chester about Eleven O’Clock forenoon. Aged about 27 Years. I hear James Bain Died almost Suddenly last night. Jan. 17th 1809: this day Charles Kenny (a roman Catholics imported from …