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 …
1st Jan. 1810: Fine warm weather for the time of year. 5th, 6th & 7th. still warm: very muddy 11th. Mud continued: very foggy this morning and warm for the season. I forgot to mention that Wm. was on the Sixth Jan. 1810 bound to Mr. Rasch for five years. Jan. 17th 1810. Son James …
Jan. 3rd 1811: William Huey Brought Polly Frances here. Yesterday morning I found a horse, saddle & Bridle in my lot: this day the owner came for him. Jan. 4th 1811: early this morning it began to snow: snowing all day. 6th: a beautiful fine warm day for this time of Year: snow going very …
Benjamin Hunt Diary 1812 Jan. 1st 1812: this morning wet after a wet night. Cloudy all day: in the night blowed up cold. 2nd: Clear, Cold and windy: this morning was in Philad.: Sign’d James Indenture. 4th. Wrote a letter to Joshua Haller. Mary Mongy was at my house. 7th: Robert Brady left boarding here. …
DIARY OF BENJAMIN HUNT 1799-1812 Reprinted from the Daily Local News, For the Chester County Historical Society, 1898.[fn]Excerpted from Bulletins of the Chester County Historical Society, reformatted by Mary Briggeman[/fn] The writer of this diary was the son and youngest child of William ana Sarah (Fred) Hunt, of Westtown township, Chester county, Pa., where he …