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 …