Whiting M. Wetherell Diary, 1862
Lined at Mechanicsville
January, Wednesday, 1. 1862.
Cold & stormy all day
fair days trade
In store all day. Young went to Tipton Played at Lakes Hall in night got 4.00 for it. 48 numbers sold. good time.
Thursday, 2.
Cold & raw all day.
looked like storm all day.
Lake took up Boyles boys & Milligan & Wm Crum for disturbing dinner. In store all day. fixed dry good side in P.M.
snowed all night
Friday, 3.
Stormy all day. in store most of time P[?] safe to Horn gone to [?] box
pd Stout 14.31 in [?] chargd to me at store
January, Saturday, 4. 1862.
Cool & cloudy Helped load car of wheat & cleaned some Horace helped & then went home he took Father $5 for pork Swetland sick & did not go home Young went & Parsons played in band in evening
Sunday, 5.
Snowed most of day. work on watches most of day earned 3.25 at same Swetland pretty sick
Monday, 6.
Quite good sleighing some 6 inches snow. Young came up & brot Miss Swetland
clear but cool
coldest night of the season
January, Tuesday, 7. 1862.
Quite cold & frosty but clear. Drew off Constitution of Bond in AM, at Stouts till midnight. Party
cool & windy looked like snow.
worked in WHouse most of the day.
Wednesday, 8.
Cold in AM but warmer in PM. Thawed considerable worked in Ware House all day. cleaning wheat with Garrett. Party over store in evening. 18 numbers got 1.50
Thursday, 9.
Horace & I loaded car wheat in AM cold & frosty & cloudy. Garrett in county again collecting helped clean wheat in evening Band met in night John Martin down in sleigh in evening. he pd 10. in store
January, Friday, 10. 1862.
cold & raw all day
Swetland went to Chicago
Young went to Tipton
wrote to Grove. Cold all day closed store early
Saturday, 11.
Cold & raw all day
not many in town.
Dull days trade sent 1.00 for meal to Father by Horace pd Stout 60¢ for diary. Lake had suit tried against Boyles [?]
Sunday, 12.
Very cold & windy
came in No West
to Church, twice.
Snow blowing hard
in store in PM closing
coldest night of season Ther stood at 22°
January, Monday, 13. 1862.
Coldest morning of season
Ther at 22° in AM [?] shipping hogs Green out to Rochester
Young came from Tipton in AM. In store all day.
Tuesday, 14.
Very cold & raw
Dull trade Ther stood at 24° early. moderated in PM & wind in So East
Snowed very hard in night then cleared off cold & wind in So West
went to A F Comstocks & swore to affidavit &c
Wednesday, 15.
Clear & cold in early AM
cloudy after 11 AM
In store all day Swetland came home in PM from Chicago by way of Tipton
Played with Band in evening
January, Thursday 16. 1862.
Cold & cloudy all day
Tipton Band had concert in evening Room full. Snowed powerfully after it was out
Friday, 17.
Cloudy & cold Had dance over store in evening from 8 to 12 Curtiss up from Onion Grove. Saw Young was home to stay from store
marked some pork at Depot
Saturday, 18.
Cold & raw wind in No East marked pork at Depot for store
Quit work for dinner at night snowed some in night
January, Sunday, 19. 1862.
Cool & cloudy.
went to church in AM to Lisbon with Doc in PM got back at dark
Monday, 20.
chopped wood at door & cleaned watch. also traded spy glass for gun & am to give Rice it in wood & money Traded with Bristow
Tuesday, 21.
cool & cloudy clear in PM
13 cars hogs shipped in AM. at home most of day
worked at watches some
January, Wednesday, 22. 1862.
cloudy & cold all day out sunning some & worked at watches some
Thursday, 23.
Foggy & cold all day
Mr Grafton pd me $1.00 for fixing watch. Mrs Rice down in PM foggy & frosty. John & Chs Kurtz & w was down from Lisbon
Friday, 24.
Cool & cloudy in AM
snowed hard most of AM
Doc carried Kate & myself to Lisbon. I took vest to be cut out by Rinkel dance in evening over Swetlands store
January, Saturday, 25. 1862.
Clear & cold most of day
pleasant in PM. worked at watches some took clock back to Depot cleared some 75c chgs not pd Perrin got watch $1.25 chgs
met in Band in evening looked like snow
Sunday, 26.
Wrote to Alta did not go to church. snowed most of day & all night with high wind from No East
Monday, 27.
Snowy & windy all day
put up parlor stove in PM & bed sted up stairs Pd 40¢ for Elbow
January, Tuesday, 28. 1862.
Stormy most of day
with snow. worked at watches all day
at Browns in evening
Horace came down to chop wood
Wednesday, 29.
Clear & cold all day. worked at watches. Horace went to Timber
Armstrongs Gus & Dorwart
Jim down from Lisbon.
wrote to Harper Bros
Thursday, 30.
Cold & raw wrote to Albert & Miles
man from Onion Grove comd work as [?] at Stouts Drug Store
January, Friday, 31. 1862.
Cold & raw all day
Snowed in PM. Took Lady with Swetlands team above Madison in [?] Leo got back at 7 PM Travelled about 50 miles sick in night did not go to dance
February, Saturday, 1.
cold & raw & clear all day. Wind in So West worked at watches some
very cold day Doc & Miller was to Anamosa in P.M.
Sunday, 2.
Coldest day of season
Ther at 36° in early AM
To church in AM. Doc & Miller came from Anamosa
Wrote to Grove
February, Monday, 3. 1862.
Cold but clear & windy
came in No West got new axe helm in AM. dry lumber out of snow
Tuesday, 4.
Cold & raw but clear
10 cars hogs shipped today & 6 cars wheat ready to go
Horace & I helped Hoag load car & receive wheat all PM & from 11 AM
[?]
Wednesday, 5.
Warmer & looked like storm. Helped take in wheat & with Ed Wait loaded car in PM
Horace took load wood to Rice
Band played on Stouts porch & to Rice. Snowed hard this night Doc went Chicago
February, Thursday, 6. 1862.
Cold & clear & windy.
came in So West.
at home most of day
Friday, 7.
Cold & raw. Horace & I loaded car for Hoag & took in wheat till 2 PM Played at Rodgers in evening got $1.30 for it
Saturday, 8.
At home most of day
Horace went to Lisbon with Doc's horse & sleigh Doc came home on PM train from Chicago
Band met at Parks Store.
February, Sunday, 9. 1862.
Cool & windy
Church in PM
Stanly preached. Boag preached in wing after candle lighting.
Monday, 10.
Warm snowed part of day & evening. was to Louden for Doc for horse started at 11.15 AM got there at 3 PM Started back at 4, got here at 8 PM Bad going so much snow Nationals sung at church
Tuesday, 11.
Cool & windy. came in No West dropped wood at home & worked at watches attended singing school in evening afterwards choir met & adjourned to McClellands on Friday Evening
February, Wednesday, 12. 1862.
Out hunting all day with John Hicks
Warm & pleasant snow very moist saw great quantities of chickens by Lees &c. Got only 2
Band met in evening
Thursday, 13.
Cold & very windy
snow drifting badly
Tonight train in on time
Passenger not in at 2 PM
Helped at new drug store label bottles &c.
Friday, 14.
Very cold all day
Ther at 29° in AM
Helped all day in drug store. train got in at day light yesterdays trains did not run regular all day. Met & sung at McClellands
February, Saturday, 15. 1862.
Clear & cold all day
over to Timber & got load wood with Horace back in PM & Horace went to Lisbon. Mary left Schaeffers horse & sleigh at our house.
Sunday, 16.
Warm & very windy. came in So West.
attended church morning & evening communion service. Mr Marshall preached Choir sung
Great battle in Kentucky Fort Donaldson taken & 15 000 prisoners property to the amt of $1,500,000 taken
Monday, 17.
Ed Wait took away C Stouts watch
helped part of day in D Store
Horace in Timber came off very cold & windy snow flying
February, Tuesday, 18. 1862.
Cold but still
trains here all night previous. Worked some this day in drug store met with Band got staging done for same & put up in Greens Hall
Wednesday, 19.
Snowed all day
worked some at watch stand & in drug store. met in evening to practice at Pankhursts
Thursday, 20.
Warm & pleasant all day. finished watch stand & got ready to move Adventists holding meeting at Lakes Hall
February, Friday, 21. 1862.
Warm & Pleasant all day
worked at watch stand in AM, at fixing room in PM for concert. had great crowd then also 39 members [?] proceeds ever $23 & over
John & Matilda stayed all night with us
Saturday, 22.
Warm & pleasant all day.
Geo Park brot load wood for what he is owing me
John & Matilda went home also Horace, Doc called away to Red Oak
Sunday, 23.
Cloudy but warm in AM
to church in AM Methodist
February, Monday, 24. 1862.
Cold & raw all day
In shop all day got boiler repd &c
Tuesday, 25.
Mr Ward died at 8 AM
Warm & pleasant all day
snow melting fast
put hand on watch for Mr Grafton got 25¢ for it. to singing school in evening
Wednesday, 26.
Clear but cool & cold in PM. Mr. Ward buried in PM cleaned watch for Wm Chapman Cars ran off track in PM below Onion Grove
February, Thursday, 27. 1862.
Cloudy & snowy all day. did not thaw much. Worked at watches all day. Trains changed The Adventists were preaching over store. Miller went to Big Woods. Hired me to stay in store till he came back
Friday, 28.
Miller went to Big Woods in PM. Cloudy looked like snow in PM did snow hard in night with high wind.
worked at watches & wrote to Albert Anna quite sick in night
March, Saturday, 1.
Snowed very hard all day & blowed. Horace went & brot Mother down. Got fast in drifts. We had a boy baby born at 1½ PM cars did not come from East at all fast in drifts below Louden
March, Sunday, 2. 1862.
Most snow fell of any day of season, nearly 2 feet fell. Anna feels comfortable, & so does baby. Train came in in night I brot mail & distributed it
Monday, 3.
Still snowing & some colder wind in So West. Drifting badly most severe day of season
Train got no farther than Lisbon till in the PM
Tuesday, 4.
very windy & drifting badly
Helped Brown copy PM returns to train today
No body in town from country. Doc called to Boags in night. Mrs B had boy baby.
March, Wednesday, 5. 1862.
Clear & pleasant in AM colder & cloudy in PM & night with some snow
worked from 10½ AM till night shoveling snow for R-Road. to Onion Grove got home at 11 PM. M[?] wife had baby in morning
Thursday, 6.
Cool in AM more pleasant in PM. worked from 9 AM to 3¼ PM shoveling switches on R Road
Mrs Brown & Pankhurst called on Anna
Friday, 7.
very frosty in AM & foggy
worked at thaw
Worked on R Road from 2 PM till dark Dormans down from Lisbon, with Mrs Bressler. Mrs Rice & Mr Lake & Mr Dayton at house in PM
March, Saturday, 8. 1862.
Worked for R Road Co ½ day
Chopped wood in AM met Band in evening & choir at Browns
Clear & warm all day
thawing very fast
Sunday, 9.
Funeral sermon of Mr Ward preaching by Mr Stanly in AM Warm & snow melting fast Indians going thro' & camping below Donrath farm
Monday, 10.
Warm & pleasant all day
In store most of the time
Miller had school exhibition in Lakes Hall in evening
March, Tuesday, 11. 1862.
Warm & pleasant thawing fast Chris Weaver came home from War
Donation Party at Greens Hall in evening, not many
our band took in over $30, I took Mother.
Gun boat fight in Potomac
Monitor & Merrimac
Wednesday, 12.
cold & raw all day.
stayed in house most of day. Melted some & looked like snow.
Thursday, 13.
Clear & cool but very pleasant wrote to Em L Swan looked like rain in evening
Wind turned to No East
Doc Witter died in Mt Vernon
March, Friday, 14. 1862.
Stormy sleety all day
stopped towards night.
Dance at Swetlands Hall in evening, got $1.50 for playing
Saturday, 15.
Paid J Chapman 65¢ for 1 gal kg oil Horace took Mother home
subscribed for Journal one week of News Boy pd 20¢.
Sunday, 16.
Clear & pleasant
all day. to church in AM
March, Monday, 17. 1862.
Clear & pleasant all day
got watch spring put in pd 50¢ worked some at watches.
Tuesday, 18.
Clear in AM & pleasant
Is Jackson came from Chicago brot music books for Band. Howard Elliott & Mary Ferguson married by Boag very stormy all night with sleet & rain
Wednesday, 19.
Cold & stormy, strong wind in No East
March, Thursday, 20. 1862.
Gave note to Hoag for $12.50 due him on settlement. In store bulk of day
Storming most of day
Friday, 21.
Stormy most of day but warmer, snow melting fast very sloppy & muddy
Geo Park left clock
Saturday, 22.
Cleaned clock & went to Lisbon on cars with Delany Pankhurst Miles Hodges & Doc
He took 5½ gals of water from Mrs Blessing. Drugs & oils came for drug store got home at 12M
March, Sunday, 23. 1862.
Clear & pleasant all day Father came down on car with Blessing & others. stayed an hour & went back
Monday, 24.
Clear & pleasant all day. worked at watches, Ann washed
took desk from store to house & varnished it Doc went to Lisbon & back
Tuesday, 25.
Warm & spring like arranged bookcase &c
March, Wednesday, 26. 1862.
Warm & clear all day
In store most of day
saw wild geese & cranes for first time Band played on drug store porch & at Rices Hoag treated to ale.
Thursday, 27.
Dull but warm & cloudy
Wind in No West
mud drying fast
not many in town all day
Friday, 28.
Warm & pleasant all day
worked in Browns place all day
he having gone into the county visiting. Band met at Rodgers in evening
March, Saturday, 29. 1862.
Warm & clear all day
In store most of time. Pitched Davis some. Good many in town Horace went to Lisbon took Goodricks watch & a letter to Mother from Alta.
Sunday, 30.
Very windy all day
Boag preached in AM
Monday, 31.
Warm & mud drying fast.
Helped some in store
Mrs Andy Patterson died in night also Wm Ramseys boy. Band met at Rodgers Sol Rice came home from Lyons
April, Tuesday, 1. 1862.
Cold & rainy & windy
Helped Brown with P.O. returns. Doc commenced boarding at noon cloudy & stormy in PM & night.
no train from the West all day. Track gone beyond Bertram. Simmons came from Tipton & started shop at Swetlands
Wednesday, 2.
Very rainy & stormy.
mud very deep, H Patterson & Miller started for
To Madison with Mrs Patterson Browns friends going on same train
Thursday, 3.
very pleasant all day & warm. worked at watches
April, Friday, 4. 1862.
Warm & windy most of day looked like rain in evening
Saturday, 5.
cool & stormy wind
clear & cold. went to pond with Hicks & Hodges for ducks got none
Geo Park left clock gave it to me for repg another
Sunday, 6.
Windy & cold
April, Monday, 7. 1862.
Rainy & stormy all day. & very cold
Repd clock this day.
Tuesday, 8.
Rainy & cold froze hard this night
in store working at clock
no news Horace came down in PM
Wednesday, 9.
cold & stormy all day
Heard that Island No 10 was taken last night by Foote & Pope
April, Thursday, 10. 1862.
Little warmer & looked like clearing off some
worked at clock some Doc paid me $2.00 on board
Friday, 11.
cold & stormy all day Had teeth ache all day
Saturday, 12.
stormy all day
I suffered a great deal from neuralgia stayed in house most of day
got John his school money
April, Sunday, 13. 1862.
Cool but not so stormy. Horace went to Lisbon with Rice's horse & [?]. John Morrisons wife had baby the third child in less than 2 years
Monday, 14.
Went early to pond & shot 3 ducks. had a wade for them. thousands of pigeons flying over [?] plastering drug store
Rained some this day
Tuesday, 15.
Clear & pleasant in early morning. Rained rest of day. commd painting for Lake in drug store
[?] destroyed my stable & turned over [?] in night
April, Wednesday, 16. 1862.
Warm in AM cool in PM worked at painting all day dull day for trade. no train from the East today. Bridge gone on slough below Dewitt train from West report Bridge gone again at Indian creek.
Thursday, 17.
cold & rainy. Painted all day no train to day. Several breaks in the road
Farmers sowing wheat in the mud & rain
Friday, 18.
Warmer & looked like clearing off. worked all forenoon at painting, then took gun & went out a while & came back & finished counters no train to day but one at 2 AM which did not leave the mail
April, Saturday, 19. 1862.
Cloudy but pleasant. worked with Horace at shed back of house most of day. Train in on time from East Choir met at Browns & afterward Band serenaded Green, Hyde, McKee, Richards, Wilson, [?], Brown & myself. Horace went to Lisbon in PM
Sunday, 20.
Clear & very pleasant in AM & all day
did not go to church Andy Patterson came home by way of Muscatine
Monday, 21.
Worked till 10½ AM painting after that at shed. fine day Warm towards night
April, Tuesday, 22. 1862.
Worked all AM at painting finished it.
Wednesday, 23.
Cold & raw all day. sick & at home the day with swelled face Stout came home from east
Thursday, 24.
Some snow in morning did not stay long quite sick all day
April, Friday, 25. 1862.
Felt some better, swelling going down some in face
up to store part of day
fair & pleasant all day
Laid of sign in PM for Miller
Horace & Eva down in PM
Saturday, 26.
Warm & very pleasant but windy. worked all day at sign out about on hunt for ducks in pond
Sunday, 27.
Showery all day
April, Monday 28. 1862.
Cool & cloudy
Doc brot me a bushel of potatoes of Bruce
Clear in PM & pleasant
Recd letter from Miles & Aunt Alta. Band met in evening Miller gave me 1 dollar
Tuesday, 29.
Warm & pleasant most of day. Put up drug store sign in PM. sent to mill by McMullen. He got 100 lb flour on docs order Recd letter from Aunt Alta & Miles.
Wednesday 30.
Cool in early morning.
Warm thro rest of day
seven [?] shown in
May, Thursday, 1. 1862.
Cold & raw all day
In store most of day
Hoag & Alta came from East in morning rain
Friday, 2.
Cool in AM warm in PM worked all day stowing sacks of barley for Hoag
Saturday, 3.
Warm & pleasant all day
Horace helped Sealls load car in AM
May, Sunday, 4. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day. Anna went to church in AM & I went in PM Chris Kurtz & Wm West were down from Lisbon. they stayed to supper
Monday, 5.
Cool in morning but quite warm rest of day
painted sign for Parks got it ready for shading
Anna & children went to Lisbon with Dorwart in PM
Horace & I spaded garden
Tuesday, 6.
Warm all day painted sign for Phil Hyde took me all day Horace went with Docs horse & Rices wagon for trees to McAllister got some 50 or 60
May, Wednesday, 7. 1862.
Warm all day Dorwart brot Anna here & Alta she went back with him.
Finished Parks sign about 2 20 Got 50¢ in eggs 50¢ in sugar 50¢ cash. Concert with Panorama at Lakes Hall Band played there good time. Horace planted trees in yard
Thursday, 8.
Warm all day but some windy in PM Ther at 76° Painted front of McClellands store Anna commenced planting seeds in beds
Friday, 9.
Painted fence at Mcs in AM. Commenced painting my house in PM
Horace at work at garden. splendid weather. Band serenaded Mr Boag & came back on R.Road
May, Saturday, 10. 1862.
Warm & clear all day
John & Eva down from Lisbon
Teachers Association met here
John Fergusons wife died of child bed fever. Horace helped me paint some finished house by noon pd Hodges 50¢ in sugar at Mcs
Sunday, 11.
Warm & very pleasant
attended church in AM
Mrs Ferguson buried in PM
Monday, 12.
Very hot & sultry all day
shower in AM & very heavy one in PM. worked till 4 PM at Mcs store
May, Tuesday, 13. 1862.
Warm all day. worked all AM finishing front of store. Horace helped paint fence in PM got done at 4 PM
showering some this day
Wednesday, 14.
Quite cold in AM
hot in PM. Painted house over second coat
Thursday, 15.
Went to Mcs & painted inside & Sara passed outside
¼ days work
May, Friday, 16. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day. Worked till 5 PM painting for Lake on front of store
Saturday, 17.
Warm all day but very rainy did not work to day very severe cold on lungs
Lake shot several hogs
Sunday, 18.
Cold & cloudy all day. wrote to J G Hoight & A J Wheat put mustard on my chest to draw out the cold also took a sweat in night
May, Monday, 19. 1862.
Cool in AM warm in PM. puttered up Lakes house in AM ¼ day & over. Knott & Oakley came from station beyond Rapids I painted on east side of house in PM
Tuesday, 20.
Cold all day & looked like rain Worked for Hoag all day papering house with Hicks
Heard that Price was killed
Wednesday, 21.
Cold & rainy most of day. cleared off some in evening. Worked all day for Hoag papering
May, Thursday, 22. 1862.
Pleasant all day
finished papering for Hoag in AM 1/3 of day Painted south side of house in PM
Friday, 23.
Warm & pleasant all day Painted Hoags front room ¼ day worked rest of day at Lakes store front 2/3 of day Miller com'd boarding
Saturday, 24.
Worked at front 1/3 of day went gunning rest of day
May, Sunday, 25. 1862.
cool but pleasant
Monday, 26.
Very not all day
worked at last coat on Lakes house. ¾ day worked J. W. Morrison put lightning rod on house for $7.50 note payable on or before Jan 1st 1863
Tuesday, 27.
Cool & chilly all day
¼ day finished front out & entry
May, Wednesday, 28. 1862.
Worked all day at Rices barn Played at dance in night
Thursday, 29.
Worked all day in Rices barn quite cold in morning. Warm in evening
Friday, 30.
Warm all day worked till 4 PM at barn. heaviest shower came up of season washed some of paint off barn washed out culvert at Bells & others
May, Saturday, 31. 1862.
rained most of day muddy & cold. at home most of day cars came in late. some rain this night
June, Sunday, 1.
cloudy all day muddy & cold all AM some better in PM. Dayton & I went to break in road on train came back on hand car
Monday, 2.
Warm pleasant all day
worked all day at Rices barn. Oakleys wife came from Illinois
Pankhurst's wife from Marion
June, Tuesday, 3. 1862.
Cool but pleasant
out to pioneer with Rices team for chips got coal. Horace down to dinner. repd Criswells watch in PM Walker had singing school. Bray & another man up from Tipton.
Wednesday, 4.
Cool but clear in AM
Thursday, 5.
Doc went to Lisbon
worked ¼ day painting for Hoag
June, Friday, 6. 1862.
Warm all day
Went to Wapsin fishing (got none) with Dayton Brown Sealls Hicks & Jackson. Doc brot Alta home with [?] Rices girls down in evening
Saturday, 7.
Cool but pleasant. worked at barn ¼ day in AM
Sunday, 8.
Warm all day Anna & Alta went to church
June, Monday, 9. 1862.
Very hot all day
Doc gave me 5 dolls
worked ¼ day at barn
Boys paid Walker to teach band
Tuesday, 10.
Hot & sultry Band took their first lesson of Walker paid my $2.22 to Brown as fee
Painted on end of barn ½ day
Wednesday, 11.
Hot & sultry all day
worked one day of my road tax Miller went to Anamosa with Walker
celebration, meeting came off in evening
June, Thursday, 12. 1862.
Hot all day. Worked ¾ day at barn finished it Mrs Boag at our house to tea stayed all afternoon. Anna bargained for some forks of root for presents for the children
Friday, 13.
Warm in AM
helped Hom load car wheat for Hoag Horace down from Lisbon to dinner
Saturday, 14.
Hot all day. worked in garden in morning in store rest of day. Committee on 4th of July met in evening
June, Sunday, 15. 1862.
Cool & very windy all day
wind in No East. Walker came from Anamosa. Miller came with his Bro in evening to supper
Monday, 16.
Warm all day
Band met all day
Miller took Dayton, Horn.
Hicks took Rodgers
Tuesday, 17.
Warm with showers
I am sick so did not work
June, Wednesday, 18. 1862.
Cold & raw all day. I am sick
Wrote to Committee men &c. Mason came down & I signed judgment
Thursday, 19.
Painted all day on Rices store west side & east end
Horace came down with Ed & Mother, stayed to dinner & then went back & left Mother. set out some cabbage plants
Friday, 20.
Rainy most of day did not work much Helped Mother & Anna boil soap in PM
June, Saturday, 21. 1862.
Rained some in morning pleasant rest of day. stayed in store in PM Miller took Mother home on his way to Mt Vernon
Doc paid me 50¢ cash & I went & bot some sugar
Sunday, 22.
Warm & pleasant all day. Walker came from Anamosa & went to Tipton.
Monday, 23.
Worked all day on road owe now 16cts
Hot & sultry. Walker gave Band lesson
old Mr Culver came into store crazy.
Got main spring into my watch from Bill
June, Tuesday, 24. 1862.
Painted Hoags front room & roof ¼ day stayed from 10½ AM to 5 PM in P. Office while Brown & Walker went to Mt Vernon
Wednesday, 25.
Cloudy all day with heavy rain in night
worked ½ day on Rices house east side, on window cornice &c. Doc went to Lisbon Blessing came after him. Band took lessons. Jas Miller took supper & stayed all night
Thursday, 26.
Cool & cloudy wind in So East some rained AM.
Commencement at Mt Vernon Miller went. I staid in store great many people went past.
June, Friday, 27. 1862.
Hot & sultry all day
Worked ½ day on road for Hoag by John Morrisons took lessons rest of day.
D. F. Comstocks girl got hurt on swing at West [?].
Shower in evening to Stouts to sing crowd with [?] paper Horace down & took book case for Parks
Saturday, 28.
Warm & pleasant all day
worked ¾ day at Rices store got book from Hyde
Sunday, 29.
Hot but breezy
John & Matilda down to communion wrote to Miles
June, Monday, 30. 1862.
Worked ½ day at painting finished house
Helped clean spot for seats & table took lesson on Band. Recruiting officer here with 3 boys & men.
July, Tuesday, 1.
Worked day on road for Hoag with Sealls around with paper for table on 4th rest of day. battle at Richmond our forces victorious
Wednesday, 2.
Hot all day. worked some on grounds put in main spring for Wm Ferguson in watch, cleaned
Horn, Miller getting up soda fount
July, Thursday, 3. 1862.
Some cooler wind in So East. Helped on grounds all day
Friday, 4.
looked like rain but turned out very pleasant
3000 people over, good time generally. got 5.66 for playing at Lakes Hall
Saturday, 5.
very hot fixed McClellans clock. around town rest of day, Therm at 90°
July, Sunday, 6. 1862.
Hottest day of season so far Therm at 98°
went to Clear Creek swimming this day with Miller Sealls Lake Patterson Warren & Oakley.
Monday, 7.
Answered Amys letter hot in AM some showers in PM & night
Bell & wife fixing house of Hoags
Miller let the 5.00 I bord of him go on board a/c
Put main spring in Ferguson watch & cleaned Bob Burks watch A Barnes & John Ferguson struck by lightning
Tuesday, 8.
Hot & sultry all day
fixed watch &c.
July, Wednesday, 9. 1862.
Cool & showery all day Went to Lisbon in PM took Burks watch & got 1.00 for it J Goodricke left watch with me
Thursday, 10.
Hot but pleasant
Helped Hoag pile lumber ½ day
Friday, 11.
worked at watches most of day Hot but pleasant
Miller went home
July, Saturday, 12. 1862.
Warm all day staid in P.O. while Brown attended law suit of F Lake & E Rogers. Hicks & I went out for chickens got 6.
Sunday, 13.
Cool & showery this day
Monday, 14.
Hauled lumber for barn & com'd frame in PM
Hot & sultry
July, Tuesday, 15. 1862.
Worked all day at barn
Hot & sultry.
Got frame up & enclosed ready to shingle agreed to go to Lisbon to play for $8.00 on Friday night
Wednesday, 16.
Looked like rain in AM 1st of the day shingled some
bord $2 of Brown to pay for roof
Box of books came from Lancaster
Thursday, 17.
Stormy most of day but not so but what I worked finished roof
July, Friday, 18. 1862.
Laid floor & built stalls. Hot & sultry all day.
Saturday, 19.
Hot all day finished stalls in PM & went after chickens in evening
War meeting at Peoria
Sunday, 20.
Warm but pleasant
July, Monday, 21. 1862.
Worked around barn some very hot & sultry all day. Played over Onstotts porch in Band & with violin. Doc pd me $5.00 Horace stayed down over night on account of Clyms running with buggy & breaking hub
out to see Boag
got job of painting house
Tuesday, 22.
Warm all day
Worked at my watch most of day. Horace drawed road chips & then went home
Wednesday, 23.
Warm but pleasant. Larkin at house in evening so was Mrs Bell. Painting on column &c
Miller ¼ of day. Bell repg watch. War meeting in evening speeches from most everybody
July, Thursday, 24. 1862.
Cool & clear a beautiful day. Picnic given by Miss Davidson south of Lisbon Doc & Hoag went. Worked most of day at sign. Band went to [?] school house & played to War meeting
Friday, 25.
Cool & pleasant all day. worked most of day on Millers painting. Flanagan went to Davenport on 3 PM train
Saturday, 26.
Worked most of day at painting for Miller
went to White Oak war meeting with Band
July, Sunday, 27. 1862.
Warm & pleasant
Stanly preached in AM
Monday, 28.
Hot & sultry. Worked at painting. War meeting in evening signed muster roll with 8 others
Tuesday, 29.
Warm all day. worked at painting & fixed Rices watch. got 1.00 credit for it
Walker up from Tipton.
July, Wednesday, 30. 1862.
Hot & sultry all day
worked at painting some.
Thursday, 31.
Hot all day. Haught came home in AM
went out gunning with him to [?] River
Hicks worked at painting some
August, Friday, 1.
Painted in AM. to Lisbon in PM out to White Oak to war meeting
August, Saturday, 2. 1862.
Hot all day. war meeting in evening good time
Sunday, 3.
Rainy in morning
Hot rest of day
Monday, 4.
Worked at painting some Walker up from Tipton Company has 45 men. drilling in AM & PM
August, Tuesday, 5. 1862.
Hot most of day. Went to Clinton to see Albert who is in on 18th Regt. could not find him stayed at Iowa Central house
[note: Albert was Father's brother.
His wife—Ann.]
Wednesday, 6.
Storm Rain in early AM came home on AM train Albert got dischg. & came with me. Flanagan went to Davenport
Thursday, 7.
Went to Lisbon & back on train Hot & sultry all day
August, Friday, 8. 1862.
Great war meeting at Tipton. 110 men enlisted. very heavy shower in evening
Gov Kirkwood spoke when train came in
Doc went with him to Mt Vernon & came home with Johns horse
Saturday, 9.
Hot & sultry all day
went to Lisbon with Johns horse
Sunday, 10.
Hot & sultry all day
to church in AM & PM. Stanly in AM & Boag in PM drilled after meeting
August, Monday, 11. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day
Anna went to Lisbon with Dorwart
Mother staying with us Albert here
Tuesday, 12.
Warm & pleasant all day. drilled in AM at Depot Brigadier Gen McKean went up in Citz meeting at Weeks school house
Wednesday, 13.
started early for Rochester. got there at 2½ PM went to [?] settlement & had meeting. Came back to Rochester & stayed all night. Heavy shower Doc went to Davenport
August, Thursday, 14. 1862.
started home at 8 AM
got there at 3 PM
cool but pleasant mud drying up fast
Friday, 15.
clear & pleasant all day. County Mass meeting in front of Rogers. we got 30 men in PM. dance in evening got 3.00 for playing
Saturday, 16.
Every one went to Tipton
12 wagon loads went with Band
Came home at dark
August, Sunday, 17. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day.
Boag preached war sermon. Anna went with me Mother staid with children. Miller went to Anamosa after breakfast
Monday, 18.
Cloudy & cool in AM went to Tipton with Flanagan & Hicks stopped at Aldricks nothing doing in Tipton
Tuesday, 19.
Warm all day & clear
came home at 3 PM
hired team to bring us
August, Wednesday, 20. 1862.
Went to Highland Grove to soldiers dinner good time
Anamosa Band there.
got good dinner & came home by dark. got invitation to go to Davenport with our Band
Thursday, 21.
Getting ready to vote on election tomorrow. all the boys [faded] for Ann
Ann came after Albert & Father Godfrey. John was here to dinner & suppose camp meeting comm'd at Walnut Grove
Friday, 22.
Warm, election held at Lakes Hall at 2 PM
Flanagan elected Captain Spencer 1st Lieutenant Phil Hyde 2nd & Dave Cavanaugh orderly Stout brot 2 kegs ale for boys
August, Saturday, 23. 1862.
Quiet all day. wrote out roll most of day Cap went to Davenport in morning and all day
Sunday, 24.
Hot & sultry. Wm West & wife & child came & stayed to supper. most of our folks to camp meeting.
Monday, 25.
Hot & sultry. worked at roof most of day
Henrys wife & child came from Davenport at evening James Orslot brot them
August, Tuesday, 26. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day
Ladies gave soldiers dinner in Grove at 1 PM & presented a fine flag to them Albert and Betty Mock & father down all day, also John. big dance in night 55 numbers sold Foote & Dayton played
Wednesday, 27.
Warm & sultry most of day drilled part of day
Thursday, 28.
Cloudy with rain in evening Drilled 3 times this day
Doc lifted note for me Jim Patterson has & cr of $10.50
August, Friday, 29. 1862.
Hot all day. Drilling &c all day. settling up & packing watch tools
Saturday, 30.
Cap went to Muscatine to see about matters
Hot & sultry all day some rain in night
Sunday, 31.
Muddy in AM. Dry in PM
Cap came & brot orders to march on Tuesday
Albert & Ann came bringing Alta who is going to stay & teach school
September, Monday, 1. 1862.
brot blankets &c in to be packed away. Matilda came with Horace
warm & pleasant
Tuesday, 2.
left for Muscatine by 9 AM. got there at 5½ PM. took dinner at Tipton good train generally got into quarters
Wednesday, 3.
Hard at work writing all day. boys let out of camp for a swim in evening
warm & pleasant
September, Thursday, 4. 1862.
wrote to Anna in AM
sent by Warren
went to town in evening with Hicks
Friday, 5.
Hot & sultry all day
Hard at work on rolls
Saturday, 6.
Hot & sultry all day went to town with Sealls Bot a clock inkstand &c. worked rest of day at reports
September, Sunday, 7. 1862.
Very fine day about 3 thousand visitors here this day. Church in AM & PM on Parade
Monday, 8.
Went to town with Cap & Hicks. Got shirt & boots. Smoky but very pleasant
Stout & Comstock down from home
Tuesday, 9.
Worked all day at pay rolls got 6 recruits today
Phil went home after the boys out on furlough
September, Wednesday, 10. 1862.
Hot but pleasant all day. at work on Pay rolls all day. got 6 recruits this day
rained some this night
Boys came back from home
Phil brot Miss Bridger & Mr Flanagan
Thursday, 11.
Warm & pleasant with some rain cloudy & very cold in night
Hicks & I went & bot each a cap at Silom & Bro on Stewarts a/c
Hicks wife came from home with Swetlands
Friday, 12.
very cold & rainy in morning. Hicks wife came to camp in PM. My wife & all the Mechanicsville folks came in evening. Anna & I with Hicks Flanagan &c went to town & stayed at Ogilvie House
September, Saturday, 13. 1862.
I came to camp by 7 AM
Anna came about 9 AM
warm & pleasant all mussed up in Quarters good time
Anna went to Thurston with Mrs Godfrey
worked on Pay Rolls till late
Sunday, 14.
Anna came down about 10 AM from farm we walked out till 3 PM
Hot all day & sultry
Anna staid with me all night. Had to work at Head Quarters on Pay Rolls part of day
Monday, 15.
Anna went home in morning with [?] folks Gregory took them
worked at Pay Rolls till finished Band practice in PM outside of lines
September, Tuesday, 16. 1862.
Cloudy & cold in AM wrote to Miles
Hot in PM out of lines with whole Regiment in Battalion drill. Severe rain in night
Wednesday, 17.
cool & showery in AM
Thursday, 18.
Cool but pleasant
Drilled most of day
Paymaster here. Hendershott mustered both Regiments in but did not pay us
Wait & Green came from Mechanicsville
September, Friday, 19. 1862.
Warm all day went to town in PM got back in evening
Saturday, 20.
Warm & pleasant all day. out practicing with Band. Up town in PM in swimming with Hicks washing hair &c
Sunday, 21.
Warm & pleasant all day
out on the bluffs part of day. Miles West came from Lisbon
got another man
September, Monday, 22. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day. Paymaster came & comc'd paying off 35th Regt in PM Paid 5 Corps off will pay rest in morning got $13. Marion Swetland came to camp
Tuesday, 23.
Paid for boots 5.00 & 5.00 to Flanagan borrowed. out practicing till 3 PM
Wednesday, 24.
Warm & pleasant all day
Brown, Sid & Howard Elliott came from Mechanicsville in PM. I wait up town most of day for circus in PM. Most of boys went in evening
September, Thursday, 25. 1862.
Cool but pleasant & clear all day. Bayley & Bro came from Tipton
Friday, 26.
Started by 9 AM for home with Geo Parks & Burt Hyde & Ho Elliott, Holmes, Sealls, Hood & Col went with me. Got home by 9 PM
Saturday, 27.
around town attending to settling business. Chopping wood &c
heard that Weaver Stout & Boyle were wounded in Iuka. Stouts wife had a boy baby in night
September, Sunday, 28. 1862.
dull & cloudy all day. spent the day at home
Monday, 29.
Started for camp with a man from Highland Grove by 10 AM. got there by 7 PM
Tuesday, 30.
Wet & muddy went up town with Terry to see horse could not find it
October, Wednesday, 1. 1862.
cool & cloudy with much rain
day set for dinner
did not get it on a/c of rain
Thursday, 2.
Clear & pleasant all day Band practiced some this day
Friday, 3.
Warm all day John came with Horace brot cake for me. Man McCoy sick to Hospital at 12M
October, Saturday, 4. 1862.
Pleasant all day
Drilled some. Band practice all PM
Sunday, 5.
Out of camp most of day. Horace went home. Hicks came home brot letter from Anna
Monday, 6.
Windy all day. Hettig is [?] us for $40.00 a month pay at end of each month
Wrote to Anna Got $/on trust at Sutler
October, Tuesday, 7. 1862.
Warm but raining
Walts of 24th died
[?] all day
played with Band on Dress Parade
Wednesday, 8.
Pleasant all day.
warm & sultry
pretty windy all day
recd a letter from Emma Hyde
traded watch with Cap for pistol
Thursday, 9.
cloudy & windy
went up town with Terry & back in PM
went up again in night to festival with Hicks
October, Friday, 10. 1862.
Very cold some flakes snow fell out on Battalion Drill in PM
Mrs Hicks came down
put floor over Caps quarters & in Quarter & cook house & stove in
Saturday, 11.
Pleasant but cold
M Rice came & brot letter from Anna
Sunday, 12.
Pleasant all day
Played on Dress parade lots of people out here from town
October, Monday, 13. 1862.
Cool all day
Terry got new horn up to town & heard Oakum speak
Tuesday, 14.
Cold & raw all day
Election Day in camp
Ed Sealls went home
sent letter to Anna
Paymaster came to pd us $27.00
Wednesday, 15.
Warm & pleasant
October, Thursday, 16. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day
sent $20. to Anna by F McMillan
Friday, 17.
Warm & pleasant
man died in 24
wrote to Anna
Saturday, 18.
Warm & pleasant
moved bunk up for paint. got some man died in Co F
October, Sunday, 19. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day. Up town most of day.
Monday, 20.
Warm & pleasant but windy man died in 24th was buried in AM 24th left for St Louis at 3 PM
our Regiment was to town with them & saw them off
[?] bands came in 2 companies
Tuesday, 21.
wrote to Anna & Ed Sealls
Anna & Matilda with Eva & Harry came with Dorwart from home, stayed in camp all night
October, Wednesday, 22. 1862.
Cold & raw all day. practiced some
Icy Beards coming in
Thursday, 23.
Snow & ice very cold all day.
Blankets & pants came in PM & were distributed
Friday, 24.
Cold & raw went to town with Anna & Matilda she got dress &c. I got gloves. Austrian Rifles came in PM & were distributed in evening
October, Saturday, 25. 1862.
Clear & more pleasant all day. went to town with Anna & Matilda Bot gloves. She got dress &c. Austrian Rifles came in PM & were distributed
Sunday, 26.
Clear & very pleasant but cool Cap Phil & 15 of men went home
preaching in Quarters
Monday, 27.
Cool all day & windy
in Quarters most of day
October, Tuesday, 28. 1862.
Warmer than yesterday & very pleasant.
Gun trappings came & were distributed in night
Wednesday, 29.
Sick all day with neuralgia
Cap came home & some of the boys
Thursday, 30.
sick all day Spencer went to Davenport
October, Friday, 31. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day, felt some better. Clothing came under shirts & drawers. worked all day distributing them
November, Saturday, 1.
Very fine day. Coats came & were distributed in PM
getting colder in PM Matilda & Godfreys people went home in early morning
Sunday, 2.
Quite a snow storm in night about 3 inches deep in morning it melted away directly. Anna went home with Abe Hershey at 9 AM cold & raw all day
November, Monday, 3. 1862.
Warm & very pleasant all day.
went up town to Ball in evening, several of us went over into Illinois for a ride. came back & attended dance & got into Quarters before morning
Tuesday, 4.
Wrote all AM. Drilled in PM. some of our friends over the river to see us in PM. fair & pleasant most of day.
Wednesday, 5.
Cold & raw all day, especially in AM. out for musket drill
November, Thursday, 6. 1862.
Pleasant all day fine weather up town with Jno Keely Hill Ferguson Sam Young of Mechanicsville & Dave Cavanaugh
Friday, 7.
Cool but fair all day
received haversacks in PM
Saturday, 8.
Fair all day. received blouses & shoes this day & distributed them
November, Sunday, 9. 1862.
worked in morning marking clothes. up town in PM. warm & pleasant all day
Cap gave me pass good for all seasonable hours
wrote to Anna & Jackson
Monday, 10.
Warm & pleasant most of day
worked all day at marking
Tuesday, 11.
Cold & stormy all day
In town most of time
November, Wednesday, 12. 1862.
warm & pleasant most of day
Thursday, 13.
cold & raw all day
worked at books some
Cap went & ordered a secretary made at Hill & Sterns for $6.
Friday, 14.
Cold & raw. Cap & Hicks up town at work on mess chest. Secretary came
November, Saturday, 15. 1862.
up town to see about boots being repaired & came back & worked on knapsacks
Dan Hill Jack & I went into Illinois a while in night came back by 6½ AM
Sunday, 16.
Rainy & stormy Heard we were going to leave
Monday, 17.
Wet & stormy all day.
Got our over coats in PM
Genl Baker inspected boath Regiments. Cap Phil [?] & I went up town in evening & crossed river after apples &c. Man here marking knapsacks
November, Tuesday, 18. 1862.
Foggy & rainy most of day. worked at books in AM. Up town & got boots mended in PM. Cap went to Davenport on train took two girls them that belonged there
Festival in town (most of boys went)
Wednesday, 19.
Cold & pleasant all day.
worked at listing knapsacks &c talked of leaving for service got our tents &c
Thursday, 20.
recd orders to march by rail to LaSalle & Cairo. Busy all day in getting ready. Cars came & took freight in PM & night Chas Hutchins died in PM 2¼ PM of pneumonia
November, Friday, 21. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day
Great crossing of people in camp. Boys all ready to leave with freight. Chas Hutchins died in at 2¼ PM of pneumonia was taken to town by Comp H.
Saturday, 22.
started at daylight the whole Regiment for town. Got on board cars at 10½ AM & started for Davenport & got by LaSalle by 11 PM & started for Cairo rode all night
Sunday, 23.
Rode all day on cars passed some very fine country & towns such as [?] Vandalia &c got into Cairo by 2 AM in night
November, Monday, 24. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day. stayed on levee till 3 PM when we got our tents & mchd to barracks & pitched them in front of 101st Ills. Infty. Got colder in night. Co H fell in & guards 1000 prisoners & Correll got back to Quarters by 1½ AM sent letter to Anna by J.S.
Tuesday, 25.
Cold & raw all day, around town most of day so cold that I could not write
101st Ill moved down river in PM on Adriatic
we moved in their quarters
Cap Officer of day.
Wednesday, 26.
Cool but very pleasant
got bunk & secretary arranged & wrote home
November, Thursday, 27. 1862.
Cold & stormy all day.
Cap Phil Cap Dixon & myself went to theatre in evening
worked at books most of day
Friday, 28.
Cold & raw. Sold watch to Spencer for parts & what I was owing him & $6 in money to be paid when he gets it
Saturday, 29.
Warm & pleasant all day
worked most of day at books
went to theatre in evening with Cap &c
November, Sunday, 30. 1862.
Warm but cloudy all day. went to church in AM to see J Malin in PM.
comcd raining in evening rained most of night then came off cold & windy. saw [?]
December, Monday, 1.
Cold raw & muddy. Boat fired at 3 times but did not stop with Iowa 34th on board. Cap went to see Provost Marshall to see about bench for me
Tuesday, 2.
Cool but pleasant most of day. worked at books most of day. to Theatre in evening. good turn out
December, Wednesday, 3. 1862.
Splendid day warm & pleasant wrote to Em Snyder & worked at books most of day. Battery fired into Northern & brot her back wrote to Doc in AM
Thursday, 4.
Pleasant all day worked making out T McMillers paper of discharge. recd letter from Anna. went to theatre in evening Othello & Desdemona & in evening out drilling the town in PM
Friday, 5.
Warm & pleasant all day.
worked at books all day
went to theatre in evening
Ireland as it was was the play
December, Saturday, 6. 1862.
Cool but clear all day
worked at books some & around town some Jip Patterson here on his way to Corinth
to theatre in evening. Jack Shepherd was the play. Man killed with a knife [faded] walked rope up town
Sunday, 7.
Cold but clear & pleasant went up river to see Mortar boats in AM. wrote to Anna & to J in PM
Monday, 8.
Warm & pleasant all day worked at books most of time
December, Tuesday, 9. 1862.
Warm & pleasant all day.
part of our Co & part of Co B went on ferry boat to Birds Point. stayed all day. went to theatre 24 of us. Cap paid for us we are to pay when we get some money.
Wednesday, 10.
Clear & fine most of day
worked some at books felt bad all day & sick
to theatre in evening
Thursday, 11.
sick with mumps
fine day clear & pleasant
December, Friday, 12. 1862.
sick with mumps
Rainy & stormy all day
Saturday, 13.
sick with mumps
muddy & rainy all day
Sunday, 14.
stormy & rainy all day & very muddy very sick with mumps
Burnside comc'd battle at Fredericksburg got forced back across the Rappahannock
December, Monday, 15. 1862.
sick with mumps
face swelled badly
cleared off cold & raw. very disagreeable
Burnside fighting still
Tuesday, 16.
Better of the mumps. Clear & pleasant not out of doors for a week.
Wednesday, 17.
felt much better today.
Mumps nearly well
clear & beautiful all day
December, Thursday, 18. 1862.
Traded watch with Ziegenfuss for his note & [?] on Spencer in all $15.00 Clear & pleasant all day
Friday, 19.
Warm & pleasant all day
felt well. got sheared
men went down to Columbus
Saturday, 20.
Warm & pleasant all day
up town part of day wrote to Anna. up to Iowa City all day
December, Sunday, 21. 1862.
to church in AM looked like rain did rain some towards evening
Monday, 22.
Warm & pleasant all day
Tuesday, 23.
Warm & pleasant all day
worked at books
December, Wednesday, 24. 1862.
Warm all day. Got new guns & practiced with Co shooting
telegraph communications cut off with Columbus
Thursday, 25.
Christmas. Warm with slight rain this day Wrote to Anna
Friday, 26.
December, Saturday, 27. 1862.
Appointed Orderly Sergt
Sunday, 28.
Monday, 29.
December, Tuesday, 30. 1862.
Wednesday, 31.
Due C Stout 14.31
Jan 1st 1863
Pd Jan 3rd
Pd Brown 5.00
.80
2.50
2.50
Mort Rice Dr
to Repg wallet 30
Memoranda.
Warren Co Land
Ea ½ of No Ea ¼, of Sec 29 Township 77, North of Range 25
West of 5th PM Eighty Acres
Tama Co Land
undivided ½ of So ½ of No Ea ¼ of sec 12 Township 82 North of Range 16 West of 5 PM 40 Acres
Julius Bauer
99 So Clark St
Memoranda.
Apl 1st Doc comcd boarding
Apl 10th Pad on board $2.00
" 22 " 1.00
" 28 " 1 Bush Potatoes .50
" 29 " 10 lbs flour 2.00
May 17 " Cash .50
Jun 7 [?] 2.00
" 22 Cash .50
" 17 " 5.00
Aug 28 Note Patterson 10 50 24.50
Nov 15 Pd Hettig $18.00
J Hamm Cox owes him 5.00
Kenneling 1.00
Take note to A Cook 6.50
Express D C Rogers
Blank requisitions &c to Hd Quarters
Memoranda.
May 23 Miller Comd boarding
J Chapmans Bill 14.77
Bord of Keely 3.25 Pd
H Ferguson 2.00 Paid
D Cavaugh 1.50 1.50
Flanagan 1.25
for boot [?] 67
[?] Cap 1.50 Pd
M Johnson .50
Jno Robinson .55 Pd
Hettig 5.00
of latter 4.00
Brown 1.00
Owed Camp 2.25
Pd 2.00
Hicks owes 1.25
Cook 6.50
A Ziegenfuss 8.00 Pd
Spence 6.00 Pd
Mch 12 Parsons2.50 [?]
N Hugh 10.00
Cash Account—January.
Postage stamps 50
write to Anna about Teeth
get picture taken
Cooks note
Coffee Pot & frying Pan
Letter paper N stand 50
2 Owens paper stamps 50
Paper 10
Wm Ayres 1 Pr envelopes [?] 50
A M Daniel stamps 50
Topping Stamps 1 00
D Ferguson stamps 1 00
Morise [?] 50
B Hill express money 1 00
Phil Mohn in paper 25
W Godfrey stamps 50
H Anare stamps 25
Wm Robinson Terry Pope 25
T Andre Paper & 1 envelope 50
A. R. Bitzer [?] 25
Jo Briggs paper & env Stamps1 00
W Ziegenfuss stamps 3.00
Hicks [?] stamp 50
Keith 1 envelope [?] 30
Buy 4 Coffee Kettles 2½ Gal
Jas Seright frying pan 2.00
L Rose stamps 25
L L[?] caps gun 30
D C Rogers cartridges 2.00
Jas Seright Stamps 1 00
Dorcas pap 2 envelopes & pen1 00
Cash Account—February.
Jim Robinson papr env & pen1.00
Jno Moore Pap & envelope 1.00
Jn Watkins 1.25
Cash Account—September.
1 Swetland
August—Bills Payable.
27 Patterson Bros oc 10 50
settled 28
September—Bills Payable.
Capt Flanagan 10.00
Receivable.
1 C Swetland 17.73
October—Bills Payable.
Receivable.
Curtis [?]
Dairs CS
Hicks AC
Rogers SC
December—Bills Payable.
Pd Spence 3/2 10
70
Mort Paid
Tuck on our [?] 5¢
Pd Sutler 5.00 12.00 due
Stamps $6.30
3 qts ashes in common iron
pot. fill 2/3 full of water
let boil 10 minutes then
take off & fill with
cold water to settle.
Pick fist of corn 3 qts
& put in to clean lie
boil same in lie till
the hulls will all rub
off. Keep stirring same
take to well & pour
cold water over it & rub
all lie out keep washing
till clear then boil
in clean water & salt
to taste.
4¾ days work
[figures]
[figures]
advertized Letters
D C Rogers
M Rice
J Ward
Hicks
12 miles below Cairo
No 1 Mayfield Creek
[?] Depositions ready
DATABASE CONTENT
| (15163) | DL1861.001 | Diaries | 1862 |
Tags: Battle of Fort Donelson, Battle of Hampton Roads, Business, Fighting, Illnesses, Money, Payment, Recreation, Supplies, Weather
People - Records: 1
- (5228) [writer] ~ Wetherell, Whiting Miner
SOURCES
Whiting M. Wetherell Diary, 1862, DL1861.001, Nau Collection
