The Diaries of Charles Jeffrey Parsons Brown

Charles J. Brown was the son of William and Lucretia (Gray) Brown of Epsom, born Mar. 31, 1829 in Epsom. He had 2 sisters, Susan Elizabeth who married Alexander Forbes and lived in Byfield, Ma; and Mary Lucy Brown who married Joseph Blake Cass. He served in the Civil War NH 6th Regiment Co. I and married Mary Ann Chapman, daughter of Samuel T. and Deborah (Dow) Chapman, all of Epsom. They had 1 child, Charles William Brown born Jan. 13, 1850. The family resided on Center Hill across from the McClary Cemetery.

Apparently Charles J.P. Brown kept diaries, as three of them appeared on eBay as 'Civil War Diaries', and included the years 1860,1861 and 1863. At great expense these were bought and returned to Epsom. The first relates to Epsom, the second Epsom and Concord and his preparations to join the Civil War. 1862 is missing, and 1863 opens with his visiting Epsom prior to his return to service in Washington, DC. The 1863 diary also includes a list of all correspondence he wrote and received during the year. An addendum will include the names of people mentioned in the diaries once they are all transcribed, and the misc. material from the 1863 diary will also be a seperate addendum.

1860

Sunday January 1st, 1860
Did not go to church
Went down to Mr. Steels very cold and windy

Monday 2
At work in the shop made 11 pairs cold and windy
Mrs. Roberson was buried
John Malvern called

Tuesday 3
At work in the shop
Made 7 ½ pairs
Ann went to singing school in the evening
a party from Suncook were out Aast and
Bill Morrell called

Wednesday, January 4th, 1860
At work in the shop
Father called went to spelling in the eve
Sanders hauled me a cord of wood

Thursday 5
At work in the shop
Ann went down to the city
Charles spent the night at Fathers
I spent the eve at Charles Steels playing chess

Friday 6
At work in the shop
Ann went down to the city
Charles spent the night at his grandsires
Ann and I went to a party at Orisons

Saturday, January 7th 1860
At work in the shop
Father called a & horse team went
To Deerfield
at singing school

Sunday 8
Did not go to church
Called at Jonathan Chesleys
James Hall and Drusilla spent the evening here

Monday 9
At work in the shop
Heeled 14 prs of shoes
Thursday, January 10th, 1860
At work in the shop
Heeled 15 pairs
Left off tobacco
Went to singing school
Got cold

Wednesday 11
Sick with a cold
Did not work
Indian performance at the Town House
Orison B. called
Moses Sanborn got home

Thursday 12
At work in the shop
Heeled 10 pairs
Went to a party at John Warrens

Friday, January 13th, 1860
At work in the shop heeled 17 pairs
Two horse team went to New Rye
I did not go
Jim Hall and Ed played euchre in here

Saturday 14
At work in the shop
Finished my set of shoes for Cox
Called at Master Griffins and Orison B's
in the eve went down to Chas Steels and got some cider

Sunday 15
Did not go to church
Called at Orisons
Ann and I went over to Franks in the evening

Monday, January 16th, 1860

At work in the shop
Getting out stock for Lancaster
Jim Hall called in the eve

Tuesday 17
At work in the shop
Powell is at work for me
Made 15 pairs
Went to Mr. Heaths Concert in the evening
George and Louis Spent the day here

Wednesday 18
At work in the shop
Made 15 pairs
Powell went home
Eliza Hoyt spent the evening here

Thursday, January 19th, 1860
Went to Northwood
Spent the day at Wm. Chapman
Called at Orisons in the evening

Friday 20
At work in the shop made 8 pair
Went to singing school in the evening
Called at Blakes and got my rifle

Saturday 12
At work in the shop getting out stock for J.P. Lancasters shoes
C.H. Hall called
Went down to Charles Steels and played chess with Nathan

Sunday, January 22d, 1860
Ann went to church at the Baptist Ann
called at Orisons's in the evening

Monday 23
At work in the shop
Made 20 pairs
Played euchre with Powell Limo and Ed

Tuesday 24
At work in the shop made 20 pairs
Ann went to singing school and lecture in evening
I called at Pauls

Wednesday, January 25th, 1860
At work in the shop made 15 pairs
George Rowell and Charles Chapman spent the day here

Thursday 26
At work in the shop
Powell finished work with one more 15 pairs
Went down to A.M. Heaths to a surprise party in the evening

Friday 27
Made a pair of shoes for Ann loafed the rest of the day
Had a spelling school in the eve

Saturday, January 28th, 1860
Went to Northwood with Mr. Wiggin
John Warren bought his horse

Sunday 29
Did not go to church
Father called in the evening
Charlie wrote to Susan

Monday 30
At work in the shop
Getting out stock
Father called

Tuesday, January 31st, 1860
At work in the shop
Made 6 pairs
Ann went to singing school in the eve

Wednesday, February 1
At work in the shop
Made 8 pairs
Orison and wife spent the evening here
Powell and Hollis called
Uriah is sick a bed

Thursday 2
Made me a pair of slippers
Called at Jonathan Chesleys
Uriah is better
Went down to Mr. Batchelders to a party in the evening

Friday, February 3d, 1860
At work in the shop
Went to spelling school in the eve
Had rather a noisy time after Mr. Brown dismissed his school

Saturday 4
Did not work much
Called at Orisons in the evening

Sunday 5
Did not go to church
Ann rode up to the Baptist with Milton
Simon, Ed and Charles Wiggin called in the evening

Monday, February 6th, 1860
At work in the shop
Made 7 ½ pairs
Called to see Charles Bean in the evening

Tuesday 7
At work in the shop
Made 7 ½ pairs

Wednesday 8
Did not work
Went down to the city
Had a spelling school in the evening

Thursday, February 9th, 1860
Did not work
Went to a party at Charles Steels in the evening
Jim Hall called in the afternoon
XX I hope that he never will enter this house again #

Friday 10
Did not work
Windy all day

Saturday 11
Did not work
Whiney and Mr. Godard from Lowell called

Sunday, February 12th, 1860
Did not go to church
Ann attended the Baptist
Simon and Charles Wiggin spent the evening here

Monday 13
At work in the shop
Made 5 pairs

Tuesday 14
At work in the shop
Made 6 pairs
Went down to the town house to a dioranne show in the evening

Wednesday, February 15th, 1860
At work in the shop
Made 6 pairs
Had a spelling school in the evening

Thursday 16
At work in the shop made 5 ½ pair

Friday 17
At work in the shop finished my shoes

Saturday, February 18th, 1860
Loafing
Greatest snow storm of the season
Received a letter from Susan

Sunday 19
Did not go to church
Very windy all day

Monday
Did not work in the shop
Breaking road

Tuesday, February 21st, 1860
Went up to Slab city in the forenoon and to
New Rye with Newell Brown in the afternoon
Ann went to singing school in the eve

Wednesday 22
Went up to Wm Goss's in the forenoon
Loafing in the afternoon

Thursday 23
Moving hay for myself and Father
Mother called
I wrote to Susan
We had the first thunder shower for the season

Friday, February 24th, 1860
Loafing
Had a spelling school in the evening
Played two games of chess with Ed and got beaten both times

Saturday 25
Loafing
Went down to the city in the afternoon
Jonathan Sanders called
Got 2 papers from Sandie with an account of the Lynn Strike
Spent the evening at Orisons

Sunday 26
Did not go to church
Ann went up to the Baptist

Monday, February 27th, 1860
Did not work

Tuesday 28
Went down to the city
Got two papers from Sandie
Went to singing school in the eve

Wednesday 29
Getting out heel stock
Went down to Blakes skating
Went to Concert in the evening

Thursday, March 1st, 1860
At work heeling shoes for Bill Morrill

Friday 2
Did not work

Saturday 3
At work in the shop heeling shoes
Father called
Recd a letter from Susan
H. F. Sanborn called in the eve

Sunday, March 4th, 1860
Did not go to church

Monday 5
Sawing and splitting wood in the forenoon
Made a pair of shoes for Lucy in the afternoon
Joseph Chapman spent the afternoon here

Tuesday 6
Heeling shoes in the forenoon

Wednesday, March 7th, 1860
Heeling shoes in the forenoon
Went to caucus in the afternoon

Thursday 8
Heeling shoes all day
The Hunkers held their caucus in the afternoon

Friday 9
Heeling shoes in the forenoon
Went to the city in the afternoon
Joseph Chapman and J.H. Dolbier called in the morning

Saturday, March 10th, 1860
Went down to the city in the forenoon
Sawing wood in the afternoon
Went over to James Wiggins in the evening

Sunday 11
Did not go to church
Simon Orison Batchelder and his wife called in the evening

Monday 12
Sawing wood in the forenoon
Snows

Tuesday, March 13th, 1860
Went to Election and got beaten by 12
majority on the State ticket

Wednesday 14
Sawing wood
John Weeks and Abby moved over here

Thursday 15
Splitting wood
Got a letter from Susan

Friday, March 16th, 1860
Splitting wood
John Weeks started for Stoneham
I went to mill

Saturday 17
Lame back doing nothing all day
Went down to the city
James Brown and wife spent the afternoon here
Simon and Ed came in and played euchre in the evening

Sunday 18
Did not go to church
Abby went to the Baptist
Rachel Weeks and Mr. Brown called

Monday, March 19th, 1860
Went over to J.N. Crams on a Tom fools errand

Tuesday 20
Splitting wood in the forenoon and clearing the chamber in the afternoon
Abbey went over to Mr. Elas with Anarico

Wednesday 21
Went over to Mr. Elas in the forenoon and down to
Northwood in the afternoon

Thursday, March 22d, 1860
Made me a pair of congress boots
Called at Orison Batchelder

Friday 23
Made Susans shoes and got out a sett of heeling for Bill Morrills shoes
Abby went over to New Rye

Saturday 24
Made me a pair of slipper and got out heel stock
Simon and Powell spent the evening here playing euchre

Sunday, March 25th, 1860
Did not go to Church
Wrote a letter to Susan

Monday 26
Made a pair of shoes for Lill Cass

Tuesday 27
Made a pair of shoes for Charlie
Went down to Blakes and got the washtub
At work at John Chesleys in the afternoon
Mary Brown came out here

Wednesday, March 28th, 1860
At work at John Chesleys

Thursday 29
At work at John Chesleys

Friday 30
Went up to the city in the morning
Set up the wash tub
Went up to Mr. Perkins raising in the afternoon

Saturday, March 31st, 1860
Made Ann a pair of shoes
Heeled 10 pair for Bill Morrill
Went to school meeting in the afternoon
Charles Emerson and Ira Meserve had a fight

Sunday, April 1
Did not go to church
Mr. Quimby preached his first sermon at the Baptist

Monday 2
At work in the shop
The Boys all gone to Pittsfield to court

Tuesday, April 3d, 1860
At work in the shop
Simon Weeks came here to board
Abby came home from New Rye

Wednesday 4
At work in the shop
Father moved my hay

Thursday 5
At work in the shop
Finished heeling Bill's shoes
Called at Capt. Curtises

Friday. April 6th, 1860
At work at John Chesleys
Called at Capt. Curtis
Mr. Ela called to see Abby

Saturday 7
Went over to John Babbs
Went down to the city

Sunday 8
Did not go to church
Mr. Marden preached at the Orthodox

Monday, April 9th, 1860
Started for Haverhill
Reached ½ past 3 P.M. reached Closier St Boston 7 P.M. fourn
Mr. Forbes
Ann (Sat) at home
Spent the Eve at No 34

Tuesday 10
Called at Mary Cogswells, Sarah Mardens, Lucy Parson, Turnbull and 40 other places
Went to the museum to see the Comedy of the __ match up the eve.

Wednesday 11
Called at 15 merchants Row 40 North 67 Blacks 2 Auburn Ave, Charlestown St and various other places in B. and Charlestown
Went to Park St. to a temperance meeting Mr. Stone Mr. Eddy and Mr. Huntington

Thursday April 12th, 1860

Friday 13
Came to Lawrence and stopped at Merrills Mill from 12 to 6 P.M.
Came up to Concord
Staid with Ed all night

Saturday 14
Came home from Concord with John Willey
Found Ann and Charlie well
Sarah is here on a visit

Sunday, April 15th, 1860
Did not go to church
Mr. Marden preached at the Orthodox
Father and Lill Cass called here
I wrote to Susan and A.L. Holland

Monday 16
At work sawing wood
Ann & Sarah went to New Rye
Simon went to Concord

Tuesday 17
Building fence on the common

Wednesday, April 18th, 1860
Went down to Mr. Weeks and got ¼ of a ton of hay
Bill Wallace sent word that the wanted me
I wrote to him

Thursday 19
Moving Mothers goods up into Mr. Griffins house
Eliza Hoyt and Ellen Tripp called
Ann, Drusilla and Nancy Heath went planning over to the North Road

Friday 20
At work draining my manure
had John Chesleys cattle and cart

Saturday, April 21st, 1860
Spreading manure in the forenoon
Cleaning out the cellar in the afternoon

Sunday 22
Went to church in the afternoon to hear Mr. Hood from Pittsfield

Monday 23
Sawing shingle stuff for Blake in the forenoon
Fencing in the afternoon

Tuesday, April 24th, 1860
Went fishing and split wood in the forenoon
Packed tools and clothes in the afternoon

Wednesday 25
Came over to Concord with Liman and began to board with Wm. Virgin
Done 1/7 days work for Wallace

Thursday 26
Went to the State convention and worked 7 hours jointing clap boards

Friday, April 27th, 1860
At work for Wallace jointing clap boards and getting out window trimmings

Saturday 28
At work for Wallace getting out window sills and outside trimmings for the blacksmiths shop

Sunday 29
Did not go to church
Went up to the asylum and the reservoir in the forenoon
Called on John Brown in the afternoon

Monday, April 30th, 1860
At work for Wallace, at A.J. Rolfs in the forenoon and at Geo. B. Chandlers in the afternoon. Putting on locks and hinges to chests
Sam Sanborn, Joe Lawrence and Jack Sherburn were up here
Simon moved to Suncook.

Tuesday, May 1
At work in the shop
Getting out window sills and making drawers
Mary Brown spent the evening here

Wednesday 2
At work at H.P. Rolfs finishing off a room with Dana
Wrote to Ann
Worked 1 ½ hours extra

Thursday, May 3d, 1860
At work for Wallace doing job work
Worked ½ hour extra

Friday 4
At work for Wallace
Making drawers for smith
Worked ½ hour extra
Got my whiskers cut

Saturday 5
At work for Wallace
Raising Morrills and Silsby shop
Took a walk up to the north end in the evening

Sunday, May 6th, 1860
Went down to the south end to see seven people baptised in the forenoon
Went to the Universalist church in the afternoon and the Baptist in the evening

Monday 7
At work for Wallace
Boarding Morrill and Silsby shop
Got a letter from Ann

Tuesday 8
At work on the shop
Sam Sanborn came up here from Newmarket
Ed did not work in the forenoon

Wednesday, May 9th, 1860
At work putting the trimmings on to Morrill and Lilsbys shop
Sam went down to Epsom

Thursday 10
At work for Wallace shingling Lilsbys shop
The old cow at Epsom gave birth to a pair of twins

Friday 11
Shingling. Sam Sanborn came up here
Walked down to the Ball alley in the evening with Ed and Dana

Saturday, May 12th, 1860
At work ½ day putting in a Beer (??) at the Phenix
Came down home with Ed
Found Ann and Charlie very well and expecting me

Sunday 13
Spent the day at home with Ann
Blake and Lucy called
John Warren, his wife and Sue Goss called
Sue came up to Concord with Ed and I
We arrived at 9 o'clock P.M.

Monday 14
At work for Wallace shingling the shop
Worked 1 hour extra

Tuesday, 15th, 1860
Laying the floor in the Blacksmith shop
Got very tired and had a very lame stomach

Wednesday 16
Getting out stock for James Morgans Counter

Thursday 17
At work on the counter

Friday, May 18th, 1860
Putting the counter front together
Went to see the fancy glass workers at Phenix Hall

Saturday 19
Making drawers for Morgans counter
Rainy all the forenoon
Thundershower and hail storm in the afternoon
The lightning struck the Elm House and a tree in front of it.

Sunday 20
Went to church at the Universalist to the Unitarian in the afternoon
Called at Charles Millses

Monday, May 21st 1860
Finished Morgans counter and worked on Mr. Smiths shoe boxes
Worked 1 ½ hours extra
Got a letter from Ann

Tuesday 22
Finished Mr. Smiths shoe boxes and worked on the doors to the blacksmiths shop
Worked 1 hour extra

Wednesday 23
Hanging doors and doing job work in the shop
Worked 1 hour extra

Thursday, May 24th, 1860
At work for D Palmer
Worked 1 hour extra

Friday 25
At for Major Gale
Worked ½ hour extra
Wrote to Ann
Finished my first months work at noon

Saturday 26
At work for Major Gale half day
Went down home
Ed and Janet went down with me

Sunday May 27th, 1860
Ann and I went over to Phil Bartless
Came back to Concord with Ed
Found the house locked up
Bill and Lizzy gone to a walk

Monday 28
At work for Major Gale
Ed is loafing

Tuesday 29
At work for Wallace
Doing little jobs
Begun a desk for Fitch & Griffin
Wednesday, May 30th, 1860
Making a sink for the Blacksmiths

Thursday 31
Finished the sink and made a vault box for Major Gale
Played whist in the evening
Rained all day

Friday June 1
At work on the shop

Saturday, June 2d, 1860
At work on Bills house
Wrote to Ann
Ed and Dana went to Epsom

Sunday 3
Went to the Episcopal Church in the forenoon
In the afternoon went to hear Miss Deforee from the west speak on spiritualism and in the eve to the same.

Monday 4
Getting out stuff for window frames
Bill went to Epsom

Tuesday, June 5th, 1860
At for R. Riddle laying floor
Rain all day
Went to nigger show in the evening

Wednesday 6
Getting out stock for window frames in the forenoon
Did not work much in the afternoon

Thursday 7
Went to Election
Ann and Charlie spent the day here
I went home with them at night

Friday, June 8th, 1860
Josiah Clifford and his wife spent the day at our house

Saturday 9
I went to Suncook
Ann went over to Cliffords

Sunday 10
Did not go to church

Monday, June 11th, 1860
John Weeks and Abby came out here
I came up to Concord with John Willey
Went to the circus in the evening

Tuesday 12
At work in the shop getting out outside finish for Smith's house

Wednesday 13
At work in the shop making boxes for (Mr?) Gage and Paul Morrill

Thursday, June 14th, 1860
At work in the shop

Friday 15
At work for James Morgan
Mother called

Saturday 16
Doing little jobs for G.B. Chandler and others

Sunday, June 17th, 1860
Went out on the plains with unkle Josiah in the forenoon
Went to church at the Universalist in the afternoon
Wrote to Ann

Monday 18
At work raising the house on Munroe St.
Got a letter from Ann and wrote to her
Began to board with Mrs. Flanders on Green St.

Tuesday 19
At work on the house on Munroe St.

Wednesday, June 20th, 1860
At work on the house

Thursday 21
At work on the Munroe St. House

Friday 22
Laying floor for Lewis Barter
Saturday, June 23d, 1860
Laying floor half day
Went down home in the afternoon
Ed went down with me

Sunday 24
At home all day
Bill and Lizzy came down to Mr. Sanborns to spend the day
Went back to Concord

Monday 25
At work on the Munroe St. house

Tuesday, June 25th, 1860
At work on the house
Spent the evening on the common hearing the band play

Wednesday 27
At work on the house
Dana sick and did not work
Went to the (Hunker) ratification meeting in the evening

Thursday 28
At work in the shop
Went to a republican meeting on the common in the evening

Friday, June 29th, 1860
At work on the house on Munroe St.
Got a line and bundle from Ann

Saturday 30
At work on the house
Went in the river with Charles Holt at night
Finished my second months work

Sunday July 1
Went to church at the Universalist in the forenoon
Called at Mr. Davis's in the afternoon
Walked up to the Cemetery with Page and Holt

Monday, July 2d, 1860
At work on the Munrow St. house
Received a letter from Annie
Wrote to her myself.
Called at Bill Virgins

(Ed. Note: 5 leaf clover between pages)

Tuesday 3
At work at Munroe St.
Friday left Mrs. Flanders went to a ride
Spent the evening in the State House

Wednesday 4
At work all day
The rest of the folks all gone off to celebration

Thursday, July 5th, 1860
At work on the house
Spent the evening at Bill Virgins

Friday 6
At work on the house
Went out on the plains at night with Charlie Holt

Saturday 7
At work on the house half day
Went home in the afternoon
Wallace went down with me

Sunday, July 8th, 1860
At home all day
Came back to Concord at night

Monday 9
At work on the house
Bought me a set of chisels
Phil called to see me

Tuesday 10
At work on the house

Wednesday, July 11th, 1860
At work on the house
Went to a promenade concert in the State House yard in the evening

Thursday 12
At work on the house
Took a walk down to the south end with Holt in the evening

Friday 13
At work on the house
Walked down to the south end in the eve with Mr. Hill

Saturday July 14, 1860
At work on the house
Went up to the Asylum in the evening with Mr. Hill

Sunday 15
Went to church to the Universalist in the forenoon and to the F.W. Baptist in the afternoon

Monday 16
At work on the house
Got a letter from Ann
Saw E.B. Harvey at the Depot

Tuesday, July 17th, 1860
At work on the house
Sent a letter to Ann

Wednesday 18
At work on the house
Called at Mr. Millses with Hill
Went to Merrymac St. to hear the band play in the evening

Thursday 19
At work on the house in the forenoon and for Dr. Simpson in the afternoon

Friday, July 20th, 1860
At work in the shop getting out thresholds and window bands

Saturday 12
Came to Epsom with J.G. Willey
Played ball with the boys in the afternoon

Sunday 22
Did not go to church
Went out in Mr. Steels pasture and got some blueberries

Monday, July 23d, 1860
At work lasting my boots and mending shoes
Wrote to Susan

Tuesday 24
Went out in Wiggins pasture and got some blueberries
Fixed a sink for Mother

Wednesday 25
Loafing round on the hill
Played poker with Ed and Charles Wiggin

Thursday, July 26th, 1860
Went out in the pasture blueberrying with Ann
Wallace Gage and Clare were out there

Friday 27
Loafing and making blinds for Mother
Alonzo Cox called to see me about going to Enfield

Saturday 28
Went down to the city after dinner
Went in swimming and played ball after supper

Sunday, July 29th, 1860
At home all day
Bill Wallace called
Began to rain at 3 o'clock

Monday 30
Came up to Concord with Bill Wallace got here at 8 o'clock
Did not work in the forenoon
Found Mr. Flanders laid up with the Rheumatism

Tuesday 31
At work hanging doors in Smiths house
Went and saw S.A. Douglass
Met George Rowell on the street

Wednesday, August 1st, 1860
Hanging doors in Smiths house

Thursday 2
Hanging doors and putting in window springs

Friday 3
Putting in window springs and hanging the door bells

Saturday, August 4th, 1860
Had the headache but kept at work
Page left in the ½ past 5 train
Caused great excitement among the boarders

Sunday 5
Went to church at the Universalist in the forenoon
Wrote to Annie in the afternoon

Monday 6
Rather sick
Went to Epsom with Mr. Wallace

Tuesday, August 7th, 1860
Not very well
Went out in Mr. Steels pasture and got some blueberries

Wednesday 8
Went down to Blakes pond in the forenoon
Came to Concord with John Willey in the afternoon

Thursday 9
Came out to Bow to work for Capt. Ordway
Took a walk down to the dam with Mr. Hammond and Charles Ordway

Friday, August 10th, 1860
At work for Capt. Ordway

Saturday 11
At work for Capt. Ordway
Went up to the city with Charles Ordway in the evening

Sunday 12
Rainy day and long enough to do a months work
Wrote to Annie
Went out in the pasture and got some berries in the afternoon

Monday, August 13th, 1860
At work in the forenoon
Sick in the afternoon and did not work
Rather rainy

Tuesday 14
At work tearing down the old Ell of the house
Rained all day
Finished my three months work with Wallace at noon

Wednesday 15
At work tearing down the old house
Cool and windy
Mrs. Wheeler called here

Thursday, August 16th, 1860
At work tearing down the old house and framing in the end begun to the new part

Friday 17
John Hammond went home sick
I worked tearing out the house
Called at Mrs. Whitchers after Mrs. Ordway in the evening Wallace called

Saturday 18
At work framing the new end of the house
Went up to the city in the evening with Mr. Ordway

Sunday, August 19th, 1860
Wrote to Charlie Brown
Went up in the pasture and got some blueberries
Read the rest of the time

Monday 20
Boarding the end of the house
David White worked here
Charles went to Concord

Tuesday 21
Laying floors in the chambers and kitchen
Hammond got back
Got a letter from Annie

Wednesday, August 22d, 1860
Putting in window frames and boarding.
Charles and Harriet went to Concord

Thursday 23
Building stagings
Setting furring and doing all kinds of work

Friday 24
Getting out finish for the projection

Saturday, August 25th 1860
Getting out finish in the forenoon
Charles carried me to Concord and Bill and I came down to Epsom

Sunday 26
At home all day
Came to Concord at night
Staid at Green St.

Tuesday, August 28th, 1860
At work putting on finish
Called at Wm. Robersons in the evening

Wednesday 29
Clap boarding
Found myself in a bad fix
Playing cards in the evening
Carrie Glover came down here to stop for a few days

Thursday 30
Went up to the city to see Dr. Warren in the evening

Friday, August 31st, 1860
Shingling the house
Carrie Glover went home
Mr. Pinkham and Ordway moved the shed

Saturday, September 1
Came up to the city in the morning
Came down to Epsom with Willey
Found Annie and Charlie at New Rye

Sunday 2
At home most of the day
Called at Blakes in the afternoon

Monday, September 3d, 1860
Went down to the city and waited till four o'clock for the stage and then went home

Tuesday 4
Came up to Concord with J.C. Hall\found the folks al well
Went to work for Wallace on the piazza for Mrs. Boyden

Wednesday 5
At work for Mrs. Boyden
Coffee at Dr. Warrens

Thursday, September 6th, 1860
At work for Mrs. Boyden
Called at Mr.Millses
With Hill in the evening

Friday 7
At work for Mrs. Boyden
Went to see Professor Donaldson walk the wire in the eve

Saturday 8
Getting out clapboards and making and setting door frame

Sunday, September 9th, 1860
Did not go to church

Monday 10
Raised the house on West St.
Called at Dr. Warrens spent the night at the telegraph office
Wrote to Ann and got a letter from her

Tuesday 11
Boarding the house on West St.
Went to Manchester as a rail splitter in the evening

Wednesday, September 12th, 1860
At work for Mrs. Boyden
Rained all day
Got my feet wet and caught cold

Thursday 13
At work for Mrs. Boyden
Played chess in the eve

Friday 14
At work for Mrs. Boyden
Wrote to Ann

Saturday, September 15th, 1860
At work for Mrs. Boyden
Finished my fourth month work with Wallace
Went down to the State House to hear fisherville band play in the eve
Got my boots 4.50

Sunday 16
Did not go to church
Went out to Bow in the afternoon

Monday 17
At work on West St.
Got a letter from Ann
Wrote to her
Called on Dr. Warren

Tuesday, September 18th, 1860
At work on the house on West St.
Called at Mr. Mills with Hill in the evening

Wednesday 19
At work for Mrs. Boyden on Fremont St.
Went to hear Shoeys Minstrels in the evening

Thursday 20
At work in the shop getting out crown mouldings for the West St. house

Friday, September 21st, 1860
At work in the shop jobbing

Saturday 22
At work on the West St. house in the forenoon
Called at Mr. Millses
Went down home

Sunday 23
At home
Called at Phil Bartletts and Blakes
Came up to Concord in the evening

Monday, September 24th, 1860
At work on West St. putting up finish

Tuesday 25
At work on West St. putting up finish in the forenoon
At A.P. Rolfs in the afternoon

Wednesday 26
At work on West St. putting up finish
Called to see Carrie Glover in the evening

Thursday, September 27th, 1860
At work on West St. Clapboarding
Bill gone to the fair
Called at Dr. Warrens in the evening

Friday 28
At work on West St. setting window frames and clapboarding
Dana gone to the fair in the afternoon

Saturday 29
At work on West St. putting up the furring overhead and laying the under floor
Went to Auction in the evening

Sunday, September 30th, 1860
Wrote to Ann to a walk out to Millville with Eastman

Monday, October 1
Sick did not work
Went down to West St. in the morning but gave up and came up

Tuesday 2
Sick did not work

Wednesday, October 3d, 1860
Went out to Bow in the forenoon
Came down home in the afternoon with Henry Sanborn in the afternoon

Thursday 4
Went down to Lowell Eastmans in the forenoon and got some apples to jar
Doing nothing in the afternoon

Friday 5
Rainy. Tapped a pair of boots for Father

Saturday, October 6th, 1860
Father, Charlie and I went down to Lowell Eastmans and got 13 bushels of apples

Sunday 7
Did not go to church
Called at Blakes

Monday 8
At work Clapboarding for John C. Hall

Tuesday, October 9th, 1860
At work Clapboarding for John C. Hall

Wednesday 10
At work for Mr. Hall in the forenoon
Went to Concord in the afternoon
Bought a lot of tools of Joe Philbrick
Ed came down with me

Thursday 11
Samuel Batchelders house and barn, Mr. Hoyts barn and Darius Philbricks barn were burned between 4 and 8 o'clock this morning
I worked for John Warren in the afternoon

Friday, October 12th, 1860
At work for John Warren putting a door from his kitchen to the Parlor cupboard

Saturday 13
At work for John Warren making a clothspress upstairs
Ann went chestnutting but did not get any

Sunday 14
Ann went to church
I went to a meeting at the schoolhouse in the evening
Bill Wallace called

Monday, October 15th, 1860
At work for John Warren

Tuesday 16
At work for John Warren in the forenoon
Doing chores round home in the afternoon
Went to Lyceum in the evening

Wednesday 17
At work for Bill Morrill
Went down in the woods and took a swarm of bees in the evening

Thursday, October 18th, 1860
At work for Bill Morrill building stairs

Friday 19
At work for Bill Morrill
Ann went over to see Rebecca

Saturday 20
At work for Bill Morrill
The boys met here in the evening to form a Lyceum
Ann Cass got home

Sunday, October 21st, 1860
Did not go to church
Called at Blakes

Monday 22
At work for Bill Morrill
Played seven up with Jim, Ed and Charles Wiggin in the evening

Tuesday 23
At work for Bill Morrill in the forenoon
Went down to Yeatons Mill in the afternoon
Called at Mrs. Steels

Wednesday, October 24th, 1860
At work for Jim Halls
Father and Mother went to Deerfield to unkle Joes funeral
The Lyceum met here in the eve

Thursday 25
Went gunning in the forenoon
Worked for Jim a while in the afternoon
Ellen Tripp spent the day here
Went to a meeting at the schoolhouse in the eve

Friday 26
Went to Concord with W. A. Sanders
Heard Anson Burlingame and Gov. Curtain from Penn. Speak
Stopped to a torch light procession in the evening

Saturday, October 27th, 1860
At work for Jim Hall
Charlie went to an Exhibition at the town house in the evening

Sunday 28
Did not go to church
There was a meeting at the schoolhouse

Monday 29
At work for Jim Hall
Played cards with Ed, Jim and Charlie Wiggin in the evening

Tuesday, October 30th, 1860
At work for George Batchelder
Went to Lyceum at the city in the evening

Wednesday 31
At work for George Batchelder in the forenoon and for Jim Hall in the afternoon

Thursday, November 1
At work for George Batchelder

Friday, November 2d, 1860
At work for Jim Hall
Went down to the city to the exhibition in the evening

Saturday 3
At work for Jim Hall

Sunday 4
Did not go to church
Went to a meeting at the city in the evening

Monday, November 5th, 1860
At work for Jim Hall he went to Concord
A.A. Cox called to see me

Tuesday 6
At work for Jim Hall in the forenoon
Went to town meeting in the afternoon

Wednesday 7
At work for Jim Hall
Went to Concord in the eve with John Warren and Jim Hall
Ann went over to James Browns

Thursday, November 8th, 1860
At work for Jim Hall half a day
Ann came home from James Browns

Friday 9
At work for Jim Hall
I went down to Charles Steels in the evening
Mary Brown spent the afternoon here

Saturday 10
At work for Jim Hall
He is at Suncook

Sunday, November 11th, 1860
Rained all day
Did not go to church
Blake and Lizzy called in the evening

Monday 12
At work for Jim Hall
Paid Capt. Curtis
sold the cow to Ben Heath

Tuesday 13
At work for Jim Hall
Mary Brown went home

Wednesday, November 14th, 1860
At work for Jim Hall
Abby and Hattie Dow came out here
I went to Concord with Jim in the eve
Charlie Chapman spent the night here

Thursday 15
At work for Jim Hall
Ann and I went to New Rye with Abby Dow in the evening
The Lyceum met here

Friday 16
At work for Jim Hall
Went down to the city in the evening to see a man with no arms perform

Saturday, November 17th, 1860
At work for Jim Hall

Sunday 18
Did not go to church
Wrote to Susan
Mr. Peffers had a meeting at the schoolhouse in the evening

Monday 19
At work for Jim Hall

Tuesday, November 20th, 1860
At work for Jim Hall

Wednesday 21
At work for George Batchelder

Thursday 22
At work for Father on his house
The folks all went to a Levee at the town house in the evening

Friday, November 23d, 1860
At work for Father
The Lyceum met here in the eve

Saturday 24
At work for myself splitting wood and (doing) chores
Played cards part of the evening with Jim, Bill and Charles Wiggin

Sunday 25
Did not go to church
Very cold and windy

Monday, November 26th, 1860
At work for Father
Eliza Hoyt and Drusilla called in the evening.
Lathed Fathers room overhead

Tuesday 27
At work for Father lathing the sides and laying under floor
Very rainy all day

Wednesday 28
At work for Father lathing and setting furring
Ed, Charles Wiggin and Bill Morrill spent the evening here
Bill Wallace and Dana called in the eve

Thursday, November 29th, 1860
Ann, Charles and myself went to New Rye and spent the day at Langs, Jack, Frank, Josiah, Abby Sarah and Melinda were there
Jim Hall was married

Friday 30
At work shingling for Orison Batchelder in the forenoon
Did not work in the afternoon

Saturday, December 1
At work for Orison Batchelder and Darius Philbrick
Darius had a shingling bee had12 hands
John Warren shut his shop at dark

Sunday, December 2d, 1860
Did not go to church
The Dr. called to see Ann
I went to meeting at the city in the eve

Monday 3
At work for father
Called at Bill Morrills in the eve
Gulie Chesley spent the evening here

Tuesday 4
At work for Father
Singing school commenced at the town house

Wednesday, December 5th, 1860
At work for father
First sleighing for this season
Charlie got a flogging at school

Thursday 6
At work for Father
Called at Mr. Heaths in the evening
Mr. Peffers had a meeting at the school house in the evening

Friday 7
At work for myself in the forenoon helping Ann wash and splitting wood
Bill Wallace called
There was a meeting at Mr. Heaths to see about getting up a Levee

Saturday, December 8th, 1860
At work for Father
The Lyceum met here in the evening

Sunday 9
Did not go to church
Went to a meeting at the meeting house in the evening

Monday 10
At work for Father
Blake was helping him make mortar and plastering
The school teacher was carried out doors by the boys

Tuesday, December 11th, 1860
At work for Father half day
Doing chores the rest of the day

Wednesday 12
Went down to George Batchelders in the morning
Went up to the city
Set up my stove and got my shop ready for work

Thursday 13
At work in the shop
Made a pair of shoes for Susan and a pair for Jo Lawrence

Friday, December 14th, 1860
Made 2 pairs of shoes for Joe Lawrence and a pair for Ann
There was a Levee at the town house in the evening

Saturday 15
Shoveling snow in the forenoon and doing chores in the afternoon
The Lyceum met here and adjourned in the evening

Sunday 16
Did not go to church
Went to a meeting at the city in the evening

Monday, December 17th, 1860
Went to Concord
Ed went up with me
Charles Steel spent the evening here

Tuesday 18
At work making shoes for Joe Lawrence
There was a levee at the town house

Wednesday 19
At work mending shoes and sawing wood
Spent the evening at Chas Steels playing whist

Thursday, December 20th, 1860
At work for Father
Mr. Green spent the evening here

Friday 21
At work for Father
Mother started for Boston

Saturday 22
At work for Father
Snowed most all day from the North East

Sunday, December 23d, 1860
Did not go to church
The wind blew very hard all day and piled the snow up pretty well

Monday 24
At work for Father in the forenoon
Sawing wood in the afternoon
Charles Steel and Nathan Griffin came up and played 16 games of whist with Ed this eve

Tuesday 25
Sawing wood in the forenoon
Splitting wood in the afternoon
Played whist in the evening

Wednesday, December 26th, 1860
Building joiners bench in the shop
Albert Hoyt and Eliza spent the evening here
I got a letter from Susan

Thursday 27
Building bench
Clark Sanborn came home
I wrote to Susan
Walter Gage called
Charles Steel drew me a load of wood
Spent the eve at Charles Steels

Friday 28
Went over to Mr. Straws in the forenoon
At work in the afternoon

Saturday, December 29th, 1860
Helped Father kill his pig
Charles Steel, Nathan Griffin, Charles Wiggin, Bill Morrill, Ham Hall and the Peddler spent the evening here
I went down to the city in the afternoon

Sunday 30
Did not go to church
Went to a meeting in the eve at the city
Sarah M. Locke was barried

Monday 31
At work in the shop filing saws
Played whist at Bill Morrills in the evening