Isaac Hurlburt's Diary

1862 Diary of Isaac Hurlburt

Resident of Broome County, New York

May

Thursday, May 1, 1862

Edmond and Parker went and draged to Mr Ways

Some Rainy did not finish

I plowed Sord with oxen

to Hard did not Plow much

Friday 2

I plowed Sord with Oxen alone

Rainy just at nite

Edmond fixed some fens

Anderson and Edmond drew one load Hay from the lour [lower] Hay Barn on the Andrew Lot

Saturday 3

I plowed sward

Edmond and Eugene fixed fense

Sunday, May 4, 1862

Was at Home most of the day

Parker was sick

I went to Douglass got some Rheubarb for Parker

Monday 5

I was Plowing Apart of the day

Helped Edmond and Eugene with the Oxen

fix fense on the Burlingame Lot

they Had finished draging Oats to Lorenzo Ways

Tuesday 6

Edmond and Eugene was sowing Oats on the Burlingame Lot

I was plowing sward

Harvey Pike went to Deposit and Herd from Douglass down Delaware River with Horses

Wednesday, May 7, 1862

Edmon worked at Oats sowing

I was plowing verry windy weather

I went and brot Mary Home from Joneses

Abigail Had a boy born Monday 5th

Harvey Pike came Home from Deposit

Thursday 8

Sally Truesdell was Here to make Soap

I put up Leach Hung Kattle

Eugene Helped about two hours and then went home to go to Mr Trobridges to Hire out

Mr Lyon was Here and got Six bushels Buckwheat

Friday 9

I had finished new drag and took into the field to to day

I helped Edmond gittin in Oats

Mary and Sally finished making Soap

I draged Potatoe ground did not Help oats

it was the day before?

Saturday, May 10, 1862

I finished draging Potatoe ground and marked it out for planting

Edmond finished drging in Oats then we went to Planting

Planted about the Pea

George Allen and wife was Here visiting talk of going west

Sunday 11

Was at Home

the Children went to meeting at Schoutan Schoolhous to Right

Anderson m[unable to make out] the Singers

they also went to Cook Schoolhous Evening to Here Puffer

Monday 12

Finished Planting Potatoes in AM

Sowed a little Peas new ground that was left

and finished fensing the new lan that we Sowed to Oats and Rye

 Tuesday, May 13, 1862

Went and devided Line fense with Wm Pike and mended fense AM

Hiram Pike came Here Brot Mother Staid all Night

Harvey Pike come and got Seven bushels Potatoes for Douglass

Some to Plant and some to eat

Wednesday 14

Plowed Sord with Oxen for Buckwheat

Harvey Truesdell and wife Here got Three bushels Potatoes for seed

Dr Nutting Here to fix Sallys Teath

Edmond fixed fense on the Andrew Lot

[The following is crossed out]

Hiram Pike came here brot Mother

Thursday 15

Finished Braking Buckwheat ground

Hiram went and went and worked on his acre drawing manure and triming apple trees AM

[the following one line was written on top of another sentence which I am unable to make out]

Helped me drag PM

Parker draged some

Friday, May 16, 1862

Hiram Pike started for home

finished draging corn ground

I draged and drew off stone more than hald the day

Saturday 17

Boys Marke corn ground and Edmond Planted one half of it

I with wife and mother went to Bealys

Got some seed corn

Mother Stayed there

The Shad Blow Trees was in the full Bloom

Sunday 18

I was at home not verry well

Monday, May 19, 1862

Harvey Truesdell and Anderson with Oxen was here

helped pry up and split and draw stone for Botam to wall

on line between me and Sary Anderson

went Home at night Harvey Staid

Tuesday 20

Drew Stone for bottom to wall in AM

Commensed Laying wall in PM

Harvey and Edmond helped

Wednesday 21

Drew Stone and laid wall Some most of the day

Windy and some Rain very little disagreable weather to work

Dr Guy was here to see colt

Weather verry dry

Thursday, May 22, 1862

Drew Stone and laid wall

Harvey Truesdell Helped

Yet Dry

Friday 23

Edmond drew stone with George Hervey and I Laid wall

Yet verry Dry

Saturday 24

Was yet Building wall with Harvey Edmond Myself and George

No Rain yet

Sunday, May 25, 1862

I went to Staffords to see Him

He had bin sick was yet unwell But Better

the Children went to Meeting day and Evening to Here Puffer

Yet Dry

Monday 26

Resumed the wall Building with the same Help

No Rain yet

Tuesday 27

I was laying wall yet with Harvey Edmond George

and Franklin Merwin Helped for some Potatoes and Hay

No Rain Yet

Wednesday, May 28, 1862

Was Building wall yet with Harvey Edmond George and Franklin Merwins

I went non [noon] and found a turkeys nest with Six Eggs

Weather yet dry

Thursday 29

Finished the wall

Harvey Truesdell quit at Noon

Had Through the building it all

The Apple Trees in Full Bloom

Weather yet Dry

Friday 30

Had got new Tread to Dog power put it on and commensed Chiming with young Dog

Had midling luck

Put up Sleighs and Sleads

Verry Dry yet

Saturday, May 31, 1862

I and wife went to Green

carried Firkin Butter

got likenesses [photographs?!?]

went o Harretts gave Hir each of our likenesses

they war about to Start for Wisconson

was to start on Monday next

[I don't have photos of Isaac and Mary - I need to track down Harriet's descendants it seems!]

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