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23 2

 

 Clear and not Cold. Son Jona brot his wife and infant to See us, they returnd home at Evng. I have Done my hous work and Bakt. mr Gill here, Says his wife is not So well as Could be wisht. we receivd a Letter this Day from Doct Waters. at home. Son Jona, his wife and Dagt here. we receivd a Letter fm Doct Waters.
24 3

 

 Clear. mr Ballard Surveying for Esqr Hayward. I was Calld to See Mary Densmore, find her Less Exercisd with pain than Shee was a Sunday. Ephm workt there foren with ye oxen. mrs Cumings there. I Breud after I Came home and Cut pumpkins to Drie. at mr Densmores.
25 4

 

 Clear Except a light Shower. I have Done my house work and Scowerd 35 Skeins of woolen warp. mr Ballard Surveying for Esqr Hayward. Derias workt here forn, went to ye hook aftern. at home. am much fatagud with my work.
26 5

 

 Clear and Cool. I have been Doing my house work and Nursing my Cow, her Bag is amazeingly Sweld. Derias went from here. mr Ballard and Ephm got wood home. Cyrus Cleand wheat and went to the fort. Sarah went to watch with Mary Densmore. Doct Williams Came there. Shee returnd, and Sarah Densmore with her, at 11h Evn. I have been Picking wool till then. A womans work is Never Done as ye Song Says, and happy Shee whos Strength holds out to the End of ye rais. it is now near ye middle of the night and mr Densmore Calls me to his house. I Sett up till Day. at mr Densmores. Doct Williams there to See his Dagt Mary.
27 6

 

 Clear and pleasant. Doct Cony Came, he and Williams Examined and Consulted Mary Densmors Case. their result is that there is no help to be Expected from Phisitions. I Came home at noon, was Calld at Sun Sett by mr Bullin to go and See the wife of Timothy Page, find her very unwell when I arivd. mrs Bullin, Adkins & White there, and mrss Cocks. I had a Severe turn of Cramp in my Limbs in ye night. the Auther of all my Mercies heard my petition and grantd me relief. the Ladies who were there used me with great kindness. at Ditoes and at Timothy Pages. I had the Cramp ys night at mr Pages.
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