June 1829

Monday June 1, 1829. Looks rather cloudy. Business pretty good. Got up the remainder of the iron today. The circus is performing in town. Mr Stephen Browns oldest child is dead. Sent some cloth home to make me a pair of pantaloons of.

Tuesday June 2, 1829. Very pleasant, only some dusty. Court members come in very fast now. I have heard that Gov. Pierce is some unwell. The circus perform[e]s tonight.

Wednesday June 3, 1829. Very warm. There is not much business. The votes for Governor were not counted today which they ought to have been, and of course this Governor is an unconstitutional one. There is a great fuss.

Thursday June 4, 1829. Very warm. Great many people here. Father was over. I am going to school a week from next Friday. Artillery is out, music from Hillsborough. Saw Noyes tonight and had a long talk with him. He is at College now. The work of "Reform" begins to be seen in the Legislature already.

Friday June 5, 1829. Very pleasant. Going home tomorrow with Mr. Chase. Business not brisk.

Chichester Saturday June 6, 1829. Looks some like rain. Started for home this morning at 1/2 past 6 in a waggon. Arrived about 9 1/2, found folks all well. The circus performed here this eve, it was full.

Sunday June 7, 1829. Rained some today. Did not go to meeting. Aunt Sally is up. Uncle and Mary Ann started for Somersworth tonight, going down to ****** North *****. Aunt Ruthannah is going to make me a frock coat.

Concord Monday June 8, 1829. Weather hazy and rainy. The circus has gone to Pittsfield this morning. I went to Concord this afternoon, had to ride on top, got wet.

Tuesday June 9, 1829. Very comfortable day, not much business.

Wednesday June 10, 1829. Very pleasant day, not much business.

Thursday June 11, 1829. Comfortable weather. The Legislature has chosen Mr Pickering Sec teary [Secretary] instead of **, Palmer for ** instead of****** &c. Going up to New Hampton tomorrow, got my new coat.

New Hampton Friday June 12, 1829. Arose this morning about 5 o'clock, opened the store and got ready for New Hampton. Went up to the house and got some breakfast. It is a very foggy morning. Started about 7 o'clock in stage for N.H. Had a very pleasant ride this morning as far as Franklin Village when it began to grow warm and dusty. The country from Concord is very hilly (but good) and there is nothing in some places to meet the eye but frightfull precipices and rock piled one [a]top the other. From Franklin up to N. H. is likewise more hilly and mountainous but notwithstanding there are many good farms. We arrived at N. H. about 4 o'clock and I stopped at Capt. Norris's but he could not board me and so I went to Capt. Honeyfords. I have a fine room and I think a good boarding place. The Institution stands on a rise of ground and is in 2 seperate [separate] buildings. I have been to see Saml. Evans and Carter from Concord. They like [it] very much. They board at Capt. Norris's. It is 9 o'clock and I feel tired enough to go to bed early.

Saturday June 13, 1829. Arose at 5 1/2 o'clock. It is a fine morning. Took breakfast at 7 o'clock. Went to the academy at 8 and saw Mr. Farnsworth. Going to study Arithmetic, Geography, E[nglish] Grammar &c. No school this afternoon. A number of us went upon the [top] of a high hill called the "Pinnacle." We saw a great number of miles around. We went into the water tonight.

Sunday June 14, 1829. The weather very warm. There is a great "Camp Meeting" about a mile from the place of the Freewill Baptists. There was more there than at Concord at Election. I never heard such a noise before. We had a very heavy thunder shower tonight.

Monday June 15, 1829. The weather pleasant and not very warm. I study Geography and parse in Pope's Essay. I wrote a long letter home tonight.

Tuesday June 16, 1829. It is very pleasant weather nowadays but cool mornings. I arise in the morning about 5 o'clock and go to bed at between 9 and 10. I go out most every day and pick some strawberries. I have sent down to Concord after my "Latin Grammar" and "Murrays Exercises."

Wednesday June 17, 1829. The weather warm. Today is Composition Day. I did not write any. School let out this afternoon about 3 o'clock.

Thursday June 18, 1829. The weather warm and very windy. We are going to begin Bookkeeping tomorrow. I think I shall not begin now till I hear from home.

Friday June 19, 1829. The weather windy and cool. I received from Concord a book I sent for by stage, went strawberrying tonight. No school tomorrow afternoon.

Saturday June 20, 1829. The weather very [warm?], especially this afternoon. I went a gunning and strawberrying but like to get wet. I hardly ever heard it rain faster than it did tonight. There will be preaching tomorrow.

Sunday June 21, 1829. The weather very windy and cold. Went to meeting at the meeting house. A Mr. Evans preached. Very good preacher. Went to meeting in the "Chapel" in the evening. It began at 6 o'clock.

Monday June 22, 1829. Weather cool and windy. Arose a little after 5 o'clock. Went to schole [school] at 8. I study in my room. We had a lecture on swearing last Saturday. Professor found that 13 had sworn or used profane language and he gave them to understand that they must come to him in private and promise to do so no more.

Tuesday June 23 1829. Weather very windy and cool. We did not have any school this afternoon on account of a meeting. There will not be any for 2 days to come because the Convention is going to meet. We went into the water tonight, it is very cold.

Wednesday June 24, 1829. It is very cold and windy. The Convention met at 10 o'clock today and opened the meeting by prayer. After, a very good sermon by Mr. Barnaby. Between meetings the Convention were transacting some business of theirs. In afternoon Rev. Mr Jackson preached, it was very good.

Thursday June 25 1829. Weather very windy and cold. Mr. Stow preached this forenoon. Did not have any preaching this afternoon on account of so much [business?] in the Convention. Saml. Evans and I went down to the village today to see if we had got any letters there. We did not get [any]. It is pretty warm walking so far.

Friday June 26, 1829. The weather pleasant. Nothing remarkable. Went to school as usual and recited in Geography and parsed in Popes Essay. I am going to study Arithmetic Monday.

Saturday June 27, 1829. Weather warm. Went gunning this afternoon with Carter and Ingalls. I killed 1 Pigeon and a Woodpecker, Carter, 2 Pigeons and Ingalls, 1 Pigeon. We went in swimming tonight. Muscitoes very thick. It rained a little tonight.

Sunday June 28.1829. Very rainy all day. Did not go to meeting.

Monday June 29, 1829. Very rainy. Went to school as usual.

Tuesday June 30,1829. Rainy &c.