Hiram E. Leonard Diary, July 22 - 28, 1869
“22nd Thursday cloudy damp weather I did my choars was at the office all day came home at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick.
“23rd Friday rather fine but some cloudy I did my choars was at the office all day came home at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick & worne out Girles went to meeting in ___________?
“24th Saturday rather fine but cloudy I did my choars was at the office all day came home at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick.
“25th Sunday A fine day some cloudy I did my choars was round the house all day a choaring & hung out my osage & went and got the mair out of J. F. Pollards paster called at the store & came home wrote some & went to bed about 9 nearly sick Ed Wright, Elizar Stone & Ann Lahin were here to supper & was pretty wild All went to meeting in day time & evening [in margin] took mair out of J F Pollards paster at Jersey.
“26th Monday rather cloudy but some fine I did my choars was at the office all day came home at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick [in margin] Eliza went to Elgin.
“27th Tuesday rather fine but cloudy I did my choars was at the office all day came home at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick.
“28th Wednesday rather fine for hay a shower at night I did my choars was at the office all came home at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ sick.”