Hiram E. Leonard Diary, November 13 - 19, 1873
“13th Thursday fine cool dry weather for November I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick.
“14th Friday fine cool weather for the season I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick Warren Barrus came here & stayed overnight.
“15th Saturday A fine pleasant day & quite warm I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold.
“16th Sunday A fine pleasant beautiful day for November I did my choars was round home all day wrote some etc went to bed about 9 nearly sick Manford came last night & preached in the Methodist Church today at eleven oclock AM.
“17th Monday fine weather for the season I did my choars choared round some was at the office all day closed up at 9 and went to bed at 9 nearly sick & tiered out.
“18th Tuesday rather a cloudy squally day I did my choars choared round some was at the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ tierd & nearly sick Jonathan F Pollard was married to the widow Balinda Stewart in Chicago.
“19th Wednesday rather a fine day for the season I did my choars choared round some was at the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 ½ John Coon died this afternoon about 4 oclock after a _________ of several weeks.”