Rev. Atwater's 1785 Diary p.11-19
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Rev. Atwater's 1785 Diary p.11-19
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July 1785
1 The whole grass of the home lot got into the barn without rain.
2 Weighed Bees No. 11 & they weighed 28 lb. and I added another box weighing 5 ¾ = 33 ¾.
2 Bees No. 12 Swarmed.
4 Moose killed in the Town by Lieut. Bush weighed 386 before it was dressed. Received as a present a piece of it ^from General parks & Capt. Sogood. — Clover in the Town lot mowed.
4 Bees No. 12 Swarmed again & the Swarm weighed but a pound & a half. I united it with the Swarm which came from the farm hive the Saturday before & then both Swarms together with the tow boxes weighed 19 1/4lb. — and I placed it in the House against No. 1.
8 Weighed Bees No. 11 weighed 38 lb.
9 Added Boxes to No. 8 & gave them liberty of No. 7. & took home honey from the outside of new? Hive.
10 Exchanged with Mr. Wm. Tracey of Norwich.
5 Preached Lecture at Noadiah Roots
12 Preached lecture . Church meeting
13 Association met at Mr. Grahame Mr. Howard preached.
14 Began to raise the Bridge at Weller’s Mills.
15 Dr. Ashley gave me a Swarm of Bees which weighed 14 ounces. I put them in a Box & placed them at No. 2. The weight of Box & bees was 9lb. 2 oz.
16 In the morning weighed bees. No. 12 weighed 61¼ lb. No. 11 weighed 47 lb. No. 10 weighed 63¾ lb. I then raised No. 10 & put and old a hive under it with old comb in it weighing 8½ lb. The whole 72¼ lb.
19 Added another box to number No. 8.
18 Raised Bees No. 3 on a box weighing 9 lb.
13 Miss Mema came & Miss Milly went home
14 Raised Bees No. 5 & put a box under them weighing 5 lb.
21 Joseph Dewey chosen Deacon.
21 Finished raising the Bridge. — Put a box under bees No. 12 which box together with both board weighed 11¾ lb.
22 Weighed bees No. 2. 9lb. 14 oz.
24 Exchanged with Mr. Lathrop.
25 Weighed bees No. 8 Weighed 18lb. then added a box 4¾ = 32¾
23 Raised straw hive on a box which together with box board weighed 14lb.
25 Weighed bees No. 11 & it weighed 49lb. Then added a box which weighed 5½ lb. = 54½ lb.
29 Weighed Bees No. 2 & it weighed 10 lb.
August 1785
1 Weighed Bees No. 5 and it weighed 44lb.
1 D. of Green corn of Ensign Ingersoll.
4 Weighed bees No. 1 weighed 36 lb. No. 2. 9lb. 6 oz.
6 — D. of Mr. Moses Bagg piece of Pork
10 Preached a Lecture
9 Weighed bees No. 5 weighed 37½. — 1¾ lb. of bees and lately been killed & ¾ lb. of comb taken away & a change made in the boxes.
10 Weighed Bees No. 3. Weighed 81¼ lb. — No. 4. 76½. — No. 9. 72¾ — No. 10 69 ¾. Straw Hive 54 ½ lb.
11 Weighed bees No. 2. 35¾ lb. — No. 5. 34¾ — No. 1. 36¾.
12 Mr. Taylor came to study
17 D. of Lieut. Bush a Large Pickerel
18 Weighed bees No. 1 39 lb. — No. 5. 35 lb. No. 5 had been stopped many days to preserve it from being robbed.
22 D. L Went to Mr. Baldwin’s with a company for Water Mittons. — D. of from Mr. Baldwin 5 Pigeons
— D. from Mr. Able Whitney ½ doz. Pigeons
25 Weighed bees No. 1. 41½ lb — No. 5. 35¼
28 Preached at Southwick & left Westfield destitute, Mr. Jonwand Sick.
29 Began to sow wheat in the Clover lot.
30. Finished Sowing. Sacramental Lecture
31 Preached at Southampton
A very cool Month. Corn backward. The Summer cool .The harvest good. Little thunder.
September 1785
Sowed 18 kernels of Wheat.
4 Mr. Smith of Glastonbury preached for me.
3 Weighed bees No. 2 weighed 43lb.
6 Weighed bees No. 3. 88¾. No. 4. 77 No. 10. 67¼. No. 11. 66¾.
No. 12 75½ Straw hive 51½ — No. 9 robbed & bees gone, the remaining weight 66 lb.
7 preached lecture at and Isa Isaac Stiles.
7 D. a cheese from Mr. Jesse Sackets. And a very large Mushroom from Mr. Isaac Stiles
6 Catechized children had 70 or 80.
12 Weighed bees No. 1. 42 ½ lb.
12 We set out for Commencement . Slept at Farmington.
13 Arrived at New Haven.
14 Attended Commencement.
15 Attended Ordination of Mr. Holomes in the Chapel.
16 Attended Ordination in the Church where a number were ordained by the Bishop.
17 Went to Brother Bapots
17 Went to Mount Carmel
18 Preached at Carmel.
19 Went to Mr. Lewis at Farmington.
20 Got home. — left Mr. Stiles Note & my name upon it that I had received my ?? at Mr. /W?
22 Preached a Lecture at Mr. Harrison at the funeral of Widow Baldwin.
27 A small frost. The first this fall.
29 Went to Mr. Cookes? On the Mountain
— D. of Mr. Roland Parks piece of Beef
— D. of Mrs. Ann Moseley piece of Butter
— D. of Ensign Ingersoll Side of Veal
25 Read the letter from Mesice from West Suffield.
29 Cow calved at Captain Grays are brought home in a few days afterwards.
October 1785
4 West to Norwich to Circular Lecture
5 Preached the Lecture
6 Returned home
--- About this time the was the first frost that was thorough in killing the garden/
--- D. of Ensign Ingersoll Butter & the vessel which contained it.
11 Went to _____ to a West Suffield to a Council
14 Was called home to attend the funeral of Jonas Lee’s wife.
--- D. of Mr. Zachariah Bush piece of Pork
--- D. of Lieut. Bush piece of pork
--- D. of Mr. Bohan Kin Spare rib
--- D. of Mr. Israel Mosley piece of Roast pig
--- D. of Lieut. Bush piece of Beef
19 Went to Mr. M. ???? Association
21 Returned home High flood?
22 went Preached Lecture at Peter Burndee of at Request of his child ???
22 Received Quarter of beef of Mr. Taylor 90 lb.
25 Charged to take a hive of bees of Deacon Root weighing without the hive 47lb.
18 A very great frost ground froze. The gardens were considerably green till now. The potato tops in my garden not killed before now.
26 Weighed bees No. 10. 52.3lb. -- No. 1. 40¼ -- No. 5 now ??? in old house 33¾ .
29 Fowler, Ashley & Bush left the School. Bush had been but few days from the 20th of December. – And Ashley not very many ??? the 16th of September. – And Fowler ?? the 16th of September was sent home.
25 Preached Lecture at Lieut. Bancroft’s in Granville.
November 1785
Henry Noble drowned. — Preached a lecture at Nathan Parks at the funeral of his Child [missing date]
— D. of Joseph Root Junior piece of beef
— D. of Deacon Root bag of Apples
4 Mr. Taylor came to board in full.
3 Killed Calf. — Doctor Mather had Quarter weighing 18 lb. Mrs. Ballantine had a quarter weighing 17 ½ lb,,
2 Preached Lecture
3 & 4 Mr. Lee made garden frame.
4,5,7,& 8 Mr., Grant made partitions in the east cham
7 Went on the Mountain to see the Widow Hoose
8 Went to Northampton with Mima
9 Returned.
July 1785
1 The whole grass of the home lot got into the barn without rain.
2 Weighed Bees No. 11 & they weighed 28 lb. and I added another box weighing 5 ¾ = 33 ¾.
2 Bees No. 12 Swarmed.
4 Moose killed in the Town by Lieut. Bush weighed 386 before it was dressed. Received as a present a piece of it ^from General parks & Capt. Sogood. — Clover in the Town lot mowed.
4 Bees No. 12 Swarmed again & the Swarm weighed but a pound & a half. I united it with the Swarm which came from the farm hive the Saturday before & then both Swarms together with the tow boxes weighed 19 1/4lb. — and I placed it in the House against No. 1.
8 Weighed Bees No. 11 weighed 38 lb.
9 Added Boxes to No. 8 & gave them liberty of No. 7. & took home honey from the outside of new? Hive.
10 Exchanged with Mr. Wm. Tracey of Norwich.
5 Preached Lecture at Noadiah Roots
12 Preached lecture . Church meeting
13 Association met at Mr. Grahame Mr. Howard preached.
14 Began to raise the Bridge at Weller’s Mills.
15 Dr. Ashley gave me a Swarm of Bees which weighed 14 ounces. I put them in a Box & placed them at No. 2. The weight of Box & bees was 9lb. 2 oz.
16 In the morning weighed bees. No. 12 weighed 61¼ lb. No. 11 weighed 47 lb. No. 10 weighed 63¾ lb. I then raised No. 10 & put and old a hive under it with old comb in it weighing 8½ lb. The whole 72¼ lb.
19 Added another box to number No. 8.
18 Raised Bees No. 3 on a box weighing 9 lb.
13 Miss Mema came & Miss Milly went home
14 Raised Bees No. 5 & put a box under them weighing 5 lb.
21 Joseph Dewey chosen Deacon.
21 Finished raising the Bridge. — Put a box under bees No. 12 which box together with both board weighed 11¾ lb.
22 Weighed bees No. 2. 9lb. 14 oz.
24 Exchanged with Mr. Lathrop.
25 Weighed bees No. 8 Weighed 18lb. then added a box 4¾ = 32¾
23 Raised straw hive on a box which together with box board weighed 14lb.
25 Weighed bees No. 11 & it weighed 49lb. Then added a box which weighed 5½ lb. = 54½ lb.
29 Weighed Bees No. 2 & it weighed 10 lb.
August 1785
1 Weighed Bees No. 5 and it weighed 44lb.
1 D. of Green corn of Ensign Ingersoll.
4 Weighed bees No. 1 weighed 36 lb. No. 2. 9lb. 6 oz.
6 — D. of Mr. Moses Bagg piece of Pork
10 Preached a Lecture
9 Weighed bees No. 5 weighed 37½. — 1¾ lb. of bees and lately been killed & ¾ lb. of comb taken away & a change made in the boxes.
10 Weighed Bees No. 3. Weighed 81¼ lb. — No. 4. 76½. — No. 9. 72¾ — No. 10 69 ¾. Straw Hive 54 ½ lb.
11 Weighed bees No. 2. 35¾ lb. — No. 5. 34¾ — No. 1. 36¾.
12 Mr. Taylor came to study
17 D. of Lieut. Bush a Large Pickerel
18 Weighed bees No. 1 39 lb. — No. 5. 35 lb. No. 5 had been stopped many days to preserve it from being robbed.
22 D. L Went to Mr. Baldwin’s with a company for Water Mittons. — D. of from Mr. Baldwin 5 Pigeons
— D. from Mr. Able Whitney ½ doz. Pigeons
25 Weighed bees No. 1. 41½ lb — No. 5. 35¼
28 Preached at Southwick & left Westfield destitute, Mr. Jonwand Sick.
29 Began to sow wheat in the Clover lot.
30. Finished Sowing. Sacramental Lecture
31 Preached at Southampton
A very cool Month. Corn backward. The Summer cool .The harvest good. Little thunder.
September 1785
Sowed 18 kernels of Wheat.
4 Mr. Smith of Glastonbury preached for me.
3 Weighed bees No. 2 weighed 43lb.
6 Weighed bees No. 3. 88¾. No. 4. 77 No. 10. 67¼. No. 11. 66¾.
No. 12 75½ Straw hive 51½ — No. 9 robbed & bees gone, the remaining weight 66 lb.
7 preached lecture at and Isa Isaac Stiles.
7 D. a cheese from Mr. Jesse Sackets. And a very large Mushroom from Mr. Isaac Stiles
6 Catechized children had 70 or 80.
12 Weighed bees No. 1. 42 ½ lb.
12 We set out for Commencement . Slept at Farmington.
13 Arrived at New Haven.
14 Attended Commencement.
15 Attended Ordination of Mr. Holomes in the Chapel.
16 Attended Ordination in the Church where a number were ordained by the Bishop.
17 Went to Brother Bapots
17 Went to Mount Carmel
18 Preached at Carmel.
19 Went to Mr. Lewis at Farmington.
20 Got home. — left Mr. Stiles Note & my name upon it that I had received my ?? at Mr. /W?
22 Preached a Lecture at Mr. Harrison at the funeral of Widow Baldwin.
27 A small frost. The first this fall.
29 Went to Mr. Cookes? On the Mountain
— D. of Mr. Roland Parks piece of Beef
— D. of Mrs. Ann Moseley piece of Butter
— D. of Ensign Ingersoll Side of Veal
25 Read the letter from Mesice from West Suffield.
29 Cow calved at Captain Grays are brought home in a few days afterwards.
October 1785
4 West to Norwich to Circular Lecture
5 Preached the Lecture
6 Returned home
--- About this time the was the first frost that was thorough in killing the garden/
--- D. of Ensign Ingersoll Butter & the vessel which contained it.
11 Went to _____ to a West Suffield to a Council
14 Was called home to attend the funeral of Jonas Lee’s wife.
--- D. of Mr. Zachariah Bush piece of Pork
--- D. of Lieut. Bush piece of pork
--- D. of Mr. Bohan Kin Spare rib
--- D. of Mr. Israel Mosley piece of Roast pig
--- D. of Lieut. Bush piece of Beef
19 Went to Mr. M. ???? Association
21 Returned home High flood?
22 went Preached Lecture at Peter Burndee of at Request of his child ???
22 Received Quarter of beef of Mr. Taylor 90 lb.
25 Charged to take a hive of bees of Deacon Root weighing without the hive 47lb.
18 A very great frost ground froze. The gardens were considerably green till now. The potato tops in my garden not killed before now.
26 Weighed bees No. 10. 52.3lb. -- No. 1. 40¼ -- No. 5 now ??? in old house 33¾ .
29 Fowler, Ashley & Bush left the School. Bush had been but few days from the 20th of December. – And Ashley not very many ??? the 16th of September. – And Fowler ?? the 16th of September was sent home.
25 Preached Lecture at Lieut. Bancroft’s in Granville.
November 1785
Henry Noble drowned. — Preached a lecture at Nathan Parks at the funeral of his Child [missing date]
— D. of Joseph Root Junior piece of beef
— D. of Deacon Root bag of Apples
4 Mr. Taylor came to board in full.
3 Killed Calf. — Doctor Mather had Quarter weighing 18 lb. Mrs. Ballantine had a quarter weighing 17 ½ lb,,
2 Preached Lecture
3 & 4 Mr. Lee made garden frame.
4,5,7,& 8 Mr., Grant made partitions in the east cham
7 Went on the Mountain to see the Widow Hoose
8 Went to Northampton with Mima
9 Returned.
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Atwater, Noah
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Atwater, Noah, “Rev. Atwater's 1785 Diary p.11-19,” Edwin Online, accessed April 19, 2024, https://edwin.westath.org/items/show/352.
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