Ebenezer HAM & Col. William Garcelon Day Books (1833) Ebenezer Ham was living in Lewiston, ME when he wrote his diary; however, he has made a good personal record to many Lisbon & Webster, Maine. William Garcelon was also living in living in South Lewiston, ME. Lewiston Falls means the settlement both sides of the Androscoggin River near the present Gov Longley Bridge (formerly called the North Bridge). Where Lewiston Corner was we really do not know but we are working on finding the location. 18 Sept 1833 - Cloudy looks like rain. Shingled a spell before it rained. James helped the boys. Hauled out two loads of manure, came onto rain hard at 10 O'clock, wind SW. We jobed about the barn, cleared out the cow tie up &c, fixed place for hogs to lay. Alonzo (Garcelon) came home from Augusta, ME. (he later became DR, Mayor, & Gov of Maine) He had to pay $257.63 for the note I signed with brother Harris (Garcelon) on the 16 Mar last (1833) to White & Williams due in 6 mos as surelty be ware of everybeing Bonds again. Alonzo's exspence was 3/9 63 cents. My horse & gig & Alonzo for the journy $3.00, a rainey time. [WG] 19 Sep 1833 - Foggy but warm cleared away pleasant & very warm Lem'l Jackson returned my waggon & harness his wife & Charity had it to go to Portland (ME) gone three days, wet & muddy. Charged to him. James helped me shingles a little while on the barn the remaining part of day. He was jobbing about house reading news papers & Alsome helped Henry haul off stone piles. He is getting better. Cyrus doing chores. I helped shingles & helped haul stone PM. Alonzo at home. I let Nichols Ames have my waggon to go to Bath (ME). [WG] 20 Sep 1833 - I let Daniel Webber have my plow to break upfor Elder Garcelon, he used it two and one half days. [WG] It has rained some during the night this morning cloudy quite warm & rainey. Corn scarely full in the milk. I worked in the barn & helped Alonzo make a book case, brother James repaired wheel barrow & jobbed about. Alsome & Cyrus commenced threshing wheat. They choring about quite rainey day. [WG] 21 Sep 1833 - Cloudy & rainey quite warm. I put up petition in kitching in the mornimg. This is my birth day. I am 47 yrs old to day. O what a wonder that I have been spared so long. Samuel Beal came to my house gave me a power of attony. Henry & I hauled stone out of the field. Alonzo (Garcelon) went to Lewiston corner after Mary Ann (Garcelon). James went to factory. Alsome after threshing wheat I sent the ox hide I had of Webber to Asa Garcelon's to tax. 22 Sep 1833 - SABBATH: Clear & pleasant, ground quite wet. I have been to S M H. Elder Cole & Garcelon preached. I attended sabath school. Elder Bridges attended quite a full school. [WG] 23 Sep 1833 - Clear & pleasant, some frost last night, but not enough to kill corn. I have been to Minot (ME) to run a line between the widow Mirrow & Davis Varril or Mr Downing, the Sheriff. The widow paid my fees $2.0. I came home by Enoch Littlefield. He paid me his tax. Brother James helped Henry haul stone for me. Alsome & Cyrus threshing wheat. [WG] 24 Sep 1833 - Cloudy & cool looks like a storm, clears away warm. My wife & Sally Moody went to Little River (Lisbon Falls) ME & returned PM. Brother James hauled dung in forenoon. PM we mended up fence on the line by Capt Fuller. Alsome & Cyrus threshing wheat. Sally Fuller & Mrs Holland made us a visit. Samuel Beal & wife came to our house & stayed all night. Very pleasant. [WG] 25 Sep 1833 - Clear & Pleasant, warm. S Beal & wife left our house. I write a letter to Harris Garcelon. James mowed his oats. Alsome & Cyrus cutting stocks. I helped Henry haul stone & dung in the North field by S Carvill's. Alonzo carried Mary Ann (Garcelon) to Mr Adam's to board & go to school. She came home last Sat. It has been quite warm today. At evening went to school house to Prayer meeting. [WG] 26 Sep 1833 - Warm & pleasant, clouded up soon & rained some. Alonzo is preparing to return to College. I go with him. James is about winowing his wheat. John Hatch paid me his taxes & left $1 with me to hand to Simon Carvill. The boys finished hauling dung. I called to see Samuel Hopkins heirs S Beals' land. Then went to Brunswick (ME), put up at Col Pikes Tavern. ALonzo stayed with me. Looks like rain. I called to see Moses Town's folks. [WG] 27 Sep 1833 - Clear & pleasant. I looked about Brunswick Village (ME) to do some errand & see some person. Alonzo took breakfast at Pike's with me. I paid him our bill $1.25 cash. I took dinner at M Town's. Harvy Piper is there sick of a fever. I assisted Alonzo about moving &c to room no. 14 new College (Bowdoin College). I bought three chairs for him $2.50, wash bole 28 cents. I let him have $10 cash. He boards at the widow Puris 10/6 per week, commonand boarding today noon. I settled all accounts with Henry Smith & John Thompson paid me $4 cash in full for all accounts ordernand to this date Nathaniel Chase paid me 10/at Col Humphries for in full for a harness he had when he went a ???. I sold to Jos Badger 18.75 butter @ 14 cents $2.62 cash. I sold 15 lb cheese to Mr Earl @ 8.5 & bought 1 cash of ??? 9/- settled. Jeremiah Smith paid me $1 at Earls goods the wind blowes very hard from NW. I came home by SW Bend and home at ??. [WG] 28 Sep 1833 - Clear & Pleasant. James & his bots & Henry goes to Lower place to diging potatoes. Dug one cart load, came home & hauled in oats & tied up storks, worked in the evening. I have been to Israel Glidden's to run the out line of his farm. Elder Thorn & Dea E Randell assisted. We stractened the side lines and NE and line. D~ Israel Glidden for service 6/. [WG] 29 Sep 1833 - SABBATH: Thick & foggy, not much rain we do not go to meeting to day. At four O'clock I attended Sabbath School it has cleared away pleasant. [WG] 30 Sep 1833 - Clear & pleasant. I help Henry about diging stone in upper field. James cut up corn. Asome & Cyrus went to lower place to dig potatoes. I have been to Jacob Merrill's bought shingles. We went into the woods after them. I gave him C~ for the same. When I came home Dea. Jacob Golder & John Buber 2d were at my house. I wrote a Bond for a deed of land Buber bought of Deacon Golder. [WG] 1 Oct 1833 - Clear & Pleasant quite cold wind N West, the ground nearly frozen. Brother James helped me in the forenoon, about stone in uper field. Alsome & Cyrus diging potatoes. PM James got in his stocks. Henry helped. I went to Lewiston corner to get my plane sharpened & other jobs. I paid S Mooney 50 cash in full. Mrs Keen & her daughter sat out for home. [WG] 2 Oct 1833 - Rainey. We have had a smart rain through the night. There was a stage accident happened on the 30th ult in Gray (ME). One man was killed & one had his thy broken. Lewis How was a driving, no blame attacked to him. The bolt gave way & the horses ran & the stage capsised end ways. Then were 16 in the stage. I understand it has continued to rain through the day. Henry & I piled up afew stone toward night. Brother James butchered one weather lamb. I went to Capt Ames in the evening. [WG] 3 Oct 1833 - Clear & Pleasant & quite warm. James & Alsome helped Henry & myself break up, we had William Goddard oxen to help my team. Lemuel Jackson has had my waggon to go to the corner. I bled one of his oxen that appeard to be unwell. I paid Simon Carvill one dollar that John Hatch left with ??? for him on the 26th ult. Samuel Litchfield told me that he would settle for his sheep being in our pasture. Cyrus has been choping wood. Horea Fuller had my cart to haul wood today. [WG] 4 Oct 1833 - Clear & Pleasant. James & Alsome helped Henry. Lem Jackson break up today, had Wm Goddard's oxen & of L Jackson's to work with an add one I had. Cyrus digging potatoes. I have been to Samuel Vickery to run out his land & divide farm between him &Joseph Penley we had some difficulty between the parties but we finally summounted them & finished the business. They paid me my fees between them $2.50. [WG] 5 Oct 1833 - C&P, but cool, the first frost to kill corn & potatoes on our high land last night. Lemuel Jackson & one oxen helped me about breaking up. Brother James helped hold plow we had Goddard oxen one half day. In PM we worked our 4-3 year old stears. Alsome drove part the PM. Mr Weston B Adams came to our house & brought Mary Ann (Garcelon) home from his house. I went on to the hill with him. He had some apples to cary home. Cyrus & Alsome & Henry cutting stocks on my piece & tying up corn in AM. Mrs Bubier/Buber & Martha Bubier/Bubur came here to see Caroline S B(ubier). They tary all night. [WG] 6 Oct 1833 - SABBATH: C&P, quite cool raw wind some hasey, wind southerly. I went with my wife to Friends Meeting AM. PM at SMH. John Fuller & his wife, & his father & mother stopped at our house & took supper. I did not attend Sabbath school. Some rainey & boistrous(?) [WG] 7 Oct 1833 - C&P. I am quite unwell, hardly fit to work. Brother James & ALsome & Lem Jackson helping break up. Jackson had his oxen. I assisted & turned turf in PM. James Mustard & his wife, came to our house & took dinner. He took his horse from my pasture. She has been here three months & has done well. He paid me the cash at 7/per month all settled $3.50, in the evening my wife, Jr, brother James & wife went to brother Fuller's. Cyrus & Henry has been been digging potatoes. Wife has been to the corner to carry Mary Ann to her school. [WG] 8 Oct 1833 - Rainey. We unloaded potatoes & hauled some wood. It continued to rain the greater part of the day. I wrote a letter to Sister Jane (Garcelon) Benson. [WG] 9 Oct 1833 - Continued to rain, quite warm. Choring about the house & barn in AM. PM cleared away. Brother James & Alsome helped Henry & self finish breaking up in the uper field by Fuller house cellar. Cyrus cut wood & chored about home. We had no team but our own. At evening brother James & I went to meeting at School house. Some went to Simon Carvill's to a peasing(?) bee. [WG] 10 Oct 1833 - C&P, ground wet but quite warm. I went with brother James & Alsome, Cyrus & Henry to lower place to pull & haul home the beans. Came home at noon. PM I went to the Corner & the others got in the corn & day potatoes in the house. Field about cleared, the field the corn was slim. I carried one half B to J M Frye to pay for cloth dressing. I recieved a letter from Alonzo (Garcelon). Looks like rain. [WG] 11 Oct 1833 - Cold & blusteny flying clouds, it has been a rainey Boistrous night. Turned the cattle in the field back of the house. Bro James & Alsome, Cyrus, & Henry went to lower place and dug potatoes that S S Smith planted on them. Smith & boy helped & are to help James as much as he helped Smith on James's potatoes. I have been about home doing chores. PM went to see Sister Fuller. Very cold blustery day. Cold enough for mitting & coat. [WG] 12 Oct 1833 - C&P, ground frose quite hard, last night the ice one quarter inch thick. I went with james & Alsome to Lower place & pear oxen to build line fence between E JAckson & James land. Elias & oxen & Jos Webber & oxen making out four days each built stump fence from road down to pasture about ??? together. We did a good days work while dark. Cyrus & Henry dig potatoes at home. James hauled them in, in the evening. Looks like a storm. [WG] 13 Oct 1833 - SABBATH: It has been a ternable boistrious night & very rainey, the wind from South cast almost a gale which stripped threes of apples & leaves. The most seer part of the gale about sun raise. A rain power fully about all the fore noon mamy apple tree blown down. I had one large tree in Litcffiled orchard called "the Pumpkin Apple Tree". It continued to below through the day, at evening the wind shifted to N West. We did not attend the Sabbath school. [WG] 14 Oct 1833 - Squally wind NW flying clouds quite cold & blustering. I went with Mary Ann (Garcelon) to Lewiston Corner to attend school. I went to Danville (ME) & was qualified by E T Little on a warrant of appraisment on the estate of Deliverance Garcelon, single woman. I then returned home & went to Daniel Garcelon, to meet Peter Garcelon who administered on said estae but he did not attend according to apointment. I then went to the ferry, the water in the river very high, I then returned to Daniel Garcelon & took dinner. I then came home & helped about picking up apples in home orchard. Brother James & his boys & Henry have been a gathering apples today. A very blustering day & cold reather more moderate at evening. [WG] 15 Oct 1833 - More moderate cloudy & looks like a storm. Old widow Hannah Jordan came to make us a visit. Brother James has been to mill to Lewiston Falls. The boys & Henry a gathering apples. I have been at work in the cellar fixing boxes & petition. PM I hauled stone out of field in front of house. The boys gathered two cart loads of cider apples. It looks like rain. Evening commences raining. [WG] 16 Oct 1833 - Thich and Rainy, the ground full of water, nothing to be done out doors. I have been doing chores, reading newspapers & repairing my horrow & apple ???ere. Brother James & boys doing chores. At evening Alsome & Henry & I went to the school house to meeting but as no others came Alsome & I called at Capt Ames & stopped a while, Ham Brooks took up the note I gave Aaron Davis for him. I took the note & burnt it all settled. It rained hard when we came home. [WG] 17 Oct 1833 - Cloudy & rainey, ground full of water. a remarkable wet time AM. Nothing doing but choring & reading & churning. PM brother James & ALsome & Henry drove 12 head of young cattle to lower place. We took yearling stears from Widow Lois Carvill's pasture they have been there three months & three weeks @ 50 cents per month. (Paid $1.88) I went to Anise Garcelon & got shoe mended. Paid him the cash for same eight cts. I read Temperance papers. Icame home by the Friend's Meeting House. It has been a very misty dark day but not much rain the road very wet & muddy. Quite rainey night. [WG] 18 Oct 1833 - C&P It cleared away with a shower & lightning in the night. Brother James helped & Henry & I haul & commenced a piece of wall on the line between Fuller's & me. Alsome threhed wheat, Cyrus & the boys gathered apples in "Old Ames Orchard". It has been a windy day but clear. We have done much more than make a begining. [WG] 19 Oct 1833 - C&P the ground frozen a little. James, Henry, Cyrus gathering apples - ALsome a thrushing wheat. I have been to the uperend of the Town. Salley Moody went with me as far as Col Herrick's. I took dinner there. I have been collecting taxes. I came home at evening. I found Alonzo (Garcelon) at home he came from Brunswick (ME) in company with a young man by the name of Dole of Bloomfield (Fairfield/Skowhegan, ME). [WG] 20 Oct 1833 - SABBATH: Cloudy & looks like snow. Alonzo (Garcelon) & Mr Dole went to Lewiston Falls to meeting. Elder Bridges had horse & gig to go to N(orth) M(eeting) House & brought Salley Moody to our house. She then went to Capt Asa Garcelon's to live, She has lived here almost one year. I have been to S(outh) M(eeting) House to meeting. Elder Cole & J Garcelon Jr improved. I attended Sabbath school. Very cool, it snowed. the first of the season. Cold & chilly, Alonzo (Garcelon) came home, Mr Dole tarried at Mr Adames. [WG] 21 Oct 1833 - Cold & Cloudy. I went to S H Read to meet Nathaniel L Ingersoll Esq about measuring the road from Portland (ME) to Lufkin's Corner in Pownal (ME). I agreed to go to Portland. Went to the falls, came home by the Corner. Alonzo (Garcelon) & Mr Dole went to Brunswick (ME). Henry went with the horse as far as Little River (Lisbon) I went to S D Garcelon to get him to go to Portland (ME) with me. Returned home & fixed away for Portland. My wife went with me. We went as far as Simeon Estes's. Staid all night. It has been a cloudy misty day. [WG] 22 Oct 1833 - Very rainey. It has rained the greater part of the night. We tarried at Estes's till PM. It held up raining, we sat out to go to Portland, ME. Foggy & raining & muddy we arrived at Whittier about sun set & met S D Garcelon who just arrived in the Stage. Put up at Whittier's all night. It cost $1.37. [WG] 23 Oct 1833 - C&P with mud knee deep, my wife did her shoping & started for home before noon. Capt Garcelon & I commenced to measurer at the Court house door & neasured out of Portland (ME) over Back Cove toll bridges we measured as far as William Smith's in Cumberland (ME_ & found it to be ten miles to his house. We put up all night. Expence 3/6 cash. Peter Garcelon put up there. Brother James & boy dying potatoes. [WG] 24 Oct 1833 - C&P. We commenced at Smith's & measured to Blanchard's sign post & found the distance to be 12 3/4 miles exactly from the court house. we then continued to measure by Lord's Corner & found the distance to be eight miles & 226 rods from Blanchard Walnut Hill to Lufkin's Corner, Pownal, ME. Makery from the court house to Lufkin's Corner 21 miles 146 rods, We put up at Col Nevens all night expence 2/3 cash. [WG] 25 Oct 1833 - Clear, but soon thickend up & rain some we sat out for home & came on foot out to Samuel Stackpole & so home about noon. I found Jona A Russell & Ayers Mason at our house. they stopped & took dinner. I went to Daniel Garcelon & met William Dingley & S M Garcelon to appraise the estate of Diliverance Garcelon. My wife went with me. We did not get home till one O'Clock AM. Brother James & his boys has been to his place to bury his potatoes. Russell & Maisen? has gone to take care of their legs at Salmon Brook. [WG] 26 Oct 1833 - C&P, James is winowing up his wheat to get in his corn. He & his boys & Henry got in one half of the corn. I have preparing writings Am, PM I have been boarding the foreside of the barn. Fare weather today but some windy. 27 Oct 1833 - SABBATH: C&P but thinckend up & stormed before night. I have been to the South Meeting House to meeting. Otis Bridges preached AM. Elder Cole PM. Levi Meeder & wife came & made us a visit this PM. Levi Meeder seems to have his attention called up to things of religion we has conversation on that subject. [WG] 28 Oct 1833 - Fair this morning, it has rained considerable through the night. James & his boys & Henry & S S Smith diding potatoes. I have been to Joseph Richardson to go to Cushing (ME?) to run out land. Heard that he was from home, I then went round the pond & home & helped about picking up potatoes. John A Davis came to our house from New Portland (ME), a young man by the name of Tuck called to ??? with ?? free cost. [WG] 29 Oct 1833 - Cool with flying clouds. I helped, Mr Tuck fix his waggon, John A Davis went to Capt Asa Garcelon to see Sally Moody, John Moody was with him. Brother James & S S Smith & Alsome & Cyrus diging potates. I have been gathering my corn in frout of the house, Henry & Washington Smith helped after we gathered our corn we went & helped pick up potatoes finished diging potatoes by Simon Carvill's, very cool & wet uncomfortable dying on account of wet & cold. We husked corn in the evening, John A Davis, John Moody, Sally Moody returned to our house & staid all night. I let Jeremiah Bridges have one pr pinchers, two small smith nail hammars, one carpenters mall, one steel hewdingin(?) [WG] 30 Oct 1833 - Cold weather, flying clouds & squally. John A Davis sat out for home. Sally Moody went to Asa Garcelon's. We looked over her account of work & found we owed her $3.67, which she is to have when she wants it in cloth. I & Henry helped brother James & his boys get in his corn in the field by Simon Carvill's. We husked my corn in the house in theevening. It has been cold uncomfortable day. [WG] 31 Oct 1833 - Clear & Pleasant, sun but cold, the ground froze hard. I have sorting corn in horse. Just at night I went to S D Garcelon to notify him to go to Danville (ME) to attend before the County Commissioners of Cumberland Co about roads. I returned & helped finish husk my corn in the Chaise house. I let Elder Bridge have my black mar(e) to go to Portland (ME) with Jeremiah S Bridges. [WG] 1 Nov 1833 - C&P but Cold, S D Garcelon came to my house & took breakfast. He went with me to Danville (ME) & met the County Commissioners at F Smith's. Col N(athaniel) L Ingersoll paid me my bill, runing the road from Portland (ME) & attending as a witness $11 in full. I ??? my bill & pd D Garcelon for services $8.65, we came home same night. Brother James & boys has been husking & laking care of corn. [WG] 2 Nov 1833 - C&P, but cold I have train up seven frans of corn - Brother Annis & boys has been dying potatoes which are injurned by freesing & roting, finishing dying for this year. PM I went to the falls (Lewiston Falls) after Mary Ann (Garcelon). I carried four potatoes to Mr Adams towards Mary Ann's board. The Lewiston Bridge broke today & let four cattle through the bridge & killed them. The proprietors of the bridge settled with drovers, paid them $123 & took the cattle. I sold a yoak of three year old steers to Elias Jackson & took his note for $35 int year he paid me $4-19 cash in full for $4 I let him last April this money paid me 31 Oct - But not down then. [WG] 3 Nov 1833 - SABBATH: C&P, but very cold, the wind N West, we did not attend meeting today. [WG] 4 Nov 1833 - Clear & Cold, the ground froze very hard, so that we can't work at farming I worked on the barn puting on a few boards, James helped me some. The three large boys has been haulding ground in the evening I raised up ten tracels of corn before ten O'clock. Phebe Bridges came here to help my wife today. Mary Ann (Garcelon) did not go to the school today. [WG] 5 Nov 1833 - Clear & very pleasant & cold, milk froze in the buttery. James & I have been marking some of our sheep the letter G on the side with red paint. PM I have been fixing barn windows. James has butched three of his lambs. The three boys has been cutting wood in the woods, Mary Ann at home evening, the children went to Dea Litchfield to meeting. Mr Norcross appointed the meeting. I staid at home & wrote warrant for school meeting on the 14th inst. [WG] 6 Nov 1833 - C&P very fine forenoon. I worked on cider mill & helped Capt AMes repair it. PM I worked on my barn windows, brother James went to Lewiston Falls & carried Mary Ann (Garcelon) to School. The three large boys cutting wood in the woods. John Smith served a citation on me for Searchwell Lane to appear at Bangor (ME) on the 20th inst to hear him take the poor debters oath. I did not acknowledge notice as they did not give me legal notice. [WG] 7 Nov 1833 - C&P I wrote a letter to Ham Garcelon about said Lane's affairs. I then went & got Jer Bridges to shoe my oxen & hauled home one load of wood, brother James helped, Alsome sorting corn, Cyrus & Henry cutting wood brother James is fixing to down below tomorrow. PM I hauled stone out of the field in frot of the house. I wrote a letter to John T Davis, Elder Nathaniel Norcross ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Town Records of Lewiston 1800's Richard D Harris on the ninth day of Jul 1822 gave me the subscriber information that he had taken up damage peasent on the 3rd inst a dark brown mare with a white star in her forehead, a white spot on her nose & three white feet thats all sufford to be about four years old. [Dan Read TC Lewiston, ME] Loved Lincoln & John Goddard on the second day of Apr 1827, Gave me information that they had found in the Androscoggin River a quantity of Iron of different shapes and sizes the owner to them unkown on the 31st day of March last. [W Garcelon TC] Isaac Goddard & Josiah Estes on the 13th day of July 1831 gave me information that they had found in the Androscoggin River on the eight day of Jul inst a quantity of boom irons surpised to be about 100 # the owner of which is to them unknown. 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