Partial Diary of Philip Cumings, Sparta, Kent County, Michigan

Copyright © 1998 by Dennis Zank. This copy contributed for use in 
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          The following are a few quotations direct from the Diary of
       Philip Cumings--copying it as nearly as possible as he wrote it.


September 1844
Fri 20 Remarkble warm all day Carried Edwin to the railroad in the
        morning, he started for the West.

October 1844
Fri 25  Rather cloud, but not cold. Came home from Ridgeway. came by
        the way of the old Lewuston road--through Caryville. Took dinner 
        at Otis Freeman. Edwin got home from Michigan. Let Elder
        Mason have two bushels of wheat.

Tues 29 Snowed all day. the snor is now as much as two feet deep. 
        Edwin and Nelson went to the Hill after some geese with sley and
        horses. Drawed winter apples from the upper barn to the house
        just at night.

November 1844
Tues. 5  Cold rained and hailed a short time in the afternoon. Drawed
        about a cord and half of wood in the morning and then went to
        the Center to election. Borrowed Ninety two dollars of Warren
        Warn for the boys to go west with.

Thu 7   Went to the Center to have my town account audited, in the fore-
        noon, Went to Asa Merrils bought 6 pounds of butter for the boys
        to carry west. Went to A.W.Whites, he paid me the balance of
        $6.00 he owed me on note.

Fri 8   The boys started Michigan. Carried them this forenoon to the
        Railroad.

June 1845
Wed 4   Very warm. Started a little before noon for Michigan James H.
        Sherwood, Linman Warn Moses Gillam David Gleason and Warren
        Warn assisted us in moving our goods to the Rail Road and loading
        them on board a Car. Took dinner at George L. Lawrances.
        We are to night in the town of Pembroke. Our expenses to day
        has beeo 12 1/2.

Thur 5 Very werm, got into Buffalo about noon paid this morning at the
        tavern where we stoped last night, 54 cents. Paid the railroad
        Co. $6.50. for bringing our goods from Byron  Am to pay $26,38
        for carrying them to Grand Rapids.

Fri 6   Cool and cloudy, Rained moteratly most part of forenoon. Got
        on board the Boat Chesepeak about 10, o'clock in the morning a
        got into Cleavland a little before sunrise Saturday morning.

Sat 7   Fair and warm stoped in Cleveland about 3 hours to ship a supply 
           of coal. Wind put in the afternoon, boat rolled considerably. 
           Got into Detroit about 11. O'clock at night.

Sun 8   Very warm all day. Remained on board the boat until morning.
        Started out of Detroit about sun an hour high. We are now in
        Ypsilanti having stoped here about 5 O'clock Afternoon.
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        He then writes quite a bit about things that happned on the
        boat. He records each day on their way to Grand Rapids and their
        difficulities in getting to the shanty in which Edwin and Norman
        had lived,
Sun 15 (The last sentence is)- Here we are at home at last.






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