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Aug. 28, 1846 - Walter's wife (Mary) died after a long sickness - Mr. Platt died today - quite subtly (suddenly? sultry?) - still showerey 1st Sept. very hot weather - 90 degrees - pulled onions 4th thrashing seed wheat - heavy rain - 5th and 6th rain 7th cleared up we hope - began sowing wheat - very sickly through the country 11th hot weather - Owen (Oven?) gave out to day - so very warm and sultry - yesterday Mr. Saml Mosbry buried - very sickly all over the state. 12th Mrs. Samual Harris buried. Began cutting up corn 14th Mr. Hungerford(?) buried - a little cooler weather 21st Sept. Darius P. Roberts has a daughter born. Mr. Field get 36 bu wheat of us for seed - pleasant weather 24th last thunder showers all night 25th rained all night and still raining - Ambrose family threatened with ague again Cornwell's family also Sunday the 27th Ambrose has a chill also Lanyra Danial Julia and Rimze(?) - surely a sick house 28th Mr. Cornwell died 29th went to Peoria for medicine for Ambros 3rd Oct. sickness increases - Bradshaw, Edina, N. Brown soon in my family 13th Oct. first frost - rain in the afternoon Ambrose has the ague again for the 3d time 15th sent letter to N.Y for pictures etc. 16th heavy rain with thunder - about half done digging potatoes - the rot in them 17th first snow 18th 12 degrees below freezing 19th another frozen(?) - cold - Mr. Sharps boy got killed by a pit deer of Mr. White when going to school 23rd Ambrose took the ague the 4th time all his family down again - drew sand for planting 30th polished my bedrooms - finished digging potatoes - after 3 weeks Nov. 1 1846 cold NE wind and cloudy for several days - went to Morton(?) school house to meeting. Mr. Gore just returned with his new wife 10th began harvesting corn. Ambrose and family still sick with the Ague - warm weather about these days 12th Mrs. C. Pottre (Potter?) visiting here 13th rainy day - turned cool 17th got 2 loads corn 18th 2 loads 19th 2 loads run - snow squalls - cold - wet - settled with Dahlquist - 450 due us - sold our last yoke oxen for 30.00 dollars. Ambrose still sick.