Captain William S. Brooks 1820 Journal - Page 2

 Here is page #2 from an 1820 journal written by my third great grandfather, Captain William Smith Brooks. You can find the first page of this diary here: Diary page 1.

In this diary, he primarily lists the places he visited, boarded, ate meals etc, although in later pages he becomes a little more verbose in his descriptions.

Here is the transcription (please let me know if you can determine the last word in the fourth line down):

Lebanon Springs Board etc.	2.90
Nausua Breakfast	60
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8 Albany. Dinner & Horse Credendosy[?]	1.13
8 Waterford Sleep at Hulls	1.16
9 Hulls Breakfast	37
9 Schenectady Sleep etc.	1.25
9 Amsterdam Abbott Sleep	81
11 Johnstown Anderson B-	38
11 Oppingham Nelles. Dinner	25
10 Little falls Morgon Sleep	1.36
Schyler Peacock	40
11 Deerfield. Biddlecom. Dinner	25
Sunday toles	60
11 Utica Sleep. Bags	1.13
12 West Moreland Crarys Break.	34
12 Lenox. Blosson Dinner etc	63
12 Chestewingo Cary’d Lodge etc	1.44
Here it rained and I took the Stage	1.12
To Phillips in Manulius 16 Miles to
Dinner Horse Shod	1.69
14 Mercellus Sleep	84
14 Auburn Breakfast	50
On this route I pass’d Cauga [probably Cayuga] Bridge over 1 Mile long here the prospect of [to be continued]

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