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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Sunday's Obituary - Lucy Brooks Cabot

[Transcription]
April 5, 1912
MRS. NORMAN F. CABOT
     Mrs. Lucy Brooks Cabot, 86, wife of Norman F. Cabot, died in her home on Terrace Street this morning about 1.45 o'clock after an illness of about six weeks. She was born in Chesterfield, Factory Village, Dec. 13, 1825, and was a daughter of Capt. William S. and Elinor Forman Brooks. Her father was a native of Medford, Mass., and her mother came from Freehold, N.Y. In 1821 her father went to Chesterfield and in 1839 the family came to this town. Following the death of her mother she went south and there met Norman F. Cabot and they were married in Wetumpha [sic, should be Wetumpka], Ala., Dec. 13, 1853. Previous to the Civil war they came to Brattleboro and had since lived here, Mr. Cabot being for many years treasurer of the Vermont Savings Bank.
   She had two brothers and two sisters, all of whom were prominent in the town during their lives. George J. Brooks was the builder of the Brooks House and gave the Brooks library building to the town. The other brother was Francis W. Brooks and the sisters were Mrs. Francis Goodhue and Miss Malvina Brooks. Besides her husband she leaves two daughters, Miss Mary R. Cabot of this town, and Mrs. Frederick Holbrook of Boston, and one son, William Brooks Cabot of Boston.
     The funeral will be held in the home Monday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Rev. R.M. Houghton will officiate and the burial will take place in Prospect Hill cemetery. Friends are kindly requested not to send flowers. 

Source: Newspaper clipping, newspaper title and location not included.

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