Vincent DeLong's Diary of 1864

Friday, November 11, 1864

Mr Cain got Mr Tift's
horse and let me hav his
bugy and I and Bidy went
up home sarah went with
use and drove back the horse
It snowed considerbal
this afternoon

Saturday, November 12, 1864

staid with my sister
Salley Ann I recon

Sunday, November 13, 1864

Very cold

Monday, November 14, 1864

prety cold to day and tryes
to snow a bit

Tuesday, November 15, 1864

snowes and blowes considerbal
To night young winter
I cut a little wood
Etc Mr H Schermerhorn
came after my hefer this
afternoon. Orderd Dad to
giv me an Order of 22
Dollars on Cross

(vertically across the inside edge:)
I staid wih sally ann

Wednesday, November 16, 1864

Quite Warm to day
I fixed Janes stable
got prety tired

Thursday, November 17, 1864

I went down to Aunt
Liyaes. Bidy got tiered
on t walking home

(Not sure who Aunt Liyaes is. The handwriting is clear enough, though her name could be Lizaes , which could possibly be Lizzie. That's a guess on my part. Vincent's aunts on his father's side were Mary and Rachel. He also had three uncles, Charles, Abraham and Francis, that survived to adulthood. However, Vincent's father, Cornelius, moved from the Mohawk Valley to the Boylston area. I don't know if any of the father's brothers would have lived nearby.)

Friday, November 18, 1864

(no entry)

(Vincent and Elizabeth had four boys and two girls. From left to right the boys are Charles Vincent (b. 1870), my great-grandfather John Edwin (b. 1867), William Harrison (b. 1873), and C. Oliver (b. 1865). It was during this furlough that Oliver was conceived!)

Saturday, November 19, 1864

(No diary entry.  This is Vincent's wife Elizabeth in an undated photograph: )

Sunday, November 20, 1864

did not go to hear
elder Stevens to day
Sarah came up to see
us to day staid prety
late