October 25, 1844 ~ Friday

25^th I purchased a number of articles to take to my
family, such as 1 gal oysters, crackers, oranges, lemons
shugar, &c. took cars at Boston rode to Saco called at
Luthers, from thence to Scarborough, found my
wife & two children with Sister Foss. it was a happy
meeting. I found Phebe Amelia much better than
she had been for she had been sick nigh unto death
but had began to recover. I walked over to Father
Carters & spent a few hours with the family. Father
& Fabyan went over with me to sister Foss & spent
the evening. I spent the night with sister Foss
fare $3.75 100 miles

October 26, 1844 ~ Saturday

26^th I wrote a letter to Br & Sister Moulton &
spent the day at sister Foss Phebe seemed some
better

October 27, 1844 ~ Sunday

27^th Sunday I spent the day at sister Foss with my
family & Father & Mother Carter Phebe Amelia
seemed to gain strength

October 28, 1844 ~ Monday

28^th A cold day Phebe Amelia was better through
the day than she had been eat harty in the evening
she was taken with a relaps of the fever & the flem
seemed to almost fill her lungs she had a sick
night

October 29, 1844 ~ Tuesday

29^th A hard rainy morning I went after Rhoda
Carter to come & assist giving medicine to our child
who was vary sick. they commenced in the morning
[FIGURE] & it was with the greatest difficulty we could get
medicine into her or to get it to operate. at last her emetics
& injections operated powerfully & she had the sickest
day she ever had in her life she lay for 6 hours like a
dead person, she came to in the evening & rested well

October 30, 1844 ~ Wednesday

30^th I went to the beach in the morning got a few small
Hen clams, come home & eat them. Phebe is some better
to day but vary feble we recived a paper from Ilus. I wrote
him a letter

October 25, 1844 ~ Friday

25th I purchased a number of articles to take to my family, such as 1 gal oysters, crackers, oranges, lemons shugar, &c. took cars at Boston rode to Saco called at Luthers, from thence to Scarborough, found my wife & two children with Sister Foss. it was a happy meeting. I found Phebe Amelia much better than she had been for she had been sick nigh unto death but had began to recover. I walked over to Father Carters & spent a few hours with the family. Father & Fabyan went over with me to sister Foss & spent the evening. I spent the night with sister Foss fare $3.75 100 miles

October 26, 1844 ~ Saturday

26th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Br & Sister Moulton & spent the day at sister Foss Phebe seemed some better

October 27, 1844 ~ Sunday

27th Sunday I spent the day at Sister Foss with my family & Father & Mother Carter Phebe Amelia seemed to gain strength

October 28, 1844 ~ Monday

28th A cold day. Phebe Amelia was better through the day than she had been eat harty in the evening she was taken with a relaps of the fever & the flem seemed to almost fill her lungs she had a sick night

October 29, 1844 ~ Tuesday

29th A hard rainy morning I went after Rhoda Carter to come & assist giving medicine to our child who was vary sick. they commenced in the morning [FIGURE] & it was with the greatest difficulty we could get medicine into her or to get it to operate. at last her emeties & injections operated powerfully & she had the sickest day she ever had in her life she lay for 6 hours like a dead person, she came to in the evening & rested well

October 30, 1844 ~ Wednesday

30th [FIGURE] I went to the beach in the morning got a few small Hen clams. come home & eat them. Phebe is some better to day but vary feble we recived a paper from Ilus. I wrote him a letter