July 9, 1841 ~ Friday

July 9^th I recieved 2 letters from Elder W. Richards
I perused a letter from Br Azmon Woodruff & one
from Thompson Woodruff I was truly glad to hear
from them once more. We had a visit from Miss
Jennet Stedman & MrMr. Burgess & Mrs Burgess

July 10, 1841 ~ Saturday

10^th Spent the day at father Woodruffs

July 11, 1841 ~ Sunday

11^th Sunday Spent the day at father Woodruff

July 12, 1841 ~ Monday

12^th I wrote a letter to Sister Betsey Cossett &
sent a paper to our friends in Maine

I wrote two verses in Mrs Mary Ann Hills Album
shall I behold the Nations doomed &c

July 13, 1841 ~ Tuesday

13^th I spent the day at Father Woodruff

July 14, 1841 ~ Wednesday

14^th I wrote the following lines in Eunice Woodruff Album

Not all the wealth of earth combined
Can give content like the innocent mind
Who in the flower of youthful bloom
Can taste the joys of a rural home
Free from borrowed care and anxious thought
Contentment reigns in the peasant's cot
As natures wants are few they'r soon supplied
Without the aid of crime or pomp or pride
Innocent as the flowers that bloom in spring
She shares in all the Joys that time can bring
While nature in her lovliness here doth act her part
Her unstudied posture speaks the language of the heart
O! reader learn wisdom from the PEASANT COT
And be content with thy future LOT

I rode to West Hartford with Br Webster & Sister Eunice 5 miles

July 9, 1841 ~ Friday

July 9th I [FIGURE] recieved 2 letters from Elder W. Richards I perused a letter from Br Azmon Woodruff & one from Thompson Woodruff I was truly glad to hear from them once more. We had a visit from Miss Jennet Stedman & Mr & Mrs Burgess

July 10, 1841 ~ Saturday

10th Spent the day at father Woodruffs

July 11, 1841 ~ Sunday

11th Sunday Spent the day at father Woodruff

July 12, 1841 ~ Monday

12th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Sister Betsey Cossett & sent a paper to our friends in Maine I wrote two verses in Mrs Mary Ann Hills Album shall I behold the Nations doomed &c

July 13, 1841 ~ Tuesday

13th I spent the day at Father Woodruff

July 14, 1841 ~ Wednesday

14th I wrote the following lines in Eunice Woodruff Album

Not all the wealth of earth combined Can give content like the innocent mind Who in the flower of youthful bloom Can taste the joys of a rural home Free from borrowed care and anxious thought Contentment reigns in the peasant's cot As natures wants are few they'r soon supplied Without the aid of crime or pomp or pride Innocent as the flowers that bloom in spring She shares in all the Joys that time can bring While nature in her lovliness here doth act her part Her unstudied posture speaks the language of the heart O! reader learn wisdom from the PEASANT COT And be content with thy future LOT

I rode to West Hartford with Br Webster & Sister Eunice 5 miles