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Business/Labor Home page | Excerpts from the diary of Nathanial Arbuckle, Delhi farmer, 1852-1861 Table of Contents

Note: For serious researchers only: may be hard to read, as is the original
Background:  Nathanial Arbuckle was a native of Scotland and came to Delhi when he was 17. His usually terse diary entries give some idea of the daily life of a farm family in the Antebellum rural Delaware County area.  Weather was vitally important to the success of his farming business, so he frequently comments on it. He also makes occasional comments on local and national events.

1852  December 3:   "Hard frost last night  went to Bovina Ceter with the waggon to Get it Mended    heard from William as late as the 27 of October by Elisha Light who has Just Returned from Callafornia"

1852  December 6:  "This is one of the Most Beautiful Days that I Ever Say at this Season of the year    the Ploughs are Going all around and I think I Shall Start one Myself

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Courtesy of the Delaware County Historical Association Archives, 46549 State Hwy 10, Delhi, NY, 13753. 

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