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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  May 3: "Fine Clear Day went to Delhi Sent one tub of Butter of to Robert in New York Price in Delhi 18 cts per pound Bought a Barrel for flour Price $5.75"

1852  May 6:  "Sun Shineing Bright and very warm Grass Growing Some Sowed five and one half Bushels oats for the first Begins to Look like Spring Snow Still on the North Side yet"

1852  May 7:  "Excessively warm Day the Snow on the North side river went till this Day Ploughed the Garden this morning"

 

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

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