Route of the Sherwood family trip from Delhi to upstate New York as traced via Google Maps.

1823  Sept 17: Page 1 -- Left Delhi and parted from the children. Stopped at Bristols, 9 miles from Delhi.

1823  Sept 17: Page 2 -- Found Unadilla delightful. Left Unadilla. Beautiful view of the Susquehanna.

1823  Sept 18: Page 3 --  Rode to Guilford. Every house had a pretty border of fall flowers. Arrived in Oxford.

1823  Sept 18: Page 4 -- Left Oxford.

1823  Sept 19: Page 5 -- Arrived in Norwich before dark. Thought Norwich an uncommonly fine village. Rainstorm.  Left Norwich. Arrived in Smyrna.

1823  Sept 19: Page 6 -- Hailstorm passed through Sherburn and broke windows.  Ride to DeRhuyter; handsome cultivated farms.  On to Truxton.  Found house comfortless so traveled on

1823  Sept 19: Page 7 -- Went on to a farmhouse for shelter.  Beds wretchedly dirty.  Rode to Homer.  Found landlady saucy. 

1823  Sept 20: Page 8 -- Proceeded to Montville.  Observed name of M. Deshon at the tavern.  Assumed it was French.

1823  Sept. 20: Page 9 -- Thought Miss Deshon superior to her situation.

1823  Sept. 21: Page 10 -- Laura and daughter Ann went with Judge Wood to view a waterfall. Longed for Mrs. Lupton's magic pencil. Left Montville. Shivering cold arrived at Auburn. Saw peach trees--thought climate better than Delhi.

1823  Sept 21/22: Page 11 -- Auburn has appearance of a growing city.  Tour of the State Prison. Found building spacious and clean.

1823  Sept 22: Page 12 --  Tour of the State Prison.  20 convicts were employed weaving 10 hours/day and were not allowed to speak a word. Auburn seemed "promiscuously" built.

1823  Sept 23: Page  13 --   Left Auburn.  Arrived at Scipio. Proceeded to Aurora then to Waterloo.

1823  Sept 24: Page 14 -- Left Waterloo. Arrived at Geneva, elegantly situated on Seneca Lake. New Theological Seminary just completed.

1823  Sept 24 : Page 15 -- Next stopping place was Canadagua. Dined at Meads Hotel, a dirty place.  Mrs. Grangers house and grounds surpassed anything for beauty and cultivation. Mrs. C going to NY on the Canal.  Left Canadagua.  On to Lima.

1823  Sept 24/25: Page 16 --  Awakened by two guns of a hunting party.  Sept 25: -- Started for Gennesseo. Noticed apples were abundant.  G is the shire town of Livingston County. Enchanting view of Gennesseo flats.

1823  Sept 25/26 Page 17 -- On to Batavia.  Sept. 26 -- Rose early. Felt childish on separating from Mr. S.  Rode to Avon and came to the western road.  On to Caledonia.  Arrived at Batavia (36 miles from Gennesseo) famished. 

1823  Sept 26/27  Page 18 -- Overtaken by an Indian.  His movements were graceful and agile.  Sept 27 -- Rose early. Mended gloves. 

1823  Sept 27/28 Page 19 --Rode 26 miles to Harris Hill.  Ground flat and marshy...unhealthy.  Sept 28 -- Found dirty beds.  Rode 8 miles to Mr Sherwood's brothers.

1823  Sept 28/29 Page 20 -- Mr. Sherwood concluded to cross at Black Rock

1823  Sept 29  Page 21  -- Thought Black Rock more pleasantly situated than Buffalo.  Arrived at the ferry. Piercing cold north wind.  Horses were terrified. 

1823  Sept 29/30  Page 22 -- Went to view the falls.

1823   Sept 30  Page 23 -- Goat Island.  Saw a Scottish man collecting botanical specimens. Went to Whitneys Eagle Tavern refreshed with Brandy and water and crackers. Recrossed.

1823  Sept 30/Oct 1  Page 24 -- Walked to Lewiston.  Left John to come with the wagon.

1823  Oct 1/Oct 2  Page 25 -- Set out on the Ridge Road.  On to Lockport--one of the prodigies of the new world.   Canal. 

1823  Oct 2/Oct 3  Page 26 -- Rochester: the pride of the West.   Canal.

1823  Oct 4  Page 27 -- Sailed on the canal to Pittsford.

1823  Oct 4  Page 28 -- Arrived in Pittsford. Description of trip on the canal.

1823  Oct 4 Page 29 -- Description of trip on the canal.

1823  Oct 4/Oct 5  Page 30--  Description of trip on the canal. Part of canal drained for the celebration of the opening of a new aqueduct in Rochester

1823 Oct 5   Page 31 -- Carriages take them to Rochester.

1823 Oct 5   Page 32 -- Went to church. 

1823 Oct 6  Page 33 -- Mr. Sherwood went to the celebration of the opening of the aqueduct in company with Masons.  Laura and Ann went with the ladies in the second boat.  Boats entered aqueduct with bands of music.

1823  Oct 6 Page 34 -- Sailed through the aqueduct.  Judge Sampson gave an appropriate address.  Met old Mrs. Rochester.

1823  Oct 6  Page 35 -- Rush to catch steam boat to take them back.

1823  Oct 6/Oct 7 Page 36 -- Missed the boat.  Had a miserable supper.

1823  Oct 7  Page 37 -- Windy.  Seasickness on boat: rolling on the floor unable to reach their births.

1823  Oct 7  Page 38 -- Breakfast on shore.  Visited 120 gun ship New Orleans.

The diary continues about 10  more pages before ending abruptly in Canada.

Original journal courtesy of the Delaware County Historical Association Archives, Delhi, NY. Further information on the Sherwood Family is available in the Letters and Journals of Samuel and Laura Sherwood (1813 - 1823), edited by John Crocker, Delhi, NY, 1967,  available in the Delaware County Historical Association Archives and Milne Library, State University of New York College at Oneonta.