NOVEMBER SUNDAY 19 1876

Go to church with Wife. this A.M. Call at Mrs Ketchums this Eve'g. Raining all day.

NOVEMBER MONDAY 20 1876

Go to Tannery at 7. Go to Buffalo on Cars. Mrs. Ketchum goes up. Date's Burner arrives by train this a.m. also 60 Hides from Pepler & Shephard they are quite wet & fall short by our scale weight 37# Invoice weight 4142, our weight 4105#. I buy 58 ft 1 1/4 hose Pope. 30 ft 1 in Steam hose & couplings & Fittings from TToyr & Co, Expenses $265 Duties on hose $125. Do on Fittings $100

Get letter from TP&Co Enclosing cheque for $70.

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