Hiram E. Leonard Diary, June 28 - July 4, 1871

“28th Wednesday  fine weather some cloudy & showers round & grew cold a cold night  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick & tiered out.

“29th Thursday  A cold morning with a heavey white frost but hurt nothing a cold day for June  I did my choars choared round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 tiard & nearly sick.

“30th Friday  rather a cold morning & cool day  I did my choars choared round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick [in margin] Pollard & I fixed my pump at the paster.

“July 1st Saturday  A fine day cloudy in forenoon & fine in the afternoon  I did my choars was at the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick  the boys went to Wheaton & plaid base ball & beat the Wheaton boys  Sebe French got home from Country Grafts & told me he collected for grafting this year $833. Wallace went up to Guilds a visating.

“2nd Sunday  A fine warm cloudy day  I did my choars choared round the house wrote some etc went to bed about 9 nearly sick & tiered out.

“3rd Monday  rather a fine cloudy day  I did my choars was at the office all day a choaring closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick  A T Jones wife had a daughter born this morning.

“4th Tuesday  A most beautiful day for the fourth  I did my choars choared round all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick a good many went to Aurora & Naperville to the fourth, they had a fite at Naperville today.”