Hiram E. Leonard Diary, July 4 - 10, 1872

“4th Thursday  A fine cool pleasant day the most beautiful fourth of July that I can recolect of seeing  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick  Emma Stone was here there was a picknick in T Jones woods & at Carpenters Grove  My folks went to T Jones Woods the two Emmas went to Danby to the fireworks & Emma Stone then went to Turner to a ball with Jerome Beardsly & wife.

“5th Friday  A fine cool pleasant day  I did my choars choared round some was a making out my P O Returns etc closed up at about 8 & went to bed at 9 ½ Emma Barrus came here.

“6th Saturday  A fine hot dry day  I did my choars choared round some finished P.O. returns, closed up at 8 & went to bed at about 9 ½ tiard & nearly sick  My red line backed cow calved had a fine red calf bull  They got about 2 feet of water in my well & stone up some.

“7th Sunday  A fine pleasant warm day, and verry dry  I did my choars choared round some was up to the place 2 or 3 times went to bed about 9  Emma Stone & Caroline took a ride to Naperville between 3 & 4 or about 4 got back about 6 & Em Stone went back to Naperville.

“8th Monday  fine hot dry weather  I did my choars choared round the most of the day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ tiard & nearly sick.

“9th Tuesday  verry hot dry weather everything ________________ I did my choars choared round some during the day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 10 nearly sick  The ground very dry.

“10th Wednesday  verry hot & dry grass & parsters a drying up  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick.”