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well as for myself. I was offered seven dollars for a cow which was left
to be sold by me.

Sunday Aug 17th. Not much occurred. I stayed home all the time.
[p. 108]

Monday Aug 18th. I received a letter from Darius¹¹¹ and one for him
from Phoebe Allen of Lockport N. Y. Not much occurred I spent part
of the time in the forenoon, at drawing and in the afternoon writing an
answer to Phoebe.

Aug 19th. Henry Clay arrived at Louisville this evening on his elec-
tioneering tour to the West.¹¹² I worked on the canal most of the time
in the forenoon and in the afternoon I went to Louisville and bought
some drawing paper and two small blank books. I put a letter [p. 109]
to Phoebe Allen into the post office while I was there. Mr. Henry had
been before a meeting of the board of directors today.

August 20th 1828. In the forenoon Mr. Henry went to Louisville and
I was employed on the canal. At noon Mr. Henry Clay passed through
our village and Mr. White spent the afternoon with us. He tried some
experiments for blasting under water but owing to the caterages [cart-
ridges] being too small they did not succeed as was expected. He wants
me to collect for him four specimens of each species of shells which are
to be found here. [p. 110]

Thursday Aug 21 1828. Mr. Henry went up to Louisville last evening
with Mr. C White and did not return until this evening, when he
brought me a present from Mr. White of Constocks History of the Greek
Revolution accompanied by a map of Greece.¹¹³

I was at work on the canal the principal part of the time.

Friday 22. After setting some stakes on the canal in the morning we
made out the reports & estimates which took us until noon. Afternoon
I went to Louisville to deliver them to the board of [p. 111] directors.
Mr. White left this place for Pennsylvania at 9 o'clock AM. After I
returned I done some work on the canal.

Saturday Aug 23, 1828. Not much occurred. I spent part of the time
on the canal and part in my room Reading the Greek Revolution.

Sunday 24. I wrote a letter to Father today, and on the same paper
one to Darius. In the afternoon I went over the river, with Victor
Audubon & his Brother fishing.¹¹⁴

Monday Aug 25th. I worked on the canal in the forenoon and in the
Afternoon I commenced Drawing a plan of Dibbles Crain,¹¹⁵ for Sayre.

Tuesday Aug 26th 1828. In the forenoon I went to Portland with a
team in order to show a teamster where he could find some iron cast-