Box 1, Folder 6: Diaries 1828-1830

[Left Page] 18 Yellow Bud Creek a little time in the afternoon when we took a walk a little distance from the house to examine a quarry of pudding-stone or of Breccia lately discovered by father. These [masses?] of cemented gravel are frequent throughout Ohio -- Astratum of gravel belong to the antediluvion formation, which is found in the river bottoms throughout the state is occasionally cemented by springs running through them whose water is impregnated [*Variety Crag]

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with calcereous or ferrigneous particles which being depositied in the interstices between the gravel, formes [forms] the cement which

Nov 24 Manday [Monday] This morning on cutting open a turnip I discovered a cavity in which was a young sprout of this plant bearing an exact resemblance to this plant when it first makes its appearance above the ground in the spring

Darius went to Chillicothe today and in the evening returned and brought a letter from Dr. Hildreth of Marrieta O.

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20 Yellow Bud Creek Ohio

Nov. 25th Tuesday This morning Darius and myself procured horses and went to Circleville about 8 miles from where we live - We went around the square 'fort' and to the top of the large humulus described by Atwater as 90 feet high - which we are inclind [sic] to think is somewhat exagerated [sic]. We crossed the Scioto River twice - water about 2 1/2 or 3 feet deep - but a little rise since I was at the river last. We came down on...

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...the east side and passed the beautifully level country called the Pickaway plains. In travelling from the head of the Scioto no hills of any considerable magnitude until we arrive within 4 miles of Chillicothe where the 'high land' commences. Nov 26th Wednesday This morning I went down toward Chillicothe five miles where the Engineers are locating the Ohio Canal, for the purpose of seeing Judge D.S. Bates. Talked over 'matters and thing'...

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...relating to the Louisville & Portland canal, and then returned about the middle of the afternoon. Nov. 27th Thursday Afternoon today Darius and Myself procured a one hour wagon and went to Chillicothe, afternoon it was wet and rainy, to convenience my journey back to the Ohio Falls. In the evening we went to visit David S. Bates - He gave me a letter for J.R. Henry Eng. and SS Goodwin Secy L&P Canal Co; he told us some interesting facts relating to Mineralogy and Geology. I agreed to take [illegible] of a level and a book which he has at the falls. I settled with him for my services...

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...as Rodman on the Louisville & Portland Canal from the 8th of February to the 1st of July 1828 and found a balance due to me of $4.66. At about 11 o'clock at night I left Chillicothe in the stage for Cincinnatti; traveled all night without sleep and took breakfast at 10 o'clock - the next morning at Hillsborough - the seat of Justice of Hiland County and the residence of Allen Trimbul [Trimble] Gov. of Ohio. Then passing over some very bad roads for several miles we arrived at Williamsburgh where we stayed during the night. Nov. 29th Saturday We were awakened by our landlord very early this morning and at 3 o'clock we...

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...were under way. After we had got about 3 miles our driver stopped saying that he has forgotten the mail, and that he must go back on one of his horses and get - this occupied full an hour; and when we had got 14 miles we found some difficulty among the driver which caused a delay of 1 1/2 hours - In consequence of these delays we did not arrive at Cincinnatti until 1 o'clock PM The rock between Hillsborough and Cincinnatti is a compact blue limestone disposed in thin layers, between which there is a soft argillaceous slate, which is easily disintegrated, and leaves the limerock in...

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...small detached masses dissimminated [sic] through the alluvium. Where a small stream of water runs down the slope of the hills the lighter particles of soil are washed away leaving these masses of limerock to form a rocky bed - Immediately on arriving at Cincinnati I went down lower Market Street to deliver to Ban Godwin & Co. a small package which was given me at Chillicothe, upon the recommendation of Mr. Bates. - After doing this I went to the W. Tiller Office found Pazzi, left one vol. of Silliman's Journal to be bound & then went to the wharf and ascertained that the Shephardess would leave here for Louisville - towards night. The river has risen considerably since I was there.

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...in the former part of this month. Pazzi today bought the Western Souvenier and said he would send it to me upon the first opportunity after he had read it. At 6 o'clock this evening we were under way for Louisville where we arrived the next morning at 11 o'clock in the steam boat Shephardess. The river at Shippingsport is about 16 feet above low water mark. This journey from Shippingsport to Chillicothe and back has lasted just 4 weeks - Along the valley of the Scioto and more particularly on the second bottom...

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...the soil is intense by black. The timber being almost entirely oak which is known to produce an acid which has the property of changing the colour of any substance containing oxide of iron; and this latter substance is almost always present in alluvial soil - From these data I Ithink it is easy to account for this blackness Dec 1st Monday I went to Louisville this morning to deliver to Mr. Goodwin the letter from D.S. Bates and to get some papers from the post office - In the afternoon I stayed about home (Detistes Inn)...