I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff.

Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1000 apple trees agrowing.

There is nothing I have to reflect on that gives me more satisfaction than the fact that my life is insured for the benefit of my Dear Wife and children.

In 1844, there was a balance of perhaps of a couple of thousand dollars on the cr side.

Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron

I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice.

I want to go where I can be of the most service to the general enterprise.