Tuesday July 6, 1869

Traded horses today; received 25.00 to boot.

Sunday July 18, 1869

Rode out with Miss.

Monday, July 19, 1869

Father sold Tom today.  It seems like losing and old friend. He has had more hard driving than any other horse in this civilized world.

Monday August 2, 1869

Top 1' 4"

1"  3- 1/2 "  cover

1'  3-1/2"  flange

Sunday, August 15, 1869

sunday 15 1869

Monday August 30, 1869

Book of Alphabets .25 cents

A. L Barnes & Co.

771 x 113 Williams St.

Cor John N.Y.

The entry is decorated with a flourish

Tuesday, November 2, 1869

Miss Annie L. Barnes

Miss Lilly M. Gilbert

 Miss Belle Dewey

Miss May Arthur

Miss Mary L. Hathaway

The names on this page are written with flourished embellishments. It's that list of the ladies!





 Tuesday, November 11, 1869

Received a visit from Mr. Gaines and Dr. Young.  getting school visitors.

Monday,  November 15, 1869

Received a visit from Myron Hart

Tuesday November 16, 1869

My school was visited by Miss Ida Allen

Wednesday, November 17,1869

My school visited by Geo. Alford

Friday, November 19, 1869

Rec'd a visit from Frank Gates

Friday, November 26, 1869

Had compositions for the first time this term.

Saturday, November 27, 1869

Went to Winsted this forenoon and returned this evening



Sunday, November 28, 1869

Attended a meeting at the Cong'l church



Monday, November 29, 1869

My school was visited by Miss Hewett

Thursday, December 2, 1869

Went up to Hartland with Dr. Young for a ride this eve.



Monday, December 6, 1869

Attended a Sociable at Brown's Hall; the company was quite small in consequence of the storm.

Tuesday, December 7, 1869

Had a spelling school this evening.

Wednesday, December 8, 1869

Attended a party this eve at Mr. Alford's;  several couples came from Winsted. 

Tuesday, December 9, 1869

Received a call from Missus Victoria and Emma Ward*, William Ward and George Bevis

*We think we may have found a picture of

Miss Emma Ward posted on a historical site:

www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctlitch2/history/riverton4b.jpg

There's a good deal of interesting info at this site including mention of a couple other people quite possibly mentioned in Hayden's diary:

www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctlitch2/history/riverton.htm

It doesn't want to link, however, if you copy/paste the above listed info into your address line, it will take you to a wonderful historical site.

To be continued....