The response to this has really surprised me. I had thought there would be nor more than a dozen if that many for a private list. I will be pleased to continue on a weekly schedule to keep us in tune with the seasons if that is agreeable to the group. Here is the first installment January the 1st 1856 Tues 1 I went up in Ohio again it is very cold and icy - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------Wed 2 I helped W S Tucker cut wood and hall boards and cover a part of his crib - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------- Thu 3 We finished covering the crib and got out puncheons and laid the floor and cut out a door - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------- Fri 4 We cut down a board tree and sawed some board timber - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------- Sat 5 We finished sawing the board timber and bolted some of it.