Saturday, February 22, 2014

Saturday, February 22, 1868 – “The Harlem River is frozen over…”

This is a cold day. Murcury down 4 [degrees] below zero. I was drawing Manure to day. Bill was helping me this afternoon. Net Rutherford is here to day yet. Some of the folks were down to Brushland to day. Every thing is quiet today. 

President [Andrew] Johnson has bought a farm of 1.000 acres in Tennessee.

Mrs. T.E. Forrest died today*. Brushland.

The Harlem River is frozen over with 12 inch ice for the first time in 11 years. Loaded sleighs can be seen daily midriver on the ice below Peekskill.

*This was Mrs. Thomas E. Forrest, born Helen Raitt in 1820.

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