This collection contains the diary of a lumberman from 1868, and contains information regarding his daily routine, as well as his business dealings with local farmers and business associates. The diary owner appears to have either owned a small farm himself, or served as a temporary laborer on other farms in the area (he also seems to have owned small amounts of livestock). The diary also suggests that he had an intimate business relationship with a local farmer named Jacob Ulrich, and his family. The laborer in question seems to have lived in either St. Joseph or Kalamazoo County, considering that he frequently travelled to either Three Rivers or Kalamazoo (considerably more to the former) for business trips and appears to have transported lumber in the area. There is also some minor bookkeeping spread throughout the journal.