Excerpt from Christopher Westcott's Diary, describing his trip from Rhode Island to Ohio in 1816 by covered wagon. Also see the family cemetery plot transcription.

Note: Formating by date was not in the original diary but is so here for clarity.

Tuesday May th28 We started for the Ohio Stayd at Thomas Watermans the first night Coventry stopt to Palmers inn Plainfield Canterbury is a very Pleasant vilage on a hill

May th29 stayd to S. Balcoms inn Windham is a very prety vilage some elegant buildings

May th30 stayed to Olcuts inn east Harford three vilageis in east harford the Last vilage about half a mile before we Come to the Bridg is the pleasantest place that ever I see the streets are Wide and clean and a row of trees in the middle going from Windham to harford. Almy lost her bonnet out the Waggon Harford is a large City Cheafly Brick Buildings in crossing the bridg we like to lost watch he was thron the river west harford farmington havington litchfield

June 2th we Crosst the fishkill mountain and A dreadful stony hill it is to for about 2 miles but we went over very Chearful without any difficulty Bayton fishkill

June 3th we crosst the North River I felt a little afraid at first but I soon got over that after I got in to the boat the River is a mile and a quarter Wide Newburg is a pleasant place and quite large cheafly brick buildings goshen florady Newton easton log jal hope

May the 28th 1816 started from Lorey Staffords in Warwick Rhode Island for the State of Ohio arived at Zanesville July the 4 from thear we went to Marietta we got thear July the 8 we got into our home the 1 day of September

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