1872
Thursday
February 1
After I pumped the wells at 8 I went up and engaged a horse at about 1. They sent one down and Ela and I went down to Titusville to engage a lawyer but Guthrie was not at home. So I drove to Pleasantville and got T. A. Morrison. Came home at about 7:30. Paid for horse $3.00 and toll .30. Horse in barn .25.
(Avery actually has the horse fee and toll written like this, 25. and 30. I am guessing he means cents as he usually uses dollar signs. I can't imagine housing a horse costing $25 dollars at that time. But hey, this is just my very uneducated guess.)