Farm, labor, and personal accounts, and broadsides, in Hall, Ontario County, New York; patents for land in Illinois; a rate bill for persons liable for teachers' wages in Italy, Yates County; an agreement to give instructions on the abolition of the Canadian thistle.

Eight volumes of approximately 25 pages each covering years 1858-1863 in daily entries. Ogden recorded weather, farm chores, helping other farmers, making tiles, visitors, travel, family events and helath and deaths. Also noted are prayer meetings, services, monthly, quarterly and class meetings attended, cash accounts by month and bills payable by month with names, items and amounts.