Note: habitual activities such as daily walks, weekly church attendance, the identification of Bible texts used in sermons, visits to the Boston Athenaeum, writing journal entries, and account keeping are not indexed.
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labors and oversees work on trees and grounds31
comments on time and expense involved in building21
acquires building materials14
comments on building progress9
superintends construction9
plans for constructing a summer house8
summer moves to Old House5
summer moves to new house3
auctions off “remnants and superfluities”1
“the prevailing fashion of putting pillars for every thing strikes me to be a mistake”1