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1837 1th 1 mo Our market is tolerably good as to variety, but almost all the articles are intolerably dear. Flour 11.50, Fresh Pork 14 by the Hog, 146 by small cuts. There is some wood on the Wharves for Sale. A good stock of coal is still on hand.

14th We are still imprisoned with ice, which makes every object appear gloomy & business very dull, except with a few Candle manufacturies, coopers, carpenters and some other mechanics. The ice still continues far out from Brant Point and no appearance in view that is is likely to break up soon. The weather continues cold from day to day, the wind prevails from North to NW. The thermometer ranges from 22 to 32 and the streets mostly covered with Ice, and the Sleighs going, but no so numerously as some days past. The winter thus far may justly be called a hard winter, although not half so severe as the winter of 1780. It was so cold that many of the inhabitants depended on for [FISHING?] brought by horses and carts on the ice across the harbor from 30 to 60 cents per day for some weeks, and in addition to that, the Inhabitants were very short of victuals and clothes, even to suffering.

15th This morning is the coldest that we have had this winter. The thermometer stood at 5 above. The weather was clear, the wind NW but not so strong as at some other times. The Ice made out beyond the calculation. No water with the help of a spy glass can be seen on the North side of the Island.