One diary of Candace Beach (born 1790) who came from Hartland, Connecticut, in 1815 to LeRoy, New York. The diary tells of her slow trip west and teaching school after she arrived in LeRoy. There are also several poems in the diary at the beginning (The Joys of Grief, Untitled, Hard Times, The Banks of Champlain). Recipes for Loaf Cake, Hard Biscuit, and Puce Pies. There are three sections of accounts for Mrs. Nancy Wright, Mrs. Ford, and Mrs. Wright again. Then the diary notations begin on August 14, 1815, and continue to September 19, 1816.