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2nd 3 mo 7th day of week. The drifting snow was so thick that it was difficult to determine whether it was new snow, or only the old. They were governed pretty much by the course of the wind, for there was no appearance of the High way. But fortunately the most of them arrived in town at night very much exhausted, still some were yet behind & the storm still increasing, so that it was dangerous to go out of town to look for them. It was now 8 o'clock in the evening the whole town was alarmed by the ringing the Bells, and the connexions of those who were missing in the greatest distress, all being fully confident if they did not reach some house, they were certainly perished. No intelligence was received of them until next in the forenoon, when it was found that Frederick C. Macy & Roland Hussey arrived at Morey's on George Myrick Jr.'s farm. They lost their way soon after they left the 5 mile mark. They passed Davenports but did not see it. They pursued their way without seeing any thing but was governed by the wind, they at length very fortunately, but accidently fell in with a high [BONE] home bound marked SOM. This they new [KNEW] which afforded new departure. The next thing they met with was a large rock near the Brown lots. This they knew but they found themselves failing fast & as they now could find Morey's they concluded to repair there where they remained all night but so cold that they could not get warm until next day after they arrived in town.
Another sleigh with John D. Macy, his son & Thomas Barney luckily fell in with Davenport's but so exhausted that John could not speak.