Volume 06: 22 April 1842–10 July 1843

2 May 1842: Attended general assembly of the paupers of Hertford. 3 May 1842: Describes how committee for the Free School installed by a single voter, no interest in the county. 27 May 1842: Winton visited by a phrenologist. 12 July 1842: On the possibility of the impeachment of Tyler; the growing popularity of Harry of the West, Henry Clay. 3 August 1842: On conflict between Tyler and Congress; heavy rains that destroyed the year's crops; peoples' turning to religion all over Eastern N.C. 8 August, 10 August 1842: On the elections, and defeat of Whig candidates, the pseudoreligious campaign of Dr. Godwin C. Moore. 29 August 1842: On hard times for four years, public feeling, religious excitement. 7 June 1843: Extensive comments on the Ashburton Treaty.