Philp "Henry" Shook Diary/Labour Account, 1899-1903

Title

Philp "Henry" Shook Diary/Labour Account, 1899-1903

Creator

Philp "Henry" Shook

Source

Leeds and the Thousand Islands Archives: Municipal Heritage Committee

Date

1899-1903

Language

English

Coverage

Leeds & Grenville County, Leeds Township, Ontario

Date Created

May 2nd, 1899

Is Part Of

Philip "Henry" Shook Diary Collection

Medium

Scanned Manuscript

Transcription

E.C. Silter Seting Beef

1899

may 26

returned Bug can to Piree in Delta and paid him cts/75

1900 P.H. Shook $4

a feb 1 Leor to Hiram Shook

one. day Sawing logs 75

one 1/2 day sawing logs 40

had Hirams teem one

trip to gananogue with

lumber Hesely, drove

the teem 2.50

may 18 man on teem working on

the flats

June 1th man one day driving 1.25

Frank. Brown teem

8 harrowing on flats - - - 75

man horke one day

June 29 working on road 1.50

1/2 day howinig hoeing 40

domeneed 7.55

1900 P.H. Shook

Detor to Hiram Shook

for work. ${illegible}

July 12 one day patching

roof on Barn 1.2

26 patching roof on Barn

28 1/2 patching roof on Barn

Aug 20 1/2 day {illegible symbol raking oats litering

Sep 14 1/2 day drawing in Buckwheet

Oct 1 1/2 day Shinling on stoof and cow stable

13 helping thrash

15 helping A.. Mustard thrash

1900 P.H. Shook

Nove

8 . man and teem from
    9 o clock till night
    ploughing 

12 . man and teem ploughing

12 . credit by one

    sucking coalt

24 . from 9 o clock

    till night Shingling
    on the pen 

Dec

11 man and teem
   tending lawning
   machine

1901

June one horse 1 1/2 day

7   working on road


June

5 one horse 3 days working on buck wheat ground

June 29 - Hiram 1/2 day

         driving of Brown teems

July 2. horse mowing

august 2 horse mowing

august 7 horse drawing cheese

august 12 patching roof

Octo the 1 one trip to Lyndhurst Rsin

2 one trip to Lyndhurst 
        Rain

1901 P.H. Shook 44 detn to Hiram. Hock

Oct

8  man and teem
   one day thrashing
22 $9.00 recieved by dusk
22 recieved by dusk
24 man and one horse 
   1/2 day working at 
   water break
31 man and one horse
   1/2 day working on 
   water break

Nove

 1    working in ditch
 8    man and teem from 
      9 o clock till night
      ploughing
 2    4 bushels Buckwheat
 2    4 bushels oats

dec 1901. P.H. Shook

     deton to Hiram. Shook

4 1/2 day cutting crush

 in grave garden

28 one day chopping

  h.Abeadle woods

30 one day chopping in

  H.ABEADLE WOODS

31 one day chopping in h.abeadle woofs

1902 1/2 day chopping Jan the 2

Jan the 8 neeeived by cash

April the 7 man and teem from

           8 o clock till half
           past 2 tending 
           sawing machine

1902 P.H. Shook

    Deton to Hiram. Shook 

July 3. one day shingling on barn

July 15 1/2 day drawing in hay and sowing

22 1/2 day drawinh in
24 1/2 day shingling on barn
26 3 hours cutting wheat
28 5 hours patching roof barn and cutting wheat

Aug 8 from ten o clock till night shingling on barn

19 waived by cash

Sep 2 1/2 day building fence

1902 Sep the 26 P.H. Shook deton to Hiram Shook

           man and teem 1/2 day thrashing

30. one mand 1/2 day tending thrashing machines

   at J.albeadle

29 recieved by cash

Oct 25 recieved by cash

dece 2 man one day wirking at water break

20 recieved by cash

1903 P.H. Shook deton to

    Hiram Shook

Sept 23 1/2 day sawing logs

       albeadle's swaie 

Sept the 5 from 9 o clock tille

          night working oasts 
          cows mowing with scythe 

Sep 11 9 cows mowing with scythe

Sept 14 renewed by cash one spot

Sept 14 recieved 1 cow on rent

1903 P.H. Shool deton to

    hiram shool

Sep 15 man half day

21 man half day tending thrashing machine 

Oct 31 man from 9 o clock till night

1903

Nove 19 Balance on settlement due to

       P.H. Shook from
       hiram SHook

$60 00

Transcription Progress

Done

Files

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Philip Henry Shook 1899-1903 (11).pdf
Philip Henry Shook 1899-1903 (12).pdf

Citation

Philp "Henry" Shook, “Philp "Henry" Shook Diary/Labour Account, 1899-1903,” Rural Diary Archive, accessed September 16, 2026, https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/items/show/703.
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