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James Cameron Diary, 1880

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11th of June 1880 Hoeing
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12th hoeing and cutting Weeds
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13th Sunday Gordon and Tommy Rose here Gave him a spear and Jack Raining
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14th cleaning out the Barn
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15th Mr Heron and Mr Hopkins Americans here stopt all night
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16th Hoeing and putting out Tobacco plants
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17th Went to Little Island Mowed some Weeds Tied the Mare to a stone at the Sugar Bush
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18th Let the 2 Bulls go McNabb and Royal Charlie the Mare got Fast with the Rope she was tied with and strangled herself
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19th Covering the mare with Brush put out the stove
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20th First Day of Summer a Fine Day Rain Thunder and Lightning to night
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21st the Longest Day and the shortest night Went to Dundee with 2 Tennets of Butter Bought 100 Wt of Flour 3..80 100 lbs of corn meal 1..35 Tea 40  1 Pan of Bread 25 soda 8 Tobacco 20 Matches  15 Tub 20 Basins 40 Blue 5 Eclectric oil 25 pipes 3 Dipper 10 cloves 2 8 yds of overall stuff 1..12 Smoothing irons 2..78 2 yds of shirting 22 Paid what I owed on the 28th of April 2..50
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22nd Hoeing and Weeding Potatoes came from Luke Bowen's this morning Rained some this Evening
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Our Dans Birth Day 23rd Hoeing Corn and Potatoes small shower Fine Weather a Good many Boats Passed up and Down to Day the Duck left her nest after 4 Weeks being on and no chickens Lost the scissors or cant find them whereever they are Gave Hugh Ann 30 cents
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24th St John Baptiste A Day Midsummer Day Mr Norman Abrams here for his colt swam him acrofs to Hamiltons Island Weeding the Potatoes in the Tobacco place Fine Warm Writing for the old Man Mr Gabriel Durocher Paul Jo son here yesterday Promised Bushel Baskets to me.

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Mr James Cameron Island

25th of May 1880 crofsed to Summerstown Brought a mefs of Fish to J Hamilton Bought of Mr Ward 25 lbs of oatmeal 75 cents 25 lbs of Cornmeal 50 cents Brush 30 cents on credit to 1 Calfskin and Muskrat 1/2 lb Tea 30 Soda 1/2 Bushel of salt 25 1 lb of nails3 cents for the skins 3 lbs of Rice 15 cents Paid Worm Canda 10 cents Paid Blue paid Calico Paid 3 1/2 yds of Calico 39 cents Got a Bag of Potatoes and seed mixed at J Hamiltons

26th Planted some Potatoes Before the Door and Planted the Last of the Corn on the West Side of the Peice

27th Ploughing the Peice at the Barn harrowed it Corpus Christie

28th Planted 115 hills in the Peice at the Barn corn up Potatoes up seen Bugs on the Potatoes Mr Durocher making a smoke house Gave him some Boards Fine Weather

29th Royal Oak Day Fine East Wind shearing the sheep Mr Burdo Went to Ogdensburgh cleaning the corn of Weeds Tethering the 2 Bulls Found a cent in the corn Paid

30th Grand Procefsion

31st trimmed some of the oak Trees

1st of June Rowena's Birth Day 2 years old to Day

2nd crofsed with J Hamiltons Ram a Fine Day

3rd White Washing

4 Went to Na Houta's Island

5th 3 Indians chiefs here John Isaac or Wetya's Christie John Surwates Michael Solomon and Francis Got money from the Fisherman for Fishing

6th Rodney Briggs here

7th Hoeing Windy

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9th Our Mary's Birth Day

10th I crofsed to Summerstown Mr Tuthill and Mr Howland here to night Bought of J Summers yds of Calico 94 cents 2 lbs of Rope 30 cents Powder at Wards 40 on credit 1/4 lb of Tea and 1/4 at Wards paid the Colt swam to the Genie Island Eggs to Hamiltons

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Mr James Cameron Island

11th of June 1880 Hoeing

12th hoeing and cutting Weeds

13th Sunday Gordon and Tommy Rose here Gave him a spear and Jack Raining

14th cleaning out the Barn

15th Mr Heron and Mr Hopkins Americans here stopt all night

16th Hoeing and putting out Tobacco plants

17th Went to Little Island Mowed some Weeds Tied the Mare to a stone at the Sugar Bush

18th Let the 2 Bulls go McNabb and Royal Charlie the Mare got Fast with the Rope she was tied with and strangled herself

19th Covering the mare with Brush put out the stove

20th First Day of Summer a Fine Day Rain Thunder and Lightning to night

21st the Longest Day and the shortest night Went to Dundee with 2 Tennets of Butter Bought 100 Wt of Flour 3..80 100 lbs of corn meal 1..35 Tea 40 1 Pan of Bread 25 soda 8 Tobacco 20 Matches 15 Tub 20 Basins 40 Blue 5 Eclectric oil 25 pipes 3 Dipper 10 cloves 2 8 yds of overall stuff 1..12 Smoothing irons 2..78 2 yds of shirting 22 Paid what I owed on the 28th of April 2..50

22nd Hoeing and Weeding Potatoes came from Luke Bowen's this morning Rained some this Evening

Our Dans Birth Day 23rd Hoeing Corn and Potatoes small shower Fine Weather a Good many Boats Passed up and Down to Day the Duck left her nest after 4 Weeks being on and no chickens Lost the scissors or cant find them whereever they are Gave Hugh Ann 30 cents

24th St John Baptiste A Day Midsummer Day Mr Norman Abrams here for his colt swam him acrofs to Hamiltons Island Weeding the Potatoes in the Tobacco place Fine Warm Writing for the old Man Mr Gabriel Durocher Paul Jo son here yesterday Promised Bushel Baskets to me.

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