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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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   <td>14</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
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   <td>we finished sowing the wheat the rain came on we sowed thwenty bushels in the field at the line eighteen bushels in the field front of the barn thirteen in the field at the woods barn  thirty one in the larg field down below eighteen  nine to do</td>
 
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   <td>misty and rany and sharpy cool in the morning</td>
 
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   <td>16</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
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   <td>trashed the barley and some oats</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
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   <td>sunday dry and plesent</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
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   <td>comensed trashing the stack of wheat</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
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   <td>We finished trashing the stack</td>
 
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   <td>20</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
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   <td>went to help Jonkpid to trash</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
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   <td>comensed bilding a coal pit</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
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   <td>remived the lightning rods</td>
 
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   <td>23</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
   <td>of September</td>
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   <td>pulled the apples below warm</td>
 
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   <td>sunday</td>
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   <td>warm and plesent and cloudy</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
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   <td>we set fire to the coal pitt</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
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   <td>went to help foords to trash</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
   <td>of September</td>
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   <td>comensed making the doors for the squesing hous</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
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   <td>comenced drawing out the barley</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
   <td>of September</td>
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   <td>we comensed drawing san to the hous</td>
 
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   <td>of September</td>
 
   <td>of September</td>
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   <td>went to mill comensed taking out the coal</td>
 
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   <td>1</td>
 
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   <td>October</td>
 
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   <td>sunday rain in torents cool</td>
 
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   <td>October</td>
 
   <td>October</td>
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   <td>comensed finishing of the house in a squez{cut off}</td>
 
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   <td>comensed ploughing went help  foords to trash</td>
 
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   <td>comensed drawing out some wheat</td>
 
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   <td>comensed tathing and hanging the doors</td>
 
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   <td>we went for the brick and bilt the chimney</td>
 
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   <td>of October</td>
 
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   <td><s>sunday</s> warm and plesent</td>
 
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   <td>sunday charls strained his foot</td>
 
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   <td>9</td>
 
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   <td>of October</td>
 
   <td>of October</td>
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   <td>maid the morter set 2 Wheals</td>
 
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   <td>10</td>
 
   <td>10</td>
 
   <td>of October</td>
 
   <td>of October</td>
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   <td>put in the glace into the shash</td>
 
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   <td>11</td>
 
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   <td>of October</td>
 
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   <td>comensed plastering the hous</td>
 
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Revision as of Jun 27, 2026, 11:19:58 PM

1854

14 of September we finished sowing the wheat the rain came on we sowed thwenty bushels in the field at the line eighteen bushels in the field front of the barn thirteen in the field at the woods barn thirty one in the larg field down below eighteen nine to do
15 misty and rany and sharpy cool in the morning
16 of September trashed the barley and some oats
17 of September sunday dry and plesent
18 of September comensed trashing the stack of wheat
19 of September We finished trashing the stack
20 of September went to help Jonkpid to trash
21 of September comensed bilding a coal pit
22 of September remived the lightning rods
23 of September pulled the apples below warm
24 sunday warm and plesent and cloudy
25 of September we set fire to the coal pitt
26 of September went to help foords to trash
27 of September comensed making the doors for the squesing hous
28 of September comenced drawing out the barley
29 of September we comensed drawing san to the hous
30 of September went to mill comensed taking out the coal
1 October sunday rain in torents cool
2 October comensed finishing of the house in a squez{cut off}
3 comensed ploughing went help foords to trash
4 comensed drawing out some wheat
5 comensed tathing and hanging the doors
6 we went for the brick and bilt the chimney
7 of October sunday warm and plesent
8 sunday charls strained his foot
9 of October maid the morter set 2 Wheals
10 of October put in the glace into the shash
11 of October comensed plastering the hous
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