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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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   <td>14</td>
 
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   <td>January</td>
 
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   <td>cold and frosty sundy with a flury of snow</td>
 
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   <td>no snow</td>
 
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   <td>January</td>
 
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   <td>we ware setting the machine up</td>
 
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   <td>17</td>
 
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   <td>January</td>
 
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   <td>we trashing wheat pleasent weather</td>
 
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   <td>18</td>
 
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   <td>January</td>
 
   <td>January</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>i comensed making the axel tong of a wagon</td>
 
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   <td>January</td>
 
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   <td>went for a load of blocks</td>
 
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   <td>finished the wood work of a wagon finished 10 thousand shingles</td>
 
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   <td>January</td>
 
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   <td>cloudy and cold no snow sunday</td>
 
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   <td>January</td>
 
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   <td>a great snow storm comensed this day</td>
 
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   <td>comensed drawing rail cutts we fetched the coalts</td>
 
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   <td>comensed drawing saw logs to forlish mill</td>
 
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   <td>finished saw loging at forbus mill</td>
 
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   <td>skided the logs at the mill taking rail cuts</td>
 
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   <td>went to mill a foot of snow upon the ground</td>
 
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   <td>January</td>
 
   <td>January</td>
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   <td>snowing and stormy sunday</td>
 
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   <td>January</td>
 
   <td>January</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>drawing rail cutts cold and stormy</td>
 
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   <td>30</td>
 
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   <td>January</td>
 
   <td>January</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>i was ironing of a wagon</td>
 
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   <td>January</td>
 
   <td>January</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>mending a stay cold and snow fluries</td>
 
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   <td>1</td>
 
   <td>1</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>went to a weeding of mis cumings</td>
 
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   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
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   <td>i was making a fraim for a saw</td>
 
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   <td>Febuary</td>
 
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   <td>rail cutting drifting and blocking</td>
 
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   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>coald and frosty sunday piles of snow</td>
 
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   <td>Febuary</td>
 
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   <td></td>
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   <td>drawing rail cutts coald plenty of snow</td>
 
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   <td>cold and frosty and cold</td>
 
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   <td>i was iron of a wagon very coald working</td>
 
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   <td>Finished drawing the rail cutts cold weather</td>
 
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   <td>comensed drawing timber plenty of snow</td>
 
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   <td>more plesent not so frosty iron of a wagon</td>
 
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   <td>Febuary</td>
 
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   <td>plesent plenty of snow sunday</td>
 
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   <td>Febuary</td>
 
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   <td>I finished iron of the wagon</td>
 
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   <td>I was panting the wagon thewing</td>
 
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Revision as of Jul 3, 2026, 11:36:44 AM

1855

14 January cold and frosty sundy with a flury of snow
15 January no snow
16 January we ware setting the machine up
17 January we trashing wheat pleasent weather
18 January i comensed making the axel tong of a wagon
19 January went for a load of blocks
20 finished the wood work of a wagon finished 10 thousand shingles
21 January cloudy and cold no snow sunday
22 January a great snow storm comensed this day
23 comensed drawing rail cutts we fetched the coalts
24 comensed drawing saw logs to forlish mill
25 finished saw loging at forbus mill
26 skided the logs at the mill taking rail cuts
27 went to mill a foot of snow upon the ground
28 January snowing and stormy sunday
29 January drawing rail cutts cold and stormy
30 January i was ironing of a wagon
31 January mending a stay cold and snow fluries
1 Febuary went to a weeding of mis cumings
2 Febuary i was making a fraim for a saw
3 Febuary rail cutting drifting and blocking
4 Febuary coald and frosty sunday piles of snow
5 Febuary drawing rail cutts coald plenty of snow
6 cold and frosty and cold
7 i was iron of a wagon very coald working
8 Finished drawing the rail cutts cold weather
9 comensed drawing timber plenty of snow
10 more plesent not so frosty iron of a wagon
11 Febuary plesent plenty of snow sunday
12 Febuary I finished iron of the wagon
13 I was panting the wagon thewing
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