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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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   <td>18</td>
 
   <td>18</td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>comensed ploughing sodd  warm</td>
 
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   <td>19</td>
 
   <td>19</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>raining showers of rain finished fencing</td>
 
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  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>20</td>
 
   <td>20</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>groth comensed the wheat looks great</td>
 
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   <td>21</td>
 
   <td>21</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>finished the posts warm and plesent</td>
 
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   <td>22</td>
 
   <td>22</td>
 
   <td></td>
 
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>plesent and growing wether Sunday</td>
 
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   <td>23</td>
 
   <td>23</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>we ware framing at the barn</td>
 
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   <td>24</td>
 
   <td>24</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>comensed ploughing for the spring crop</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>25</td>
 
   <td>25</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>rain all day that we shantyed</td>
 
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   <td>26</td>
 
   <td>26</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>led the foundation of the barn</td>
 
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   <td>27</td>
 
   <td>27</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>comensed framing the purlines posts</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>28</td>
 
   <td>28</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>comensed framing the braces and studs</td>
 
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   <td>29</td>
 
   <td>29</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>sunday rain cool and cloudy wether</td>
 
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   <td>30</td>
 
   <td>30</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>April</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>rain and storm making pens</td>
 
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   <td>1</td>
 
   <td>1</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>rigging plough drying up growing wether</td>
 
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   <td>2</td>
 
   <td>2</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>comensed sowing the peas and ots</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>3</td>
 
   <td>3</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>finished sowing the peas and ots at home</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>4</td>
 
   <td>4</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>comensed sowing peas an ots below</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>5</td>
 
   <td>5</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>cutting studs putting stone under the foundation</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>6</td>
 
   <td>6</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>cool and cloudy looks like rain growin wether</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>7</td>
 
   <td>7</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>I was making pike irons went for pines</td>
 
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  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>8</td>
 
   <td>8</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>a snow storm three inches deep</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
  <tr>
 
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   <td>9</td>
 
   <td>9</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>we raised the barn at pattricks</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>10</td>
 
   <td>10</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>we comensed {illegible}edging the barn</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>11</td>
 
   <td>11</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>working a way at the barn</td>
 
  </tr>
 
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   <td>12</td>
 
   <td>12</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>rain went up to the sawmill for lumber the leeves cuming out upon the trees growing wether</td>
 
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   <td>13</td>
 
   <td>13</td>
 
   <td></td>
 
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>growing wether cloudy wether sunday</td>
 
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   <td>14</td>
 
   <td>14</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>comensed siding the barn</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
 
   <td>15</td>
 
   <td>15</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>comensed shingling growing wether</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>16</td>
 
   <td>16</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>plesent wether windy and cloudy</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
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   <td>17</td>
 
   <td>17</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>we ploughing the folow {illegible} made</td>
 
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  </tr>
 
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   <td>18</td>
 
   <td>18</td>
 
   <td></td>
 
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>I was at bingmans raison</td>
 
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Revision as of Jul 4, 2026, 1:44:38 PM

18 April comensed ploughing sodd warm
19 April raining showers of rain finished fencing
20 April groth comensed the wheat looks great
21 April finished the posts warm and plesent
22 plesent and growing wether Sunday
23 April we ware framing at the barn
24 April comensed ploughing for the spring crop
25 April rain all day that we shantyed
26 April led the foundation of the barn
27 April comensed framing the purlines posts
28 April comensed framing the braces and studs
29 April sunday rain cool and cloudy wether
30 April rain and storm making pens
1 May rigging plough drying up growing wether
2 May comensed sowing the peas and ots
3 May finished sowing the peas and ots at home
4 May comensed sowing peas an ots below
5 May cutting studs putting stone under the foundation
6 May cool and cloudy looks like rain growin wether
7 May I was making pike irons went for pines
8 May a snow storm three inches deep
9 May we raised the barn at pattricks
10 May we comensed {illegible}edging the barn
11 May working a way at the barn
12 May rain went up to the sawmill for lumber the leeves cuming out upon the trees growing wether
13 growing wether cloudy wether sunday
14 May comensed siding the barn
15 May comensed shingling growing wether
16 May plesent wether windy and cloudy
17 May we ploughing the folow {illegible} made
18 I was at bingmans raison
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