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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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   <td>9</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>raning to day quite a groth soft rasing the {illegible}</td>
 
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   <td>10</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>to milton for chery trees to day and plum trees $6.50 c</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>turn a the cattle to grass to day The Buds not out the spring wheat coming upp and oats the wheat Badly Killed</td>
 
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   <td>12</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>pulling red root out of the wheat cool I went to sta{cut off}</td>
 
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   <td>13</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
   <td>May</td>
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   <td>pulling root on the medow in ten acer field</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>drawing dung on the turnip ground to day</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>cool and unplesent winds to day making thigs</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>plowing the potato ground to day plesent day</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>planting the potatoes to day plesent north wind to day</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>sunday cool winds the pees are up the catle out</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>drawing dung upon the plowing the turnip patch</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>plowing and harowing the turnip ground</td>
 
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   <td>21</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>cutting red root out of the wheat to day</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td></td>
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   <td>turned the horses to grass windy day</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td></td>
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   <td>comenst harowing the folow warm and windy</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td></td>
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   <td>fnished harowing making garden planting rasberys</td>
 
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   <td>25</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>sunday cool plesent day the leeves coming out fast</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td></td>
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   <td>washing the sheap to day seeying about the road {illegible}</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td></td>
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   <td>drawing dung to day in the field frunt of the Barn</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td>drawing dung plesent day warm things growing fast</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
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   <td></td>
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   <td>taking sophy to the stud  story plesent day</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>drawing  shering the sheep plesent day warm</td>
 
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   <td>May</td>
 
   <td>May</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>drawing dung to day out of the shade dry</td>
 
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   <td>1</td>
 
   <td>1</td>
 
   <td>June</td>
 
   <td>June</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>sunday cool and Breesy today making thig plesent</td>
 
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   <td>June</td>
 
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   <td>drawing {illegible} plesent day dry with a shower</td>
 
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   <td>June</td>
 
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   <td></td>
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   <td>drawing dung in to the field at the Barn F sol horse</td>
 
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   <td>June</td>
 
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   <td></td>
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   <td>drawing dung plesent day dry not much groth</td>
 
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   <td>5</td>
 
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   <td>June</td>
 
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   <td>finished all the dung to day cool and plesent</td>
 
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   <td>June</td>
 
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   <td>plowing and spreding dung plesent dry and hasy</td>
 
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   <td>June</td>
 
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   <td>plowing fast and spreding dung to day dry</td>
 
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   <td>8</td>
 
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   <td>June</td>
 
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   <td>sunday plesent day the road woork paid $7.8.7c</td>
 
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   <td>9</td>
 
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   <td>June</td>
 
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   <td></td>
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   <td>plowing fast att the folow dry and plesent</td>
 
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   <td>10</td>
 
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   <tdJune></td>
 
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   <td>plowing with tow tem spreding dung to day</td>
 
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Revision as of Jul 26, 2026, 12:18:54 AM

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<tdJune>
9 May raning to day quite a groth soft rasing the {illegible}
10 May to milton for chery trees to day and plum trees $6.50 c
11 May turn a the cattle to grass to day The Buds not out the spring wheat coming upp and oats the wheat Badly Killed
12 May pulling red root out of the wheat cool I went to sta{cut off}
13 May pulling root on the medow in ten acer field
14 May drawing dung on the turnip ground to day
15 May cool and unplesent winds to day making thigs
16 May plowing the potato ground to day plesent day
17 May planting the potatoes to day plesent north wind to day
18 May sunday cool winds the pees are up the catle out
19 May drawing dung upon the plowing the turnip patch
20 May plowing and harowing the turnip ground
21 May cutting red root out of the wheat to day
22 May turned the horses to grass windy day
23 May comenst harowing the folow warm and windy
24 May fnished harowing making garden planting rasberys
25 May sunday cool plesent day the leeves coming out fast
26 May washing the sheap to day seeying about the road {illegible}
27 May drawing dung to day in the field frunt of the Barn
28 May drawing dung plesent day warm things growing fast
29 May taking sophy to the stud story plesent day
30 May drawing shering the sheep plesent day warm
31 May drawing dung to day out of the shade dry
1 June sunday cool and Breesy today making thig plesent
2 June drawing {illegible} plesent day dry with a shower
3 June drawing dung in to the field at the Barn F sol horse
4 June drawing dung plesent day dry not much groth
5 June finished all the dung to day cool and plesent
6 June plowing and spreding dung plesent dry and hasy
7 June plowing fast and spreding dung to day dry
8 June sunday plesent day the road woork paid $7.8.7c
9 June plowing fast att the folow dry and plesent
10 plowing with tow tem spreding dung to day
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