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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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   <td>plowing fast plesent day dry and clere</td>
 
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   <td>plowing in the field the frunt of the Barn</td>
 
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   <td>plowing fast plesent wether warm sultry</td>
 
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   <td>August</td>
 
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   <td>helping Frank to trash warm sultry</td>
 
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   <td>19</td>
 
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   <td>August</td>
 
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   <td>plowing sold my Bef catle 47$ 6 hed  2of2</td>
 
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   <td>August</td>
 
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   <td>plowing fast now plesent day not much groth</td>
 
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   <td>sunday cool wind to day now groth now</td>
 
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   <td>August</td>
 
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   <td>plowing plesent day making things com</td>
 
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   <td>August</td>
 
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   <td>finished plowing in the field att frunt of the Barn</td>
 
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   <td>August</td>
 
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   <td>comenst sowing wheat to day plesent day</td>
 
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   <td>August</td>
 
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   <td>sowing fast dry and sultry day</td>
 
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   <td>August</td>
 
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   <td>sewing a way dry and sultry day m warm finished so</td>
 
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   <td>shulrfing and sewing the field att the frunt of Barn</td>
 
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   <td>sum raining fast making things con nice</td>
 
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  <td>August</td>
 
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  <td>August</td>
 
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  <td>August</td>
 
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   <td>1</td>
 
   <td>1</td>
 
   <td>setember</td>
 
   <td>setember</td>
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   <td>plowing the turnip ground Jonathy got 15 bushels wheat</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>finished sowing whed to day dry and plesent</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
   <td>setember</td>
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   <td>riging the machine to day som rain & windy</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>sharping stakes to day plesent warm</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>sharping stakes plesent day dry and sultry</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>drawing clay into the Barnyard</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>sunday plesent day som rain the wheat </td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>som Blacksmith work to day plesent day</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>sharping stakes to day plesen day dry and sultery</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>paving around the well to day warm</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>paving to day and finished it now</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
   <td>setember</td>
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   <td>riging the machine to day plesent day</td>
 
  </tr>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
   <td>setember</td>
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   <td>making sider and vinegar to day</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>sunday plesent day camfmety noribs</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
   <td>setember</td>
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   <td>setting the mill to trash att J place rain</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>trashing fast good turn out of wheat Broak 2 rings</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
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   <td>trashing and finished it to day came home</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
   <td>setember</td>
   <td></td>
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   <td>drawing wood up to the house plesent day warm</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
   <td>setember</td>
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   <td>Bilding a fence along creek to the swale warm</td>
 
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   <td>setember</td>
 
   <td>setember</td>
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   <td>staking it warm and sultery day frosts at night</td>
 
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Revision as of Jul 29, 2026, 12:46:15 PM

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15 August plowing fast plesent day dry and clere
16 August plowing in the field the frunt of the Barn
17 August plowing fast plesent wether warm sultry
18 August helping Frank to trash warm sultry
19 August plowing sold my Bef catle 47$ 6 hed 2of2
20 August plowing fast now plesent day not much groth
21 August sunday cool wind to day now groth now
22 August plowing plesent day making things com
23 August finished plowing in the field att frunt of the Barn
24 August comenst sowing wheat to day plesent day
25 August sowing fast dry and sultry day
26 August sewing a way dry and sultry day m warm finished so
27 August shulrfing and sewing the field att the frunt of Barn
28 August sum raining fast making things con nice
1 setember plowing the turnip ground Jonathy got 15 bushels wheat
2 setember finished sowing whed to day dry and plesent
3 setember riging the machine to day som rain & windy
4 setember sharping stakes to day plesent warm
5 setember sharping stakes plesent day dry and sultry
6 setember drawing clay into the Barnyard
7 setember sunday plesent day som rain the wheat
8 setember som Blacksmith work to day plesent day
9 setember sharping stakes to day plesen day dry and sultery
10 setember paving around the well to day warm
11 setember paving to day and finished it now
12 setember riging the machine to day plesent day
13 setember making sider and vinegar to day
14 setember sunday plesent day camfmety noribs
15 setember setting the mill to trash att J place rain
16 setember trashing fast good turn out of wheat Broak 2 rings
17 setember trashing and finished it to day came home
18 setember drawing wood up to the house plesent day warm
19 setember Bilding a fence along creek to the swale warm
20 setember staking it warm and sultery day frosts at night
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