Scripto | Revision Difference | Transcription

Log in to Scripto | Recent changes | View item | View file | Transcribe page | View history

William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

William Dixon 1854-1878 (56).pdf

Revision as of Aug 3, 2026, 1:06:52 PM
edited by 10.0.2.100
Revision as of Aug 3, 2026, 1:18:17 PM
edited by 10.0.2.100
Line 1: Line 1:
 
<table>
 
<table>
  
 +
 +
<tr>
 +
  <td>4</td>
 +
  <td>Febuary</td>
 +
  <td>good slaying now nothing a dowing</td>
 +
</tr>
  
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
 
   <td>5</td>
 
   <td>5</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>getting 2 Barles of salt from gorgtown</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
 
   <td>6</td>
 
   <td>6</td>
   <td>Febuary</td>
+
   <td>Febary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>cold and unplesent day making suplese</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
 
   <td>7</td>
 
   <td>7</td>
 
   <td>Febary</td>
 
   <td>Febary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>snowstorm plenty of snow now upon ground</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 23: Line 27:
 
   <td>8</td>
 
   <td>8</td>
 
   <td>Febary</td>
 
   <td>Febary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>sunday plesent day Eath home to day</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 29: Line 33:
 
   <td>9</td>
 
   <td>9</td>
 
   <td>Februry</td>
 
   <td>Februry</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>good slaying to day nothing a dowing</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 35: Line 39:
 
   <td>10</td>
 
   <td>10</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>plenty of slaying to day dowing som Blacksmithing</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 41: Line 45:
 
   <td>11</td>
 
   <td>11</td>
 
   <td>February</td>
 
   <td>February</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>som slaying to day nothing a dowing</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 47: Line 51:
 
   <td>12</td>
 
   <td>12</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>making att the wind mill to day</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 53: Line 57:
 
   <td>13</td>
 
   <td>13</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>cold and unplesent day nothing a dowing</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 59: Line 63:
 
   <td>14</td>
 
   <td>14</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>cold and plenty of slaying to day taxes on nashugy $11.36 c</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 65: Line 69:
 
   <td>15</td>
 
   <td>15</td>
 
   <td>Febury</td>
 
   <td>Febury</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>sunday plesent day making things look like spring</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 71: Line 75:
 
   <td>16</td>
 
   <td>16</td>
 
   <td>Febury</td>
 
   <td>Febury</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>making a wind mill plesent day</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr>
 +
  <td>16</td>
 +
  <td>Febuay</td>
 +
  <td>cutting straw plesent day som little snow</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
 
   <td>17</td>
 
   <td>17</td>
 
   <td>Febuay</td>
 
   <td>Febuay</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>E went of to the mill to work now</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 83: Line 91:
 
   <td>18</td>
 
   <td>18</td>
 
   <td>Febuay</td>
 
   <td>Febuay</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>making a wind mill for the well att the Barn</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 89: Line 97:
 
   <td>19</td>
 
   <td>19</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>seting the mill to day to cutt peas att the old Barn</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 95: Line 103:
 
   <td>20</td>
 
   <td>20</td>
 
   <td>Febry</td>
 
   <td>Febry</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>cutting peas to day snow storm one inch of snow</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 101: Line 109:
 
   <td>22</td>
 
   <td>22</td>
 
   <td>Febry</td>
 
   <td>Febry</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>sunday plesent day cloudy little cold</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 107: Line 115:
 
   <td>23</td>
 
   <td>23</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>one calf came plesent wether som slaying</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 113: Line 121:
 
   <td>24</td>
 
   <td>24</td>
 
   <td>February</td>
 
   <td>February</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>went to nasaguay for seeder poals for mill</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 119: Line 127:
 
   <td>25</td>
 
   <td>25</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>drawing pee straw to the new barn </td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 125: Line 133:
 
   <td>26</td>
 
   <td>26</td>
 
   <td>February</td>
 
   <td>February</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>framing the poles to day plesent day</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 131: Line 139:
 
   <td>27</td>
 
   <td>27</td>
 
   <td></td>
 
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>making Boalts for mill warm som snow</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 137: Line 145:
 
   <td>28</td>
 
   <td>28</td>
 
   <td></td>
 
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>cutting out the pees to day plesent day raised mill to day</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 143: Line 151:
 
   <td>29</td>
 
   <td>29</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
 
   <td>Febuary</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>sunday thawing fast windy thre caps of Bes D</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
 
   <td>1</td>
 
   <td>1</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>plesent thawing fast now cool wind</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 154: Line 162:
 
   <td>2</td>
 
   <td>2</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>plesent day thawing soft and mudy</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 160: Line 168:
 
   <td>3</td>
 
   <td>3</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>putting upp the wind mill to day at the Barn</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 166: Line 174:
 
   <td>4</td>
 
   <td>4</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>comenst shingling the old shephouse to day plesent</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
 
  <tr>
 
  <tr>
 
   <td>5</td>
 
   <td>5</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>rain and som snow windy clening peas upp</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 177: Line 185:
 
   <td>6</td>
 
   <td>6</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>setting the mill to pump water</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 183: Line 191:
 
   <td>7</td>
 
   <td>7</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>making a Barley foork to day raining soft</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
Line 189: Line 197:
 
   <td>8</td>
 
   <td>8</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
 
   <td>March</td>
   <td></td>
+
   <td>sunday stormy snow windy flurying</td>
 
  </tr>
 
  </tr>
  
 
<table>
 
<table>

Revision as of Aug 3, 2026, 1:18:17 PM

4 Febuary good slaying now nothing a dowing
5 Febuary getting 2 Barles of salt from gorgtown
6 Febary cold and unplesent day making suplese
7 Febary snowstorm plenty of snow now upon ground
8 Febary sunday plesent day Eath home to day
9 Februry good slaying to day nothing a dowing
10 Febuary plenty of slaying to day dowing som Blacksmithing
11 February som slaying to day nothing a dowing
12 Febuary making att the wind mill to day
13 Febuary cold and unplesent day nothing a dowing
14 Febuary cold and plenty of slaying to day taxes on nashugy $11.36 c
15 Febury sunday plesent day making things look like spring
16 Febury making a wind mill plesent day
16 Febuay cutting straw plesent day som little snow
17 Febuay E went of to the mill to work now
18 Febuay making a wind mill for the well att the Barn
19 Febuary seting the mill to day to cutt peas att the old Barn
20 Febry cutting peas to day snow storm one inch of snow
22 Febry sunday plesent day cloudy little cold
23 Febuary one calf came plesent wether som slaying
24 February went to nasaguay for seeder poals for mill
25 Febuary drawing pee straw to the new barn
26 February framing the poles to day plesent day
27 making Boalts for mill warm som snow
28 cutting out the pees to day plesent day raised mill to day
29 Febuary sunday thawing fast windy thre caps of Bes D
1 March plesent thawing fast now cool wind
2 March plesent day thawing soft and mudy
3 March putting upp the wind mill to day at the Barn
4 March comenst shingling the old shephouse to day plesent
5 March rain and som snow windy clening peas upp
6 March setting the mill to pump water
7 March making a Barley foork to day raining soft
8 March sunday stormy snow windy flurying
The library is committed to ensuring that members of our user community with disabilities have equal access to our services and resources and that their dignity and independence is always respected. If you encounter a barrier and/or need an alternate format, please fill out our Library Print and Multimedia Alternate-Format Request Form. Contact us if you’d like to provide feedback: lib.a11y@uoguelph.ca