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Mr James Cameron Island June 30th 1872

Murchison and McDonald came for the canoe Gave me a Dollar Jim Hopkins G Grant and Mr Leslie here Mr Leslie Looking for old Indian curiosities such as crockery Flints stone axes of which I Gave him Quite an assortment Gave me 2 nubs for his Cows horns Gave him a Peice of Ash for oars it was him who told us that Oscar was Drowned

1st of July Dominion Day The Royal after a Party to Lancaster to take to Dundee Quite a number on Board at the Calve Paster Fence Rained a Little But I think there was heavy Rain elsewhere Livinia Got sick through the night cleaned out the Boat and canoes

2nd Crossed to Summerstown Bought Viponds 1/2 lb Electric Oil 25 1 Bale of Candle wick 8 Pipe 15 Bought of Mrs Summers 1 Pint Whiskey 15 Sundries Nutmegs 5 cloves 10 Heard 1 of McLauchlins Girls in the Meadow Bay was Dead Allen McDonald on the Boshure Began working on the Roads Found a cent at the ashery Livinia very unwell Got a Letter and 2 Papers from Charlie to Fishing Line 8 cents Got Gordons Boots But did not Pay for the mending of them to Day

3rd I Forgot to write some of the Days what I was Doing

4 American Independence

5th our Johns B Day

6th

7th Dan Summers and Charles Rockhill here

8th John Hamilton took away his Bull

9th at George Renshaws Grinding his axe Jim Hopkins on the {illegible} Bought of Vipond Flour paid Gordons Boots 1/3 Got 4 Papers from Jim Hopkins Took s{illegible} Herring Butter Tea sugar milk to Lis

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Mr James Cameron Island 1872