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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 {illegible} 1872

{first two line too dark to decipher|} Charley by name {illegible} to Salmon River Bought of C{illegible} Bought of Baker 2 hats 30 cents

{illegible} Day Firing 20 rounds

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13th Fishing Down at Rofs Island

15th cutting around the Barn {illegible}

17 - 19th Jim Hopkins {illegible} Bill got a Book from her to Read {illegible} them Heavy Rain {illegible} Wool to F Covington sold to Mathews {illegible} Carded Gave 28 cents Bought 1/2 lb Tea Tobacco {illegible} Baker 2 {illegible} of Flour 3 yds Calico 1/10 1/2 Thread {illegible} from V Buchanan a Treat at Island {illegible} Treat at Suples Bought a Bottle 5 cents {illegible} 30 cents for the Hens 2 of them that {illegible} took Down a pint of Gin and {illegible} Mr Baker to the Fa{illegible} and Georges Jim McIlvain {illegible} Tried the Potatoes {illegible}

21st a Fine Day Sunday {illegible} Stable and the Barn {illegible} to Hamiltons {rest of page too dark to decipher}