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James Cameron Diary, 1873

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Mr James Cameron Island Feby 7th  1873
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Cutting Wood Piling in the cookhouse Cattle eating out in the Feilds
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8th Gordon's Birth Day 1863 a very Fine Fore Part of the Day Soft Good Travelling on the ice a sleigh or Cutter at the Lighthouse those Engineers Moving upwards now cutting some wood and clearning up in the Bay
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9th Sunday Preaching on the Front seen a man Crofsing a Foot at the Lower end of this Island to Christees Fine Day wind Cold Some Frosty
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10th Went to the Sturgeon Island to see the Poison Bate very Frosty
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11th a Fortunate Day East Wind Stormy snowing turned Fine in the afternoon seen a Fox crofsing to the head of the Island chopping up in the Bay Firewood
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12th Races at Dundee on the Ice Went to Get my Boot Fixed By Isacc Blondeau 10 cents Tom Summers Poorly Bought of Viponds Matches almanac 5 cetns Soda 10 cents Robert Jack Thrashing at John Hamiltons a Fine Day water Raising some places near shore
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13th Went to Fort Covington at the Races Came Down with Bill Heard of Mr Stafford Getting out of his mind and its no wonder the Man has Been Fined so often Left 5 Razors with the Barber took home P Buchanans Bag Got some B Wheat from Bill a Man hurted at the Races I think his name is Elliot the Man that owened the Grey horse that Trotted
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14th Tom Davis Died on 14 Bill came Down with me
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Mr James Cameron Island Feby 7th 1873

Cutting Wood Piling in the cookhouse Cattle eating out in the Feilds

8th Gordon's Birth Day 1863 a very Fine Fore Part of the Day Soft Good Travelling on the ice a sleigh or Cutter at the Lighthouse those Engineers Moving upwards now cutting some wood and clearning up in the Bay

9th Sunday Preaching on the Front seen a man Crofsing a Foot at the Lower end of this Island to Christees Fine Day wind Cold Some Frosty

10th Went to the Sturgeon Island to see the Poison Bate very Frosty

11th a Fortunate Day East Wind Stormy snowing turned Fine in the afternoon seen a Fox crofsing to the head of the Island chopping up in the Bay Firewood

12th Races at Dundee on the Ice Went to Get my Boot Fixed By Isacc Blondeau 10 cents Tom Summers Poorly Bought of Viponds Matches almanac 5 cetns Soda 10 cents Robert Jack Thrashing at John Hamiltons a Fine Day water Raising some places near shore

13th Went to Fort Covington at the Races Came Down with Bill Heard of Mr Stafford Getting out of his mind and its no wonder the Man has Been Fined so often Left 5 Razors with the Barber took home P Buchanans Bag Got some B Wheat from Bill a Man hurted at the Races I think his name is Elliot the Man that owened the Grey horse that Trotted

14th Tom Davis Died on 14 Bill came Down with me

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Mr James Cameron Island 1873

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