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Mr James Cameron Island March 25th 1873

Came for the oak stick

309th Raining a Sleigh crofsed heard that a Many Hung himself at Dan Cameron's in the Barn his name was Mayo seen 2 crows for the first

31st Made over a Gallon of Molasses for our share Peggy Began to stop from crofsing

1st of April First sugar Made about 24 lbs Gordon and I seen Robins in the Bush a Fine Day

2nd Boiling in the Bush commenced to Rain Fixing the stable Door I think its Jim Hopkins that crofsed this Morning a Man and 1 horse sleigh crofsed as far as Hopkins and turned Right Back in a Hurry

3rd AJ Baker and Mr Emery here Andrew Gave 25 cents to Gordon I crofsed to Vipond Bought Kerosene Tea Tobacco Got a Letter and Papers

4th chopping Stove Wood

5th Peggy and George crofsed

6th Palm Sunday Peggy came Heavy Rain Thunder and Lightning George Gordon and I emptying the Troughfs

7th Writing a Letter to Charlie

8th Henry Bosell and Antwine here to Give Me word that Minnie was very Low in Williamstown I crofsed over with them ice Bad close to shore The Roads very Bad Going to Williamstown Dark When I got to the shore took my Tea at George Bosells

9th in Williamstown

10th The Ice opened at Francis Island

11th Good Friday in Williamstown

12 in Williamstown Mr Currys Child Departed Spotty calved on Good Friday in Williamstown

13th Easter Sunday in Williamstown

14th

15th

16th came Home from Williamstown got a Ride from Rooky Got over with Peggy and Peter as they were coming to the Sugar Bush First Laying of the hens

17th Went to F Covington Lashey and I got 20 Dollars to 10 lb Pork 1 sack of Flour 1/2 lb Tea Tobacco 1/2 Dozen spoons 6 Tin Pans 1 lb of Buckshot 1/2 lb Powder stopt at D Suples all night Gave a Receipt to old D McGreggor

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Mr James Cameron Island April 18, 1873

Our Duncans Birth Day came home Lashey and I the Wind very high

19th Splitting Rails Blacy calved cleaning around the House set 5 Traps Great shooting

20th John Hamilton and George Renshaw here Looking for sticks of Timber that Left Georges Island Last night

21st I and Gordon Went to Rofs's Island Found the Timber and secured it well Jacob here to night and one of the Grays

22nd Went to PO at John Hamiltons

23rd St Georges Day Firing Piling Manure

24th Fixing the Fence Made Syrup

25th Spearing Eels got 31

26th Knocking around

27th Went to Rofs's Island George here

28th Lights Lit up in the Lighthouses Went to Summerstown Brought Mrs Spinks some EEls are have his EEl spear and he gave me a Dz of Excellent Herring

29th First Boat Went Down Went to Summerstown and Dundee The Royals First Trip

30th I and George Renshaw came from Dundee

1st of May The Raft came Tied up in the Bay Gordon Boiling sap

2nd High Wind Working at the Fence

13th Fixing the Gate setting Fires

4th The Man of the Raft Went off the John A McDonald and American Went Down

5th Making Fence at the Barn Making Rails

6th Digging in the Garden Planting Potatoes

7th John Hamilton and William McLeod here with their Bulls

8th Setting Fires on the Pitt Point Burnt the Fence

9th commencing making up the Fence on the Pitt Point

10th Raising the Lighthouse On Hamiltons Island

11th Lost Day

12th L Received Sink

13th,14th 15th

16th Got Potatoes From Hamiltons

17th Digging and Planting

18th Planting

19th Went to Roses Ground and old Knife for Andrew Mrs Rose and Margaret in Lancaster Got some seed Potatoes from them

20th Went to Dundee on Last then

21st crofsed Cooks Raftsmen Left 1 of their men with me

22 Got my canoe to go to the Raft Planting Potatoes

23rd the Man came for his auger and Went off with my canoe without Paymernt