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James Cameron Diary, 1873

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Gordon and I took Pat Down to Lancaster Gordon Stopt at the Boat and I went up to Mr Harpers with Pat he Gave me his overcoat as he no way of carrying it to the West as he is going to start tomorrow wrote a Letter for Pat and Bid him Farewell and we Parted Gordon and I came home wind high
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1st of July Dominion Day 2 Men here for Milk the Stopt at the Lower Point I think its Mr Fulton one of them
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2nd Fixing up Old Newspapers to Bring to Mary and Ellen in Williamstown
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3rd Started for Dundee Turned Back
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4th American Independence Fishing over at Christees Island Got a Good many Pickerel a Great many Boats on the Water celebrating 4th of July John Hamilton took away his Bull
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5th Our John's Birth Day Went for the Rools of Wool
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6th Sunday
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7th White Wash
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8th Henery Bosell here for W. McLeods Bull
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9th Went to Williamstown a very warm Day Angus out at the Caledonia Spring
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10th in Williamstown
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11th in Williamstown came home 3 Funerals their to Day
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12th Orange Man's Day Went to Summerstown Bought 1/2 Tea Tobacco a Pleasure Trip the Manitoba and Banshee
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13th Went to Rofs Island to Look if it a was A Kenneth colt was there
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14th Raining Making soap
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15th Manitoba and 2 Propellers a Peice Going up AJ Baker here
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16th I went to Summerstown Isacc Vipond and Big Bill a Fight
  
  

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Mr James Cameron Island June 30th 1873

Gordon and I took Pat Down to Lancaster Gordon Stopt at the Boat and I went up to Mr Harpers with Pat he Gave me his overcoat as he no way of carrying it to the West as he is going to start tomorrow wrote a Letter for Pat and Bid him Farewell and we Parted Gordon and I came home wind high

1st of July Dominion Day 2 Men here for Milk the Stopt at the Lower Point I think its Mr Fulton one of them

2nd Fixing up Old Newspapers to Bring to Mary and Ellen in Williamstown

3rd Started for Dundee Turned Back

4th American Independence Fishing over at Christees Island Got a Good many Pickerel a Great many Boats on the Water celebrating 4th of July John Hamilton took away his Bull

5th Our John's Birth Day Went for the Rools of Wool

6th Sunday

7th White Wash

8th Henery Bosell here for W. McLeods Bull

9th Went to Williamstown a very warm Day Angus out at the Caledonia Spring

10th in Williamstown

11th in Williamstown came home 3 Funerals their to Day

12th Orange Man's Day Went to Summerstown Bought 1/2 Tea Tobacco a Pleasure Trip the Manitoba and Banshee

13th Went to Rofs Island to Look if it a was A Kenneth colt was there

14th Raining Making soap

15th Manitoba and 2 Propellers a Peice Going up AJ Baker here

16th I went to Summerstown Isacc Vipond and Big Bill a Fight


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Mr James Cameron Island 1873

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