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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 21st of July 1873

Mowing a Little

22nd Mowing

23rd went over with ashes and Went with a Passenger to Dundee a Seller of Sowing Machines

24th came home stopt at Hopkins

25th high Wind Mr Spencer and Mr Thompson a Lame Man and Jo Been Rowing them Picking Berries up in the Bush

26th Took the Purcheon around the Head of the Island From Below the Bell Bay

27th Henery Came here and one of McDonald

28th Mowing Putting in some

29 Mr Spencer here Mowing

30th William Roy here I went to Summerstown

31st I went to Dundee Got the Grindstone stoped J Hopkins coming Back I Missed a Great Deal of the Month Ryan and White in the Barn to m of Lt

1st of August Ryan and White here Raining very hard turned fine and they started and was caught in an awful Shower came Down in Torrents

2nd Minnie's Birth Day 1864

3rd Jim Hopkins and some of the children here Nellie Grant J McDougalls Boys here

4th Mowing

5th Went to Summerstown Bought salt coarse and Fine

6th Randolphs Birth Day 1867 the Bay Quinte aground Down near the Butternut Island took the Raft aground {illegible} here tonight

7th Mr Spencer and I Fishing A Party Fishing Fishing Down on Charlies Island Gave Me a Fishing Tackle Gave Me a Dollar Gave him a Paddle

8th Went to Dundee

9th Went to Charlies Island Music on the Bonchere a Party Going Down

10th Sunday

11th Went with my spear handle and primes to Jim Hopkins at F Covington

12th crofsed the Pilots from the Kit Kit Mr Fulton here Last night

13th Put in some hay Taking care of the Raft {illegible} this week as the Bofs of the Raft sent a Man to tell me to Look after it and they owe me 6/3 for crofsing them and got their axe and auger for it