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James Cameron Diary, 1874
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| + | Very very cold Windy and Frosty chopping stove wood | ||
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| + | 17th cold this morning First crofsing ice Good never Tried except 1 place 5 inches Ice Being Jammed its very Rough Returned Viponds Bag {illegible} John in Montreal James Hopkins crofsed this Morning got a Ride Down From George Bosell to Hamilton Bridge Bought of Vipond 1/2 lb Tea 25 1/2 lb Tea 37 1/2 1 lb nails 8 3 Quarts of or 6 37 1/2 2 lb White soap 20 1..28.. | ||
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| + | 18th Sunday Jame Hopkins here Fine Day seen a Duck on the shore and a Fox going up the hill at the Sugar Bush the Water Raising on the ice and cracks opening wide cut 3 EEl Holes in the ice got none | ||
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| + | 19th Raining hard Drew some wood with Dick | ||
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| + | 20th chopping in the swamp Frosty | ||
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| + | 21st St Agnefs J Hopkins came to put shoes on Dick took him home took my hems and Backstrap to Fix for me took the Old Horse home Gordon and I put in Bushes up to near Hamiltons ice 11 to 14 inches thick But it is Thawing I suppose this eill all be b{illegible} yet | ||
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| + | 22nd Raining thawing | ||
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| + | 23rd Jim came with the Ram gave him an ash Runner and some crooks for Fork handles Brought and 3 Books the Wind Whistling Islanders Types of American Beauty a Book on Flowers and Roots | ||
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Mr James Cameron Island January 16th 1874
Very very cold Windy and Frosty chopping stove wood
17th cold this morning First crofsing ice Good never Tried except 1 place 5 inches Ice Being Jammed its very Rough Returned Viponds Bag {illegible} John in Montreal James Hopkins crofsed this Morning got a Ride Down From George Bosell to Hamilton Bridge Bought of Vipond 1/2 lb Tea 25 1/2 lb Tea 37 1/2 1 lb nails 8 3 Quarts of or 6 37 1/2 2 lb White soap 20 1..28..
18th Sunday Jame Hopkins here Fine Day seen a Duck on the shore and a Fox going up the hill at the Sugar Bush the Water Raising on the ice and cracks opening wide cut 3 EEl Holes in the ice got none
19th Raining hard Drew some wood with Dick
20th chopping in the swamp Frosty
21st St Agnefs J Hopkins came to put shoes on Dick took him home took my hems and Backstrap to Fix for me took the Old Horse home Gordon and I put in Bushes up to near Hamiltons ice 11 to 14 inches thick But it is Thawing I suppose this eill all be b{illegible} yet
22nd Raining thawing
23rd Jim came with the Ram gave him an ash Runner and some crooks for Fork handles Brought and 3 Books the Wind Whistling Islanders Types of American Beauty a Book on Flowers and Roots
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Mr James Cameron Island 1874
