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Mr James Cameron Island May 4th 1875

Crofsed to Summerstown Met A Smallman going up with the ark him and Frank Laplante as the Jennie is aground since the 1st of May the Victoria took her of the Victoria's Frist Trip up to Cornwall to Day Bought of Jo Vipond 50 Wt of Flour went of with James Grant and got it 2 yds of Cloth for Gordon 90 cents a yd 1..80 hank of Thread Tea 24 spectacles 35 plug of Tob 5 Paper 1 sold 31 lbs of Sugar AJ Baker took a cake seen J Hopkins at the store his Mother Poorly John Hamilton Went to Lancaster I Got a Bag of Potatoes from John a Fine Day

5th Blew some in the Morning turned calm Drawing the things out of the sugar Bush Fixing the Leech for the soap a Propeller went Down

6th Ascension Day Blary calved the Manitoba went Down on her first Trip East Wind and Rain a Lot of Boats went Down to Day taking the Banking from the West End of the house Watching the Decoys

7th crofsed to Viponds with 33 lbs of Sugar Bought 17 yds of Calico 75 cents 6 yds of Cotton 1 Bot of Household Panecea 25 Tax 10 6 yds 2 spools of Thread Paper of Needles helped Willie Rose to put out the scow on Hamiltons Island the York went Down went into Lancaster 1 Tow Boat came up Enterprize went into Salmon River Got 3 Cornwall Papers in the office to Day took Dinner at Hamiltons Duncan Chisholm there Buying cattle Heard John and George Nicholson and John James had a Fight Brought over a cake of sugar to J Grant and one for Peter Grant for the use of his Pot

8th Fixing the Fences Began to Thunder I started to see old Mrs Hopkins as I think she is not alive got there and she is no more Jim and Charlie Maville came heavy thunder Rain and Lightning

Sunday 9th G Renshaw and T Munroe and Mr McCarty came Mr D Baker Mr Smallman Mr P Buchanan came the Manitoba got aground above Hopkins

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Mr James Cameron Island 1875