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William Thompson Diary, 1842-1847
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1842
November
<tdSnow all day & high wind> Friday | 18 | Chas. laid up with Boil on throat, the rest pottering | 16 | 14 | ||
Saturday | 19 | Threshing Sp Wheat for Mill & pottering Isaac afsisting McPherson to drive a Steer as far as Alex's broken a Leg at the Bridge & is to be killed | Sno wall day, now 3 p 4 in | 14 | 23 | |
Sunday | 20 | Christ'n & Chas. to Alex's - the former rem(illegible} | Snow nearly all day | 20 | 20 | |
Monday | 21 | W. calld by Rankin 1 for AM to go for the Doctor to Mrs R but the good Lady was confined before W. pafsed. He was calld a second time at 4 to go to Dulys for Wine & Whisky Christ'n at Alexs afsisting preparing for thrashing Mill tomorrow Is & Chas. thrashing Sp. wheat for Mill Wm. hauling Wood &c &c | Light snow shower | 20 19 | ||
Tuesday | 22 | Isaac Christ'n & Chas. at Alexs - thrashing Mill - run all night Wilf to Mill with 4 Bush. 40 lbs Wheat (too late} Mrs T. with him bro ! 2 Inquirers - T Rob! Pearls not 6 L1.8.6 due 22 Jan ? | tolerably fine a little Snow ev'g | 17 | 27 | |
Wednesday | 23 | Is. Christ'n & Chas. at Alexs as yesterday - Wm to Mill for Grist bro! 6 lbs Soap from Mr Daly - for Washers Is & Chas. ret. at night | Snow Showers | 3 | 26 | 32 |
Thursday | 24 | Christ'n at Alex! Is & Chas thrashing Sp. Wheat W'd Carpenter spottering | fine | 27 | 21 | |
Friday | 25 | do do do | Snow {illegible} even | 23 | 21 | |
Saturday | 26 | Isaac & Chas. to 24 for Load Hay - t to try fogels afraid of axes on 2 Horses -- value 16. -- 2 Oxen 8. -- 5 Cows 15. 1 over 2 years 1. L 40 1st p L Land 100 acres 1st p acrew viz | in all | 12 | 7 | |
on Williams Land 100 Acres 8/14 X Christ'n & Wilf winnowing Wheat & pottering -- | 8 | 8 | ||||
Sunday | 27 | An Indian having lost a Child in Hooping Cough calld to beg a piece of board for a Coffin - Wilfred made him one wrote Letter to Elr Torf{illegible} which on Nell took to P. office | heavy snow all night & thro this day now 15 @ 18 in deep | 16 |
Monday | 28 | |||||
Tuesday | 29 | |||||
Wednesday | 30 | |||||
Decem'r Thursday | 1 | |||||
Friday | 2 | |||||
Saturday | 3 | |||||
Sunday | 4 | |||||
Monday | 5 | |||||
Tuesday | 6 | |||||
Wednesday | 7 | |||||
Thursday | 8 | |||||
Friday | 9 | |||||
Saturday | 10 | |||||
Sunday | 11 | |||||