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William Thompson Diary, 1842-1847
William Thompson Diary handwritten 1841-47 67.pdf
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1845 December
below ZMonday | 8 | Wilf'd & tom winnowing Wheat & preparing for Market | fine | 22 | 27 | |||
Tuesday | 9 | Fenced round Straw Stack West - preparing -- Do thrashing a few Oats
Wilfred & Mrs T. in sleigh to Stratford - got order from Daly & Mickle to bring 6 Barrels Salt from Galt - Carr'se 3/6 yk 1 B'l. wrote to Mr Daly declining his offer for Lot 38. kept Copy |
show'rs rain & snow | 26 | 26 | |||
Wednesday | 10 | W'd left @ 6 .50 for Ferries & Galt with 16 Sacks Wheat - Tom hauling firewood , opening Hill & boiling Wheat & Potatoes for Pigs
Emily in Reynolds Sleigh to P. Office, nothing Maccullock & Alex pafsd for Hamilton & Tor'to sent letter to Isaac |
snow show'rs | 14 | 12 | |||
Thursday | 11 | Tom cleaning up Tailings & Chaff of Wheat in West BArn &c &c
Wilfred ret'd from Galt &c - sold the Wheat to Bucksh 28 1/2 Bush'ls @ 8/6 yor k ---- 7.11.4 lefs expenses " " .5.7 1/2 |
7 | 5 | 8 1/2 | gloomy without snow | 10 | 9 |
paid Forbes Galt for a Barrel Salt $2 1/2 -- pd brought from Do 6 B'ls Salt for Daly & Mickle | 12 | 6 | ||||||
Friday | 12 | Paid Mrs T for 12 yds Striped Shirting for 3 Shirts 6 1/2 .6.6
4 yrds Do for Christ'n ---- 2.2 a 2 1/2 Bush'l Wheat Sack, ready made 1.3 2 Pocket Handkfs @ 1/yk -- 1.3 W'd to Stratford with 6 B'ls Salt for Daly & Mickle Debit them for Carriage @ 3/6 yk == C'y 13/ 1 1/2 Tom thrashing Oats - hauling firewood - boiling pigsmeal &c Mr & Mrs Kirke & Mr & Mrs Reynolds to tea |
11 | 2 | fine | 4 | ||
rec'd of Reynolds for a Lot of Sundries & pd Mr T. 24 d returned to Wm Crerar & Wilf'd Salt in full of what we borrowd from him at different times. | 10 | ~ | ||||||
11 above | ||||||||
Saturday | 13 | repaid Jno Stewart a quart Salt borrowd 24 ult --
Tom hunting after mifsing Calf without succefs - suppose it must have perished in the Snow - chopping firewood &c Wilfred with Charley to Rankins - thrashing Mill was brought home on horseback after dinner having had part of the third toe cut off by the small wheel of the machine & the Great & second toe much bruised -- Emily walkd to Stratford & back - no letters |
fine till 8 1/2 pm then Snow | 13 above | 28 |
Sunday | 14 | gentle thaw without rain | 34 | 29 | ||||
Monday | 15 | fine | 29 | 33 | ||||
Tuesday | 16 | fine | 22 | 14 | ||||
Wednesday | 17 | gloomy & a little snow | 26 | 34 | ||||
Thursday | 18 | day fine ev'g heavy snow | 28 | 20 | ||||
Friday | 19 | snow show'r a good deal last night | 1 | 4 | ||||
Saturday | 20 | Snow show'rs | 1 | 6 | ||||
Sunday | 21 | fine | 10 | 6 | ||||
Monday | 22 | 11 | ||||||
Tuesday | 23 | gloomy | 16 | 12 | ||||