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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 | W'd sufferd a good deal last night from 10 till 1 am but has been much freer from pain today & going on favorably - all at home | gentle thaw without rain | 34 | 29 | |||
Monday | 15 | Tom twice to Stewarts - deliverd 18 & 20 Bush'ls Ashes - 38 B'ls
took Pickle out of Beef Barrel & boild Do - added Salt bro in 6 Beets from Garden Tom brot from Dalys a Phial British Oil & Piece of Salve for Wilfreds foot & had a quart Whisky to treat brot also |
fine | 29 | 33 | |||
Tuesday | 16 | Tom twice to Ashery 21 & 20 Bushels --- 41 B'ls boiling Potatoes paid Mrs Roy Stewart & Ann Crerar. M & E to Stratford | 3 | ~ | fine | 22 | 14 | |
Wednesday | 17 | Tom took 24 Bushels Ashes & brot Mr Stewarts mem'r for the whole viz 103 Bushels @ 4d. |
gloomy & a little snow | 26 | 34 | |||
Thursday | 18 | Tom & Horses to Reynolds thrashing Mill W'd evening walkd to Crerars & Stewartss | day fine ev'g heavy snow | 28 | 20 | |||
Friday | 19 | T. Daly had a Load Straw yesterday - Tom hauling firewood
boiling Potatoes &c &c W'd making handle to Saw had from Rankin Flour 34 lbs includng Sack by our Steelyards 37 |
snow show'r a good deal last night | 1 | 4 | |||
Saturday | 20 | Tom with his nephew Jos. Riley, winnowing Wheat for Market
W'd Chopping firewood - repairing Sleigh &c . Em'y to Stratford W'ds yearling |
Snow show'rs | 1 | 6 | |||
Sunday | 21 | Mrs T Emily & Tom in Sleigh to Stratford - Mr Allan - all dined @ 3 oC T Daly calld on his return from Galt - gave W'd a com'n to bring 6 or 7 B'ls Salt from Batters on Elliot | fine | 10 | 6 | |||
Monday | 22 | Wilf'd left @ 7 1/4 for Ferries & Galt with 17 Sacks Wheat
Tom putting up fence round Straw Stack West - boiling Potatoes Henry & Lucy Tye Mr Easton & Mifs Adelaide Smith took a snack with us on their way to Mr Dalys - Alex Orr & ______Wilson - a glafs Grog even'g |
11 | |||||
Tuesday | 23 | Tom hauling & chopping firewood &c Wilf'd ret'd from Galt about 5 pm
sold to Adam Ferrie 26 1/2 Bush'ls Wheat @ 8/8 yks - 7.3.6 1/2 lefs expences -- .5.7 1/2 |
6 | 7 | 11 | gloomy | 16 | 12 |
Paid for Whip & Stock ------ 1.10 1/2
1 lb Currants ------------.10. 4 Bush's Wheat ground at Hagersville & brot home Flour &c over |
2 | 8 1/2 |