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William Thompson Diary, 1842-1847
William Thompson Diary handwritten 1841-47 87.pdf
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1846 November
Sunday | 1 | all at home, S & D to their friends - S. ret'd ev'g
12 missed - Stage (open Waggon ) |
rain more or lefs great part of day | 47 | ||||
Monday | 2 | W'd Carpentering - mending Chains &c - Simon plough'g Denny ret'd @ 11 1/2 pottering Emily got home @ 12 m | light show'r | 48 | 52 | |||
Tuesday | 3 | W'd & Denny moving rails from Lot 38 to East of House - Simon ploughing Gave Wm Pindar my Note @ 3 mr'g from 22nd ult'a for Plough - to him or Bearer | nearly all day light rain | 46 | 44 | |||
Wednesday | 4 | W'd & Denny hauling rails from 38 to road Hemlock field - Simon ploughing morn'g aft'n to Hicks for Packages brot my Stage from Hamilton - brot 2 Boxes 1 markd AS/S } not for us. | fine | 44 | 34 | |||
Thursday | 5 | W'd &c killd Sheep the 3rd a Ewe - aft'n W'd to Stratford re parcels p Stage - one supposed to have been sent on to Goderich - Simon ploughing - Sm | fine | 25 | 33 | |||
Friday | 6 | Walkd to Stratford @ 8 1/2 - to Dalys re Lot 38 - to Hicks re Packages p Stage - home @ 1 pm
W'd @ 10 to Wm McNaughtons Wedding - Margaret Do - Simon & Denny {illegible} @ 6 1/2 pm Simon |
fine | 28 | 38 | |||
Saturday | 7 | W'd ret'd from McNaughtons about 4 1/2 @ 5 am . Simon & D an hour after
Simon ploughing - W'd brot in contents of a twin Case in Shed viz - fire irons brooms brushes Candle sticks &c - & pottering - knocked up Denny aft'n to Stratford - took up 3 1/2 lb Butter to Mrs Daly - brot from Hicks 2 Bottles Brandy by mistake -- & from P. Office a Letter & a paper for Mrs B.-- |
Do | 30 | 46 | |||
Sunday | 8 | W'd indisposed - Simon home - Denny to P. Office with letter -- Mrs T & M'f to Aunt Jane - Mrs Barron to WB - inclosing one Mrs T. to Charles | showers | 45 | 45 | |||
Monday | 9 | W'd to D McNaughton to get Horses shod - & preparing Waggon for journey to Galt
Simon ploughing morn'g - aft'n thrashing oats - Denny pottering Lifted South Bed of Carrots - Mr Roper calld went with him to Lot 38 |
gloomy & light mist | 47 | 49 | |||
Tuesday | 10 | W'd $9 - left @ 5 am for Galt calld for Rankin - Simon ploughing - Denny after dinner to Stratford - took to Hicks one of the Bo's Brandy had 7 ins't - brot 1 Bottle Beer Jefsy Crerar came today | day fine 8 pm heavy shower thunder & lightning | 48 | 51 | |||
Wednesday | 11 | Simon ploughing So of Hemlock tree -- Denny pottering - chopping firewood &c Mrs T. in bed all day -- Washers | damp & misly show'rs | 46 | ||||
Thursday | 12 | Simon ploughing as yesterday - Denny to Stratford for Sugar & Nails - could not get any at D & M's or at McGregors | misly dull day | 42 | 43 | |||
Friday | 13 | Rankin & Wilf'd arrivd from Galt @ 3 pm with thrashing Mill &c
OK from Jas Crombie gave our joint notes } L16.5. C'y pay'ble 1st Feb next d{illegible} Octo 46} 16.5 --- 1 Feb 48 provided the two notes are joint on the 1st March next Five Pounds to be deducted from the whole brot Cash Beer from Harris Expenses pd ---- |
Do | 42 | 44 |
Friday | 13 | |||||||
Saturday | 14 | show'rs ev'g | 43 | 40 | ||||
Sunday | 15 | fine | 36 | 36 | ||||
Monday | 16 | Do | 40 | 41 | ||||
Tuesday | 17 | show'r ev'g | 37 | 44 | ||||
Wednesday | 18 | tol. | 39 | |||||
Thursday | 19 | rain or Snow since 7 pm yesterday & continues | 36 | 34 | ||||
Friday | 20 | gloomy shower snow | 32 | 32 | ||||
Saturday | 21 | rain ev'g | 32 | 37 | ||||
Sunday | 22 | snow even'g & continues | 33 | 30 | ||||
Monday | 23 | snow show'rs | 25 | 32 | ||||
Tuesday | 24 | 32 | ||||||
Wednesday | 25 | snow show'r aft'n | 22 | 16 | ||||
Thursday | 26 | snow & high wind morn'g till | 19 | 20 | ||||