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William Beatty Diary, 1867-1871

William Beatty Diary 1867-1871 5.pdf

1868

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  <td>1</td>
  <td>Billie got home from Brockville this morning I spooled & quilled lit snow with wind Ad came home</td>
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  <td></td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>no meeting to day little snow with heavy wind</td>
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  <td></td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>stormy this morning a very cold I spool & quilled</td>
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  <td></td>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>Billie went to Marble Rock Mill with 3 bags of wheat  2 of Rye & 2 of Buckwheat he went with Henery Young & there teem Ad went away again  Humphrey Young took Doll to the Road to work with trip</td>
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  <td>5</td>
  <td>Dr Richman his Wife & Miss Ferguson came here on a visit a fine day</td>
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  <td></td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>snow & wind most of the day I quilled</td>
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  <td></td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>fine day the roads very bad </td>
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  <td>9</td>
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  <td>snow & wind no Meeting to day the roads is blocked up </td>
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  <td></td>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>there has no tems been o nthe roads yet the drift was so great that the roads is compleatly blocked up the boys is going to school I am quilling the wind was in the south then the North from that to East then west</td>
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  <td></td>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>Robert Beatty came here with a grist to go to Gananoque Mill last night him & Billie went there to day very stormy this morning fine day afterwards</td>
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  <td></td>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>Roby went home this morning very stormy with snow this afternoon I quilled</td>
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  <td></td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>snow this morning the Boys at school I quilled </td>
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  <td></td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>storming this morning Billie got B.Youngs horses David, Isabla Vestus Hicock & his sister came here this afternoon.  John Scott John Robinson & Jane Armstrong came up with the Express</td>
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  <td>16</td>
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  <td>no meeting to day David & Hicock went home </td>
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  <td></td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>very storm day it snowed & stormed all day & drifted so that there is no trains</td>
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  <td>18</td>
  <td>the train is of the track at Robinsons, last night Express is not here at 10 oclock fine day John Scott John Robinson & Jane Armstrong went away on the Express at 8 oclock P.M.</td>
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Revision as of Jul 30, 2025, 12:01:39 AM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1868

	1	Billie got home from Brockville this morning I spooled & quilled lit snow with wind Ad came home
	2	no meeting to day little snow with heavy wind
	3	stormy this morning a very cold I spool & quilled
	4	Billie went to Marble Rock Mill with 3 bags of wheat 2 of Rye & 2 of Buckwheat he went with Henery Young & there teem Ad went away again Humphrey Young took Doll to the Road to work with trip
	5	Dr Richman his Wife & Miss Ferguson came here on a visit a fine day
	6	snow & wind most of the day I quilled
	7	Do Do Do
	8	fine day the roads very bad
9		snow & wind no Meeting to day the roads is blocked up
	10	no stir to day yet
	11	there has no tems been o nthe roads yet the drift was so great that the roads is compleatly blocked up the boys is going to school I am quilling the wind was in the south then the North from that to East then west
	12	Robert Beatty came here with a grist to go to Gananoque Mill last night him & Billie went there to day very stormy this morning fine day afterwards
	13	Roby went home this morning very stormy with snow this afternoon I quilled
	14	snow this morning the Boys at school I quilled
	15	storming this morning Billie got B.Youngs horses David, Isabla Vestus Hicock & his sister came here this afternoon. John Scott John Robinson & Jane Armstrong came up with the Express
16		no meeting to day David & Hicock went home
	17	very storm day it snowed & stormed all day & drifted so that there is no trains
	18	the train is of the track at Robinsons, last night Express is not here at 10 oclock fine day John Scott John Robinson & Jane Armstrong went away on the Express at 8 oclock P.M.

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William Beatty Diary, 1867-1871

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