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Jan'y. 13th 1794

Made an Agreement with Elias Slut to hawl from Mr Hamiltons Mill to my House 500 feet 1 1/2 Inch Boards & 500 feet 1 Inch to Pay 26/- Feb 28 Paid E. Slut his part (butter 9/{illegible} 13/- - Paid Geo Havens 6/6 in part of 13/-

Jan'y 12th.-------------

Paid Lambert Aker 8/- for a boar in dispute between him & myself to be brought home by him

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Paid Mr Joseph Edwards 40/- in part of acct.

Jan'y 28th------------------

No Snow on the Ground & Fine Weather from 21st. the 31st a little snow, which went off: Snow'd 4th a little went away 7th.

29th---------------

Mr Daniel Rose's House burnt down, his two Sons kept from school and John McMicking left school.

30th.------------

Bruised my Finger Very bad

Feb'y 8th----------------

My Heiffer (Brockle) Calved a Bull which died 3 day after (a Sow died by eating its Lites)

17th---------------

Paid Jno Still 5/8 & sometime ago 20/- for breaking Flax

March 2d-----------

Sunday it Snow'd all day on

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Wednesday Mar 5th

Last Night was the & this Morning was the Hardest Frost I ever felt

N.B. Frose my fingers this morning while I was Foddering the not above five Minutes from the Fire

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Monday 10th. March

Rain'd which carried away the Snow

8th. March-----------------

Elias Sloot received /2 Ton Hay L2.10..0 toward payment of Shingles which he and his Father has promised to get

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Thursday 20th March

This was a very warm day the Thermometer was at 93 & the Hottest day last Summer was at . . . . 108

Sunday 23-----------------

My Cow (Black -nose) Calved a Bull (call'd March)

Mar 31st------------------

The Greatest Storm this Year Snow'd and Raind all day

April 8th-----------------

My Cow (Snupe) Calved a Bull (called Hunter)

April 17th--------------------

The Mifsasauga arrived the first Vefsel this Year

26th April---------------

Rece'd from at the Mill 1 1/2 Bushels Wheat from Joseph Brown for Writing a Bill of Sale & Mortgage

28th---------------

Paid Wm Havens for hewing beams 22/- by answer'd at Hamiltons

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