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Mr James Cameron Island

9th of June 1886 Our Mary's Birth Day 1813 73 years at Potatoes Fine

10th Piling Logs at the Door Fixing the Sail

11th Randolph to F Covington got his hair cut 2 men Drowned Stewart and Saya on the 5th of 6th Sunday Morning found the Boat Bottom so deep Bought Cotton 3..56 on credit (Tea 1 Dollar paid) Bismarck came home Washing the Wool

12th Fine Went home with Hamiltons Boat William Duncan and Gordon came Brought some of Bismarcks cloths Put out Tobacco Narcifse Boy and Phillip came Bought of Ward soap 1 Bar 10 2 pipes 2

13th Raining Blowing Whit Sunday

14th Raining at Potatoes Heard that Say Drowned Stewart it is thought so or talked about as Saya is a Bad character and Stewart had a Lot of money on him

14th Mr Sucklers sone here for sand Gave me a Dollar Raining cutting hay for the 2 Bulls at Potatoes Killing Grubs Heard those men were Found

15th at Potatoes

16th Randolph and Bismarck to F Covington Sold Tennet of Butter Paid for the We{illegible} of Cotton Bought 100 of Flour 2..50 2 Tennets 50 Brought 22 cents cash home Rained hard got 15 cents for Butter

17th Tore down the cookhouse

18th The Ever Memorable Battle of Waterloo at the Cookhouse

19 Working at the cookhouse Randolph and Bismarck crofsed for nails 10 lb 40 Thread 5

20th Fine Day Randolph crofsed to Plum Island seen one of the cattle with a cut in her

21st First Day of Summer Bismarck and I crofsed Bought of Mr Ward sack of salt 80 on credit Pepper paid Got 25 {illegible} Randolph

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Mr James Cameron Island

1886