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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

William Dixon 1854-1878 (11).pdf

1854

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>we finished sowing the wheat the rain came on we sowed thwenty bushels in the field at the line eighteen bushels in the field front of the barn thirteen in the field at the woods barn  thirty one in the larg field down below eighteen  nine to do</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>15</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>misty and rany and sharpy cool in the morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>trashed the barley and some oats</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>sunday dry and plesent</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>comensed trashing the stack of wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>We finished trashing the stack</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>went to help Jonkpid to trash</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>comensed bilding a coal pit</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>remived the lightning rods</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>pulled the apples below warm</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>sunday</td>
  <td>warm and plesent and cloudy</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>we set fire to the coal pitt</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>went to help foords to trash</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>comensed making the doors for the squesing hous</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>comenced drawing out the barley</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>we comensed drawing san to the hous</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>went to mill comensed taking out the coal</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>sunday rain in torents cool</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>comensed finishing of the house in a squez{cut off}</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>3</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>comensed ploughing went help  foords to trash</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>4</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>comensed drawing out some wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>5</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>comensed tathing and hanging the doors</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>6</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>we went for the brick and bilt the chimney</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>of October</td>
  <td><s>sunday</s> warm and plesent</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>8</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>sunday charls strained his foot</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>of October</td>
  <td>maid the morter set 2 Wheals</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>of October</td>
  <td>put in the glace into the shash</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>of October</td>
  <td>comensed plastering the hous</td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of Jun 27, 2026, 11:19:58 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1854

14	of September	we finished sowing the wheat the rain came on we sowed thwenty bushels in the field at the line eighteen bushels in the field front of the barn thirteen in the field at the woods barn thirty one in the larg field down below eighteen nine to do
15		misty and rany and sharpy cool in the morning
16	of September	trashed the barley and some oats
17	of September	sunday dry and plesent
18	of September	comensed trashing the stack of wheat
19	of September	We finished trashing the stack
20	of September	went to help Jonkpid to trash
21	of September	comensed bilding a coal pit
22	of September	remived the lightning rods
23	of September	pulled the apples below warm
24	sunday	warm and plesent and cloudy
25	of September	we set fire to the coal pitt
26	of September	went to help foords to trash
27	of September	comensed making the doors for the squesing hous
28	of September	comenced drawing out the barley
29	of September	we comensed drawing san to the hous
30	of September	went to mill comensed taking out the coal
1	October	sunday rain in torents cool
2	October	comensed finishing of the house in a squez{cut off}
3		comensed ploughing went help foords to trash
4		comensed drawing out some wheat
5		comensed tathing and hanging the doors
6		we went for the brick and bilt the chimney
7	of October	~~sunday~~ warm and plesent
8		sunday charls strained his foot
9	of October	maid the morter set 2 Wheals
10	of October	put in the glace into the shash
11	of October	comensed plastering the hous

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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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