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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

William Dixon 1854-1878 (38).pdf

1856

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>drawing with tow wagons make sh{illegible}</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>drawing out wheat leeves comensing to fall of<</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>sunday cloudy cool and plesent and dry</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>drawing out wheat dry and plesent wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>drawing out wheat plesent wether kept the horse at night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>making a neckyock comensed to dig the potatoes</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>pulling the apples  dry and frosty at night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>Ain Jane sent a letter plesent wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>rain and plesent withe warm rasping some {illegible}ves</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>smoky and cloudy some like rain sunday</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>comensed to fraim the shed misty wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>cutt my self framing finished taking out wheat killed the hogs</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>came home comensed to plough dry and plesent</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>ploughing cool some rain helping benjaman to trash</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>ploughing cool plesent wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>rany and unplesent ploughing</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>Sunday plesent wether and sun shine</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>ploughing windy and unplesent wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>sold the wheat and went to the show</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>plowing coald the leeaves are off the trees</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td></td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>31</td>
  <td>October</td>
  <td>finished ploughing a field windy and unplesent</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>November</td>
  <td>trashed the oats and some wheat  old charley beging</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>November</td>
  <td>sunday cloudy and plesent wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>November</td>
  <td>rain went below to plough and to frame</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>November</td>
  <td>framing at the shed cold and unplesent</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>November</td>
  <td>framing cold and unplesent</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>November</td>
  <td>framing more plesent wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>November</td>
  <td>framing plesent and warm finished ploughing below</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>November</td>
  <td>raised the shed stormy adn blustering</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>November</td>
  <td>sundy cloudy un{illegible}</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>November</td>
  <td>went below and raised the rafters over the shed</td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of Jul 16, 2026, 11:58:08 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1856

10	October	drawing with tow wagons make sh{illegible}
11	October	drawing out wheat leeves comensing to fall of<
12	October	sunday cloudy cool and plesent and dry
13	October	drawing out wheat dry and plesent wether
14	October	drawing out wheat plesent wether kept the horse at night
15	October	making a neckyock comensed to dig the potatoes
16	October	pulling the apples dry and frosty at night
17	October	Ain Jane sent a letter plesent wether
18	October	rain and plesent withe warm rasping some {illegible}ves
19	October	smoky and cloudy some like rain sunday
20	October	comensed to fraim the shed misty wether
21	October	cutt my self framing finished taking out wheat killed the hogs
22	October	came home comensed to plough dry and plesent
23	October	ploughing cool some rain helping benjaman to trash
24	October	ploughing cool plesent wether
25	October	rany and unplesent ploughing
26	October	Sunday plesent wether and sun shine
27	October	ploughing windy and unplesent wether
28	October	sold the wheat and went to the show
29	October	plowing coald the leeaves are off the trees
30	October
31	October	finished ploughing a field windy and unplesent
1	November	trashed the oats and some wheat old charley beging
2	November	sunday cloudy and plesent wether
3	November	rain went below to plough and to frame
4	November	framing at the shed cold and unplesent
5	November	framing cold and unplesent
6	November	framing more plesent wether
7	November	framing plesent and warm finished ploughing below
8	November	raised the shed stormy adn blustering
9	November	sundy cloudy un{illegible}
10	November	went below and raised the rafters over the shed

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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

William Dixon 1854-1878 (38).pdf

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