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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

William Dixon 1854-1878 (51).pdf

1873

<table>

<tr>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>plowing fast plesent day dry and clere</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>plowing in the field the frunt of the Barn</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>plowing fast plesent wether warm sultry</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>helping Frank to trash warm sultry</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>plowing sold my Bef catle 47$ 6 hed  2of2</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>plowing fast now plesent day not much groth</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>sunday cool wind to day now groth now</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>plowing plesent day making things com</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>finished plowing in the field att frunt of the Barn</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>comenst sowing wheat to day plesent day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>sowing fast dry and sultry day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>sewing a way dry and sultry day m warm finished so</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>shulrfing and sewing the field att the frunt of Barn</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>sum raining fast making things con nice</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>plowing the turnip ground Jonathy got 15 bushels wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>finished sowing whed to day dry and plesent</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>riging the machine to day som rain & windy</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>sharping stakes to day plesent warm</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>sharping stakes plesent day dry and sultry</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>drawing clay into the Barnyard</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>sunday plesent day som rain the wheat </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>som Blacksmith work to day plesent day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>sharping stakes to day plesen day dry and sultery</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>paving around the well to day warm</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>paving to day and finished it now</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>riging the machine to day plesent day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>making sider and vinegar to day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>sunday plesent day camfmety noribs</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>setting the mill to trash att J place rain</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>trashing fast good turn out of wheat Broak 2 rings</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>trashing and finished it to day came home</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>drawing wood up to the house plesent day warm</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>Bilding a fence along creek to the swale warm</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>setember</td>
  <td>staking it warm and sultery day frosts at night</td>
 </tr>
<table>

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1873

15	August	plowing fast plesent day dry and clere
16	August	plowing in the field the frunt of the Barn
17	August	plowing fast plesent wether warm sultry
18	August	helping Frank to trash warm sultry
19	August	plowing sold my Bef catle 47$ 6 hed 2of2
20	August	plowing fast now plesent day not much groth
21	August	sunday cool wind to day now groth now
22	August	plowing plesent day making things com
23	August	finished plowing in the field att frunt of the Barn
24	August	comenst sowing wheat to day plesent day
25	August	sowing fast dry and sultry day
26	August	sewing a way dry and sultry day m warm finished so
27	August	shulrfing and sewing the field att the frunt of Barn
28	August	sum raining fast making things con nice
1	setember	plowing the turnip ground Jonathy got 15 bushels wheat
2	setember	finished sowing whed to day dry and plesent
3	setember	riging the machine to day som rain & windy
4	setember	sharping stakes to day plesent warm
5	setember	sharping stakes plesent day dry and sultry
6	setember	drawing clay into the Barnyard
7	setember	sunday plesent day som rain the wheat
8	setember	som Blacksmith work to day plesent day
9	setember	sharping stakes to day plesen day dry and sultery
10	setember	paving around the well to day warm
11	setember	paving to day and finished it now
12	setember	riging the machine to day plesent day
13	setember	making sider and vinegar to day
14	setember	sunday plesent day camfmety noribs
15	setember	setting the mill to trash att J place rain
16	setember	trashing fast good turn out of wheat Broak 2 rings
17	setember	trashing and finished it to day came home
18	setember	drawing wood up to the house plesent day warm
19	setember	Bilding a fence along creek to the swale warm
20	setember	staking it warm and sultery day frosts at night

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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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