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Courtland Olds Diary, 1866

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July FRIDAY, 27 1866

Worked at cuting and binding wheat all day, besides shocking up. We are all alone in our harvest with but one man consequently we are geting along very slow, lots of grain ripe.

SATURDAY, 28

Went to work in the wheat harvest again this morning. Bound most of the forenoon Went to shocking up in the afternoon until about two when we had an extraordinary Hail and Thunder

SUNDAY, 29

Got up this morning a little before seven. Spent the forenoon in reading &c Had a talk with Rev. Mr Laird after dinner. Went to meeting at three and stopped to class.

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July MONDAY, 30

Went to work this morning at shocking up wheat in the ten acre field. Finished up to night. After tea went up to J Matthews where I met some Yankee girls. Seen Crumb at Georges.

TUESDAY, 31

It rained this morning; consequently we could not work Wrote a letter to Edward Nickerson before noon. Shocked up wheat and did sundry little jobs before night.

A ugust WEDNESDAY, 1

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