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William Thompson Diary, 1842-1847

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1842 February

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Monday20Sold ~ Brown a Bar'l Salt 330 lbs @ $3 1/4 P 216 lbs 16/3

50 extra wt @ 1/yk p 16 - 3/ 1/12 ~ r'd

pd for tinkering Sundries

Boys at Pines, got out 3 Logs - even'g to Tea - Mr & Mrs Gournlock

T & J Daly 2 Mr & Mifs Nickles Alex & Annie - left at 12

Frank came for Mifs Tye - they left at 1 PM		19 4 1/2 0 11 1/2fine5 ab.
Tuesday21at Pines - brot in 4 Logs - Whaley enquired for Oats - Carrot do 18th instSnow Show'rs1820
Wednesday22do 2 Land Stewart do Had Rankins oxen for the daydo162
Thursday23do sawing & chopping - Emily to Stratford brot from Dayls 1/2 g'n

Letter paper a pair Supars 1/3 - Hooks & Eyes & pr Tape 3 1/2 T Daly let impafs{illegible}

Letter from Wm to Is p.o. - rec'd from Alex Crerar for Turnip Seed sold 20 {illegible} 42 		1 3fine22
Friday24at Pines - brot in 5 Logs - T Daly bor'd our Sleigh to go to Wilmot

D Robertson calld to buy oats - pd Mrs T for Mr R Stewart

for Mrs. Jn Stewart & Mrs Crerar 1 /~ pasteboard 4'd		1 6 1 4very fine419
Saturday25at Pines - brot 2 Logs - Gournlocks Goods & property seiz'd by Ferrie Emily in sleigh accomp'd T Daly & the Nickles to Hamburg. Tom Jne & Mifs Lydia ret'd at 5 oclock tea. left our Sleigh bor'd yesterday - had Alex oxenfine1730
Sunday26Mrs T & Em'y to Church - calld at Gournlocks - dined at Alex's ret'd with all the brrs to tea - Chas took Alex oxen last n't & ret'd this ev'gSnow Show'rs23
Monday27Christ'n Chas & W'd at Pines brot Logs - Is'c with 3 Sacks F Wheat to Mill (not done) - 4 Sacks oats to be crush

sold to Mr Daly 15 lbs Leather (for Seighmiller ) @ 2/3 - 1.13.9

16 Lard 3'd 4

which overpay our acco't to 31 Dec 6/77 1/2 1.17.9

to Cr in new acco't

Is. pd Mrs Sargint Bal'ce of Williams Note to Saml Izar due 25 Dec'r Last of L 25

p L 12.10.- by $45 from Wm & $5 from Mr. T.

Rec'd from I & H Isars Balance of Acc't to this time

pd Mrs T. Bal'ce of $10 borrowed of her in Toronto

sent notice to Rob't. Peard that if his Note of L 1.8.6 was not pd immediately I should sue

6 3 1 5 M Fdo23
Tuesday28at Pines - brot 12 Logs - had Alex oxen @7 PM Is'c to Stratford for Grist, Mrs T accomp'd himSn Showers1414
1843 March
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Wednesday1at Swamp - brot 10 Logs - at West Barn cutting round Straw Stack &c

evening Chas & I in Sleigh to fetch Mrs Gournlock &c to Tea - but in consequence of the excited state of Mr J. G the old gent requested Chas & self to stop there which we did & remained till nearly 11 - McCull'h & Jackson there

Snow Show'rs127
Thursday2Sold Alex'r Fisher 1 Bar'l Salt 320 lbs @ 3 1/4 $280 -.16.d

extra w't 40 lbs @ 1/yk - 2.6

red'd 18.9

Boys at Swamp brot 5 Logs making in all 50 Logs

& one acre of Oats sold 15 ins 1.3

leaving a Bal. due on Oats - 9		6
Friday3Rec'd of Alex Fisher the above balance - 9

Boys at Swamp - brot a Load of Shingle Blocks - Em'y at P.O. - no letters or Pap'rs

Alex had Oats in paym't of what was borrowd at thrashing time		fine8Zero
Saturday4Paid Mrs T for Mrs Coumans knitting 3 pr Socks @ 1/3 - 3/9

Spinning 1 to Wool for do 1/28

Boys brot remainder of Shingle Blocks from Swamp morn'g - aftern'n Charles thrice to Stratford 1.2.1 = 4 Pine Logs markd W.P. the rest pottering

Mrs Meanys Faney died last night		4 98 Bel.Z6 above
Sunday5W'd Heifer had a Heifer @ 7 AM Chas & the Ladies to Meeting (Byers) in Sleigh Alex & Anne ret'd with them to dinnerbeautiful10 below6 above
Monday6Chas with oxen took 2 & Wilf'd with Horses 5 = 7 Logs to Stratford - also 2 Sacks oats to be crushd Johnny took away Sighmillers Heifer return for Taxation to Jn Yackie this daydo6 below5 ab
Tuesday7Chas mares - 5 Logs - W'd oxen 2 Logs - Is & Ch's pottering

Mifses Lucy & Annie Tye arr'd @ 11 1/2 - evening the Mifs Chas the Ladies

Chas & I to Dalys - took up Annie - the party Mr & Mrs Gournlock Mifs Lydia Nickle & their own family - Mr McCullock & Alex took tea &c with the Boys - found them here @ 2

100 acres Land - 45 cultivated 55 uncultivated unitarians

2 Horses

2 do under 3 years

2 oxen

3 Cows

2 over 2 years old		do 12 below17 above

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