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1845 March

<table>

<tr>
  <td>Wednesday</td>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>Snow in the night & till this morn'g  2 or 3 in.

I C & W'd at Sugary all day</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>snow till 9 aftern'n fine</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>27</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Thursday</td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>All at Sugary till 4 1/2 when W'd came home & went to Stratford

bot 3 wooden pails at Maccullocks @ 2/6 - at Dalys Sn

paid Kays acco't  Cash 1 5

p order on Ad'm Seigmiller ---- 1

borrowd of W'd $2      2.5.~

on return at * went to the Bush with provisions - @ all came in @ 8

brot fom P. Off'ce letters Aunt Jane to Martha & H'y to Mrs. T. 9d due Daly</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>7 1/2</td>
  <td>fine</td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>33</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Friday</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>at Sugary all day - & till 1 am 8th</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Shower 4  heavy ev'g </td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>48</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Saturday</td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>had of Mrs T & pasd Dun'n McNaughtons acco't 1844

at Sugary till 11 pm .  Duncan took away Cow & Calf</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>fine</td>
  <td>49</td>
  <td>37</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sunday</td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>all at home</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>fine</td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>28</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Monday</td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>at Sugary till 12 pm - brought home about 60 lb very nice Sugar

Mrs T & M walkd to Stratford & back

</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>fine</td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>31</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Tuesday</td>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>Beauty not having come home last night, went this morning in quest of her & found her dead in W Crerars Chopping lying on her back & much swoln - W'd skind her & brouht skin home

at Sugary till 11</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>fine</td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>27</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Wednesday</td>
  <td>12</td>
  <td> --- Do ----- 2 am of 13th   {word obliterated}</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>snow 2 or 3 hours morn'g after fine</td>
  <td>32</td>
  <td>28</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Thursday</td>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>Yackie calld & filld Afsefsment Roll

200 Acres Land - 54 acres cult'd 146 un: - Lot 27  1st & 2nd Con

4 Horses - 2 Oxen 1 Milk Cow

3 head 2 @ 4 yrs old

4 Males 2 Females = 6 Unitarians - first Roll in which a Column has been headed for that denom'n

Boys at Sugary till 11 pm

receiv'd of Ab'm Buttar - Hector 44  2/6 --   rec'd </td>
  <td></td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>beautiful </td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>34</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Friday</td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>brought home 80 lb Sugar  & 30 1 Pail rather lightly boild - rest till 12 pm</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Snow good part of the day</td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>20</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Saturday</td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>hauled remains of Beauty fm Crerars chopping to Swamp South

hauling & chopping firewood </td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Do  Do </td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>17</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sunday</td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>Alex & Annie here at noon - Martha & Christ'n tead at Orrville & home @ 10 3/4</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>tol..</td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td></td>
 </tr>
<table>

1845 March

<table>

<tr>
  <td>Monday</td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>Is & Ch'r getting Wood for more troughs - W'd hauling firewood

Is to Stratford with Waggon even'g

pd Mrs Jno & Roy Stewart -------</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>~</td>
  <td>snow show'r </td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>24</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Tuesday</td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Do</td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>18</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Wednesday</td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>Is & Christ'n winnowing Wheat - W'd pottering     {illegible} 71</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Do</td>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>15</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Thursday</td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>Is & C. winnowing Oats - W'd hauld Log firewood  - solderd Coffee Pot

even'g Is & W'd in Sleigh to Stratf'd brot 3 G's Whisky fm Watson's </td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Do </td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td></td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Friday</td>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>Is & C at Sugary - Sap not running - fixd a few troughs - W'd pottering

ev'g Is Ch'r Mrs T & M to Stratford - got 2 pr Boots fm Seigmillers</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>fine</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>18</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Saturday</td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>Befsy had a Calf @ 7 1/2 am.  Heifer

rec'd from Wm Anglin for Hec. 44

Is & Ch'r at Sugary - Sap dropping slowly ret'd @ 11 am

again after   Do    Do   --   Wilf'd cleaning Stables - hauling firewood &c.</td>
  <td>~</td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>~</td>
  <td>beautiful </td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>24</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sunday</td>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>Isaac attended the funeral of the Sargints Son aged 8  - who died yesterday

trapd a Mink South </td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>tol.</td>
  <td>32</td>
  <td>31</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Monday</td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>all at Sugary</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Snow m'g aft'n fine</td>
  <td>31</td>
  <td>27</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Tuesday</td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>rec'd of Duncan Campbell Hec 44

all at Sugary  - brot home 27 lb very nice Crushed Sugar

Is. trapd another Mink -- </td>
  <td></td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>fine</td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>28</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Wednesday</td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>W'd at Jno Crerars raising a Barn

Is & Ch'r at Sugary till 1 pm  27th</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>fine</td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>46</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Thursday</td>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>W'd again at Crerars raising - Is & Ch'r at Sugary - @ 4 pm Annie & Befsy came & with Mrs T. & M went to them

at {illegible}  Isaac walkd home with A & B. </td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>beautiful</td>
  <td>36</td>
  <td>54</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Friday</td>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>Christ'n at raising to Mr McNaughtons - home @ 2 am 29th

Is & W'd at Sugary - brot home 42 lbs Crushed Sugar n't of Pails  34 1/2 + 22 1/2+= 56 1/2 - 14 1/2 = 42

Mosquitoes

Snow disappeard in clearances except except in Bush & a little under fences</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>fine</td>
  <td>41</td>
  <td>48</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Saturday</td>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>Is & C at Sugary - W'd stables & pottering

took up Parsnips - 28 & 29th</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Do </td>
  <td>36</td>
  <td>55</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sunday</td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>all at home</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Do</td>
  <td>40</td>
  <td>56</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Monday</td>
  <td>31</td>
  <td>W'd at Peddies raising - ad'n to Barn - Is & Christ'n at Sugary - brot in a quantity of <s>something</s> ---

<u>Turner</u> - calld 9 @ 10 am rem'd the Day & slept the n't on Sofa</td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td></td>
  <td>54</td>
  <td></td>
 </tr>
<table>

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1845 March

Wednesday	5	Snow in the night & till this morn'g 2 or 3 in. I C & W'd at Sugary all day			snow till 9 aftern'n fine		27
Thursday	6	All at Sugary till 4 1/2 when W'd came home & went to Stratford bot 3 wooden pails at Maccullocks @ 2/6 - at Dalys Sn paid Kays acco't Cash 1 5 p order on Ad'm Seigmiller ---- 1 borrowd of W'd $2 2.5.~ on return at * went to the Bush with provisions - @ all came in @ 8 brot fom P. Off'ce letters Aunt Jane to Martha & H'y to Mrs. T. 9d due Daly		7 1/2	fine	20	33
Friday	7	at Sugary all day - & till 1 am 8th			Shower 4 heavy ev'g	25	48
Saturday	8	had of Mrs T & pasd Dun'n McNaughtons acco't 1844 at Sugary till 11 pm . Duncan took away Cow & Calf	17	6	fine	49	37
Sunday	9	all at home			fine	30	28
Monday	10	at Sugary till 12 pm - brought home about 60 lb very nice Sugar Mrs T & M walkd to Stratford & back			fine	26	31
Tuesday	11	Beauty not having come home last night, went this morning in quest of her & found her dead in W Crerars Chopping lying on her back & much swoln - W'd skind her & brouht skin home at Sugary till 11			fine	22	27
Wednesday	12	--- Do ----- 2 am of 13th {word obliterated}			snow 2 or 3 hours morn'g after fine	32	28
Thursday	13	Yackie calld & filld Afsefsment Roll 200 Acres Land - 54 acres cult'd 146 un: - Lot 27 1st & 2nd Con 4 Horses - 2 Oxen 1 Milk Cow 3 head 2 @ 4 yrs old 4 Males 2 Females = 6 Unitarians - first Roll in which a Column has been headed for that denom'n Boys at Sugary till 11 pm receiv'd of Ab'm Buttar - Hector 44 2/6 -- rec'd	2	6	beautiful	26	34
Friday	14	brought home 80 lb Sugar & 30 1 Pail rather lightly boild - rest till 12 pm			Snow good part of the day	30	20
Saturday	15	hauled remains of Beauty fm Crerars chopping to Swamp South hauling & chopping firewood			Do Do	14	17
Sunday	16	Alex & Annie here at noon - Martha & Christ'n tead at Orrville & home @ 10 3/4			tol..	17

1845 March

Monday	17	Is & Ch'r getting Wood for more troughs - W'd hauling firewood Is to Stratford with Waggon even'g pd Mrs Jno & Roy Stewart -------		3	~	snow show'r	24	24
Tuesday	18					Do	18	18
Wednesday	19	Is & Christ'n winnowing Wheat - W'd pottering {illegible} 71				Do	12	15
Thursday	20	Is & C. winnowing Oats - W'd hauld Log firewood - solderd Coffee Pot even'g Is & W'd in Sleigh to Stratf'd brot 3 G's Whisky fm Watson's				Do	22
Friday	21	Is & C at Sugary - Sap not running - fixd a few troughs - W'd pottering ev'g Is Ch'r Mrs T & M to Stratford - got 2 pr Boots fm Seigmillers				fine	7	18
Saturday	22	Befsy had a Calf @ 7 1/2 am. Heifer rec'd from Wm Anglin for Hec. 44 Is & Ch'r at Sugary - Sap dropping slowly ret'd @ 11 am again after Do Do -- Wilf'd cleaning Stables - hauling firewood &c.	~	10	~	beautiful	7	24
Sunday	23	Isaac attended the funeral of the Sargints Son aged 8 - who died yesterday trapd a Mink South				tol.	32	31
Monday	24	all at Sugary				Snow m'g aft'n fine	31	27
Tuesday	25	rec'd of Duncan Campbell Hec 44 all at Sugary - brot home 27 lb very nice Crushed Sugar Is. trapd another Mink --		2	6	fine	26	28
Wednesday	26	W'd at Jno Crerars raising a Barn Is & Ch'r at Sugary till 1 pm 27th				fine	30	46
Thursday	27	W'd again at Crerars raising - Is & Ch'r at Sugary - @ 4 pm Annie & Befsy came & with Mrs T. & M went to them at {illegible} Isaac walkd home with A & B.				beautiful	36	54
Friday	28	Christ'n at raising to Mr McNaughtons - home @ 2 am 29th Is & W'd at Sugary - brot home 42 lbs Crushed Sugar n't of Pails 34 1/2 + 22 1/2+= 56 1/2 - 14 1/2 = 42 Mosquitoes Snow disappeard in clearances except except in Bush & a little under fences				fine	41	48
Saturday	29	Is & C at Sugary - W'd stables & pottering took up Parsnips - 28 & 29th				Do	36	55
Sunday	30	all at home				Do	40	56
Monday	31	W'd at Peddies raising - ad'n to Barn - Is & Christ'n at Sugary - brot in a quantity of ~~something~~ --- Turner - calld 9 @ 10 am rem'd the Day & slept the n't on Sofa					54

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