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William Thompson Diary, 1842-1847
William Thompson Diary handwritten 1841-47 81.pdf
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1846 July
| Wednesday | 1 | repaid Mrs T. monies borrowd of her May 19 - 5/ - June 4 - 7/6 - june 13 W'd going to Hamilton with Mrs T & Martha -- $26. 2/10s Mont'l Bank Mrs T. Martha & W'd left @ 3 - intending to sleep at Robinsons Simon to Stratford with Waggon, borrowd Awning for Waggon brot from Mr Daly a Barrel Pork $13 - & from D & M. 1 lb Tea &c up again evening & brot from Do 2 Scythe Shues - Denny Garden'g Hine stair case |
3 | 2 | 6 | fine
a few drops rain 6 @ 7 pm & thunder but soon cleard up |
61 | 68 |
| Thursday | 2 | Simon began mowing Timothy North - Denny turning Do & Bo. @ 10 1/2 am Hine preparing Bannister - Dr Moore calld @ 6 am breakfast & a glafs & ret'd | fine | 62 | 64 | |||
| Friday | 3 | Simon calld out of bed at midnight by Mrs Neilson with a Cow
Simon Denny & Hine engaged as yesterday - Hine left after his early tea sent by him to Mitchells Store for Glafs Cloth 4 sheets - & 6 large screws Sowd Malta Lettuce |
fine | 50 | 64 | |||
| Saturday | 4 | Denny to Stratford m'g - brot a Paper radish S'd 1/2 qu'r Letter Paper & a Canadian not pd - aftern'n with Simon at Hay - no Hine
Sowd Bed Beans - Had Riley & Wife & Mrs Thorns here & delivered to them all Toms property taking their joint rec't ex. Stable Shovel which is to call for & money{?} which is large to the Father - due to Riley for a days work 2.6 for his Boy a day 1.3 Wilf'd arr'd fm Hamilton @ 10 1/2 pm lefs H{illegible} 7.6 pd him |
1 | 3 | thunder storm 7@8 pm | 55 | ||
| Sunday | 5 | Simon to his friends - the rest at home -- | fine | 67 | 66 | |||
| Monday | 6 | W'd Simon & Denny at Timothy - Leah Do aft'n transplanted Cabbages y2X | Do | 57 | 64 | |||
| Tuesday | 7 | W'd Simon Denny Haying - Charnock came a little before noon @ 5/yk p day
W'd to Stratford ev'g with 5 Barrels Salt for McGregors debit them for teaming $1 p Bl ---- Paid for Reg White Lead (for which debit Hine ~.10.~ Turk{illegible}mber for self ------------- ~.2.~ a Barrel Salt -- Do --------------~.9.4 1/2 Tolls 3/. Expenses L1.4.1/2 ------- 1.7.1/2 borrowd W Crerars Waggon & took up Wheel of our own to be repaird |
2 | 8 | 5 | Do | 52 | 55 |
| Wednesday | 8 | rose @ 4 - raining - Denny to P Office, no letters 1 Canadian
W'd Charnock, S. & D. putting Timothy into Cock - afterw'ds Sim. & Charnock mowing South Denny raking - W'd to Sharmans for Waggon Wheel Emily & Leah gathering raspberries & Currants - price of former at Stratf'd 2d p quart |
fine ex.a few drops morn'g | 56 | 65 | |||
| Thursday | 9 | Had Donald Stewart John Crerar Charnock W'd Simon & Denny - Horses & oxen hauld & stackd Timothy North - Watson & Cleghorn stopd for a Glafs | 60 4pm 90 | 77 | ||||
| Friday | 10 | @ 9 1/2 W'd Charnock Sim & Denny at Hay South till 2 1/2 pm when interrupted by a storm of thunder rain & hail & occasional showers till night - Hine left after tea Lintons Cow put in field for 3 or 4 hours - night | fine till 2 pm thunder with hail & rain | 72 noon 92 | 73 | |||
| Saturday | 11 | W'd ploughing among Potatos - Denny driving - Charnock & Sim mowing So
transplanting Celery - Bill brot from P Office a Letter from Mrs with a rather more favorable acco't of Martha - not pd Charnock & Simon finished 2 Bo'e Whisky about in latter |
Showers with thund'r & light'g | 72 | 72 | |||
| Sunday | 12 | Sim. Denny & Leah to their friends - Denny has not ret'd 10 pm wrote to In's by Mr Cleghorn to forward oils by first chance | misty morn'g got out fine | 59 | 61 | |||
| Monday | 13 | Charnock came soon after 5 - Denny @ 11. all at Hay South - thunder shower 5@ 6 prevented topping Stack Timothy - finished transplanting Celery | rain 5 @ 7 pm | 47 | 58 | |||
| Tuesday | 14 | all rose @ l - All out South turning & Stacking Hay -- pd Casey on acco't of Lime | 10 | - | fine | 44 | 48 | |
| Emily for Washers | 3 | ~ | ||||||
| Wednesday | 15 | @ 9 - at Hay South - Mr & Mrs Daly stopd on ret'n from Guelph
Emily to P. Office - 4 Papter no letters - pd for Matches 1d Sn. 7/2 - Papters vide 18th |
~ | a few drops rain 5 @ 6 pm | 40 | |||
| Thursday | 16 | 9 1/2 - at Hay South all day - Mrs Sargint Mifses Hewit Daly Smith & Orr to tea | fine | 40 | 50 | |||
| Friday | 17 | " -- finishd stacking Hay South - sup 8 @ 10 Ton - moving Hemlock field delivered to Thos Fennels Hines last Box to be taken to him -- | fine | 40 | 54 | |||
| Saturday | 18 | 9 1/2 Mowing Hemlock field & making Hay - Housd 4 Loads in Barn
Emily & Leah to Stratford - sold to Mrs Mitchell 13 quarts Currants - 6d yk - 4 1/2 C'yto be taken in Sugar took a few Black Currants to Mrs Daly pd Em'y for Sn - 7 1/2 - matches 1d. Papers 3d Charnock home after supper - Ia's Izard with 21 Childr'n here to gather Raspberries |
10 1/2 | Do | 44 | 58 | ||
| Sunday | 19 | Sim Den & Leah to their friends - ret'd to tea - Dr Moore calld @ 7 am & again @ 12 | fine | 47 | 62 |
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