quiet a heavy white frost last night. {This sentence was written at the top of the page, lighter than the rest of the diary entries.}

Fri Aug 5_ The men all here. Annie and Lizzie here for dinner. Ma came home.

Sat Aug Sept 6_ Fine day. the men all finished harvest here all but the {king? This word was written on top of a previous word, which was scratched out. It is unclear what the original word was.}. Grant left Pa's.

Sun Aug Sept 7_ Fine day. "Concord Church Opening" The Rev. Mr Starr preached. I stayed dinner at Pa's_ Willie Farrs' and two gentlemen here for tea. I went to Church in the evening.

Mon Aug Sept 8_ Fine day. We went to the lecture over at the Church.

Tue Aug Sept 9_ Rained nearly all day. Willie & Mary also Uncle at the Exhibition. We kept the children.

Wed Aug Sept 10_ Fine day. Mary came for the children. Mr and Mrs Thomas Nightingale and Gertrud came. Tom Farr here for tea.

Wed Thur Aug Sept 11_ Fine day. Mr Nightingales left. Annie and Lizzie here for a while in the afternoon

Fri Aug Sept 12_ Rained nearly all day. Mick went away to the Exhibition.

Sat Aug 13_ Fine day. but cold. Aunt Mattie and I went out to call at Mr Gibsons.

Transcription Tips

• Follow the example of transcribing provided in the first few PDF files of this diary.
• Click Edit when you’re ready to start transcribing.
• Click Detach to move the transcription box to a convenient location.
• Copy the text as it is, including misspellings and abbreviations.
• Start each new day with a new line. Otherwise ignore spacing and alignments.
• Use toolbar heading options for any headings in the text, i.e. diary titles.
• Use toolbar table generator for any tables in the text, i.e. finance records.
• Use toolbar comment option to add your own comments, i.e. illegible text or uncertain names or description of drawings.
• Use toolbar stroke through text option to transcribe crossed-out text.
• When done press "Save Transcription" to save your work.
• Note: If a line on one page appears to carry over on the same line on the next page, please check the next page and (if applicable) transcribe both pages together as if they are one page. Type your unified transcription under the first of the two pages.
• View more transcription tips.(Opens in new tab)