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William Fitzgerald Diary, 1892-1893
William Fitzgerald Diary, 1892-1893_098.pdf
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Dufferin April 15th 1892 J. William Fitzgerald commenced the season of cheese making in the employee of James Lane my account with him is as follows
April 18th {illegible}{the rest of the page is just scribble}
{second page}
Sept 21st 1893
Thur. 21. Beautiful day cloudy at night Mrs Button and Mrs Palmeter at Mrs Cowan's visited visiting spent the evening working at the factory books shipped cheese to Chicago today for Exhibition there.
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