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William Beatty Diary, 1860-1863

William Beatty Diary, 1860-1863_56.pdf

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1863

15 the Revd Brown preached in the schoolhouse
16 Ad drew rails with Tackabury & Billie & me cleaned the little oats put 14 bushel up chamber that is 23 of them that cold day
17 cleaned the Blacksee had about 12 bushel cleaned the scotch wheat had about 3 bushel & about 3 bushel of tailingsof all Ad drew rails
18 went to Gananoque bought 500 lbs flour 11s.10d per 100 & 700 indian meal 6s.3d per 100 brought 600 from B Younge he went with me fine day
19 heavy rain all day tinkered in the blacksmith shop Ad thrashed some oats
20 went round the lower end of the School section to tell people there School Bill & to collect got no money rained & snow & snowed all the forenoon Ad finished the oats
21 Ad drew a load of rails from Tackaburys I put away the flour & meal drew some wood fine day
22 no Meeting to Day very cold
23 Ad went for a load of rails I went to Younge on businefs took dinner at S Youngs went & saw Jock he will pay nothing but he will give me the thrashing machin & quit all
24 settled with J. J McIntosh gave him 15$ & 2 notes for 15 dollars & 1 shilling
25 put shoes on the woodshed slough at Robs hauled up ceaders for Ads load
26 went out to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Morrison preach
27 Adam Armstrong brought me to Mallorytown in the cutter little rain this morning came up on the cares
28 drew some wood fine Day

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