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Rosamond McKenney Sweet Diary, 1881-1882

RosamondMcKenny(Sweet)_1881-1882_075.pdf

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15-Monday I was over to C a little while in the afternoon and she wanted to come home with me to get my Jelly cake tin to bake a cake but her aunt raised a ram so she did not come then she {??oite??} till I came home and baked mine when she came Lew Wooley was hear

16 Tuesday Cretia I was over to Creties after yeast in the morning she was over to our place 4 or 5 times during the day she wanted me to come there that evening she said that Ella and Evert was a comming down so when they came Ella and C came after me Tommy brought the horse over {stroked and scribbled out words} to day and Ma and {I?}

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