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James Bowman Diary, 1908 Part One
JamesBowman_1908 Diary Part One 30.pdf
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| Thursday July 9th. 1908 | Working in hay & roots. |
| Friday July 10th. | J. Goy here all day hauling in hay. |
| Sat. July 11th. | J. Goy here all day hauling in hay. |
| Sunday July 12th. | Mr Petrie from Toronto here to-day. |
| Monday July 13th. | Hauling hay in forenoon. |
| Tuesday July 14th. | Roots & Hay |
| Wednesday July 15th. | Roots & Hay |
| Thursday July 16th. | Working at roots & Hay C. Goy in afternoon. |
| Friday July 17th. | Wet all day. Choring around barn. |
| Sat. July 18th. | C. Goy. Cutting barley in Afternoon. |
| Sunday July 19th. | Children to Church in morning. Will, Adda in evening. |
| Monday July 20th. | C. Goy cutting fall-wheat all day. |
| Tuesday Jy. 21st fine | We arrived at White River this morning and left in evening |
| Wensday 21st fine | We arrived at Sudbury about Eleven a.m. & left at 12.01 noon. & arrived at Toronto during night. |
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