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William Beatty Diary, 1863-1867
Wm Beatty Diary 1863-1867 Wm Beatty Diary 1863-1867 7.pdf
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1864
snow
| Feb | 16 | thrashed some oats & fixed the chain very cold day |
| 17 | drew 2 loads of rails from Deirs 47 X 33 Do Do | |
| 18 | drew 1 loads of rails 50 asfisted Wm Hazelwood with Elen & to clean some flax | |
| 19 | drew load of rails 50 Wm & Betsey Hazelwood brought Elen home we cleaned some of his flax fine day | |
| snow | 20 | worked at the flax brock one of the beaters little snow this afternoon rather on the thaw Elen & Isabla went to Younge with Hazelwood |
| 21 | the Revd Mr Carrol preached in the Church this afternoon | |
| 22 | drew 2 loads of rails 50 X 54 fine day | |
| 23 | Do 2 Do of Do 50 & 52 fine day | |
| 24 | drew rails out of the woods to the road & one load of 40 home at night little rain at times | |
| 25 | drew of 43 rails, Nelson Shipman was here at noon when I came home he brought load of flax to get cleaned we cleaned part of it took the rest home again the machine cleans very slow fine day | |
| 26 | drew two loads of rails 47 & 41 fine day Ad came home from Yonge he got the logs from Hogaboms | |
| 27 | Ad drew two loads of rails 41 & 47 I thrashed some oats fine day the roads is giting very bad | |
| 28 | heard Mr Brown preached in our School house & the Revd Mr Carrol in the curch | |
| 29 | Ad drew two loads of rails from Malonees fine day |
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