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John Jardine Sr. Diary, 1868-1871
JohnJardineSr_1868-71_018.pdf
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| 4 | Tuesday John B and I di{page torn and missing} noked the manuer to pices in {page torn and missing} |
| 5 | Wednesday John Benwa dit{page torn and missing} Oclock I went two trips to the {page torn and missing} grist it comence to rain about 3 Oclock it is 8 oclock it rains very heavy |
| 6 | Thursday I ditched in the forenoon the afternoon I went to palmer {page torn and missing} raising in the forenoon John Benwa {page torn and missing}I went to church in the afternoon went to Palmer shed raising |
| 7 | Friday John B and I ditched foren{page torn and missing} the afternoon Benway fence I went {page torn and missing} mill witll two sawlogs and shod {page torn and missing} |
| 8 | Satuerday I and banway in the foren{page torn and missing} the botom of the fence in the aft{page torn and missing} John finished the fence I went to Palm{page torn and missing} shed raising to finished it butful {page torn and missing} |
| 9 | Sunday no church mother came down to a {page torn and missing} |
| 10 | Monday John cultivated bearley feild and harrowed in 1 hundred of barley and furrowed it, it rained a little to day I was |
| 11 | Tuesday in the forenoon Benwa and {illegible} drawed stones out of the oats field in the afternoon John cultivated and I went out to James atkison for my apple trees |
| 12 | Wednesday I finished sowing my barley {page torn and missing} John Benwa finished harrow{page torn and missing} |
| 13 | Thursday I sowed 13 bush{page torn and missing} |
| 14 | Friday I planted some a{page torn and missing} finished harrowing this {page torn and missing} I drawed out the f{page torn and missing} |
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