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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883
William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 23.pdf
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1880
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| 9 | the Road is so soft that there is no loads going on the them I went to the funeral of a son of John Red he was buried at the Union church there was 24 rigs | |
| 10 | it is still thawing the snow has gone{illegible} the ground is in a swim warm day with rain | |
| 11 | fine day still thawing it is the only thaw the we've had this winter the {illegible} is beared in them | |
| 12 | no meeting this morning in {illegible} this morning but {rest of entry illegible} | |
| {several entries illegible} | ||
| {illegible} took him to Young to see his {rest of entry illegible} & Billie went with {illegible} | ||
| 17 | Ad came home this afternoon on {rest of entry illegible} |
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