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James Cameron Diary, 1897
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James Cameron Island
9th of Novem 1897 Prince of Wales Birth Day Big Big East Wind Raining Leander here stopt with the Wind Snowed this Evening
10th Fine West Wind Banking the House Unfortunate Day Leander went to Jo's Douqueet Gordon Went to Dundee with Tennet of Butter and a Due-Bill and Money for Ionia's Boots 45 200 of Flour 5 Gallons of Kerosene Tubs 3) nails 6 lb 6 lb Heard Herbert was Poorly the 2 Boys went to Summerstown to night Fixing stalls for the cows
11th E W Froze Last night Rain high Wind Randolph for Shells Gordon went to hunt on the North Side Plouged the Peice of the Potato Ground
12th Martinmas Day Raining snowing E Wind crofsed for Livinia's Watch the Pigs out Began to Feed Milk Cows and Horses
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James Cameron Island
13th of Nov 1897 West Wind Randolph here Gordon Made a Trough for the Pigs Fxing things in the Stove-house Mowing machine cutter and Stove Plouged some Took the Milk up From the cellar seen in the Papers Where Dan got Carlo after Been near 4 years away
14th Fine Day Fortunate Day Spink and Fernandez went to the Kit Kit to hunt got nothing Leander here From Douquetts Freezing
15th E Wind Livinia and Fernandez went to Dundee took 11 Ducks to Sell Bought cottons calicos underwere Rice and other things Herby is Getting Better Plastering Feeding corn to the Pigs Gordon crofsed to the sale went to Cornwall Bought 1 Paper of Pepper
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