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Henry Snary Diary, 1882-1883
SNARY Diary 1882-1883 (15).pdf
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{page one} Camden Gore February 1883
| Sat | Feb 17th | cloudy and cool. the boys and were Sawing and Splitting Stove wood at the house |
| Sun | Feb 18th | clear and pleasant |
| Mon | Feb 19th | cloudy and cool. I went to Florence this fore noon with Charles McIntosh and received the intrest on the money fore the land I Sold him after noon was chopping wood. John |
| Tue | Feb 20th | cloudy and cold. Snow in the fore noon, the fore part of the day I was chopping wood. John was drawing in the after noon noon I went to Dresden for the chop feed |
| Wed | Feb 21st | clear and pleasant John was drawing blocks for fence this forenoon after noon we was cleaning up wheat |
| Thu | Feb 22ond | cloudy and Snow this fore noon we was Sawing Some Stove wood |
| Fri | Feb 23rd | |
| Sat | Feb 24th | cloudy after noon rain and Sleet we ware Shelling corn and putting up a load to get ground. John got it chopt this after noon |
| Sun | Feb 25th | cloudy high wind from the West and cold. |
| Mon | Feb 26th | cloudy wind from the North West and quite cold. we was Sawing Stove part of the day |
| Tue | Feb 27th | cloudy after noon Snow the fore part of the day John and I was Sawing and Splitting Stove wood. after noon I went up to the School house and voted for Member for the local house |
| Wed | Feb 28th | clear and moderate the roads getting pretty bare. John and I was over the river cutting Some Small oak timber for fence posts. |
| Thu | March 1st | clear and warm. the wind and Sun has cut away the Snow and ice very fast to day. I was helping Phillip Switzer Score timber for John W. Snareys drive barn John was drawing Tile |
| Fri | March 2ond | clear fore part of the day latter part cloudy cool. I was helping Switzer again with the timber |
| Sat | Mar 3rd | cloudy and cool. they boys and I was Sawing and Splitting Stove wood at the house part of the day. |
| Sun | Mar 4th | cloudy part of the day and cold |
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