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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878
William Dixon 1854-1878 (36).pdf
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| 13 | August | trashing linsy pulling the peas |
| 14 | August | trashing finished trashing cool and plesent |
| 15 | August | setting the hors power up in a block |
| 16 | August | trashing in a Aqusing finished plesent |
| 17 | August | sunday cool and plesent wether |
| 18 | August | comensed to rig upp plesent wether rany |
| 19 | August | finished drawing wheat from the block |
| 20 | August | rain riging up cool and plesent |
| 21 | August | cuttin the peas plesent wether |
| 22 | August | got the iron plough from the mill |
| 23 | finished the field at the old barn | |
| 24 | sunday cool and plesent and windy | |
| 25 | August | trashing for robert forest |
| 26 | August | pulling peas plesent wether |
| 27 | pulling out dung cool and plesent | |
| 28 | August | riging up plesent and dry |
| 29 | August | finished pulling peas trashing beens |
| 30 | August | twas stacking the peas |
| 31 | August | sunday plesent wether dry and plesent |
| 1 | September | comensed to sow wheat dry and dusty |
| 2 | September | dry and dusty wether cool and plesent |
| 3 | September | dry and dusty plesent wether |
| 4 | September | fnished sowing at home |
| 5 | September | comensed ploughing at tostels |
| 6 | September | rain comensed misty wether |
| 7 | September | sunday rainy and misty |
| 8 | September | comensed sowing below plesent |
| 9 | September | sowing plesent wether |
| 10 | September | finished sowing wheat great rain |
| 11 | September | helping Sony to finish |
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