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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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