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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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1856

10 October drawing with tow wagons make sh{illegible}
11 October drawing out wheat leeves comensing to fall of<
12 October sunday cloudy cool and plesent and dry
13 October drawing out wheat dry and plesent wether
14 October drawing out wheat plesent wether kept the horse at night
15 October making a neckyock comensed to dig the potatoes
16 October pulling the apples dry and frosty at night
17 October Ain Jane sent a letter plesent wether
18 October rain and plesent withe warm rasping some {illegible}ves
19 October smoky and cloudy some like rain sunday
20 October comensed to fraim the shed misty wether
21 October cutt my self framing finished taking out wheat killed the hogs
22 October came home comensed to plough dry and plesent
23 October ploughing cool some rain helping benjaman to trash
24 October ploughing cool plesent wether
25 October rany and unplesent ploughing
26 October Sunday plesent wether and sun shine
27 October ploughing windy and unplesent wether
28 October sold the wheat and went to the show
29 October plowing coald the leeaves are off the trees
30 October
31 October finished ploughing a field windy and unplesent
1 November trashed the oats and some wheat old charley beging
2 November sunday cloudy and plesent wether
3 November rain went below to plough and to frame
4 November framing at the shed cold and unplesent
5 November framing cold and unplesent
6 November framing more plesent wether
7 November framing plesent and warm finished ploughing below
8 November raised the shed stormy adn blustering
9 November sundy cloudy un{illegible}
10 November went below and raised the rafters over the shed

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