Name/Title
Page of log book, 1855Entry/Object ID
2021.1.200Tags
1850s, AgricultureScope and Content
Page of log book, author unknown.
Content includes: reference to "Uncle Francis", Neil, Margaret and Charlotte, haying, weather conditions, and practice writing "U".
[?] ever awaits preseverance.
[?] 1845 August 1855 July 14th Bright morning
day cloudy
Sunshine [?] for uncle Francis
all day took in Nine loads went to
store at Night
15 sunny cloudy warm thunder and rain
and hail and wind at Uncle Gavins
but none here charlotte and I
Spat [?] Gavins with David Sanders horse
and bussy
Brough a cheese twenty one pound
weight we have horse
16th cloudy warm showers with thunder
[?] is mowing between showers
and fencing barn. Margrate and Charlotte
went and brought Davis flowers [?] rolls
and ours with Davies horse
A.n. bright warm morning [?] very have
17th
cloudy sunshine very warm , mowing
spr[?] + turning [?] cloudy warm thundering
rake [?] all our [?] & took in there loads
shower at night had franks [?] one
18th cloudy sunshine vert hot day [?]
Franks wheat here hands [?] & [?]
19th cloudy sunshine very hot & [?]
three hands one half day [?] sho
Neil and me ground [?] our this
Unanimity of sentiment is desirable
1855
July 20th cloudy warm thundery
some slight showers cutting wheat at Franks
Three hands three fourths of a day 30 dozen
cool at night
21 cool cloudy morning Rainy. [?] cut
one Ridge [?] our wheat
Rob came home we ground his [?]
an cool and cloudy we
got one ridge wheat bound it and what
I cut forenoon
[?] dozen then went to store and bought a
[?]
unday cloudy with showers of mist
23 wet day distant thunder Rob making
[?] I was twice at uncle [?] got
my [?] fixed paid one dime then
got a [?] for cradle paid twelve
cents
[?] misty morning day showers thundery
cut three dozen wheat fixed cradle
[?] my new [?] and
[?] margrite and Charlotte over Uncle
Franks pulling
[?] Frank & James boys here at night
[?]
[?] cloudy [?] Rob mowing and
weeding garden
[?] five pecks of corn then
helped Rob
[?] Afternoon twenty one dozen
George [?]
[?] George and [?] [?] here very
[?] with very heavy rain at nightLocation
Location
Container
Murdoch Collection Box 1Room
ArchivesBuilding
Morgan History CenterNotes
Folder: Journal Entries