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November, Saturday 12
November, Wednesday 16
Cool and pleasent [sic] husked a load
of corn in the forenoon and
in the afternoon drew a few
rails and then I picked up
a load of cider apples and
the boys drew some pumkins [sic]
for the cattle and then we went
over to Fitchburgh in the evening
Cloudy and looks some like rain
Sent the team early to Fitch
burgh [Fitchburgh] for a load of women to
the quilting there was 12 grown
persons and four children besides
Alpha There were 18 here besides
Samantha and Martha and the
children Father Holt was down
November, Sunday 13
November, Thursday, 17
Pleasent [sic] in the forenoon did
not go to meeting in the morning
in the afternoon went up to
Father Holts school house to
meeting had a good sermon
Andrew staid up to Johns
last night [Nore?] Burrell came
with us to stay a week with us
Cool wind North went down into
woods in the forenoon and cut a
load of wood in the afternoon
went to cleaning a load of wheat
to take to Jackson in the
evening went down to Brother
Bachelors to prayer meeting
It rained some in the evening
There was but a few out
November, Monday 14
Snowed last night and was
cool wind in the north west
Went to cider mill with
a load of apples for cider I
brought home two barrell [sic] am
to have another Andrew went
to Dansville to get a barrell [sic] fixed
to get one at Brother Warners he
brought a load of sawdust for
George Duglass [sic]
November, Thursday 15
Pleasent [sic] went over to Fitchburgh
to see about letting the school
house to be repaired and to
envited [sic] some of the folks to
Samantha quilting tomorrow
in the afternoon husked some
corn and drew it in and then
killed a pig for to cook tomorrow
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