AUGUST 1864.
4. Thursday. James not here; Tooly finish weed carrots
by dinner, rig up an old scythe & mow weeds
&e in new land; Hogan at home; Griffin weed carrots
& help fix a new stick on Buck's horns till dinner, then mow
weeds &e in new land; George about sundries & wash
buggy till dinner, then weed garden ___Self look about
till near 11 o' C, put a new stick on Buck by dinner, then about sundries
5Friday. James not at work; Tooly & Griffin mow
weeds &e in new land; Hogan at home;
George at sundries in garden & about house __
Self & Constance
6Saturday. James at home till breakfast, then about stumps;
Tooly & Griffin dig & shop round about do;
Hogan at home; George at sundries in garden
about house___ Hammy rode up yesterday A.M..
7Sunday. Church P.M. Self & Constance left at 9¼ o' C
8Monday. James, Tooly, Hogan grubing about stumps;
Griffin at stumps in morn.., bring up the
water for washing & to Bessborough forge
for 18 rivets &e, then to Aylmer ; George at
sundries in garden & about house till dinner,
then help Self put rivets in horse-cart wheels__
Hammy & horse went home by the steamer_
9Tuesday. James, Tooly & Hogan at stumps in morn..,
Transplant g .. turnips till dinner, at stumps
again, Griffin at home; George about house in
morn.., carry oats & peas from gran.. to Mill & help
in Mill till 11 o' C, at sundries till dinner, then
help Self at axle & wheels of horse-cart_______
10Wednesday. James not here, Tooly & Hogan at stumps;
Griffin at home; George about cows, pigs &e in
morn.., help fit axle to wheels wash it & at
sundries till dinner, then help rivet ox-cart wheel ___
Self measure lumber, at work about horse-cart axle &e __
11Thursday. James not here; Tooly & Hogan dig & chop stumps;
Griffin at home; George about sundires in morn..,
at funeral & at home till about 3 o' C, pull up oeas & about sundries_
Self do some painting, file soft-wood saw ____
12Friday. James at home till breakfast, then at stumps; Tooly & Hogan
at stumps, Griffin at home; George about sundries__
13Saturday. James, Tooly & Hogan at stumps; Griffin back
by the Boat, did no work; George at sundries in
garden & about house___Self paint g .. new horse-cart__
14Sunday. Church A.M. Self & Kate took tea at Berry 's__
15Monday. James dig & chop about stumps in morn..
then draw' em together with oxen; Tooly,
Hogan & Griffin grub out stumps in morn..,
then pile ' em; George at sundries in garden __
Self paint g .. horse_cart, draw off some coal-oil__
16Tuesday. James, Hogan & Griffin pile stumps in morn..,
weed turnips for about 1½ hours, then bind &e wheat;
Tooly dring & up cradle in morn.., then cradle do ___
George weed g .. in garden & about sundries ____
17Wednesday. James, Hogan & Griffin bind &st wheat;
Tooly cradle wheat; George weed g .. in garden
& about sundries__Self about meat-[see]
18Thursday. James & Griffin bind &e wheat till dinner,
then at oats; Hogan do _ do _ till dinner, then home;
Tooly cradle wheat till dinner, then oats, & bind
for a start in even g ..; George weed g .. in garden
& about sundries ____Self at meat-s
19Friday. James & Griffin weed turnips in morn.., then
bind & strike oats; Tooly cradle oats & bind for
a start; Hogan came some time after
breakfast, bind &e oats; George about sundries
in garden & about house ___ Self to Berry 's in
morn. for red lead, paint part of new horse-cart__
20Saturday. James & Hogan pile lumber for Church _
_year in morn.., do_stumps till 11 o' C, bind oats
till dinner, then house wheat; Tooly cardle
oats breakfast, then went home; griffin weed turnips
in morn.., pile stumps & bind oats till dinner, then
at sundries & began new line for Creek; George at sundries
in garden & about house ___ Self to Barry's in morn..
for more red lead, paint g .. cart till dinner, then at sundries__
21Sunday. M r .Butler not in__Maurice Major here from York state with horse & buggy
