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Mowing Down Assumptions

June 17, 2010
By Pat Schaefer
Mowing Down Assumptions

Thursd 16  fair & hot. . .I Stacked Some hay yt grew before ye door.  Thursd 22   fair.  In ye morning I Sowed Some white Clover Seed betwixt ye Barberry Bush & Cherry trees. . . . Saturd 11 fair. . . Adam Mowed the Little pasture before...
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March … brot home the mare & colt

March 8, 2010
By Pat Schaefer
March … brot home the mare & colt

Tuesd Mar .1. . . .wee got home Sun about an hour high and wee buried the Child at Sun down. . . . Saturd 5. . . I was at home al Day. Josh brot home the mare & Colt & left the young Horses. . . Mond...
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Harvest Time

September 12, 2009
By Pat Schaefer
Harvest Time

  Mond .7.  fair. I fetched a turn of aples fro Holmes’s Lot Ab & Moley. . .Saturd 12 fair. I was picking apples. wee Carted 1 Load to ye mill. . . .Tuesd 15 fair. I was at home all day. I finisht Riming my wheell. Jo Bent & Jno Mowed Rowin...
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