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UC Davis Special Collections D-022 1:28: Transcription of George Pierce Sr. Diary, 1867

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Tuesday 1 January 1867

Clear day Come home from Woodland Mr & Mrs Greene & Mr & Mrs Fox were here

and took dinner

Wednesday 2 Jan 1867

Clowdy in the morning Commenced plowing the first Plowing done since the 15th of

Dec ground verry wet not fit to plow

Jessa commenced work at $25_ per month no lost time for rainy wether

Thursday 3 Jan 1867

Plowed in middle field ground verry wet

have to plow in the dryest places

Friday 4 Jan 1867

Plowed in Middle field ground verry wet

rained some in the afternoon

Saturday 5 Jan 1867

Commenced Raining last night and rained most of the time untill about 8 Oclock this

morning and then cleared up with light Showers untill about 2 Oclock and loocks like

fine wether 4 Oclock


Sunday 6 Jan 1867

Clear breeze from the North

Rained moderate most of the night broke away about daylight this morning

Monday 7 Jan 1867

North wind quite strong Plowed in middle field with three plows

George Went to Buckeye for Mr Wilsons machine

Tuesday 8 Jan 1867

North wind plowed in Middle field


North wind moderate

George Went to the Tuly [Tule?] House with Baders cloths. Sent Bader $50 _

Thursday 10 Jan 1867

South wind and looks like rain

Commenced Sowing Wheat in afternoon in field East of the House with Machin

Friday 11 Jan 1867

Commenced Raining about 2 Oclock then cleared up and loocks like a long spell of

good wether

Saturday 12 Jan 1867

Commenced Raining about Sunrise and rained most of the day quite harde Killed

yearling for Beef let the man on Melones ranch have 120# at 10 cts per # and Mr

Wilson 60# at 10 cts


Sunday 13 Jan 1867 [No entry]

Monday 14 Jan 1867

Sowed wheat by hand in last field

Ground verry wet

Tuesday 15 Jan 1867

finished Sowing in East field


Commenced Sowing in middle field with Machiene


Harrowed in the middle field

Fogy all forenoon

Friday 18 Jan 1867

Loocks like rain Sowed and Harrowed in middle field

rained a little in the morning

North wind in the afternoon Sowed about 10 acres


Strong Sout wind

Loocks like rain Harrowed in middle field ground verry wet and Bad to work


Sunday 20 Jan 1867

Fine day and loocks like good wether

Monday 21 Jan 1867

Rained most of the day cout (sic) wood and done chowers (sic) in general

Tuesday 22 Jan 1867

Fine day Plowed all day


Light Showers all day West wind Plowed around fence in the Pasture


Showering all day Went to Fred Warners

Boys cut wood got up the colts in the morning

Mrs. Pierce and I Went to Mr Greenes

Friday 25 Jan 1867

Rained all last night and untill late this morning Heavy Shower about noon

Boys cut wood

Morton E Knapp Committed Suicide this afternoon at Mr Greenes


Rained most of the afternoon Went to Mr Greens and took charge of the Estate of

Morton E. Knapp


Commenced Trimming Peach trees

Sunday 27 Jan 1867

Knapp was Buried at Woodland

Monday 28 Jan 1867

Mrs Pierce & I went to Woodland Carried[?] Peaches & Eggs and got Barrel of

Sugar verry dark and Clowdy all day loocks like rain

Tuesday 29 Jan 1867

Mrs Pierce Bought lot in Woodland and Paid $240 - $100 down and is to pay

the ballance the first day of November Next. verry Clowdy & loocks like rain got

home about dusk


Rained latter part of the night and in the morning cleared up about 8 Oclock and

finest day for a long time loocks like good wether

Trimed Peach trees


Trimed Peach trees and planted potatoes

Friday 1 Feb 1867

Finished triming Peach trees and Sowed Barly in Orchard

Saturday 2 Feb 1867

Fine day Plowed & Sowed wheat for chickens


Loocks like rain again soon

Ground quite wet

Sunday 3 Feb 1867

Fine day

Monday 4 Feb 1867

Fogy and cold in the morning with N wind

Sowed forsen[?] Wheat North of the Orchard

Ground cold & wet Bad plowing

Tuesday 5 Feb 1867

Plowed and Sowed Wheat North of the Orchard

North wind

Wednesday 6 Feb 1867

Sowed Wheat in middle field cold North wind

Thursday 7 Feb 1867

Verry cold North wind

Killed hogs

Friday 8 Feb 1867

Sowed Wheat in middle field

Cold North wind


Saturday 9 Feb 1867

Harde frost

South wind and loocks like rain

Sunday 10 Feb 1867

Verry Strong North wind and cold All Sines of rain has gone

Monday 11 Feb 1867

Loocks like rain again. Plowed & Sowed in the middle field

Went to Solano House and got Plow Sharpened

Tuesday 12 Feb 1867

Strong North wind all day and cold

Plowed & Sowed Wheat in North field

Went to Solano House and got Plow sharpened


Stong North wind Plowed & Sowed wheat in North field

Thursday 14 Feb 1867

Strong North wind finished Sowing wheat in North field

Mrs Greene got one doz chickens $8.00 25#Turkys

Friday 15 Feb 1867

Went to Sacramento to get a man to prune grape vines


Wind in the South and loocks some like rain hevy frost

Saturday 16 Feb 1867

Returned home verry tired and not verry well

Wind in the North and quite hard

Sunday 17 Feb 1867

North wind quite strong

Monday 18 Feb 1867

Wind in the South harde frost and loocks like rain

Sowed Wheat North of Peach Orchard

Tuesday 19 Feb 1867

Sowed Wheat in middle field Strong South wind cold and damp

loocks like rain

Duchman come from the City to prune vines


Commenced raining last night about dark and rained all nigth and all day today

Creek begins to rase a little


Rained all day Creek nearly full this morning -

Overflow about 4 Oclock this afternoon


Watter not as high as before by about 6 inches

Friday 22 Feb 1867

Cleared off in the night quite a frost Wind in the North -

Commenced pruning vines. Self and man about 3/4 of day each

Saturday 23 Feb 1867

North wind quite strong and cold harde frost this morning

Pruned vines

Self and man and George Jessy and Grove Packed out vines

Sunday 24 Feb 1867

A little frost this morning and loocks like rain

Went to Post Office and to Ted Warners[?]

Monday 25 Feb 1867

Pruned vines Self and man Grove & Jessie Packed vines in the afternoon

Tuesday 26 Feb 1867

Pruned vines Self 1/2 day and man all day

Grove & Jessie Packed all day George cut Sprouts[?]

rained Several times during the day


Pruning new vines 1/2 day self and man rained Several times in the forenoon bad

getting round to Prune


Commenced raining about one Oclock and rained all day harde


Third Overflow Last night about 10 Oclock

Pruned in afternoon

Friday 1 March1867

Rained last night and this morning

Pruned vines in the afternoon

Saturday 2 March 1867

Went to Woodland to see about the Estate of Morton E Knapp

Pruner worked 1/2 day in vines

Rained in forenoon and latter part of the night

Sunday 3 March 1867

Come home Strong N. W. wind

Monday 4 March 1867

Self and Pruner work in vines all day

Tuesday 5 March 1867

Strong North West wind Pruned vines in the forenoon and went to Mr Greenes

in afternoon

Apprised the Property of the Estate of Morton Knapp


Wednesday 6 March 1867

Went to Woodland to attend to the Estate of Morton Knapp

Went to Ruddocks to see about getting Hogs ranched

Black cow has a calf

Thursday 7 March 1867

Got home about noon Pruned forron [foreign?] vines in afternoon

Red Hieffer has got two Calves both alive and cicking(sic)

Friday 8 March 1867

Boys finished Plowing Old vines a little before noon 1 1/2 days each 3 in all

Mrs Greene & famely made us a visit today


Rained a verry little night finished halling off vines

fine day made fence acrost the road and put in gate

Sunday 10 March 1867 [No entry]

Monday 11 March 1867

Went to Cashe creek canion with the Pruner

North wind



Got home about 2 Oclock

Stong North wind


Worked on Grape vines

North wind


Worked in vinyard & Halled Hay to the Stable

Friday 15 March 1867

Worked in vinyard

loocks like rain


Went to Woodland and to Ruddocks to See about getting Hogs kept

took meat to Mr Greenes to Smoke

loocks like rain

Sunday 17 March 1867

Sprinkled several times during the day but not annuff to doo any good or hert


Worked in vinyard and mad(sic) hen coops


George started for School at Plainfield


Went to Sacramento with 6 doz Chickens and Sold them for $7.75 per Doz $45.15


Got home the roads quite ruff most of the way

Some had mud Holes

loocks like rain. harde frost this morning


Plowed corn ground Sowed some peas

Several light Showers during the day not so as to Stop work

Mr Maxwell got into the creek and got wet


Harde frost hale Storm quite harde Sowed Barly on the Iland for Hogs


George Plowed lot at Woodland

Worked setting out grape roots

Harde frost this morning


North wind this morning Went down this afternoon and loocks some like rain


Mrs Green and Tinkham called to day


Worked on vines and moved Wheat from the Storehouse to graniry(sic)


Fixed place for Turkys to set

Went to Woodland 24 Doz Eggs - 20 - cts


Halled Hay in the afternoon


Mr Elliot Stayed here all night and bought two cows of me at $75 - each


Worked in vinyard finished diging and Setting out grape roots

Went to Plainfield Schoolhouse and attended festivill


Went to Mr Dexters to visit Brother Peterson and found him more cumfortable than

when I Saw him last


Attended Church at Woodland loocks like rain


Monday 1 April 1867

Plowed ground for Grapes and wheat for Chickens

Tuesday 2 April 1867

Planted corn

Wednesday 3 April 1867

Went to Mr Williams to See about getting a Bull

Thursday 4 April 1867

Worked in vinyard Set out White Muscael [Mascatel?] &c

Friday 5 April 1867

Worked in vinyard Set out Black Hamberg cuttings

Saturday 6 April 1867

Rained a little last night and Sprinckled Several times through the day

Sold J. M Stuart one cow for $75 - to be paid the first day of Sept next

Sunday 7 April 1867 [No entry]

Monday 8 April 1867

Miss Pierce and myself went [to] Sacramento to get some teeth made.

Crossed the Tuly in a Boat



Stayed in the City all day


Started for Home about noon and got home about dark

Sprincled a little just before we arrived and rained quite hard in the night


Went to Martin Boils [Bails?] and got 31 1/2 # of Bailing rope $3.15 10 cts per #

fine Shower last night every thing loocks well

Friday 12 April 1867

Fine day and a hevy Shower last night rained harde most of the night

the ground is verry wet and mirery [?] in meny places the ground is wet enough to

enshure a good crop


Some frost this morning fine day halled Stakes from the Big Ranch for the Grape

vines

Little Muly has a calf

Put the young cattle on the creek

Sunday 14 April 1867

fine day


Monday 15 April 1867

North wind moderate Went to Sacramento with Turkyes (sic) and back the Same day

Sold for 15 & 18 cts per #

Wind went down in the afternoon and loocked Some like rain


Loocks Some like rain Sowed wheat around Chicken house

South wind Grain groes fine


Planted Squashes & Onions


Went to Woodland to attend Ladies festival and fair


Planted Wattermellons & Beans


Made Stakes for grape vines

Genl[?] Cahoon is here to night

Sunday 21 April 1867

Genl[?] Cahoon went home to day



Strong North wind made Stakes for vinyard

Mr Hubard come to Settle with me and want sto pay about 25 cts on the Dollar doo

not think I will take it


Went to Woodland & got Wagons repaired & paid $12.50

North wind


Took down Hay Shed & made Stakes for vinyard

Got up the Hogs and fed them Some Sulpher [?] and turned the Sowes that are to have

Pigs soon on the creek


Made Stakes for vinyard


Went to Odfellows celebration at Woodland with Mr & Mrs Fox and Stayed all night


Got home a little after noon

quite warm

Sunday 28 April 1867 [No entry]



Commenced Plowing Grape vines about middle of the afternoon


Went to Sacramento with Eggs 264 Doz Sold them at 20 & 25 cts per Doz

124 Doz at 25 cts $30.00

58 " " 22 14.76

70 1/2 " " 20 14.10

56.86

Wednesday 1 May 1867

Dr Thompson made the third trial to make me Some teeth and no better Scucess than

before

Thursday 2 May 1867

In Sacramento

Friday 3 May 1867

In Sacramento

Saturday 4 May 1867

Got home Watter verry high in the Tule

Brought Chineman to help Mrs Pierce

Sunday 5 May 1867

Went to Church at Schoolhouse


Monday 6 May 1867

Went to Tryans[?] with Jane [horse]

Tuesday 7 May 1867

Went to Knights Landing


Went to McCormicks to See about the Currie Estate and back to the landing

Thusday 9 May 1867

Got home about 4 Oclock and went to the Party at Mr Lillards in the evening

Groveners friends come to See him

Friday 10 May 1867

Fixed Mowing Machiene

Mrs Pierce went to Mr Wilsons and made a call

Grovener & friends have gon to the City

Saturday 11 May 1867

Strong North wind and quite hot

Lyman [horse] tookthe _ for the first time

Sunday 12 May 1867

Groveners friends left


Monday 13 May 1867

Commenced mowing in the afternoon. Went to Sylvyville in the morning

Jessa Stoped work Commenced Sacking wheat

Tuesday 14 May 1867

Finished Sacking wheat and commenced Halling


Went to Woodland with the Hext Boys

Mr Ellis & Aga Commenced Halling Wheat

Ellis 50 Sacks

Aga 51 Small

" 7 Big ones

Thursday 16 May 1867

Made Hay We had a Shower in the afternoon

Friday 17 May 1867

Strong South wind all day and quite cool

Plowed Orchard and Grape vines finished plowing vines the fourth time


Raked Hay in forenoon and made fence[?] in afternoon in the lane East of the House

Ellis 52 Small Sacks & 2 large ones


Sunday 19 May 1867 [No entry]

Monday 20 May 1867

Went to Woodland to mill

Tuesday 21 May 1867

Commence Stacking Hay with two waggons


Stacked Hay


Stacked Hay Strong South wind in the afternoon

Jane [horse?]took the _ for the first time [Part of training? Bit? Harness? See

Lyman ref. on 11 May]

Friday 24 May 1867

Finished Stacking Hay


Went to Cash Slough to see about Shiping[?] wheat

Went to Mr Rose

Sunday 26 May 1867

Stong North wind


Monday 27 May 1867

Got home

Strong North wind

Paid Jessa $40-00 Received of Dick [?] & co $150-00 in cash & check

Tuesday 28 May 1867

Went to Dock Udells and Settled with him for Keeping Sheep

Paid Blum $45.12 Ballance Due for Sacks &c Strong North wind


Strong North wind

Mr & Mrs Parham and Mrs Fox & Mrs Warner made us a visit today Worked on

Dineing room


Strong North wind

Worked on Dineingroom

Friday 31 May 1867

North wind not verry Strong but verry hot

Worked on Dineingroom

Saturday 1 June 1867

Wm went to Cash Slough for Lumber

Sold property belonging to the Estate of Mr E Knapp at Mr Greenes $39.13


Sunday 2 June 1867 [No entry]

Monday 3 June 1867

Made fence acrost the Creek

George went to Woodland and got Mr. Hall

Tuesday 4 June 1867

Worked on Diningroom

Wednesday 5 June 1867

Worked on Diningroom

Strong North wind

Thursday 6 June 1867

Worked on Diningroom Strong North wind

Friday 7 June 1867

Worked on Diningroom Stong North wind


Worked on Diningrooom Strong North wind

Wheat badly shelled Some plases one half lost

Sunday 9 June 1867

George Went to Woodland with Mr Hall


Monday 10 June 1867

Went South of Sylvyville to loock for a Header [?]

Tuesday 11 June 1867

Went to Suisune & Fairfield to get Header [?]

Stayed all night at Mr Highs in Lagoone Vally


Got home about one Oclock


Mrs Pierce and George went to Woodland after Balckberrys and left

325# Meal at Mr Greenes

80 " " " " Foxes

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Friday 14 June 1867

Mrs Pierce & George got home with about 2 1/2 Buckets of Berrys

William and myself Worked on Levy


Worked on Levy


Sunday 16 June 1867

Went to Sylvyville to Church

Monday 17 June 1867

Commenced Heading Wheat in the middle & Barly field

Squashes for Dinner


Headed Wheat in North field


Headed Wheat in North field. Cool day for the Season of Year


Went to Cash Slough and Settled with Mr Wilcox

Due for Wheat $253.68

Friday 21 June 1867

Mrs Pierce and George went to Woodland to get Dress fitted


Finished Barly and Headed wheat in East field

Sunday 23 June 1867

George & Grove went to Woodland to Church


Monday 24 June 1867

Headers finished all that was ripe annuf to cut and went home Paid them $165 - Mrs

Pierce and George went to Santa Clarra to visit the School at that place


Stacked Barly

Coocked &c


Halled manure out of Stock yard _ Cut Thissles in Stock yard &c Coocked &c.&c


Worded on Levy Halled Manure made gate

Coocked &c

Green Corn for Dinner

Mr Wilcox called this afternoon to perchest Wheat

Friday 28 June 1867

Made gate & Thrashed peas

Cool South wind and fine day to work

Cucumbers for Supper


Went to Cash Slough after George & Mrs Pierce


Sunday 30 June 1867

Returned Home at nigh

Monday 1 July 1867

Went to Mr Greenes & got fanningmill[?] and cleaned peas

Verry hot day

Tuesday 2 July 1867

Made Road acrost the Creek

Mrs Pierce is verry well this evening

Wednesday 3 July 1867

Governer Denky of Utah Terrytory Genl Upson & Mr Greene called today

Gov Denky is an old acquaintence of mine from Wisconsin

Thursday 4 July 1867

Went to Woodland

North wind

Friday 5 July 1867

Strong North wind

Genl Reddington come out last night

Saturday 6 July 1867

Verry Strong North wind this morning whipping out Wheat verry bad


Sunday 7 July 1867 [No entry]

Monday 8 July 1867

Worked on Levy

Tuesday 9 July 1867

Headed Wheat with Greenes Machien

Commenced about 3 Oclock

Mrs Lorenge[?] and Wille come to day


Headed Wheat in middle field



Friday 12 July 1867



Finished Headding Wheat

Mr Greene Dr to 2 men 41$ [?]

Sunday 14 July 1867

North wind and verry hot


Monday 15 July 1867

George went to See Mr Gallop about thrashing

Tuesday 16 July 1867

George got home this afternoon

made arrangement with Hext about thrashing and he set the Machiene to night Mrs

Lorenge[?] & Wilee Went to Mr Greenes


Verry Strong North wind had to Stop thrashing


Strong North wind in the morning but goes down so that we commence thrashing at

noon

Wm was taken Sick this afternoon and had to Stop work

Friday 19 July 1867

Thrash all day


Thrashed all day Mrs Lorenge [?] & Willee got back

Went to Silvyville and got Blind man to work

Sunday 21 July 1867

Thrashers here all day


Monday 22 July 1867

Thrashed all day


Finished thrashing Paid off the men- about ninety tones of Wheat and about nine

tones of Barley

Wednesday 24 July - Monday 29 1867 [No entries]


Went to Sacramento with George and had our likeness taken

Commenced Halling Wheat


got home

Thursday 1 August 1867 [No entry]

Friday 2 August 1867

Went to Cash Slough with the last of the the Wheat

Wheat [repeated]

Saturday 3 August 1867

got home and went to Woodland

William is Sick againe


Sunday 4 August 1867 [No entry]

Monday 5 August 1867

went towardes Knights Landing

Tuesday 6 August 1867

Mrs Pierce and myself went to Sacramento

Wednesday 7 August 1867

Got home

Paid B Cahoon $617.91

Thursday 8 August 1867

Bottled Some wine and put down Oil cloth in Dinningroom

Mr Sprage[?] called to day


Went to Woodland to make out returns in the matter of the Estate of A Currie

Diseased

And M. E. Knapp Commenced Stacking Straw


Went to Knights Landing to See about the Estate of S. J. Thomas

attended Lodg at Woodland am not verry well head affected and allmost Deff


Sunday 11 August 1867

Made Mr Peterson a visit Called on Mrs Demming and Doctor Ruddock


Help wash and did chores Hearded Hogs

Tuesday 13 August 1867 [No entry]


Settled with Wm Miller and he left fixed fence on the other Side of the Creek


Went to Mr Allisons to See about Selling grapes

Mr Rose & Wife come to can fruit


Visetted the Schoole at Fairfield

Saturday 17 August, Sunday 18 August 1867 [No entries]


Went to Knights Landing to see about the Estate of S. J. Tomas


got home



Shelled corn


Went to Sacramento with George & got his cloths and thing[s?] for School


Went to School meeting Mrs & Mr Fowler from Sacramento called today


Went to Woodland took sheep to Dr Merritts got Calf of Mrs Brown[?]

Called on Mr Peterson got Pig of Mr Deming Democratic Convention Bought Mair

to mate Jane

Sunday 25 August 1867

Mr Fowlers folks went home

Sheep man commenced to Board


Went to Knights Landing to mill

Verry warm


Got home



George Started for School and Stayed at Suscall[?] all night

Grove taken Sick


got to Petuloma about noon and visitted the School inn the afternoon


Started for home and got as far as Susuin and Stayed all night


Got home about noon and found Grove Sick

Sunday 1 September 1867 [No entry]

Monday 2 September 1867

Went to the Chileses And to Dock Ruddock

Tuesday 3 September 1867 [No entry]

Wednesday 4 September 1867

Went to Election

Thursday 5 September 1867

Went to McClorys [?] and to Mr Genens [?] [Greenes?] to get some help


Friday 6 September 1867

Went to Sacramento and Home the Same day

The State has gon about 8000 Democratt

Saturday 7 September 1867

Dock Welles[?] and Children called today

McClory got some Peaches



Commenced picking Grapes

Grovener Ball left Paid him $40

Commenced Work at $40 _ per month

Tuesday 10 September 1867

Commenced Halling Grapes to Allisons at 1 1/4 ct per #

S. C. Ball Commenced work at $35 _ per Month


Halled 1966 # Grapes to Allison


Picked and Halled Grapes 2512 #



Men come from Petaluma with Washing Powders

Picked and Halled Grapes 2750 #


Picked & Halled Grapes 3308#



Halled Grapes to Allison 3588#






Halled Grapes 4493#


Halled Grapes 4382#



Halled Grapes 4481#

Settled with the

China men $29.00

Steve Ball 13.50

due [?] Allen 18.36



Harrowed on the Volenteer ground [Could this be the name of the grapes?]

Went to Woodland


Harrowed


Went to Sylvyville and got Wagon repaired

Allen Stop work Due him $23_

Jussy [Jessy?] Commenced Work at $25_ per Month

Thursday 26 September 1867 [No entry]


Went to Sacramento With Mrs Pierce and got Furniture



got home

Sunday 28 - Monday 29 September 1867 [No entries]

Tuesday 1 October 1867

Went to Woodland to Work on house

Wednesday 2 October 1867

Worked on house at Woodland

Thursday 3 October 1867

Woodland

Friday 4 October 1867

Worked at Woodland

Saturday 5 October 1867

Worked at Woodland

Sunday 6 October 1867

Come home & went back

Monday 7 October 1867

Worked at Woodland


Sent George $90_ for tuision in School


Worked at Woodland


Worked at Woodland


Come home after team and Wagon to bring the tooles home

Mr & Mrs Gallop come today


Went to Woodland team Mrs Pierce Went to Mr Foxes on a visit


Mended Harness and went to Martins[?]


Went to the new School house to Church


Worked on Haystack


Covered Hay



Went to Election and voted for Mike Wenels[?] Smeet[?] &Sprague


Went to Martins[?] with Jug [Judge] McCune


Finished Stacking Straw. Thrashed Wheat [unclear] with flales in Header Wagon


Sold personal property belonging to the Estate of S. J. Thomas diseased.

Sunday 20 October 1867 [No entry]



Thrashed Wheat with flales North of the Orchard


Thrashed wheat


Finished Thrashing and Cleaned up



Stacked corn Stalks and Straw


Went to Woodland and get pump mended


Finished Stacking Straw Went to Mr Greenes With Mrs Pierce and Saw Mrs Lorenge

there and Judge McKune


4 men Commenced Boarding at Noon at $5_ per Week each Working on the Brige


Mrs Pierce Started for Petaloma to See George

Strong North wind

Harrowed volenteer[?]


Harrowed volenteer[?]


Finished Harrowing vollenteer

Three more men come to board that works on the Brige

Mrs Bissil & Mr Baker from Woodland Called to day


Thursday 31 October - Saturday 2 November1867 [No entries]

Sunday 3 November 1867

Mrs Pierce got home today

Monday 4, Tuesday 5 November 1867 [No entries]

Wednesday 6 November 1867

Rained most of the forenoon and part of the afternoon ground about wet enough to

plow

Thursday 7 November 1867

Allen Commenced work at noon at $27.00 per Month

Saturday 9 through Friday 15 November 1867 [No entries]

Saturday 16 November 1867

Finished the Brig [bridge]

Sunday 17 November 1867

The men left this morning

Monday 18 through Wednesday 20 November 1867 [No entries]


Went to Sacramento and got team to plow


Friday 22 November 1867 [No entry]


Started for home with team

Sunday 24 November 1867 [No entry]

Monday 25 November 1867

Commenced Plowing with Big team on Knowel in the Pasture

Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27 November 1867 [No entries]


Thanksgiving day Gobler for Supper

Friday 29 November 1867 [No entry]


Finished Plowing in East field

Sunday 1 December 1867 [No entry]

Monday 2 December 1867

Went to Woodland and got Harnis & irons for Harrow

Loocks like rain


Tuesday 3 December 1867

Worked on Sowing Machiene &c

Stong North wind

Wednesday 4 December 1867

Commenced Sowing Wheat

Josep[h] Allen Come out to day

Thursday 5 December 1867

Commenced Plowing in middle and North field with big teem

Friday 6 December 1867

Commenced Sowing Barly on the Knowl

finished Sowing wheat in east field

Saturday 7 December 1867

Commenced Raining about 10 Oclock and rained most of the day moderate and quite

harde several times in the night

Sunday 8 December 1867

Rained considerable today


Light Showers not enough to doo any hirt the Creek about half to night

Sold Hext one Hog Weight 285# 4cts $11.40


Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 December1867 [No entries]


Went to Sacramento with Hogs


Got home Sold Hogs at $10.00 each 13 head


Went to Woodland


Very foggy all day


Commenced Sowing Wheat in Norht field

Grovener Ball left


Rained Some in the forenoon


Rained most of the day got Hogs home from the Big ranch



Finished Hog Pen

fine day but wet under foott


Commenced Plowing on the Knowl and had to Stop teams mired Commenced

raining about 10 Oclock and rained all day


Clear most of the day

Mrs Pierce was Sent for at Mr Logans

George got home from School on a visit


Commenced raining about midnight last night and rained and wind Blew the hardest

that I ever Saw all day Overflow in the evening Watter the highest ever known


Commenced raining about 10 Oclock in the forenoon wind all day


No rain today fixed Pumps and fence


Rained all day

Boys held Crismass



Clear all day

Jessa went to the Solano House

Tinkham & Mrs Greene called and took tea


Strong North wind

Ice frose thick as window glass

Cata Greene come to day to Make a visit


Strong North wind and verry cold


Cata went home to day

North wind and looks verry much like rain


South East wind Commenced raining about mid night and rained all day

Nothing done but eat and doo chores


Rained all day and is raining now Wind South East

Nothing done but eat and doo chores

Tomorrow is New Years day

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