’B/ack ’ birch log sizes.
Another fire at New London.
Mo ving to Char/o tte to wn.
A t Char/o no to wn:
’Go vernor ’ Cal/beck ’s Chinea fence.
Building a barge.
6 Mar. — I went & lookt out black birch for M' Colbeck 9 Mar. — J0n Foster, W’“ Wood & myself for Mr. Colbecks mill. We set into the woods to work on the birch trees and Rais’d ye pitt. 14 Mar. — in the woods all hands. finished ye 4"1 log that workt up ye 2"d tree saw’d this week of hard wood 1St log 55-6. 2nd log 72-7, 3 rdlog 26— 10, 4‘“ log 34—2. together makes 189" 1' and 11 cross cuts Observe that the Maple trees in the woods Just begin to Run in Juice. 16 Mar. — a fine day pit’d & cut a short 5m log measured 32 foot my self cut some Maple and pit’d ye 6‘” log 18 Mar. — All day in the woods People sawing 6‘“ log. Myself at Maples. The 6‘" log measur’d 51 foot 6“" 19 Mar. — People sawing & finish'd the 7‘“ log Measured 50 " 0'". myself getting maple 20 Mar. — People sawing & cut the 8‘“ log Measured 47" 4'“. myself getting
maple
20 Mar. — 8‘“ log 47-4, myself getting maple.
9 Apr. - Shepard draw'd 3 load5 of Maple for Colbeck
14 Apr. — Myself over the water measureing the plank and Covering the same with Spruce bows
15 Apr. — X [i.e. cross-l sawing the junks of Maple for Cogs for Mr
Collbeck
16 Apr. — Cleaving up Maple for Cogs for Mr Collbeck
28 Apr. — Choping up Maple for cogs &“ all day...
8 May — saw’d a Quantity of thick fir plank for Mr Cooper
16 May — 1/2 ye day fetching a boat Load of birch plank down ye french River. ‘/2 makeing mouls for to cut out the plank with.
18 May _ ‘/z the Rest of the day He %J Stopping the fire and saveing the Store and fish house.
29 May — We finish’d our Four Years Servitude Bless’d be God
30 July — my self sawing of black birch for M' BerryS chest we saw’d about 26ft three boards measur’d together 39" 8' of Inch birch board
15 Sept. — 1/zthe day On a new Card table made of Cirl'd Maple Cut out of Gov’r Collbeck maple 10 Square feet for Do. 1 Oct — about moving & put an oak frame over my ChildS Grave
After buying a house-lot in Charlottetown in August 7 778, Chappe/l spent a week at his new site squaring timber for the frame. He then returned to New London to settle his business and to make preparations for the big move. Sending his wife over/and by way of Rust/co he set out on 3 October by ship from New London with his goods and a cargo of boards arriving at Charlottetown on 7 I October. Thenceforth all of his activities are based at Charlottetown.
1779: 13 April — | Charged to Cap” Collet Esqr a horse slay load of Best birch wood Drawn by Mr Hardy’s Slay price 2 =6d 28 April — Cleaving and Barking a Quantity of best Black birch and But
ends of Beach for to dry to Convert to Useful working timber in Masters Service this insuing year and as one Charge of the same be made for all it Can not be and less than four days work Or 20 Shillings to pay me for my labour and timber.
31 May — Turn’d 8 more of the above Balls [for the Gov"rs fence {i.e for Philips Callbeck}], in all 18 at 15:0d per Ball haveing Colect’d them of dry pine knots off of old pine trees.
6 July — Made two gaffs 8 ft long each at 4d P’ foot 55:4d and a Boom 14 ft long 4(1 P’ ft 45:8d a mast for ye Montigu {i.e. ’the great Barge’]
14 ft long 45:8“. all of best black Spruce
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