Spinning Wheel parts.
Spinning wheel parts.
A forest fire near the town.
1803:
1804:
1805:
1806:
feet. 22 Apr. — At Spliting the Great black birch and Beach Log &c. 23 Apr. — At Green beach Rims. 28 Apr. — At Green hobs Black birch &c. 15 July — Get the but of beach from Mr. Hutcherson. It is too tuff.
5 Jan. — at dry splits of Black Birch.
15 Jan. — Choping ye above Mapel 40 horses 100 Quils. 25 Jan. — At green horses of Mapel.
26 Mar. — brought to upstairs y" beach Rim Stuff.
30 June — begun to split white Birch &c. for wheels &c. 6 July — Offe splits all the Birch that I want.
27 Jan.. — Maple hill all day.
20 Feb. — Offe goes for the beach tree.
1 Mar. — at Cuting down the Beach Tree. 24% lnchs through a good tree.
12 Mar. — Over the water. Croos cut ye big beach 8 cuts. Two feet at the but it will not split
13 Mar. — Split up Offe his Beach a good tree. 20 bolts. 17 Mar. — Got over ye big beach. 18 Apr. — In the shop getting out 58 green hacks white birch.
23 Apr. — Split up the beach 24 Apr. — Saw’d Spit [split] up green beach.
27 Apr. — Choping the beach.
28 Apr. — Don the beach. The one tree of Offes made 55 wheels good.
5 May — Finish’d the beach Rim Stuff for 63 wheels that is 127 long pieces and 131 short Ones. That is 63 beach Rims.
10 May — Receiv’d 328 feet of pine board from Mr. Haydens by Son Offe.
21 May — Split & Chop up a Junk of Oak for Rims.
22 May — Chop’d up ye Oak
23 May — Of Oak 28 short and 29 long Rim pieces 4/57. 14% wheels. Also at the dry Rims. Eleaven of them.
2 June — At Sawing and Spliting white birch for wheels &c. 7 June — At Choping of white birch Rims. 8 June — At white birch Rims 9 June — White birch 26 long ones and 23 short D°. u 0" 1.5. 37 38 4/75 White birch: 18 wheels. Of oak 14 D°. Of Beach 63. 95 Rims Green 11 June — Choping of birch maideings
21 June — At Sawing & Spiling [splitting] up white birch treadles & Rocks and Maidens.
11 Aug. — got poplar for Rocks.
8 Nov. — Offe Over the water and got his two Cord of birch.
15 June — Began on the green birch for legs beds &c. 19 Oct. — Choped up 34 mapel staves for the Mill trundles.
7 Apr. — Set on to make green beach tanpins. Turn’d 2 of them.
28 May — Great fires at y6 Mill.
29 May — Terabel fire near the Town at ya Mill.
30 May — The fire works [Ruin’d7] Mr. Longworth but is quiet at the Parsons
42