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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 2
July 4 - 26, 1845
1845 July 4. Cutting oats & Plasterers & work man here, Mr Johnson making Door to old House in passage up stairs. Plasterers finishing getting lathes this day
12 Plasterers finished off Dining room & have got one coat all over House Finished this day chopping our corn & Harrowed over mountain field & now Harrowing at Stony Point Weather tremendous dry & Hot & have had no rain for 3 weeks corn looks badly & everything else - in fact it looks like it will dye --
23rd Plasturers finished Plastering our House last Saturday 21st July 1845 then they were nearly two days & ½ about Two chimneys, weather very dry & Hot & windy equal to 1838. there will be not be anything made this year
26 still very dry & weather somewhat cool, cloudy yesterday & last night & little mist Rain but none to do any good, & the whole country dry allmost every where, never has been such a time Known by the oldest settlers; at the Baptist churches there has been fast days for
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 1, Part 4
187 [August 12, 1854 - January 20, 1855]
[page] 187 $31.12 1/2Fountain came here to work. This Monday morning Augt. 4 1854 at $12 1/2 Dollars pr month & last Friday he helped us raise Cutting House
Worked every day this week 6 days got Shingles in woods 1 1/2 days the Balance. We finished new Cutting House &c.
Worked this week 5 days getting Shingles 5 days
Worked Monday & Tuesday this week } 2 days Wednesday went to Blunks to raise Barn & then Sick & went home
Came again this morning getting Shingles. Till 29th in evening.
Worked till Friday evening narly 5 days. 5 days
Worked only 4 days this week 4 days Mr Johnson Farmer worked here yesterday 1 day Helping coupling the Rafters &c for Barn.
Only worked 5 days this week 5 days
Only worked 5 days this week 5 days
Worked this day Wednes 1 day 1 day
[subtotal] 33 days
Worked 1 day Helping raising House 1 day in all F. Wyatt worked on Barn & atting Shingles &c&c 34 days
Mr H. Arnold his Brother & Mr D.Rice came here at 3 Oclock in the [??] on our Porch & finished it in about 2 days |they then went to work on my Prize Shed at the Sum of two Dollars, pr day that is H at $1.00 the other 2 at 50¢ pr each $2 3 men 2 days
Worked 2 days & from 3 Oclock till night the day they came [pr ?]
Mr H Bro. came again about 3 Oclock in ev'ing to work.
The 2 Mr Arnolds worked 2 or 3 Hours this morning & it began to rain & they left.
2 Mr Arnolds here at work this morning
The 2 Mr Arnolds worked about 2 1/2 days this week
Mr Arnold & Bro came here again this morning to work - Monday, 5 1/2 days this week