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5th Month 1868
5th day 14 John Able & Gray comd framing
hay house our force Evan & John
Bery hauling timbers from woods
& one load from Mill
6 " 15th Robt went to town with hay
Alban no horse with him, Evan cut
potatoes & set up fence - Bob &
John B cleaning up - I assisting
carpenters; John A & Gray framing
7 " 11th John A & Gray framing I assisting
Bob & John B cleaning up etc; after
din Mary & I went to [Valdenans?] &
got cedars Robt & Alban got back
from town at 7 PM got 1.15
2 " 18th I went to H Stablers for Tomatoes & Cabbage
plants planted, near [window?] Robt
Bob shelled shelled [sic] corn, Evan
& John B [podded?] after din I took
[3 in margin] Rose to Whitehall, refused - in
[3 in margin] the morning Kate to G 7 took
Robt & John B striking out for corn
John Woodward whitewashing.
3 " 19 Gray here [jobbing?], John Able
came after din, Our force
John B & Evan planting corn till
2 PM, had to stop & harrow
part of the ground again, dropped
ashes hen house manure & 400
lbs of dried horse in hill, Bob
& I planted Lima beans & Hubbard
Squash, John Woodward whitewashing
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Originally brought to New England from South America or the West Indies, the Hubbard Squash may possibly have been named by a Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard in the 1840s who apparently gave seeds to friends.