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Aug 25 – Pleasant and warm helped Hiram clean up wheat Bob and I went over to mill in the afternoon went to the office no letter getting rather home sick want to be moving
Aug 26 – Very foggy in the morning pleasant day made a saw buck for bob had a rost turky for dinner
Aug 27 – Cloudy with some rain in the fore part of the day bob & Hite[16] are a loging Killed 2 squirrels rainy afternoon bob has gone to Waukau after his rifle he is going a bear hunting
Aug 28 – Pleasant and warm Went to Osh Kosh saw the Big Steam saw mill saw some fine country good farms saw James Sprague[17] he is in a crockery store at Osh Kosh
Aug 29 – Warm and pleasant stayed at home all day Robert went over to town and got my letter
Aug 30 – Pleasant stayed at home in the fore noon went over in town in the after noon with bob saw Mose & Armstrong got a cane
Aug 31 – Went out and caught a fish a sheep head stayed at home the remainder of the day warm and pleasant nothing on hand worth making a fus a bout to day
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[16] Hite is a nickname for Hiram Crawford
[17] Husband of his sister, Martha “Patty” (Keith) Sprague
Letters to and from the Keith and Related Families 