Diary of John Adams, volume 3

[July–August] 1804.<a xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" href="#DJA03d267n1" class="note" id="DJA03d267n1a">1</a> JA [July–August] 1804. Adams, John

July–August 1804.1

July	2d.	Mowed, over vs. Yard and Garden
	3	One Load, from the road to the ditch and from the cart path to the pasture Lane	1
	4	Four Loads, over the Way and between the ditch and orchard	4
	5	One Load from Chris Webbs House Lott	1
	6	One from the 10 Acre Lot on the hill	1
	7	Two in Cranchs Barn and two from the 10 Acre Lott	4
Sunday	8
	9	Two load one from Mr. Cranchs and 1 from 10 Acre Lot	2
Wed.	11.	4 Load from about the Hancock Cellar	4
T.	12.	6 Load five from about Hancocks Cellar and one from the Walnut Lot	6
F.	13	6 Load. 3 from Walnut Lot and three from about Hancocks Cellar and one Jag2	7
S.	14.	Six Loads from Chris. Webbs farm	6
Sunday	15
Monday	16
Tuesday	17
Wednesday	18	Seven Loads 3 from the orchard and 4 into Mr. Cranches Barn of Clover—Jaggs all.	7
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Thursday	19
F.	20
S.	21	5 Load from the Wire Grass Hill	5
Sunday	22
Monday	23	Three Loads from the ten Acre hill	3
Tuesday	24	Three Loads from the orchard and beyond it	3
Wednesday	25	Two Loads from the Ditch	2
Thursday	26	Three Loads in Mr. Cranchs Barn	3
Fryday	27	Three, fresh and all into Mr. C. Barn	3
Saturday	28	One Load from the Beech Meadow part black grass	1
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Sunday	29
Monday	30	One Load Salt hay from the Coves	1
August	17	Fryday 5 loads of Salt Hay from the Coves	5
Saturday	18	3 loads, one from the Coves and two from Mount Wollaston at the Salt pond	3
Sunday	19
Monday	20	3 Loads from the Meadows on this and the other side the Causey	3
Tuesday	21	2 Loads from the Causey at Mount Wollaston	2
Wednesday	22	Four loads from the beach	4
Thursday	23	Two loads from the Beach Salt Hay	2
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This tabular record of JA's haying operations and the homely entry immediately following, the final scraps of JA's Diary, were not printed by CFA.

Jag, substantive, 2 (origin unknown): “dial, and U.S. ... 1. A load (usually a small cartload) of hay, wood, etc.” ( OED ).

1784 [i.e. 1804]. Aug. JA

1784 [i.e. 1804]. Aug. Adams, John

1784 i.e. 1804. Aug.

The last Week in August We ploughed a ditch and brought the Earth into the Yard and 32 loads of Mud from the Cove.