Diary of John Adams, volume 3
| 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 |
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
).
The last Week in August We ploughed a ditch and brought the Earth into the Yard and 32 loads of Mud from the Cove.