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 I have 13 diaries / notebooks by JDA covering years 1867-1883. He was 19 - 35 years old.  They show an active farmer and logger before he started exhibiting his giant oxen (1890+-?) .The diaries have been scanned and transcribed for easy study.   The transcriptions are a "work in progress" as the original hand-written words can be hard to discern, and many pages need editing. At the link below are file folders with the original scans and my  transcriptions ("typed".) ; -  Google Drive Diaries:    To scroll through the original scans there is a Google trick... Select all the scans. Then Right click and select "Open".  Then select "Preview" List of the JDA Diaries in the F. Deane Avery Files   1 1867-1869 2 1871 3 1872-3 Cash Journal 4 1873 5 1874 6 1875 7 1876 8 1877 9 1878 10 1879 11 1881 12 1882 13 1883 ====...