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Day in the Life

Jun 8, 1866

Journal Entry

June 08, 1866 ~ Friday

68th I performed one of the worst days work of my life
to day. I cleaned out a Privey vault 10 feet long 6 feet wid
& 8 feet deep & with an Indian Boy dug another vault of
the same size 10 rods from the privey & carried all the contents
of the Privey in Buckets by hand & Emptied into the new vault

Jun 8, 1866