January 26, 1849 - February 8, 1849

1849 Jany 26 Finishing Plant Beds above
House sewing^{& Fencing} covering etc - cloudy & like
for Rain — weather warm —
1 Bed Large one 15 yds Square & the other 11 yds Square

27th Cutting Large growth in new ground &
Halling Rails for Corn field fence, James
East relinquished his Lease of Hill field Plantation
this & its rented to AW Worshom & Tho^s East Junr ^{son of Thomas East}

28 cloudy & like for Rain, my wife gone to
Mrs Hunts 29 gone to Mrs Hunts etc

29 cutting big growth in big new ground
weather moderate a like like Rain

31 Loaded waggon with Lugs & started
to Lynchg about 10 Oclock wednesday
& got back Friday night about 1 Oclock
in night made trip in 2½ days sold Lug at
1-60,- carr^d nearly 1000 lbs while we were
gone made little new ground fence Halled
wood, & making up out side corn field fine
weather cleared off last night tho it has
been cloudy & Rainy all the week, nearly

Feby 1-2nd Fencing out side corn field [fr?]
– 3. Still D^o weather cloudy & cool
4 Rainy- 5. Still cloudy & Rain

5. Striping ^{Halled up a stack Oats & straw to rack}Tobacco in new ground barn

6 Malling Halling wood & cleaning
up new ground, - weather windy & cool

7. Sent Henry to Doct Whites Mill 1 Large
Log for Paling & 2 Bags Corn 1 Bbl -
malling & stacking wood etc etc etc

8 Have 5 Logs at mill only bro^t home one
Rolled Logs in Little new ground after
12 oclock, put up about 6 or 7 heaps & car^d
out the wood malled before Rolling ^{swingling flax} Lila