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Wood /
$1.00 per bushel Mat paid for it. News of more fighting in
the Armeys. I went to Town The Government wagons have been
on my land cutting wood for 3 days

Sun 9th / heavy rain /
It is dark & cloudy like for rain It began to rain about
11 oclock & has rained verry hard all day The Waters are roar-
ing all round a verry considerable fresh No news it rained
on until in the night keeping every one within doores.

Mon 10 / high watter / Genl Lee surrendered / Peace Peace / Bridges washed away / Work / Margaret /
It still is raining, & has rained all night A verry consider-
able fresh The watter courses are rising rapidly I went to
Town greate excitement Dispatch came that Richmond was taken
& Genl Lee had surrendered himself & his whole Armey to Genl
Grant The Canons were fired all evening & greate rejoicing amonst
the Fedrels & Officers. The fresh took off half the rail rode bridge
across Duck River & all across at Franklin & the most of the
bridges between Columbia & Nashville Thos L. came home with me
in my buggy It was too wet for any work to be done Margaret
went to Town this morning

1865 April Tu 11th / No Work two wet / Legislature Govr Brownlows Message Surrender Lee & Army
It rained again last night Cloudy & warm look like rain, Windy
& from the West, two wet for any work to be done to day Or Legis-
lature in Session the members are determined to abolish slavery
Govr Brownlows Message is better than I had expected I went
to Town Many reports of and about the surrender of Genl Lee
& his Army It is a fixed fact that he has surrendered his whole
Armey --