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Sat 17 All our hands working with hows quit this morning, the plow
hands plowed on to dinner & quit I went to Town after dinner
Maryann) Mary was there I wrote a letter for her to W. J. Porter &
W. J. Perter) mailed it to Cincinnatta (We got an answer says there is no
money there)
We hear of some roberys & theft going on Crops are looking
Corn the ) fine (Some Fedrels was here) We got two loads of Corn one
15th Inst / 19½ bushels ) load 15 bushels the other 13 of Mr Norman at the old Nathan
Coffee place this Corn was got on last Thursday the 15 Inst
when I was in Nashville
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Sun 18 } I stayed at home William & Mag went to preaching in Town
Wm & Mag / Meeting ) (but saw none) it rained verry hard in Town & a little here
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Mon 19 I got up quite unwell My bowels verry much out of fix I
Self / Unwell ) stayed at home all day all hands trying to do something (all
that has not left) is at work Matilda washed my Cleathes done
it verry well
Wm } Thomas L. cames at night stayed until morning William made
McCoy } 3 Shoes to day News that Genl McCoy is about to leave for
parts better known to himself his command all going
1865 It has turned some cooler Walter Aksin is here trying to
June / Thu 20th } kill squirrels in our woods. William has went with him. I am
W Akins / Self } some better this morning My head has been aking all night &
I feel out of fix the better