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Fences & ) left gates open until it could be stood no longer & they &
Gates tore )
Open ) there dogs (& fox too) left in Short order They left gates

open & tore down my fences, Rankins & Thomass All our horses

Cattle &c run through the Cotton distroyed My Corn & Cotton

Rankins Corn & Cotton to a verry considerable extent the firing

of my Navey over some of there heads made them leave quick
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October ) The morning is cloudy & wind from the N. W. & turning cold
Sat 28 )
Caleb We are halling some Corn & getting Wood Richd went to market
Rich &c )
& got 35 lbs of beef 10 Cents per lb Web is in Town Rich

is better Caleb is making Molasses for old Peter. They keep

the fences all the time down Press put them up this morning

but Caleb has quit this evening Making Surrip

Sun The morning is quite cold & cold last night I stayed all
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round the yard & in the house ever since William & Mag left

(home Wednesday last) Jack Patton brought me two papers from

town last night which was greate company for me while I am by

Self myself I am I think better tho but quite helpless William

& Mag came home from Lawrence County at sundown, here no parti-

cular news. Wm & Mag got home from Lawrence left home 25th

Mon 30th We are halling Corn both Wagons there are greate destruction

in all the fields Corn having been pulled down & left lying

Stealing ) in the field in piles Not all of it taken a way. evidently
Corn )
the Stealing was done of nights I rode all through the different

fields not gathered & I think I will have about 3 or 4 barrels