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horses & Mules taken (stolen) last night, The Circuit Court

has quit holding Cort will go a way & return to sighn the

Mat got ) Minnits (say 10 days) Mat was cleared in both the cases agt
clear &c )
him for gambling & selling liquor. It rained in the evening

rain I got a little wet. I rode my Dun to Town done verry well.

Caleb & ) Caleb & family moved yesterday having contracted with John
family )
Mayes for the year I am not displeased at it by any means.
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The weather has moderated & tho it is verry cold damp
Sat 27
Weather weather Quite disagreeable Weather It is verry fogga this

morning & calm. We are trying to hall up some wood. My pen has

give out & I must try & git another some way. I have made me

pens & ) a goose quill pen it does some better I will try to write
quills )
with it I cant keep any other kind they get spoiled I went

William ) to Town in the evening. I could not hear of William yesterday
Thomas )
Maryann ) & Thomas went Friday morning after another Mule of Maryanns

& I cant hear of him since he left on Friday morning The Mule

was taken on Thursday night I rode my dun horse to Town he

does verry well. I have got several Steal pens I can do but

little good writing with any of them I have got a goose quill
Weather
which does much better than any of them this is a verry cloudy

cold damp day Verry calm.
1866
Jany ) It is a cloudy cold & damp day but little wind a stir
Sun 28 )
I am a wrighting this with a Quill pen they are worth all the