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Judgt vs Moore & McBain & arange about depositing my few

bales of Cotton some way there to get it sold I leave home

10 1/2 oclock take Plim to bring back my Buga, & horse I will

try & come back Saturday or Sunday at the furthest

Nashville My health is some better a few days than it has been for some

Good Morning I got to Nashville this evening
1866
Feby 22nd I got to Nashville last night put up at Riddleburg proprietor
Thursday
(a eating house) Verry well entertained a fine table good

nice clean beads & fine rooms Charged for what we got, & got

that at any time we wanted & paid for it as we got it. A Meal

Nashville was about $1.25 cents & bead was $.75 cents for night I

came Wed evening eat supper (breakfast & supper Thursday)
2
Expenses & breakfast Friday, bead 2 nights four meals $5.00 & beads
2
$1,50 Making in all $6.50 & $2.25 Rail Rode
2.25
Total expenses $8.75 the delegates fair back from

the Convention in the Cars was not charged.

The Convention went off verry well (See proceeding in the

papers (Kuser Harris J. D. Moore Harlon put up together)
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We left Nashville a little after two oclock got to Columbia
Friday 23 )
at 5 oclock borrowed a horse at H. Hayes & came home through

the rain verry tired & wet (a little) I did not sell my cotton
Moore & )
McBain ) neither did I do my thing in getting any money upon the Judgt

Nashville agt John M. Moore & John D. McBain it is understood that Moore

went off last July with 300 horses & Mules $21,000 to Masouri