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This morning it is raining good deal of thunder &
Tu 20
lightening Wind from the S. W. The Saw Mill has halled one
Saw Mill )
& plank ) stock for me 12 feet long & sawed it into inch plank &

inch board 657 feet. In the evening we halled up the plank

it made. All hands, Red, Rich, Plim, & George commenced &

boys ) repaired fence from Rankins field South finished it to the
Work )
old turnip patch they worked half the day Lou is yet sick

Lou & puss is cooking Red Killed a rabbit. Lou sick no better

Wed 21 It is verry cloudy the wind is shifting to tghe N.W. &

George cooler. Plim killed a rabbit this morning. George sick this

morning Rich. Red & Plim all worked plowing ground rather

wet Our vegetables are coming I keep them covered from

Harris the frost. Our man Harris is better not able to be out Puss

Puss ) quit cooking for them last Monday & is cooking for us Lou
Lou sick )
no better
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March This morning cool & some frost it has not done much harm
Th 22d
home I think to the frute & vegetables I have stayed at home for

over a week attending to the farm & can git but little done
Maryann )
I learn that Maryann has been unwell William gone to Town

William every day & attends to the Clerks office with W. B. Wilson

Wm B. Wilson) They have more business to attend to in the Circuit Court
Clerks office )
clerks office than they can both attend to

I have written a letter to Mrs Braden Book Seller &c

Indianopilas, Indiana High Street. My letter asks for