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It has rained quite hard all night & still rains hard
Sat 21
Rain ) all morning a heavy rain & fresh - rained all day

Tools & ) We have 4 bull tong plows 3 two horse & one small turn-
planting &c )
ing plow One Cotton coverer One scraper & 2 harroes. We

have planted all our Corn abt 45 or 50 acres & have abt 20

left to plant Cotton William P. Cant stayed an hour or two

William ) with us this evening & William has stayed at home all day for

the first time (Sunday excepted) for some months, he went

out & killed a squirl (got wet)
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It rained some in the night & was verry cloudy this morning
Sun 22d
rain & some cooler Our Cole pit is still burning the heavy rain
Cole pit )
has never put it out. George is still attending it We had a

Dinner good dinner of lettice, squirl, boiled Meat & Mustard & eggs.
Lettice )
I eat verry hearty the lettice is a favourate salled with me,

& it is the first this season we have had. Bigby Creek is verry
Creek )
high ) full, out of the banks. We could not cross yesterday to go to

Mill have to do without until tomorrow We done without Meal

the Creek too high to cross
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Apl ) It has turned quite cool Wind verry high I have agreed
Mon 23 )
with Preston, Jack Patton & Wash Jones to cut Saw logs to make
Presston )
Wash Jones ) a plank fence They are to get for them some at 50 some & 40
Jack Patton )
Stocks. & some at less owing to the size, they are to receve the same

price that Mr Rankin paid for the getting of his logs They