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1866 There is a verry greate change in the weather quite cool
May
Tu 29 Wind from the North. Our 5 hands commenced scraping & thin-

ing out our Cotton yesterday, howed out 25 Rows yesterday &

30 to day There has been so much rain that it seems almost

impossible to keep our Crops out of the woods We are not alone

Mag in this respect Mag has been sick all night last night Colera

Morbis
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All hands are cutting out & scraping Cotton they got done
Wed 30
8 roes a piece making 40 roes to day & old Boots helpt them

Boots to day he scrapt 7 rows making 47 all I am to pay Boots

one bushel of Corn for his days work William got home from

William Town at midnight. Mag is better & has got about.

Th 31 All hands scraping Cotton trying to git done this week

Mat & ) Mat & halled 25 Cedars to make posts a load Some of them

Cedar posts ) wont do. See to the ballence, they must do better Preston

cut them at $1.50 pr 100 they wont do.

Fr 1st The boys have worked verry well this week Have finished
June
howing out our Cotton and thining it out I have give them

the ballance of the week they finished the Cotton to day

at 12 oclock

I went to Town Cotton has fallen since last Tuesday $5.50

Rain ) Cents upon the hundred. No sale for it. I regret I did not sell

when it was up. rained a little to day & verry heavy in the

night