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Cholery
the Garden to sow some turnips. Robt Looney says the Cholery is tollerably bad in Memphis

Fr 30 The morning is clear & cool the Wind is from the N. & E.
John is plowing Garden } John with Bill & Jno Mule is plowing the garden to sow turnips the rest of the Negroes Male & female has gone to hear Hughs & Been address the Negroes near Col Pillows
Negro Meeting Hughs & Been } The is greate excite-ment all over the country expectation of a riot & fuss through-out the state
Puss Puss has been gone all day to the Speaking I hear of many leaving the Town, going off to evade the fuss on Election day.

1867 July Wed 31 Self
The morning quite clear & calm & a little cool. I have been not so well for a few days I think the Change of the Weather
All the rest are well, I stay at home nearly all the time git but a little news. Wm William tells me nothing that he can well keep back Why he does so is best known to himself
Oats finished halling up all our Oats see Act book for amt

Augt. Th 1st
August The morning is a little cloudy, wind in the east. A little cool. Rain
It rained a shower last night, verry little. This is the day of Election for Members of the Legislature there is Brownlow Malisha (Blacks) some 250 here in the county to in-timidate the Voters
I went to Town & voted I learn there poles of Election was not opened only in 4 places in the county There was a verry