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1868) The morning is clear & calm and a little cooler but smokey.
March(
Tu 10th) We are lopping our shade trees & gitting out Oats to sow
Anderson topt 4 & cut down 2 at 15 cents each I got a letter
from W. J. Porter he advise Jack to go to near Memphis. I got
(Meet 15) out 15 lbs of Meet a sholder Verry warm I am uneasy about
Warm our Meet Smoke house too close it must be made to get are
Smoke house)
it is dreaping wet.

Wed 11 The morning is partially clear & calm Charley is sick bad
cold he has not come up this morning he was unwell all day
Charley)
Sick) yesterday. They boys George, Preston, Jack & is making
boys) up the Glade lott for there own use this year
fence)
Jim Jim worked half the day helping Plim git out Oats Mr James
Webster
Webster came in the evening William came at bed time Verry
Wm
Warm( warm weather
Meet)
Smoke( Out Meet is dreeping with Watter look like it don't do well
house)
it is too close must make are holes

Th 12 The morning is some cloudy Wind tolerable high from the S. E.
Warm We are trying to git up the gears to plow in our Oats Jim went
Gears
to Town & got 2 pr of double lines (Grass) $.50 each making
lines $1.00)
Jim 1/2) $1.00 Jim is helping get in the Oats Worked one half day
Jack(
George H.) Charley has got well & is a plowing Jack Patton is sowing the
Richd(
Oats) Oats George is fixing up the Gears We are starting 3 double
Rain hors plows to plow in Oats in the lott around George P. house