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Th 24 It is raining this morning and has rained all night &

Rain in ) still it rains Seems no end to it a terable wet & rsiny
the morng )
wether, between 12 & 1 the Rsin is pooring down in torrents
Raining )
at 12 ( the day is extreamly dark & the low places of ground is deep
oclock )
Watter & it seems the Rain is not slackened in the least

George P. George got half bushel of Meal. It rained all day and all

night
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Fr 25 It is still raining & has rained slowly all night & is still

Rain raing Thomas & family went to B. B. lef after 10 oclock

Thomas ) Jim is halling wood for himself Charley his father is helping
Family (
B. B. ) Plim is gone to Bigbyville after leather at the tanner (Moores

leather ) Esqr) & got one side of sole three sides of Harnis & one side
Tanners (
Sides ) of upper
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1868 ) The morning is clear for the first day since last Saturday
Septr (
Sat 26 ) rained every day since verry wet weather & quite cold. I

Jack P. ) have made an agreement with Jack Patton Richard T Preston
Richard (
Preston ) Lawson to make the fence from Preston's house to the Spring
Lawson (
See 27 ) A plank fence I am to furnish the plank, Posts, & Nales &
Contract (
for to ) they are to go at it Monday some to diging holes putting up
build (
fence ) posts & naling on the planks. They are to furnish me with

the same number of posts & hall them from my Cedars & to cut

& saw for me six poplar stock to make plank to replace what

they may use of my plank The stock to be 14 feet long and

40 Inch across the log.