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Thos ) Thomas & family & 2 Miss Websters cam this evening

Nales $7. ) Got a cag 100 lbs of 10 peny fencing nales Cost $7.00
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Sun 27 The morning is clear calm & quite cool all most frost.

My general health is I think better the umor of my head is

better the rising in my ear has broke & is better
Jim (
Plim $2. ) Jim made Plim a pair of Shoes (Good & New) on yesterday
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Mon 28 The morning is clear & calm All hands have gone out to the

Mill to help put up the Engine & boiler to commence sawing
Engine &c )
Saw Mill ( again having been quit 2 or 3 weeks. Something wrong with
put up )
the boiler but has got it mended.
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Fence See ( We made a start after dinner building a plank fence, had all
Contract )
the 26 ( hands at work building Commenced at Preston's house going
Inst. )
plank fence ( towards the Spring it takes 87 pannels to build

Ball gone ) William swapt off Ball even got another sorrel horse Smaller

& younger I think Ball the most powerful, & servicable horse

Fence I ever saw he had weak eyes. We naled up 10 pannels of fence

after dinner & set posts.
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1868 ) The morning is clear calm & cool. All hands are busy at
Septr (
Tuesday 29 ) work making plank fince did not git done lacked 16 pannels.
plank fence )
Fair This is the 1st day of the fair. No excitement. Thos & family

went to the fair. Wm did not go, Me neither.
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