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went to Town, left the little child as usual amongst the

Negroes If Better care is not taken I fear the result It

is Teathing and unwell & requires to be kept out of the
Caraline
Carpenter ) Cold & attention to its diet.

Puss Puss went to Town Give her $2.00 to Caroline got $5.
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1868 ) The morning early it was cloudy & sprinkling rain but cleared
Novr (
Sun 1st ) up soon after The Wind is from N. W. and quite cold

English & ) Two men English & braught 19 head of Cattle stayed

Drove of ) in the Crib lott fed them with 4 1/2 bushels of Corn paid 50
Cattle (
Beeves ) Cents pr bush they had foddo & Oats for 2 horses there supper

& breakfast I charged them for nothing on the Corn $2.25

My General health for the last week is tollerable good tho

verry weak & feeble. The Boils on my head is anoying makes

me verry restless, - particularly of nights.
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Mon 2d The morning quite cold & calm the ground is froze & white

Stocks frost, verry cold & clear. We have got Severl hands cutting
Sept 26. 28 )
" 30 ) Stocks, there names mentioned in the margin The calculation
Oct 5 (
" 8 ) of the size of the stocks, averaging 40 Inches across the

little end of the Stocks. It will take 7 to make enough to
Tom McC (
Jack ) make plank from the Spring to Press, and it will take 3 to
Jim (
Abe ) make for Georges 4 - 11 yard fence All the Stocks must average
Caleb (
Jo Thomas ) 40 Inches & in all it takes 11 Stocks and if they lack in Size

it will take more than that. The following hands are gitting

the Stocks

They have got 12 Stocks pay for the plank I let them have for

fence to the Spring & round Georges house they do not average

the 40 Inches