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H. W. days for the present Hamon baught a young Mare $120. he is

staying mostly with us

Self ( I have put on clean shirts drawers &c & shaved 2 day ago
Shaved put )
on Closes ( also had my hair cut tolerable short to day by William
&c hair )
cut ( and still it rains at 12 1/2 oclock
Rain )
William J. W. & Hamon W. is here They have built a fire in

W. J. W. ) the room on the left got there books & gone there to there
H. W. )
studies. The Wind has changed & is blowing tolerable high

Rain ) the N. West drizling rain or fine Snow at 9 oclock at night
Cold )
and is turning verry cold beginning to freeze. This is a

hard night on the Stock Snowed at 12 in the night.

George P. ) George P. Got 100 brick to lay Matthew's harth Charge to George
$1.00 )
$1.00
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Th 4 The morning is quite cold the Ground covered with Snow. The

Wind was high all night but more cold this morning. The boys

Cotton ( Jack & Lawson took there partner ship bale Cotton to Town &
partnership )
Bale ( sold it for near 27 Cents (I got 53 lbs of Sugar (Orleans))
Sugar )
53 lbs ( at 15 Cts ($7.95) pr lb. We settled our Cotton bale money
$7.95 )
I got $45. Jack got $40. & I got $20. of Jack'a 40. Lawson

got 65. dollars This is out of the partner ship bale
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Fr 5 The morning is clear & cold Ground froze & yet a little

snow on the ground

Candles We got a box of Star candles 10 lbs 7 1/2 to the lb cost $2.00

We all took our Cotton to Town to day but did not sell braught

it back Cotton had not declined selling at 27 Cents but there

was no buying
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