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until to late & Genl Bates never came

I went to Town after dinner William got 2 Canvass hams

Hams of ) brought them home Jo Mitchel came & stayed all night with us
Bacon )
I sent 2 1/2 bushels Wheat to Nicholson Mill to day Cant git it

until Monday (took this Friday evening )
1866
Fr 31 The morning was cloudy & sprinkling rain Verry warm, Wind
Augt
from the South West. We are fixing at our Crib lott fence We
Washs rails
got 33 railes of Washs make (poplar) to day to repair the Crib

lott fence. We are doing but verry little of any thing.
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The weather is verry warm & wind from S. W. - I went to Town
Sat 1st )
Sept. ) in the evening Saw Maryann & Martha Jane in Town She (Martha)

Martha Jane has got well tho her little children some of them not verry

well Wm D. Mays has gone back to Oxford. I got some Camphor,

lodnum &c. The Collery has broken out verry bad in Nashville

& other places Sister Jane [Bot?] Looney & family has returned

from the Springs. The Colery is bad in Memphis & in most of

the Towns S. & West.
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The weather is verry warm & sultry Wind from the South &
Sun 2d
West The Court in Session Will take up the State Docket

tomorrow.

Mon 3 I went to the Cedars halled 2 loads of posts hired Smith

& Cochran to cut posts to day at $.75 per day. Red helped
Williford
cut & split posts to day Sam Williford & 3 horses stayed to night