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up the Gate to pass into the lott & stable near the potato house
Garden John finished plowing & harrowing the Garden to sow turnips borrowed J H Thomas harrow he also fixed up the Gate near the Smoke house there are verry fine Crops making in the neighbourhood of Mt Pleasant
Mary ann Mary & family & Thomas & family is yet at Summer Town Mary is better
J. B. Crofford } Jane B. Crofford is at Wums Springs with R Looney & family.

1867 Augt Wed 7
The morning clear clam & beautiful Press & George & Jack is still working in there Crops of Cotton. Jack has West hired to plow
Jno Press John is still plowing for Press & he is cutting weeds in my stable lott in Johns place yesterday & the day before
Brick Becket } Becket got 3842 brick See order at $1.00 pr 1000. Rone
Rone &c Shaddon & Jordans Wagons halled them.

Th 8th
The morning is clear calm & a little cool it turn verry warm about 10 oclock & through the day until night. The after part of the nights are quite cool, it has been so for a week. Weather
Sewed Turnips Radesh & lettice } We have sewed some turnip seed Radish Seed & lettice seed in the gardin plowed them in with bull tong plows Richard & John is doing the plowing & George Hargroves sowing the seeds putting them in verry well having broke up the ground twist with double horn plows
Press & others & done plowing } Jack Press George & Ric is all down plowing Caleb got done last week laying there Crops bye. Jack is taking John Mule &