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April next; & enquiring the reason why the paper had not
reached me for several months past

Finished ginning the picked burnt Cotton to day. We
have a little burnt, not picked or sorted, still to gin

January 13th. 1855.
Light rain last night to the depth of 1/4 inch
Dr. D. Crisp arrived late last night

Wrote a letter to O. Davis by Mr. Rankin saying that as
Mr. R. did not desire that his suit vs Floyd should come to trial
at next term, he would please consent to its continuance over

Rec'd a letter from my son John, Postmarked Aberdeen, Jan'y
3, where he arrived on that day on his way to the Lake

Also rec'd a letter from F. A. Terry dated 29 Dec. informing
me that he had agreed to give Dunn $100. for his Corn, supposed
to be 170 bushels, $150. for his two yoke oxen wagon, &3 log
chains. He found Dunn an unfair man to trade with & disposed
to back out from his Corn trade with me. He said the swamp land
I had directed him to enter had been entered for me & that there
was 11.47 due me in the office at Pine Bluff. The land was as
follows:

70
N. W. 1/4 24 156 100 acres )
E. 1/2 N. E. 23 80 70 ( Town 1 N. R. 10 W
236 100
75 [cents]
177.53
Charges 1.00
Bal. due me 11.47
$190.00