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Tennessee tract, (which I had always denied with regard to the lands in Mississippi), the heirs of Mr. C. had only sold their interest in the Tennessee tract, which they had a perfect right to do, & are not, therefore, accountable to Parke for any part of the money they received. They did not sell the whole land but only a part of it
James Lowe, of Marshall, died on last Saturday
Rec'd a letter from F. H. Boyce yesterday, speaking in favor of the Country where he lives as a good one for a Cotton plantation, but I could not make out his P. office or County
Also rec'd at the same time one from J. C. Smith dated St. Francis, Ark. saying that, with the exception of the breaking down of my son John's wagon, he and the negroes getting on very well on their journey.
January 6th. 1855. Wrote a letter to W. F. Leak in reply to his of Nov. Told him that, instead of arranging plans for the improvement of lots in Rockingham, I had been recently oocupied in laying the foundation of a plantation on the Arkansas river. Wrote to Sister Robinson on the 7th. informing her of the pending weddings, & enclosing a ticket
January 7th. 1855. Rained last night to the depth of one inch.
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Rec'd a letter yesterday from John W. Hale of Rienzi, asking for letters of introduction to the Charleston merchants
January 9th. 1855. Light sprinkle of rain last night, & day before yesterday Wrote letters to the P. M. at Memphis & Lagrange on the subject of our mails. Also one to Editors of the Appeal on the same subject
Rented to Geo. W. Vaughan one half of my Crawford place to be divided by the Turning row running east & west, he to have choice of halves, for Three hundred dollars ($300.00) He is to have the Dwelling House, Kitchen, Smoke House, 2 or 3 of the Cabins (not to include the overseer's house) half of the Stable, half of the Gin house, & one of the Cribs when I dispose of the Corn that is now in it.
I replied to J. W. Hale, a day or two ago, telling him that I had no acquaintances in Charleston, but that, if I had, I would take pleasure in testifying to the high opinion I entertained of him, when he resided among us, of his integrity as a man, & his industry & devotion to business as a merchant
Dr. D. Crisp staid with us last night having called to see Viney
Tested tonight the yield of the following kinds of Cotton, with the following results, viz:
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| The King seed | 231 lbs. | pr thousand |
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| " Natchez " | 278 " | " " |
| " Malone, or Prolific | 291 " | " " |
| " Select | 295 " | " " |
| " Wilcox or Brown | 311 " | " " |
P. Willis & wife Amanda J. Willis who reside in Middle Tennessee, Coffee County
James W. Arnett, about 19 years old, resides in Tippah, with Estill Woods of Tippah, guardian John M. Arnett, with E. Woods guardian Martha A. Arnett, in Tippah, with C. F. Woods of Franklin Co. Tenn. guardian
Wm. R. Arnett, in middle Tennessee, with C. F. Woods guardian
Wrote to Judge E. H. English, L. Rook, Ark, giving him the names &C of Arnett's heirs, & reminding him that I had charged him with the following four matters: 1. Division of land between Arnett's heirs & myself; 2. the procuring of a deed from Judge Sutton & his wife; 3. the procuring of a deed from Judge Sutton, as guardian of his own child; 4. the sale of the Dunn lands for the taxes, with the necessary court proceedings to confirm title in me
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January 11th, 1855. Rec'd a letter from Mr.* Falls, Post Master at Lagrange, charging the mail failures upon the P. M. at Memphis, & saying that he had requested the Memphis P. M. to send the mail matter for Salem & S. Hill to Lagrange, but that he had not paid any attention to it
Recd a letter from J. C. Smith dated 24 Dec. at Brownsville, informing me that he had lost one of my mules 23 miles east of White river, & that he had requested Mr. Switser to endeavor to find it.
Also rec'd a letter from W. L. Steele, dated Raleigh, N. C. Jan'y 3d. He spoke, among other things, of the preparations that were going on in Rockingham for the marriage of T. C. Leak & Pollie Wall
Replied to W. L. Steele giving him a more particular account of my land in Arkansas & accompanying it with a map. I told him of the pending marriages at our house, & enclosed him a ticket
January 12th. 1855. Wrote to A. O. P. Nicholson, editor of the Washington "Union" enclosing him six dollars to pay my debt to the paper, and ordering its discontinuance.
Also wrote to Rev'd G. W. Quinby editor of the "Star In the West" enclosing him two dollars to pay my subscription to
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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