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My shed rooms very near completed
(20 ft long by 10 wide) shops up
rafters on but not covered, cribs
up at the gin house but not completed
that is rafters not on have built another
set of cribs near the house on
the mound spoke of by you
when out like this place verry
well and will try to make
a neat work the cribs are 20ft
square with 20 ft passage my intention
is to shed them all round for
shelter for mules

I expect to pick the cotton
out as fast as it opens until after
frost and will start my gins
just as soon as I can get my runing
gear complete have been troubled
about a piece of casting that I have
to get for the Band wheel my calculation
was to have started the
gins on Tuesday next if I could
have got the casting ordered
the delay is on the part of the foundry
hope I will get it by Tuesday nights
Boat and will be able to start in
a few days if the gins do well wil
keep up with my picking
respectfully yours &c W T Lamb