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I purchased my Savannah River Plantation Jany 1833

220 acres cleared 80 uncleared & a fine Rice Mill & 50 Negroes for $40000

viz the Negroes @ $300 each = $15000. The place $25000

I have now April 1839 Planted & sold six crops In

1833	I made 200 Bbls
1834	380
1835	294
1836	389
1837	404
1838	578
	2245

During these years I made at my Mill by Toll	70
Also during these six years I made but did not sell Dirty Rice	50
	2365

My crop this last year averages $4 pr 100 But I take $3	3 x 6 =	18
as a liberal average for the last six years		18920
		23165
		42570

I estimate my Expense at $2000 pr an for 6 years	=	12000
Revinue during six years	Dollars	30570

My crop planted last year by 35 hands
on 193 Acres produced of Rice 578 Bbls average sale $4 x 6	=	$13872
Also 433½ Bushels Small Rice or 3 Pecks to each Barrel of whole Rice @ 2 pr Bush		867
Also 200 Bushels of Peas planted on 16 acres		200
and I sold Rice flour from my Mill for		300
		15239

But I gave my Negroes the small rice worth $2.50 pr bush
instead of corn which I could have bought for $1 [pr bush]

Cost of Negroes pr annum each grown hand

52 Pecks corn 13 bushes @ $1	13
Winter & Summer cloth	7
shoes	1
	$21

Doctors Bill
Meat, at times
salt. molasses