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Th 1. |
Fair-fair-fair-fair I went to Edge Field dec??? thistle weeding corn. Robinson came by. I made Jane a bough. Made a bundle yesterday for cocoanut gourd?? Susan S weaving? Today. Feeling badly today. Ploughing + weeding corn E. F. |
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Fr. 2. |
Fair-fair-fair-fair. Weeding garden pepper corn. 3 Yankeys came & dined, pd. $2.00 John Lewis came for lambs, pd. Me 50 cts to carry them to Mill the next day Ploughing corn weeding |
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Sat. 3. |
Fair-fair-fair-fair. I went to Carmel. Bro R preached. Went to Depot & to Mrs. Woodfolks for ??? Pd $2.50 for 3 ???land sides single Mariah & Robert & ???tha? came up. Ploughing & weeding corn sent to mill for meal. Sent 1/2 lb corn & 2 lambs |
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Sun. 4 |
fair-fair-fair-fair. H & I went to Carmel in ?? rockaway [ed. Note: rockaway was light, low 4-wheel carriage with fixed top and open sides] children & Pat went in east had 133 SS scollars [Sunday School Scholars] today. Emily R. at meeting. Bro. S. Mrs. Sanders went down he came hear & spent the day went home in evening. I went with Robert to put up fence for L. Grove baptizing at Oxf. 20 colored. I went to see ?? Ansey H |
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M5. |
Fair-fair-fair-cdy-fair. I went to see Mrs. Martin went by Providence saw Black horse and John and the Dr. Cary & Olivia came went away in evening. Cherry has calf female. |
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Tue6. |
Misty rain-misty-misty-misty. Working in gardens & James ploughed kean [cane] and Katy's h. I spoke to Lewis about Elizabeth & children. Says she will carry then to Richmond tomorrow, found calf. Ploughing & weeding corn. |
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Wd7. |
Foggy-fair-fair-fair. I went to ???, fixed two locks, fixed a plough for James, broke bolt after weeding corn, E Fi [E. field]. Elizabeth and children went to Richmond. Had my cart & Bob to go to ?? H at ?? S miss Wells ?? weltstull? Came. Got up calf this morning had her milked three times, Cherry cow. Ploughing corn, weeding, weeding garden. |
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Thurs 8. |
fair-warm-day-fair-fair. ?? I patched up a trap for John Dickenson and a negro boy came for John's colt and carried it off. John went to Wrights and ?? working garden. Went to E. Field ?? spring. Two Soulgers came by. Ploughing and weeding corn. |
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Fri. 9. |
Fair-fair-fair-fair. I worked my watermelon patch and garden cucumbers. Mayday has calf female. Second cow/calf she has had. John T laid up today. Or all I ?? John ploughing Clarrence came over and stayed a while (cow ?? tonight Mayday) Ploughing corn by rock spring and weeding same. |
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Sat.10 |
fair-rain shower-fair-cdy I went to look for cow and calf. Found them on Swamp. Cow C Tomasia H. and children went to T. Castle. [editor's note: Topping Castle] for cherries. Got wet . James ploughing, John seed planting the corn. Edge Field on swamp. John Thomas laid up. Ploughing corn weeding and seed planting shelled corn sent to mill. Set out 5 roughs of Irish potatoes in F [front] of house setting sweet potato plants. |
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Sun. 11 |
fair-fair-fair-fair. I went to Carmel to SS [editor's note Sunday Service] with children. The scool had commenced. I had 9 or 10 Scollars James went. |
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M12 |
fair-fair-rain hard-cdy. I gave John Canfield 16 ears yellow corn. Mr. Martin came with Mrs. Noels. H and I went to T. Castle to look at oxen. Saw George McLaughlin at Mr. Dickensons after corn. I expect Mr. Martin came to ?? me home. Left the horse hear. Went to Canfields for corn. There are ??? at Jerico and about. Traded for horse & calf, 2 oxen. Ploughing cotton patch & sorgam patch weeding. Same. Planting ?? beans etc. |
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Tus.13 |
fair-rain hard-rain-cdy. I rode bill To Mr. Battler to see him about repairing wheels. Set out potato plants. Mr. Sanders came in the morning. WM & I traded H. Set out potatoe plants and ploughed watermelon patch. |
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W14. |
Fair-rain-rain-rain. I tied up tomato vines I have tomatoes big around as hen egg. H Liz & I went to Jim Terrells to prayer meeting. Susan & Sally S went. Bro Rove spoke. Johns carryed blade to scool for Mr. Martin to fix. Bob went for Sally thinning corn, shelling & halled lode ?? steers ?? |
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Th15. |
Rain-cdy-cdy-cdy. John made a bough for ?? B got tree from Poplar Spring. Mrs. Southworth came in this evening. I patched up hog shed. Ploughing sugar kean patch hall a lode of wood shelling corn |
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Fr16. |
Rain-rain-cdy-cdy. Planted corn in front of house yellow corn. Bro Rove came to night. John and I went to e. field replanting corn on flat near river. I cut up some potatoes. Sent to Mr. S for some Finished planting corn in front of house & planting corn e f shelled corn |
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Sat17 |
cdy-fair-fair-fair. Bro Rove went to Elon ?? Bill sent a cow down to put in my pasture. John went to see Wright about his horse. Sent to mill ?? sorgam replanting corn e field.
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Sun 18 |
fair-cdy-fair-fair. I went to Carmel SS girls went in ox cart I invited my scollars to come to see me. Mr. Sanders came home with us. Spent evening. WM Robinson & George are hear to day Bro S at meeting. |
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M19 |
fair-warm/rain-loud thunder/cdy/cdy Planting and cutting potatoes by lay the he field. Cutting wheat. Bob & John James picking up ?? Robert Larrence passed by. H & I went to Mr. Southworth's this evening. Cutting ?? down. Martin pole Cutting wheat by my hen house & barn ploughing and planting Irish potatoes by lay the house edge. |
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Tus20 |
rain/rain/cdy/cdy I hired Jennet to cut wheat. Was to cut 1/2 50 cents cut 1/4 day. Cutting wheat planting potatoes. |
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W21 |
cdy/fair/fair/fair. Eugene came over and got me to meet him and Emily with buggy at mill. Going to Mrs. Keans wedding. Married to Poter borrowed Miss W Rockaway and drove celebrates. I went to see Bro Addams H & Liz went to John Swan I went to Mr. Pennys. Finished cutting wheat, cutting ?? |
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Th22 |
fair warm/cdy fair/fair/fair. Weeding S potatoes. John & Frank Cary came for Eugene and E. Ploughed s potato patch sorgum & peas, planted potatoes. Sent to Pennys for wheels and spokes. |
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Fr 23 |
fair/fair/fair/fair. I went to Mr. Buttlers cow Frank to carry wheels spokes. Saw Tom Gatewood at his barn & cattle. Cary spent the day hear I went to ?? spoke for shoes I weed garden & butter beans and Sanders brought h home. Thinning corn. E. hill sent spokes to Mr. Butler. Calvin planted potatoes |
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Sat24 |
fair warm/fair/fair/fair Eugene came to Anna, last night from wedding. Came hear to day went to ?? came back. Went to Providence. Dr. Lin?? Came by. Went to E. hill to see child. Cary went home. James gone to ploughing e hill celebrates wedding, garden Bob ploughed greens. Anderson came this evening and went to e hill Ploughed sugar bean, ploughing at edge hill thinning corn |
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Sun 25. |
Fair/cdy/cdy/rain?? I went to SS Carryed bill's children and Columbia S. went in ox cart. Bro Ryland preached . Mr. & Mrs. Sanders H & Jo James walked to Mr. S in evening Mrs. Padison is dead. |
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M26 |
rain showers/rain ??/fair/fair I cleaned out the corn barn, packed away tobacco and Billy R and Cary came over to day faned a little wheat. Mr. & Mrs. Sanders went home to night Mrs Mary Terrell died today Ploughing corn e hill cleaned out barn scraped ?? |
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Tus27 |
fair/fair/fair/fair. I put up 2 lodes wheat? H came by brought letter to Betty R. I went to E hill to look at corn Halled a lode of wood ploughing corn e hill weeding cotton halled 2 lodes wheat, put it in barn sent corn to Dr. L will come back |
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W28 |
fair/fair/fair/fair Halled up my wheat & ?? Weeding cotton, halled up wheat & ?? Ploughing corn at e hill |
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TH28 |
fair/fair/fair/fair I went to E Cobbs and to Bro Addams He is very poly Put hogs and calvs in e field. Betty spent the day at Anna came home Ploughing corn weeding cotton |
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FR 30 |
fair/rain/cdy/rain hard I went to Providence to see Tom about tobacco. We went to T. Castle and saw beehive anne stacking ?? at my barn had Billy shod Eugene came for Betty R Ploughing corn, wheat & potatos
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