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16th Went to the Pierce Place &cx to day
17th do do
18th I was at the Sale of the Personal Property of Benjamin
Williams to day and Clerked the Sale I Bought one mule for f]xédx$l3l
10 Head Sheep $ 2. 25 Per Head 50 Bushsls Corn at 32 cts Per bushel
and several other small Items Property Sold verry low to what it
has been selling
19th I went to the Pierce place this morning It is getting verry
dry on that Sandy Soil and unless it rains soon I will have to Suspend
- Breaking Ground
20th I went to Henderson to day I took Minnie to the Circus
& Menagerie of John W Robinson & Co This was a good performance
21st Sunday This has been a wet Sunday as it has rained nearly all
day I was at Sabbath School at the Methodist Church this morning
22nd We set out our first Tobacco this morning I went to
Henderson &c
23d I went to the Anderson Farm this morning &c
24th At work about the Farm
25th Doing nothing in Particular & evrything ‘?
26th I went to the Anderson Farm this morning and was helping
Phil Kirk Cover my Ice House in the evening We had a fine shower
of rain this evening
27th I was Setting out Tobacco this morning but the Season
Played out about dinner time I was The Degree Meeting of the
Daughters of Rebeka this evening
28th This is a beautifull May morning The Birds are Singing
in the Green woods and Orchards around my House Everything looks
Bright and Cheerfull I was at Church at the Methodist Church this
eamndmzg morning
29th I have been Setting out Tobacco again to day and allthough
the Season is a good one but I have no Plants to set my Ground with