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Lexington, 5th March 1816
Dear Father
I have this day drawn on you at Seventy five days sight from this day for Two Hundred Sixty eight dolls. one hundred & Thirty of which for various purposes about the farm & which is all I think we shall require, the remainder for the following articles
Thirty hogs weighg. 2309 lbs. @ 3. cts - 69.27
187 lbs. old Bacon @ 8 cts -- 14.96
24 new Do [ditto] -- @ 8 " -- 1.92
1252 [?] Pork @ 3 3/4 -- 46.95
26 bus[hels] corn or 4 1/5 blls[barrels?] @ 1 $ 5.20
138.20
which Mr. P. wished to include- The hogs were seperated and valued by Mr. Wm. Johnson to the number of 44 of our selection, he valued them at about 42. $. this was done soon after you left. But Mr. H. Prentiss came down last thursday saying he wished half the hogs and such as would be fit to kill in the fall. he took them & several others which I refused to keep, there then remained to us the above thirty for which he has charged 3 cents pr. lb. which is the price of pork already