May 8 - May 15, 1865
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City & Genl U Grant is now military
Dictator, J Davis President of the
S. Confederacy is gone Cross the
Mississippi & Carried the Gov. with
him there. Here Warm Weather
9th Wm Foster & Chas Williams
from Johnsons Army that surrendered
got their Breakfast & owes me
75 Cents for their Breakfasts
at Work in new ground
negroes planting their corn
Smith & Jerry Carried Cotton
to Millers machine 1 Bag 41 lbs 1 Do
10th Finished planting Cotton
Broom corn & Planted some I[rish] Potato
Began to replant Corn to day
11 Jerry Smith, one of my Boys,
gone off to Yankees last night
Coltering new ground replanting
Corn, I went to Plantation today
12th Replanting corn first planting
13. Do -- Do I went to S S
15th. Planting Corn & Peas in ground
& working out Irish Potatoes in
oat fields - - -
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