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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