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1798,
o~rtober,
3, Fog ~n mom, Pair ,tan,.t some b~okeA cloUdi1 ., I <12tne<1
at · home &: after ct\nne.r wem:
tQ OQurt houe&,got.
"the lftwspape~•- Pait\ -1\.ShepheM 3/- · :Wh1:0b. 118 llatl ;pai<l Acre
tor bringing He;rr1n&l ·a; l lb saJ.,t . ~rom Blatr .1·-a~
. . .
·~ , fog :tn morn1~. weatht~ 111ee ye Bttrd• ,: sent · Fi-~ w~tll abcfal .30 l.b w001e.n ya1m
to Jos ·eph 01ar1e•.1 tQ'1-' J1r11Olark to wea.W.•. James ·Bell ·sen't near 1; ya:r<ls woolen
cloth, being my proport1on tor \h$ · woo·1.··I : iei . hiln ..have 1n the 'Summer.• I ··Pal.4
Mrs Da., 6/J tar weaving . tbe ol.o'Ul·. f · saw her at J .ta,lor• ••· whe.;re I -Wakf3<1at-.ter d1nile.r•. t ..B.a.r'bo~r
& w;r, tner.o., ··
t,Ba:rbQUt got tlulre to da, ..rrom 11re<t•g,_1ert J. Tq:J.o.r b:e1ow- a~a so- .tn1ngf got ·tcr ·•. J aelal my·o~t t -o Harn.don'·•
JlUJ... got 16.0 ret'tplank .
Z~el'UU'
.. ·1.ah lm~d.On ·<Janie· ,l .'th waggon -~ got JO Bust ·
n.eai trom M.B1ggers.I 1e, ~nL~t•
t :.a·ar•l Coi;n 7 , . & Oath 6d Ln :Pa.Y tor: the
p1ank, _ 160 reet~ . ·too .& out 21st -~-d Corn.
a/-
5,
ir1(18i)"•. Clouds~
JD.Q.
·rn, :·e<>Qn.
clEU~.f'
·anu win~. ~ery dtf• : wa$. •. o.rayio ·r came ovez
to breaktas\.
I let him nave .3· piece a 'baoo~, a oanimon, a Sb.OUl~er & a.·M1dllng
3.3 J.l>• Atte r dJ.nner .wen, . to .r.1'SN"l01• ,- ¥rS ~arl;>,Qlll": tno.e _·
& 01111<1:ren
•.
6, very c1e.ar, warm ant1.-<try weatlle.r. In the ·~venµl& •milked ·:to ·.;~ t'~ _or• s, ne &O.
.l ..
h0t18 ·rrom Frede;r1eb•
g to <tq- · Bougnt tor ·• -tlle tQll.ow1ng articles
:
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2 . 81 <tes .Soa.t Le atller ai 16 & ~8« ·P/ -,:
· l'b. .
·
· l. l 9 • ·.9
l , Saok Sal\ 24-/- - 4 ·boxe .a · ;p1~ _, :·6 /- i ;.lb·. Sal ta . 2 /--· l ~ 12 • o
1c paid. 1i1sroer &: carte~ ·prl,~~ ·i- :·t~; -¼-year ·
10.. o.
.
x give. u1s a -~oo-unt..c" <l~l .tqr:_, .
. . • ..1. 9-•.
7 .F~1r an{l pleasant. ttio very· uy -ann
t::Walked to . oou~.·h9use. n,onrei~ .
preach*<l'•; op.iy:a · rew·people-. l went :tO ;iQ.• Ta,lq~, • t·o · cti,nnef~ Ka.J~ 1 11oore. Reu
-·lit·
«ustr-~.
;aaio~ :ana._Jtr . lhm: llll1s : there.
itr :.~i •.·JkJ~~
·' -.8 waggon 1:>rougbt·up i.ii.e things
ne
-•.: · :.Aleo 25 •lb · brown·s~gat ./ wn1p:ri>t,.J
_arbour ··purchase4 at 1/-·ant1· I ha.ve
cre<11tfHl·:in tile _A~co•ts ot <ltUJef·rJt · f + &.-f .~ar1>o-u.r&· 3{-., r.:r.oarr1age Sall.
gQt - tor
s •. some thin . qi~ud~ ti1: ~or.n-tali- ~-~~ . ?: :seat ·;r ,~:iwior•i, . & ~ -i .., -lb ·corree -or 2~
llaJ'bOV 8./C" ·~ :a"bove.. J:· inet Rlttbet,. ~·fqlo~ •-.$fJ.«l'R.O·.Webb.,survayqt ., WllO a.urveye<1
Reu i'aylor ''·S ·en~r., near Len'lrwn•$ ql<t ~
· t'1el4• .and m·1ne on·t>oth s1 ·des · ·tlle
road Joining st•pnen ;ro;,: & · wu1iam, ..Q,~l•s ,, ,.1an<1s• Rob• t .cawtnon & ,:012.verGravers HU'bb
-artt . oa;rried _t:he · en~tn·•.~ A:
:ll'-".O
::,~~~t~.i ·1t.oawth1>n~e-pre~e.nt. I. T~lot',
O.Taylor & o,c.taylQr •~s thef'- ·,btlt ...~<\ ,~,119~
:t:>
J'taJ long. After was. I.lone survey-1
mg(~bQut ~- orcio -e:t) ~ ..came_~~• · -.n<1
J~;t ·er.·~; :·d1ne<t- went to .r.•ta,ylorr .1- .o•iat-
ram,-11.-o~o.:ay1or,Mrt iWarl1tll/ f i;:Bar'bour•e w1rean<t ch1~4ren tnere. & '
xoore there 1n . even~ng- J ._•.Tayl _or Jr & w1te ·8Jlct. Nancy i~lQr · re.turned trom cuipepe;r 1n.•evening-' .1'he..Land aurv~ea. tor me 11e,t 1n . a· 1ong narro• sl1P on the uppe~ a1t1e ot th, ro~; ~d .a tr1angJ.• on . ,ne i.ower. and ot
ver, poor qual1ty. o. ,c.Tqlor
oame.:.llp."•
~c·:·iteatr . with b.f.Other..Jameetor h10 la.n.t.1
· ancr t~ Clerk• s ptt1ce ( 1t lhe l.·at,·t~ r '.•~• )>e-· se:cure<1llimJ I : lielievt notlling 1s
yet co.nclueled.on ·'be'.tween
.tf1•••· - ·:
·• .
·
9. someacat.t&n<1clouds, ye·ry <:1r3
·. o·. c •.taylor. sEtt ott rrom·.J, i'qlor 1 a ·it R1o)lln0nd.
lor
&
c.:aei1. KaJ• r
1
t -nal'.i· a loo.k put . on ehe<l by··t •ne·.o~~n<b.ouse,. a,n.¢ the Whea.t , put · ~to Hhde. tb.ere1n. one hundre4 and. torty od'1 bUshe.la- - 1-· sent & got lo . .Bus iwe trom KaJ1 r
Boore to:r aame quantity · ot Oofn .ne, mtd--t:o.-m me 1n $eptember 1796. l(eest:rs Jobn
& . c·. P. Uowar4, J. faqlor,
c. TqJ;:o_r &; .r•.iaJlor ·J~ d1ned ne~e • Lent J ..1'831lor- 6 ~us
01<1 corn. :
lo, . 010 .ucty morn, ta1r m1<1<1ie
or d~ ,. scat .~ore<1Qlou<1s1n ev(r)n1ng•. Began to so"iJI :qe
(')n_south •en<t ot -GQm t1eio. •. 4._;a~• · st>wn.~Q ·«q ~•. JJ..i..le~ a wetn.er e.ent a .s1<1t te
wmBell, 20 lb. a. h1nd qu~l,'
,:.oox. oui 220. lilt'-\ co~. ,:~ :laJ\
-at.nu~Q J!f : stewar.t, .
10 1, & tept .tore quarter.
t~n
ot,\\. ..r;
t~lor · se,n;, IQ· gq\ 2 Ga.mt -& 1 .
SllO\llde; 2·9 lb baoo~~ lA eren1:r~g·walked ·to C.our.t h~at.~got lfewipa.pe~saW~Bell
:p~ tor m~tton. ~ Otfloart -·we.r,e~rc-1.~
at -aou.rihOlil:B~~
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