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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 [] one hundred & Thirty of which for various purposes about the farm & which is all I think we shall require, the remain [] for the following articles
Thirty hogs weighg 2.30g.lb. c 3.cts - 6g,,27
187lb old Bacon c 8 cts -- 14,,96
24 new [] -- c 8 ,, -- 1,,92
1252 [] Pork c 3 3/4 -- 46,,95
26 [] corn or 4 1/5 [] c 1 z$ -- 5,,20
Which Mr. P. wished to include- The hogs were seperated and valued by Mr. [] Johnson
to the number of 44 [] selection, he valued them at about 42. $. this was done soon after you left. But Mr. H. [] 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 other which I refused to keep, these then remained to us the above thirty for which he has changed 3 cents [] which is the [] of pork already