Richard Harwood Instructions (For Public View)

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Instructions which I would have observed by Mr. Richard Harwood in the mannagment of my plantation according to the Articles of Agreement between us which are [heard bonh] Annexed

In the first place it is my desyre that not onlly for the more Comfortable support of your [Baf] and those of my family that shall eatt att table with you as also: for the [] all sutch other whites or Blacks that shall be sick in the family that you know A plenty full table for furnishing of which I doe allow you the proceede or produce of all sheepes hogs turckeys Dung hill fouls Ducks pigons and Rabbits: {The [] for keeping plenty full table}

It is my positive Directions that you never BA any of the forementioned things there for you must be Carefull not to be over stockt Especially in sheepe which are garealt destroyers of []: pastrures: and Consequently every Injoure to Come I doe propose first born Ewes: to be enough to keepe for branding the Ewe Lambs of which to be Constantly Killed - and the restt to be made mothers of and killed as you have - ratione your sheepe I would have Constantly keep att the Hope plantation for making of Dung there {Carefull not to be over stockt Especialy in sheepe}

for your supply of modratoyn spyce flour saltt cow meatt and saltt provisions and other necessary :that must be bought towards - house keeping I doe not think fitt to stintt you being woryConfidentt of your own and houses moderation and Carfull frugalety in your Destrobution of them besyds theire may be more than ordinary Expence for the revise of such people and the Drenching of horses and Calle who I wold have wantt nothing thats fitt for them the Kittchin being more usefull in the recovering and - Raysing of negros then the Appothycaris shopp:they doe keepe together but physuk alone without the hope of what the other afords: {[[] [] [] Expened for []]}

{spare in your [] for the revise of the such drenching horses and Calle}

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does rather destroy then assult nature [] I have great a Confidence of Mr. Harwood who hath promised to be more then ordinary Carefull in this [ptukler [particular?]] that I shall not further Inlarge on it

You very beware know: the [neses] of a good stock of able working Cattle for Carrying on the plantations busnes and that theirs no Cattle does so [] in this plantation as those bredd in itt there for there most be one espetial Care taken in the Raysing Calves I have offered the bestt way is to lett them run with the cows: and have all theire milk by which means they becom more hardy and large theire for I wold not have keeptt above 3 cows for the [pa] the rest onely for breeding which sometimes when they are not bigg nor calves sucking upon them may be also in Case of [neesely]