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SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARY CHAPEL HILL. N. C.
# 1095, FRANCIS TERRY LEAK
Typed volume 4, composed of
Ms. Volume III, part 2: Jan., 1855 - June 21, 1855 and Ms. Volume IV, part 1: June 22, 1855 - Nov. 8, 1856
DIARY of FRANCIS TERRY LEAK (1803-1864) Mississippi
(In series of five volumes) Manuscript volume III, for the period: January 3, 1855 - June 21, 1855, pages 1-61 and manuscript volume IV, for the period: June 22, 1855 - November 8, 1856, pages 62-282
Copied from originals given by Mrs Gerard Badow Holly Springs Mississippi
for permanent preservation in the SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina
DIARY
FRANCIS TERRY LEAK
Manuscript volume III January 3, 1855 - June 21, 1855
Diary of Francis Terry Leak
January 3rd. 1855. I went to Memphis on the 1st. day of this month to pay my first note given to Dunn for Arkansas land, & returned to day
January 4th. 1855. Mr. Rowan staid with me last night. He offered me $2.00 pr acre cash, for S. W. 27, 5, 2 which joins his land & that of Mr. Hullom Rained last night to the depth of 1 3/8 inches
January 5th. 1855. Rained last night to the depth of 3/4 inches. Dr. D. Crisp & Mr. Mayo staid with us last night. The Dr. came to see Viney, this is his third visit
Wrote to Dr. Loving yesterday informing him 1st. that I had purchased Dr. Parke's interest in the Crawford lands; 2nd. that Parks set up a claim to an interest in a tract of land, sold in 1844 by Wm. Ayres, Joseph Cheairs & Mr. Crawford's heirs, which lies in Tennessee; & 3d. that I had learned that Mr. Tardy claims the rents of these lands as belonging to the effects of the Doctor's agent, the late Mr. Miller. To the rents of 1853 & 1854, I told the Dr. I set up a claim, but those of prior years belong to the heirs of Mr. Crawford. I told the Dr. that, even admitting Parke's interest in the