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DIARY OF FRANCIS TAYLOR.
1786
FEB.
12, Rev.Taylor dined at bro'r James's-heard that Mr.J.Caines Sr. died the 8th, inst. and to be buried this day.
13, Went to called Court on Jos.Price for buying Tom'o of Wm.Robertson's Negroes. He asked to be whipped-granted-J.B.Pendleton & Miss.C.Pendleton came to my brother's. H.Taylor had a fit in the night. Doet'r Taylor came in the night.
14, Mr.John Thomas dined at J.Taylor's, a fine day-thaw-
15, Cloudy & some rain. Mr.H.Pendleton Jr.came to Ja.Taylor's. Mr.T.Bell & spouse & Mr.Wallace dined at J.Taylor's-
16, Nothing remarkable, thaw- Uncle E Taylor's Aggy [a slave] died.
17, My father got to C.Taylor's. I went with J.Pendleton there to dinner. Warm weather, frogs cry.-
18, My father & brothers, Mr.Pendleton & girls went to H.Taylor's and dined there.
19, Reuben Taylor & my father called here, my father went to Uncle E. Taylor's and returned to C.Taylor's in evening. Reuben dined here. Mrs. Clark (who has been sick some time) grows worse. Snowed at night changed to rain.
20, My father dined here-I exchanged a p'r Silver stone studs w'th H.Pendleton for p'r Cold buttons & gave 7/6 over. Rec'd a note from R.Taylor that W, Morton was at his fathers & would pay an order from Rich'd Taylor for £6. I walked there in the evening and Received the money. John Taylor was here, set uplate at whist.
21, Dined at Uncle Taylor's & returned at night, all day at whist-
22, Went to C.Taylor's, Mr. Rob't Taylor got there after me. Dined there with my father &c. Jas.Clark came up in the evening & said he thought his wife grew worse-returned in evening.
23, Snowed early-and continued until evening when it rained, fine and cloudy which made a sleet by morning. Went to Court House, not Magistrates enough to make a Court. Let Mr.Fra's Madison have warrant for £12. No.905, for which he is to pay Cash when he sells his tobacco. Came away about 2 o'clock, my father & bro'r Charles dined at brother James's.
24. Clear and cold, windy in the morning-Henry & J.Bowie Pendleton set off for Culpeper. Went to Mr.H.Taylor's, dined with Maj'r Willis and Mr.H.Batta1le (who came up the 22d, with 20 hounds) Maj'r Moore, my father, bro'rs Charles, Geuben & George.
25 My father, J.Gaines & family, dined at bro'r James.
26, Went to Mr. Ingrams, spoke about his building a house for my father, which he said he would undertake and promised to see my father about it tomorrow. I came by C.Taylor's dined there with Maj'r Moore, Willis, Battaile, Wallace, R.Taylor, Js.Taylor, R.Taylor,-T.Barbor jr. Jo. Moore, J's Bell &c.Mrs Haynes.
27, Willis, Battaile & Fox-hunters went to Maj'r Moore's & from there tohunt. R'n Taylor's wife sent to borro a bottle of wine of my brother James who having none I sent it- I went about 11 o'clock to Maj'r Moore's- R.Taylor's wife, who was there had a son born before I got there. The Hunters came to Maj'r Moore's to dinner, not having started any fox-In examining my case of wine the only bottle I took out was cracked & had leaked a little. [The son of Reuben & Rebecca [Moore] Taylor, born this day was named Francis]
28, Bro'r James, J.Pendleton & I went to Doct'r Taylor's, where Capt.Conway & my father were, We dined there & returned at night--Miss C.Pendleton & M.Taylor went on a visit to Capt.Buckner's.
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