July 16, 1859 - July 22, 1859
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1859
July 16th overseer Bob & claiborne getting &
Hewing Logs for Stables Balance working
Potatoes etc,-
17th Stayed at till 2 Oclock & went to CH
18 At Court attending to Sunday business
Sent waggon to yates to cut Tires, balance
cutting wood & Piling, & Hewing Plates for
Stables & Sills,- Halled up Sand in evening
Sold JD Hunts Buggy for $138 Saddle
for 21.34 etc etc, Rained a little in night
Sallie wiht [with] me to Court, Bro Yates brot
her back & I borrowed Mr Hargraves
Saddle & bridle,-
19 Cloudy & like for Rain Halled up
Rafters etc for barn & negro Houses
John Came here yesterday to lathe our
House & Plaster the Joice. balance
Cutting wood etc clem Spining & Picking
wood, etc, — chumbly & Henry at work
On Barn this morning etc Turned things
in fresh field last week
20th John at work here Bob gone to Shop
with Mrs Hunts Horses at work on negro
House Halling Plates & Sills from aspen
Grove, Cutting grass down there
21st Bob here helping chumbly about Rafters
of House putting up Rafters & weather Boarded
Gable Ends Halled all the ps this morning
John finished Lathing & is plastering
I went to whiteheads yesterday evening
& paid him 275.79½ for Joshua Stone Decd
from P. Stone dowers negroes - collected to thisday
22nd John began to Plaster big Room Friday 12
Oclock, worming in succoring Tobacco finished weather
boarding negro house - etc about 11 Oclock work on Barn
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