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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 12
July 10, 1858 - July 17, 1858
10th We are Harrowing & working Out Lot Tobacco & on Branch Laying by Corn, Jerry & me walked to Strait Stone to meeting to day
11th went to meeting Carrd Mrs Neal sacramentto day
12th Laying by Corn prizing Tobacco & working Out Lot Tobacco & Cotton etc cloudy & like for Rain
13th Rained more or less all day yesterday & last night, nearly all night, ground very wet, prizing Tobacco Plowing Turnip Patch & choping Bushes out of new ground Tobacco at mountain spring =Jacob stayed here last night,-
14th Rained last night hard we are this morning thinning Corn, Sent Buck^with 4 Bushels Corn to Yates for meal & to bring home overseers flour carried down there last week Sent little Henry to Faris mill 1½ wheat for flour, & her Rose to the Jack She had to do with him
15 Laying by Corn 4 Plows balance taking mould off fine Tobacco in new Barn, till 12 Oclock then working & Harrowing Tobacco in Lot. Tobacco very much mould in Barns; cloudy & like for Rain again
16 Prizing fine Tobacco to day & sunning good from Barn back of Garden got all out of that House sunning to day - Plowing & will nearly get done Laying by this evening, Harrowing & working Lot Tobacco & Malissa in Cotton Patch Fine growing weather at this time.
17th Finished Laying by Corn Peas & Potatoes Plowing Tobacco next to chumblys & in Lot & working of it, prizing Tobacco 2 Hdd under prize 1 good & 1 fine,- Lowry came down & to day I have sent Jordan & Jim up to Cedar Hill for them to stack Oats, fine weather Sent off Lynchg by H. Wade 2 Hhds Tobacco @ $5. Hhd I found him & paid 87½ for toll, second rate & good sent