Pages That Mention Mr Dove
Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 2, Book 3
October 31 - November 13, 1846
1846 Oct 31. Raining nearly all day
Novr 1st drizling rain nearly all day — 2. ground too wet to Plow Fed sho emaking. Henry gone to saw & Gras[ty] mill cleaning out stables & spining
3. Henry carried another large stack to saw mill Fed shoemaking Lila spins alse & Ann fencing etc etc wrote to Mr Dove to saw the Log sent yesterday into Hhd Heading & the one carried this day into flooringPlank out of the Hhd Heading I am to return Mr Dove 74 feet of the same sort lent Spring
4th Sent to Saw mill & Gras[ty] Mill to day
5 Plowing up Land for wheat
6 Plowing up land for Do
7 Raining a little nearly all day Henry went to shop & Mr. Wm Dews
8 Still cloudy Fed & Henry1 or 2 days this weekshoemaking this evening it cleared off Just before sun down
9th Sent another good size log wrote to Mr Dove to saw it intofull¾ squared Plankedges
10. Sent 2 Logs to saw mill this [da]y wrote to Mr Dove to saw first card into weatherboarding & next into squared edged Plank getting anext [skirting?] on sides — Fed shoemaking began to Grub in new ground yesterday & at it to day —
11 Plowing & Bushing inn wheat in Big field & Halling Stalks etc
12 Bushing & Plowing in wheat in big field Choping round stumps & etc etc etc Put up Steer mark, to fatten several days ago
13th nearly done the square by middle laid off first to sew in wheat & choped round the stumps etc etc
January 21 - February 3, 1847
1847 Jany 21st began to strip in new ground barn this morning
22nd Striping Tobacco in same barn Yesterday & this morning fair & cold snow melted but little -
23 Cold yet & a little cloudy, we are striping Tobacco in new groundbarn tho very bad weather for striping
24 Sunday fair & snow melting very much
25 Cloudy & moderate weather, snow most gone Striping in new ground barn & expect to finish there to day - One Lamb yesterday Mrs Smith gave me four Dolls to pay Doct White her account with him
26 striping Tobacco to day & sent 10 Bushels corn to mill, & 1 Log to be sawed into Railing 2½ by 3. I wrote to Mr Dove sent 1 bag cotton 51 lbs to Pack
27 Striped Tobacco & put Hhd under prize & got it half full sent 1 Large 1 Common & 1 Calf Skin to Mr Lewis’s for Tanner the largest for sole next for upper next for Kip 3 in all Mr L to geta Receipt, weather quite cool to day & clear
28 began to mall in new ground Henry halling up Oats straw & leaves Lila & Ann shrubing fresh ground for corn 29 30 & 31 cloudy & part of the time striping Tobacco
Feby 1st burnt plant Bed on Mountain& sewed it
— 2. Cutting wood to burn above House Mr Benjamin Lain set in to work for me at 3/- per day
3rd Rained hard & the wind blew tremendous & in evening turned very cold & a hard night