December 11, 1846 - January 3, 1847

1846
Dec 11th Cutting & Grubbing in new
ground

12. Same sort of work —

13 Sunday — 14th cutting & Grubing

15. Cutting and Grubbing —

16 Halling wood waggon & cart
Grubing & cutting —
began to snow about night

17. a dreadfull night Raining
hailing & snowing —
& Keeps at it all day —
striping Tobacco Lila spining

18. Same striping Tobacco —
Sent waggon & cart to saw & Gras[ty]
Mills, short Log to be sawed into Hh^{d heading}
& the other into Hh^ds staves.

19. Cloudy & we all are cutting
in new ground —

25. The weather generally cold & at
this time cloudy Halled wood 24th etc etc

26 weather moderate & a fine day

27 cloudy this morning but not cold
all of us went to Mrs Hunts Saturday
in Christmas a fine day

28 Warm moderate 29 Still moderate
30 Still moderate & cloudy^{& cutting in new ground}31 still moderate
1847 Jany 1st Still moderate & cloudy^{Mrs Coleman}went to ^[asso?]
Hung up Pork this day took down
new ground Barn Tobacco yesterday
Halled up Oats & straw about this^time
cutting hill growth in new ground

2 Still cloudy & warm cutting

3 A little cooler but moderate yet
my wife gone with Mrs Coleman to Mrs Hunt