December 16 - 31, 1847

1847 Dec. 16th Striping Tobacco - this
morning. sent Colo Dickinson for toll
wheat for machining 5 Bushels
white wheat. Made 99½ Bushels -
began to snow in the evening & continued
till sometime in the might. Snow 8 or 9 Inches
Deep where it has not melted

17th striping Tobacco in middle barn
expect to finished by 11 oclock - to day
weather not very cold, still cloudy

21. began to snow again last night about
11 oclock & snowing yet this morning.
about 3 or 4 Inches Deep this morning.
no Tobacco down doing but little

22nd Snow from 6 to 8 Inch Deep Swingling
flax shoemaking & spining.

24 Shoemaking & spining shelling corn
Started Henry & Jacob after Catharine
Spiller at Mrs Clarks, -
come home in night

25. Christmas day cold & cloudy

26. cold etc fun day —

27. Still cold & cloudy went to Mr
Lewis’s & Mrs Smith & Mrs Hunts

28. Snowed a little last night but
this morning clear & Cold —
ReC from Mr. Strickland, Misses
Albrights Shernerd etc agent $136 for
Hire of Joe & John 1847 tho this
Bond was only for $126 they pd. us
more because they pd others more, &
I this day pd the $136 to Mrs Coleman
at Mrs Hunts ——etc——yesterday—

30 Killed Hogs this morning Sent
Fed to shop with Cart alse &
Ann shrubbing for corn -

31st Cloudy & Rainy taking down ^{Barn of Tobacco}new ground